Former member of Congress · last served 116th Congress
Steve Watkins
Steve Watkins was a Republican U.S. representative from Kansas, first elected to Congress in 2019.
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 6060 Veterans Burial Benefit Correction ActMar 10, 2020 · Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
- H.Res. 764 Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the priorities and goals of the Executive order on combating anti-Semitism.Jan 30, 2020 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
- H.R. 5537 Conan Commemorative Coin ActDec 23, 2019 · Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- H.R. 5030 VA Suicide Prevention Services Accountability ActDec 2, 2019 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 5029 VA Suicide Prevention Services ActDec 2, 2019 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1872 (116th) Enhancing Credit Opportunities in Rural America Act of 201918 cosponsors
- H.R. 4800 (116th) Pro-LIFE Act11 cosponsors
- H.R. 1061 (116th) Fort Scott National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act3 cosponsors
- H.Res. 382 (116th) Honoring the 65th anniversary of the landmark decision of the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education (347 U.S. 483 (1954)).3 cosponsors
- H.R. 3150 (116th) RURAL Physicians Act2 cosponsors
- H.R. 2159 (116th) Public Diplomacy Modernization Act of 20191 cosponsor
- H.R. 3491 (116th) Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Water Rights Settlement Act1 cosponsor
- H.R. 4267 (116th) Independent and Community Bank Shareholders Protection Act1 cosponsor
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Watkins has won
Rep. Watkins has won 1 U.S. House election (2018–2018). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.8 to 0.8 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
116th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 13 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 13 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 11 | See the 11 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 116th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.