Daniel Hawkins
Republican · KS · Kansas State Representative, District 100
Daniel Hawkins has represented Kansas House District 100 since 2013 and has served as Speaker of the House since 2023. He is a small-business owner and insurance agent with roughly 30 years of employee-benefits experience and prior Kansas Army National Guard service.
Track record
Healthcare Affordability
· 1 record
Voted against House Bill 2066, the KanCare Bridge to a Healthy Kansas Act expanding Medicaid eligibility, on final action in the Kansas House; the bill passed 69-54 over his opposition.
March 21, 2019Against
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Cost of Living Reduction
· 1 record
Voted to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of Senate Bill 269, which set up a mechanism for reducing Kansas individual income tax rates; the Kansas House override carried 87-37.
April 10, 2025For
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Housing Affordability
· 1 record
Voted to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of Senate Bill 391, which barred Kansas cities and counties from requiring landlords to rent to tenants using housing choice vouchers or other housing assistance; the Kansas House override carried 85-38.
April 10, 2026Against
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Corporate Accountability
· 1 record
Voted to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of Senate Bill 462, which restricted public nuisance claims and required a showing of special injury in certain public nuisance actions; the Kansas House override carried 86-37.
April 9, 2026Against
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
General
· 7 records
Held the office of Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives for District 100 in Sedgwick County, chaired the Legislative Coordinating Council and the House Committee on Interstate Cooperation, and served as vice chair of the Committee on Calendar and Printing, per his official Kansas Legislature member page verified on this date.
July 23, 2026
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Voted to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of House Bill 2437, which authorized additional resources for verifying Kansas voter registration records and exempted certain related information from open records requests; the House override carried 84-39.
April 9, 2026
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Voted to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of House Bill 2333, which folded the office of the Kansas securities commissioner into the Kansas Insurance Department as its securities division and ended Senate confirmation of the assistant commissioner; the House override carried 85-38.
April 9, 2026
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Delivered the Kansas House Republican response to Governor Laura Kelly's State of the State address in his capacity as Speaker of the House.
January 13, 2026
Source: kansasreflector.com · researched July 23, 2026
Voted to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of Senate Bill 4, which moved the deadline for county officials to receive mailed advance ballots to 7 p.m. on election day; the Kansas House override carried 84-41.
March 25, 2025
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Voted to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of Senate Bill 63, the Help Not Harm Act restricting gender-transition medical care for minors; the Kansas House override carried 85-34.
February 18, 2025
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Prime-sponsored House Bill 2583, which increased criminal penalties for harming or killing police dogs and horses and required restitution; after Governor Laura Kelly vetoed it, the House overrode the veto 105-20 and the Senate 29-10, and the act took effect July 1, 2024.
April 29, 2024
Source: kslegislature.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Elections
- Commissioner of Insurance · August 4, 2026 · Kansas
Profile last researched July 23, 2026.