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.
Where Daniel Hawkins stands, based on their records
Supports
Cost of Living Reduction (1 record)
Opposes
Healthcare Affordability (1 record), Housing Affordability (1 record), Corporate Accountability (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 1 oppose
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, 2019Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: kslegislature.gov
Track record — Cost of Living Reduction
Cost of Living Reduction · 1 support
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, 2025Supports Cost of Living Reduction
Source: kslegislature.gov
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 oppose
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, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: kslegislature.gov
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 1 oppose
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, 2026Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: kslegislature.gov
Track record — General
General · 5 records
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
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
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
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
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
Past races Daniel Hawkins ran in:
- Commissioner of Insurance · November 3, 2026 · Kansas
- Commissioner of Insurance · August 4, 2026 · Kansas