U.S. Representative — Kansas's 4th District
Ron Estes
Republican · Kansas
Republican U.S. Representative for Kansas's 4th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)
- H.R.8101 — Ensuring Better Interest Treatment and Deductibility Act (EBITDA) (Introduced, Mar 26, 2026)
- H.R.7520 — Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act (Introduced, Feb 12, 2026)
- H.R.7096 — Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act (Introduced, Jan 15, 2026)
- H.R.6569 — Executive Action Cost Transparency Act (Introduced, Dec 10, 2025)
- H.R.5036 — To remove the limitation imposed as a result of receiving funding under the Land and Water Conservation Fund on the conversion of Northeast Sedgwick County Park in Sedgwick County, Kansas, to a use other than public outdoor recreation. (Introduced, Aug 26, 2025)
- H.R.4792 — Protecting Air Ambulance Services for Americans Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 29, 2025)
Protecting Air Ambulance Services for Americans Act of 2025 This bill authorizes payment changes under Medicare for air ambulance services based on certain collected data and requires additional reporting from providers of these services. Current law requires providers of air ambulance services to… - H.R.2545 — Financing Our Energy Future Act (Introduced, Apr 1, 2025)
- H.R.2423 — Unfair Tax Prevention Act (Introduced, Mar 27, 2025)
Recent floor votes (100 on record)
- Voted Yea on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.Con.Res.89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.Con.Res.113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Aye on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)
- H.R.4669 — FEMA Act of 2025 (Reported, Jun 18, 2026)
- H.R.9225 — To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct a study to assess whether certain aircraft certified under part 23 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, may be used in operations conducted under part 121 of such title, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jun 9, 2026)
- H.R.4382 — America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act (Introduced, Jun 4, 2026)
- H.R.4282 — Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act (Introduced, May 21, 2026)
- H.R.8990 — Protect Domestic Oil and Gas Small Business Act of 2026 (Introduced, May 21, 2026)
- H.R.8163 — Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026 (Reported, May 19, 2026)
- H.R.8603 — Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 30, 2026)
- H.R.8025 — Protecting American Streaming and Innovation Act (Introduced, Apr 6, 2026)
Voting analysis
One of Ron Estes's bills is named after an accounting measure. Its title spells out a term for earnings calculated before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation are taken out — a figure that exists so lenders can see what a business generates before its financing structure is applied. The bill concerns how interest is treated and deducted. Naming it after the metric is a signal aimed at people who already know what the metric is.
Of the 50 most recent of those, 49 currently sit at Introduced.
The one about a park
At the other end of the list is a bill removing a restriction on converting a single county park in his state to some use other than public outdoor recreation. The restriction exists because federal conservation money was spent there. Undoing it takes an act of Congress, so an act of Congress is what has been filed.
Taxation leads his classified subjects by a wide margin — he chairs the social security subcommittee at Ways and Means — and the rest of the list covers an efficiency adjustment delay, senior care access, and transparency on the cost of executive action.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Ron Estes's cluster into: Taxation (17), Health (6), Crime and Law Enforcement (5), Economics and Public Finance (4), Public Lands and Natural Resources (4), Labor and Employment (3).
Where he broke ranks
Three amendment votes, of which one carried. One completed bill that his conference passed over his objection. And a rotorcraft measure he voted for and the House turned down.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 258 | Jul 21, 2026 | Agreed to | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 257 | Jul 21, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8595 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 245 | Jul 15, 2026 | Failed | No (party: Yea) |
| H.R.4294 MAWS Act On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 88 | Mar 17, 2026 | Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
| S.2503 ROTOR Act On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 72 | Feb 24, 2026 | Failed | Yea (party: Nay) |
Below the Kansas Republicans
Among the three Republicans his state sends to the House, Estes holds the smaller figure against their shared average.
Among the 3 Republicans in the Kansas delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 3.4%. Ron Estes is below that average at 2.3%.
Tenure and attendance
He is in his fifth term, having arrived late in the last decade. Very few votes go by without him.
First elected in 2017, now serving across 5 terms. Ron Estes falls in the mid cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Ron Estes has 67 bills sponsored, 736 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- House Committee on the Budget
- House Committee on Ways and Means
- Joint Economic Committee
- House Committee on Ways and Means: Social Security (Chair)
- House Committee on Ways and Means: Tax
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