Missouri House of Representatives

The Missouri House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 163 members, representing districts with an average size of 37,000 residents. House members are elected for two-year terms during general elections held in even-numbered years.

Missouri House of Representatives
Missouri General Assembly
Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	4 terms (8 years)
History
New session started	January 9, 2019
Leadership
Speaker of the House	Elijah Haahr (R) since January 9, 2019
Majority Leader	Rob Vescovo (R) since November 14, 2017
Minority Leader	Crystal Quade (D) since January 9, 2019
Structure
Seats	163
Political groups	Majority   Republican (114)    Vacant (1) Minority   Democratic (48)
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article III, Missouri Constitution
Salary	$35,915/year + per diem[1]
Elections
Last election	November 6, 2018 (163 seats)
Next election	November 3, 2020 (163 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative Control
Meeting place
House of Representatives Chamber Missouri State Capitol Jefferson City, Missouri
Website
Missouri House of Representatives

In 1992 Missouri approved a constitutional amendment providing term limits (previously there were no limits).[2] No Representative may serve more than eight years in the House. Each candidate for the office must be at least twenty-four years old, a registered qualified voter in the state for at least two years, and a resident of his or her district for at least one year.[3]

Missouri's house is the fourth largest in the United States although the state ranks 18th in population. Legislation was introduced in 2011 to cut its size to 103 in 2020. Larger legislatures in the United States are New Hampshire (400), Pennsylvania (203) and Georgia (180).[4][5]

Composition

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
	Republican	Democratic	Ind		Vacant
End 2016 session	115	45	1	161	2
Begin 2017 session	117	46	0	163	0
January 9, 2017[6]	116			162	1
May 31, 2017[7]		45		161	2
June 2, 2017[8]	115			160	3
August 8, 2017[9]
September 18, 2017[10]	114			159	4
September 20, 2017[11]	113			158	5
October 19, 2017[12]	112			157	6
November 7, 2017[13]		46		158	5
February 6, 2018[14]	115	47		162	1
March 18, 2018[15]	114	47		161	2
Latest voting share	70.81%	29.19%

Leadership

Position	Name	Party	District
Speaker of the House	Elijah Haahr	Rep	134
Speaker Pro Tempore	John Wiemann	Rep	103
Majority Leader	Rob Vescovo	Rep	112
Assistant Majority Floor Leader	J. Eggleston	Rep	2
Majority Whip	Steve Lynch	Rep	122
Majority Caucus Chair	Sonya Anderson	Rep	131
Majority Caucus Secretary	Chris Dinkins	Rep	144
Minority Leader	Crystal Quade	Dem	132
Assistant Minority Floor Leader	Tommie Pierson Jr.	Dem	66
Minority Whip	Keri Ingle	Dem	35
Minority Caucus Chair	Ingrid Burnett	Dem	19
Minority Caucus Secretary	Barbara Washington	Dem	23

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Members of the Missouri House of Representatives

District	Representative	Party	Residence	First elected
1	Allen Andrews	Rep	Grant City	2014
2	J. Eggleston	Rep	Maysville	2014
3	Danny Busick	Rep	Newtown	2018
4	Greg Sharpe	Rep	Ewing	2018
5	Louis Riggs	Rep	Hannibal	2018
6	Tim Remole	Rep	Excello	2012
7	Rusty Black	Rep	Chillicothe	2016
8	Jim Neely	Rep	Cameron	2012
9	Sheila Solon	Rep	St. Joseph	2018 (2010)
10	Bill Falkner	Rep	St. Joseph	2018
11	Brenda Shields	Rep	St. Joseph	2018
12	Kenneth Wilson	Rep	Smithville	2012
13	Vic Allred	Rep	Parkville	2018
14	Matt Sain	Dem	Kansas City	2018
15	Jon Carpenter	Dem	Kansas City	2012
16	Noel Shull	Rep	Gashland	2012
17	Mark Ellebracht	Dem	Liberty	2016
18	Wes Rogers	Dem	Kansas City	2014
19	Ingrid Burnett	Dem	Kansas City	2016
20	Bill Kidd	Rep	Buckner	2014
21	Robert Sauls	Dem	Independence	2018
22	Yolanda Young	Dem	Kansas City	2019↑
23	Barbara Washington	Dem	Kansas City	2017↑
24	Judy Morgan	Dem	Kansas City	2011↑
25	Greg Razer	Dem	Kansas City	2016
26	Ashley Bland Manlove	Dem	Kansas City	2018
27	Richard Brown	Dem	Kansas City	2016
28	Jerome Barnes	Dem	Raytown	2016
29	Rory Rowland	Dem	Independence	2015↑
30	Jonathan Patterson	Rep	Lees Summit	2018
31	Dan Stacy	Rep	Blue Springs	2016
32	Jeff Coleman	Rep	Grain Valley	2018
33	Donna Pfautsch	Rep	Harrisonville	2012
34	Vacant
35	Keri Ingle	Dem	Lee's Summit	2018
36	Mark Sharp	Dem	Kansas City	2019↑
37	Joe Runions	Dem	Grandview	2012
38	Doug Richey	Rep	Excelsior Springs	2018
39	Peggy McGaugh	Rep	Carrollton	2018↑
40	Jim Hansen	Rep	Frankford	2012
41	Randy Pietzman	Rep	Troy	2014
42	Jeff Porter	Rep	Montgomery City	2018
43	Kent Haden	Rep	Mexico	2018
44	Cheri Toalson Reisch	Rep	Hallsville	2016
45	Kip Kendrick	Dem	Columbia	2014
46	Martha Stevens	Dem	Columbia	2016
47	Chuck Basye	Rep	Rocheport	2014
48	Dave Muntzel	Rep	Boonville	2012
49	Travis Fitzwater	Rep	Holts Summit	2014
50	Sara Walsh	Rep	Ashland/Columbia	2017↑
51	Dean Dohrman	Rep	LaMonte	2012
52	Brad Pollitt	Rep	Sedalia	2018
53	Glen Kolkmeyer	Rep	Odessa	2012
54	Dan Houx	Rep	Warrensburg	2016
55	Mike Haffner	Rep	Pleasant Hill	2018
56	Jack Bondon	Rep	Belton	2014
57	Rodger Reedy	Rep	Windsor	2018
58	David Wood	Rep	Versailles	2012
59	Rudy Veit	Rep	Wardsville	2018
60	Dave Griffith	Rep	Jefferson City	2018
61	Aaron Griesheimer	Rep	Washington	2018
62	Tom Hurst	Rep	Meta	2012
63	Bryan Spencer	Rep	Wentzville	2012
64	Tony Lovasco	Rep	O'Fallon	2018
65	Tom Hannegan	Rep	St. Charles	2016
66	Tommie Pierson Jr.	Dem	St. Louis	2016
67	Alan Green	Dem	Florissant	2014↑
68	Jay Mosley	Dem	Florissant	2016
69	Gretchen Bangert	Dem	Florissant	2016
70	Paula Brown	Dem	Hazelwood	2018
71	LaDonna Applebaum	Dem	St. Louis County	2018
72	Doug Clemens	Dem	St. Ann	2018
73	Raychel Proudie	Dem	Ferguson	2018
74	Michael Person	Dem	Ferguson	2019↑
75	Alan Gray	Dem	Black Jack	2016
76	Chris Carter	Dem	St. Louis	2018
77	Steven Roberts	Dem	St. Louis	2016
78	Rasheen Aldridge	Dem	St. Louis	2019↑
79	LaKeySha Bosley	Dem	St. Louis	2018
80	Peter Merideth	Dem	St. Louis	2016
81	Steve Butz	Dem	St. Louis	2018
82	Donna Baringer	Dem	St. Louis	2016
83	Gina Mitten	Dem	St. Louis	2014
84	Wiley Price	Dem	St. Louis	2018
85	Kevin Windham	Dem	Hillsdale	2018
86	Maria Chappelle-Nadal	Dem	University City	2018 (2004)
87	Ian Mackey	Dem	St. Louis	2018
88	Tracy McCreery	Dem	St. Louis	2014 (2011↑)
89	Dean Plocher	Rep	Town and Country	2015↑
90	Deb Lavender	Dem	Kirkwood	2014
91	Sarah Unsicker	Dem	St. Louis	2016
92	Doug Beck	Dem	St. Louis	2016
93	Bob Burns	Dem	St. Louis	2012
94	Jim Murphy	Rep	St. Louis	2018
95	Michael O'Donnell	Rep	St. Louis	2018
96	David Gregory	Rep	St. Louis	2016
97	Mary Elizabeth Coleman	Rep	Arnold	2018
98	Shamed Dogan	Rep	Ballwin	2014
99	Trish Gunby	Dem	Ballwin	2019↑
100	Derek Grier	Rep	Ballwin	2016
101	Bruce DeGroot	Rep	Chesterfield	2016
102	Ron Hicks	Rep	St. Charles	2018 (2012)
103	John Wiemann	Rep	St. Peters	2014
104	Adam Schnelting	Rep	St. Charles	2018
105	Phil Christofanelli	Rep	St. Charles	2016
106	Chrissy Sommer	Rep	St. Charles	2011↑
107	Nick Schroer	Rep	St. Peters	2016
108	Justin Hill	Rep	Lake St. Louis	2014
109	John Simmons	Rep	Washington	2018
110	Dottie Bailey	Rep	Eureka	2018
111	Shane Roden	Rep	Cedar Hill	2014
112	Rob Vescovo	Rep	Arnold	2014
113	Dan Shaul	Rep	Imperial	2014
114	Becky Ruth	Rep	Festus	2014
115	Elaine Gannon	Rep	Desoto	2012
116	Dale Wright	Rep	Farmington	2012 (2002)
117	Mike Henderson	Rep	Bonne Terre	2016
118	Mike McGirl	Rep	Potosi	2018
119	Nate Tate	Rep	St. Clair	2016
120	Jason Chipman	Rep	Steelville	2015
121	Don Mayhew	Rep	Crocker	2018
122	Steve Lynch	Rep	Waynesville	2012
123	Suzie Pollock	Rep	Lebanon	2018
124	Rocky Miller	Rep	Lake Ozark	2012
125	Warren Love	Rep	Osceola	2012
126	Patrica Pike	Rep	Adrian	2014
127	Ann Kelley	Rep	Lamar	2018
128	Mike Stephens	Rep	Bolivar	2016
129	Jeff Knight	Rep	Lebanon	2018↑
130	Jeffrey Messenger	Rep	Republic	2012
131	Sonya Anderson	Rep	Springfield	2012
132	Crystal Quade	Dem	Springfield	2016
133	Curtis Trent	Rep	Springfield	2016
134	Elijah Haahr	Rep	Springfield	2012
135	Steve Helms	Rep	Springfield	2016
136	Craig Fishel	Rep	Springfield	2018
137	John Black	Rep	Marshfield	2018
138	Brad Hudson	Rep	Cape Fair	2018
139	Jered Taylor	Rep	Nixa	2014
140	Lynn Morris	Rep	Nixa	2012
141	Hannah Kelly	Rep	Hartville	2016
142	Robert Ross	Rep	Yukon	2012
143	Jeff Pogue	Rep	Salem	2012
144	Chris Dinkins	Rep	Annapolis	2018↑
145	Rick Francis	Rep	Perryville	2016
146	Barry Hovis	Rep	Cape Girardeau	2018
147	Kathryn Swan	Rep	Cape Girardeau	2012
148	Holly Rehder	Rep	Sikeston	2012
149	Don Rone	Rep	Portageville	2014
150	Andrew McDaniel	Rep	Deering	2014
151	Herman Morse	Rep	Dexter	2017↑
152	Hardy Billington	Rep	Poplar Bluff	2018
153	Jeff Shawan	Rep	Poplar Bluff	2018
154	David Evans	Rep	West Plains	2018
155	Karla Eslinger	Rep	Wasola	2018
156	Jeffery Justus	Rep	Branson	2012
157	Mike Moon	Rep	Ash Grove	2013↑
158	Scott Cupps	Rep	Shell Knob	2019↑
159	Dirk Deaton	Rep	Noel	2018
160	Ben Baker	Rep	Neosho	2018
161	Lane Roberts	Rep	Joplin	2018
162	Bob Bromley	Rep	Carl Junction	2018
163	Cody Smith	Rep	Carthage	2016

• ↑: Member was first elected in a special election

Standing Committees

These are the yearly recurring committees that hold hearings on legislation filed by Representatives. Once filed, legislation is assigned to one of the following committees by the Missouri Speaker of the House. Legislation is typically assigned to the committee whose province envelopes the subject matter of the bill. However, there are frequently multiple relevant committees to which a bill can be assigned, and it is at the Speaker's discretion to choose which committee receives the bill. Politics can also play a part, as the Speaker may assign a bill he or she wants to fail to a committee with an unfriendly chair or membership, or may select a more friendly committee if he or she wishes the bill to pass.

The partisan makeup of each committee is intended to reflect as closely as possible the partisan makeup of the entire House. Each Party caucus selects which of its members will serve on the Standing Committees, and the Chair of each committee is chosen by the Speaker of the House.

Standing Committee List

Committee[17]	Chair		Vice-Chair
Administration and Accounts		Glen Kolkmeyer		Tom Hurst
Agriculture Policy		Don Rone		Rick Francis
Budget		Cody Smith		David Wood
Children and Families		Sheila Solon		Jim Neely
Conference on Budget		Cody Smith
Consent and House Procedure		Donna Pfautsch		Nick Schroer
Conservation and Natural Resources		Tim Remole		Randy Pietzman
Corrections and Public Institutions		Shane Roden		Jim Hansen
Crime Prevention and Public Safety		Kenneth Wilson		Andrew McDaniel
Downsizing State Government		Jered Taylor		Randy Pietzman
Economic Development		Derek Grier		Jeff Coleman
Elections		Dan Shaul		Peggy McGaugh
Elementary and Secondary Education		Rebecca Roeber		Chuck Basye
Ethics		J. Eggleston		Gina Mitten
Financial Institutions		Jack Bondon		Bruce DeGroot
Fiscal Review		Dan Houx		David Gregory
General Laws		Dean Plocher		Jered Taylor
Health Care Policy		Mike Stephens		Lynn Morris
Higher Education		Dean Dohrman		Elaine Gannon
Insurance Policy		Noel J Shull		Dave Muntzel
Judiciary		David Gregory		Bruce DeGroot
Local Government		Tom Hannegan		Craig Fishel
Pensions		Patricia Pike		Rusty Black
Professional Registration and Licensing		Robert Ross		Steve Helms
Rules – Administrative Oversight		Holly Rehder		Sheila Solon
Rules – Legislative Oversight		Rocky Miller		Phil Christofanelli
Transportation		Becky Ruth		Nate Tate
Utilities		Travis Fitzwater		Bill Kidd
Veterans		Chuck Basye		Dave Griffith
Ways and Means		Chrissy Sommer		Phil Christofanelli
Workforce Development and Workplace Safety		Kathryn Swan		Mike Henderson

Budget Committee and Subcommittees

Tradition in the Missouri General Assembly is that all appropriations bills initiate in the Missouri House rather than the Senate. So each year, the Chair of the House Budget Committee files legislation establishing the spending plan for the state of Missouri. This plan, which in 2007 exceeded $20 billion, may differ greatly from the Governor's budget recommendations, issued at the State of the State address given in late January.

The budget legislation is assigned to the House Budget Committee, which then assigns each bill to its respective subcommittee. After the subcommittee makes its recommendations, the full Budget Committee runs through the entire appropriations package, makes its desired changes, and sends the bill to the full House for consideration.

Budget Committee List[17]

Committee	Chair		Vice-Chair
Budget		Cody Smith		David Wood
Appropriations – Agriculture, Conservation, Natural Resources, and Economic Development		Hannah Kelly		Greg Sharpe
Appropriations – Education		Rusty Black		Brenda Shields
Appropriations – General Administration		Curtis Trent		Brad Hudson
Appropriations – Health, Mental Health, and Social Services		David Wood		Jonathan Patterson
Appropriations – Public Safety, Corrections, Transportation and Revenue		Sara Walsh		Lane Roberts

Joint Committees

Joint Committees contain members from both the Missouri House and Senate. These committees may be permanent and study ongoing issues, or may be temporary and intended to come up with suggested legislation to address a one-time issue. The Chair of these committees typically alternates annually between a Representative and a Senator to prevent unfairness to one chamber.

Joint Committee List[17]

• Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
• Joint Committee on Capitol Security
• Joint Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect
• Joint Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Awareness
• Joint Committee on Education
• Joint Committee on Government Accountability
• Joint Committee on the Justice System
• Joint Committee on Legislative Research (three subcommittees)
• Joint Committee on the Life Sciences
• Joint Committee on Public Assistance
• Joint Committee on Public Employee Retirement
• Joint Committee on Tax Policy
• Joint Committee on Transportation Oversight

Term Limits

In 1992 Missouri voters approved a constitutional amendment placing term limits on the Missouri House of Representatives. A Representative can serve no more than four two-year terms in the house. The first time term limits prevented someone from running again was in 2002.

Salary

As of March 2008, members of the Missouri House of Representatives receive an annual salary of $35,915.44.[18]

Past composition of the House of Representatives

Main article: Political party strength in Missouri

See also

• Missouri Legislature
• Missouri Senate
• Government of Missouri

References

1. FAQs, Missouri House of Representatives
2. "termlim". House.mo.gov. Retrieved April 5, 2011.
3. http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/info/1821.pdf
4. CHRIS BLANK/The Associated Press. "Missouri Senate OKs shrinking number of House members". Columbia Missourian. Retrieved April 5, 2011.
5. brenda erickson (October 11, 2007). "Population and Size of Legislature". Ncsl.org. Retrieved April 5, 2011.
6. Republican Caleb Jones (District 50) resigned to join the Eric Greitens administration.
7. Democrat Randy Dunn (District 23) resigned to move to Omaha.
8. Republican Tila Hubrecht (District 151) resigned to return to private life.
9. Republican Sara Walsh elected to succeed Jones. Republican Sandy Crawford (District 129) elected to the Missouri Senate.
10. Republican John McCaherty (District 97) resigned to focus on a run for Jefferson County executive.
11. Republican Paul Fitzwater (District 144) resigned to take a new state job.
12. Republican Joe Don McGaugh (District 39) resigned to become a state judge.
13. Democrat Barbara Anne Washington and Republican Herman Morse elected to succeed Dunn and Hubrecht respectively. Republican Mike Cierpot elected to the Missouri Senate. (
14. Republicans Peggy McGaugh, Jeff Knight and Chris Dinkins elected to succeed McGaugh, Crawford and Fitzwater, respectively. Democrat Mike Revis elected to succeed McCaherty.
15. Republican Cloria Brown died.
16. "Leadership". Missouri House of Representatives. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
17. Missouri House of Representatives
18. "Missouri House of Representatives". House.mo.gov. Retrieved August 13, 2017.

External links

• Missouri House of Representatives
• Publications by or about the Missouri House of Representatives at Internet Archive.