Current Office: Representative
First Elected: 11/02/2010
Next Election: 2012
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Ellen; 4 Children: Jesse, Brandyn, Amanda, Jera
Birth date: 06/16/1953
Birthplace: Kansas City, MO
Home City: Joplin MO
Religion:

Education

JD, Washburn University, 1993 MA, Soviet Area Studies, University of Chicago, 1980 BA, University of Kansas, 1979

Profession

Attorney Juvenile Attorney, Jasper County, former United States Marine Corps, 1973-1976

Committees

Appropriations - Health, Mental Health and Social Services
Appropriations - Transportation and Economic Development
Downsizing State Government
Tax Reform

HB 1046 Requires Proof of Citizenship for Presidential Candidates
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1541 Authorizes Religious Objections by Medical Workers for Certain Medical Procedures
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 572 Amends Worker's Compensation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1219 Workplace Discrimination Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1104 Voter ID
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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HB 1046 Requires Proof of Citizenship for Presidential Candidates
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1541 Authorizes Religious Objections by Medical Workers for Certain Medical Procedures
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 572 Amends Worker's Compensation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1219 Workplace Discrimination Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1104 Voter ID
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1219 Workplace Discrimination Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HJR 43 Limits State Spending
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 8 Tax Credit Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HA 1 to SB 7 Prohibits Public Funding for Certain Life Science Research Projects
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 7 Incentives for Science-Based Businesses
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HA 1 to SB 7 Prohibits Public Funding for Certain Life Science Research Projects
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 7 Incentives for Science-Based Businesses
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 6 Appropriations for Missouri Disaster Relief
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1 Authority Over the Saint Louis Police Department
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 6 Appropriations for Missouri Disaster Relief
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1 Authority Over the Saint Louis Police Department
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 73 Drug Testing Of Welfare Recipients
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 193 Congressional Redistricting Plan
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

SB 113 Regulating Animal Care Facilities
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 193 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 213 Restrictions on Late-Term Abortions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 167 Driver License Examinations Administered in English Only
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 61 Minimum Wage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HR 39 Attorney General Challenge of the Federal Health Care Law
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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