Missouri House · District 146

Barry Hovis

Republican

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Votes with the Speaker 96% On 453 contested votes where both voted · 97% on all votes Votes with own party 98% Partisan rank: 19 of 155 in the House (tied with 35 others) Didn't vote at roll call 10% 99 of 1,022 roll calls · 99 of them excused

Bills passed 2 31 sponsored · 2 became law · Rank 9 of 155 in the House (tied with 5 others) Bills that became law 2 of 2 passed · 0 vetoed

Where they sit

Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Barry Hovis's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work

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More conservative than 50% of the Missouri House.

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77th most conservative of 155

The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

96%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Barry Hovis.

On 453 contested votes where both voted97% on all 875 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

98%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Barry Hovis.

On 326 party-line votesPartisan rank: 19 of 155 in the House (tied with 35 others)18 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

The bills Barry Hovis sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills: Barry Hovis
	Bills
Sponsored	31
Passed both chambers	2
Became law	2
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 9 of 155 in the House (tied with 5 others) · 9 of 105 Republicans (tied with 5 others)

A bill's sponsor is the member who introduced it; co-sponsors aren't counted.

Bills that passed both chambers

Bills that passed both chambers: Barry Hovis
Bill	Result	Final action
HB 2885 (2026 Regular Session) Requires all proceeds from boating registrations to be deposited in the water patrol division fund and used exclusively for the water patrol division	Became law	May 15, 2026
HB 147 (2025 Regular Session) Relating to retirement	Became law	May 8, 2025

Budget projects

Missouri's appropriation bills don't say which legislator asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for Missouri legislators.

Contested votes where they split

18 against the Speaker; 11 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Barry Hovis
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
May 15, 2026	SB 1002: Creates and modifies provisions relating to elections submitted to the people by a school board of any school district located in St. Charles County Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 6, 2026	HB 2018: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the several departments and offices of state government Final Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 5, 2026	SB 1421: Modifies provisions relating to public safety House Amendment 21	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 28, 2026	HB 1758: Establishes the "Daylight Saving as New Standard Time Pact" Third Reading and Final Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 20, 2026	HB 2142: Modifies the "Show MO Act" tax credit caps for qualified motion media production projects Third Reading and Final Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 20, 2026	HB 1736: Modifies provisions governing county sales taxes for park purposes to allow tax revenues to be used for storm water management projects in parks Third Reading and Final Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 26, 2026	HB 2003: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 19, 2026	HB 2641: Creates provisions relating to cannabis Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Sept. 9, 2025	HB 1: Creates provisions for redistricting federal congressional seats Third Reading and Final Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Sept. 9, 2025	HJR 3: Creates the "Protect Missouri Voters" amendment Third Reading and Final Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Sept. 8, 2025	HB 1: Creates provisions for redistricting federal congressional seats Perfection	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Sept. 8, 2025	HJR 3: Creates the "Protect Missouri Voters" amendment Perfection	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 12, 2025	SB 105: Modifies provisions relating to invasive plants House Amendment 1	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 29, 2025	SB 7: Modifies provisions relating to health care Third Reading and Final Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 22, 2025	HB 952: Establishes provisions relating to payments for tort liability to insurers Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 17, 2025	HJR 73: Proposes a constitutional amendment that establishes provisions relating to reproductive health care Third Reading and Final Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 15, 2025	HJR 73: Proposes a constitutional amendment that establishes provisions relating to reproductive health care Perfection	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 14, 2025	HB 126: Modifies provisions relating to elections Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 9, 2025	HB 242: Modifies provisions relating to domestic relations Perfection	Yea	Excused	Nay (split)
April 7, 2025	HB 970: Establishes provisions relating to video lottery gaming terminals, licenses, and regulation Perfection	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 7, 2025	HB 970: Establishes provisions relating to video lottery gaming terminals, licenses, and regulation House Amendment 4	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 7, 2025	HB 507: Modifies provisions relating to elections Third Reading and Final Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 2, 2025	HB 507: Modifies provisions relating to elections House Amendment 1	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
Jan. 14, 2025	HR 7: Rules of the House of Representatives for the 103rd General Assembly House Amendment 2	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)

Every roll call

How Barry Hovis voted on each of the 1,022 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Barry Hovis
Date	Vote	Their vote	Most of their party	Speaker	Yeas–nays
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.

Contact, committees and caucuses

Contact

Official page: house.mo.gov
Email: barry.hovis@house.mo.gov
Capitol office: Room 304-B, 201 W. Capitol Ave., Jefferson City, MO 65101
573-751-6662

Committees

Pensions Chair
Public Employee Retirement Chair
Consent and Procedure Vice chair
Corrections and Public Institutions
Crime and Public Safety

Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the Missouri General Assembly, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.

Source: the Missouri House and Senate Journals, Jan. 8, 2025 to Sept. 16, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections