Missouri House · District 94

Jim Murphy

Republican

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Votes with the Speaker 90% On 454 contested votes where both voted · 94% on all votes Votes with own party 97% Partisan rank: 55 of 155 in the House (tied with 19 others) Didn't vote at roll call 7% 67 of 1,022 roll calls · 67 of them excused

Bills passed 2 33 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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Jim Murphy'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

Missouri House73rdpercentile

More conservative than 73% of the Missouri House.

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42nd most conservative of 155

The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

90%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Jim Murphy.

On 454 contested votes where both voted94% on all 909 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

97%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Jim Murphy.

On 329 party-line votesPartisan rank: 55 of 155 in the House (tied with 19 others)54 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Jim Murphy
	Bills
Sponsored	33
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: Jim Murphy
Bill	Result	Final action
HB 121 (2025 Regular Session) Establishes the "Safe Place for Newborns Fund" for the installation of newborn safety incubators	Became law	May 8, 2025
HB 974 (2025 Regular Session) Establishes provisions relating to insurance for certain uses of motor vehicles	Became law	April 30, 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

47 against the Speaker; 37 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Jim Murphy
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
May 14, 2026	SB 1019: Modifies several provisions relating to health care Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 14, 2026	SB 1572: Modifies provisions relating to public employee retirement systems House Amendment 2	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 5, 2026	SB 1421: Modifies provisions relating to public safety Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 5, 2026	SB 1421: Modifies provisions relating to public safety House Amendment 21	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
April 29, 2026	SB 973: Creates and modifies provisions relating to real estate transactions Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 29, 2026	SB 938: Modifies certain provisions relating to land surveying Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
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	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 13, 2026	HB 3111: Modifies provisions relating to professional surety bail bond agents Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 2, 2026	HB 3239: Establishes and modifies provisions relating to adult education Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 2, 2026	HB 2641: Creates provisions relating to cannabis Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 30, 2026	HB 1623: Creates provisions relating to emergency suspensions or restrictions for massage therapists and chiropractors Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 26, 2026	Motion: Representative Riley moved that Rule 98 be suspended Motion to Suspend a Rule	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 12, 2026	HB 1867: Authorizes Joplin to increase a transient guest tax for tourism to no more than six percent upon a vote of the people Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 9, 2026	HB 1839: Establishes provisions relating to civil liability for publishing or distributing material harmful to minors on the internet Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 23, 2026	HB 1844: Establishes a licensure compact for athletic trainers Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 10, 2026	HB 1866: Allows the director of the department of public safety to deny a peace officer license if an applicant has had a license permanently revoked or suspended House Amendment 1	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (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 15, 2025	SB 105: Modifies provisions relating to invasive plants Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 15, 2025	SB 3: Modifies or enacts provisions relating to Department of Revenue fee offices Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 12, 2025	SB 105: Modifies provisions relating to invasive plants House Amendment 1	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 12, 2025	SB 167: Modifies provisions relating to the protection of certain persons and animals Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 12, 2025	HB 145: Modifies provisions of the sunshine law Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 12, 2025	HB 145: Modifies provisions of the sunshine law Concurrence	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 9, 2025	SB 50: Modifies provisions relating to public institutions Emergency Clause	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 29, 2025	SB 7: Modifies provisions relating to health care Third Reading and Final Passage	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 24, 2025	HB 606: Modifies provisions relating to the department of higher education and workforce development Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 24, 2025	HB 837: Modifies provisions relating to state funds for regional planning commissions Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 22, 2025	HB 326: Modifies provisions of the "Champion for Children" tax credit and the "Donated Food" tax credit relating to tax credit award denials Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 22, 2025	HB 757: Modifies practices and standards in regards to certain commercial practices Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 22, 2025	HB 200: Modifies provisions relating to environmental protection Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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 22, 2025	HB 134: Establishes the "Missouri Task Force on Nonprofit Safety and Security" Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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 7, 2025	HB 970: Establishes provisions relating to video lottery gaming terminals, licenses, and regulation Perfection	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 7, 2025	HB 507: Modifies provisions relating to elections Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 2, 2025	HB 497: Modifies provisions relating to workers' compensation Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 2, 2025	HB 507: Modifies provisions relating to elections House Amendment 1	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 31, 2025	HB 572: Authorizes motor fuel tax rate changes based on certain department of transportation expenditures House Amendment 2	Nay	Excused	Yea (split)
March 27, 2025	HB 58: Creates provisions relating to emergency suspensions or restrictions for massage therapists and chiropractors Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 27, 2025	HB 207: Modifies provisions relating to department of revenue fee offices Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 26, 2025	HB 313: Modifies provisions relating to the state advisory council on emergency medical services Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 26, 2025	HB 1116: Allows real property owners building a fence to enter an adjoining property up to ten feet without liability for trespassing Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Excused	Yea (split)
March 13, 2025	HB 567: Modifies provisions relating to employee compensation Emergency Clause	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 13, 2025	HB 643: Modifies provisions relating to the establishment of lakefront entertainment districts Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2025	HB 296: Modifies provisions relating to school bus endorsements Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: Jim Murphy
Date	Vote	Their vote	Most of their party	Speaker	Yeas–nays
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Contact, committees and caucuses

Contact

Official page: house.mo.gov
Email: jim.murphy@house.mo.gov
Capitol office: Room 407-B, 201 W. Capitol Ave., Jefferson City, MO 65101
573-751-3719

Committees

Fiscal Review Chair
Government Accountability
Government Efficiency
Insurance
Property Tax Reform Special

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