Missouri House · District 129

John Black

Republican

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Votes with the Speaker 93% On 459 contested votes where both voted · 96% on all votes Votes with own party 93% Partisan rank: 113 of 155 in the House (tied with 9 others) Didn't vote at roll call 3% 35 of 1,022 roll calls · 35 of them excused

Bills passed 2 27 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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John Black'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 liberal than 61% of the Missouri House.

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61st most liberal of 155

The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

93%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is John Black.

On 459 contested votes where both voted96% on all 925 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

93%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is John Black.

On 332 party-line votesPartisan rank: 113 of 155 in the House (tied with 9 others)112 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: John Black
	Bills
Sponsored	27
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: John Black
Bill	Result	Final action
HB 2576 (2026 Regular Session) Creates several new state designations	Became law	May 15, 2026
HB 2637 (2026 Regular Session) Modifies and establishes provisions relating to public safety	Became law	April 29, 2026

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

30 against the Speaker; 27 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: John Black
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 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 Motion to Reconsider	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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 Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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 House Amendment 1	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (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 30, 2026	HB 2426: Establishes provisions relating to parental rights Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 28, 2026	HB 2426: Establishes provisions relating to parental rights House Amendment 1	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 23, 2026	SB 1066: Modifies provisions relating to taxation Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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 25, 2026	HB 1855: Creates provisions relating to disease surveillance conducted by the department of health and senior services House Amendment 2	Yea	Excused	Nay (split)
March 11, 2026	HB 3146: Modifies provisions for ballot summary statements Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 9, 2026	HB 3146: Modifies provisions for ballot summary statements House Amendment 1	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 9, 2026	HB 1800: Changes the percentage of the cap on the inflationary growth factor for the assessment growth of real or personal property occurring within a political… Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 9, 2026	HB 2375: Modifies provisions relating to workers' compensation 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
May 8, 2025	SB 63: Creates and modifies provisions relating to the participation of certain students in nontraditional educational settings Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 8, 2025	SB 63: Creates and modifies provisions relating to the participation of certain students in nontraditional educational settings Concurrence	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 29, 2025	SB 7: Modifies provisions relating to health care House Amendment 5	Nay	Excused	Yea (split)
April 23, 2025	HB 627: Modifies provisions relating to environmental protection House Amendment 3	Yea	Excused	Nay (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 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	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 10, 2025	HB 344: Relating to tobacco products Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 9, 2025	HB 242: Modifies provisions relating to domestic relations Perfection	Yea	Excused	Nay (split)
April 9, 2025	HB 970: Establishes provisions relating to video lottery gaming terminals, licenses, and regulation Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (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 507: Modifies provisions relating to elections Third Reading and Final Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 2, 2025	HB 661: Requires municipalities and the department of transportation to reimburse non-rate regulated utilities for site relocation costs incurred due to road… Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 2, 2025	HB 507: Modifies provisions relating to elections House Amendment 1	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 27, 2025	HB 1175: Reestablishes the Second Amendment Preservation Act Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 13, 2025	HB 903: Reduces the assessment percentage of tangible personal property over a period of years Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: John Black
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: john.black@house.mo.gov
Capitol office: Room 403-B, 201 W. Capitol Ave., Jefferson City, MO 65101
573-751-1167

Committees

Budget
Intergovernmental Affairs Special
Judiciary
Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Task Force
Utilities

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