Matthew Overcast, Missouri House District 155: Voting Record

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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Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Matthew Overcast'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 House86thpercentile

More conservative than 85% of the Missouri House.

Most liberalMost conservative

23rd most conservative of 155

On the November 3 ballot

Running for Missouri House District 155.

Also on the ballot: Joshua Berzins (Democratic)

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The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

85%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Matthew Overcast.

On 416 contested votes where both voted91% on all 845 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

99%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Matthew Overcast.

On 294 party-line votesPartisan rank: 1 of 155 in the House (tied with 17 others)No one in the House votes with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Matthew Overcast
	Bills
Sponsored	45
Passed both chambers	0
Became law	0
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 37 of 155 in the House (tied with 118 others) · 37 of 105 Republicans (tied with 68 others)

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

Bills that passed both chambers

None of the bills Matthew Overcast sponsored passed both chambers.

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

62 against the Speaker; 53 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Matthew Overcast
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
May 14, 2026	SB 1572: Modifies provisions relating to public employee retirement systems House Amendment 2	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 13, 2026	HB 2596: Modifies provisions relating to health benefit plans Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 13, 2026	HB 2596: Modifies provisions relating to health benefit plans Concurrence	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 12, 2026	HB 1871: Modifies provisions relating to elections Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 12, 2026	HB 1871: Modifies provisions relating to elections Concurrence	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 11, 2026	HB 1825: Removes the prosecuting attorney and the sheriff from the county salary commission Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 11, 2026	HB 1825: Removes the prosecuting attorney and the sheriff from the county salary commission Concurrence	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 6, 2026	HB 2006: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Natural Resources, and the… Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 6, 2026	HB 2006: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Natural Resources, and the… Concurrence	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 5, 2026	SB 1421: Modifies provisions relating to public safety House Amendment 21	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 30, 2026	Motion: Representative Caton moved that Rule 98 be suspended Motion to Suspend a Rule	Nay	Yea (split)	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 27, 2026	HB 2974: Modifies provisions relating to licensure reciprocity Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 27, 2026	HB 2974: Modifies provisions relating to licensure reciprocity Concurrence	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 22, 2026	SB 914: Modifies provisions relating to sewage regulation Final Passage	Nay	Excused	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	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 20, 2026	HB 2297: Allows real property owners building a fence to enter an adjoining property up to 10 feet without liability for trespassing Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (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	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 9, 2026	HB 3080: Modifies the historic preservation tax credit Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 9, 2026	HB 2848: Establishes the offense of masked intimidation Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 9, 2026	HB 2885: Requires all proceeds from boating registrations to be deposited in the water patrol division fund and used exclusively for the water patrol division Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 9, 2026	HB 2387: Modifies provisions relating to the presidential preference primary Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 8, 2026	HB 2096: Modifies provisions relating to state funds for regional planning commissions Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 2, 2026	HB 1885: Modifies standards for the clean water commission 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)
April 2, 2026	HB 2641: Creates provisions relating to cannabis Concurrence	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	HB 2004: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Revenue and Department of Transportation Third Reading and Final Passage	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 11, 2026	HB 2395: Modifies provisions relating to sewage disposal 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. 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 13, 2025	SB 80: Creates and modifies provisions relating to sports Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 13, 2025	SB 80: Creates and modifies provisions relating to sports House Amendment 2	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	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)
April 29, 2025	SB 7: Modifies provisions relating to health care Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
April 29, 2025	SB 7: Modifies provisions relating to health care House Amendment 5	Nay	Excused	Yea (split)
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 24, 2025	HB 737: Modifies provisions relating to the protection of children Concurrence	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2025	SB 1: Modifies provisions relating to county officials Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2025	SB 81: Modifies provisions relating to public safety 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	Yea	Yea	Nay (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 14, 2025	HB 126: Modifies provisions relating to elections Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 10, 2025	HB 572: Authorizes motor fuel tax rate changes based on certain department of transportation expenditures Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 10, 2025	HB 1524: Enacts provisions authorizing an entertainment district Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 10, 2025	HB 992: Modifies provisions relating to criminal history background checks Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 7, 2025	HB 970: Establishes provisions relating to video lottery gaming terminals, licenses, and regulation Perfection	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 7, 2025	HB 507: Modifies provisions relating to elections Third Reading and Final Passage	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 416: Modifies provisions governing school safety Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 26, 2025	HB 176: Establishes provisions relating to electronic estate planning Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 13, 2025	HB 834: Modifies provisions relating to professional registration Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 6, 2025	HB 225: Allows the chief law enforcement executive in any jurisdiction to request assistance from another jurisdiction, including a jurisdiction outside the state of… Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Excused	Yea (split)
Feb. 20, 2025	HB 544: Modifies labeling for certain pesticides Third Reading and Final Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: Matthew Overcast
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: matthew.overcast@house.mo.gov
Capitol office: Room 115-H, 201 W. Capitol Ave., Jefferson City, MO 65101
573-751-2042

Committees

Administrative Rules
Elementary and Secondary Education
Emerging Issues
Judiciary
Legislative Research
Property Tax Reform Special
Veterans and Armed Forces

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.