Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/02/2004
Next Election: Term Limited
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Janet; 3 children: Robert, Tracey, Cory
Birth date: 05/19/1960
Birthplace: West Plains, MO
Home City: Caulfield MO
Religion: Baptist

Education

Diploma, West Plains High School, 1978

Profession

Owner/Founder, Ozark Wings Hatchery/Hunting Preserve, present Owner/Founder, Ozark Awards Calf/Cow Farmer

Committees

Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources
General Laws
Government Accountability
Governmental Accountability
Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight

SB 572 Amends Worker's Compensation
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

SB 749 Authorizes Religious Objections by Employers for Health Care Coverage
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

SB 572 Amends Worker's Compensation
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

SB 749 Authorizes Religious Objections by Employers for Health Care Coverage
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

SB 572 Amends Worker's Compensation
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

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SB 572 Amends Worker's Compensation
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

SB 749 Authorizes Religious Objections by Employers for Health Care Coverage
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

SB 572 Amends Worker's Compensation
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

SB 749 Authorizes Religious Objections by Employers for Health Care Coverage
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

SB 572 Amends Worker's Compensation
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

HB 1219 Workplace Discrimination Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

SB 592 Establishes New Standards to Prove Workplace Discrimination
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SS for HCS for HB 3 Presidential Elections
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 8 Tax Credit Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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

HB 73 Drug Testing Of Welfare Recipients
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 193 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

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

SJR 2 Constitutional Amendment Requiring Voter Photo Identification
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 3 Requires Photo Identification to Vote
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1 Public Retirement Systems
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: -

HB 2 Manufacturing Jobs Act
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 586 Sexually Oriented Business Regulations
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1311 Coverage for Individuals Diagnosed with Autism
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 1764 Prohibits Mandatory Participation in a Health Care System
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 2010 2010-2011 Department of Mental Health and Department of Health and Senior Serices Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 2002 2010-2010 Education Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 2010 2010-2011 Department of Mental Health and Department of Health and Senior Serices Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 793 Abortion Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 943 Education Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 714 State Employee Retirement System Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1014 Limiting Prison Eligibility
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 191 Law Changes Regarding Taxation
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 46 Expansion of Abortion Laws
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 11 2009-2010 Social Services Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 22 Capital Improvements
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 306 State Health Care Expansion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 11 2009-2010 Social Services Budget
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: -

HB 10 2009-10 Health Budget
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 873 Voting Student Curator on the University of Missouri Board of Curators
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

HB 1549, 1771, 1395, 2366 Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 2393 Mega-Project Tax Credits
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 817 Physicians' Billing Practices
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SA 1 to HB 2007 Mega-Project Fund Appropriation
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 858 Restrictions on Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 778 HPV Immunization
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1066 Teacher Certification
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1038 Repealing Campaign Contribution Limits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SCS HCS HB 1 Economic Development
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

CCS SS HCS HB 1900 Campaign Finance and Lobbying
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

CCS2 HCS SS2 SCS SB 1014 Voter Identification and Poll Regulation
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

CCS SCS HCS HB 1270 Missouri Renewable Fuel Standard Act
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HJR 55 Salaries and State Pensions for Public Officials
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

CCS SS HCS HB 1900 Campaign Finance and Lobbying
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SA 1 Restrictions on salaries and state pensions for public officials
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

SCS HCS HB 1022 State College and University Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SCS HB 1865 Access Missouri Scholarship Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SS2 SCS SB 1014 Voter Identification and Poll Regulation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SS SCS SB 1236 Dam and Reservoir Safety
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SA 5 Renewable Energy Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

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