How Your State Rep and Senator Voted

By Jim Day

Note: Voting Records and explanations were provided by Kerry Messer, MetroVoice's political advisor and President of Missouri Family Network.

We hope that the following voting records will help voters to see exactly where their present elected official in the Missouri House of Representatives and Senate stood on four issues of importance to the family during the last General Assembly. There were many other important votes, but we felt that the following represented a good cross section of votes which related to three of our questionnaire questions; Discrimination, Second Amendment and Abortion. Voters may wish to compare their candidate's answers to our questionnaire with how they actually voted on the following issues for consistency.

ABORTION: 24 Hour Waiting Period

HB 156 requires any abortion to be performed only after a woman has had at least a 24 hour waiting period from her initial visit to arrange it. There must be a conference between the woman and the abortionist which provides specific details to the woman. This conference must be verified as occurring no less than 24 hours in advance of the abortion and that the procedure is in compliance with detailed informed consent.

This bill gives women the opportunity to truly face the decision to abort before it is too late. As with many other choices, most folks often regret making all kinds of decisions. Based on other states experiences, this standard is expected to greatly lower abortion numbers in Missouri. HB 156 also requires minimal medical malpractice insurance coverage for anyone performing an abortion in Missouri.

This vote is the official roll call of those members of the Missouri House of Representatives who voted to override Governor Holden’s veto of HB 156. A YES vote is pro-life, a NO vote is in support of promoting impulsive decisions to have an abortion.

House Journal, Wednesday, September 10, 2003 (Veto Session)

Senate Journal, Thursday, September 11, 2003 (Veto Session)

HB 156.

Representative Phillips moved that HB 156 be passed, the objections of the Governor thereto notwithstanding. Which motion was adopted by the following vote:

Representatives who voted YES: 121
Angst	Avery	Baker	Barnitz	Bean
Bearden	Behnen	Bivins	Black	Bough
Bringer	Brown	Bruns	Burnett	Byrd
Cooper 120	Cooper 155	Crawford	Crowell	Cunningham 145
Cunningham 86	Daus	Davis 122	Davis 19	Deeken
Dempsey	Dethrow	Dixon	Dougherty	Dusenberg
Emery	Engler	Ervin	Goodman	Green
Guest	Hampton	Harris 110	Henke	Hobbs
Holand	Hunter	Icet	Jackson	Jetton
Kelly 144	Kelly 36	King	Kingery	Kratky
Kuessner	Lager	Lawson	Lembke	LeVota
Liese	Lipke	Luetkemeyer	Marsh	May
Mayer	McKenna	Meiners	Miller	Moore
Morris	Muckler	Munzlinger	Myers	Nieves
Parker	Pearce	Phillips	Portwood	Pratt
Purgason	Quinn	Ransdall	Rector	Reinhart
Richard	Roark	Ruestman	Rupp	Salva
Sander	Schaaf	Schlottach	Schneider	Schoemehl
Seigfreid	Selby	Self	Shoemaker	Shoemyer
Smith 118	Smith 14	Spreng	St. Onge	Stefanick
Stevenson	Sutherland	Taylor	Threlkeld	Townley
Viebrock	Villa	Vogt	Wagner	Wallace
Walsh	Ward	Wasson	Wildberger	Wilson 119
Wilson 130	Wood	Wright	Yaeger	Yates
Hanaway
Representatives who voted NO: 38
Abel	Bishop	Bland	Boykins	Brooks
Campbell	Carnahan	Corcoran	Curls	Darrough
Donnelly	El-Amin	Fares	Fraser	Graham
Haywood	Hilgemann	Hoskins	Hubbard	Johnson 47
Johnson 61	Johnson 90	Jolly	Jones	Lowe
Page	Sager	Skaggs	Thompson	Walker
Walton	Whorton	Willoughby	Wilson 25	Wilson 42
Witte	Young	Zweifel
Absent with leave: 2 – George & Harris 23

SENATE VOTE ON HB 156 – 24 HOUR WAITING PERIOD FOR ABORTIONS

HB 156 received the necessary two-thirds majority to pass, the objections of the Governor notwithstanding, by the following vote:

Senators who voted YES
Kennedy	Kinder	Klindt	Loudon
Mathewson	Nodler	Russell	Scott
Shields	Steelman	Stoll	Vogel
Yeckel—25
Senators who voted NO
Bland	Bray	Coleman	Days
Goode	Jacob	Quick	Wheeler--8
Absent Senators: None
Absent with leave Senators: None
Vacancies: 1

ABORTION: Planned Parenthood Funding

HB 10 provides funding as part of the larger state budget. This portion of the budget has included public funding for “family planning” ‘services’ each of the past ten years. Pro-life advocates have waged a perennial battle to try to restrict these funds from being granted to Planned Parenthood or other abortion providers. Every year the courts have thwarted pro-life efforts and public tax dollars end up subsidizing these pro-abortion groups.

This money has never been used to pay for an abortion but has served to legitimatize abortion providers. Most offensive is the fact that our taxes used in this program have been used to provide free contraceptives to minors without parental consent! It is no less an offense that these funds have been used for this purpose statewide. It matters not if a minor receives contraception from an abortion provider or from a local health department; both are equally offensive and wrong.

This vote brought the public subsidizing of Planned Parenthood to an end. HB 10 contained absolutely NO funding for family planning. A YES vote was to end Governors Carnahan and Holden’s deceptive allocations of public tax dollars to their political allies in the abortion industry, a NO vote was in opposition to ending this financial charade.

House Journal, p. 1677, Thursday, May 8, 2003

Senate Journal, p. 1337, Thursday, May 8, 2003

HB 10 was read the third time and passed by the following vote:

Representatives who voted YES: 84
Angst	Avery	Baker	Bean	Bearden
Bivins	Black	Bough	Brown	Bruns
Byrd	Cooper 120	Cooper 155	Crawford	Crowell
Cunningham 145	Cunningham 86	Davis 19	Deeken	Dempsey
Dethrow	Dixon	Dusenberg	Emery	Engler
Ervin	Goodman	Guest	Hobbs	Holand
Hunter	Icet	Jackson	Jetton	Kelly 144
King	Kingery	Lager	Lembke	Lipke
Luetkemeyer	Marsh	May	Mayer	Moore
Morris	Munzlinger	Myers	Nieves	Parker
Pearce	Phillips	Portwood	Pratt	Purgason
Quinn	Rector	Reinhart	Richard	Ruestman
Rupp	Sander	Schaaf	Schlottach	Schneider
Self	Smith 118	Smith 14	St. Onge	Stefanick
Stevenson	Sutherland	Taylor	Threlkeld	Townley
Viebrock	Wallace	Wasson	Wilson 119	Wilson 130
Wood	Wright	Yates	Hanaway
Representatives who voted NO: 75
Abel	Barnitz	Behnen	Bishop	Bland
Boykins	Bringer	Brooks	Burnett	Campbell
Carnahan	Corcoran	Curls	Darrough	Daus
Davis 122	Donnelly	Dougherty	El-Amin	Fares
Fraser	George	Graham	Green	Hampton
Harris 110	Harris 23	Henke	Hilgemann	Hoskins
Hubbard	Johnson 47	Johnson 61	Johnson 90	Jolly
Jones	Kelly 36	Kratky	Kuessner	Lawson
LeVota	Liese	Lowe	McKenna	Meiners
Merideth	Muckler	Page	Ransdall	Roark
Sager	Salva	Schoemehl	Seigfreid	Selby
Shoemaker	Shoemyer	Skaggs	Spreng	Thompson
Villa	Vogt	Wagner	Walker	Walsh
Walton	Ward	Whorton	Wildberger	Wilson 25
Wilson 42	Witte	Yaeger	Young	Zweifel
Absent with leave: 4 – Adams, Haywood, Miller, Willoughby

SENATE VOTE ON HB 10 – PLANNED PARENTHOOD FUNDING

Was read the 3rd time and passed by the following vote:

Senators who voted YES
Bartle	Caskey	Cauthorn	Champion
Childers	Clemens	Dolan	Foster
Gibbons	Goode	Griesheimer	Gross
Kinder	Klindt	Loudon	Mathewson
Nodler	Russell	Scott	Shields
Steelman	Vogel	Yeckel -- 23
Senators who voted NO
Bland	Bray	Days	Dougherty
Jacob	Kennedy	Quick	Stoll
Wheeler – 9
Absent Senators: None
Absent with leave Senators: 2 – Coleman & DePasco -- 2

Citizen's Self-Protection

HB 349 allows law abiding citizens to protect themselves, and others if need be, from violent criminals by issuing personal protection permits. Under this law Missouri joins the other 44 states which allow honest citizens the right to carry a concealed firearm. (Even though this is the most restrictive law of its kind in the nation.)

Missouri was one of only six states which completely prohibited concealed carry for personal protection, and of the other 44 states, not a single one has restricted their law since being adopted. Clear research shows a qualified reduction in violent crimes for every state that allows its citizens the right to personal protection.

To date approximately 16,000 Missourians have been issued permits to carry self protection concealed firearms. A YES vote was to support the right of honest citizens to protect themselves from violent criminals, a NO vote was to continue to deny law-abiding, competent and trained adults their Constitutional right of self-protection!

House Journal, Wednesday, September 10, 2003 (Veto Session)

Senate Journal, Thursday, September 11, 2003 (Veto Session)

HB 349.

Representative Crawford moved that HB 349 be passed, the objections of the Governor thereto notwithstanding. Which motion was adopted by the following vote:

Representatives who voted YES: 115
Abel	Angst	Avery	Baker	Barnitz
Bean	Bearden	Behnen	Bivins	Black
Bough	Bringer	Brown	Bruns	Byrd
Cooper 120	Cooper 155	Crawford	Crowell	Cunningham 145
Cunningham 86	Davis 122	Davis 19	Deeken	Dempsey
Dethrow	Dixon	Dougherty	Dusenberg	Emery
Engler	Ervin	Goodman	Green	Guest
Hampton	Harris 110	Henke	Hobbs	Holand
Hunter	Icet	Jackson	Jetton	Johnson 47
Kelly 144	Kelly 36	King	Kingery	Kuessner
Lager	Lawson	Lembke	LeVota	Liese
Lipke	Luetkemeyer	Marsh	May	Mayer
McKenna	Miller	Moore	Morris	Munzlinger
Myers	Nieves	Parker	Pearce	Phillips
Portwood	Pratt	Purgason	Quinn	Ransdall
Rector	Reinhart	Richard	Roark	Ruestman
Rupp	Sager	Salva	Sander	Schaaf
Schlottach	Schneider	Seigfreid	Selby	Self
Shoemaker	Shoemyer	Smith 118	Smith 14	St. Onge
Stefanick	Stevenson	Sutherland	Taylor	Threlkeld
Townley	Viebrock	Wagner	Wallace	Ward
Wasson	Whorton	Wilson 119	Wilson 130	Witte
Wood	Wright	Yates	Young	Hanaway
Representatives who voted NO: 43
Bishop	Bland	Boykins	Brooks	Burnett
Campbell	Carnahan	Corcoran	Curls	Darrough
Daus	Donnelly	El-Amin	Fares	Fraser
Graham	Haywood	Hilgemann	Hoskins	Hubbard
Johnson 61	Johnson 90	Jolly	Jones	Lowe
Meiners	Muckler	Page	Schoemehl	Skaggs
Spreng	Thompson	Villa	Vogt	Walker
Walsh	Walton	Wildberger	Willoughby	Wilson 25
Wilson 42	Yaeger	Zweifel
Present: 1 - Kratky
Absent with leave: 2 – George & Harris 23

SENATE VOTE ON HB 349 - CITIZENS SELF-PROTECTION

Senator Caskey moved that HB 349 be passed, the objections of the Governor notwithstanding, which motion received the necessary two-thirds majority by the following vote:

Senators who voted YES
Bartle	Caskey	Cauthorn	Champion
Childers	Clemens	Dolan	Foster
Gibbons	Griesheimer	Gross	Kinder
Klindt	Loudon	Mathewson	Nodler
Russell	Scott	Shields	Steelman
Stoll	Vogel	Yeckel--23
Senators who voted NO
Bland	Bray	Coleman	Days
Dougherty	Goode	Jacob	Kennedy
Quick	Wheeler—10
Absent Senators: None
Absent with leave Senators: None
Vacancies: 1

MARRIAGE: Vote to Kill Missouri’s Marriage Protection Amendment

SJR 29 was the last bill passed in the 2004 Missouri General Assemble. That vote placed Constitutional Amendment No. 2 on the statewide ballot this past August. The final votes on SJR 29 were taken only minutes before time ran out! In a failed effort to stop the Marriage Protection Amendment from passing, opponents staged a procedural debate intended to ‘run-the-clock’ and keep the bill from receiving a final vote. Supporters had to “Call the Previous Question” (PQ). This procedural vote of 90-63 allowed the Marriage Protection Amendment to move forward and receive its final authorization to pass.

The roll call recorded here is the procedural vote to stop debate and allow the resolution to be approved before time ran out. A YES vote was to allow voters an opportunity to amend the Missouri Constitution in order to protect traditional marriage between one man and one woman, a NO vote was to prevent the proposal from getting final approval to be placed before the voters. Note that 37 House members who voted Yes on the final approval for SJR 29 also voted No on this procedural step and would have killed the resolution had their vote prevailed!

House Journal, p. 2015, Friday, May 14, 2004

Vote to Kill Missouri’s Marriage Protection Amendment

SJR 29, relating to same-sex marriages, was taken up by Representative Engler.

Representative Crowell moved to “Call the Previous Question.” The following was the vote to decide whether or not to allow the “Call the Previous Question.”

Representatives who voted YES: 90 (Against allowing the "Call the Previous Question")
Baker	Bean	Bearden	Behnen	Bishop
Bivins	Black	Bough	Bringer	Brown
Bruns	Byrd	Cooper 155	Crawford	Crowell
Cunningham 145	Cunningham 86	Davis 19	Deeken	Dempsey
Dethrow	Dixon	Dusenberg	Emery	Engler
Ervin	Fares	Goodman	Guest	Hobbs
Holand	Icet	Jackson	Johnson 47	Kelly 144
King	Kingery	Lager	Lembke	Lipke
Luetkemeyer	Marsh	May	Mayer	Miller
Moore	Morris	Munzlinger	Myers	Nieves
Page	Parker	Pearce	Phillips	Portwood
Pratt	Purgason	Quinn	Rector	Reinhart
Richard	Roark	Ruestman	Rupp	Sander
Schaaf	Schlottach	Schneider	Selby	Self
Shoemaker	Smith 118	Smith 14	St. Onge	Stefanick
Stevenson	Sutherland	Taylor	Threlkeld	Townley
Wallace	Wasson	Wildberger	Wilson 119	Wilson 130
Wood	Wright	Yates	Zweifel	Hanaway
Representatives who voted NO: 63 (To allow the "Call the Previous Question" and thus kill the Marriage Amendment.)
Abel	Barnitz	Bland	Boykins	Boykins
Burnett	Campbell	Carnahan	Curls	Darrough
Daus	Davis 122	Donnelly	Dougherty	El-Amin
Fraser	George	Graham	Green	Hampton
Harris 110	Harris 23	Haywood	Henke	Hilgemann
Hoskins	Hubbard	Johnson 61	Jones	Kelly 36
Kratky	Kuessner	Lawson	LeVota	Liese
Lowe	McKenna	Meadows	Meiners	Muckler
Ransdall	Sager	Salva	Schoemehl	Seigfreid
Shoemyer	Skaggs	Spreng	Swinger	Thompson
Villa	Vogt	Wagner	Walker	Walsh
Walton	Whorton	Willoughby	Wilson 25	Wilson 42
Witte	Yaeger	Young
Present: 2 - Johnson 90 & Ward
Absent with leave: 8 - Angst, Avery, Cooper 120, Corcoran, Hunter, Jetton, Jolly, Viebrock

MARRIAGE: Final Vote to Allow Missouri's Marriage Protection Amendment

SJR 29 was allowed to face its final legislative hurdle once a procedural “PQ” vote to close debate was adopted by the House. Having passed the Senate earlier in the year, it now only needed one more vote by the House to be sent to the voters of the state. The final adoption of this proposal would amend the Missouri Constitution once Missouri voters agreed at the ballot box during the August Primary Election. The proposed resolution stated: “That to be valid and recognized in this state, a marriage shall exist only between a man and a woman.” This in effect prohibits homosexual marriage in Missouri.

Of the 63 House members who failed in their vote to procedurally bog down SJR 29, only 26 ultimately voted against the final version of the bill which most citizens would see. The other 37 politicians did not want their constituents to know they had tried to keep the resolution from passing the Legislature and voted in the affirmative on this final round. A YES vote was to allow Missourians the opportunity to put traditional marriage protection into the state constitution, a NO vote was opposed to protecting marriage and in favor of allowing homosexual marriages to become a part of Missouri’s future.

House Journal, p. 2015-2016, Friday, May 14, 2004

Senate Journal, p. 500, Monday, March 1, 2004

On motion of Representative Engler, SJR 29 was truly agreed to and finally passed by the following vote:

Representatives who voted YES: 130
Abel	Angst	Baker	Barnitz	Bean
Bearden	Behnen	Bishop	Bivins	Black
Bland	Bough	Bringer	Brown	Bruns
Byrd	Cooper 120	Cooper 155	Crawford	Crowell
Cunningham 145	Cunningham 86	Darrough	Davis 122	Davis 19
Deeken	Dempsey	Dethrow	Dixon	Dusenberg
El-Amin	Emery	Engler	Ervin	George
Goodman	Green	Guest	Hampton	Harris 110
Henke	Hobbs	Holand	Hunter	Icet
Jackson	Jetton	Johnson 47	Kelly 144	Kelly 36
King	Kingery	Kuessner	Lager	Lawson
Lembke	LeVota	Liese	Lipke	Luetkemeyer
Marsh	May	Mayer	McKenna	Meadows
Meiners	Miller	Moore	Morris	Muckler
Munzlinger	Myers	Nieves	Page	Parker
Pearce	Phillips	Portwood	Pratt	Purgason
Quinn	Ransdall	Rector	Reinhart	Richard
Roark	Ruestman	Rupp	Salva	Sander
Schaaf	Schlottach	Schneider	Schoemehl	Seigfreid
Selby	Self	Shoemaker	Shoemyer	Skaggs
Smith 118	Smith 14	Spreng	St. Onge	Stefanick
Stevenson	Sutherland	Swinger	Taylor	Thompson
Threlkeld	Townley	Viebrock	Wagner	Wallace
Walton	Ward	Wasson	Whorton	Willoughby
Wilson 119	Wilson 130	Witte	Wood	Wright
Yaeger	Yates	Young	Zweifel	Hanaway
Representatives who voted NO: 26
Brooks	Burnett	Campbell	Carnahan	Curls
Daus	Donnelly	Dougherty	Fraser	Graham
Harris 23	Haywood	Hilgemann	Hoskins	Hubbard
Johnson 61	Jones	Kratky	Lowe	Sager
Villa	Vogt	Walker	Walsh	Wilson 25
Wilson 42
Present: 3 – Fares, Johnson 90, Wildberger
Absent with leave: 4 – Avery, Boykins, Corcoran, Jolly

SENATE VOTE ON SJR 29 – THE MARRIAGE AMENDMENT

SJR 29 on motion of Senator Steelman, was read the 3rd time and passed by the following vote:

Senators who voted YES
Bland	Callahan	Caskey	Cauthorn
Champion	Childers	Clemens	Dolan
Dougherty	Foster	Gibbons	Griesheimer
Gross	Jacob	Kennedy	Kinder
Klindt	Loudon	Mathewson	Nodler
Russell	Scott	Shields	Steelman
Stoll	Vogel--26
Senators who voted NO
Bray	Coleman	Days	Goode
Quick	Wheeler--6
Absent Senator: Yeckel
Absent with leave Senator: Bartle