# Mark Sharp

Mark Sharp is a Democratic member of the Missouri House for district 37.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Missouri House, district 37
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0fddc5af-b1f0-49ca-84d9-fc6458edf362

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0fddc5af-b1f0-49ca-84d9-fc6458edf362 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

0% of Sharp’s itemized money in the 2024 cycle came from Missouri, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.49 (standard error 0.09), from 33 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 70% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 17 bills: 17 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 12. 11.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 111 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3287: Designates the city of Kansas City as the "Barbecue Capital" of the state of Missouri (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3287/
- HJR 137: Proposes a constitutional amendment that adds employees of school districts to the list of allowed employment for members of the general assembly (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HJR137/
- HB 2317: Requires the observation of Black History Month in school districts (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2317/
- HB 2315: Enacts various provisions relating to suspicious deaths where there is a history of domestic violence (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2315/
- HB 2316: Prohibits possession of machine-gun conversion devices (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2316/
- HB 1804: Modifies provisions relating to ignition interlock device requirements for certain intoxication-related traffic offenses (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1804/
- HB 1807: Authorizes law enforcement to intercept and disable unmanned aircraft that post credible threats to public safety (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1807/
- HB 1806: Creates the offense of unlawful use of a firearm by a minor (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1806/
- HB 1808: Establishes provisions relating to the liability of a social host (in committee, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1808/
- HB 1809: Modifies provisions relating to medical providers' participation in criminal investigations (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1809/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $21.4K (State House Democrats median $5,075). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2024&code=R&district=037
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1SharpMO/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-a-sharp-b7ba89180/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0fddc5af-b1f0-49ca-84d9-fc6458edf362