# John Black

John Black is a Republican member of the Missouri House for district 129.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri House, district 129
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1250ea3d-fe5c-46ea-bead-f7249d234e68

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1250ea3d-fe5c-46ea-bead-f7249d234e68 (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

Black reported $5,200 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.42 (standard error 0.06), from 35 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 61% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 21 bills: 20 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 5. 38.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 67 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2576: Creates several new state designations (became law, 2026-07-13) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2576/
- HB 2122: Allows electrical corporations to charge for services based on the costs of certain construction work in progress (passed one chamber, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2122/
- HB 2120: Establishes antibullying requirements for school districts (passed one chamber, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2120/
- HB 3468: Requires each circuit having a treatment court division to employ a treatment court administrator or coordinator if approved by the court and appropriations… (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3468/
- HB 2637: Modifies and establishes provisions relating to public safety (became law, 2026-06-12) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2637/
- HB 3282: Modifies provisions relating to peer review committees (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3282/
- HB 2763: Creates provisions relating to funding of behavioral health services (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2763/
- HB 2638: Creates provisions relating to funding of behavioral health services (introduced, 2026-01-06) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2638/
- HB 2599: Changes a user fee collected by recorders of deeds for the Missouri housing trust fund from three dollars to nine dollars (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2599/
- HB 2598: Creates provisions relating to nuclear energy projects (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2598/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $5,200 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% 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=129

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1250ea3d-fe5c-46ea-bead-f7249d234e68