# Scott Cupps

Scott Cupps is a Republican member of the Missouri House for district 158.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri House, district 158
- Serving since: 2020-01-08
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/515b97f2-7c88-40e5-b127-04146435e50e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/515b97f2-7c88-40e5-b127-04146435e50e (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

100% of Cupps’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Missouri, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.37 (standard error 0.11), from 10 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 52% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 32 bills: 32 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 3.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 128 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3514: Requires MoDOT to obtain the approval of the governing body of a county, city, town, or village prior to constructing any roundabouts on certain roadways (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3514/
- HB 3515: Prohibits taxpayer resources from being used to enforce federal laws governing emissions control equipment on diesel engines (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3515/
- HB 3390: Creates new provisions related to the construction of data centers (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3390/
- HB 3389: Modifies the offense of tampering with a judicial officer (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3389/
- HB 3147: Creates new provisions relating to the sale of kratom products (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3147/
- HB 1690: Suspends the fees collected and remitted to the Missouri Beef Industry Council until the United States Congress passes a law mandating country of origin label… (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1690/
- HB 1688: Modifies criminal penalties for certain sexual offenses (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1688/
- HB 1687: Establishes provisions relating to the administration of surgical castration for certain sexual offenders (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1687/
- HB 1693: Allows for certain motor vehicles to be registered permanently (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1693/
- HB 1689: Modifies certain provisions to include artificially generated visual depictions of a minor (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1689/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $53.4K (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=158
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottcupps/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/515b97f2-7c88-40e5-b127-04146435e50e