# Barry Hovis

Barry Hovis is a Republican member of the Missouri House for district 146.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri House, district 146
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/54f9145f-2529-448e-8238-b00d049a782c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/54f9145f-2529-448e-8238-b00d049a782c (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

57% of the 23 bills Hovis sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the Missouri House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.45 (standard error 0.06), from 60 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 67% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 23 bills: 23 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 6. 56.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 23 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3479: Modifies provisions relating to Kansas City police force separation from service (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3479/
- HB 3409: Creates the Agricultural Data Ownership and Market Competition Act (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3409/
- HB 3358: Establishes provisions relating to the sale of property with a prescriptive easement for public use (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3358/
- HB 3257: Establishes the offense of impeding, threatening, or harassing a first responder (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3257/
- HB 3208: Modifies provisions relating to certain public school retirement systems boards of trustees (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3208/
- HB 2884: Modifies provisions relating to public employee retirement systems (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2884/
- HB 2885: Requires all proceeds from boating registrations to be deposited in the water patrol division fund and used exclusively for the water patrol division (became law, 2026-07-13) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2885/
- HB 2708: Modifies the offense of possession of unlawful items in a prison or jail (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2708/
- HB 2254: Establishes provisions relating to postconviction relief to set aside a sentence of death (in committee, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2254/
- HB 2258: Modifies provisions relating to the recreation sales tax for certain counties (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2258/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $9,300 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2024&code=R&district=146
- Campaign site: https://www.friendsofbarryhovis.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/friends-of-barry-744316625760746/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/54f9145f-2529-448e-8238-b00d049a782c