# Marla Smith

Marla Smith is a Democratic member of the Missouri House for district 74.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Missouri House, district 74
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/56a68a64-7a44-4052-b5f2-e9f7c626e311

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/56a68a64-7a44-4052-b5f2-e9f7c626e311 (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 the 8 bills Smith sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Missouri House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.61 (standard error 0.06), from 164 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 52% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 8 bills: 8 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 48. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 140 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3424: Designates the "Mayor Mary Louise Carter Highway" in St. Louis County (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3424/
- HB 1933: Designates certain actions by employers, when based on employees' credit history or credit scores, as improper employment practices (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1933/
- HB 1935: Repeals a provision regarding sessions of a certain county court (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1935/
- HB 1932: Requires employers to provide meal periods or meal breaks to employees (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1932/
- HB 1934: Establishes the "College Admission and Financial Aid Letter Consistency Task Force" (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1934/
- HB 1481: Repeals a provision regarding sessions of county municipal court (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB1481/
- HB 1187: Designates certain actions by employers, when based on employees' credit history or credit scores, as improper employment practices (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB1187/
- HB 1088: Designates the "COL Elmer R Parrish Memorial Bridge" in Pulaski county (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB1088/
- HB 571: Modifies provisions relating to the compensation of jurors (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB571/
- HB 442: Establishes the "College Admission and Financial Aid Letter Consistency Task Force" (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB442/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $36.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 85% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2025&district=074

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/56a68a64-7a44-4052-b5f2-e9f7c626e311