# Steve Butz

Steve Butz is a Democratic member of the Missouri House for district 81.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Missouri House, district 81
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6ad9db86-5e30-4693-be71-41bacad5b843

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6ad9db86-5e30-4693-be71-41bacad5b843 (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

Butz sits at −0.22 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 96% of State House Democrats.

## What Butz says (MO 2025–26 session)

5 classified statements: 5 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Butz | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 765 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 39.2% | 757 of 765 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 765 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.22 (standard error 0.04), from 429 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 96% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 19 bills: 19 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 12. 5.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 123 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3415: Allows a political subdivision to enact ordinances prohibiting operation of an electronic communication device while operating a motor vehicle (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3415/
- HB 3336: Allows a financial institution that participates in the signature guarantee program to validate a medallion stamp signature (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3336/
- HB 3295: Repeals and creates new provisions relating to the members of the Clean Water Commission (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3295/
- HB 3276: Establishes the "Auto Theft Prevention Commission" (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3276/
- HB 2990: Modifies provisions within the Missouri Securities Act of 2003 (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2990/
- HB 2193: Creates extreme risk orders of protection (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2193/
- HB 2138: Modifies the offense of unlawful possession of a firearm (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2138/
- HB 1857: Modifies the offense of unlawful possession of a firearm (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1857/
- HB 1864: Prohibits candidates from serving as the treasurer of their own candidate committee (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1864/
- HB 1856: Increases the cigarette tax from $0.17 per pack of 20 cigarettes to $0.27 per pack to be used for public education and health care purposes, upon voter approval (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1856/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $234.1K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 96% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2025-08-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/ButzSteve/status/1955334620364304649
- 2025-03-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/ButzSteve/status/1902193107493360087
- 2025-03-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/ButzSteve/status/1902468385470083539
- 2025-01-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/ButzSteve/status/1881128597378969754
- 2025-01-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/ButzSteve/status/1877393667498848737

## Links

- Official site: https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2024&code=R&district=081
- Campaign site: https://www.votestevebutz.com/
- X: https://x.com/ButzSteve
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stevebutzcampaign/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steve.butz/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-butz-4672827/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6ad9db86-5e30-4693-be71-41bacad5b843