# Yolonda Fountain-Henderson

Yolonda Fountain-Henderson is a Democratic member of the Missouri House for district 85.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Missouri House, district 85
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6f65a218-7bef-4fa3-b86c-907ed92296d8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6f65a218-7bef-4fa3-b86c-907ed92296d8 (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

Fountain-Henderson has served since 2023.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.59 (standard error 0.11), from 7 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 56% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 13 bills: 13 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 8. 15.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 106 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3459: Establishes "Preston's Law" which establishes standards of conduct for law enforcement officers when conducting homicide investigations (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3459/
- HB 3277: Allows the city of Northwoods to impose a sales tax for public safety purposes (in committee, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3277/
- HR 4153: Grants use of the House Chamber to the Missouri Legislative Black Caucus 2026 Emerging Leaders Youth Conference on June 22, 2026, from 8 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HR4153/
- HB 3075: Designates March sixth each year as "Kit Bond Day" in Missouri (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3075/
- HB 3074: Designates April thirteenth each year as William Lacy Clay, Sr. Day (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3074/
- HB 3046: Establishes provisions relating to failing to supervise a child (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3046/
- HB 3047: Prohibits a landlord from evicting a tenant who is a veteran unless illegal conduct occurs on the premises (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3047/
- HB 1403: Designates June 17th each year as "Neighborhood Gun Violence Prevention Day" in honor of Preston Ja'mon "Tink" Jones, Sr. (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB1403/
- HB 1027: Establishes requirements for speed control devices installed for traffic calming purposes (in committee, 2025-03-19) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB1027/
- HB 1029: Changes provisions governing local sales taxes (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB1029/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $12.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2024&code=R&district=085
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yolonda.henderson1/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yolondafountainhenderson/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yolonda-fountain-henderson-361615264/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6f65a218-7bef-4fa3-b86c-907ed92296d8