# Cindy O'Laughlin

Cindy O'Laughlin is a Republican member of the Missouri Senate for district 18.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri Senate, district 18
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/77b71863-3523-489a-a6a8-953ffa0d8955

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/77b71863-3523-489a-a6a8-953ffa0d8955 (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

40% of the 10 bills O'Laughlin sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of the Missouri Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.49 (standard error 0.04), from 244 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 70% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 10 bills: 10 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 40.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri Senate 11.0%; rank 2 of 33).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 640: Modifies Senate Rules 52 and 84 to require certain bills to lie on the table for one day before the Senate may take action on the bill and changes the… (passed one chamber, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SR640/
- SJR 116: Modifies provisions relating to judges of the Supreme Court and of the Court of Appeals, including length of terms, term limits, and nonpartisan elections (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SJR116/
- SB 849: Places a moratorium on the construction of solar projects (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB849/
- SJR 67: Provides that the Director of the Department of Transportation shall be appointed by the Governor (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SJR67/
- SR 2: Establishes rules for the Second Extraordinary Session of the First Regular Session of the 103rd General Assembly (passed one chamber, 2025-09-10) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025S2/SR2/
- SB 808: Modifies provisions relating to economic development (in committee, 2025-05-01) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/SB808/
- SR 19: Modifies Senate Rules 25 and 28 regarding standing committees of the Senate (passed one chamber, 2025-01-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/SR19/
- SJR 3: Modifies provisions relating to judges of the Supreme Court and of the Court of Appeals, including length of terms, term limits, and nonpartisan elections (in committee, 2025-02-06) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/SJR3/
- SCR 1: Establishes a joint committee of the General Assembly for the inaugural events occurring on January 13, 2025 (passed one chamber, 2025-01-13) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/SCR1/
- SJR 2: Transfers authority over the Department of Transportation from the Highways and Transportation Commission to the Governor (in committee, 2025-02-06) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/SJR2/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $41.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mo.gov/senators/member/18
- X: https://x.com/cindyolaughlin2
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorcindyolaughlin/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindy-o-laughlin-bba1ba125/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/77b71863-3523-489a-a6a8-953ffa0d8955