# Melissa Schmidt

Melissa Schmidt is a Republican member of the Missouri House for district 141.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri House, district 141
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7839a137-9de7-440a-bad8-20db1e0ead3b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7839a137-9de7-440a-bad8-20db1e0ead3b (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 21 bills Schmidt sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the Missouri House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.44 (standard error 0.06), from 123 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 66% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 21 bills: 19 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 18. 57.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 22 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3470: Establishes the "Hope Missouri" Act (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3470/
- HB 3445: Establishes provisions relating to licensed child care facilities (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3445/
- HB 2033: Modifies provisions relating to gender transition procedures (passed one chamber, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2033/
- HB 3188: Establishes the Media Literacy and Critical Thinking Act (introduced, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3188/
- HB 3077: Requires school districts to develop instructional materials regarding the responsible use of social media (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3077/
- HB 3078: Provides local property tax credits for certain disabled veterans (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3078/
- HB 2921: Establishes provisions relating to civil liability for publishing or distributing material harmful to minors on the internet (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2921/
- HB 2745: Modifies provisions relating to health screenings for a child taken into the custody of the children's division (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2745/
- HB 2398: Establishes provisions relating to summer and day camps (introduced, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2398/
- HB 2362: Authorizes the "Disabled Veteran Property Tax Relief Act" relating to a property tax exemption for certain veterans (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2362/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $33.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2025&code=R&district=141
- Campaign site: https://www.melissaschmidtformissouri.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SchmidtForMo/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/schmidt4/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrs.melissa.schmidt/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mdschmidt1/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7839a137-9de7-440a-bad8-20db1e0ead3b