# Mike Bernskoetter

Mike Bernskoetter is a Republican member of the Missouri Senate for district 6.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri Senate, district 6
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8df40920-38e1-4892-aa6b-764467bf79b7

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8df40920-38e1-4892-aa6b-764467bf79b7 (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

24% of the 33 bills Bernskoetter sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Missouri Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.32 (standard error 0.06), from 226 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 42% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 33 bills: 33 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 0. 24.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri Senate 11.0%; rank 3 of 33).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SCR 21: Encourages all Missouri citizens to engage in appropriate patriotic programs and events in observance of Show-Me America 250 (passed one chamber, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SCR21/
- SB 1420: Modifies provisions relating to mail sent by state entities (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1420/
- SB 1394: Modifies provisions relating to the commissioners of the Public Service Commission (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1394/
- SB 1471: Establishes the "Act Against Abusive Website Access Litigation" which establishes provisions relating to litigation alleging certain disability access… (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1471/
- SB 841: Modifies provisions relating to health care (passed one chamber, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB841/
- SB 1429: Modifies provisions relating to withholding tax returns (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1429/
- SB 842: Establishes "Cindi's Law" requiring certain diagnostic tests for uterine cancer (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB842/
- SS SB 937: SS/SB 937 - The act authorizes the conveyance of state property located in: - the City of Harrisonville, Cass County (Section 1); - the City of… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SSSB937/
- SB 938: Modifies certain provisions relating to land surveying (became law, 2026-07-09) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB938/
- SB 937: Conveys certain state property (became law, 2026-07-13) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB937/

## Campaign money (2022 cycle)

Itemized receipts $205.9K (State Senate Republicans median $34.5K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mo.gov/senators/member/06
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mikebernskoetter/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8df40920-38e1-4892-aa6b-764467bf79b7