# Jeff Hales

Jeff Hales is a Democratic member of the Missouri House for district 86.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Missouri House, district 86
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/92aabb0f-94de-4d54-b4d0-23f09035d8a0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/92aabb0f-94de-4d54-b4d0-23f09035d8a0 (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

0% of the 12 bills Hales sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Missouri House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.55 (standard error 0.05), from 157 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 61% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 12 bills: 12 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 24. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 140 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3521: Requires the department of revenue to provide a person who has certified his or her homelessness status with a free nondriver’s license (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3521/
- HB 3519: Changes the law regarding automatically renewed transactions by requiring certain notice be given to the consumer (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3519/
- HB 3520: Requires the department of revenue to provide each individual 1 free original and 1 free renewal or replacement nondriver’s license every 2 years (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3520/
- HJR 197: Creates new provisions for the selection and appointment of members of certain districts created under the Constitution of Missouri (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HJR197/
- HJR 198: Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting an initiative measure approved by the voters to be amended or repealed by the General Assembly except by… (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HJR198/
- HB 2843: Increases the fee imposed for the repair of lateral sewer service lines in certain areas upon a vote approving the increase (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2843/
- HB 2550: Authorizes a transient guest tax for general revenue purposes in University City upon voter approval (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2550/
- HB 1574: Modifies provisions relating to the towing of certain vehicles or vessels (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB1574/
- HJR 99: Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting an initiative measure approved by the voters to be amended or repealed by the General Assembly except by… (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HJR99/
- HB 1573: Allows for 3 weeks of no-excuse absentee voting (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB1573/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $20.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 99% 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=086
- Campaign site: https://halesformissouri.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jeffhales
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/halesformissouri/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/halesformissouri/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/92aabb0f-94de-4d54-b4d0-23f09035d8a0