# Kent Haden

Kent Haden is a Republican member of the Missouri House for district 43.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri House, district 43
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/96d0d8da-dcff-4f59-b051-e0da15584b7b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/96d0d8da-dcff-4f59-b051-e0da15584b7b (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

71% of the 7 bills Haden sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of the Missouri House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.45 (standard error 0.05), from 136 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 67% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 7 bills: 7 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 4. 71.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 7 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2297: Allows real property owners building a fence to enter an adjoining property up to 10 feet without liability for trespassing (passed one chamber, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2297/
- HB 2816: Modifies and creates new provisions relating to electric utilities (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2816/
- HB 2296: Creates provisions relating to insurance coverage of alternatives to opioid drugs (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2296/
- HB 2298: Removes the exemption for electric cooperatives in eminent domain proceedings (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2298/
- HB 2307: Designates the Missouri Military Academy as the official military academy of the state of Missouri (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2307/
- HB 1404: Modifies provisions relating to birthing centers (in committee, 2025-03-24) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB1404/
- HB 1116: Allows real property owners building a fence to enter an adjoining property up to ten feet without liability for trespassing (passed one chamber, 2025-04-30) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB1116/
- HB 439: Creates provisions relating to dental plans (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB439/
- HB 440: Modifies and creates new provisions relating to utilities (in committee, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB440/
- HB 2808: Modifies provisions relating to health care facilities (in committee, 2024-03-05) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2024/HB2808/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $37.0K (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2024&code=R&district=043
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kenthaden/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/96d0d8da-dcff-4f59-b051-e0da15584b7b