# Brenda Shields

Brenda Shields is a Republican member of the Missouri House for district 11.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri House, district 11
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b7d28fcb-9563-420c-91bb-01d3202124fd

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b7d28fcb-9563-420c-91bb-01d3202124fd (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

90% of the 10 bills Shields sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of the Missouri House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.23 (standard error 0.06), from 49 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 29% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 10 bills: 10 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 0. 90.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 2 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2408: Modifies provisions governing grants to deaf-blind individuals and families (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2408/
- HB 2409: Authorizes the "Child Care Contribution Tax Credit Act", the "Employer-Provided Child Care Assistance Tax Credit Act", and the "Child Care Providers Tax… (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2409/
- HB 3279: Modifies provisions relating to the Missouri community service commission (became law, 2026-07-13) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3279/
- HB 1757: Establishes procedures for school districts to test for gifted students (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1757/
- HB 2818: Modifies provisions governing annexation of territory outside the boundaries of a city (became law, 2026-07-13) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2818/
- HB 2819: Modifies provisions relating to certain cash transactions requiring rounding to the nearest five cent denomination (became law, 2026-07-13) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2819/
- HB 326: Modifies provisions of the "Champion for Children" tax credit and the "Donated Food" tax credit relating to tax credit award denials (passed one chamber, 2025-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB326/
- HB 267: Modifies provisions governing public school teachers (passed one chamber, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB267/
- HB 269: Authorizes the "Child Care Contribution Tax Credit Act", the "Employer-Provided Child Care Assistance Tax Credit Act", and the "Child Care Providers Tax… (passed one chamber, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB269/
- HB 1308: Modifies provisions governing grants to deaf-blind individuals and families (in committee, 2025-03-10) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB1308/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $18.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2024&code=R&district=011
- Campaign site: https://www.brendashieldsmo.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brendashieldsmo/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b7d28fcb-9563-420c-91bb-01d3202124fd