# Bruce Sassmann

Bruce Sassmann is a Republican member of the Missouri House for district 61.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri House, district 61
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d01a9b1a-a262-4d27-9de9-b7ad0ff8c7f0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d01a9b1a-a262-4d27-9de9-b7ad0ff8c7f0 (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

100% of Sassmann’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Missouri, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.27 (standard error 0.05), from 92 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 36% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 23 bills: 23 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 8. 34.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 73 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1623: Creates provisions relating to emergency suspensions or restrictions for massage therapists and chiropractors (passed one chamber, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1623/
- HB 3420: Designates Bland, MO as the "Silver City of the Rock Island Trail" (in committee, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3420/
- HB 3394: Modifies the damages owed for throwing down or opening doors, bars, gates or fences and leaving them open or down (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3394/
- HB 3200: Modifies provisions relating to the modernization of certain property assessment practices (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3200/
- HB 3108: Modifies provisions relating to homemade food (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3108/
- HB 2919: Modifies provisions relating to the Missouri Gaming Commission (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2919/
- HB 2411: Modifies provisions relating to the memorial highway designation process (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2411/
- HB 2191: Requires the use of an ignition interlock devices for persons who are found guilty of an intoxication-related traffic offense (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2191/
- HB 2170: Modifies provisions relating to child passenger restraint systems (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2170/
- HB 1798: Requires the Missouri driver's license written examination to be administered in English and prohibits the use of translators (in committee, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1798/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $19.9K (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=2024&code=R&district=061
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SassmannForRep/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d01a9b1a-a262-4d27-9de9-b7ad0ff8c7f0