# Kem Smith

Kem Smith is a Democratic member of the Missouri House for district 68.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Missouri House, district 68
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e4b24233-89d2-41eb-b360-ae297e3385ba

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e4b24233-89d2-41eb-b360-ae297e3385ba (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

Smith has served since 2025.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.72 (standard error 0.06), from 113 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 35% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 15 bills: 15 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 82. 20.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 98 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HCR 44: Designates December ninth as "Redd Foxx Day" in Missouri (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HCR44/
- HR 4125: Grants use of the House Chamber to multiple schools located within Missouri House District 68 on April 20, 2026, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. for presentation… (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HR4125/
- HB 3139: Establishes additional requirements for computer science courses in schools (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3139/
- HB 3138: Requires certain police departments to establish a missing person's unit (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3138/
- HB 3141: Modifies provisions governing student attendance data reported for school accreditation processes (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3141/
- HB 3140: Provides for mileage reimbursements for dual enrollment courses for college credit (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3140/
- HCR 36: Designates June 3rd as Josephine Baker Day in Missouri (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HCR36/
- HB 3131: Requires that a behavioral health specialist be dispatched with law enforcement when responding to calls classified by dispatch as mental-health related (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3131/
- HB 2192: Promotes DEI initiatives in public institutions (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2192/
- HR 1289: Grants use of the House Chamber to multiple schools located within Missouri House District 68 on May 5, 2025, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for presentation… (in committee, 2025-04-02) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HR1289/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $46.7K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 87% 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=068
- Campaign site: https://www.drkemformo.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Kem.M.Smith
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr_kem_smith/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e4b24233-89d2-41eb-b360-ae297e3385ba