# Donna Barnes

Donna Barnes is a Democratic member of the Missouri House for district 28.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Missouri House, district 28
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/fb57ce9b-bd82-4f93-8774-2cfef191289a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fb57ce9b-bd82-4f93-8774-2cfef191289a (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 8 bills Barnes sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Missouri House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.59 (standard error 0.09), from 24 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 55% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 8 bills: 8 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 33. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 140 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3288: Creates provisions relating to communication access services (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3288/
- HB 2441: Increases the penalty for the unauthorized use of parking spaces designated for persons with disabilities (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2441/
- HB 2440: Changes the age when a person may serve on a petit and grand jury (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2440/
- HB 1937: Expands the definition of special victim to include sports officials at a sporting event (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1937/
- HB 1938: Establishes the offenses of harassment of a school or recreation athletic official and entry or remaining on site of a school or recreation athletic contest… (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1938/
- HB 1936: Changes the age when a person may be excused from serving on a petit and grand jury (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1936/
- HB 1568: Creates provisions relating to communication access services (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB1568/
- HCR 12: Designates the week of November each year as "Veterans Week of Service" (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HCR12/
- HB 505: Expands the definition of special victim to include sports officials at a sporting event (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB505/
- HB 295: Establishes the offenses of harassment of a school or recreation athletic official and entry or remaining on site of a school or recreation athletic contest… (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB295/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $21.9K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% 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=028
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555259313707
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/donna.barnes.3158
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donna-sims-barnes-146b5874/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fb57ce9b-bd82-4f93-8774-2cfef191289a