The Chamber

Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/04/2008
Next Election: 2012
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Donna; 2 Children: Anna, Mitchell
Birth date: 07/24/1961
Birthplace: Chicago, IL
Home City: Saint Louis MO
Religion: Christian

Education

Attended, Covenant Theological Seminary, 1999 Attended, Meramac Community College, 1980-1981 Diploma, Mehlville Senior High, 1979

Profession

Business Manager/Development Director, Providence Christian Academy, 1997-present Owner/Partner, Savile Row Clothing Retail, 1988-1997 Owner, Christopher's Shoes, 1981-1987

Committees

Appropriations
Capital Improvements and Leases Oversight
Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy, and the Environment
Government Accountability
Governmental Accountability
Tax Policy

SB 572 Amends Worker's Compensation
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

SB 749 Authorizes Religious Objections by Employers for Health Care Coverage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 572 Amends Worker's Compensation
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

SB 749 Authorizes Religious Objections by Employers for Health Care Coverage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 572 Amends Worker's Compensation
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

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SB 572 Amends Worker's Compensation
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

SB 749 Authorizes Religious Objections by Employers for Health Care Coverage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 572 Amends Worker's Compensation
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

SB 749 Authorizes Religious Objections by Employers for Health Care Coverage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 572 Amends Worker's Compensation
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

HB 1219 Workplace Discrimination Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 572 Amends Worker's Compensation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 592 Establishes New Standards to Prove Workplace Discrimination
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SS for HCS for HB 3 Presidential Elections
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 8 Tax Credit Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 193 Congressional Redistricting Plan
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

HB 73 Drug Testing Of Welfare Recipients
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 193 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 113 Regulating Animal Care Facilities
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SJR 2 Constitutional Amendment Requiring Voter Photo Identification
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 3 Requires Photo Identification to Vote
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1 Public Retirement Systems
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 2 Manufacturing Jobs Act
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: -

SB 586 Sexually Oriented Business Regulations
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1311 Coverage for Individuals Diagnosed with Autism
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: -

HB 1764 Prohibits Mandatory Participation in a Health Care System
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 2010 2010-2011 Department of Mental Health and Department of Health and Senior Serices Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 2002 2010-2010 Education Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 2010 2010-2011 Department of Mental Health and Department of Health and Senior Serices Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 793 Abortion Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 943 Education Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 714 State Employee Retirement System Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1014 Limiting Prison Eligibility
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 191 Law Changes Regarding Taxation
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 46 Expansion of Abortion Laws
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 11 2009-2010 Social Services Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 22 Capital Improvements
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 306 State Health Care Expansion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 11 2009-2010 Social Services Budget
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 10 2009-10 Health Budget
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 1549, 1771, 1395, 2366 Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 1038 Repealing Campaign Contribution Limits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1549, 1771, 1395, 2366 Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 711 Property Tax Regulations
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 2011 2008-2009 Department of Social Services Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 2393 Mega-Project Tax Credits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2011 2008-2009 Department of Social Services Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 2010 2008-2009 Department of Mental Health and Department of Health and Senior Services Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 2002 2008-2009 Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 2003 2008-2009 Department of Higher Education Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 2002 2008-2009 Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 2003 2008-2009 Department of Higher Education Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1851 Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Changes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2059 Establishes the Professional Relationships Between Teachers and School Districts Act.
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1851 Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Changes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1831 Prohibiting Coerced Abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2393 Mega-Project Tax Credits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1831 Prohibiting Coerced Abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HJR 71 Sales Tax for Veterans' Services
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1066 Teacher Certification
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HJR 49 Appellate Judicial Commissioners
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HJR 70 State Spending Limit
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HJR 41 Prohibiting Judges from Imposing Taxes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HJR 43 Constitutional Amendment Limiting Property Taxes
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 2002 2008-2009 Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2011 2008-2009 Department of Social Services Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2003 2008-2009 Department of Higher Education Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2010 2008-2009 Department of Mental Health and Department of Health and Senior Services Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2002 2008-2009 Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2003 2008-2009 Department of Higher Education Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2011 2008-2009 Department of Social Services Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2010 2008-2009 Department of Mental Health and Department of Health and Senior Services Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1779 Regulation of Telecommunications Services
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1619 Monitoring Prescription Drug Sales
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1779 Regulation of Telecommunications Services
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HA 5 Defining Mifepristone as a Schedule 1 Controlled Substance
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1406 Establishment of Drunk Driving Memorial Sign Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SCS HCS HB 1
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HCS HB 1 Economic Development
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2 Extended Transportation Projects Contract
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SS6 SCS SB 389 Higher Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 269 College Admission of Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

CCS2 HCS SS2 SCS SB 1014 Voter Identification and Poll Regulation
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SS2 SCS HCS HB 1456 Unemployment Compensation Changes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HJR 55 Salaries and State Pensions for Public Officials
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

SS2 SCS HCS HB 1456 Unemployment Compensation Changes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

CCS SS HCS HB 1900 Campaign Finance and Lobbying
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HCS SS2 SCS SB 1014 Voter Identification and Poll Regulation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HCS HB 1814 English as the State’s Official Language
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HCS HB 1022 State College and University Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1619 Franchise Tax Rates
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1910 Public Construction and Labor Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HA 1 Education Loans
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 1910 Public Construction and Labor Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1864 College Admission of Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1865 Access Missouri Scholarship Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HCS HB 1944 Eminent Domain
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HA 9 Eminent Domain Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

HJR 39 Prayer in Public Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 994 Motorcycle Helmet Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

CCS SCS HCS HB 1014 Budget Supplements
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HA 3 Health Care Premiums Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

HCS HB 1014 Budget Supplements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SCS SB 578 Funeral Protests Prohibition
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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