Doug Beck

Votes by issue

Their recorded votes on bills that divided the chamber (unanimous votes left out), grouped by topic. A bill can sit under more than one topic. "With" and "against" compare each vote with how most Democrats voted. How topics are assigned

• ›Jobs & cost of living140 with · 9 against150 votes

  Most contested

  • Yes

    Relating to the licensing of accountants

    On the version voted Apr 30, 2026: Changes licensing laws for many professions, including accountants, architects, engineers, respiratory therapists and pharmacists, and moves interior designers from a registration council to licensure under the architects' and engineers' board.

    Feb 18, 2026 · Failed 10–18 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    Appropriations bill

    Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of statewide elected officials, the Judiciary, the Office of the State Public Defender, and the General Assembly

    May 9, 2025 · Passed 19–14 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    Relating to certain financial organizations

    Modifies standards for certain financial organizations

    May 1, 2025 · Passed 20–11 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  All jobs & cost of living votes
• ›Rights & public safety62 with · 3 against66 votes

  Most contested

  • Yes

    Relating to the juvenile justice system

    On the version voted Mar 12, 2026: Changes which juvenile felony arrests require fingerprinting and which charges allow adult certification, letting prosecutors seek it; closes juvenile criminal hearings to the public; sets fixed shares of prison sentences offenders must serve before parole starting in 2028; and adds offenses to the dangerous-felony list.

    Mar 9, 2026 · Failed 12–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • Yes

    Relating to the Missouri religious freedom protection act

    Establishes the "Missouri Religious Freedom Protection Act"

    May 5, 2025 · Failed 10–18 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • Yes

    Relating to law enforcement practices

    Allows the chief law enforcement executive in any jurisdiction to request assistance from another jurisdiction, including a jurisdiction outside the state of Missouri

    May 6, 2025 · Failed 10–19 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  All rights & public safety votes
• ›Education & families44 with · 5 against49 votes

  Most contested

  • Yes

    Relating to student associations at public institutions of higher learning

    On the version voted May 12, 2025: Bars schools (pre-K to 12) receiving state aid from discriminating based on hair texture or protective hairstyles associated with a race or origin, bars public colleges from adverse action against belief-based student groups over viewpoint or leadership requirements, and changes hazing and degree laws.

    Feb 26, 2025 · Failed 10–18 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    Appropriations bill

    Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the State Board of Education and Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

    May 6, 2026 · Passed 20–13 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    Appropriations bill

    Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development

    Apr 22, 2026 · Passed 22–9 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  All education & families votes
• ›Health & care28 with · 2 against31 votes

  Most contested

  • No

    Relating to abortion

    On the version voted May 13, 2026: Revises assault and stalking offenses; creates cyberharassment, cyberstalking, intimate digital depiction and sadistic online exploitation offenses; requires providers to give a child born alive after an abortion the same care as other children born alive; makes knowingly killing such a child first-degree murder, not second-degree.

    May 6, 2026 · Passed 18–14 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    Relating to reproductive health care

    Proposes a constitutional amendment that establishes provisions relating to reproductive health care

    May 14, 2025 · Passed 21–11 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    Appropriations bill

    Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Mental Health, the Department of Health and Senior Services, and the Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee

    Apr 22, 2026 · Passed 20–10 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  All health & care votes
• ›Climate & energy27 with · 2 against30 votes

  Most contested

  • Yes

    Relating to utilities

    On the version voted Mar 13, 2025: Changes utility regulation, including electric rate-setting rules, capacity and integrated resource planning, time-of-use rate opt-outs, discounts for large new customers, hot and cold weather shutoff rules, advanced meters, and Public Counsel funding.

    Feb 19, 2025 · Failed 10–20 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    Relating to a training program for Missouri rangers

    On the version voted May 13, 2026: Directs the POST commission to create a Missouri Rangers training program of up to 160 hours with a fitness test; rangers employed by schools get limited arrest powers on school property and may carry firearms if the school authorizes.

    May 14, 2026 · Passed 21–10 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • No

    Relating to the expenditure of moneys in certain funds by the department of natural resources

    On the version voted May 12, 2026: Changes Department of Natural Resources programs, including dropping the income-source restriction on Clean Water Commission members, giving holders of Army Corps reservoir storage rights to their return flows, and changing emissions inspection fee and Natural Resources Protection Fund provisions.

    May 15, 2026 · Passed 21–9 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  All climate & energy votes
• ›Housing & rent8 with · 1 against9 votes

  Most contested

  • No

    Real estate transactions

    Modifies provisions relating to real estate transactions

    May 7, 2025 · Passed 22–11 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • Yes

    Relating to certain disclosures by a real estate wholesaler

    May 15, 2026 · Passed 22–7 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • Yes

    Relating to incentives for downtown redevelopment

    Reopens the downtown redevelopment incentive program, letting the Department of Economic Development approve up to four new municipal applications from Aug. 28, 2026 until the end of 2032, and changes how revenue from relocated out-of-state businesses is counted.

    May 6, 2026 · Passed 24–5 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  All housing & rent votes
• ›Transportation8 with · 0 against8 votes

  Most contested

  • No

    Relating to the speed limit on certain roads of this state

    On the version voted May 15, 2026: Raises the uniform speed limit on rural interstates and freeways from 70 to 75 miles per hour and raises the maximum limit the state may set on state roads to 75.

    Mar 5, 2026 · Passed 25–6 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • Yes

    Relating to department of revenue fee offices

    On the version voted May 15, 2025: Raises the fees department of revenue fee offices may charge for registrations, titles and licenses, such as from $6 to $9 for a title or annual registration and from $12 to $18 for a biennial registration.

    Feb 24, 2025 · Passed 22–11 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • Yes

    Relating to driver's licenses

    Requires limited driving privilege applications to state travel times, routes and purposes, adds worship and essential-business trips as qualifying purposes, and lets courts and the director set route and schedule limits.

    Feb 26, 2026 · Passed 25–6 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  All transportation votes
• ›Technology & privacy5 with · 0 against5 votes

  Most contested

  • Yes

    Relating to the use of artificially generated content

    Declares artificial intelligence systems non-sentient and bars them from legal personhood, marriage, owning property or holding executive positions, requires notice when AI interacts with consumers, regulates companion chatbots, and requires disclaimers on certain AI-generated political ads depicting false speech or conduct.

    May 6, 2026 · Passed 20–10 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • Yes

    SB 743

    Modifies provisions relating to regulatory sandbox innovative offerings

    May 7, 2025 · Passed 29–5 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • Yes

    Relating to the unlawful use of unmanned aircraft in certain areas

    On the version voted May 15, 2026: Makes two parts of the bill take effect immediately: authority for certified peace officers to mitigate credible drone threats, and a revised drone offense over open-air venues (now 500-person capacity, was 5,000) and critical infrastructure.

    May 13, 2026 · Passed 26–5 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  All technology & privacy votes
• ›Foreign affairs & defense4 with · 0 against4 votes

  Most contested

  • Yes

    Relating to tuition for military personnel

    Relating to education

    May 1, 2025 · Passed 27–4 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • Yes

    Relating to compensation for services rendered in veterans benefits matters

    Bars compensation for referring veterans to benefits help or for services on claims filed within one year of release from active duty, requires written contingent-fee agreements, and creates a Cybersecurity Mission Act for the National Guard and a living organ donor program for Guard members.

    Feb 26, 2026 · Passed 27–4 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  • Yes

    Relating to military affairs

    As an amendment, lets counties, by ordinance or voter-approved referendum, give 100%-disabled veterans a property tax credit equal to increases in their homestead's real property tax liability above their initial credit year.

    Feb 11, 2026 · Passed 26–1 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗

  All foreign affairs & defense votes

Where they stood out

Voted against most of their party on 7 of 75 party-divided votes on file.

Most often on: Education & families (2), Rights & public safety (2), Climate & energy (2)

• Relating to statewide activities associations

  What it does: On the version voted Apr 30, 2026: Creates a five-member Interscholastic Athletic Oversight Commission, starting in 2027-28, to hear appeals of activities association decisions on transfer eligibility for athletic pur…

  Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 1–6, Republicans 19–2

  Apr 13, 2026Official record ↗

• Relating to jury instructions for the offense of murder in the first degree

  Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 2–5, Republicans 22–1

  Mar 31, 2025Official record ↗

• Relating to public safety

  What it does: Modifies provisions relating to public safety

  Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 1–7, Republicans 24–0

  Mar 10, 2025Official record ↗

• Relating to judicial review of agency determinations

  What it does: On the version voted May 15, 2025: Bars courts and hearing officers from deferring to a state agency's reading of a law or rule, requiring de novo interpretation, with any remaining doubt in actions involving a state…

  Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 2–7, Republicans 23–0

  Mar 6, 2025Official record ↗

• Relating to utilities

  What it does: On the version voted Mar 13, 2025: Changes utility regulation, including electric rate-setting rules, capacity and integrated resource planning, time-of-use rate opt-outs, discounts for large new customers, hot and co…

  Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 3–7, Republicans 17–6

  Feb 24, 2025Official record ↗

How this is counted

Their votes on the most contested roll calls

The votes in their chamber that came out closest and most divided by party, among those they voted on. How we rank

• Yes

  Relating to the office of administration

  With most of their party · Failed 13–14 · Yes 13–No 14 · Democrats 9–0, Republicans 4–14

  Feb 25, 2026Official record ↗

• Yes

  Relating to the juvenile justice system

  With most of their party · Failed 12–15 · Yes 12–No 15 · Democrats 9–0, Republicans 3–15

  Mar 9, 2026Official record ↗

• Yes

  Relating to the licensing of accountants

  With most of their party · Failed 10–18 · Yes 10–No 18 · Democrats 10–0, Republicans 0–18

  Feb 18, 2026Official record ↗

• Yes

  Relating to the Missouri religious freedom protection act

  With most of their party · Failed 10–18 · Yes 10–No 18 · Democrats 10–0, Republicans 0–18

  May 5, 2025Official record ↗

• Yes

  Relating to student associations at public institutions of higher learning

  With most of their party · Failed 10–18 · Yes 10–No 18 · Democrats 10–0, Republicans 0–18

  Feb 26, 2025Official record ↗

• No

  Relating to abortion

  With most of their party · Passed 18–14 · Yes 18–No 14 · Democrats 0–10, Republicans 18–4

  May 6, 2026Official record ↗

• Yes

  Relating to law enforcement practices

  With most of their party · Failed 10–19 · Yes 10–No 19 · Democrats 10–0, Republicans 0–19

  May 6, 2025Official record ↗

• No

  Appropriations bill

  With most of their party · Passed 19–14 · Yes 19–No 14 · Democrats 0–10, Republicans 19–4

  May 9, 2025Official record ↗