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Justin Brown

RState Senator · District 16

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 Republicans voted. How topics are assigned

Where they stood out

Voted against most of their party on 3 of 49 party-divided votes on file.

  • Appropriations bill

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

    Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 0–10, Republicans 20–3

    May 6, 2026Official record ↗

  • Appropriations bill

    A yes vote adopted the conference committee's report on HB 2002, the appropriations bill for education (State Board of Education and Department of Elementary and Secondary Education); a separate final-passage vote followed. (AI-written)

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

    Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 0–10, Republicans 20–3

    May 6, 2026Official record ↗

  • Relating to tax credits for downtown revitalization

    What it does: Creates state tax credits from 2026 for downtown revitalization: 25% of costs of converting office buildings to mainly residential use and 30% of upper-floor housing costs in main street districts, carried back three…

    Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 10–0, Republicans 10–13

    Mar 13, 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

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Substantive votes concern legislation or nominations; procedural votes concern how the chamber considers them. A Yes vote applies to the motion shown, which may not be final passage.

HB 3080 · MO SENATE

Relating to facilities of historic significance

Not votingNO VOTE

Motion: Third reading and passage

Modifies the historic preservation tax credit

Official summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed 24–4·Substantive·May 15, 2026Roll call ↗
HB 1696 · MO SENATE

Relating to the right of sepulcher

Not votingNO VOTE

Motion: Third reading and passage

Modifies provisions relating to the right of sepulcher

Official summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed 29–1·Substantive·May 15, 2026Roll call ↗
SB 953 · MO SENATE

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

Not votingNO VOTE

Motion: Third reading and passage

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.

AI summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed 21–9·Substantive·May 15, 2026Roll call ↗
SB 953 · MO SENATE

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

Not votingNO VOTE

Motion: Adopt HCS for SB 953, as amended

A yes vote adopted the House committee substitute, as amended, for SB 953 on Department of Natural Resources environmental programs, as the text the Senate then voted to pass. (AI-written)

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.

AI summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed 21–9·Substantive·May 15, 2026Roll call ↗
HB 2896 · MO SENATE

Relating to higher education governing bodies

Not votingNO VOTE

Motion: Third reading and passage

Modifies provisions relating to the governing bodies of certain public institutions of higher education

Official summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed 26–1·Substantive·May 15, 2026Roll call ↗
SB 1019 · MO SENATE

Relating to hospitals

Not votingNO VOTE

Motion: Third reading and passage

On the version voted May 14, 2026: Raises the share of available funds that boards of city hospitals under chapter 96 may invest from 25% to 50%, gives hospital districts a 50% authority, adjusts limits on hospital activities in some counties, and revises the Missouri Lyme Disease Eradication Act.

AI summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed 29–1·Substantive·May 15, 2026Roll call ↗
SB 1019 · MO SENATE

Relating to hospitals

Not votingNO VOTE

Motion: Adopt HCS for SB 1019, as amended

A yes vote adopted the House committee substitute, as amended, for SB 1019, a 31-section health care bill, as the text the Senate then voted to pass. (AI-written)

On the version voted May 14, 2026: Raises the share of available funds that boards of city hospitals under chapter 96 may invest from 25% to 50%, gives hospital districts a 50% authority, adjusts limits on hospital activities in some counties, and revises the Missouri Lyme Disease Eradication Act.

AI summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed 29–1·Substantive·May 15, 2026Roll call ↗
HB 1867 · MO SENATE

Relating to transient guest taxes

Not votingNO VOTE

Motion: Third reading and passage

Authorizes Joplin to increase a transient guest tax for tourism to no more than six percent upon a vote of the people

Official summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed 22–5·Substantive·May 15, 2026Roll call ↗
HB 2292 · MO SENATE

Relating to reporting of abuse and neglect

Not votingNO VOTE

Motion: Third reading and passage

Modifies provisions relating to abuse and neglect reporting, including a requirement to report companion animal abuse

Official summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed 22–6·Substantive·May 15, 2026Roll call ↗
SB 835 · MO SENATE

Relating to garnishments

Not votingNO VOTE

Motion: Third reading and passage

Raises the homestead exemption from $15,000 to $40,000 and other exemptions from attachment, sets three circuit judges in the 25th circuit, changes execution and garnishment procedures, and replaces the anti-SLAPP law with the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act.

AI summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed 26–1·Substantive·May 15, 2026Roll call ↗

Showing 10 of 297 votes in this collection. Coverage may be incomplete; each entry links to the official record.