I hope this finds everyone doing well. Now that session is over we all get to reacclimate ourselves back to “normal.” For me, it’s life back on the farm every day. As many of you know, agriculture is the number one industry in the state, and it is planting season. ...

This week was a great last week. Last week, we were able to get HB 604 added as an amendment to a bill, but this week we were finally able to get my House Bill 604 Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed as the underlying bill — next stop is the Governor’s desk. Name, image, and likeness also passed this week. That will give college players the ability to use their personal “brand” to make money outside of their team and school commitments...

This was a fun week. It started out Monday morning when I met Governor Parson up in Marshall. He first visited Hardeman R-10 School to celebrate teacher appreciation week and visited with the children. A lot of smiles and the kids got to ask questions about what it was like being the Governor. ...

How hard is it to get a bill passed through the House? Well, there have been 1,449 bills filed in the house, and as of me writing this, there have only been 116 bills Third Read and passed onto the Senate...

Spring Break must have energized us Representatives because we accomplished a lot this week. Below you will find a list of bills we approved and sent over to the Senate...

This past week was spring break for the legislators, and while it was nice being back home for a week, I am looking forward to getting back. See below for a couple of things happening in Missouri...

This past week has been a test for The Missouri Legislature. The Senate took the week off, but The House managed to squeeze in two full days of Committee Hearings and Sessions, passing three bills (see below)...

Greetings from Jefferson City. This week in the Capitol was again a very full week with committee hearings. It is redundant in these weekly reports but most of my time was spent in budget committee hearings listening to different departments present the state budget. ...

(Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021) — My third full week in the Capitol was a busy one and again there was another event that I was excited to be able to attend. Our committee hearings really got into full swing this meet as all but one of my five had hearings on new legislation. ...

The journey to Jefferson City that started back in July of 2019 finally culminated this last week on Jan. 6, 2021, as myself and my fellow incoming “Freshman” class of state representatives were sworn into office...