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Mike Bernskoetter
Republican · State Senator

Mike Bernskoetter

Represents District 6 in the State Senate.

Votes with Republicans
100%
on 30 party-line votes · Senate Republicans median 97%
Cast a vote
93%
Yea or Nay on 186 of 199 roll calls · Senate median 96%
Their bills that became law
3 of 15
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 2
Roll calls on record
199
2026 Regular Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 5, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 2026 Regular Session.

How Mike Bernskoetter votes

A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.

Where Mike Bernskoetter sits in the Senate

Each dot is one member of the Senate, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Mike Bernskoetter is circled.

Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party

0 of 30 party-line votes.

They voted with most Republicans on every party-line vote this session.

Closest votes they cast

Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.

SB999 · Modifies provisions relating to vulnerable persons
Yea
Senate: Third Reading · 2026-05-06 · Passed 18–14
SB938 · Modifies certain provisions relating to land surveying
Yea
Senate: Third Reading · 2026-02-26 · Passed 18–13
HB2020 · Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the several departments and offices of state government
Yea
Senate: Conference Committee Report Adoption · 2026-05-06 · Passed 20–13
HJR173 · Proposes a constitutional amendment relating to taxation
Yea
Senate: Adopt Substitute · 2026-04-15 · Passed 18–11
HB2010 · 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
Yea
Senate: Third Reading · 2026-04-22 · Passed 20–10
Democrats they vote with most

Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.

Steve RobertsDemocrat · District 5 · 27 shared contested votes
56%
Stephen WebberDemocrat · District 19 · 59 shared contested votes
54%
Maggie NurrenbernDemocrat · District 17 · 59 shared contested votes
53%
Their session, month by month

Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (13 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.

2026-01: 2 roll calls, 2 without a Yea or Nay2026-02: 16 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2026-03: 35 roll calls, 1 without a Yea or Nay2026-04: 61 roll calls, 2 without a Yea or Nay2026-05: 85 roll calls, 8 without a Yea or NayJan 2026May 2026
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Their bills, from filing to law

Bills Mike Bernskoetter was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.

Introduced15
Out of committee4
Passed one chamber3
Passed both chambers3
Became law3
Never left committee11

For comparison, the median Republican member of the Senate has 2 bills that became law this session.

Modifies duties and functions of the Joint Committee on Legislative Research
Became lawSigned by Governor · 2026-07-13
Conveys certain state property
Became lawSigned by Governor · 2026-07-13
Modifies certain provisions relating to land surveying
Became lawSigned by Governor · 2026-07-09
Encourages all Missouri citizens to engage in appropriate patriotic programs and events in observance of Show-Me America 250
Out of committeeReported Duly Enrolled Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee · 2026-05-28
Modifies provisions relating to health care
Not out of committeeInformal Calendar S Bills for Perfection · 2026-05-15
Modifies provisions relating to the Missouri Gaming Commission
Not out of committeeRe-referred S Select Committee on Gaming Committee · 2026-02-23
Authorizes the city of Osage Beach to establish an entertainment district
Not out of committeeSecond Read and Referred S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee · 2026-02-05
Establishes the "Act Against Abusive Website Access Litigation" which establishes provisions relating to litigation alleging certain disability access violations
Not out of committeeSecond Read and Referred S General Laws Committee · 2026-02-05
Modifies provisions relating to withholding tax returns
Not out of committeeSecond Read and Referred S Economic and Workforce Development Committee · 2026-02-05
Modifies provisions relating to mail sent by state entities
Not out of committeeSecond Read and Referred S Government Efficiency Committee · 2026-02-05
Conveys certain state property
Not out of committeeSecond Read and Referred S General Laws Committee · 2026-02-05
Modifies provisions relating to the commissioners of the Public Service Commission
Not out of committeeSecond Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy & the Environment Committee · 2026-01-27
Modifies provisions relating to the governing bodies of certain public institutions of higher education
Not out of committeeSecond Read and Referred S Education Committee · 2026-01-08
Creates provisions relating to cost-sharing under health benefit plans
Not out of committeeSecond Read and Referred S Insurance and Banking Committee · 2026-01-08
Establishes "Cindi's Law" requiring certain diagnostic tests for uterine cancer
Not out of committeeSecond Read and Referred S Insurance and Banking Committee · 2026-01-08

Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.

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HB2896 · 2026-05-15
Modifies provisions relating to the governing bodies of certain public institutions of higher education (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 26-0
Yea
HB1696 · 2026-05-15
Modifies provisions relating to the right of sepulcher (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 29-0
Yea
HB2397 · 2026-05-15
Modifies requirements for a dissolution of a public water supply district (Senate: Conference Committee Report Adoption)
Passed · 24-9
Yea
HB2397 · 2026-05-15
Modifies requirements for a dissolution of a public water supply district (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 24-9
Yea
HB2885 · 2026-05-15
Requires all proceeds from boating registrations to be deposited in the water patrol division fund and used exclusively for the water patrol division (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 27-0
Yea
SB973 · 2026-05-15
Creates and modifies provisions relating to real estate transactions (Senate: Conference Committee Report Adoption)
Passed · 27-0
Yea
SB973 · 2026-05-15
Creates and modifies provisions relating to real estate transactions (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 22-7
Yea
SB973 · 2026-05-15
Creates and modifies provisions relating to real estate transactions (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 26-0
Yea
SB1572 · 2026-05-15
Modifies provisions relating to public employee retirement systems (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 26-0
Yea
SB1572 · 2026-05-15
Modifies provisions relating to public employee retirement systems (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 27-0
Yea
HB2474 · 2026-05-15
Modifies provisions governing design-build contracts (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 29-0
Yea
HB2474 · 2026-05-15
Modifies provisions governing design-build contracts (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 27-0
Yea
SB1019 · 2026-05-15
Modifies several provisions relating to health care (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 29-0 · 2 roll calls that day, voted the same way on each
Yea
HB1768 · 2026-05-15
Modifies provisions relating to the classification of certain residential real property used for short-term rentals (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 27-0
Yea
SB953 · 2026-05-15
Modifies provisions relating to environmental programs within the Department of Natural Resources (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 21-9 · 2 roll calls that day, voted the same way on each
Yea
HB1867 · 2026-05-15
Authorizes Joplin to increase a transient guest tax for tourism to no more than six percent upon a vote of the people (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 22-5
Yea
HB3080 · 2026-05-15
Modifies the historic preservation tax credit and includes an emergency clause (Senate: Emergency Clause)
Passed · 24-4
Yea
HB2292 · 2026-05-15
Modifies provisions relating to abuse and neglect reporting, including a requirement to report companion animal abuse (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 22-6
Nay
HB1740 · 2026-05-14
Modifies provisions relating to driving while intoxicated (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 32-0
Yea
HB2636 · 2026-05-14
Establishes the "Uniform Mortgage Modification Act" (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 25-5
Absent
SB1544 · 2026-05-14
Modifies provisions relating to state designations (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 27-0
Absent
SB1544 · 2026-05-14
Modifies provisions relating to state designations (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 29-0
Absent
HB2097 · 2026-05-14
Changes a pilot agricultural education program in elementary schools to a statewide program (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 19-12
Absent
SB905 · 2026-05-14
Modifies language relating to school protection officers and creates Missouri Rangers training program (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 21-9
Absent
SB905 · 2026-05-14
Modifies language relating to school protection officers and creates Missouri Rangers training program (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 21-10
Absent
HB2397 · 2026-05-14
Modifies requirements for a dissolution of a public water supply district (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 33-0
Yea
HB2372 · 2026-05-13
Modifies provisions relating to health care (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 26-5
Yea
HB1840 · 2026-05-13
Establishes an alert system to assist in the location of missing persons with developmental disabilities (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 29-2
Yea
SB975 · 2026-05-13
Modifies provisions relating to ambulance districts (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 33-0
Yea
HB2596 · 2026-05-13
Modifies provisions relating to health benefit plans (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 22-10
Yea
HB3231 · 2026-05-13
Establishes the "Missouri Innovation, Public Safety, and Accountability Act" (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 25-7
Yea
HB2819 · 2026-05-13
Modifies provisions relating to certain cash transactions requiring rounding to the nearest five cent denomination (Senate: Conference Committee Report Adoption)
Passed · 32-0
Yea
HB2819 · 2026-05-13
Modifies provisions relating to certain cash transactions requiring rounding to the nearest five cent denomination (Senate: Conference Committee Report Adoption)
Passed · 26-5
Yea
HB2819 · 2026-05-13
Modifies provisions relating to certain cash transactions requiring rounding to the nearest five cent denomination (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 28-4
Yea
SB1470 · 2026-05-13
Modifies duties and functions of the Joint Committee on Legislative Research (Senate: Conference Committee Report Adoption)
Passed · 23-8
Yea
SB1470 · 2026-05-13
Modifies duties and functions of the Joint Committee on Legislative Research (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 29-2
Yea
SB1470 · 2026-05-13
Modifies duties and functions of the Joint Committee on Legislative Research (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 32-0
Yea
HB2818 · 2026-05-12
Modifies provisions governing annexation of territory outside the boundaries of a city (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 30-0
Yea
HB1839 · 2026-05-12
Establishes provisions relating to civil liability for publishing or distributing material harmful to minors on the internet (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 32-0
Yea
SB878 · 2026-05-12
Modifies provisions relating to pharmaceutical drugs and devices (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 29-3 · 2 roll calls that day, voted the same way on each
Yea
HB2819 · 2026-05-12
Modifies provisions relating to certain cash transactions requiring rounding to the nearest five cent denomination (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 22-5
Yea
HB1940 · 2026-05-12
Changes the law regarding advertisements and orders of publication in newspapers (Senate: Conference Committee Report Adoption)
Passed · 31-0
Yea
HB2057 · 2026-05-12
Modifies provisions relating to the establishment of certain entertainment districts (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 29-0
Yea
HB2508 · 2026-05-12
Allows for a search of the series LLC in the SoS Business Entity website and to obtain a certificate of good standing (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 29-3
Yea
HB2576 · 2026-05-12
Creates several new state designations (Senate: Reconsider)
Passed · 30-0
Yea
HB2576 · 2026-05-12
Creates several new state designations (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 28-2
Yea
HB1940 · 2026-05-07
Changes the law regarding advertisements and orders of publication in newspapers (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 29-0
Yea
SB1233 · 2026-05-07
Modifies provisions relating to activities requiring licensure (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 26-4 · 2 roll calls that day, voted the same way on each
Yea
HB1825 · 2026-05-07
Removes the prosecuting attorney and the sheriff from the county salary commission (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 29-2
Yea
SB937 · 2026-05-07
Conveys certain state property (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 30-0
Yea
SB937 · 2026-05-07
Conveys certain state property (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 31-0
Yea
SB1694 · 2026-05-06
Authorizes incentives for downtown redevelopment (Senate: Third Reading)
Passed · 24-5
Absent
HB2003 · 2026-05-06
Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development (Senate: Conference Committee Report Adoption)
Passed · 32-0
Yea
HB2003 · 2026-05-06
Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development (Senate: Conference Committee Report Adoption)
Passed · 31-2
Yea
HB2003 · 2026-05-06
Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development (Senate: Conference Committee Report Adoption)
Passed · 24-10
Yea
HB2003 · 2026-05-06
Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development (Senate: Conference Committee Report Adoption)
Passed · 25-5
Absent
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 199 total roll-call votes this session).
Voting data provided by LegiScan, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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