Jon Patterson
Republican · MO · Missouri State Representative, District 30; Speaker of the Missouri House
Jon Patterson is the Missouri State Representative for District 30 and Speaker of the Missouri House. A physician and former general surgeon, he was first elected to the House in 2018 and is seeking Senate District 8.
Where Jon Patterson stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record), Civil Rights (1 record), Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Opposes
Labor Rights (1 record), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record), Gun Control (1 record)
Mixed record
Women's Reproductive Rights (2 support · 1 oppose)
Campaign finance information not available
Track record
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 1 oppose
Voted yes as Speaker on 2025-03-13 on third reading and passage of HCS#2 HBs 567, 546, 758 & 958, which repealed the voter-approved statewide paid sick leave requirement; the bill passed 96-51.
March 13, 2025Opposes Labor Rights
Source: documents.house.mo.gov · researched July 24, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Voted yes as Speaker on 2025-03-12 when the Missouri House truly agreed to and finally passed SS#2 SCS HCS#2 HB 495, the public safety package returning the St. Louis police department to a state-appointed board of commissioners, on a 113-39 roll call.
March 12, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: documents.house.mo.gov · researched July 24, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 oppose
Voted yes as Speaker on 2025-03-13 on third reading and passage of HCS#2 HBs 567, 546, 758 & 958, which repealed the voter-approved statewide paid sick leave requirement; the bill passed 96-51.
March 13, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: documents.house.mo.gov · researched July 24, 2026
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 1 oppose
Voted yes on 2021-05-14 when the Missouri House truly agreed to and finally passed SS SCS HCS HBs 85 & 310, the Second Amendment Preservation Act barring state enforcement of certain federal firearm laws, on a 111-42 recorded roll call.
May 14, 2021Opposes Gun Control
Source: documents.house.mo.gov · researched July 24, 2026
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 2 support · 1 oppose
Cast a recorded nay vote as Speaker on 2025-04-17 against third reading and passage of HCS HJR 73, the proposed constitutional amendment repealing Missouri's abortion-rights amendment; the resolution cleared the House 103-51.
April 17, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: documents.house.mo.gov · researched July 24, 2026
Issued an official statement on 2024-03-06 declaring his support for in vitro fertilization as a component of family planning, responding to the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that treated frozen embryos as unborn children.
March 6, 2024Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: house.mo.gov · researched July 24, 2026
Voted yes on 2019-05-17 when the Missouri House truly agreed to and finally passed SS SCS HB 126, the fetal-heartbeat measure restricting abortion, on a 110-44 recorded roll call.
May 17, 2019Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: documents.house.mo.gov · researched July 24, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Voted no on 2023-05-10, while serving as Missouri House Majority Floor Leader, on final House passage of SS#2 SCS SBs 49, 236 & 164 restricting gender-transition procedures for minors; the measure passed 108-50 over his recorded nay vote.
May 10, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: documents.house.mo.gov · researched July 24, 2026
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Served as prime sponsor of Missouri HB 677, a measure changing the financing provisions for certain tourism infrastructure facilities; the bill was truly agreed to and finally passed and the Governor approved it on 2019-07-09.
July 9, 2019Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: archive.house.mo.gov · researched July 24, 2026
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Received the endorsement of Americans for Prosperity-Missouri in the 2026 race for Missouri's 8th State Senate District, announced by the group on 2026-05-13.
May 13, 2026
Source: americansforprosperity.org · researched July 24, 2026
Announced the formation of 32 standing House committees and named every committee chair for the 103rd General Assembly on 2025-01-16, exercising the Speaker's appointment authority.
January 16, 2025
Source: house.mo.gov · researched July 24, 2026
Delivered the Speaker's welcome address to the Missouri House on 2025-01-09 at the opening of the first regular session of the 103rd General Assembly, after the chamber elected him Speaker.
January 9, 2025
Source: house.mo.gov · researched July 24, 2026
Chosen Speaker-elect of the Missouri House by the chamber's Republican majority caucus on 2023-09-13, more than a year before taking the gavel.
September 13, 2023
Source: komu.com · researched July 24, 2026
Race Jon Patterson is in:
- State Senator, District 8 · November 3, 2026 · State Senate District 8; Missouri
Past race Jon Patterson ran in:
- State Senator - District 8 · August 4, 2026 · State Senate District 8; Missouri
Profile last researched September 10, 2026.