Jay Swearingen

Sponsored HB 337 (2013), which would have barred political subdivisions from discriminating between licensed professional counselors and other mental health professionals when writing regulations or recommending services; a public hearing was completed and the bill advanced no further.

March 27, 2013Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted no on overriding the Governor's veto of CCS HCS SS SB 749 (2012), which provided protections for religious objections to health coverage of abortion, contraception or sterilization; the House adopted the override 109-45.

September 12, 2012Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Broke with most of his caucus to vote yes on overriding the veto of SB 170 (2013), letting members of public governmental bodies cast roll call votes while participating by videoconference; the override carried 125-32.

September 11, 2013Supports Government Efficiency

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Sponsored HB 2061 (2012), which sought to require a single license plate for most motor vehicles instead of the two plates then issued, excepting property-carrying commercial vehicles; the bill was referred to committee and died there.

April 18, 2012Supports Government Efficiency

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Sponsored HB 1443 (2014), a third attempt to let the City of North Kansas City levy a voter-approved public safety sales tax; the House referred it to the Local Government Committee and it died there.

January 22, 2014Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored HB 254 (2013), authorizing the City of North Kansas City to impose a voter-approved sales tax for public safety improvements; the committee voted it Do Pass, the furthest any of his three attempts at this measure advanced.

March 28, 2013Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored HB 2035 (2012), which sought to exempt motorcyclists 21 and older from the requirement to wear protective headgear on state highways; the bill was referred to committee and died there.

April 18, 2012Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

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Sponsored a bill proposing to let North Kansas City ask voters to approve a sales tax for public safety. The House sent it to the Local Government Committee and it advanced no further.

March 8, 2012Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Served four years in the Missouri House across two districts, sitting on the Economic Development, Financial Institutions, Professional Registration and Licensing, General Laws and Local Government committees, the Joint Committee on Tax Policy and the Joint Committee on Terrorism, Bioterrorism and Homeland Security.

July 30, 2026

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Voted yes at the September 2014 veto session on passing SS SCS SB 593 over the Governor's objections; the House overrode the veto of the nonpartisan elections measure 109-48.

September 11, 2014

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The motorcycle Sunday sales bill he co-sponsored was approved by the Governor on June 23, 2014 as SS SCS HCS HBs 1735 & 1618 and delivered to the Secretary of State, taking effect August 28, 2014.

June 23, 2014

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Voted yes in 2014 on the final House vote for Senate Bill 593, which changed rules for elections held by local government units such as cities, counties and school districts. It passed the House 106-35.

May 12, 2014

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Voted no on the motion that SS#3 SCS SBs 509 & 496 be passed notwithstanding the Governor's objections; the House overrode the veto of the income tax cut 109-46 and the measure became law.

May 6, 2014

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Voted no on third reading of SS#3 SCS SBs 509 & 496, the income tax cut handled by Representative Andrew Koenig, which passed the House 104-48.

April 16, 2014

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Voted yes on third reading of HCS HBs 1735 & 1618, the motorcycle Sunday sales measure he co-sponsored, which passed the House 139-5.

March 27, 2014

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Signed on as the first co-sponsor of HB 1735 (2014), Representative Mike Cierpiot's bill permitting the sale of motorcycles on Sundays, joining the bill on March 12, 2014.

March 12, 2014

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Voted no on overriding the Governor's veto of SCS HCS HB 436, the Second Amendment Preservation Act rejecting federal acts deemed to infringe Missouri gun rights; the House adopted the override 109-49 over his objection.

September 11, 2013

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Voted no on the motion to pass SS HB 253 over the Governor's veto at the September 2013 veto session; the broad income, sales and use tax measure fell short on a 94-67 vote and the veto was sustained.

September 11, 2013

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Sponsored HB 777 (2013), which would have allowed specified local city hospitals to convert to nonprofit corporations on approval of city voters or by resolution of the hospital board of trustees; it was referred to the Health Care Policy Committee and died there.

May 17, 2013

Source: archive.house.mo.gov · researched July 30, 2026