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Doug Clemens

Democratic · MO · Missouri State Representative, District 72

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Doug Clemens has represented St. Louis County in the Missouri House since November 2018. He previously worked with a company installing live captioning phones for the hearing impaired and served over four years as chairman of the West Lake / Bridgeton Landfill Community Advisory Group.

Where Doug Clemens stands, based on their records

Supports

Housing Affordability (2 records), Corporate Accountability (3 records)

Opposes

Government Efficiency (1 record)

Track record

Track record — Government Efficiency

Government Efficiency · 1 oppose
  • Voted against Missouri HB 3146, which changed the process for preparing official summaries of ballot measures.

    March 11, 2026Opposes Government Efficiency

    Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 14, 2026

Track record — Housing Affordability

Housing Affordability · 2 support
  • Voted against the conference report for Missouri HB 595, which prohibited local governments from requiring landlords to accept Section 8 vouchers or other lawful sources of income.

    May 5, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 14, 2026

  • Voted against Missouri HB 1606, which limited where unhoused people could sleep.

    May 12, 2022Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 14, 2026

Track record — Corporate Accountability

Corporate Accountability · 3 support
  • Opposed Missouri legislation allowing utilities to charge customers during nuclear-plant construction, citing radioactive-waste harms and the risk of shifting failed-project costs to the public.

    April 8, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: kcur.org · researched July 14, 2026

  • Sponsored Missouri HB 2723, the Healthy Pets Act, to impose breeding, disclosure, and sales standards on commercial breeders and pet sellers; the bill died in committee.

    May 17, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched July 14, 2026

  • Voted for Missouri HB 2134, requiring Department of Natural Resources regulation of industrial wastewater and meatpacking sludge.

    May 9, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 14, 2026

Track record — General

General · 13 records
  • Sponsored Missouri HB 1969 to require hazardous-waste-site checks and notice before excavation; the bill remained in the House Emerging Issues Committee when the session ended.

    May 15, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched July 14, 2026

  • Sponsored Missouri HB 405 to place charter-school sponsorship and impact review primarily with local school boards; the bill was referred to the House Emerging Issues Committee.

    May 15, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched July 14, 2026

  • At a St. Louis County news conference, urged Congress to extend and expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to cover Missouri residents exposed to nuclear contamination.

    April 5, 2024

    Source: apnews.com · researched July 14, 2026

  • Publicly called for a strong policy response to investigations of radioactive waste contamination around Coldwater Creek and West Lake Landfill.

    August 23, 2023

    Source: stlpr.org · researched July 14, 2026

  • Sponsored Missouri HB 552 to cap insured patients' out-of-pocket cost for a 30-day supply of insulin; the bill died after referral to the House Healthcare Reform Committee.

    May 12, 2023

    Source: legiscan.com · researched July 14, 2026

  • Voted against Missouri SB 190, which authorized counties to provide a property-tax credit freezing eligible seniors' homestead tax liability.

    May 8, 2023

    Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 14, 2026

  • Joined a demonstration at the Missouri Capitol calling for implementation of voter-approved Medicaid expansion.

    July 1, 2021

    Source: themissouritimes.com · researched July 14, 2026

  • Voted for Missouri SB 63, establishing a statewide prescription drug monitoring program.

    May 11, 2021

    Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 14, 2026

  • Introduced a state bill requiring Missouri's labor department to forgive federal unemployment overpayments that were not the worker's fault. A House committee approved a rewritten version in February 2021, and the bill was then folded into another bill (House Bill 1035).

    February 17, 2021

    Source: archive.house.mo.gov · researched July 14, 2026

  • Voted for Missouri HB 1682, which authorized free COVID-19 testing.

    May 15, 2020

    Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 14, 2026

  • Voted against Missouri HB 126, which prohibited most abortions after eight weeks and included a trigger prohibition if Roe v. Wade were overturned.

    February 26, 2019

    Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 14, 2026

  • At an Army Corps of Engineers meeting, called for direct notification to residents whose homes might face radiation risks from Coldwater Creek contamination.

    February 27, 2018

    Source: dredgewire.com · researched July 14, 2026

  • At a public meeting on the Bridgeton and West Lake landfills, criticized decades of repeated official assurances while radioactive waste remained at West Lake.

    June 26, 2013

    Source: stlpr.org · researched July 14, 2026

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Profile last researched August 7, 2026.