Doug Clemens
Democratic · MO · Missouri State Representative, District 72
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
Past race Doug Clemens ran in:
- County Assessor · August 4, 2026 · St. Louis County, Missouri
Profile last researched August 7, 2026.