Jason Smith, Representative for Missouri's 8th Congressional District

Smith is the representative for Missouri’s 8^th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jun 4, 2013. Smith is next up for reelection in 2020 and serves until Jan 3, 2021 unless re-elected.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2019 Report Card for Smith.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Smith is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Smith has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Jul 2, 2020. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

FreedomWorks: 95% Americans for Prosperity: 85% The Club for Growth: 80% NumbersUSA: 70% United States Chamber of Commerce: 70% NIAC Action: D The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D American Civil Liberties Union: 11% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 5% League of Conservation Voters: 3% Human Rights Campaign: 0%

Committee Membership

Jason Smith sits on the following committees:

House Committee on the Budget
House Committee on Ways and Means

Trade subcommittees

Enacted Legislation

Smith was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

H.R. 5659 (114th): ESRD Choice Act of 2016

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Does 1 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Smith sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Taxation (52%) Health (20%) Environmental Protection (10%) Government Operations and Politics (8%)

Recent Bills

Some of Smith’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Smith voted Nay

H.R. 6201: Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Passed 363/40 on Mar 14, 2020.

The federal government has enacted four main stimulus laws in response to the covid-19 pandemic. Here’s a brief rundown of what each of these legislative ...

Smith voted Nay

S. 756: FIRST Step Act

Passed 358/36 on Dec 20, 2018.

This bill became the vehicle for passage of the FIRST Step Act, the Senate's criminal justice reform bill. The text of this bill was replaced ...

Smith voted Nay

H.R. 6157: Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, ...

Passed 361/61 on Sep 26, 2018.

H.R. 6157 provides $674.6 billion in total discretionary budget authority for the Department of Defense for fiscal year (FY) 2019. The bill provides $606.5 billion ...

Smith voted Nay

S. 1182: The American Legion 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act

Passed 366/52 on Jul 25, 2018.

The House Amendment to S. 1182 extends the National Flood Insurance Program, which is set to expire July 31, 2018, through November 30, 2018. This ...

Smith voted Nay

H.R. 4667: Making further supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, for disaster assistance for Hurricanes Harvey, ...

Passed 251/169 on Dec 21, 2017.

Smith voted Nay

H.R. 1039: Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017

Passed 229/177 on May 19, 2017.

H.R. 1039 amends the federal criminal code to authorize a probation officer to arrest a person, without warrant, if there is probable cause to believe ...

Smith voted Nay

H.R. 4919: Kevin and Avonte’s Law of 2016

Passed 346/66 on Dec 8, 2016.

Smith voted Aye

H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act

Passed 218/208 on Jun 18, 2015.

This vote made H.R. 2146 the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. ...

Smith voted Yea

H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015

Passed 338/88 on May 13, 2015.

The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of ...

Smith voted Nay

H.R. 1324: Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2015

Passed 381/30 on Apr 28, 2015.

Smith voted Yea

H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015

Passed 219/206 on Dec 11, 2014.

This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December ...

Smith voted Aye

H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015

Passed 319/108 on Sep 17, 2014.

Missed Votes

From Jun 2013 to Jul 2020, Smith missed 48 of 4,381 roll call votes, which is 1.1%. This is better than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2013 Apr-Jun	107	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	2	1.0%	41^st
2013 Oct-Dec	137	1	0.7%	30^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	2	0.9%	37^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	3	2.0%	59^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	3	2.1%	48^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	4	1.6%	58^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	2	1.4%	52^nd
2015 Oct-Dec	177	1	0.6%	32^nd
2016 Jan-Mar	137	2	1.5%	31^st
2016 Apr-Jun	204	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	1	0.5%	24^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	6	4.4%	79^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	3	1.5%	65^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	2	1.2%	41^st
2018 Jan-Mar	129	5	3.9%	65^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	5	2.7%	54^th
2018 Jul-Sep	102	5	4.9%	81^st
2018 Nov-Dec	85	0	0.0%	0^th
2019 Jan-Mar	136	0	0.0%	0^th
2019 Apr-Jun	294	0	0.0%	0^th
2019 Jul-Sep	125	0	0.0%	0^th
2019 Oct-Dec	146	1	0.7%	27^th
2020 Jan-Mar	102	0	0.0%	0^th
2020 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
2020 Jul-Jul	5	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

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unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Office of Jason Smith for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills

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Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recent Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

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Missed Votes

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