Current Office: Representative
First Elected: 11/02/2010
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Linda; 2 Children: Martin, Maggie
Birth date:
Birthplace:
Home City: MO
Religion:

Education

JD, University of Missouri MA, University of Missouri BA, University of Missouri

Profession

President, Ellinger & Associates, St. Louis and O'Fallon Founding Executive Director, Legal Services of Northeast Missouri Legal Counsel, National for National Association for the Advancement of Colored People of St. Charles County, former Assistant General Counsel, Missouri Public Service Commission, former

Committees

Appropriations - Health, Mental Health and Social Services
Children and Families
Downsizing State Government
Ethics
Tax Reform
Transportation Funding and Public Institutions

HB 1046 Requires Proof of Citizenship for Presidential Candidates
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1541 Authorizes Religious Objections by Medical Workers for Certain Medical Procedures
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 572 Amends Worker's Compensation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1219 Workplace Discrimination Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1104 Voter ID
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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HB 1046 Requires Proof of Citizenship for Presidential Candidates
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1541 Authorizes Religious Objections by Medical Workers for Certain Medical Procedures
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 572 Amends Worker's Compensation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1219 Workplace Discrimination Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1104 Voter ID
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1219 Workplace Discrimination Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HJR 43 Limits State Spending
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 8 Tax Credit Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HA 1 to SB 7 Prohibits Public Funding for Certain Life Science Research Projects
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 7 Incentives for Science-Based Businesses
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HA 1 to SB 7 Prohibits Public Funding for Certain Life Science Research Projects
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 7 Incentives for Science-Based Businesses
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 6 Appropriations for Missouri Disaster Relief
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1 Authority Over the Saint Louis Police Department
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 6 Appropriations for Missouri Disaster Relief
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1 Authority Over the Saint Louis Police Department
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 73 Drug Testing Of Welfare Recipients
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 193 Congressional Redistricting Plan
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

SB 113 Regulating Animal Care Facilities
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 193 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 213 Restrictions on Late-Term Abortions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 167 Driver License Examinations Administered in English Only
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 61 Minimum Wage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HR 39 Attorney General Challenge of the Federal Health Care Law
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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