Bruce (Bruce) Sassmann (R-SH061)
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Capitol: 573.751.6668
FAX: 573.522.2301
District: 636.283.0410
Representative
Room 305-A State Capitol 201 West Capitol Avenue
Jefferson City, MO 65101

District Office:
201 West Capitol Avenue
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Elected: 2020    Next Election: 2024
Spouse: Jan   DOB: 8/11/1950
Committee Assignments
ChairmanHouse Committee on Conservation and Natural Resources
MemberHouse Committee on Higher Education
MemberHouse Special Committee on Small Business
MemberHouse Special Committee on Tourism
Counties Representing
Franklin / Gasconade / Osage

Bio

Representative Bruce Sassmann, a Republican, represents all of Osage and Gasconade Counties and parts of Miller and Montgomery Counties (District 61) in the Missouri House of Representatives. He was elected to his first two-year term in November 2020. Sassmann has been named the Chair of the Conservation and Natural Resources Committee for the 102nd General Assembly. He will also serve as a member of the Committees on Higher Education, Special Committee on Tourism, and the Special Committee for Small Business.

Representative Sassmann is retired from a century-old family funeral business in Bland and Belle. He has owned and operated a convenience store for 25 years. As a landlord, Sassmann continues to provide residential and commercial services.

Sassmann was named the Wildlife Conservationist of the Year in 2009 and Conservation Educator of the Year in 2017 by the Conservation Federation of Missouri. In the past years, he has been honored with the 2010 Missouri Department of Conservation Private Land Services Partnership Award, the 2012 Missouri Quail Forever Leopold Land Ethic Award, the 2013 Missouri Chapter of Wildlife Society Andy G. Runge Award, and the 2020 NACD Hugh Hammond Bennett Conservation Excellence Farm. For over a decade Sassmann has participated as a mentor in the Governor's Youth Spring Turkey Hunt.