State representative, District 22 (Kansas City)

Yolanda Young is a Kansas City neighborhood leader and farm co-founder who has served in Missouri House District 22 since a special election in 2020⁶⁴. She serves on the Children's Trust Fund board and the governor's Victims of Sexual Assault Task Force⁶. In 2024 KCUR described bills she sponsored on school nurses, background checks for gun sales and a $15 minimum wage⁵.

Where they stand 6 issues · tap any issue for the evidence

• Kids onlineRequire age checks only for adult content sitesmedium

  Voted · medium confidence

  • Voted yes on final passage of HB 1839, 2921 and 3015, which require age verification on adult websites (120 to 19). (2026-03-09) source
• Childcare and pre-KHelp through tax credits, employer incentives, and parent choicemedium

  Voted · medium confidence

  • Voted yes on final passage of HB 269, the Child Care Contribution Tax Credit Act (120 to 34). (2025-02-27) source
  • Voted yes on final passage of HB 2409, the Child Care Contribution Tax Credit Act (second year) (97 to 44). (2026-04-02) source
• GunsAdd universal background checks and red-flag lawsmedium

  Official action · medium confidence

  • Is the sponsor of HB 357 (2025) and HB 3194 (2026), which require universal background checks on all firearm sales and transfers. (2026) source
  • Is the sponsor of HB 356 (2025) and HB 3195 (2026), which require firearm sales and transfers to go through a licensed dealer. (2026) source
• Minimum wageRaise it to around $15medium

  Official action · medium confidence

  • KCUR reported that she sponsored a bill to raise Missouri's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2026. (2024-08) source
• AbortionLegal in most cases up to viability (about 24 weeks)low

  Said · low confidence

  • Campaign profile says every person should have the autonomy to make decisions about their body and that she will stand with women on the right to make their own health care decisions. (2026) source
  • KCUR reported that she supports abortion rights. (2024-08) source
• RedistrictingNo single answer fitslow

  Voted · low confidence

  • Voted no on HB 1 (2025 second extraordinary session), the new congressional map drawn in the middle of the decade (House 90 to 65). (2025-09-09) source

No public position found on: Safety net programs, Business regulation, Healthcare, Immigration, Energy and climate, School choice, Curriculum and books, Housing and growth, Policing and crime, Election rules, Judges, Politicians trading stocks, Marijuana, Gender care for minors, Term limits, Campaign finance, Electoral College, Ranked-choice voting, Death penalty, Qualified immunity, Mandatory minimums, Drug prices, Paid leave, Student loans, AI regulation, School vaccines, Nuclear power, E-Verify mandate, Transgender athletes, DEI programs, Religion in schools, China policy.