(This is a press release from the office of Representative David Evans.)
The Missouri Association of Prosecuting Attorney’s [MAPA] recently recognized the
Honorable David Evans, Representative of District 154, and Chair of the House Judiciary
Committee, as its 2023 Legislative Champion. Members of the Association were pleased to
inform Representative Evans of this recognition while meeting with him during MAPA’s
Capitol Conference on January 23rd.
Representative Evans provided immeasurable insight and wisdom in guiding the House
Judiciary Committee as it crafted criminal justice bills during the 2023 session. He also
provided guidance to his House colleagues on crime bills that would be of benefit to
promoting public safety in our communities and on crime bills that would be ill advised and
harmful to public safety.
His experiences as an attorney in private practice, city attorney for three cities [West Plains,
Willow Springs and Mountain View], and as associate judge and circuit judge in the 37th
Judicial Circuit were reflected in his calm, reasoned approach to handling his role as Chair
of the House Judiciary Committee and in his interactions with his colleagues in the House,
with lobbyists, and with individual citizens interested in particular bills.
Representative Evans’recognition as MAPA’s 2023 Legislative Champion is memorialized
on a master plaque of Legislative Champions in the office of the Missouri Association of
Prosecuting Attorneys.
