Wiley Price IV
{{Short description|American politician}}
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| district = 84th
| term_start = January 9, 2019
| term_end = January 4, 2023
| preceded = Karla May
| succeeded = Del Taylor
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| party =Democratic
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|4|27}}
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Wiley Edward "Chip" Price IV (born April 27, 1984) is a former Democratic member of the Missouri General Assembly from the State's 84th House district.
Career
Price, a marketing director, was elected unopposed in 2018 and 2020.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-missouri-elections.html|title=Missouri Election Results - Election Results 2018 - The New York Times|work=The New York Times |date=6 November 2018 |access-date=16 November 2018}}{{Cite web|title=Wiley Price|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Wiley_Price|access-date=2021-04-20|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}}
Sexual misconduct allegations and censure
Price was accused of having a sexual relationship with a House intern, a violation of House ethics policy, and threatening his legislative assistant when she reported it to House staff. The House Ethics Committee found that Price committed perjury in his testimony to the committee, obstructed with the committee investigation, and retaliated against his assistant.{{Cite web|last=Schallhorn|first=Kaitlyn|date=2020-12-16|title=House pursuing censure of Wiley Price for alleged 'inappropriate relationship' with intern|url=https://themissouritimes.com/house-pursuing-censure-of-wiley-price-for-alleged-inappropriate-relationship-with-intern/|access-date=2021-04-20|website=The Missouri Times|language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills201/commit/rpt2218/EthicsReport.pdf |access-date=2023-10-15| title=Report of the Committee on Ethics|date=2020-12-16}}
On January 13, 2021, the House of Representatives formally censured Price by a vote of 140-3.{{Cite web|date=2021-01-13|title=Missouri House Votes To Censure St. Louis Rep. Wiley Price, Effort To Expel Fails|url=https://news.stlpublicradio.org/government-politics-issues/2020-12-16/state-rep-wiley-price-accused-of-having-sex-with-an-intern|access-date=2021-04-20|website=St. Louis Public Radio|language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills211/jrnpdf/jrn006.pdf |access-date=2023-10-15| title=JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE - First Regular Session, 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY}} An amendment to expel Price failed to receive the required two-third majority. As a consequence of censure, Price was removed from all committee assignments, prevented from holding leadership positions, and banned from directly supervising staff or interns. Price was later expelled from the House Democratic Caucus.{{Cite web|last=Hancock|first=Jason|title=Missouri Dems Expel Lawmaker Accused of Sex With Intern|url= https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/missouri-dems-expel-lawmaker-accused-of-sex-with-intern-34880070|access-date=2021-04-20|website=Riverfront Times|language=en}}
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Category:Democratic Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives
Category:21st-century members of the Missouri General Assembly
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