Rep. Bill Boucher, a Democrat, represents part of Jackson County (District 48) in the Missouri House of Representatives.

Rep. Boucher is a retired electrical engineering design consultant and served in the U.S. Air Force from 1957-1961.

Elected to the House in 1992, Rep. Boucher has been a staunch supporter of legislation involving veterans, the blind and handicapped. Some of the key legislation that he has sponsored includes: HB201, requiring state departments and agencies to comply with the federal law regarding accessibility of information technology for the disabled; HB401, establishing a program for blind student literacy; HB930, correcting the name of the POW/MIA flag; SB19, allowing people with a handicapped parking tag to purchase a parking cone; SB387, establishing the Family Development Accounts, setting up a biannual review of Dept. of Social Services caseloads and creating the Welfare to Work Protection Act; HB1519, establishing the National Guard Trust Fund to fund numerous veterans programs and the Early Childhood Education Fund; HB1088, establishing a yearly statewide literacy study of blind students; HB107, giving state purchasing preference to products manufactured or produced by qualified non-profit organizations for the blind or certified sheltered workshops; HB630, requiring the State Board of Education to adopt a rule of flag etiquette instruction; SB582, clarifying provisions of Missouri law regarding the rights of individuals using service dogs; and SB884 & 841, making changes to Missouri laws regarding the commitment and conditional release and entitlement of persons who are acquitted of certain crimes based on mental disease or defect and expanding the rights of victims of dangerous felonies.

He is a member or former member of the following organizations: St. Catherine's Catholic Church; Democratic Forum; Raytown Democratic Club; former member of Hickman Mills School Board, 1984-90; Kansas City Salvation Army advisory board; South Kansas City Citizens Crusade Against Crime; American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Southern Communities Coalition; advisory board for Alliance for Safe Highways; Harmony in Hickman Mills; Research Mental Health board; founding member of Big Brothers of Kansas City; Lions Club International; Optimists Club and Raytown, Grandview and South Kansas City Chambers of Commerce. He also served as Democratic committeeman from 1988-1992.

Rep. Boucher received the Public Service award from the Missouri Association for Social Welfare in 1994, the Friend of Children award for 1995 from Pediatric Nurses Associates and Practitioners, and the Exemplary Leadership award from the Missouri Head Injury Advisory Council in 1996. In 1997 he received the State Official of the Year award from the National Industries for the Blind, the Legislator of the Year award from the Missouri Alliance for Animal Legislation, and the President's award from the Missouri Rehabilitation Association.

Rep. Boucher attended Longview Community College and the University of Kansas.

Born November 13, 1937 to parents of French-Canadian heritage in Central Falls, Rhode Island, Rep. Boucher currently resides in Kansas City with his wife Dee. They have three children and four grandchildren.