Rick Brattin

Introduced Colton’s Law on insurance coverage for specified pediatric disorders.

January 7, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a fund for traumatic-brain-injury treatment for veterans.

February 3, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill changing solar net-metering and homeowners’ association rules.

January 8, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill restricting COVID-19 vaccination mandates.

January 4, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill limiting discipline of clinicians over specified COVID-19 medications.

March 1, 2022Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill moving authority over infectious-disease rules to the Legislature.

January 12, 2022Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill restricting COVID-19 vaccine requirements for public access.

January 5, 2022Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill limiting public-health restrictions on private gatherings.

January 6, 2021Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill blocking local employment-benefit mandates.

January 8, 2025Opposes Labor Rights

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill changing prevailing-wage requirements on public works.

February 24, 2021Opposes Labor Rights

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill exempting state road projects from state prevailing-wage rules.

January 23, 2018Opposes Labor Rights

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill ending tenure for new public-college employees.

January 4, 2017Opposes Labor Rights

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill barring compulsory labor-union membership as an employment condition.

January 4, 2017Opposes Labor Rights

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill requiring regular elections for public-employee union representatives.

February 20, 2014Opposes Labor Rights

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a 12-year term limit for county officers, mayors, and school-board members.

January 8, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill requiring special elections for vacancies in statewide offices.

January 8, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill requiring state departments to submit budget analyses.

March 1, 2022Supports Government Efficiency

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill expanding county auditors’ access to estate-account documents.

March 1, 2021Supports Government Efficiency

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill requiring notice to sellers when sales-tax interpretations change.

January 27, 2015Supports Government Efficiency

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill requiring state departments to submit zero-based budget analyses.

January 10, 2012Supports Government Efficiency

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill adding citizenship checks for public benefits.

February 3, 2026Opposes Immigration

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill penalizing local sanctuary policies.

March 1, 2022Opposes Immigration

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill requiring employers to use a federal work-authorization program.

January 10, 2012Opposes Immigration

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill restricting state funding for low-earning college degree programs.

February 3, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: senate.mo.gov

Voted against HB 17, Missouri’s capital-improvements appropriation for fiscal 2022.

May 7, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill ending retirement benefits for newly elected state legislators.

January 10, 2012Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill adding citizenship checks for public benefits.

February 3, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill seeking a federal waiver to exclude candy and soda from SNAP purchases.

February 3, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill changing eligibility checks for public assistance.

January 23, 2023Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill enforcing work requirements for SNAP recipients.

January 6, 2021Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill limiting products bought with SNAP benefits.

January 6, 2016Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill ending Missouri’s waiver of SNAP work requirements.

February 3, 2015Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill creating an Office of Public Defense with authority over machine guns.

February 26, 2026Opposes Gun Control

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill increasing penalties for local officials who restrict firearms.

January 3, 2024Opposes Gun Control

Source: senate.mo.gov

Added a firearm-and-ammunition sales-tax exemption to HB 1606.

April 29, 2022Opposes Gun Control

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill exempting firearms and ammunition from sales tax.

January 27, 2022Opposes Gun Control

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill limiting public contracts with companies that discriminate against firearms makers.

February 10, 2021Opposes Gun Control

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill changing storage rules for firearms in foster homes.

January 13, 2016Opposes Gun Control

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a tax exemption for firearms and ammunition.

January 6, 2016Opposes Gun Control

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill changing liability rules for concealed firearm carriers.

January 29, 2014Opposes Gun Control

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill changing concealed-carry endorsements and school resource officer rules.

March 13, 2013Opposes Gun Control

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill restricting government bans on firearms in public settings.

January 23, 2013Opposes Gun Control

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a constitutional amendment protecting the right to possess and buy ammunition.

February 22, 2011Opposes Gun Control

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Voted for HJR 73, a constitutional amendment restricting abortion rights.

May 14, 2025Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.

February 12, 2025Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced an amendment restricting the scope of reproductive-freedom protections.

January 8, 2025Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill denying public financial benefits to abortion facilities and affiliates.

January 27, 2022Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill prohibiting abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat.

January 5, 2022Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill prohibiting a specified abortion procedure.

February 1, 2021Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill changing abortion reporting requirements.

January 21, 2016Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill requiring a father’s written consent before an abortion, with exceptions.

March 27, 2014Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill restricting foreign-owned property near military installations.

January 7, 2026Supports Limit Foreign Influence

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill requiring notice when schools use foreign-owned tutoring services.

February 27, 2025Supports Limit Foreign Influence

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill further restricting foreign ownership of Missouri agricultural land.

January 8, 2025Supports Limit Foreign Influence

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill barring public entities from using certain foreign-made drones.

January 8, 2025Supports Limit Foreign Influence

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill restricting foreign ownership of Missouri farmland.

January 4, 2023Supports Limit Foreign Influence

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill restricting foreign-owned property near military installations.

January 7, 2026Supports National Defense

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill barring public entities from using certain foreign-made drones.

January 8, 2025Supports National Defense

Source: senate.mo.gov

Voted for Senate Bills 3 and 5 cutting Missouri individual income taxes.

September 23, 2022Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill restricting government use of automated license-plate readers.

January 7, 2026Supports Data Privacy

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill requiring websites to disclose categories of personal data collected.

February 29, 2024Supports Data Privacy

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill raising Missouri’s minimum age for marriage.

January 27, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill removing the expiration date from restrictions on gender-transition treatment.

January 3, 2024Opposes Civil Rights

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill creating a criminal offense for certain adult-cabaret performances.

January 3, 2024Opposes Civil Rights

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill restricting gender-transition treatments for minors.

February 6, 2023Opposes Civil Rights

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill restricting classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation.

January 4, 2023Opposes Civil Rights

Source: senate.mo.gov

Secured legislative passage of his school explicit-material provision in SB 775.

May 12, 2022Opposes Civil Rights

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill protecting religious exercise during public-health emergencies.

January 6, 2021Supports Civil Rights

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced the Fourth Amendment Rights Protection Act.

February 7, 2018Supports Civil Rights

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill restricting which school restrooms transgender students may use.

January 20, 2016Opposes Civil Rights

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill restricting corporate acquisition of residential real estate.

January 7, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill limiting municipal insurance requirements for construction employers.

March 12, 2015Opposes Corporate Accountability

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill directing new sales-tax revenue to the State Road Fund.

February 28, 2017Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Joined a federal lawsuit seeking use of Missouri’s 2025 congressional map in the general election.

September 4, 2026

Source: supremecourt.gov

Received Donald Trump’s endorsement in the Republican congressional primary.

August 3, 2026

Source: trumpstruth.org

Introduced a bill requiring state materials to use Judea and Samaria instead of West Bank.

February 26, 2026

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill changing procedures for special-road-district dissolution.

February 26, 2026

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill allowing private-school students into public-school extracurricular activities.

February 9, 2026

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill allowing appeals of preliminary injunctions issued by trial judges.

February 3, 2026

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill creating a judicial-malfeasance offense.

January 7, 2026

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill changing venue and appellate jurisdiction for Cole County court cases.

January 7, 2026

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill requiring counties to offer property-tax installment payments.

January 7, 2026

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill changing adult workforce-diploma and virtual-school eligibility.

January 7, 2026

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill limiting enforcement of specified foreign laws in Missouri courts.

January 7, 2026

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill raising penalties for improper passing-lane driving.

January 7, 2026

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill setting terms for sports-franchise leases of public facilities.

January 7, 2026

Source: senate.mo.gov

Voted in committee to advance the 2025 congressional redistricting bill.

September 11, 2025

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a special-session bill changing stadium financing.

June 2, 2025

Source: senate.mo.gov

His bill changing ballot-measure summary statements received the governor’s approval.

April 24, 2025

Source: governor.mo.gov

Introduced a bill requiring school districts to report legal-services spending.

February 27, 2025

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill requiring notice when schools use foreign-owned tutoring services.

February 27, 2025

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill changing the State Tax Commission’s property-assessment studies.

February 27, 2025

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced an amendment prohibiting taxes on unrealized asset gains.

January 22, 2025

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a parental-rights constitutional amendment on children’s education.

January 8, 2025

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill further restricting foreign ownership of Missouri agricultural land.

January 8, 2025

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill changing scholarship distribution under Missouri’s education savings program.

January 8, 2025

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced an amendment limiting residential property-tax assessments.

January 8, 2025

Source: senate.mo.gov

Helped filibuster Missouri’s Medicaid funding renewal during a Senate budget dispute.

May 2, 2024

Source: missouriindependent.com

Received Missouri Right to Life PAC’s exclusive endorsement in the Senate District 31 primary.

April 25, 2024

Source: missourilifepac.org

Voted for Senate passage of SB 912 on military affairs.

March 26, 2024

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill allowing the death penalty for specified sexual offenses.

February 29, 2024

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill treating industrial hemp as commercial feed.

February 29, 2024

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill allowing permanent vehicle registration for a larger upfront fee.

February 19, 2024

Source: senate.mo.gov

Was removed as chair of the Senate panel on foreign ownership of Missouri assets.

January 23, 2024

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill reducing personal-property tax assessments.

January 3, 2024

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a tax credit for certain educational expenses.

January 3, 2024

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill on state custody and use of gold and silver as legal tender.

January 3, 2024

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced an amendment raising the vote threshold for constitutional amendments.

January 3, 2024

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill restricting eligibility of certain presidential nominees.

January 3, 2024

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill changing child-custody factors and parenting time.

January 3, 2024

Source: senate.mo.gov

Voted for Senate passage of his SB 131 tax measure.

April 6, 2023

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill removing the prosecution time limit for felony sexual offenses.

March 1, 2023

Source: senate.mo.gov

Was selected to chair the Senate panel on foreign ownership of Missouri assets.

February 9, 2023

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill restricting solid-waste disposal permits near specified areas.

February 2, 2023

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill expanding county commissions’ authority over library boards.

January 23, 2023

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill changing duties of guardians ad litem in child cases.

January 11, 2023

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill requiring closed primary elections.

January 4, 2023

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill restricting foreign ownership of Missouri farmland.

January 4, 2023

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill granting free hunting and fishing permits to certain veterans and service members.

January 4, 2023

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill changing child-custody and support enforcement.

January 4, 2023

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill changing Missouri tax law and ballot-measure language.

January 4, 2023

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill expanding the attorney general’s jurisdiction over criminal prosecutions.

January 4, 2023

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill changing local-election filing procedures.

January 4, 2023

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced an amendment changing judicial records, lobbying rules, and judge selection.

January 4, 2023

Source: senate.mo.gov

Backed Senate passage of HB 1878 on voter identification and election funding.

May 11, 2022

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced the Sunlight in Learning Act requiring public posting of school materials.

March 1, 2022

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill creating an organized-retail-crime task force.

March 1, 2022

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced an amendment replacing local real-property taxes with sales taxes.

March 1, 2022

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill adding peace-officer training requirements.

March 1, 2022

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill granting certain veterans free lifetime hunting and fishing permits.

March 1, 2022

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill expanding the offense of providing obscene material to students.

March 1, 2022

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill changing legal presumptions in self-defense cases.

January 27, 2022

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill awarding school credit for approved out-of-classroom learning.

January 12, 2022

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill restricting instruction on specified race-related concepts in public schools.

January 5, 2022

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill changing administration of unemployment benefits.

January 5, 2022

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a Parents’ Bill of Rights for school districts.

January 5, 2022

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced an elections bill restricting outside funding of election authorities.

January 5, 2022

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill requiring electronic voter-registration transfers from the Revenue Department.

March 1, 2021

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill replacing Lincoln Day with Good Friday as a state holiday.

March 1, 2021

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill restricting specified classroom concepts in public schools.

March 1, 2021

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill requiring video cameras on school buses carrying students with special needs.

March 1, 2021

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill allowing state review of certain federal orders and rules.

March 1, 2021

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill changing how Missouri judges set bail.

February 11, 2021

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill presuming equal parenting time in child-custody cases.

February 2, 2021

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill changing the timing of municipal elections.

January 21, 2021

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill authorizing state acquisition of Antioch Cemetery.

January 19, 2021

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill charging inmates for nonemergency prison medical visits.

January 19, 2021

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced an amendment replacing Missouri’s appellate-judge selection process.

January 6, 2021

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a public-safety bill restricting cuts to local law-enforcement budgets.

January 6, 2021

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill requiring internet providers to authenticate access to obscene websites.

January 6, 2021

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced an education savings account program for eligible schoolchildren.

January 6, 2021

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced a bill changing maintenance of voter-registration rolls.

January 6, 2021

Source: senate.mo.gov

Introduced an amendment changing signature requirements for constitutional initiatives.

January 6, 2021

Source: senate.mo.gov

Issued Cass County’s March 2020 fiscal and paid-invoice reports as county auditor.

April 1, 2020

Source: casscounty.com

Issued Cass County’s monthly fund, revenue, budget, and paid-invoice reports as county auditor.

September 3, 2019

Source: casscounty.com

Introduced a bill changing substitute-teaching rules for retired teachers.

February 28, 2018

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill ending registration for all-terrain vehicles and outboard motors.

February 27, 2018

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill requiring voter approval for certain mandatory trash-hauling contracts.

January 11, 2018

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill requiring party declarations by local and special-district candidates.

January 3, 2018

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill raising the penalty for assaulting a police animal.

January 3, 2018

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill allowing appropriately lit farm equipment on roads after dark.

March 1, 2017

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill barring gifts to medical practitioners.

February 23, 2017

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill making state tax credits nontransferable.

February 21, 2017

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill allowing community colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees.

January 25, 2017

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a constitutional amendment for long-term property-owner tax exemptions.

January 5, 2017

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill allowing subdivisions to seek exclusion from fire protection districts.

March 3, 2016

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill allowing Missouri Vocational Enterprise to sell products online.

February 22, 2016

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill requiring county approval for certain development projects.

January 28, 2016

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Prefiled a bill revoking certain college athletes’ scholarships if they refuse to play.

December 11, 2015

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill changing contract requirements for residential construction.

March 12, 2015

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill allowing prison vocational enterprises to sell products to the public.

March 11, 2015

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill requiring public colleges to disclose specified information.

March 10, 2015

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced the Campus Free Expression Act for public colleges.

January 8, 2015

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill changing workers’ compensation insurance premiums.

April 1, 2014

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Prefiled articles of impeachment against Missouri’s governor.

March 11, 2014

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill adding firing squads as a method of execution.

January 16, 2014

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill requiring parental notice when schools teach evolution.

January 16, 2014

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill allowing school districts to designate armed school protection officers.

January 23, 2013

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill training emergency dispatchers on self-defense law.

February 8, 2012

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a motor-fuel tax exemption for fuel used in watercraft.

January 12, 2012

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced the Missouri Standard Science Act on treatment of science instruction.

January 10, 2012

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill subjecting state legislators to random drug testing during sessions.

January 10, 2012

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill joining the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.

March 31, 2011

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced a bill charging prison inmates for on-site medical care.

March 10, 2011

Source: archive.house.mo.gov

Introduced Chloe’s Law to add screening for critical congenital heart disease in newborns.

March 10, 2011

Source: archive.house.mo.gov