Rep. Dave Hinman

Maddy summaryHB 2559 requires state agencies to obtain legislative approval before implementing new administrative rules that would cost over $250,000 annually for government, businesses, or individuals. Agencies must notify the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and the full legislature, which must pass a concurrent resolution approving the rule before it takes effect. Rules not approved this way become invalid, with exceptions for federal compliance or funding requirements. This directly affects state agencies creating significant-cost rules and shifts authority to the legislature for final approval.

Maddy summaryHB 2176, titled the "Anti-Red Flag Gun Seizure Act," prohibits Missouri state agencies, law enforcement, and political subdivisions from enforcing any "red flag law" (including federal or state orders requiring temporary firearm seizure or confiscation). It bans the use of state or federal funds to enforce such laws and imposes a $50,000 civil penalty for violations. The bill specifically exempts firearm seizures as evidence during criminal investigations. It directly affects Missouri citizens' firearm rights and law enforcement practices by blocking enforcement of red flag laws across state and local agencies.

Maddy summaryHB 1873 requires Missouri's Air Conservation Commission to terminate the state's motor vehicle emissions inspection program by January 1, 2028, as established under the Air Quality Attainment Act. The bill repeals existing laws governing emissions inspections and replaces them with new sections focused on vehicle license renewal and fleet registration. This change eliminates the requirement for emissions inspections during vehicle registration, directly affecting vehicle owners who would have been subject to these inspections. The bill terminates the program without establishing a new emissions inspection system.

Maddy summaryHB 392 expands prescribing authority for certain advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) who hold a special certification from the nursing board. It allows these APRNs to prescribe controlled substances in Schedules III, IV, and V, and limited Schedule II drugs (like hydrocodone) for most patients, but only under written agreements with physicians. The bill restricts Schedule II prescriptions to 120-hour supplies without refills and limits Schedule II prescriptions for non-hospice patients, though hospice care is exempt. It excludes certified nurse anesthetists from these new prescribing powers and permits APRNs to prescribe buprenorphine for addiction treatment under physician supervision.

Maddy summaryHB 243 ensures that pregnancy cannot delay or prevent a court from granting a divorce (dissolution of marriage) or legal separation. It explicitly states that a court must proceed with the judgment regardless of whether one party is pregnant, removing pregnancy as a barrier to these proceedings. The bill affects individuals seeking divorce or legal separation who are pregnant, requiring courts to follow standard residency and procedural requirements without considering pregnancy status. This change applies to all divorce or separation cases, maintaining existing rules about residency, custody, and property division while clarifying that pregnancy alone does not block finalization.

Maddy summaryHB 477 requires school districts to obtain written or electronic parental consent before making certain changes to a child's Individualized Education Program (IEP), such as initial placements, service removals, or changes exceeding 25% in service minutes. It mandates a standardized consent form with options for full consent, refusal, or partial consent, and requires schools to document parent signatures. The bill also establishes a 10-business-day timeline for resolving disagreements and allows parents to visit proposed programs before consenting. This bill, which would take effect July 1, 2026, is currently inactive after being dropped from the legislative calendar in May 2025.

Maddy summaryHB 207 establishes specific fee amounts for private businesses or organizations acting as agents for the Missouri Department of Revenue. It sets fees like $9 for annual vehicle registration, $9 for title transfers, and $9-$18 for driver's licenses, while requiring competitive bidding for contracts with special evaluation credit for tax-exempt charities. The bill prohibits contracts with entities affiliated with current or former revenue employees and allows contract extensions up to five years based on performance. Tax-exempt organizations collecting these fees may retain the revenue, while fees collected by state-operated offices go to the state. This directly affects private fee offices processing vehicle registrations, titles, and driver's licenses across Missouri.

Maddy summaryHB 205 allows the existing board of trustees for St. Louis City's Firemen's Retirement System to simultaneously administer other pension plans providing retirement, disability, and death benefits for firefighters in cities not within counties. This directly affects firefighters and their dependents in those cities, as the same board would manage multiple pension plans. The bill requires strict separation of funds, ensuring expenses for each plan are paid solely from that plan's funds, with no mixing of retirement system resources. It also mandates that the board maintains separate records and follows each plan's specific terms when managing these additional pension programs.

Maddy summaryHB 575 modifies Missouri's rules for initiative petitions and referendums by creating new requirements for petition circulators and formatting. It requires circulators to verify each signer's registered voter status and provide sworn affidavits (including notarization) to prevent fraudulent signatures, with penalties for violations including fines up to $10,000 or jail time. The bill also mandates specific formatting for petitions, including 12-point Times New Roman text, one-inch margins, and inclusion of full proposed measure text with deletions in brackets and new text underlined. These changes directly affect individuals and groups collecting signatures for citizen-led ballot measures. The bill replaces existing sections (116.153, 116.190, etc.) with new sections (116.030-116.334) governing these processes.

Maddy summaryHB 195, the "Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act," requires healthcare providers in abortion settings to provide the same medical care to any child born alive during or after an abortion as they would to any other newborn, including immediate hospital transport. It mandates providers to report failures to follow these standards to law enforcement and imposes criminal penalties - up to five years in prison or $10,000 fines - for non-compliance, while classifying intentional killing of such a child as first-degree murder. The bill also establishes civil liability for causing death or failing to comply with these provisions, allowing victims’ families to seek damages for injury or death. It directly affects abortion providers, patients, and children born alive during abortion procedures, with no impact on natural miscarriages before fetal viability.