Bob Onder

As a member of the Missouri House, Dr. Onder sponsored and passed HB1549 in 2008 to ban Sanctuary Cities, crack down on public employers and contractors who hire illegal aliens, and end catch-and-release of illegal aliens. The Federation for American Immigration Reform called this the strongest state law in the country to fight illegal immigration.

Dr. Onder was the author of 2017’s SB1/SB5, restoring common sense health and safety standards on abortion clinics and protecting pregnancy care centers. In committee he was a principal author of 2019’s HB 126, the “Heartbeat Bill,” which Missouri Right to Life called the most important pro-life bill in Missouri history. HB 126 included a trigger clause that enabled Missouri to be the first in the nation to protect all innocent human life.

Dr. Onder was a leader in the Senate leading to the passage of Constitutional Carry in 2016 and the Second Amendment Preservation Act in 2019. He also sponsored legislation to expand the Castle Doctrine and to allow exercise of one’s constitutional rights on public transit (“Metro Carry”).

Dr. Onder has repeatedly sponsored legislation to lower income taxes, including SB902 (2022), SB245 (2021), and SB640 (2020).

In 2022, Dr. Onder was the Senate leader in negotiating a package of election reforms, HB1878, that made Missouri’s voting system among the most secure in the nation. In doing so, he thwarted proposals to extend early voting, mail-in voting, and drop boxes. The final bill banned Zuckerbucks and mandated paper ballots.

Dr. Onder led successful fights against Obamacare Medicaid Expansion in 2021, and against Bidencare Medicaid Expansion in 2022. Also in 2022, Dr. Onder fought a Democrat-sponsored plan, SB 798, that would have allowed food stamps to be used for restaurant meals and fast food.

Fighting for Lower Taxes

Strengthen immigration enforcement, prohibit sanctuary policies, restrict public employers and contractors from hiring people who are unlawfully present, and oppose catch-and-release policies.

• Campaign points to Onder's sponsorship of Missouri HB 1549 as evidence of this approach.

Oppose abortion and support legal protections for unborn life and pregnancy care centers.

• Campaign cites his prior sponsorship of abortion-clinic regulations and Missouri's heartbeat legislation.

Protect broad Second Amendment rights, including lawful carry and self-defense rights.

• Campaign cites his past work on constitutional carry, the Second Amendment Preservation Act, Castle Doctrine expansion, and public-transit carry.

Reduce income taxes and oppose tax policies that increase the burden on individuals and businesses.

• Campaign cites multiple prior Missouri income-tax reduction bills as evidence of this position.

Restrict critical-race-theory instruction in public schools, strengthen religious-liberty protections, restrict transgender participation in women's sports, and prohibit gender-transition medical procedures for minors.

Require paper ballots, prohibit privately funded election-administration grants, and oppose expansion of early voting, mail voting, and ballot drop boxes.

• Campaign cites the 2022 Missouri election-reform package he helped negotiate.

Support Israel and restrict government contracting or taxpayer support for entities participating in boycotts of Israel.

• Campaign cites his sponsorship of Missouri anti-BDS legislation.

Oppose expansion of Medicaid and resist expansion of SNAP eligibility or allowable purchases that he views as weakening work-oriented welfare policy.

Supported the 2008 Missouri HB1549 state criminal pretrial-release presumption, subject to judicial review and statutory safeguards.