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HB2689 • 2026

Requires a state agency to repeal two existing rules before enacting a new one

Requires a state agency to repeal two existing rules before enacting a new one

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Chappell, Darin (137)
Last action
2026-05-15
Official status
05/15/2026 - Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
Effective date
2026-08-28

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires a state agency to repeal two existing rules before enacting a new one

Requires a state agency to repeal two existing rules before enacting a new one

What This Bill Does

  • Requires a state agency to repeal two existing rules before enacting a new one

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-15 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Referred: Emerging Issues(H)

  2. 2026-01-08 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Read Second Time (H)

  3. 2026-01-07 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Read First Time (H)

  4. 2026-01-05 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Prefiled (H)

Official Summary Text

Requires a state agency to repeal two existing rules before enacting a new one

Current Bill Text

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2689
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE CHAPPELL.
6375H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o repeal section 536.014, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
administrative rules.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 536.014, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 536.014, to read as follows:
536.014. 1. No department, agency , commission or board rule shall be valid in the
2 event that:
3 (1) There is an absence of statutory authority for the rule or any portion thereof; or
4 (2) The rule is in conflict with state law; or
5 (3) The rule is so arbitrary and capricious as to create such substantial inequity as to
6 be unreasonably burdensome on persons affected.
7 2. No rule pro posed by a department, agency , commission, or board shall take
8 effect unless the entity pro posing the rule also rep eals at least two of its existing rules.
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EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.