Nick Schroer is an American politician. He is a member of the
Missouri Senate
The Missouri Senate is the upper chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 34 members, representing districts with an average population of 181,000. Its members serve four-year terms, with half the seats being up for election every two yea ...
from the
2nd district, serving since 2023. He previously represented the 107th district in the
Missouri House of Representatives
The Missouri House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 163 members, representing districts with an average size of 37,000 residents. House members are elected for two-year terms during general elections ...
from 2017 to 2023. He is a member of the
Republican Party.
Issues
Abortion
In 2019, Schroer sponsored legislation to
ban abortions eight weeks into a pregnancy.
The legislation would also prevent women from having abortions if the fetus is diagnosed with
Down syndrome.
COVID-19
In 2022, Schroer opposed the
Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine requirements for health care workers.
Discrimination
In 2025, Schroer carried legislation to void
non-discrimination
Discrimination is the process of making unfair or prejudicial distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong, such as race, gender, age, class, religion, or sexu ...
ordinances for
Section 8 tenants passed in several Missouri cities.
Education
In 2023, Schroer authored legislation which prevents public schools from teaching
critical race theory
Critical race theory (CRT) is an academic field focused on the relationships between Social constructionism, social conceptions of Race and ethnicity in the United States census, race and ethnicity, Law in the United States, social and political ...
and which requires schools to provide parents curriculum materials for their children. In 2024, Schroer sponsored the amendment to ensure that the locker rooms and restrooms students use matches their
biological sex
Biology is the scientific study of life and living organisms. It is a broad natural science that encompasses a wide range of fields and unifying principles that explain the structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution of ...
.
Defamation lawsuit
In April 2024, Schroer was sued, along with two other Missouri state senators, for false light by Denton Loudermill of Olathe, Kansas, after Schroer shared a tweet by Congressman
Tim Burchett
Timothy Floyd Burchett ( ; born August 25, 1964) is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for , based in Knoxville, serving since 2019.
A Republican Party (United States), Republican, Burchett was formerly County executive, mayor ...
that displayed an image on social media of a man in handcuffs, with a claim that one of the shooters was an undocumented immigrant at the
2024 Kansas City parade shooting, along with a question whether the claim had been confirmed or debunked by local law enforcement.
That case was dismissed after the Court granted Senator Schroer's Motion to Dismiss
Election results
Missouri House of Representatives
Missouri Senate
References
External links
Campaign website*
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Living people
Republican Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives
Year of birth missing (living people)
Republican Party Missouri state senators
21st-century members of the Missouri General Assembly