MO SB 1304
died on adjournmentSB 1304 - This act provides that a person commits the offense of making a malicious false report of animal abuse if the person purposely makes a report that is known to be false with the purpose of and causing a disruption, harassment, monetary loss, or disturbance of the peace of the owner of the animal. This offense is a class C misdemeanor. There shall be an absolute defense for a prosecution of the offense if the reporting party reported an incident of animal abuse out of a good faith, reasonable belief that an animal was being abused. Additionally, this act modifies the offense of animal abuse to provide that it shall be a class E felony if the suffering of an animal is the result of starvation or dehydration, in addition to torture or mutilation, and which has been knowingly, instead of consciously, inflicted while the animal was alive. This act is substantially similar to HB 2904 (2026), SB 541 (2025) and HCS/HB 910 (2025), to a provision in HB 2436 (2026), and contains a provision similar to SB 1352 (2026). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.
Missouri · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Did MO SB 1304 pass?
No. MO SB 1304 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-01-27): Second Read and Referred S Emerging Issues and Professional Registration Committee
What is MO SB 1304 about?
MO SB 1304 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “SB 1304 - This act provides that a person commits the offense of making a malicious false report of animal abuse if the person purposely makes a report that is known to be false with the purpose of and causing a disruption, harassment, monetary loss, or disturbance of the peace of the owner of the animal. This offense is a class C misdemeanor. There shall be an absolute defense for a prosecution of the offense if the reporting party reported an incident of animal abuse out of a good faith, reasonable belief that an animal was being abused. Additionally, this act modifies the offense of animal abuse to provide that it shall be a class E felony if the suffering of an animal is the result of starvation or dehydration, in addition to torture or mutilation, and which has been knowingly, instead of consciously, inflicted while the animal was alive. This act is substantially similar to HB 2904 (2026), SB 541 (2025) and HCS/HB 910 (2025), to a provision in HB 2436 (2026), and contains a provision similar to SB 1352 (2026). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.”.
Who sponsors MO SB 1304?
Moon, Mike is the primary sponsor of MO SB 1304.
Description
SB 1304 - This act provides that a person commits the offense of making a malicious false report of animal abuse if the person purposely makes a report that is known to be false with the purpose of and causing a disruption, harassment, monetary loss, or disturbance of the peace of the owner of the animal. This offense is a class C misdemeanor. There shall be an absolute defense for a prosecution of the offense if the reporting party reported an incident of animal abuse out of a good faith, reasonable belief that an animal was being abused. Additionally, this act modifies the offense of animal abuse to provide that it shall be a class E felony if the suffering of an animal is the result of starvation or dehydration, in addition to torture or mutilation, and which has been knowingly, instead of consciously, inflicted while the animal was alive. This act is substantially similar to HB 2904 (2026), SB 541 (2025) and HCS/HB 910 (2025), to a provision in HB 2436 (2026), and contains a provision similar to SB 1352 (2026). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.
- Introduced
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- Latest action
- 2026-01-27 — Second Read and Referred S Emerging Issues and Professional Registration Committee
- Bill type
- bill
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Sponsors
- Moon, Mikeprimary
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-01-27
Second Read and Referred S Emerging Issues and Professional Registration Committee
reading-2,referral-committee
2026-01-07
S First Read
reading-1
2025-12-01
Prefiled
Versions
- 5723S.01I - IntroducedCompare
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