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MO SB 944

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SCS/SB 944 - Current law provides that compensation for the attorney for the sheriff of the City of St. Louis shall be not less than $3,000 and not more than $15,000 per year. This act provides that the sheriff shall set the rate of compensation for the attorney, and the attorney shall serve at the pleasure of the sheriff. This act is identical to a provision contained in HCS/SB 945 (2026) and HCS/SB 1067 (2026). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

Missouri · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

SCS/SB 944 - Current law provides that compensation for the attorney for the sheriff of the City of St. Louis shall be not less than $3,000 and not more than $15,000 per year. This act provides that the sheriff shall set the rate of compensation for the attorney, and the attorney shall serve at the pleasure of the sheriff. This act is identical to a provision contained in HCS/SB 945 (2026) and HCS/SB 1067 (2026). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-05-12 — Hearing Conducted H Emerging Issues
Bill type
bill
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Sponsors

  • May, Karlaprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-05-12

    Hearing Conducted H Emerging Issues

  2. 2026-04-21

    Referred H Emerging Issues

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-03-25

    H Second Read

    reading-2

  4. 2026-03-24

    H First Read

    reading-1

  5. 2026-03-24

    S Third Read and Passed - Consent

    passage,reading-3

  6. 2026-03-24

    SCS S adopted

    passage

  7. 2026-03-09

    Reported from S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee - Consent w/SCS

  8. 2026-02-09

    Motion to pass bill as consent taken by S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee - Consent vote adopted

  9. 2026-02-09

    SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee (4889S.03C)

    committee-passage

  10. 2026-01-20

    Hearing Conducted S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee

  11. 2026-01-08

    Second Read and Referred S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee

    reading-2,referral-committee

  12. 2026-01-07

    S First Read

    reading-1

  13. 2025-12-01

    Prefiled

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Related bills

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Official source

https://www.senate.mo.gov/BillTracking/Bills/BillInformation?year=2026&billid=204

Attribution

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