MO SB 976
died on adjournmentSCS/SB 976 - Current law requires any person who registers as a lobbyist to dissolve any candidate committee the person may have in existence. This act allows any person who has registered as a lobbyist and also has a candidate committee for the purpose of seeking a county, municipal, or school board office to maintain the candidate committee, provided the person is not lobbying the county, municipality, or school board for which the candidate committee is designated to seek office. Nothing in this act shall prohibit a person from changing the designated office sought by his or her candidate committee, provided such person is never simultaneously registered to lobby the public office for which such person's committee is designated to seek office. This act is identical to a provision in the truly agreed to SS/SCS/HCS/HB 1871 (2026) and a provision in SCS/HCS/HB 1788 (2026). SCOTT SVAGERA
Missouri · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did MO SB 976 pass?
No. MO SB 976 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 (2026-02-02): SCS Voted Do Pass S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee (5436S.02C)
What is MO SB 976 about?
MO SB 976 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “SCS/SB 976 - Current law requires any person who registers as a lobbyist to dissolve any candidate committee the person may have in existence. This act allows any person who has registered as a lobbyist and also has a candidate committee for the purpose of seeking a county, municipal, or school board office to maintain the candidate committee, provided the person is not lobbying the county, municipality, or school board for which the candidate committee is designated to seek office. Nothing in this act shall prohibit a person from changing the designated office sought by his or her candidate committee, provided such person is never simultaneously registered to lobby the public office for which such person's committee is designated to seek office. This act is identical to a provision in the truly agreed to SS/SCS/HCS/HB 1871 (2026) and a provision in SCS/HCS/HB 1788 (2026). SCOTT SVAGERA”.
Who sponsors MO SB 976?
Black, Rusty is the primary sponsor of MO SB 976.
Description
SCS/SB 976 - Current law requires any person who registers as a lobbyist to dissolve any candidate committee the person may have in existence. This act allows any person who has registered as a lobbyist and also has a candidate committee for the purpose of seeking a county, municipal, or school board office to maintain the candidate committee, provided the person is not lobbying the county, municipality, or school board for which the candidate committee is designated to seek office. Nothing in this act shall prohibit a person from changing the designated office sought by his or her candidate committee, provided such person is never simultaneously registered to lobby the public office for which such person's committee is designated to seek office. This act is identical to a provision in the truly agreed to SS/SCS/HCS/HB 1871 (2026) and a provision in SCS/HCS/HB 1788 (2026). SCOTT SVAGERA
- Introduced
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- Latest action
- 2026-02-02 — SCS Voted Do Pass S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee (5436S.02C)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Black, Rustyprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-02-02
SCS Voted Do Pass S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee (5436S.02C)
committee-passage
2026-01-29
Hearing Conducted S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee
2026-01-26
Hearing Cancelled S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee
2026-01-08
Second Read and Referred S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee
reading-2,referral-committee
2026-01-07
S First Read
reading-1
2025-12-01
Prefiled
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Related bills
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