MO — 2026 Regular Session | Bill Commons

3,177 bills

SB 1105 — SB 1105 - This act establishes the "Rural Workforce Housing Investment Act", which is a grant program established in the Department of Economic Development for the purpose of supporting the development of workforce housing in rural communities. A nonprofit development organization, as defined in the act, may apply to the Department for approval for a workforce housing grant to establish a workforce housing investment fund. Grants shall be awarded on a competitive basis, and no more than one million dollars shall be awarded to any one nonprofit development organization over a two year period, and no more than two million dollars to any one nonprofit development organization for the period ending on June 30, 2029. Grants shall require matching funds in order to be awarded, as described in the act. If a nonprofit development organization fails to engage in qualified activity within two years of receiving initial grant funding, such organization shall return the grant funds to the Department. If a nonprofit development organization fails to allocate any remaining grant funds to qualified activities within two years of the commencement of initial qualified activity, such organization shall return all unallocated grant funds. Beginning August 28, 2031, the Department shall transfer any remaining grant funds held by the Department to the Missouri Housing Trust Fund. Annual reports shall be filed by all nonprofit development organizations and by the Department, as described in the act. This act is identical to SB 656 (2025) and HB 245 (2025), and is substantially similar to HCS/HB 1716 (2026). JOSH NORBERGdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-28: Hearing Conducted S Economic and Workforce Development Committee
HR 3942 — Grants use of the House Chamber to Washington Middle School, Oakville Middle School, Bernard Middle School, and Margaret Buerkle Middle School on April 13, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for presentation of the Glory Awardsdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-28: Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 6 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
SB 872 — SB 872 - This act authorizes a sales tax exemption for baby bottles, baby wipes, and breast pump supplies, as such term is defined in the act. This act is identical to HB 3198 (2026) and HB 3248 (2026). JOSH NORBERGdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-28: Voted Do Pass S Economic and Workforce Development Committee
SB 1599 — Authorizes a party to seek a change in commissioner in a proceeding before the Administrative Hearing Commissiondied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-28: S First Read
HB 2308 — Establishes provisions relating to the ordering of additional parenting time when court-ordered parenting time has been denieddied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-28: Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB 1854 — Modifies provisions relating to gender transition proceduresdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-28: HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 9 NOES: 4 PRESENT: 0
HB 1695 — Modifies motor vehicle safety inspection requirementsdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-28: HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 11 NOES: 5 PRESENT: 1
HR 3986 — Grants the use of the House Chamber for the Missouri Youth Leadership Forum for Students with Disabilities on July 16, 2026died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-28: Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 6 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
HR 3955 — Grants use of the House Chamber to Crestview Middle School, LaSalle Springs Middle School, Rockwood Valley Middle School, and Wildwood Middle School on April 20, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. for presentation of the Glory Awardsdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-28: Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 6 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
HB 2036 — Modifies motor vehicle inspection requirementsdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-28: HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 11 NOES: 5 PRESENT: 1
HB 2743 — Modifies motor vehicle inspection requirementsdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-28: HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 11 NOES: 5 PRESENT: 1
HB 1973 — Modifies guidelines for student participation in athletic contests organized by sexdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-28: HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 9 NOES: 4 PRESENT: 0
HB 2662 — Modifies motor vehicle inspection requirementsdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-28: HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 11 NOES: 5 PRESENT: 1
HR 3943 — Grants use of the House Chamber for the Women Legislators of Missouri DeVerne Lee Calloway Award Ceremony and Scholarship Presentation on Monday, April 13, 2026, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-28: Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 6 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
HB 1607 — Modifies guidelines for student participation in athletic contests organized by sexdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-28: HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 9 NOES: 4 PRESENT: 0
HB 2532 — Creates provisions relating to insurance coverage of additional living expenses due to gun violencewithdrawn
Latest action 2026-01-28: Withdrawn (H)
SB 1004 — SB 1004 - This act establishes the Missouri Angel Investment Incentive Act. For all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, this act allows an investor, as defined in the act, to claim a tax credit in an amount equal to forty percent of the investor’s investment in the qualified securities of a qualified Missouri business, as defined in the act, or fifty percent of the investor's investment if the qualified Missouri business is located in a rural county, as defined in the act. If the amount of the tax credit exceeds the investor’s tax liability in any one tax year, the credit may be carried forward for up to five subsequent tax years. No investor shall receive more than seventy-five thousand dollars in tax credits in a single year for contributions to a single qualified Missouri business, and shall not receive more than three hundred thousand dollars in tax credits in total in a single tax year. A tax credit may be transferred by a qualified investor. The total amount of tax credits authorized in a single tax year by the Missouri Technology Corporation (MTC) shall not exceed six million dollars for the 2027 and 2028 calendar years. Thereafter, the maximum amount of tax credits that may be authorized shall be increased annually by 20%, provided that the maximum amount of tax credits was authorized in the previous year. To be designated as a qualified Missouri business, a business shall apply to the MTC, as described in the act. The designation of a business as a qualified Missouri business shall be made annually by the MTC. In addition to other requirements described in the act, a qualified Missouri business shall not have had annual gross revenues of more than five million dollars in the most recent tax year of the business, and the business shall not have been in operation longer than five years if the business is not a bioscience business, or longer than ten years if the business is a bioscience business. Each business that has been allocated tax credits by the MTC shall submit a report containing certain information, as described in the act, to the MTC before such tax credits are issued. The state of Missouri shall not be held liable for any damages to an investor that makes an investment in any qualified security of a qualified Missouri business, any business that applies to be a qualified Missouri business but is turned down, or any investor that makes an investment in a business that applies to be a qualified Missouri business but is turned down. The MTC shall annually review the activities undertaken by this act to ensure they are in compliance with the provisions of the act. If the MTC determines that a business is not in substantial compliance, it may inform the business that such business will lose its designation if it does not come into compliance within one hundred twenty days. If the business does not come into compliance, the MTC may revoke its designation. If a business loses its designation as a qualified Missouri business, it shall be precluded from being allocated any additional tax credits. However, investors in such a business shall be entitled to keep all of the tax credits properly issued prior to the loss of designation by the business. The MTC shall report certain information annually, as described in the act, to the Department of Economic Development, the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. This act shall sunset on December 31, 2033, unless reauthorized by the General Assembly. This act is identical to SB 1563 (2026) and HB 1845 (2026), and to provisions in HCS/HB 235 (2025), and is substantially similar to SCS/SB 461 (2025), SCS/SB 1178 (2024), HCS/HB 2226 (2024), SS/SCS/SB 413 (2023), HB 727 (2023), SB 78 (2017), and HB 2302 (2016), and to provisions in SS#2/SCS/HCS/HBs 3231 & 2531 (2026), HCS/HB 682 (2025), and HCS/SS/SCS/SB 92 (2023), as amended. JOSH NORBERGdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-28: Voted Do Pass S Economic and Workforce Development Committee
HB 1983 — Modifies motor vehicle inspection requirementsdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-28: HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 11 NOES: 5 PRESENT: 1
HJR 143 — Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing counties to exempt eligible motor vehicles from personal property taxesdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-28: Public Hearing Completed (H)
HR 3951 — Grants the use of the House Chamber to the Jefferson City Chapter of the Federalist Society on February 20, 2026, from 7:30 am to 4:30 pmdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-28: HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 6 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
HB 1672 — Modifies provisions relating to gender transition proceduresdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-28: HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 9 NOES: 4 PRESENT: 0
HB 2337 — Allows the court to enter a judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal separation if a person is pregnantdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-27: HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 16 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
SB 1308 — SB 1308 - This act provides that the Executive Director of the Committee for Professional Counselors ("Committee"), rather than the Committee, shall issue a license to each person who files an application, pays the application fee, and provides satisfactory evidence regarding lack of criminal or disciplinary actions along with compliance with the law regarding licensure of professional counselors and the passage of an examination on professional counseling in this state. The Committee shall review and approve or deny all applications for which licenses were not authorized to be issued by the Executive Director. Additionally, this act provides that the Committee shall display the name, address, license number, and license status for each licensee of any license type on the Division of Professional Registration's ("Division") searchable listing of licensees. A license holder may request the redaction of his or her address from the listing and the Division shall redact such address unless the Committee or any other person has good cause to deny the redaction. This act is similar to SB 441 (2025), SCS/SB 1284 (2024), a provision in SCS/HB 2280 (2024), and HB 2434 (2024). KATIE O'BRIENdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-27: Second Read and Referred S Emerging Issues and Professional Registration Committee
SB 1296 — SB 1296 - Current law authorizes state agencies to set off all or a portion of a taxpayer's income tax refund to repay debts owed to such state agency. This act modifies the definition of "state agency" to include any municipality with a population over 250,000 for debts arising on or after January 1, 2027. This act is identical to SB 468 (2025) and HB 1884 (2024). JOSH NORBERGdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-27: Second Read and Referred S Economic and Workforce Development Committee
SB 1170 — SB 1170 - This act creates provisions relating to compensation for the wrongfully convicted. STATE LEGAL EXPENSE FUND (Section 105.711) This act provides that money from the State Legal Expense Fund shall provide payment of any claim or any amount required by any final judgment rendered by a court for the purpose of paying judgments arising from claims for compensation for a wrongful conviction. CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES FOR WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS (Section 506.400) Under this act, a claimant may bring an action for damages if he or she can prove by a preponderance of the evidence that: • The claimant was convicted of a felony offense and subsequently imprisoned; • The claimant's judgment of conviction was reversed or vacated and either the charges were dismissed or on retrial the claimant was found not guilty; • The claimant did not commit the offense and was not an accessory to the acts that were the basis of the conviction and this resulted in a reversal of the conviction or dismissal of the charges; and • The claimant did not commit perjury or fabricate evidence, excluding any confession found to be false. The claimant shall bring such claim for damages within two years after the dismissal of the charges or finding of not guilty on retrial or two years after the grant of a pardon. The damages awarded shall be $179 per day for each day of imprisonment but no more than $65,000 per fiscal year. Additionally, the damages awarded shall not be less than $25,000 for each additional year served on parole or post-release supervision or each additional year the claimant was required to register as a sexual offender, whichever is greater. The claimant shall not receive compensation for any sentence he or she was serving concurrently for which he or she was lawfully incarcerated. The court shall order the award to be paid as a combination of an initial payment not to exceed $100,000 or 25% of the award, whichever is greater. The remainder of the award shall be paid as an annuity not to exceed $80,000 per year. The claimant shall designate beneficiaries for the annuity. However, if the court finds that it is in the best interest of the claimant, the court may order the award be paid in one lump sum. In addition to the damages awarded by this act, the claimant shall be entitled to receive reasonable attorney's fees and court costs not to exceed a total of $25,000, unless a greater amount is authorized by the court. The claimant is also entitled to nonmonetary relief such as housing assistance or counseling as well as tuition assistance. If the claimant has won a monetary award against the state or any political subdivision in a civil action related to the wrongful conviction, the amount of the award in the action, less any sums for attorney's fees and other costs, shall be deducted from the sum of money to which the claimant is entitled to under this act. Upon an entry of a certificate of innocence, the claimant shall automatically be granted an order of expungement. The court shall order the expungement and destruction of associated biological samples authorized by and given to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. TUITION ASSISTANCE (Section 506.403) Any individual awarded tuition assistance under this act shall receive a waiver of tuition and required fees for attendance at a public institution of higher education as provided in the act. RESTITUTION FOR WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS (Section 650.058) This act repeals the current provisions relating to restitution for wrongfully convicted individuals proven innocent as a result of DNA testing. This act is identical to SB 36 (2025), SB 883 (2024), SB 146 (2023), SB 1132 (2022) and is substantially similar to HB 254 (2025), HB 1551 (2025), HB 1597 (2024), HB 327 (2023), SB 1056 (2022), and in HB 1847 (2022). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-27: Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee