MO — 2026 Regular Session | Bill Commons

3,175 bills

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Latest action 2026-01-28: Withdrawn (H)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
SB 1219 — SB 1219 - Under this act, any entity registered with the Department of Health and Senior Services that possesses, distributes, or delivers hypodermic needles or syringes for the purposes of operating a syringe exchange program or otherwise mitigating health risks associated with unsterile injection drug use shall be exempt from the offense of unlawful distribution, delivery, or sale of drug paraphernalia, if such entity is not located within 500 feet of a school building, as well as the offense of unlawful manufacturing with intent to deliver drug paraphernalia. This act is identical to SB 472 (2025), SB 997 (2024), SB 623 (2023), provisions in CCS/HCS/SS/SB 690 (2022), and CCS#2/HCS/SS/SB 64 (2021), substantially similar to HB 1486 (2020), SB 668 (2020), HCS/SS/SB 580 (2020), and HCS/HB 168 (2019), and similar to SCS/HB 1620 (2019). SARAH HASKINSdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-27: Second Read and Referred S Families, Seniors and Health Committee
SB 1314 — SB 1314 - Beginning with the 2026-27 school year, each parent or guardian of a child shall be afforded the opportunity at the time of school enrollment to direct that state aid for educating the child that would be used to educate the child at a school within the school district of residence shall be remitted to a qualified school, as defined in the act, of the parent or guardian's choice, if the parent or guardian chooses a school outside of the district of residence. A parent or guardian may also choose to enroll their student at a different school within the school district of residence. The State Treasurer shall create and provide to each school district a form for use by the parent or guardian at the time of enrollment to indicate the parent or guardian's choice as to the school their student will attend for that school year. The school district shall transmit the form to the State Treasurer. The school district shall also notify the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Upon receipt of the form, the State Treasurer shall remit state aid that would have been remitted to the school district of residence to the school chosen by the parent or guardian if such school is outside of the school district of residence. If the student enrolls in a school outside of the school district of residence, the student shall not be counted in the resident school district's weighted average daily attendance as a resident student. The state aid remitted to the school of choice shall be the lesser of the state adequacy target for the student or the amount of tuition at the qualified school. This act contains an emergency clause. This act is identical to SB 572 (2025) and substantially similar to SCS/SB 81 (2023). OLIVIA SHANNONdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-27: Second Read and Referred S Education Committee
SB 1295 — SB 1295 - This act provides that Secretary of State shall collect an initiative petition filing fee of $1,000 for each initiative petition filed if the petition relates to a subject on which an initiative petition has been filed by the same petitioner since the most recent general election. No fee shall be charged if the petition is the first petition filed by the petitioner on a particular subject. SCOTT SVAGERAdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-27: Second Read and Referred S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee
SB 1212 — SB 1212 - Current law requires assessors to assess personal property at a rate of 33.3% of true value, and residential, agricultural, and all other real property at rates of 19%, 12%, and 32%, respectively. For all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, this act requires the State Tax Commission to calculate the total assessed valuation for each subclass of real property, individually, and for personal property, in the aggregate. If such amount for a class or subclass exceeds such amount from the previous year for such class or subclass by more than the percent increase in inflation or five percent, whichever is less, the State Tax Commission shall adjust the assessment percentage for that class or subclass of property so that the total assessed value for that class or subclass does not exceed the amount from the previous year plus the allowable growth factor. The calculations and adjustments to the assessment percentage required by the act shall be completed and submitted to each county assessor by no later than August 7 of each year. (Section 137.115) Additionally, current law requires assessors to send the assessor's book to the county governing body by July 1 of each year. This act changes such date to June 1. Current law requires county clerks to forward an abstract of the assessment book to the State Tax Commission and to the governing body of each political subdivision by July 20 of each year. This act changes such date to June 20. (Section 137.245) JOSH NORBERGdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-27: Second Read and Referred S Select Committee on Property Taxes and the State Tax Commission Committee
SB 1173 — SB 1173 - This act provides that peace officers first licensed on or after August 28, 2027, shall receive at least nine, instead of six, hours in the initial academy training focused on racial profiling training, implicit bias training, and de-escalation training. TRISTAN BENSON, JR.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-27: Second Read and Referred S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
SB 1172 — SB 1172 - This act establishes the "Cronkite New Voices Act", which provides that in both public high schools and public institutions of higher education, a student journalist, as defined in the act, has the right to exercise freedom of speech and of the press in school-sponsored media. In school districts, the district and student-media advisors may regulate the number, length, frequency, and format of school-sponsored media. School districts shall not engage in prior restraint of school-sponsored media except in the circumstances described in the act. Student journalists shall be responsible for determining the content of school-sponsored media, while student-media advisors are responsible for teaching and encouraging expression and the standards of English and journalism. No student-media advisor shall be subject to disciplinary actions described in the act for refusal to abridge or infringe upon freedom of expression. No publication or other exercise of the rights provided under this act shall be deemed an expression of school or institutional policy. No school district, institution of higher education, or employee of such entities shall be held liable in any civil or criminal action for any publication or other exercise of rights provided under this act, except to the extent that such an entity or person actively participated in conduct that is the subject of a civil or criminal action. School districts and their employees may also be liable if they knew of such conduct and failed to take timely action to prevent or withdraw the publication or expression that is the subject of the action. Student journalists who are not minors may be liable based on material for which they were responsible or involved. School districts shall adopt a written freedom of the press policy that includes reasonable provisions for the time, place, and manner of student expression. The policy may also restrict speech that is offensive, threatening, or that fits other similar descriptions provided in the act. This act is identical to SB 258 (2025), SB 1217 (2024), SB 440 (2023), SB 855 (2022), SB 434 (2021), HB 480 (2021), SB 923 (2020), HCS/HBs 743 & 673 (2019), and HB 1940 (2018); is substantially similar to HB 1668 (2022), HB 2317 (2020), and HCS/HB 576 (2019); and is similar to HCS/HB 2918 (2026). OLIVIA SHANNONdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-27: Second Read and Referred S Education Committee
SB 1356 — SB 1356 - This act requires that closed criminal records shall be destroyed within six months of being closed. Additionally, arrest records shall be closed and shall be inaccessible to the general public. This act repeals provisions that such closed records shall be available to certain agencies. Finally, if destruction of the record is not feasible because of the permanent nature of the record books, such records entries shall be blacked out. This act is identical to SB 423 (2025), SB 1152 (2024), SB 447 (2023), SB 370 (2023), and SB 1230 (2022) and is similar to HB 2521 (2022). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-27: Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
SB 1307 — SB 1307 - Under this act, a family court shall not prohibit a family court participant from possession or use of legal marijuana, including as a term or condition of successful completion of the family court program. The possession or use of legal marijuana shall not, by itself, be used to restrict or abridge custodial or parental rights to minor children in a family or juvenile court proceeding. This act is identical to SB 403 (2025), SB 968 (2024), and SCS/SB 443 (2023) and similar to SB 794 (2022), HB 2440 (2022), and SB 357 (2021), and provisions in HB 2704 (2022) and HB 2723 (2020). SARAH HASKINSdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-27: Second Read and Referred S Families, Seniors and Health Committee
SJR 83 — SJR 83 - This constitutional amendment, if approved by the voters, provides that the rate of income tax imposed by the General Assembly shall not exceed 4.7%. This amendment is identical to SJR 91 (2026). JOSH NORBERGdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-01-27: Second Read and Referred S Economic and Workforce Development Committee