MO — 2026 Regular Session | Bill Commons

3,175 bills

HB 2695 — Modifies provisions relating to credit earned by offenders committed to the department of correctionsdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-17: HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 14 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0
HJR 121 — Modifies term limits for members of the general assembly and the number of members of the house of representativesdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-17: Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB 2837 — Modifies provisions for appointment of members to the bi-state development agencydied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-17: Public Hearing Completed (H)
HJR 148 — Proposes a constitutional amendment modifying provisions relating to taxation of real propertydied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-17: Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 7 NOES: 3 PRESENT: 0
HB 1993 — Provides federal Servicemember Civil Relief Act (SCRA) protections to National Guard members called to state dutydied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-17: HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 21 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
HR 4331 — Grants use of the House Chamber for the Missouri Association of Counties Legislative Day on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, from 8:00 am to 8:45 a.m.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-17: Referred: Consent and Procedure(H)
HB 2771 — Provides federal Servicemember Civil Relief Act (SCRA) protections to National Guard members called to state dutydied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-17: HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 21 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
HB 2921 — Establishes provisions relating to civil liability for publishing or distributing material harmful to minors on the internetdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-17: HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 17 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
SB 1238 — SB 1238 - This act requires teachers of American history at public schools and charter schools to provide instruction on the positive impacts of religion on American history. The act lists certain historical accounts that shall be included in such instruction, including the organization of the pilgrims as a church; the religious background of the signers of the Declaration of Independence; George Washington's direction regarding chaplains in the army; Benjamin Franklin's appeal for prayer at the constitutional convention; the influence of religion on the United States Constitution; the religious origins of the concept of the separation of church and state; the role of the Ten Commandments in shaping American law; the history of the national motto "In God We Trust"; and other historical accounts specified in the act. Instructors at public institutions of higher education may also provide such instruction, which may include the same historical accounts. OLIVIA SHANNONdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-17: Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
HB 1892 — Modifies provisions relating to property tax assessments of certain stationary propertydied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-17: Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 7 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 1
HB 2311 — Modifies provisions relating to the sexual offender registrydied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-17: Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB 3015 — Establishes provisions relating to civil liability for publishing or distributing material harmful to minors on the internetdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-17: HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 17 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
HB 2398 — Establishes provisions relating to summer and day campswithdrawn
Latest action 2026-02-17: Withdrawn (H)
SB 892 — SB 892 - This act requires the State Board of Education to cause its annual report to be published on the website of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), in addition to printing 60 copies for DESE and the State Library. This act is similar to SB 589 (2023) and SB 1208 (2024). OLIVIA SHANNONdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-17: Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
HB 2047 — Creates provisions relating to expungementdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-17: HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 14 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
SB 1656 — SB 1656 - Current law taxes retail sales of food, as defined in current law, at a rate of one percent. This act provides that retail sales of food shall be exempt from state sales taxes. This act is identical to SB 688 (2025), SB 734 (2025), and SCS/SB 161 (2023), and to a provision in SB 57 (2025) and SCS/HCS/HB 154 (2023), and is substantially similar to HB 2079 (2026), HB 2253 (2026), HB 2568 (2026), SB 659 (2025), HB 345 (2025), HB 432 (2025), HB 872 (2025), HB 1587 (2025), HB 1418 (2024), HB 1464 (2024), HB 2174 (2024), HB 260 (2023), HB 452 (2023), HB 591 (2023), HB 896 (2023), HCS#2/HB 1992 (2022), HB 1817 (2022), and HB 2530 (2022), and to a provision in SS/SCS/SB 1534 (2026), SCS/SBs 1017 & 1239 (2026), HB 1029 (2025), HB 2815 (2024), HB 2887 (2024), HB 377 (2023), HCS/HBs 876, 771, 676 & 551 (2023), HB 1136 (2023), HB 1779 (2022), and HB 2249 (2022). JOSH NORBERGdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-12: Second Read and Referred S Economic and Workforce Development Committee
HB 2490 — Establishes provisions relating to allergy prevention and responses in child care facilitiesdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-12: HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
SB 1623 — SB 1623 - This act modifies the statutes of limitations for claims for relief or causes of action with respect to when a fraudulent transfer or obligation under the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act shall be extinguished. Additionally, an action by a creditor against a transfer to a Missouri qualified self-settled trust with a spendthrift provision shall be brought within two years from the date the transfer is made or within six months from the date the creditor discovers or reasonably should have discovered the transfer, whichever is later. Additionally, upon the filing of any petition, any trust instrument, briefs, and the entire court record and all orders thereon shall be sealed upon filing and may not be made a part of the public record of the proceeding, but are available to the court, the trustor, any fiduciary, any enforcer, any beneficiary, their attorneys, and such other interested persons as the court may order upon a showing of need. Currently, for trust decanting, to the extent that property of the second trust is attributable to property of the first trust, the property of the second trust is subject to any rules governing maximum perpetuity which apply to property of the first trust. This act additionally provides that the perpetuities period and any other time limitation on the vesting of an interest applicable to the first trust shall apply to property of the second trust as if the second trust had been created on the date the first trust was created. Furthermore, this act repeals and replaces certain provisions of current law regarding directed trusts. This act provides that a trust instrument may provide for one or more persons, who is not then serving as a trustee, the settlor, or a beneficiary, to be given any powers, rights, privileges, benefits, immunities, or authorities over the trust that is available to a trustee under the laws of this state or under the trust instrument which are expressly granted in the trust instrument. Such person shall be identified as a trust protector or trust advisor. The express powers that may be granted and exercised, in the best interests of the trust, in the sole and absolute discretion of the trust protector, and are binding on all other persons include, in addition to ones provided in current law, the following: (1) Remove and appoint a trustee, a fiduciary, trust advisor, or an investment or distribution committee member, or appoint a successor trustee or trust protector; (2) Modify or amend the trust instrument to: 1. Take advantage of laws governing restraints on alienation, distribution of trust property, or the administration of the trust; 2. Change the terms of any power of appointment granted by the trust, except a modification or amendment may not grant a beneficial interest to any individual or class of individuals not specifically provided for under the trust instrument; 3. Increase or decrease the interests of the beneficiaries of the trust; (3) Veto or direct trust distributions; (4) Interpret trust terms at the request of the trustee; (5) Advise the trustee on beneficiary matters; or (6) Add to the trust any individual beneficiaries or charitable beneficiaries from a class of individuals or charities identified in the trust instrument; (7) Provide other powers and discretions as are expressly granted to the trust protector in the trust instrument. The trust protector or trust advisor shall have no greater liability to any person than a trustee holding or benefitting from the rights, powers, privileges, benefits, immunities, or authority provided or allowed under the trust instrument to such trust advisor or trust protector unless the trust instrument expressly provides otherwise. A trust protector or trust advisor, by accepting appointment to serve as a trust protector or trust advisor, of a trust having its principal place of administration in this state submits personally to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state, regardless of whether the investment advisory agreements or other related agreements provide otherwise. The trust protector or trust advisor may be made a party to any action or proceeding if issues relate to his or her decisions or actions. Except as otherwise provided in the trust instrument, a fiduciary excluded from exercising certain powers under the instrument shall not be liable, either individually or as a fiduciary, for any loss resulting from: (1) Any act taken or omitted as a result of the written direction of the trust protector or trust advisor appointed under the instrument; (2) A failure to take any action proposed by an excluded fiduciary, which requires prior authorization of the trust advisor, if that excluded fiduciary timely sought but failed to obtain the authorization; (3) Any action or inaction, except for gross negligence or willful misconduct, when an excluded fiduciary is required to assume the role of trust protector or trust advisor; (4) Reliance upon any trust advisor for valuation of trust assets; (5) Any tax filing made or tax position taken based on the recommendations or instructions received from the tax trust advisor or from a tax preparer or professional used by the excluded fiduciary at the direction of the grantor, the tax trust advisor, or another trust fiduciary. Such excluded fiduciaries shall also be relieved from any obligation to independently value trust assets, review or evaluate any direction from a distribution trust advisor, perform investment or suitability reviews, inquiries, or investigations, and make recommendations or evaluations with respect to any investments to the extent the trust advisor had authority to direct the acquisition, disposition, or retention of the investment. Additionally, the excluded fiduciary shall not have the duty to communicate with or warn or apprise any beneficiary or third-party concerning instances in which the excluded fiduciary would or might have exercised the excluded fiduciary's own discretion in a manner different from the manner directed by the trust advisor or trust protector. Absent contrary provisions in the trust instrument, certain communications or actions of the excluded fiduciary do not constitute an undertaking by the excluded fiduciary to monitor, participate, or otherwise take any fiduciary responsibility for actions within the trust protector or trust advisor's authority. In an action against an excluded fiduciary, the burden of proof of clear and convincing evidence is on the person seeking to hold the excluded fiduciary liable. If one or more trust advisors and tax trust advisors are given authority by the terms of a trust instrument to direct, consent to, or disapprove a fiduciary's investment, distribution, or tax decisions, or proposed investment, distribution, or tax decisions, such trust advisors and tax trust advisors are considered to be fiduciaries when exercising such authority. Furthermore, for investment, distribution, or tax decisions, so long as there is at least one fiduciary exercising the authority related to such trust advisor, the trust instrument may provide that such other trust advisors acting pursuant to this act are not acting in a fiduciary capacity. Finally, this act provides the powers and discretions of an investment trust advisor, distribution trust advisor, family advisor, and tax trust advisor. KATIE O'BRIENdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-12: Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee
SB 1645 — SB 1645 - This act authorizes a state and local sales and use tax exemption for the rental of lots, buildings, other structures, and amenities in a campground. This act is identical to HB 2809 (2026) and to a provision in SCS/HB 1707 (2026), SCS/HCS/HB 1883 (2026), and SCS/HCS/HB 3308 (2026). JOSH NORBERGdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-12: Second Read and Referred S Economic and Workforce Development Committee
SB 1642 — SB 1642 - Currently, summer and day camps are considered exempt from licensing requirements. This act requires summer and day camps in this state to be licensed by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and authorizes the Department to promulgate rules regarding supervision requirements and capacity limitations. Under this act, the Department shall maintain a record of substantiated, signed parental complaints against licensed summer and day camps that are available to the public upon request. This act establishes the "Heaven's 27 Camp Safety Act". A summer or day camp licensee shall submit a license renewal application to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education no later than 30 days after the licensee alters the boundaries of the camp or completes any renovation to cabins on the premises that affect the number of beds in the cabin or alters the method of ingress or egress to the cabin. A summer or day camp operator shall have an emergency plan that addresses evacuation, emergency response, identification of and accounting for each camper, communication with emergency personnel and parents, and the designation of a camp emergency preparedness coordinator. All camp operators shall operate a weather radio and an emergency warning system at each camp. Each camp operator shall annually submit an emergency plan to the Department for approval, as described in the act. The operator shall provide a copy of the emergency plan to specified emergency and law enforcement personnel, as well as parents and guardians of campers and prospective campers, including a notification to parents and guardians if the camp is located within a flood plain. The Department shall store the emergency plans provided under this act and provide access to the plans to the state emergency management agency. Within 48 hours of beginning each summer or day camp session, the operator shall conduct a mandatory safety orientation as described in the act. The operator shall post the proper evacuation route described in the emergency plan in conspicuous places on the camp's premises. A camp that is not in compliance with the provisions of this act shall not be granted a license or have that license renewed and may have a current license suspended. Licensed summer and day camps shall be subject to the same enforcement and inspection provisions of law that child care facilities are subject to under current law. This act is substantially similar to HB 3142 (2026). SARAH HASKINSdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-12: Second Read and Referred S Education Committee
SB 1647 — SB 1647 - This act provides that the Board of Therapeutic Massage and the Board of Chiropractic Examiners can apply to the Administrative Hearing Commission ("AHC") for an emergency suspension or restriction of a license if the licensee is the subject of a pending criminal indictment, information, or other charge related to the duties and responsibilities of the licensed occupation, and there is reasonable cause to believe that the public health, safety, or welfare is at imminent risk of harm. Within one business day of receiving the complaint, the AHC shall return a service packet, as described in the act, to the board, which shall then serve the licensee within twenty-four hours. Within five days of receipt of the complaint, the AHC shall conduct a review and, if the AHC determines there is reasonable cause for the board's complaint, the AHC shall enter an order of suspension or restriction. The order will be effective upon personal service or delivery of a copy at all of the licensee's addresses on file. The AHC shall then hold an evidentiary hearing on the record within forty-five days of the board's filing, or upon final adjudication of the criminal charges, to determine if the initial order entered by the AHC will continue in effect and whether a cause for discipline exists. If no cause for discipline is found, the AHC shall issue findings and terminate the order for suspension or restriction. If the AHC finds cause for discipline, the AHC shall issue findings and order the suspension or restriction to remain in effect until a disciplinary hearing before the board, which may impose discipline otherwise authorized by state law. Furthermore, this act provides that if the AHC does not grant an initial order, the board shall remove all reference to such emergency suspension or restriction from public records. This act is identical to provisions in the truly agreed to and finally passed HCS/SS#2/SB 1233 (2026), HB 1623 (2026), in HCS/HB 2300 (2026), HB 58 (2025), provisions in the perfected HCS/HB 268 (2025), in the perfected HB 478 (2025), and in SCS/HB 834 (2025) and contains a provision similar to HB 1549 (2024), a provision in SCS/HCS/HB 2280 (2024), HCS/HB 175 (2023), and HB 1610 (2022). KATIE O'BRIENdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-12: Second Read and Referred S Emerging Issues and Professional Registration Committee
SB 1628 — SB 1628 - This act creates and modifies provisions relating to student evaluations. SCREENING FOR GIFTED STUDENTS (Section 162.720) Beginning in the 2027-28 school year, this act requires school districts to conduct universal screenings of all students at least once before 3rd grade for the purpose of identifying gifted students. These screenings shall use valid, reliable, and current testing methods; provide a body of evidence from at least two distinct areas such as general mental ability, academic achievement, creativity, reasoning, problem solving, or various forms of referral; and be reviewed by personnel trained in gifted education or assessment. A child's failure to satisfy the gifted criteria of a single assessment shall not preclude further evaluation or consideration. Additionally, beginning in the 2026-27 school year, each school district shall adopt a board-approved policy that establishes procedures for universal screening of students for gifted program selection and that notifies parents of the screening process annually. A school district's criteria for identifying gifted students shall be guided by recommendations from the Advisory Council on the Education of Gifted and Talented Children established in current law. This provision is identical to SB 1600 (2026) and HCS/HB 1757 (2026), and is similar to HB 2704 (2026). LITERACY SCREENING (Sections 167.268, 167.340, and 167.645) The act establishes the "Missouri Universal Reading Screener", a uniform, universal, literacy-based reading assessment administered to students in grades 1-3 three times per year in every school district and charter school in the state. The screener shall score each student in one of the following categories: "below basic", "basic", "grade-level", "proficient", or "advanced". Proficiency benchmarks associated with these categories shall be determined by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). School districts and charter schools shall assess all students in grades 1-3 on the Missouri Universal Reading Screener during three annual administration windows established by DESE. DESE shall provide the screener to school districts and charter schools at no cost. The screener may also be used to comply with dyslexia screening requirements established in current law. Student results on the screener shall not be used to make decisions concerning the accreditation of a public school or school district. The act repeals a provision requiring school districts and charter schools to assess newly enrolled students in grades 1-5 on a reading assessment selected from a state-approved list. A student who scores "basic" on the Missouri Universal Reading Screener shall be identified as having a reading deficiency. A student who scores "below basic" on the screener shall be identified as having a substantial reading deficiency. A school district or charter school shall notify the parent of a student with a substantial reading deficiency that if the child's substantial reading deficiency is not corrected by the end of third grade, the child shall not be promoted to fourth grade unless the child qualifies for a good cause exemption. Retention of a third-grade student with a substantial reading deficiency is mandatory unless the unless the child qualifies for a good cause exemption or scores "basic" or higher on a retest opportunity through the Missouri Universal Reading Screener, as provided in the act. A good cause exemption may be granted to students who are English language learners or who have individualized education plans or 504 plans developed under federal law. A good cause exemption may also be granted to a student who has already been retained at least once in kindergarten to third grade. To request a good cause exemption, a student's teacher shall submit documentation to the school principal recommending the student's promotion, including the type of exemption being requested and the child's existing reading improvement plan or individualized education plan, as appropriate. The school principal shall discuss the recommendation with the teacher and determine whether the student qualifies for a good cause exemption. If the school principal determines that the student qualifies for the good cause exemption, the school principal shall make such recommendation in writing to the superintendent, who shall accept or reject the school principal's recommendation in writing. The school district shall assist schools with notifying parents of students who are retained of the reasons for the retention, along with a description of the proposed interventions and supports that will be provided to the child to remedy the identified area or areas of reading deficiency in the following school year. Intensive reading instruction provided to students exhibiting a reading deficiency or substantial reading deficiency shall not include the three-cueing system, as defined in current law, to teach word reading. By October 1 annually, each school board shall report in writing to DESE certain information regarding reading instruction, such as the board's policies regarding student retention and promotion, the number and percentage of students identified as having reading deficiencies or substantial reading deficiencies, the number and percentage of all students retained in kindergarten to third grade due to substantial reading deficiencies, and the total number and percentage of third-grade students who were promoted with good cause exemptions, as provided in the act. These provisions are similar to provisions in SS/SCS/SB 1442 (2026), SCS/HCS/HB 2872 (2026), and HB 2914 (2026). OLIVIA SHANNONdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-12: Second Read and Referred S Education Committee
SB 1655 — SB 1655 - Current law provides that the State Tax Commission shall be composed of three members, with no more than two members from the same political party. This act increases the number of commissioners to five, with no more than three members from the same political party. This act is identical to SB 1110 (2026). JOSH NORBERGdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-12: Second Read and Referred S Select Committee on Property Taxes and the State Tax Commission Committee
SB 1631 — SB 1631 - This act creates a statewide mobile food vendor license for persons who dispense food or beverages from a mobile food unit for immediate service or consumption. The Department of Health and Senior Services shall develop a written application for the license and a resource guide, develop regulations, conduct health inspections, and issue and renew mobile food vendor licenses, as described in the act. There shall be 3 types of vendor classifications depending on the type of food or beverage being served. The Department may work with local authorities, including public health authorities, to conduct inspections. No person shall operate as a mobile food vendor in this state without a statewide mobile food vendor license issued by the Department. A local authority shall not require a mobile food vendor holding a valid mobile food vendor license to obtain an additional local permit or license as a condition of operating a mobile food unit or otherwise adopt or enforce any ordinance, regulation, or rule that conflicts with the provisions of this act. This act shall preempt any local ordinance, rule, or regulation relating to the licensing or permitting of mobile food vendors or the operation of mobile food units. SARAH HASKINSdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-12: Second Read and Referred S Emerging Issues and Professional Registration Committee
SB 1638 — SB 1638 - This act prohibits any federal personnel performing immigration and customs enforcement operations from concealing his or her identity as federal personnel or wearing facial coverings that obscure or conceal the facial identity while performing their duties unless expressly authorized by this act. A facial covering does not include: a clear mask, a medical or surgical mask, air-purifying respirators, self-contained breathing apparatus, a motorcycle helmet worn by a person operating a vehicle that requires such helmet, or protective eyewear. This provision shall not apply to undercover operatives during an active operation, or to members of a Special Response Team. This act imposes a fine upon any federal department or agency and any agents that, while acting in an official capacity, are found within one thousand feet of certain locations including but not limited to airports, courthouses, elementary or secondary school facilities, churches or places of religious worship and any hospital accessible by the public. Under this act, each violation of this act imposes a fine upon the department or agency and the offending agents. The first violation imposes a one thousand dollar fine to each party. A second and subsequent violations imposes a two thousand five hundred dollar fine to each party. This act contains provisions identical to those found in HB 2520 (2026). TRISTAN BENSON JRdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-12: Second Read and Referred S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee