MO — 2026 Regular Session | Bill Commons

3,177 bills

SB 997 — SB 997 - This act provides that the offense of murder in the second degree shall includes when a person delivers or distributes fentanyl or any analogue thereof to another person where death results from the use of fentanyl or an analogue thereof. TRISTAN BENSON, JR.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-11: Hearing Cancelled S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
HB 2787 — Modifies provisions for voter qualificationsdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-11: HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 15 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
HR 4062 — Grants use of the House Chamber to multiple schools in Kansas City on April 17, 2026, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for presentation of Glory Awardsdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-11: Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 8 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
SB 1211 — SB 1211 - Current law authorizes counties to provide for the payment of real and personal property taxes in installments, but excludes township counties from utilizing such payment plans. This act repeals such prohibition for township counties. This provision is identical to HB 388 (2025) and to a provision in SB 1517 (2026), and is substantially similar to a provision in SS/SCS/SBs 1410 & 853 (2026) and SS/SCS/HCS/HBs 1768 & 2060 (2026). JOSH NORBERGdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-11: Hearing Conducted S Select Committee on Property Taxes and the State Tax Commission Committee
HR 4113 — Grants use of the House Chamber to Riverbend Middle School, St. Clair Junior High School, Union Middle School, and Lonedell R-XIV School on April 17, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. for presentation of Glory Awardsdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-11: Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 8 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
HR 4061 — Grants the use of the House Chamber to the YMCA Youth in Government State Conventions on November 13-14, 2026, November 20-21, 2026, and December 4-5, 2026died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-11: Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 8 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
SB 1517 — SB 1517 - This act modifies provisions relating to property taxes. TAX BALLOT MEASURE LANGUAGE This act provides that a political subdivision or election authority shall not advertise or describe any proposed property tax as not increasing taxes unless failing to adopt the measure would cause an actual increase in the tax rate and adopting the measure would cause the tax rate to stay the same or decrease. (Section 67.496) This provision is identical to a provision in HCS/SS/SCS/SBs 1066 & 1088 (2026) and HCS#2/HB 2668 (2026). This act requires an election authority to label tax ballot measures numerically or alphabetically in the order in which they are submitted. (Section 115.240) This provision is substantially similar to a provision in HCS/SS/SCS/SBs 1066 & 1088 (2026), SS/SCS/SBs 1410 & 853 (2026), SB 1784 (2026), SCS/HCS/HB 1790 (2026), HCS/HB 2178 (2026), and HCS#2/HB 2668 (2026). This act modifies multiple provisions of current law to provide that any ballot measures proposing a new or increased real or personal property tax levy shall be submitted on a general election day and shall include certain information, as described in the act. (Section 115.706 and multiple other sections) This provision is substantially similar to a provision in HCS/SS/SCS/SBs 1066 & 1088 (2026), SB 1784 (2026), HCS#2/HB 2668 (2026), and HCS/HB 2925 (2026). LOCAL ELECTIONS This act provides that all general elections for local, state, and national offices and issues shall be conducted on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. (Section 115.123) This provision is identical to a provision in HB 1613 (2026). PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENTS This act provides that a political subdivision that adopts a tax abatement or similar economic incentive shall decrease any real property tax levy that is increased on property located in the political subdivision that does not receive an abatement. (Section 137.039) This provision is identical to a provision in HCS/SS/SCS/SBs 1066 & 1088 (2026) and HCS#2/HB 2668 (2026). PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS Current law provides that new construction and improvements shall not be included in the total assessed valuation for the purposes of calculating property tax levies. This act repeals such provisions. (Sections 137.055 and 137.073) This act requires that if the voters in a political subdivision approve an increase to the tax rate ceiling prior to the expiration of a previously approved temporary levy increase, the new tax rate ceiling shall remain in effect only until such time as the temporary levy increase expires under the terms originally approved by a vote of the people, at which time the tax rate ceiling shall be decreased by the amount of the temporary levy increase. If, prior to the expiration of a temporary levy increase, voters are asked to approve an additional permanent levy increase, voters shall be submitted ballot language that clearly indicates that if the permanent levy increase is approved, the temporary levy shall be made permanent. (Section 137.073.5(3)) This provision is identical to a provision in HCS/SS/SCS/SBs 1066 & 1088 (2026), SB 1293 (2026), SS/SCS/SBs 1410 & 853 (2026), SCS/HCS/HB 1790 (2026), HCS/HBs 2709 & 2671 (2026), HCS#2/HB 2780 (2026), HCS/HB 119 (2025), HB 660 (2025), HB 1497 (2025), HCS/HB 2058 (2024), HCS/HB 1517 (2024), HCS/HB 2140 (2024), CCS/HS/HCS/SS#2/SCS/SB 96 (2023), and HCS/SS#3/SCS/SB 131 (2023), and is substantially similar to SB 880 (2018) and SB 357 (2017). This act provides that, if the total assessed valuation in a political subdivision decreases in the tax year immediately following a tax year in which the voters approved an increase to the tax rate ceiling, such political subdivision may increase its levy such that the revenue received equals the amount that would have been received from the increased rate of levy had there been no decrease in the total assessed valuation. (Section 137.073.5(6)) This provision is identical to a provision in HCS/SS/SCS/SBs 1066 & 1088 (2026), SB 1293 (2026), SCS/HCS/HB 1790 (2026), HCS/HBs 2709 & 2671 (2026), HCS#2/HB 2780 (2026), HCS/HB 119 (2025), HB 660 (2025), HB 1497 (2025), HCS/HB 2058 (2024), HCS/HB 1517 (2024), and HCS/HB 2140 (2024), and is substantially similar to a provision in SS/SCS/SBs 1410 & 853 (2026). Current law requires an assessor to conduct a physical inspection of any residential real property prior to increasing the assessed valuation of such property by more than 15%. This act applies such requirement to all utility, industrial, commercial, railroad and other non-agricultural real property. (Section 137.115.10) This provision is identical to a provision in HCS/SS/SCS/SBs 1066 & 1088 (2026), SB 1784 (2026), HCS#2/HB 2780 (2026), and is substantially similar to a provision in SS/SCS/SBs 1410 & 853 (2026) and SCS/HCS/HB 2178 (2026). PROPERTY TAX CREDITS Current law allows counties to provide a property tax credit to certain seniors. This act requires counties to provide such credit and makes technical changes to the definitions of "eligible credit amount" and "eligible taxpayer". The act also requires the statement of tax due to include certain information about the proportional amount of the credit attributable to each taxing jurisdiction. Finally, the act provides that the credit shall apply to all property tax levies, including debt service levies. (Section 137.1050) This provision is substantially similar to a provision in HCS/SS/SCS/SBs 1066 & 1088 (2026) and is similar to a provision in SS/SCS/SBs 1410 & 853 (2026) and SCS/HCS/HB 2944 (2026). Current law also allows counties to provide a property tax credit to all other taxpayers, with certain counties able to annually increase the real property tax liability by five percent or the percent increase in inflation, whichever is greater. This act limits such increase to the lesser of the two amounts. (Section 137.1055) This provision is identical to a provision in HCS/SS/SCS/SBs 1066 & 1088 (2026). TOTALED MOTOR VEHICLE PROPERTY TAX CREDIT This act authorizes any taxing entity to provide a property tax credit to a taxpayer to reduce the total personal property tax owed on a totaled motor vehicle. The amount of the property tax credit shall be equal to the amount of property tax owed on such vehicle, prorated for the amount of months left in the tax year. In order to authorize a property tax credit pursuant to the act, the governing body of the taxing entity shall adopt an ordinance, as described in the act. (Section 139.035) This provision is identical to HCS/HB 708 (2025) and to a provision in HB 2627 (2026). PROPERTY TAX INSTALLMENTS Current law authorizes counties to provide for the payment of real and personal property taxes in installments, but excludes township counties from utilizing such payment plans. This act repeals such prohibition for township counties. (Section 139.053) This provision is identical to SB 1211 (2026) and HB 388 (2025), and is substantially similar to provisions in SS/SCS/SBs 1410 & 853 (2026) and SS/SCS/HCS/HBs 1768 & 2060 (2026). SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY TAX LEVIES Current law requires school districts to impose a property tax levy for operating purposes of not less than $2.75 in order to receive the full amount of state aid. This act lowers such required levy to $1.50 beginning with the 2026-2027 school year. (Section 163.021) This provision is substantially similar to a provision in HCS/SS/SCS/SBs 1066 & 1088 (2026) and HCS#2/HB 2780 (2026). BLIND PENSION FUND Current law imposes a state property tax of $0.03 per $100 assessed valuation for the purposes of funding the Blind Pension Fund. This act eliminates such property tax upon the adoption of a constitutional amendment requiring the General Assembly to appropriate moneys to the Blind Pension Fund. (Section 209.130) SEVERABILITY This act contains a severability clause. (Section B) JOSH NORBERGdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-11: Hearing Conducted S Select Committee on Property Taxes and the State Tax Commission Committee
SB 1311 — SB 1311 - This act modifies Supreme Court Rule 15.05 regarding continuing legal education requirements for lawyers. Specifically, this act repeals the requirement of one ethics credit hour devoted exclusively to bias, diversity, inclusion, or cultural competency and provides for a total of two of the total fifteen credit hours to be devoted to ethics. This act is identical to SB 506 (2025). KATIE O'BRIENdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-11: Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
HB 2044 — Provides that a grandparent shall be given priority if it is in the best interest of the child to be placed in the custody of a third partydied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-11: HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 14 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
HB 2834 — Restores voting rights to individuals on probation and paroledied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-11: HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 15 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
SB 1008 — SB 1008 - This act authorizes the Attorney General to appoint commissioned and noncommissioned investigators. Commissioned investigators shall take an oath of office, shall comply with all peace officer standards, and shall receive a certificate of appointment, a copy of which shall be filed with the Secretary of State, providing for the same powers of arrest of peace officers in any matter in which the Attorney General is appointed or assigned. Additionally, commissioned investigators may assist law enforcement agencies. KATIE O'BRIENdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-11: Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
SB 1663 — Transfers the Community Service Commission to the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Developmentdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-11: S First Read
SB 946 — SB 946 - Under this act, pregnancy status shall not prevent a court from entering a judgement of dissolution of marriage or legal separation. This act is identical to the truly agreed to and finally passed HCS/HBs 1908 & 2337 (2026), SB 926 (2026), SB 660 (2025) and provisions in HCS/SS/SB 66 (2025), SB 93 (2025), HCS/HBs 243 & 280 (2025), and HB 2402 (2024). SARAH HASKINSdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-11: Hearing Conducted S Families, Seniors and Health Committee
SR 668 — SR 668 - This resolution modifies Senate Rule 96 to provide that, no later than April 1, 2026, the Senate shall provide an audio and video feed of its proceedings on the website of the Senate. JIM ERTLEdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-11: S Offered
HR 3997 — Reserves the House Chamber for the Association of Electric Cooperatives on July 16, 2026, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-11: Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 7 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
SB 1650 — Modifies provisions relating to the offense of tampering with a judicial officerdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-10: S First Read
HB 2651 — Modifies provisions governing local property tax ballot questions, real property assessments, and property tax leviesdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-10: Public Hearing Completed (H)
SB 1300 — SB 1300 - This act creates and modifies provisions relating to education. DESIGNATION OF SCHOOL PROTECTION OFFICERS (Section 160.665) Under this act, any employee of a school district or charter school, rather than only teachers and administrators in school districts, may be designated as school protection officers. The act adds sprays emitting a projectile to the list of self-defense devices that may be carried by a school protection officer. If an employee requests to be designated as a school protection officer, the school board of the school district or governing board of the charter school shall promptly hold a public hearing and determine by a vote at the hearing whether to allow such designation, rather than only holding a public hearing on the subject. The school board or governing board shall also hold a closed meeting and determine by a vote at the closed meeting whether to authorize the designated school protection officer to carry a concealed firearm or self-defense spray device, regardless of whether the employee specifically requested authorization to carry a concealed firearm or self-defense spray device in his or her request for designation as a school protection officer. Each school board of a school district and governing board of a charter school shall hold a public hearing on whether to implement a school protection officer program and determine by a vote at the hearing whether to implement such a program. Any school board or governing board that approves a school protection officer program shall notify all employees of the school district or charter school of the program and the option to request designation as a school protection officer. This provision is identical to provisions in SCS/HB 232 (2025) and SB 792 (2025), and is similar to provisions in HCS/HB 1866 (2026), HCS/HB 2504 (2026), HB 2662 (2018). ACTIVE SHOOTER AND INTRUDER RESPONSE TRAINING FOR SCHOOLS PROGRAM (Section 170.315) The act modifies provisions of the Active Shooter and Intruder Response Training for Schools Program (ASIRT). For each school year ending before July 1, 2027, each school district and charter school shall train teachers and employees on how to respond to students who provide information about a threatening situation and how to address situations where there is a potentially dangerous or armed intruder in the school. ASIRT training shall, rather than "may", include information and techniques on how to address situations where an active shooter is present in the school or on the property. This provision is identical to a provision in HCS/HB 1866 (2026) and is similar to provisions in SCS/HB 232 (2025) and SB 792 (2025). TRAINING STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL PROTECTION OFFICERS (Section 590.205) The act provides that the Director of the Department of Public Safety shall allow private companies to serve as training centers and operate training programs for school protection officers. Additionally, the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission shall establish requirements for the continuing education of all school protection officers. All school protection officers shall annually receive 20 hours of firearms skill development training. Additionally, at least twice per year, all school protection officers shall participate in a joint training on school protection with a local law enforcement agency. This provision is identical to provisions in SCS/HB 232 (2025) and SB 792 (2025), and is similar to a provision in HCS/HB 1866 (2026). OLIVIA SHANNONdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-10: Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
SB 960 — SB 960 - The act repeals certain provisions and creates new provisions relating to the membership of the Clean Water Commission. Under the act, each Commission member shall serve in a manner consistent with the provisions of Missouri Clean Water Law. The Commission shall be comprised of the following members: - One member, instead of at least two as currently provided, shall be knowledgeable about agriculture; - One member, instead of at least two as currently provided, shall be knowledgeable about the needs of industry or mining; - One member shall be knowledgeable about the needs of publicly owned wastewater treatment works; and - Four members, instead of no more than four as currently provided, shall represent the public. At the first meeting of the Commission and annually thereafter, instead of at yearly intervals as currently provided, the members shall select a chairman and a vice chairman. The Governor shall not appoint any person who has a substantial interest in certain business entities if located in the state. The Commission shall establish rules specifying when members shall exempt themselves from participating in discussions and from voting on issues due to potential conflict of interest. Specifics relating to the resolution of a conflict of interest are described in the act. Any Commission member absent from four, instead of six as currently provided, consecutive regular commission meetings shall be deemed to have resigned and the vacancy shall be filled immediately. The act is identical to HB 3295 (2026), SB 569 (2025), SB 1419 (2024) and HB 2853 (2024). JULIA SHEVELEVAdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-10: Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy & the Environment Committee
SB 978 — SCS/SB 978 - Beginning in the 2026-27 school year and continuing in subsequent school years, any instruction on human sexuality provided by a school district or charter school shall include a human growth and development discussion. Such discussion shall include a video illustrating the development of vital organs in early fetal development, as well as a video illustrating the process of fertilization and every stage of human development inside the uterus throughout pregnancy until birth. Additionally, each school district and charter school shall require instruction in human growth and development beginning no later than third grade. Provisions of state law requiring the formation of a work group to develop academic standards shall not apply to this instruction. The instruction shall include certain scientific facts and information listed in the act, including videos illustrating the development of vital organs in early fetal development and every stage of human development inside the uterus throughout pregnancy until birth. The instruction shall teach that at conception, a new human being is formed, and abortion ends the life of an unborn child. The medicinal emphasis on the heartbeat during gestation shall also be covered, along with the ability to hear an unborn child's heartbeat using a fetal heart rate device. Placental development, brain waves, reflex responses, and sensory receptors are also required instructional topics. The instruction shall teach that the predominant abortion method in Missouri is dilation and evacuation, which includes the dismemberment, disarticulation, and exsanguination of an unborn child, causing the unborn child's death. Instruction in human development shall be delivered in an age-appropriate manner. Parents shall be notified of the contents of such instruction and shall be given the opportunity to remove their child from class during such instruction. The Attorney General may bring a civil action for damages, injunctive relief, or both, against any person or entity who violates any provision of this act. This act is similar to HB 1701 (2026), HB 2581 (2026), and HB 2909 (2026). OLIVIA SHANNONdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-10: SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee (4958S.02C)
SB 1651 — Creates provisions relating to benefits of Soil and Water Conservation District employeesdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-10: S First Read
SB 1048 — SB 1048 - This act creates the "Missouri Disabled Veterans' Dependents Tuition Waiver" to provide college tuition waivers for the children, stepchildren, and spouses of certain veterans. The act defines an "institution" as including any state college or university or public community college that receives appropriations from the General Assembly for operating expenses and satisfies certain other conditions established in current law. A dependent of a veteran shall be eligible to receive a waiver of tuition and fees at an institution, up to a maximum that shall not exceed the amount of tuition charged a Missouri resident at the University of Missouri-Columbia for attendance, if the dependent has a parent, stepparent, or spouse who is or was a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who died on active duty, died of a service-connected disability, died after discharge from the military as a result of injury or illness, is rated as permanently and totally disabled by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, or is classified as missing in action or a prisoner of war. For a dependent who is the child or stepchild of such a veteran, the act specifies that the dependent shall be under 26 years old unless the dependent serves on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States, in which case the eligibility period shall be extended a maximum of five years, up to the dependent's 31st birthday. The Missouri Veterans Commission shall work with the Coordinating Board for Higher Education to implement the provisions of the act. The Missouri Veterans Commission shall ensure that the application process is accessible, transparent, and efficiently administered. The Executive Director of the Missouri Veterans Commission shall establish application procedures, determine applicants' eligibility, certify approved applicants, establish procedures for fraud prevention, and oversee program compliance and reporting, as provided in the act. The Executive Director shall work with the Coordinating Board for Higher Education to facilitate communication with institutions, ensure proper implementation of the waivers, and maintain program efficiency. The Coordinating Board for Higher Education shall ensure consistent implementation of the act across all institutions, develop guidelines for institutions to process tuition waivers, and coordinate with the Missouri Veterans Commission to ensure seamless communication and prevent administrative delays for eligible applicants. A tuition waiver shall be valid for one degree, diploma, or certificate from a community college and one baccalaureate degree from a state college or university. Receipt of a degree, diploma, or certificate from a community college shall precede receipt of a baccalaureate degree. A recipient of a tuition waiver shall be ineligible for the Wartime Veteran's Survivors Grant Program, the Survivors of Vietnam Veterans Scholarship Program, and any other state-funded veteran-dependent tuition grant, waiver, or scholarship. A student who has previously received any such grant, waiver, or scholarship shall not be eligible to receive a tuition waiver, and a student shall not concurrently receive a tuition waiver and any other such grant, waiver, or scholarship. A recipient of a tuition waiver may transfer from one institution to another without losing entitlement to the tuition waiver. If a recipient is granted financial assistance under any other student aid program, whether public or private, the full amount of such financial assistance shall be reported to the Missouri Veterans Commission and the Coordinating Board for Higher Education. This act is identical to HB 2074 (2026) substantially similar to SB 716 (2025). OLIVIA SHANNONdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-10: Hearing Cancelled S Veterans and Military Affairs Committee
SB 1654 — Creates new provisions relating to work performance standards for warehouse employeesdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-10: S First Read
SB 906 — SB 906 - Current law authorizes students who reside in an unaccredited school district to transfer to an accredited school district in the same or an adjoining county under certain conditions. This act repeals and modifies provisions limiting these transfers to students in unaccredited school districts. Under the act, any student may transfer to another public school, including transfers from a student's district of residence, or "sending district", to a public school in a nonresident district, or "receiving district", beginning in the 2027-28 school year and in all subsequent school years. The school board of each school district shall determine the district's capacity to accept student transfers in each grade level and in each school in the district. Each school board shall provide this information to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) beginning on July 15, 2027, and by the first day of each month thereafter. DESE shall publish and update the capacity of each district's grade levels and schools on its website. (Section 167.895) Parents of students who wish to transfer shall notify DESE by August 1, 2027, and by the first day of each month thereafter, and DESE shall assign students to a receiving district or charter school as provided in the act. A receiving district shall accept all students who apply and are assigned to the district, so long as there is capacity for each student. School board policies shall not discriminate against any transfer student on the basis of his or her residential address, academic performance, athletic ability, disability, race, ethnicity, sex, or free and reduced price lunch status. (Sections 167.895 and 167.898) The act repeals provisions that require sending districts to make tuition payments to receiving districts. Instead, for purposes of calculating state and federal aid, each transfer student shall be counted as a resident of the receiving district in which the student is enrolled. Tuition shall not be charged to any student or to his or her parent or legal guardian. (Sections 160.415, 162.081, 167.132, 167.151, and 167.895) DESE shall designate at least one receiving district or charter school to which each sending district shall provide transportation. A sending district shall be required to provide transportation only to the school district or charter school designated by DESE. (Section 167.241) If the receiving district is part of a special school district, the sending district shall contract with the special school district for the entirety of the costs to provide special education and related services, excluding transportation. The special school district may contract with a sending district for transportation, or the sending district may provide transportation on its own. (Section 167.895) The act outlines school districts' responsibilities for the provision of special education and related services to students with disabilities. A special school district shall continue to provide special education and related services, excluding transportation, to students with disabilities who transfer to another school within the special school district. If the sending district is a metropolitan school district, it shall remain responsible for providing special education and related services, including transportation, to students with disabilities who transfer to a receiving district. A special school district in an adjoining county to a metropolitan school district may contract with the metropolitan school district for the reimbursement of special education and related services provided by the special school district for transfer students. A receiving district that is not part of a special school district shall not be responsible for providing transportation to transfer students, regardless of whether transportation is identified as a related service within a student's individualized education program. A sending district may contract with a receiving district that is not part of a special school district for transportation of students with disabilities. A seven-director or urban school district may contract with a receiving district that is not part of a special school district in the same or an adjoining county for the reimbursement of special education and related services provided by the receiving district. (Section 167.895) This act is identical to SB 971 (2026) and similar to SCS/SBs 215 & 70 (2025). OLIVIA SHANNONdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-10: Bill Combined w/SCS SBs 971 & 906
SB 993 — SCS/SB 993 - This act creates licenses for hemp beverage manufacturers, hemp beverage wholesalers, and hemp beverage retailers. No person, cooperative, or business holding any one of the three types of hemp beverage licenses can hold either of the other two types of hemp beverage licenses and shall not have a financial interest, either direct or indirect, in a person, cooperative or business holding any of the other two types of hemp beverage licenses. However, a person, cooperative, or business may hold both a hemp beverage manufacturer and hemp beverage retailer license, but may only operate hemp beverage retail operations onsite at the premises where the hemp beverage product is manufactured. Hemp beverage manufacturers may solicit and sell hemp beverage products to hemp beverage wholesalers, but shall not sell directly to a hemp beverage retailer. Hemp beverage wholesalers can solicit and sell hemp beverage products to hemp beverage retailers. A person, cooperative, or business holding a hemp beverage manufacturer license, hemp beverage wholesaler license, or a hemp beverage retailer license, or any allowable combination thereof, shall not hold a marijuana facility license. No hemp beverage wholesaler or hemp beverage retailer shall distribute or sell any hemp beverage products that they know or reasonably should know were manufactured outside of the United States. Unfinished hemp extract may be imported or exported as described in the act. The act specifies the qualifications to receive a license, fees for licensure, and the application process, as well as the health, safety, permissible ingredients, testing, and transportation standards. The act also outlines the packaging and labeling requirements for hemp beverages. Any hemp beverage manufacturer or wholesaler who violates such health and safety standards, or permits its employees, officers, or agents to do so, will be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction will be subject to specified fines. This act prohibits the sale of hemp beverages to anyone under the age of 21. Anyone who sells hemp beverages shall also be 21 years old. A manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer of a hemp beverage product shall not advertise, market, or offer for sale the product by using, in the labeling or design of the product or product packaging or in advertising or marketing materials for the product trade dress, trademarks, branding, or other related materials, any imagery or scenery that depicts or signifies characters or symbols known to appeal primarily to persons under 21 years of age. Under this act, retailers and wholesalers shall have 120 days, beginning August 28, 2026, to sell any hemp beverage products in inventory as of August 28, 2026, provided such products comply with the provisions of this act. Any remaining products not removed from inventory shall be subject to forfeiture and destruction, as described in the act. Under this act, an excise tax at a rate of 7% shall be imposed on the retail sale of a hemp beverage product. This act is similar to SB 697 (2025), HB 463 (2025), and provisions in SCS/SB 54 (2025), and SB 518 (2025). SARAH HASKINSdied on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-10: SCS Voted Do Pass S Emerging Issues and Professional Registration Committee (5195S.02C)