Civic Stream Data
Missouri Senate Bills
All categories · In committee · 1,771 bills, broken down by day
Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026
58 bills-
SB 1237 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1237 - Current law imposes a graduated income tax rate and authorizes reductions in the top rate of income tax contingent on certain state revenue collections, with an eventual top rate of 4.5%. This act provides that, for all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, there shall be a flat income tax rate of 4% on all taxable income. This act also provides for additional reductions in the rate of tax until the income tax is eliminated. The reductions shall be equal to 0.1% and shall occur when the amount of net general revenue collected in the previous fiscal year exceeds the highest amount of net general revenue collected in any of the three fiscal years prior to such fiscal year by at least $120 million. (Section 143.011) Current law also authorizes an income tax deduction for a portion of federal income taxes paid. This act eliminates such deduction beginning with the 2027 tax year. (Section 143.171) This act is identical to SB 5 (2025 First Extraordinary Session) and is similar to SB 220 (2025). JOSH NORBERGReferred
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SB 1236 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1236 - This act requires physicians to provide to each patient at the patient's office visit a written and verbal notice of the Open Payments database operated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services pursuant to the federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act, as well as notice of any payments the physician is recorded as receiving relating to any pharmaceutical item, drug, or vaccine that the physician is recommending, including any benefits received from the manufacturer of such item, drug, or vaccine. Additionally, the physician, or physician's employer, shall post a specified written notice of the database in each location where the physician practices, as described in the act. A physician who fails to comply with the provisions of this act shall be subject to discipline by the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts. The provisions of this act shall not apply to physicians while working in a hospital emergency department. SARAH HASKINSReferred
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SB 1232 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1232 - This act requires all state departments, in making purchases for any information technology or a major information resources project, to ensure that the technology or project is capable of being deployed and run on a cloud computing service. When making a purchase for any information technology or a major information resources project, a department may determine that, due to integration limitations with legacy systems, security risks, or costs, the department is unable to purchase the technology or project capable of being deployed and run on cloud computing services. This act is identical to SB 310 (2025), SB 1107 (2024), and SB 718 (2023). SCOTT SVAGERAReferred
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SB 1231 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1231 - Federal law requires taxpayers to amortize the deduction for research and experimental expenses over a period of years. This act allows a taxpayer to deduct the full amount of such expenses for the taxpayer's state income taxes during the tax year in which they were incurred. This act is identical to SB 349 (2025), HB 136 (2025), SB 1365 (2024), and HB 2457 (2024), and to a provision in HCS/HB 1427 (2024). JOSH NORBERGReferred
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SB 1230 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1230 - This act requires the Division of Senior and Disability Services within the Department of Health and Senior Services to establish a dementia services coordinator as a full-time position. The coordinator shall perform duties specified in the act, including coordinating information resources affecting Missourians living with dementia and their caregivers, streamlining applicable services to increase efficiency and improve the quality of care in certain settings, identifying any duplicated services, promoting public awareness and education, and collecting and monitoring relevant data. This act is identical to SB 410 (2025), SB 1410 (2024), and HB 2071 (2024). SARAH HASKINSReferred
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SB 1228 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1228 - Under this act, several references to the Department of Economic Development now reference the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development. (Sections 173.2800, 173.2805, 173.2850, 173.2855, and 173.2860) These provisions are substantially similar to provisions in SS/SCS/SB 890 (2026), HCS/SS/SB 889 (2026), and in HB 1628 (2026), and are similar to provisions in HCS/HB 606 (2025), SB 1371 (2024), and in HB 2650 (2024). Additionally, the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development shall have authority to make grants to eligible entities, as defined by the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. (Section 173.2865) This act is identical to SB 128 (2025), SB 1217 (2024), SB 580 (2023), and SB 1195 (2022). OLIVIA SHANNONReferred
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SB 1227 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1227 - This act enacts provisions relating to criminal proceedings. DWI DIVERSION PROGRAM (Section 557.520) This act creates a DWI diversion program which allows a prosecuting or circuit attorney to divert the case to a DWI diversion program if the defendant meets criteria, as described in the act. The court may continue the diverted case for a period of up to two years and order the defendant to comply with terms and conditions of the program as determined by the prosecuting or circuit attorney. Any defendant who has a case continued pursuant to this act shall also have any proceeding relating to the suspension of his or her license continued by the Department of Revenue. As part of the program requirements, the prosecuting or circuit attorney may require installation of an ignition interlock device for a period of not less than one year and require the defendant to participate in a victim impact panel. Any person required to install an ignition interlock device shall be subject to penalties as provided under current law. The court may require the defendant to pay all or part of the costs, unless the court finds the defendant indigent. After the completion of the DWI diversion program and if the defendant has complied with all the imposed terms and conditions, the court shall dismiss the criminal case against the defendant, record the dismissal, and transmit the record to the central repository. The Department of Revenue shall also dismiss any proceeding to suspend the defendant's license. If the defendant does not comply with the terms of the program, the prosecuting or circuit attorney may file a motion to terminate the defendant from the diversion program and set the case on the next available criminal docket. These provisions are identical to SCS/SB 1200 (2024) and to provisions in SCS/HCS/HB 1659 (2024) and SCS/HCS/HB 2700 (2024) and substantially similar to SS/SCS/SB 74 (2023). MISSOURI SURVIVORS' ACT (Sections 557.600 to 557.606) This act establishes the "Missouri Survivors' Act". The act provides that a defendant may present evidence at a sentencing hearing or a parole hearing that he or she is a domestic abuse survivor, as described in the act, and that the defendant was subjected to certain abuse by the victim of the crime for which the defendant is being sentenced, or that the defendant suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder as a result of such abuse by the victim. These provisions are similar to HB 989 (2025). This act is identical to SCS/SBs 353 & 434 (2025). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.Referred
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SB 1226 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1226 - This act provides that an offender shall be eligible to receive a parole hearing after serving 30 years or more of his or her sentence if such offender: • Is incarcerated in a correctional facility after being sentenced by a court; • Is serving a sentence of life without parole for the offense of first or second degree murder prior to October 1, 1984; • Is 60 years of age or older; • Has no felony convictions prior to the conviction for which he or she is currently incarcerated; and • Is not a convicted sex offender. During the parole hearing, the Parole Board ("Board") shall determine if there is a reasonable probability the offender will not violate the law upon release. If the Board determines a reasonable probability exists, the offender shall be eligible for release upon a finding that the offender has a record of good conduct while incarcerated, demonstrated self-rehabilitation, developed a workable parole plane, and has a risk factor and mental health score determined appropriate by the Board. Any offender released under this act shall be subject to a minimum of five years of supervision by the Board. This act is identical to SB 1681 (2026), SB 234 (2025), SB 341 (2025), SB 914 (2024), SB 1147 (2024), SB 147 (2023), and SB 714 (2022) and is similar to SB 1335 (2026), SB 438 (2025), SB 1218 (2024), SB 581 (2023), SB 995 (2022), HB 2134 (2022), HB 277 (2021), and HB 1078 (2019). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.Referred
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SB 1225 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1225 - This act creates the "Restoring State Sovereignty Through Nullification Act." The act declares that any federal action outside the enumerated powers set forth in the United States Constitution are in violation of the peace and safety of the people of Missouri and are void and must be resisted. According to the act, the proper manner of resistance is a state action of nullification of the federal action and the act creates a process for the General Assembly or a court to nullify the federal action within the state of Missouri. This act is identical to SB 198 (2025) and SB 870 (2024). JIM ERTLEReferred
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SB 1224 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1224 - This act modifies provisions relating to searches and seizures of private property by public entities. SEARCHES AND SEIZURES ON PROPERTY FENCED OR ENTRY NOT PERMITTED (SECTION 542.296) This act provides that a search and seizure of a person's private property is unlawful if such search and seizure was made without a warrant on the property of a landowner who fenced or posted a "no trespassing" sign on the property, or, by some other means, indicated unmistakably that entry is not permitted, except in the case of national security or in the case of a missing person. This provision is identical to a provision in SB 625 (2025), SB 1089 (2024), SB 309 (2023), and SB 1027 (2022). CAMERAS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY (SECTION 542.525) This act repeals provisions relating to obtaining permission from a chief law enforcement officer to place surveillance cameras on private property. This provision is identical to HB 2547 (2026), and to a provision in SB 625 (2025), HB 209 (2025), HB 561 (2025), in HB 1609 (2024), HB 1788 (2024), in HCS/HBs 178, 179 & 401 (2023), HB 335 (2023), in HCS/HB 1694 (2022), and HB 2612 (2022). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.Referred
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SB 1223 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1223 - This act requires any product to be conspicuously labeled "Potential Gene Therapy Product" if the product has been created to act as, or otherwise exposed to processes resulting in the product acting as, a gene therapy or that could impact, alter, or introduce genetic material or a genetic change into the user or individuals exposed to the product, unless the product is reasonably known to be a gene therapy product, in which case the product shall be labeled "Gene Therapy Product". Upon the written request of a Missouri resident, any entity producing, selling, or distributing a product in this state with the capacity to infect an individual with a disease or expose an individual to genetically modified material shall provide information to the resident on the ways in which individuals who did not directly obtain or use the product may be exposed to the product or a component of the product. These provisions apply as well to any governmental agency, product manufacturer, or organization with an interest in the production, sale, or distribution of such product, as described in the act. All entities subject to disclosure requirements under this provision shall provide the requested information within at least 21 days after receipt of the request. Finally, any entity that makes a product available in Missouri that could infect, transmit to, or otherwise be absorbed in any individual in any way that could act as a medical intervention, vaccine, drug, or genetic modification shall obtain fully informed consent from all potential exposed individuals prior to such exposure. This act is identical to SB 252 (2025), SB 1186 (2024), and HB 1169 (2023). SARAH HASKINSReferred
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SB 1222 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1222 - This act establishes that pro-life individuals and organizations, as defined in the act, may intervene in actions in which a provision of the Missouri Constitution, statute, or rule involves the regulation of abortion or where the rights of an unborn child is at issue. This act is substantially similar to a provision in SB 794 (2025). SARAH HASKINSReferred
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SB 1221 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1221 - This act creates the "Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act". Under this act, a child born alive during or after an abortion or attempted abortion shall have the same rights, privileges, and immunities as any other person, citizen, and resident of Missouri, including any other live-born child. Any licensed, registered, or certified health care provider present at the time a child is born alive during or after an abortion or attempted abortion shall exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life and health of the child as a reasonably diligent and conscientious provider would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age or fetal weight, as well as ensure that the child is transported and admitted to a hospital following such care if necessary. A person shall be civilly liable under this act when he or she: (1) knowingly, recklessly, or negligently causes the death of a child born alive during or after an abortion or attempted abortion; (2) knowingly fails to comply with the health care provider standards of care described in this act; (3) knowingly performs or induces, or attempts to perform or induce, an unlawful abortion; (4) knowingly aids or abets another person to undergo a self-induced abortion or attempted self-induced abortion or to procure an unlawful abortion or attempted unlawful abortion; (5) knowingly, recklessly, or negligently supplies or makes available any instrument, device, medicine, drug, or any other means or substance for another person to undergo a self-induced abortion or attempted self-induced abortion or to procure an unlawful abortion or attempted unlawful abortion; or (6) knowingly incites, solicits, or otherwise uses speech or writing as an integral part of conduct in violation of a valid criminal statute to influence another person to undergo a self-induced abortion or attempted self-induced abortion or to procure an unlawful abortion or attempted unlawful abortion. A cause of action for personal injury, bodily injury, or wrongful death may be brought if injury or death arises out of or results from any of these circumstances to: (1) a person upon whom an unlawful abortion or attempted unlawful abortion was performed or induced; (2) a person who underwent a self-induced abortion or attempted self-induced abortion or who procured an unlawful abortion or attempted unlawful abortion; (3) a child who was born alive during or after an abortion or attempted abortion; or (4) an unborn child. In a cause of action for wrongful death, the spouse, partner, parents, and children of the deceased person, child, or unborn child shall be entitled to bring the action and receive damages, attorney fees, and other costs as described in the act. A defendant may not plead or prove a defense that the plaintiff or deceased person assumed or otherwise consented to certain risks involving self-induced or unlawful abortions or attempted self-induced or unlawful abortions. No person shall maintain a cause of action or receive an award of damages under this act if the person engaged in criminal conduct, domestic violence, or sexual assault that caused the pregnancy, or who is a family or household member who aided or abetted in the criminal conduct, domestic violence, or sexual assault. This act is identical to SB 702 (2025), substantially similar to HB 195 (2025), SCS/SB 753 (2022), provisions in SCS/HCS/HB 2012 (2022), HCS/HBs 1593 & 1959 (2022), SB 168 (2021), and SB 665 (2020), and similar to SB 388 (2019). SARAH HASKINSReferred
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SB 1220 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1220 - This act creates the offense of coerced criminal abortion by means of fraud if a person knowingly and intentionally engages in the use of an abortion-inducing drug on a pregnant woman without her knowledge or consent with the intent to cause an abortion. The offense is a class B felony. This act is identical to a provision in HB 1367 (2025). SARAH HASKINSReferred
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SB 1219 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 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 HASKINSReferred
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SB 1218 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1218 - This act prohibits discrimination under the Missouri Human Rights Act (MHRA) based upon a person's sexual orientation, gender identity, or veteran status. Such discrimination includes unlawful housing practices, denial of loans or other financial assistance, denial of membership into an organization relating to the selling or renting of dwellings, unlawful employment practices, and denial of the right to use public accommodations. Discrimination is defined to include any unfair treatment based on a person's presumed or assumed race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age as it relates to employment, disability, or familial status as it relates to housing, regardless of whether the presumption or assumption as to such characteristic is correct. The act modifies the standard for proving discriminatory claims pursuant to the MHRA. Currently, a protected criterion must be the motivating factor in any adverse decision or action. This act changes that to a motivating factor. The act changes which employers are subject to the MHRA. Currently, corporations and associations owned or operated by religious or sectarian organizations are exempt from the MHRA. This act only exempts corporations and associations owned and operated by religious or sectarian organizations. Additionally, the act repeals an exemption for individuals employed an employer. This act is identical to SB 608 (2025) and substantially similar to certain provisions in SB 1633 (2026), HB 3425 (2026), SB 732 (2025), HB 1460 (2025), SB 787 (2024), HB 2478 (2024), SB 60 (2023), HB 384 (2023), HB 574 (2023), SB 711 (2022), HB 1760 (2022), HB 2580 (2022), SB 81 (2021) HB 275 (2021), HB 984 (2021), HB 1527 (2020), SB 954 (2020), HB 1763 (2020), SB 172 (2019), HB 208 (2019), SB 753 (2018), HCS/HBs 1360 & 2100 (2018), HB 1782 (2018), SB 338 (2017), HB 485 (2017), SB 653 (2016), SB 237 (2015), SB 962 (2014), SB 96 (2013) and SB 798 (2012), and similar to HB 1737 (2022), HB 407 (2015), SB 757 (2014), SS/HCS/HB 320 (2013), SB 239 (2011), SB 626 (2010), SB 109 (2009), SB 824 (2008), SB 266 (2007), SB 452 (2001), and SB 622 (2000). SCOTT SVAGERAReferred
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SB 1217 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1217 - Current law requires an excuse in order to vote absentee beginning the 6th Tuesday prior to the election. This act repeals the need for an excuse and instead allows voting absentee with no excuse beginning on the 6th Tuesday prior to the election. This act is identical to SB 470 (2025) and substantially similar to HB 1883 (2024). SCOTT SVAGERAReferred
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SB 1216 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1216 - Currently, children under the age of seven years old are required to wear a personal flotation device when on board any watercraft on the waters of Missouri. This act names the provision "Hannah's Law" and raises the age until which a child is required to wear a personal flotation device to twelve. The act also requires a child who is wading or swimming in navigable public waters more than three feet in depth to wear a personal flotation device. This act exempts children from the personal flotation device requirement if supervised by a lifeguard. This act is identical to HB 3293 (2026), SB 176 (2025), HB 619 (2025), and SB 1211 (2024), similar to HB 2557 (2024), identical to SB 307 (2023) and SB 913 (2022), and similar to HB 2212 (2022). TAYLOR MIDDLETONReferred
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SB 1215 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1215 - This act authorizes the sentencing court to reduce a sentence of life without eligibility for probation or parole or reduce a sentence of 30 years or greater to a sentence of life with eligibility for probation or parole if the convicted person has served at least 30 years, was under 20 years of age at the time of the offense, made reasonable efforts towards rehabilitation, and has exhibited model citizen behavior. Any offender receiving such reduction shall be granted a hearing before the Parole Board. Furthermore, an offender receiving a reduction shall provide the Parole Board the following in order to be eligible for supervised release: (1) At least 5 statements from current or former Department of Corrections employees attesting to the offender demonstration of institutional adaptability and conduct in the correctional center; (2) At least 20 signed statements from residents of the community where the offender will reside upon release that commit to providing assistance with the offender's reentry; and (3) A safe and secure home plan. This act is identical to HB 2663 (2026), SB 582 (2025), HB 1151 (2025) and is similar to HB 2127 (2024), HB 907 (2023), and contains a provision similar to HB 1799 (2022), HB 2232 (2022), HB 2254 (2020), HB 195 (2019), and HB 2072 (2018). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.Referred
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SB 1214 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1214 - This act modifies provisions relating to unlawful possession of firearms. ADULT AND CHILD PROTECTION ORDERS (Section 455.050 and 455.523) This act provides that after a hearing for any full order of protection in which an order of protection is granted, the court shall also prohibit the respondent from knowingly possessing or purchasing any firearm while the order is in effect, inform the respondent either in writing or orally, and forward the order to the State Highway Patrol for enforcement. These provisions are identical to provisions in SB 91 (2025), substantially similar to provisions in SB 328 (2025), similar to provisions in HB 904 (2025), and substantially similar to provisions in SB 913 (2024), SB 431 (2023), SB 59 (2023), SB 305 (2023), SB 894 (2022), HB 1655 (2022). RECORDS SENT TO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL (Sections 565.076 and 565.227) This act provides that upon conviction for the offenses of domestic assault in the fourth degree and stalking in the second degree, the court shall forward the record of conviction to the State Highway Patrol. The State Highway Patrol shall update the offender's record in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and also notify the Federal Bureau of Investigation within 24 hours. These provisions are identical to provisions in SB 91 (2025), and substantially similar to provisions in SB 328 (2025), HB 904 (2025), SB 913 (2024), SB 431 (2023), SB 59 (2023), SB 305 (2023), SB 894 (2022), and HB 1655 (2022). UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM (Section 571.070) This act provides that a person commits the offense of unlawful possession of a firearm if the person knowingly possesses a firearm and has been convicted of a misdemeanor offense of domestic violence in Missouri or any other state or is subject to an order of protection that was issued after a hearing in which the person had actual notice and had the opportunity to participate in such hearing. This act also adds that it shall be a violation of this act if the person possesses an antique firearm and the person was convicted of a felony offense of domestic violence. These provisions are identical to provisions in SB 91 (2025), and substantially similar to provisions in SB 328 (2025) and HB 904 (2025), SB 913 (2024), SB 431 (2023), SB 59 (2023), SB 305 (2023), SB 894 (2022), and HB 1655 (2022). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.Referred
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SB 1212 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 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 NORBERGReferred
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SB 1210 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1210 - The act creates the "Lithium Battery Recycling and Safety Act". Under the act, any manufacturer or recycler of batteries in the state shall establish or join a representative organization, as defined in the act. The representative organization shall develop a plan for the establishment of a battery recycling program and submit it to the Director of the Department of Natural Resources for approval no less than every five years. Specifics of the plan are described in the act. The Department shall enforce the representative organization's compliance with the plan pursuant to provisions of current law and establish enforcement procedures and penalties. After the battery recycling program is implemented, a manufacturer or recycler shall not manufacture or recycle batteries in the state unless the manufacturer or recycler participates in the battery recycling program. After the program is implemented, all batteries shall only be disposed into receptacles at collection sites approved by the program and shall not be disposed into household waste or recycle containers. The act shall not prevent a manufacturer or recycler from offering a fee-based battery collection service or a battery mail back service independent of a battery recycling program, provided that the manufacturer or recycler complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Any person may report violations of this act to the Department. If the Department finds that a manufacturer or recycler violated provisions of the act, the Department shall ask the Attorney General to commence a civil action. If the court finds that the manufacturer or recycler violated provisions of the act, the court may grant relief as described in the act. By June 1, 2028, and by June 1st of each following year, a representative organization shall submit an annual report to the Department covering the preceding calendar year of the battery recycling program. Specifics of the report are described in the act. The report shall be posted on the Department's and the representative organization's website. The act is similar to HB 2611 (2026) and SB 593 (2025). JULIA SHEVELEVAReferred
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SB 1206 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1206 - Current law provides for a flat $25 fee for recording certain plats of certain size, with an additional fee for additional pages. This act modifies the fee schedule by providing fees for the recording of various plats based on the size of the drawing. Additionally, the act provides for a modified fee schedule for the copying of certain plats, with the fee based on the size of the document. This act is identical to HCS/HB 1125 (2025). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.Referred
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SB 1205 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1205 - This act adds the Attorney General and staff of the Attorney General to an exception to the offense of unlawful use of a weapon. This act is identical to a provision in SS/SB 77 (2025) and is substantially similar to a provision in SCS/HCS/HB 328 (2025). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.Referred
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SB 1204 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1204 - Current law prohibits discrimination based on sex in various sectors, including housing, employment, and public accommodations. This act creates a definition for the term "sex" to mean the two categories of humans, male and female, into which individuals are divided based on an individual's reproductive biology at birth and the individual's genome. The term "sex" shall not be construed to include sexual orientation or gender identity. This act is identical to SB 76 (2025). SCOTT SVAGERAReferred
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SB 1203 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1203 - This act modifies provisions relating to taxation. TAXATION BALLOT MEASURE LANGUAGE This act requires any ballot measure seeking to add, change, or modify a tax on real property to express the effect of the proposed change within the ballot language in terms of the change in dollars owed per $100,000 of a property's market valuation. (Section 137.067) This provision is identical to a provision in HCS/HB 119 (2025), HCS/HB 517 (2025), HCS/HB 531 (2025), HB 660 (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). LOCAL PROPERTY TAX LEVY CALCULATIONS Current law allows for an inflationary growth factor in assessed valuation for the purposes of calculating property tax levies, with such growth factor not to exceed the lesser of the consumer price index or five percent. This act reduces the allowable growth factor to the lesser of the consumer price index or three percent. (Section 137.073.2(4)) This provision is identical to a provision in HCS/HB 517 (2025). Additionally, current law considers any aggregate increase in valuation of personal property over the previous year as new construction and improvements for the purposes of calculating property tax levies. Beginning January 1, 2027, this act provides that such amounts shall not be considered new construction and improvements. (Section 137.073.4(1)) This provision is identical to a provision in SB 264 (2025), HB 43 (2025), SCS/HB 629 (2025), and is substantially similar to a provision in SB 359 (2025) and HB 464 (2025). PERSONAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENT RATE Current law requires that personal property be assessed at 33.3% of its true value in money. Beginning January 1, 2027, this act reduces such percentage to 32%. (Section 137.115.1) INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX Current law imposes a graduated income tax rate and authorizes reductions in the top rate of income tax contingent on certain state revenue collections, with an eventual top rate of 4.5%. This act provides that, for all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, there shall be a flat income tax rate of either 4.7% or 4.6% on all taxable income. Beginning with the 2027 calendar year, the rate of tax may be reduced by at least 0.1%, but by no more than 1.0%, if the amount of net general revenue collections in the previous fiscal year exceeds the highest amount of such collections from any of the three previous fiscal years by at least $175 million. The eventual rate of tax if all reductions authorized by the act and by current law are made shall be 3.4% or 3.3%. (Section 143.011) This provision is identical to a provision in HCS/HB 798 (2025). COMBINED INCOME TAX RETURNS For all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, this act provides that there shall be one column for the calculation of total Missouri combined adjusted gross income on the Missouri income tax return for combined returns. (Section 143.031) This provision is identical to a provision in HCS/HB 798 (2025). INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX STANDARD DEDUCTION Current law provides that the Missouri standard deduction shall be equal to the federal standard deduction. For all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, this act provides that the Missouri standard deduction shall be equal to the federal standard deduction plus $4,000. (Section 143.131) This provision is identical to a provision in HCS/HB 798 (2025). NATIONAL GUARD INCOME TAX DEDUCTION Current law authorizes an income tax deduction for salary earned as compensation for certain duties performed for the National Guard. For all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, this act adds performance of state-funded military orders of the National Guard, commonly known as state active duty (SAD) or state emergency duty (SED), to such eligible duties. (Section 143.175) EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT Current law authorizes an income tax credit in an amount equal to a percentage of the taxpayer's federal earned income tax credit. This act repeals such tax credit. (Section 143.177) This provision is identical to a provision in HCS/HB 798 (2025). DEFICIENCIES DUE TO DENIED TAX CREDITS This act provides that a taxpayer shall not be liable for penalties or interest on an income tax balance due if such taxpayer is denied part or all of a tax credit to which the taxpayer has qualified pursuant to any provision of law due to lack of available funds, and such denial causes a balance-due notice to be generated by the Department of Revenue or any other redeeming agency. Such taxpayer shall pay the balance due within sixty days or be subject to penalties and interest pursuant to current law. (Section 143.512) This provision is identical to a provision in HCS/SS/SB 67 (2025). This act is identical to provisions in HCS/SCS/SB 163 (2025). JOSH NORBERGReferred
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SB 1201 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1201 - This act repeals a law that prohibits a voter from allowing the ballot they are casting to be seen by any person with the intent of letting it be known how the voter is about to vote or has voted. This act is identical to HB 1986 (2026). SCOTT SVAGERAReferred
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SB 1200 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1200 - Currently, a health care provider shall not knowingly prescribe or administer cross-sex hormones or puberty-blocking drugs for the purpose of a gender transition for children. This provision of law does not apply to those children who were prescribed or administered such drugs prior to August 28, 2023. This prohibition on the prescription of cross-sex hormones or puberty-blocking drugs to children shall expire on August 28, 2027. This act removes that expiration date. Additionally, the provision excluding those children already prescribed or administered the hormones or drugs prior to August 28, 2023, from the general prohibition on the prescription of cross-sex hormones or puberty-blocking drugs to children shall expire on March 1, 2027. This act is substantially similar to SB 75 (2025), HCS#2/SS#2/SCS/SB 10 (2025), SB 26 (2025), SB 249 (2025), SB 493 (2025), SB 1185 (2024), SB 726 (2024), and SB 776 (2024). SARAH HASKINSReferred
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SB 1199 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1199 - This act prohibits any department, division, or other entity of the state, or any political subdivision from expending funds for intradepartmental programs, staffing, or other initiatives associated with "diversity, equity, and inclusion" or "diversity, inclusion, and belonging" or any other similar initiative, as described in the act. This act does not prohibit state departments from following anti-discrimination laws or complying with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. This provision is substantially similar to the perfected HB 742 (2025), SB 1031 (2026), and SB 1193 (2026). The act also prohibits any oversight body, as that term is defined in the act, from requiring, as a condition of receiving an occupational license, any person to receive training or otherwise participate in any initiative associated with “diversity, equity, and inclusion” or “diversity, inclusion, and belonging” or any other initiative that promotes: • The preferential treatment of any individual or group of individuals based on race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin, or ancestry; • The concept that disparities between groups are solely the result of oppression; • Collective guilt ideologies; • Intersectional or divisive identity activism; or • The limiting of freedom of conscience, thought, or speech. SCOTT SVAGERAReferred
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SB 1198 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1198 - Under this act, all public schools shall provide instruction in human growth and development as part of their curriculum. Topics to be covered include human biology related to pregnancy, human development inside the womb, and visual materials including a high-definition ultrasound video illustrating early organ development and a computer-generated animation depicting fertilization and each stage of fetal growth through birth. The curriculum shall be presented to students in grades 1-6 in an age-appropriate manner and shall be continued for students in grades 7-8 in a developmentally suitable manner. High school students shall receive human growth and development instruction as a condition for graduation, with the content integrated into health or science education and aligned with state academic performance standards. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shall develop instructional guidelines, educational materials, teacher training programs, and related resources to support the incorporation of this curriculum, either within existing courses or as a separate course of study. This act contains an emergency clause. OLIVIA SHANNONReferred
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SB 1193 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1193 - This act prohibits any state department from expending funds, allocating funds, or making any other gift or expense for intradepartmental programs, staffing, or other initiatives associated with "diversity, equity, and inclusion" or "diversity, inclusion, and belonging" or any other similar initiative, as described in the act. This act does not prohibit state departments from following anti-discrimination laws or complying with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. This act is similar to the perfected HB 742 (2025), SB 1031 (2026), and a provision in SB 1199 (2026). SCOTT SVAGERAReferred
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SB 1191 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1191 - For all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, this act exempts from state income taxes all taxpayers with three or more children for which the taxpayer is entitled to a dependency exemption for federal income tax purposes. JOSH NORBERGReferred
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SB 1190 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1190 - This act provides that in actions against health care providers where the act of neglect complained of is related to the provision of gender transition surgeries or gender transition services or the prescription or administration of cross-sex hormones or puberty-blocking drugs, the action shall be brought within 15 years from the date of discovery of the injury and of the causal relationship between the injury and actions of the health care provider. Additionally, this act establishes a separate cause of action against health care providers for personal injury or death arising out of the rendering or failure to render health care services while in the course of performing a gender transition surgery or other gender transition services or in the course of prescribing or administering cross-sex hormones or puberty-blocking drugs. Any purported waiver of liability by an injured party shall be void and unenforceable. The limitation on damages provided in current law for actions against health care providers shall not apply to actions covered by this act. Rather, a prevailing plaintiff may recover economic, noneconomic, and punitive damages, provided that any award shall include attorney's fees and court costs. Additionally, a prevailing plaintiff shall not recover less than $500,000 in the aggregate and the judgment against a defendant shall be in an amount of three times the amount of any economic, noneconomic, and punitive damages assessed. KATIE O'BRIENReferred
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SB 1188 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1188 - This act modifies provisions relating to tax credits. PROGRAM SUNSETS This act adds a sunset date of August 28, 2032, to the following tax credits and programs: 1. Neighborhood Assistance Act (Section 32.125) 2. MDFB loan security and contribution tax credit (Section 100.286) 3. Jobs Now Act (Section 100.293) 4. Business Use Incentives for Large-Scale Development (BUILD) (Section 100.850) 5. Investments in Missouri Small Businesses (Section 135.432) 6. Youth Opportunities and Violence Prevention (Section 135.460) 7. Rehabilitation and Construction of Residences in Distressed Communities (Section 135.487) 8. Small Business Expenditures for ADA Access (Section 135.490) 9. Community-Based Faculty Preceptor (Section 135.690) 10. Residential Treatment Agency Tax Credit (Section 135.1150) 11. Developmental Disability Care Provider (Section 135.1180) 12. Bank S Corporation Tax Credit (Section 143.471) 13. Shared Care Tax Credit (Section 192.2015) 14. Family Development Account Contribution Tax Credit (Section 208.770) 15. Family Farms Act Tax Credit (Section 348.505) 16. Abandoned Property Tax Credit (Section 447.708) This act adds a sunset date of August 28, 2029, to the following tax credits and programs: 1. Missouri Working Family Tax Credit (Section 143.177) TAX CREDIT ADMINISTERING AGENCIES This act transfers the administering agency for the following tax credits: 1. Surviving Spouses of Public Safety Officers, to the Department of Public Safety (Section 135.090) 2. Adoption Tax Credit Act, to the Department of Social Services (Sections 135.326 and 135.339) 3. Champion for Children, to the Department of Social Services (Section 135.341) 4. Small Business Expenditures for ADA Access, to the Department of Economic Development (Section 135.490) 5. Residential Renovations for Disability, to the Department of Economic Development (Section 135.562) 6. Donated Food, to the Department of Social Services (Section 135.647) 7. High Ethanol Blend Retailer Tax Credit, to the Department of Agriculture (Section 135.772) 8. Biodiesel Blend Retailer Tax Credit, to the Department of Agriculture (Section 135.775) 9. Biodiesel Producer Tax Credit, to the Department of Agriculture (Section 135.778) TAX CREDIT ANNUAL LIMITS For the following tax credits, beginning with FY 2027, the act applies an annual limit on the amount of tax credits that may be issued in a fiscal year. The limit shall be equal to the highest amount of tax credits issued for such tax credit during FY 2024-2026 period: 1. Surviving Spouses of Public Safety Officers, to the Department of Public Safety (Section 135.090) 2. New or Expanded Business Facility (Section 135.110) 3. Small Business Expenditures for ADA Access (Section 135.490) 4. Residential Treatment Agency Tax Credit (Section 135.1150) 5. Developmental Disability Care Provider (Section 135.1180) 6. Self-employed Health Insurance Tax Credit (Section 143.119) 7. Bank S Corporation Tax Credit (Section 143.471) 8. Shared Care Tax Credit (Section 192.2015) 9. Abandoned Property Tax Credit (Section 447.708) For the following tax credits, beginning January 1, 2028, the act applies an annual limit on the amount of tax credits that may be issued in a calendar year. The limit shall be equal to the highest amount of tax credits issued for such tax credit during FY 2025-2027 period: 1. Missouri Working Family Tax Credit (Section 143.177) TAX CREDIT APPROPRIATIONS (Section 135.835) For all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, this act places a maximum three year carry-forward on all tax credit programs. Additionally, the act subjects all tax credits to appropriations, with the following exceptions: 1. Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Section 135.352) 2. Show MO Act (Section 135.750) 3. Self-employed Health Insurance Tax Credit (Section 143.119) 4. Missouri Working Family Tax Credit (Section 143.177) 5. SALT Parity Tax Credit (Section 143.436) 6. Bank S Corporation Tax Credit (Section 143.471) 7. Bank Franchise Tax Credit (Section 148.030) REPEAL OF TAX CREDITS This act repeals the following tax credit programs: 1. Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit (Section 99.1205) 2. Charcoal Producers Tax Credit (Section 135.313) 3. Missouri Certified Capital Company Law (Sections 135.500 to 135.529) 4. Distressed Community Tax Credits (Sections 135.535 to 135.546) 5. Qualified Beef Tax Credit (Section 135.679) 6. Qualified Equity Investment Tax Credit (Sections 135.680 and 135.682) 7. Wine and Grape Production Tax Credit (Section 135.700) 8. Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Tax Credit (Section 135.710) 9. Small Business Guaranty Fee Tax Credit (Section 135.766) 10. Enhanced Enterprise Zones (Sections 135.950 to 135.973) 11. Unmet Health, Hunger, and Hygiene Needs of Children in School Tax Credit (Section 135.1125) 12. Higher Education Scholarship Donation Tax Credit (Section 173.196) 13. Dry Fire Hydrant Tax Credit (Section 320.093) 14. Innovation Center Contribution Tax Credit (Sections 348.300 to 348.318) 15. New Enterprise Creation Act (Sections 620.635 to 620.653) 16. Missouri Quality Jobs Act (Sections 620.1875 to 620.1890) 17. Innovation Campus Tax Credit (Section 620.2600) JOSH NORBERGReferred
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SB 1186 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1186 - Under current law, if a jury is unable to agree upon the punishment for the offense of murder in the first degree, the court is to instruct the jury that the judge may decide upon a punishment of life imprisonment without eligibility for parole or a sentence of death. This act repeals the provision that a judge may decide upon a punishment of death if the jury is unable to agree. This act is identical to HB 2141 (2026), HB 2186 (2026), HB 2348 (2026), SB 225 (2025), HB 452 (2025), SB 1169 (2024), SB 687 (2023), SB 825 (2022), HB 1746 (2022), HB 2700 (2022), SB 341 (2021), SB 920 (2020), SB 288 (2019), and SB 996 (2018). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.Referred
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SB 1185 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1185 - This act moves the general municipal election day from the first Tuesday after the first Tuesday in April to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Additionally, all bond and tax elections must be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even-numbered years. The act further modifies provisions for school board elections. Under current law, elections for school board members are held on either the general municipal election day or such day as is specified in the county charter, with terms of office ranging from three years to six years, depending on the district. This act requires all such elections to be held at the November general election and makes all such terms four years. This act has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. This act contains provisions identical to SB 485 (2025) and similar to the truly agreed to SS/SB 1002 (2026), SB 839 (2026), SB 1185 (2026), HB 1613 (2026), HB 1722 (2026), HB 3013 (2026), HB 539 (2025), HB 2536 (2024), SB 234 (2023), SB 740 (2022), HCS/HB 2306 (2022), SB 150 (2021), HB 920 (2021), SB 414 (2021), HB 361 (2019), and HCS/HB 1424 (2018). SCOTT SVAGERAReferred
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SB 1184 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1184 - For any proposed administrative rule submitted by a state agency that will result in the expenditure of public funds by a state entity or political subdivision of greater than $250,000, or will result in a loss of income to an individual or business of greater than $250,000, this act requires the state agency to notify the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. The Committee may hold hearings on the proposed rule. Such proposed rule shall not become effective until approved by the General Assembly through passage of a concurrent resolution. The provisions of this act will not apply to emergency rules or rules required by federal law or for federal funding. A state agency shall not file any final order of rulemaking with the Secretary of State until at least 30 days after such final order of rulemaking has been received by the Committee. Further, a state agency shall not file any notice of proposed rulemaking with the Secretary of State without first receiving from, and including a copy of, the written approval of the Governor. This act is similar to SCS/SB 350 (2025) and HB 2554 (2024). JIM ERTLEReferred
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SB 1183 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1183 - Under the act, a creator, as defined in the act, shall not, within 18 weeks of an election, distribute a synthetic media message that the creator knows or should have known is a deceptive and fraudulent deepfake, as defined in the act. These provisions shall not apply if the creator of the audio or visual media includes a certain disclosure statement, as described in the act. A candidate whose appearance, action, or speech is depicted through the use of a deceptive and fraudulent deepfake may seek injunctive or other equitable relief from the creator prohibiting the publication of such deceptive and fraudulent deepfake. A person in violation of provisions under the act may be subject to certain criminal and civil penalties, as described in the act. The act shall not apply to certain exceptions and media as described in the act. The act is similar to a provision in SCS/HCS/HBs 2628 & 2603 (2024). JULIA SHEVELEVAReferred
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SB 1181 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1181 - This act modifies provisions relating to automobile theft. UNLAWFUL USE OF CERTAIN KEY DEVICES (Section 570.097) This act provides that the manufacture, sale, attempted sale, transfer, or possession of a motor vehicle key programming or emulating device or a relay attack device, as such terms are defined in the act, shall be a class D felony. The act provides for exceptions for certain authorized users. Any authorized user shall report a lost or stolen device within forty-eight hours of becoming aware that the device was lost or stolen. Failure to comply with such reporting requirements shall be a class A misdemeanor. This act is identical to HCS/HB 2902 (2026). MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT PREVENTION COMMISSION ACT (Sections 589.220 to 589.227) This act establishes the "Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Commission Act". The act authorizes law enforcement agencies or other qualified applicants to apply for grants to assist in improving and supporting motor vehicle theft prevention programs, or programs for the enforcement of prosecution of motor vehicle theft crimes. The program shall be overseen by the Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Commission, which is established by the act. The Commission shall consist of twelve members, as described in the act. The term of office for each member of the Commission appointed by the Governor shall be four years. The Highway Patrol shall provide to the Commission all administration, management, and organization of the Commission's activities. The Commission shall establish the grant program, promote statewide planning and coordination of the investigation and prosecution of motor vehicle crimes, provide support to local prosecutors, and provide support to multi-jurisdictional task forces, as described in the act. The Commission may award grants for with a term of up to three years. Any grants awarded pursuant to the act by the Commission shall receive approval from the Director of the Department of Public Safety prior to any such allocation. Priority shall be given to applications representing multi-jurisdictional programs. On or before December 1, 2027, any law enforcement agency or other qualified applicant that receives a grant pursuant to the act shall submit a report to the Commission concerning the implementation of the program funded by the grant. On or before February 1, 2028, the Commission shall report to the General Assembly on the implementation of the programs receiving grants pursuant to the act, as described in the act. These provisions shall sunset on August 28, 2032, unless reauthorized by the General Assembly. This act is identical to HB 2902 (2026). TAYLOR MIDDLETONReferred
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SB 1180 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1180 - This act modifies provisions of law relating to civil procedure. COLLATERAL SOURCE (SECTION 490.715) This act modifies the rule for determining the admissibility of evidence of collateral source payments in civil cases. Currently, parties may introduce evidence of the actual cost of the medical care or treatment rendered to a plaintiff or a patient whose care is at issue. Additionally, this act modifies this provision by providing that in any action where a plaintiff seeks to recover for personal injury, bodily injury, or death, any party may introduce evidence of the actual cost of the medical care or treatment rendered to a plaintiff or to the person whose injury or death the recovery is sought. No party shall introduce evidence of the amount billed for medical care or treatment rendered to a plaintiff or a patient at issue in the case if the amount billed has been discounted pursuant to any contract, price reduction, write-off, or payment less than the amount billed for the medical care or treatment. The actual cost of medical care or treatment rendered to a plaintiff or a patient and any discounts pursuant to a contract, price reduction or write-off shall be admissible as relevant to the potential cost of future treatment. This provision is identical to a provision in SB 268 (2025) and in SB 314 (2025), is substantially similar to HB 273 (2023), SB 975 (2022), HB 1715 (2022), a provision in HCS/SCS/SB 119 (2021), and in the perfected HCS/HB 922 (2021), and is similar to HB 1646 (2026), HB 2405 (2026), HB 69 (2025), HB 965 (2024), HB 147 (2021), HCS/HB 577 (2021), HB 121 (2019), and HB 1407 (2018). INTERSTATE DEPOSITION AND DISCOVERY ACT (SECTIONS 510.500 TO 510.521) This act establishes the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act, which provides procedures for out-of-state subpoenas for certain forms of discovery conducted in Missouri. To request a subpoena in Missouri, a party shall submit a foreign subpoena to a clerk of the court in the county in which discovery is sought to be conducted. The clerk shall promptly issue a subpoena, which shall incorporate the terms used in the foreign subpoena and include contact information of the attorneys and any party not represented by an attorney in the proceeding to which the subpoena relates. A request for issuance of a subpoena pursuant to this act shall not constitute an appearance in Missouri courts. The Missouri Supreme Court Rules of Civil Procedure and the laws of this state apply to subpoenas issued pursuant to this act and such subpoenas shall be served in compliance with such rules and laws. Additionally, an application for a protective order or to enforce, quash, or modify a subpoena issued by clerk of this state shall comply with such court rules and laws of this state. However, in applying and construing this act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity among the states. These provisions shall apply to requests for discovery in cases pending on August 28, 2026. These provisions are identical to provisions in HCS/SB 1067 (2026), SB 1386 (2026), HB 1711 (2026), in HCS/HB 3116 (2026), in HCS/HB 83 (2025), HB 128 (2025), in SCS/HCS/HB 176 (2025), in HCS/SS/SB 221 (2025), in SB 352 (2025), SCS/SB 897 (2024), in SCS/HCS/HB 2064 & HCS#2/HB 1886 (2024), SB 394 (2023), and SB 1005 (2022) and are substantially similar to provisions in HB 1452 (2024), in CCS/HCS/SS/SCS/SB 72 (2023), HB 84 (2023), in SCS/HCS/HBs 994, 52 & 984 (2023), HB 1549 (2022), HB 347 (2021), and HB 2570 (2020). DETERMINATION OF FAULT OF PARTIES AND NONPARTIES IN CIVIL ACTIONS (SECTIONS 537.059, 537.060 & 537.067) This act provides that in all tort actions in which any party contends that damages were caused by the alleged fault of more than one person or entity, the trier of fact shall determine the amount of fault attributable to each person or entity, regardless of whether the person or entity is a party to the action and regardless of whether the person or entity has settled or been released from liability. Fault of another person or entity may be alleged by any party in the action in any claim, counterclaim, cross-claim, or as an affirmative defense. Any determination of fault attributable to a person or entity not a party to the action shall not be binding against or otherwise affect the rights or liabilities of the person or entity. Currently, when an agreement by release, covenant not to sue, or a covenant not to enforce a judgment is given in good faith to one of two or more persons liable in tort for the same injury or wrongful death, the claim for damages shall be reduced by the greater of either the stipulated amount of the agreement or the amount of consideration paid. Further, the agreement shall discharge the tort-feasor to whom it is given from all liability for contribution or noncontractual indemnity, as defined, to any other tort-feasor. This act repeals this provision and provides that in all tort-actions for damages, if the defendant is found to bear 51% or more of the fault, then the defendant shall be jointly and severally liable for the amount of the judgment less the total of any stipulated amount in any release or covenant with any other person or entity alleged to have been at fault or any amount of consideration paid by such person or entity, whichever is greater. These provisions are identical to provisions in SB 314 (2025), SB 1463 (2024), SB 467 (2023), in SB 708 (2023), and in SB 669 (2022) and are similar to provisions in SB 1243 (2022). REFERENCES OF DAMAGES TO JURIES (SECTION 537.092) This act provides that neither party nor the attorneys of the parties in any civil action in which the trier of fact is a jury shall seek or make reference to a specific dollar amount or state a range for the jury to consider with respect to awards for noneconomic damages. This provision is identical to a provision in SB 268 (2025), in SB 314 (2025), and SB 987 (2024) and is substantially similar to HB 2017 (2022) and HCS/HB 148 (2021). DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS IN CIVIL ACTIONS FOR LATENT INJURIES (SECTION 537.870) This act provides that within 30 days of filing a civil action involving a latent injury or disease or a claim for medical monitoring, the claimant shall file a sworn information form specifying the evidence that provides the basis for each claim against each defendant and shall include certain disclosures detailed in the act. The claimant shall supplement the information when the claimant receives information required to be disclosed or when the claimant becomes aware that a prior disclosure was inaccurate or incomplete. Discovery shall not commence against a defendant until the defendant's product, substance, or premises is specifically identified in the disclosures. The court, on motion by a defendant, shall dismiss the action without prejudice for any defendant that was not specifically identified in the disclosures or when a claimant fails to comply with the requirements of this provision. This provision is identical to a provision in SB 268 (2025) and in SB 314 (2025) and is similar to a provision in SB 708 (2023). KATIE O'BRIENReferred
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SB 1179 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1179 - This act provides that any tax, excise, license or fee upon, measured by or with respect to the importation, receipt, manufacture, storage, transportation, sale or use of fuel used for propelling motor vehicles authorized by a political subdivision shall expire five years after enactment unless reauthorized by a two-thirds majority vote of the people of the political subdivision. This act is identical to SB 831 (2025). TAYLOR MIDDLETONReferred
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SB 1177 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1177 - This act creates new provisions governing digital assets. NATURE OF DIGITAL ASSETS AND THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (Section 409.450) The act establishes the following digital assets, all defined in the act, as intangible personal property and subject to the Uniform Commercial Code, as follows: • Digital consumer assets are considered a general intangible; • Digital securities are considered a security; • Virtual currency is considered money. The act creates standards and methods for the perfection, possession, and control of the aforementioned digital assets. Provisions are created allowing banks to provide custodial services, as that term is defined in the act, for digital assets and governing the manner in which such services are rendered to customers. REGISTRATION OF DIGITAL ASSETS (Section 409.455) The act creates a process for registering digital assets with the Secretary of State (SOS). The lawful owner of any digital asset or the owner's agent may register the digital asset with the SOS if the owner is a resident of this state or, in the case of a business entity, if the entity is incorporated or organized under Missouri law. Provisions are included relating to the information needed to be included on any application and the fee to be submitted, not to exceed $500. Registration of any digital asset is for a period of 5 years and may be renewed for successive periods. Any person who files or registers any digital asset with the SOS by knowingly making any false or fraudulent representation or declaration, orally or in writing, or by any other means, shall be liable to pay all damages sustained in consequence of the filing or registration, to be recovered by or on behalf of the injured party in any court of competent jurisdiction. SCOTT SVAGERAReferred
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SB 1176 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1176 - This act creates and modifies provisions relating to firearms. ASSAULT WEAPONS (Section 571.023) This act provides that no person, corporation, or other entity in Missouri shall manufacture, import, possess, purchase, sell, or transfer any assault weapon or large capacity magazine as defined in the act. Any person in violation of this act shall be guilty of a class C felony. This act shall not apply to government entities or agents, law enforcement officers, manufacturers selling to government entities, properly licensed firearms dealers, and any person legally in possession of an assault weapon or large capacity magazine prior to the effective date of this act. This provision is identical to SB 1337 (2026), and to a provision in SB 346 (2025), SB 405 (2025), SB 1100 (2024), SB 971 (2024), SB 330 (2023), SB 441 (2023), and HB 1533 (2020). UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OR TRANSFER OF A FIREARM (Section 571.070 & 571.080) This act provides that any person committed to a mental institution at 16 years of age or older is prohibited from possessing a firearm unless he or she petitions the court to remove the disqualification pursuant to current law. Additionally, this act provides that for firearm purchasers under the age of 21, a background check is required to determine whether the individual has a juvenile record that would disqualify him or her from purchasing firearms, pursuant to federal law. This provision is identical to a provision in SB 346 (2025), SB 971 (2024) and SB 330 (2023). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.Referred
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SB 1175 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1175 - This act provides that any person shall be deemed of bad moral character, untrustworthy, and unfit for elected public office or employment with any state or local government if the elected official, while holding elected public office, and by clothing him or herself with the influence, prestige, or authority of his or her public office or through any public or private title, office, or position arising out of or associated with his or her public office, is or has been convicted of: • Stealing campaign funds by deceit or otherwise; • Stealing caucus or associations funds or funds intended for a caucus or association by deceit or otherwise; • Expending campaign funds in violation of current law; or • Converting campaign funds to his or her personal use in violation of current law. Any person deemed unfit for elected public office or employment with the state or any local government shall be barred from elected public office or employment and, if so employed, shall forfeit his or her office and be removed from said employment. Additionally, any elected or appointed official who knowingly, willingly, or purposefully appoints or retains an elected official who is unfit for employment pursuant to this act shall forfeit his or her office. Provisions are included requiring the prosecuting attorney or Attorney General to commence a quo warranto action to remove such an individual from office. This act also provides that any participant of a retirement plan established by the state or local government who is unfit for employment pursuant to this act shall not be eligible to receive any retirement benefits from the plan. The employer of the participant who is declared unfit shall notify the appropriate retirement system and provide information in connection with such conviction or violation. This act is identical to SB 425 (2025), SB 1344 (2024), SB 220 (2023) and SB 926 (2022) and similar to HB 2405 (2024), HB 866 (2023), and SB 576 (2021). SCOTT SVAGERAReferred
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SB 1174 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1174 - Under current law, if the statements on any absentee ballot envelope have not been completed, the ballot must be rejected. This act stipulates that a ballot shall also be rejected if the: • Voter has failed to sign the oath; • Signature on the envelope does not appear to be valid; • Oath has failed to be verified; • Absentee ballot has been rejected for any other reason provided by law; or • Voter is otherwise found disqualified to vote. If one of the foregoing has been found by the election authority then the ballot shall be rejected and the election authority shall write "Rejected" on the face of the envelope and give the reason. The election authority must promptly notify any voter if his or her absentee ballot has been rejected and the deadline and procedures for curing the defect for which the ballot was rejected. This act is identical to SB 408 (2025), SB 1345 (2024) and HB 2404 (2024), substantially similar to SB 149 (2023), HB 864 (2023), SB 900 (2022), and SB 266 (2021) and similar to SB 210 (2023) and HB 1184 (2023). SCOTT SVAGERAReferred
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SB 1173 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 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.Referred
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SB 1172 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 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 SHANNONReferred
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SB 1171 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1171 - This act creates the offense of community endangerment due to unsafe storage of a firearm in the first degree in which a person commits such offense if he or she stores or leaves a firearm in a location where the person knows or reasonably should know that an unauthorized person may gain access to the firearm and such unauthorized person causes personal injury or death with the firearm. Such offense shall be a class C felony. This act also creates the offense of community endangerment due to unsafe storage of a firearm in the second degree in which a person commits such offense if he or she stores or leaves a firearm in a location where the person knows or reasonably should know that an unauthorized person may gain access to the firearm and such person: • Causes the firearm to discharge; • Carries the firearm in a public place in a manner that is threatening; or • Uses the firearm in the commission of a crime. Such offense shall be a class D felony. It shall not be a violation of either offense if the firearm is stored securely as described in the act, the unauthorized person is a minor who has the permission of a parent or guardian to possess the firearm, the unauthorized person obtains the firearm in self-defense, or the unauthorized person obtains the firearm as a result of unlawful entry and such unlawful entry is reported to a law enforcement agency. This act is substantially similar to SB 207 (2025). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.Referred
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SB 1170 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 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.Referred
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SB 1169 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1169 - This act provides that a person shall be guilty of the offense of unlawful use of weapons if he or she carries openly or concealed on his or her person a firearm in the City of St. Louis. It shall be a class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a class E felony for any second or subsequent offenses. The provisions of this act do not apply to: • Any peace officers, members of the Armed Forces, and others as provided in the act; • Any person transporting a firearm in a non-functioning state or unloaded state; and • Any person who has a valid concealed carry permit. This act is identical to SB 339 (2025), SB 1191 (2024), SB 65 (2023), SB 1016 (2022), and HB 1599 (2020). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.Referred
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SB 1168 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1168 - This act modifies provisions relating to persons convicted of a crime. CERTIFICATES OF GOOD CHARACTER (Sections 314.205 to 314.214) This act establishes certificates of exemplary conduct and good moral character to be issued by circuit courts to eligible individuals if the court finds that he or she meets certain criteria as specified in the act. The issuing of a certificate shall not prevent any authorized parties from accessing or considering the recipient's conviction history. However, the issuing of a certificate shall remove all bars with respect to employment, housing, or occupational licenses. This act also provides that an employer shall not be criminally or civilly liable for an act or omission of an employee who has been issued a certificate, unless the employer committed a willful or wanton act in hiring such employee. The Division of Professional Registration, and any other Missouri entity with the authority to issue or revoke a license, shall report to the General Assembly various statistics as specified in the act on November 30th of each year. These provisions are identical to HB 3132 (2026), SB 302 (2025), SB 1097 (2024), SB 145 (2023), SB 1087 (2022), SB 496 (2017), SB 539 (2017), and HB 673 (2017). GOOD TIME CREDIT (Section 558.041) This act provides that an offender shall, rather than may, receive credit in terms of days spent in confinement upon recommendation by the offender's institutional superintendent. The Department of Corrections shall specify the programs or activities for which credit may be earned and the criteria for offenders to participate as provided in the act. Finally, the offenders may petition the Department to receive credit for programs prior to August 28, 2026, as provided in the act. This act is identical to SB 302 (2025), SB 1333 (2024), HB 2203 (2024), and a provision in the perfected HCS/HBs 119, 372, 382, 420, 550 & 693 (2023). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.Referred
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SB 1167 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1167 - This act creates the offense of possession of an abortifacient drug with the intent to induce an abortion on oneself or another person and the offense of delivery of an abortifacient drug with the intent to induce, or otherwise assist in, an abortion on another person. These offenses are Class C felonies. It shall be an affirmative defense for either offense that the possession or delivery of the drug was because of an abortion induced due to a medical emergency. This act is identical to SB 119 (2025). SARAH HASKINSReferred
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SB 1166 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1166 - This act prohibits political subdivisions and state agencies from using automated photo red light enforcement systems to enforce red light violations. (Section 304.286). The act also prohibits political subdivisions and state agencies from using automated license plate reader systems, or accessing or using captured license plate data of vehicles located on a public highway, with certain exceptions specified in the act. (Section 590.1000). This act is identical to SB 540 (2025) and HB 658 (2025). This act contains provisions identical to SB 1027 (2026) and HB 2849 (2024), and substantially similar to SB 1269 (2024) and SB 610 (2012). TAYLOR MIDDLETONReferred
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SB 1165 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1165 - This act requires the school board of each school district to establish a policy authorizing students to be excused from class to attend a course in religious or moral instruction taught by an independent entity off school property. Such instruction is defined in the act as a "released time course". The policy shall provide that students may be excused for up to three class periods per week or a maximum of 125 class periods per school year. The student's parent or legal guardian shall provide written consent prior to the student's participation in a released time course. No school district funds, except minimal administrative costs, shall be used, and no school personnel, equipment, or resources shall be involved in providing the instruction. The independent entity offering a released time course shall maintain attendance records and make them available to the school district and its board. Transportation to and from the instruction site shall be the responsibility of the independent entity, the student, or the student's parent or legal guardian. The independent entity or the student's parent or legal guardian shall indemnify and hold the school district harmless regarding any liability arising from student conduct that does not occur on school property under the district's control or supervision, and shall maintain adequate insurance for this purpose. The student shall be responsible for any missed school work. The school district superintendent, principal, or their designees shall have discretion over the scheduling and timing of released time courses, ensuring students are not excused during courses in English language arts, mathematics, science, or U.S. history. The school district, its school board, and the state shall not be liable for students participating in released time courses when the students are not under the district's control or supervision. For purposes of calculating average daily attendance and establishing compliance with the compulsory attendance law, a student attending a released time course shall be considered in attendance in the school district, and the time shall be counted as part of the school day. The school board shall award elective credit for work completed in a released time course, substantiated by a transcript from the independent entity providing the course. The evaluation of the course for credit should be neutral and secular, considering factors including classroom instruction time, course syllabus, assessment methods, and instructor qualifications. The provisions of the act shall not apply to charter schools or to virtual schools. This act is identical to SB 698 (2025) and similar to HB 2157 (2026) and HB 1393 (2025). OLIVIA SHANNONReferred
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SB 1163 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1163 - For all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, this act authorizes a taxpayer to claim a tax credit in an amount equal to one hundred percent of qualified expenses incurred during the tax year for educating a qualified student in a nonpublic school, as such term is defined in the act, provided that no tax credit shall exceed the state adequacy target. Tax credits authorized by the act shall not be transferred, sold, or assigned, but are refundable. A tax credit shall not be issued for any qualified expenses paid for using a Missouri Empowerment Scholarship account. To be eligible for a tax credit, a taxpayer shall have enrolled a qualified student in a nonpublic school during the tax year, and shall not have enrolled a qualified student in the taxpayer's resident school district during the tax year for which the taxpayer is claiming a tax credit. Tax credits authorized by the act shall be claimed by the taxpayer at the time such taxpayer files a return. This act shall sunset on August 28, 2032, unless reauthorized by the General Assembly. This act is identical to SB 1341 (2026), SCS/SBs 195 & 53 (2025), and SB 867 (2024), and to a provision in HCS/HB 1935 (2024), and is substantially similar to HB 2449 (2026), HCS/HB 77 (2025), SB 729 (2024), HB 1911 (2024), and HB 2366 (2024). JOSH NORBERGReferred
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SB 1162 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1162 - Current law authorizes counties to adopt an ordinance allowing for the payment of property taxes in installments. This act requires that counties do so. (Sections 139.052 and 139.053) This act also requires that, prior to selling delinquent property for back taxes, a collector shall notify a taxpayer that the ability to pay delinquent taxes in installments is available to the taxpayer. (Section 140.120) Finally, current law authorizes a collector to sell delinquent property to satisfy delinquent taxes, interest, and penalties owed to the county. This act provides that a collector shall not commence such sale for a period of fifteen years following the date the property becomes delinquent. This provision shall not apply to delinquent property that is abandoned property, which is defined as property that is delinquent for three consecutive years and for which the collector is unable to contact the property owner. (Section 140.150) JOSH NORBERGReferred
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SB 1161 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1161 - This act modifies provisions relating to outdoor advertising. The definition of "unzoned commercial and industrial land" is modified to include lands in the same dimensions as existing "unzoned commercial and industrial land" located on the opposite side of a nonfreeway primary highway, irrespective of zoning and use. This definition shall not extend to land adjacent to an interstate highway or a freeway primary highway. The act also provides that the one-time $200 fee for an outdoor advertising permit shall be waived for permit holders who own both the land on which an outdoor advertisement is placed and the business being advertised on the sign, so long as the business is located within 750 feet of the sign location. This act further specifies that the $100 biennial inspection fees shall be waived for such landowners. This act is identical to provisions contained in HCS/SB 1408 (2026), HB 2145 (2026), SB 291 (2025) and to provisions in SCS/HCS/HB 572 (2025), HCS/HB 272 (2025), and SB 1008 (2024), and similar to provisions in HB 2279 (2024), HB 2324 (2024), SB 379 (2023), HB 805 (2023), SB 624 (2018), HB 1459 (2018), and HB 56 (2017). TAYLOR MIDDLETONReferred
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SB 1050 MO Jan 27, 2026SB 1050 - This act establishes new provisions governing the usage of autonomous vehicles. Any person may operate a fully autonomous vehicle on the public roads of this state without a human driver provided that the automated driving system is engaged and the vehicle meets the following conditions: • If a failure of the automated driving system occurs that renders that system unable to perform the entire dynamic driving task relevant to its intended operational design domain, the fully autonomous vehicle will achieve a minimal risk condition, as that term is defined in the act; • The fully autonomous vehicle is capable of operating in compliance with the applicable traffic and motor vehicle safety laws and regulations of this state when reasonable to do so, unless an exemption has been granted by the Department of Transportation; and • When required by federal law, the vehicle bears the required manufacturer's certification label indicating that at the time of its manufacture it has been certified to be in compliance with all applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards, including reference to any exemption granted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Before operating a fully autonomous vehicle on public roads in this state without a human driver, a person shall submit proof of financial responsibility satisfactory to the Department of Commerce and Insurance that the fully autonomous vehicle is covered by insurance or proof of self-insurance that satisfies state law. Furthermore, each fully autonomous vehicle shall be properly registered and titled in accordance with state law. Additional provisions are included relating to the operation of commercial motor vehicles that are fully autonomous vehicles and on-demand autonomous vehicle networks. A fully autonomous vehicle that is designed to be operated exclusively by the automated driving system for all trips is not subject to motor vehicle equipment laws or regulations of this state that relate to or support motor vehicle operation by a human driver seated in the vehicle and are not relevant for an automated driving system. No state agency, political subdivision, municipality, or local entity may prohibit the operation of fully autonomous vehicles, automated driving systems, or on-demand autonomous vehicle networks, or otherwise enact or keep in force rules or ordinances that would impose taxes, fees, or other requirements, including performance standards, specific to the operation of fully autonomous vehicles, automated driving systems, or on-demand autonomous vehicle networks in addition to the requirements of this act. This act is similar to HCS/HBs 2069 & 2208 (2026). TAYLOR MIDDLETONHearing scheduled
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SB 987 MO Jan 21, 2026SB 987 - Current law provides that a taxpayer shall be awarded costs and reasonable attorney's fees for any appeal of an assessor's classification of real property that is found by the State Tax Commission or a court of competent jurisdiction to be an erroneous classification. This act provides that any such decision shall include the recovery of such costs. The act provides that any taxpayer not receiving such costs and fees derived from any decision made on or after January 1, 2024, shall have a cause of action against the assessor to recover such costs and fees, as well as the costs and fees associated with initiating such cause of action. Such taxpayer shall also be entitled to recover damages in an amount equal to ten percent of the original assessed value of the property that was erroneously classified. This act is identical to SCS/SB 759 (2025). JOSH NORBERGVoted Do Pass S Economic and Workforce Development Committee
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SB 869 MO Jan 21, 2026SB 869 - This act establishes the "Revitalizing Missouri Downtowns and Main Streets Act". For all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, this act authorizes a taxpayer to claim a tax credit equal to 25% of qualified conversion expenditures, as defined in the act, or 30% of qualified conversion expenditures with respect to upper floor housing, as described in the act, incurred for converting nonresidential real property from office use to predominantly residential use, which may include retail or other commercial use. Tax credits authorized by the act shall not be refundable, but may be carried back three years or carried forward ten years. Tax credits may also be transferred, sold, or assigned, as described in the act. The total amount of tax credits authorized pursuant to this act shall not exceed $50 million in any fiscal year. Fifty percent of such maximum amount shall be reserved for qualified converted buildings of more than 750,000 square feet and shall be allocated to the annual limit over a period of ten years, provided that such project meets criteria described in the act. Twenty-five percent of the maximum amount of tax credits available to be authorized shall be authorized solely for projects located in a qualified Missouri main street district, as defined in the act. If the total amount of such reserved tax credits have been authorized, projects located in a qualified Missouri main street district may receive tax credits from the remaining unreserved amount of tax credits. If the maximum amount of allowable tax credits is authorized in any given fiscal year, such maximum allowable amount shall be increased by the percentage increase in inflation. A taxpayer shall apply to the Department of Economic Development to receive tax credits pursuant to this act. Such application shall include proof of ownership or site control, floor plans of the existing structure, architectural plans, and, where applicable, plans of the proposed conversion of the structure, as well as proposed additions, estimated cost of conversion, the anticipated total costs of the project, the actual basis of the property, as shown by proof of actual acquisition costs, the anticipated total labor costs, the estimated project start date, and the estimated project completion date, proof that the property is an eligible property, a copy of all land use and building approvals reasonably necessary for the commencement of the project, and any other information which the Department may reasonably require to review the project for approval. All taxpayers with applications receiving approval shall submit within 120 days following the award of credits evidence of the capacity of the applicant to finance the costs and expenses for the conversion of the eligible property. All taxpayers with applications receiving approval, excluding projects of more than 750,000 square feet, shall commence conversion within twelve months of the date of issuance of the letter from the Department granting the approval for tax credits. To claim a tax credit authorized by this act, a taxpayer with approval shall apply for final approval and issuance of tax credits from the Department, which shall determine the final amount of qualified conversion expenditures and whether the completed rehabilitation meets the requirements of the act. The final application shall demonstrate that the taxpayer has substantially converted a qualified converted building; satisfactory evidence of any qualified conversion expenditures for the structure, as determined by the Department; and any other information reasonably requested by the Department. The Department shall determine, on an annual basis, the overall economic impact to the state from the rehabilitation of eligible property pursuant to this act. No taxpayer shall be issued tax credits for qualified conversion expenditures on a qualified converted building within 27 years of a previous issuance of tax credits pursuant to this act on such qualified converted building. This act shall sunset on December 31, 2034, unless reauthorized by the General Assembly. This act is identical to SS/SCS/SB 35 (2025) and is substantially similar to HCS/HB 2531 (2026), HCS/HBs 610 & 900 (2025), and SB 792 (2024), and to a provision in HCS/HB 1935 (2024). JOSH NORBERGVoted Do Pass S Economic and Workforce Development Committee