Missouri Senate Bills

SB 1311 - This act modifies Supreme Court Rule 15.05 regarding continuing legal education requirements for lawyers. Specifically, this act repeals the requirement of one ethics credit hour devoted exclusively to bias, diversity, inclusion, or cultural competency and provides for a total of two of the total fifteen credit hours to be devoted to ethics. This act is identical to SB 506 (2025). KATIE O'BRIEN

SJR 76 - This constitutional amendment, if approved by the voters, provides that civil actions relating to injuries or illnesses caused by rape or forcible sodomy, injuries or illnesses caused by childhood sexual abuse, or tortious conduct that causes a person to be a victim of rape, forcible sodomy, or childhood sexual abuse against the party committing the rape, forcible sodomy, childhood sexual abuse, or tortious conduct may be commenced at any time, including those actions that have been barred by the application of the existing statute of limitations at the time of this provision's enactment. This amendment is identical to SJR 13 (2025) and is similar to SJR 88 (2024) and HJR 129 (2024). KATIE O'BRIEN

SB 1279 - Current law authorizes an income tax deduction for contributions made to a 529 savings account, with such deduction limited to $8,000 for single filers and $16,000 for married filing combined filers. This act removes the limits such that 100% of such contributions shall be deductible. JOSH NORBERG

SB 1211 - Current law authorizes counties to provide for the payment of real and personal property taxes in installments, but excludes township counties from utilizing such payment plans. This act repeals such prohibition for township counties. This act is identical to HB 388 (2025). JOSH NORBERG

SB 1517 - This act modifies provisions relating to property taxes. TAX BALLOT MEASURE LANGUAGE This act provides that a political subdivision or election authority shall not advertise or describe any proposed property tax as not increasing taxes unless failing to adopt the measure would cause an actual increase in the tax rate and adopting the measure would cause the tax rate to stay the same or decrease. (Section 67.496) This act requires an election authority to label tax ballot measures numerically or alphabetically in the order in which they are submitted. (Section 115.240) This act modifies multiple provisions of current law to provide that any ballot measures proposing a new or increased real or personal property tax levy shall be submitted on a general election day and shall include certain information, as described in the act. (Section 115.706 and multiple other sections) LOCAL ELECTIONS This act provides that all general elections for local, state, and national offices and issues shall be conducted on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. (Section 115.123) PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENTS This act provides that a political subdivision that adopts a tax abatement or similar economic incentive shall decrease any real property tax levy that is increased on property located in the political subdivision that does not receive an abatement. (Section 137.039) PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS Current law provides that new construction and improvements shall not be included in the total assessed valuation for the purposes of calculating property tax levies. This act repeals such provisions. (Sections 137.055 and 137.073) This act requires that if the voters in a political subdivision approve an increase to the tax rate ceiling prior to the expiration of a previously approved temporary levy increase, the new tax rate ceiling shall remain in effect only until such time as the temporary levy increase expires under the terms originally approved by a vote of the people, at which time the tax rate ceiling shall be decreased by the amount of the temporary levy increase. If, prior to the expiration of a temporary levy increase, voters are asked to approve an additional permanent levy increase, voters shall be submitted ballot language that clearly indicates that if the permanent levy increase is approved, the temporary levy shall be made permanent. (Section 137.073.5(3)) This provision is identical to a provision in HCS/HB 119 (2025), HB 660 (2025), HB 1497 (2025), HCS/HB 2058 (2024), HCS/HB 1517 (2024), HCS/HB 2140 (2024), CCS/HS/HCS/SS#2/SCS/SB 96 (2023), and HCS/SS#3/SCS/SB 131 (2023), and is substantially similar to SB 880 (2018) and SB 357 (2017). This act provides that, if the total assessed valuation in a political subdivision decreases in the tax year immediately following a tax year in which the voters approved an increase to the tax rate ceiling, such political subdivision may increase its levy such that the revenue received equals the amount that would have been received from the increased rate of levy had there been no decrease in the total assessed valuation. (Section 137.073.5(6)) This provision is identical to a provision in HCS/HB 119 (2025), HB 660 (2025), HB 1497 (2025), HCS/HB 2058 (2024), HCS/HB 1517 (2024), and HCS/HB 2140 (2024). Current law requires an assessor to conduct a physical inspection of any residential real property prior to increasing the assessed valuation of such property by more than 15%. This act applies such requirement to all utility, industrial, commercial, railroad and other non-agricultural real property. (Section 137.115.10) PROPERTY TAX CREDITS Current law allows counties to provide a property tax credit to certain seniors. This act requires counties to provide such credit and makes technical changes to the definitions of "eligible credit amount" and "eligible taxpayer". The act also requires the statement of tax due to include certain information about the proportional amount of the credit attributable to each taxing jurisdiction. Finally, the act provides that the credit shall apply to all property tax levies, including debt service levies. (Section 137.1050) Current law also allows counties to provide a property tax credit to all other taxpayers, with certain counties able to annually increase the real property tax liability by five percent or the percent increase in inflation, whichever is greater. This act limits such increase to the lesser of the two amounts. (Section 137.1055) TOTALED MOTOR VEHICLE PROPERTY TAX CREDIT This act authorizes any taxing entity to provide a property tax credit to a taxpayer to reduce the total personal property tax owed on a totaled motor vehicle. The amount of the property tax credit shall be equal to the amount of property tax owed on such vehicle, prorated for the amount of months left in the tax year. In order to authorize a property tax credit pursuant to the act, the governing body of the taxing entity shall adopt an ordinance, as described in the act. (Section 139.035) This provision is identical to HCS/HB 708 (2025). PROPERTY TAX INSTALLMENTS Current law authorizes counties to provide for the payment of real and personal property taxes in installments, but excludes township counties from utilizing such payment plans. This act repeals such prohibition for township counties. (Section 139.053) This provision is identical to SB 1211 (2026) and HB 388 (2025). SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY TAX LEVIES Current law requires school districts to impose a property tax levy for operating purposes of not less than $2.75 in order to receive the full amount of state aid. This act lowers such required levy to $1.50 beginning with the 2026-2027 school year. (Section 163.021) BLIND PENSION FUND Current law imposes a state property tax of $0.03 per $100 assessed valuation for the purposes of funding the Blind Pension Fund. This act eliminates such property tax upon the adoption of a constitutional amendment requiring the General Assembly to appropriate moneys to the Blind Pension Fund. (Section 209.130) SEVERABILITY This act contains a severability clause. (Section B) JOSH NORBERG

SB 1202 - This act provides that the definition of "tangible personal property" shall, for the purposes of property taxation, include machinery and equipment used to provide broadband communications service, as described in the act. (Section 137.010) This act also creates a new subclass of tangible personal property that includes machinery and equipment used to provide broadband communications service and that is placed in service on or after August 28, 2026. All such property shall be assessed at 12% of its true value in money for the 2027-2033 calendar years, and at 33.3% of its true value in money for the 2034 and all subsequent calendar years. (Sections 137.080 and 137.115) JOSH NORBERG

SB 1300 - This act creates and modifies provisions relating to education. DESIGNATION OF SCHOOL PROTECTION OFFICERS (Section 160.665) Under this act, any employee of a school district or charter school, rather than only teachers and administrators in school districts, may be designated as school protection officers. The act adds sprays emitting a projectile to the list of self-defense devices that may be carried by a school protection officer. If an employee requests to be designated as a school protection officer, the school board of the school district or governing board of the charter school shall promptly hold a public hearing and determine by a vote at the hearing whether to allow such designation, rather than only holding a public hearing on the subject. The school board or governing board shall also hold a closed meeting and determine by a vote at the closed meeting whether to authorize the designated school protection officer to carry a concealed firearm or self-defense spray device, regardless of whether the employee specifically requested authorization to carry a concealed firearm or self-defense spray device in his or her request for designation as a school protection officer. Each school board of a school district and governing board of a charter school shall hold a public hearing on whether to implement a school protection officer program and determine by a vote at the hearing whether to implement such a program. Any school board or governing board that approves a school protection officer program shall notify all employees of the school district or charter school of the program and the option to request designation as a school protection officer. This provision is identical to provisions in SCS/HB 232 (2025) and SB 792 (2025), and is similar to a provision in HB 2662 (2018). ACTIVE SHOOTER AND INTRUDER RESPONSE TRAINING FOR SCHOOLS PROGRAM (Section 170.315) The act modifies provisions of the Active Shooter and Intruder Response Training for Schools Program (ASIRT). For each school year ending before July 1, 2027, each school district and charter school shall train teachers and employees on how to respond to students who provide information about a threatening situation and how to address situations where there is a potentially dangerous or armed intruder in the school. ASIRT training shall, rather than "may", include information and techniques on how to address situations where an active shooter is present in the school or on the property. This provision is similar to provisions in SCS/HB 232 (2025) and SB 792 (2025). TRAINING STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL PROTECTION OFFICERS (Section 590.205) The act provides that the Director of the Department of Public Safety shall allow private companies to serve as training centers and operate training programs for school protection officers. Additionally, the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission shall establish requirements for the continuing education of all school protection officers. All school protection officers shall annually receive 20 hours of firearms skill development training. Additionally, at least twice per year, all school protection officers shall participate in a joint training on school protection with a local law enforcement agency. This provision is identical to provisions in SCS/HB 232 (2025) and SB 792 (2025). This act is similar to SB 792 (2025). OLIVIA SHANNON

SB 906 - Current law authorizes students who reside in an unaccredited school district to transfer to an accredited school district in the same or an adjoining county under certain conditions. This act repeals and modifies provisions limiting these transfers to students in unaccredited school districts. Under the act, any student may transfer to another public school, including transfers from a student's district of residence, or "sending district", to a public school in a nonresident district, or "receiving district", beginning in the 2027-28 school year and in all subsequent school years. The school board of each school district shall determine the district's capacity to accept student transfers in each grade level and in each school in the district. Each school board shall provide this information to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) beginning on July 15, 2027, and by the first day of each month thereafter. DESE shall publish and update the capacity of each district's grade levels and schools on its website. (Section 167.895) Parents of students who wish to transfer shall notify DESE by August 1, 2027, and by the first day of each month thereafter, and DESE shall assign students to a receiving district or charter school as provided in the act. A receiving district shall accept all students who apply and are assigned to the district, so long as there is capacity for each student. School board policies shall not discriminate against any transfer student on the basis of his or her residential address, academic performance, athletic ability, disability, race, ethnicity, sex, or free and reduced price lunch status. (Sections 167.895 and 167.898) The act repeals provisions that require sending districts to make tuition payments to receiving districts. Instead, for purposes of calculating state and federal aid, each transfer student shall be counted as a resident of the receiving district in which the student is enrolled. Tuition shall not be charged to any student or to his or her parent or legal guardian. (Sections 160.415, 162.081, 167.132, 167.151, and 167.895) DESE shall designate at least one receiving district or charter school to which each sending district shall provide transportation. A sending district shall be required to provide transportation only to the school district or charter school designated by DESE. (Section 167.241) If the receiving district is part of a special school district, the sending district shall contract with the special school district for the entirety of the costs to provide special education and related services, excluding transportation. The special school district may contract with a sending district for transportation, or the sending district may provide transportation on its own. (Section 167.895) The act outlines school districts' responsibilities for the provision of special education and related services to students with disabilities. A special school district shall continue to provide special education and related services, excluding transportation, to students with disabilities who transfer to another school within the special school district. If the sending district is a metropolitan school district, it shall remain responsible for providing special education and related services, including transportation, to students with disabilities who transfer to a receiving district. A special school district in an adjoining county to a metropolitan school district may contract with the metropolitan school district for the reimbursement of special education and related services provided by the special school district for transfer students. A receiving district that is not part of a special school district shall not be responsible for providing transportation to transfer students, regardless of whether transportation is identified as a related service within a student's individualized education program. A sending district may contract with a receiving district that is not part of a special school district for transportation of students with disabilities. A seven-director or urban school district may contract with a receiving district that is not part of a special school district in the same or an adjoining county for the reimbursement of special education and related services provided by the receiving district. (Section 167.895) This act is identical to SB 971 (2026) and similar to SCS/SBs 215 & 70 (2025). OLIVIA SHANNON

SCS/SB 978 - Beginning in the 2026-27 school year and continuing in subsequent school years, any instruction on human sexuality provided by a school district or charter school shall include a human growth and development discussion. Such discussion shall include a video illustrating the development of vital organs in early fetal development, as well as a video illustrating the process of fertilization and every stage of human development inside the uterus throughout pregnancy until birth. Additionally, each school district and charter school shall require instruction in human growth and development beginning no later than third grade. Provisions of state law requiring the formation of a work group to develop academic standards shall not apply to this instruction. The instruction shall include certain scientific facts and information listed in the act, including videos illustrating the development of vital organs in early fetal development and every stage of human development inside the uterus throughout pregnancy until birth. The instruction shall teach that at conception, a new human being is formed, and abortion ends the life of an unborn child. The medicinal emphasis on the heartbeat during gestation shall also be covered, along with the ability to hear an unborn child's heartbeat using a fetal heart rate device. Placental development, brain waves, reflex responses, and sensory receptors are also required instructional topics. The instruction shall teach that the predominant abortion method in Missouri is dilation and evacuation, which includes the dismemberment, disarticulation, and exsanguination of an unborn child, causing the unborn child's death. Instruction in human development shall be delivered in an age-appropriate manner. Parents shall be notified of the contents of such instruction and shall be given the opportunity to remove their child from class during such instruction. The Attorney General may bring a civil action for damages, injunctive relief, or both, against any person or entity who violates any provision of this act. This act is similar to SB 1198 (2026). OLIVIA SHANNON

SB 960 - The act repeals certain provisions and creates new provisions relating to the membership of the Clean Water Commission. Under the act, each Commission member shall serve in a manner consistent with the provisions of Missouri Clean Water Law. The Commission shall be comprised of the following members: - One member, instead of at least two as currently provided, shall be knowledgeable about agriculture; - One member, instead of at least two as currently provided, shall be knowledgeable about the needs of industry or mining; - One member shall be knowledgeable about the needs of publicly owned wastewater treatment works; and - Four members, instead of no more than four as currently provided, shall represent the public. At the first meeting of the Commission and annually thereafter, instead of at yearly intervals as currently provided, the members shall select a chairman and a vice chairman. The Governor shall not appoint any person who has a substantial interest in certain business entities if located in the state. The Commission shall establish rules specifying when members shall exempt themselves from participating in discussions and from voting on issues due to potential conflict of interest. Specifics relating to the resolution of a conflict of interest are described in the act. Any Commission member absent from four, instead of six as currently provided, consecutive regular commission meetings shall be deemed to have resigned and the vacancy shall be filled immediately. The act is identical to SB 569 (2025), SB 1419 (2024) and HB 2853 (2024). JULIA SHEVELEVA

SB 1111 - Current bankruptcy law provides for a homestead exemption provided the value of the homestead does not exceed $15,000. This act increases the value to $50,000. KATIE O'BRIEN

SB 1048 - This act creates the "Missouri Disabled Veterans' Dependents Tuition Waiver" to provide college tuition waivers for the children, stepchildren, and spouses of certain veterans. The act defines an "institution" as including any state college or university or public community college that receives appropriations from the General Assembly for operating expenses and satisfies certain other conditions established in current law. A dependent of a veteran shall be eligible to receive a waiver of tuition and fees at an institution, up to a maximum that shall not exceed the amount of tuition charged a Missouri resident at the University of Missouri-Columbia for attendance, if the dependent has a parent, stepparent, or spouse who is or was a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who died on active duty, died of a service-connected disability, died after discharge from the military as a result of injury or illness, is rated as permanently and totally disabled by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, or is classified as missing in action or a prisoner of war. For a dependent who is the child or stepchild of such a veteran, the act specifies that the dependent shall be under 26 years old unless the dependent serves on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States, in which case the eligibility period shall be extended a maximum of five years, up to the dependent's 31st birthday. The Missouri Veterans Commission shall work with the Coordinating Board for Higher Education to implement the provisions of the act. The Missouri Veterans Commission shall ensure that the application process is accessible, transparent, and efficiently administered. The Executive Director of the Missouri Veterans Commission shall establish application procedures, determine applicants' eligibility, certify approved applicants, establish procedures for fraud prevention, and oversee program compliance and reporting, as provided in the act. The Executive Director shall work with the Coordinating Board for Higher Education to facilitate communication with institutions, ensure proper implementation of the waivers, and maintain program efficiency. The Coordinating Board for Higher Education shall ensure consistent implementation of the act across all institutions, develop guidelines for institutions to process tuition waivers, and coordinate with the Missouri Veterans Commission to ensure seamless communication and prevent administrative delays for eligible applicants. A tuition waiver shall be valid for one degree, diploma, or certificate from a community college and one baccalaureate degree from a state college or university. Receipt of a degree, diploma, or certificate from a community college shall precede receipt of a baccalaureate degree. A recipient of a tuition waiver shall be ineligible for the Wartime Veteran's Survivors Grant Program, the Survivors of Vietnam Veterans Scholarship Program, and any other state-funded veteran-dependent tuition grant, waiver, or scholarship. A student who has previously received any such grant, waiver, or scholarship shall not be eligible to receive a tuition waiver, and a student shall not concurrently receive a tuition waiver and any other such grant, waiver, or scholarship. A recipient of a tuition waiver may transfer from one institution to another without losing entitlement to the tuition waiver. If a recipient is granted financial assistance under any other student aid program, whether public or private, the full amount of such financial assistance shall be reported to the Missouri Veterans Commission and the Coordinating Board for Higher Education. This act is substantially similar to SB 716 (2025). OLIVIA SHANNON

SCS/SB 993 - This act creates licenses for hemp beverage manufacturers, hemp beverage wholesalers, and hemp beverage retailers. No person, cooperative, or business holding any one of the three types of hemp beverage licenses can hold either of the other two types of hemp beverage licenses and shall not have a financial interest, either direct or indirect, in a person, cooperative or business holding any of the other two types of hemp beverage licenses. However, a person, cooperative, or business may hold both a hemp beverage manufacturer and hemp beverage retailer license, but may only operate hemp beverage retail operations onsite at the premises where the hemp beverage product is manufactured. Hemp beverage manufacturers may solicit and sell hemp beverage products to hemp beverage wholesalers, but shall not sell directly to a hemp beverage retailer. Hemp beverage wholesalers can solicit and sell hemp beverage products to hemp beverage retailers. A person, cooperative, or business holding a hemp beverage manufacturer license, hemp beverage wholesaler license, or a hemp beverage retailer license, or any allowable combination thereof, shall not hold a marijuana facility license. No hemp beverage wholesaler or hemp beverage retailer shall distribute or sell any hemp beverage products that they know or reasonably should know were manufactured outside of the United States. Unfinished hemp extract may be imported or exported as described in the act. The act specifies the qualifications to receive a license, fees for licensure, and the application process, as well as the health, safety, permissible ingredients, testing, and transportation standards. The act also outlines the packaging and labeling requirements for hemp beverages. Any hemp beverage manufacturer or wholesaler who violates such health and safety standards, or permits its employees, officers, or agents to do so, will be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction will be subject to specified fines. This act prohibits the sale of hemp beverages to anyone under the age of 21. Anyone who sells hemp beverages shall also be 21 years old. A manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer of a hemp beverage product shall not advertise, market, or offer for sale the product by using, in the labeling or design of the product or product packaging or in advertising or marketing materials for the product trade dress, trademarks, branding, or other related materials, any imagery or scenery that depicts or signifies characters or symbols known to appeal primarily to persons under 21 years of age. Under this act, retailers and wholesalers shall have 120 days, beginning August 28, 2026, to sell any hemp beverage products in inventory as of August 28, 2026, provided such products comply with the provisions of this act. Any remaining products not removed from inventory shall be subject to forfeiture and destruction, as described in the act. Under this act, an excise tax at a rate of 7% shall be imposed on the retail sale of a hemp beverage product. This act is similar to SB 697 (2025), HB 463 (2025), and provisions in SCS/SB 54 (2025), and SB 518 (2025). SARAH HASKINS

SCS/SB 1146 - This act modifies provisions relating to port authorities. Current law prohibits a city from creating a port authority if the city is located within a county that has created a port authority which has received approval as a political subdivision of this state. This act provided that this shall not be construed as invalidating any port authority created by a city and approved as a political subdivision prior to the creation of a port authority by a county. (Section 68.010.3) If a port authority whose port district includes Kansas City shall purchase or lease real property anywhere in such counties, the real property shall be deemed included within the port district. (Section 68.015.1). Powers of port authorities are also modified as specified in the act, including the grant of powers for the establishment of port rangers licensed as peace officer, and contracting with other port authorities. (Section 68.025). The act provides that failure of a port authority to include a statement that the state is not liable on bonds of a port authority as required by law shall not invalidate the bonds or render the state liable on the bonds. (Section 68.040). Furthermore, the act modifies provisions regarding the terms of port authority commissioners and their removal from office, as well as determination of commissioners' qualifications, salaries, powers, and duties if they are not determined by the political subdivision establishing the port authority. The political subdivision establishing the port authority shall also provide for the filing of annual reports by the board of port authority commissioners, and for periodic independent audits of the port authority's accounts. (Section 68.045). The act modifies port authorities' contracting processes for work, equipment, and supplies and materials, and provides that port authorities may utilize additional procurement measures authorized for other political subdivisions, as described in the act. (Section 68.055). Under the act, port authority expenditures over $50,000, rather than over $25,000, including professional services contracts, shall be competitively procured. The act requires at least 20 days notice of the letting of the contract, with publication as described in the act. Port authorities shall have the authority to reject any and all bids, and readvertise the work or proposed purchase. (Section 68.057). The act provides that political subdivisions with existing port authorities can not form regional port authorities themselves, but that the boards of existing port authorities may apply to the Highways and Transportation Commission for approval of a regional port authority, as detailed in the act. (Section 68.060). The definition of "new job" in the Advanced Industrial Manufacturing Zones Act is modified to include any job determined by the Department of Economic Development to be eligible for, and approved for, retention of withholding tax under the Missouri Works Program, provided that the establishment of the AIM zone immediately follows the end of the period of benefits under the Missouri Works Program. (Section 68.075). Under the act, certain records submitted to a port authority may be deemed closed records, and disclosure to a port authority shall not affect records' status as closed. (Section 68.085). The act modifies the threshold for consent to the creation of a port improvement district, from 60% per capita to 50% per capita, of the owners of all real property within the boundaries of the proposed port improvement district. (Section 68.205). Lastly, the act provides that a petition to the circuit court shall not be required for creation of a port improvement district within port district boundaries or for substantial changes, as defined by law, to a port improvement district in certain circumstances. (Section 68.253). This act is similar to SCS/HCS/HB 1346 (2025) and SCS/SB 715 (2025) and identical to HCS/HB 2693 (2026). TAYLOR MIDDLETON

SCS/SB 1127 - This act requires the State Treasurer to submit an annual report to the General Assembly detailing each fund established in the state treasury from which a disbursement has not been made during the five year period ending on June thirtieth of such year, and whether or not any remaining moneys in such funds have been transferred to the General Revenue fund pursuant to current law. (Section 33.082) This act also requires any remaining moneys in the following funds to be swept into the General Revenue Fund: 1) the Workers Memorial Fund (Section 8.900), 2) the State Document Preservation Fund (Section 109.005), 3) the MO HealthNet Fraud Prosecution Revolving Fund (Section 191.905), 4) the Coordinating Board for Early Childhood Fund (Section 210.102), 5) the Arrow Rock State Historic Site Endowment Fund (Section 253.092), 6) the Confederate Memorial Park Endowment Fund (Section 253.120), 7) the Missouri Dairy Industry Revitalization Fund (Section 261.275), 8) the Apple Merchandising Fund (Section 265.180), 9) the Agricultural Product Utilization and Business Development Loan Guarantee Fund (Section 348.409), and 10) the Manufactured Housing Consumer Recovery Fund (Section 700.041). This act is substantially similar to SB 722 (2025). JOSH NORBERG

SCS/SB 1126 - This act requires the Commissioner of Administration to submit an annual report to the General Assembly detailing each parcel of state property or leases that has been abandoned or not utilized during the three year period ending on August 28th of such year. The Governor is authorized to convey any such state property or lease identified in the report. The conveyance of property owned or utilized by the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission shall be subject to provisions of current law specific to the Commission. This act is similar to SB 720 (2025). JIM ERTLE

SCR 19 - This concurrent resolution urges the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to prevent discriminatory insurance practices and require insurance plans and pharmacy benefit managers to apply all patient-paid prescription drug expenditures, including those obtained through the new TrumpRx platform, toward patients' cost-sharing requirements. Additionally, this concurrent resolution urges the Department of Social Services to assess the new GENEROUS Model for MO HealthNet participation. SARAH HASKINS

SB 1315 - This act requires schools that receive state funding and are subject to the federal Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPPRA), including charter schools, to notify a student's parent at least 24 hours before presenting a survey to the student. The school must also disclose the full survey contents and obtain written parental consent if the survey asks any question relating to an item protected under the PPRA, including questions regarding political affiliations; mental or psychological problems, including substance abuse issues; sexual behavior or attitudes; illegal, antisocial, self-incriminating, or demeaning behavior; critical appraisals of family members; legally recognized privileged relationships; religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs; or income, except as required to determine eligibility for participation in a program or to receive financial assistance under such program. A school may disclose the survey's contents by posting the survey on the school website on a page that is easily accessible to parents, provided that parents are individually notified of such posting. The Attorney General or the prosecuting or circuit attorney in the county in which a violation of this act occurs may bring a civil action, including an action for injunctive relief, against any school district or charter school, as well as any school official or paid or unpaid agent of a school, for any intentional or grossly negligent violation of the act, or for negligent supervision of an individual leading to a violation of the act. The court shall impose a fine of $500 for each grossly negligent violation and $2000 for each violation that occurs intentionally or as the result of negligent supervision. A student's parent may bring a civil action against any school district or charter school, as well as any school official or paid or unpaid agent of a school, for any intentional or grossly negligent violation of the act that affects such parent's child, or for negligent supervision of an individual leading to a violation that affects such parent's child. The court shall award to the parent $500 plus court costs and reasonable attorney's fees for each grossly negligent violation and $2,000 plus court costs and reasonable attorney's fees for each violation that occurs intentionally or as the result of negligent supervision. This act is identical to SS/SB 223 (2025). OLIVIA SHANNON

SB 965 - This act creates the Christian Taylor Ferguson ("CTF") Medical Alert System to aid in identifying and locating a missing endangered person, defined as a person, including a child, who is missing under unexplained, involuntary, or suspicious circumstances and who is believed to be in danger because of a medical condition that requires immediate care, medication, or treatment. The CTF Medical Alert System shall be set up and maintained in a manner similar to the Amber Alert System. The Department of Public Safety shall develop regions to provide the system and to coordinate local law enforcement agencies and public commercial television and radio broadcasters. The Department shall also administer and promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this act. Persons knowingly making a false report to trigger an alert under this act shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. This act is identical to SB 41 (2025), SB 1155 (2024), and HB 2395 (2024). SARAH HASKINS

SB 1568 - Current law authorized applicants for or recipients of benefits provided by the Family Support Division, the Children's Division, and the MO HealthNet Division to appeal to the director of the respective division certain administrative decisions regarding those benefits. This act adds the Missouri Medicaid Audit and Compliance Unit to the list of divisions from which appeals may be made. This act also repeals a provision of law prohibiting the Administrative Hearing Commission from granting a stay order when the claim arises under certain programs funded, in whole or in part, by federal funds. This act is identical to HB 2538 (2026). SARAH HASKINS

SJR 99 - This proposed constitutional amendment, if approved by the voters, modifies the powers of the General Assembly. The amendment states that any citizen shall have standing to bring an action alleging a violation of any constitutional limitation on the General Assembly and shall be awarded appropriate attorney's fees. The original purpose and subject of a bill shall be established by the bill's earliest title and contents at the time the bill is introduced. No substantive change to a bill's earliest title shall be permitted. The amendment requires every bill be referred to a committee within 14 calendar days of introduction. A majority of the members, rather than one-third, shall have the power to relieve a committee of a bill where it shall be considered by the body within two legislative days. After any bill has been placed on a legislative calendar, a majority of the members of the body shall, by petition, have the power to order it to be considered by the whole body within the time frame specified in the petition. Finally, the amendment modifies current limitations on legislative power by adding language that the limitations apply whether or not there is a public benefit or purpose. This amendment is identical to SJR 38 (2025), SJR 80 (2024) and SJR 32 (2023). JIM ERTLE

SB 1526 - This act repeals provisions of current law relating to asbestos testing reports collected by the Department of Health and Senior Services and training provided by the Department. SARAH HASKINS

SB 1493 - This act authorizes any county to impose a sales tax for the purpose of funding senior services. Such sales tax shall not exceed 0.25%. Any county imposing a sales tax pursuant to this act shall establish a senior services tax commission to administer the sales tax revenue. The commission shall consist of seven member to be appointed by the county commission, and the county commission shall determine the qualifications, terms of office, compensation, powers, duties, restrictions, procedures, and all other functions of the commission. JOSH NORBERG

SB 1419 - Current law requires a notice of tax deficiency to a taxpayer by certified or registered mail. This act instead requires such notice to be mailed by regular first class mail, or electronically at the taxpayer's request. This act is identical to SB 931 (2026) and is substantially similar to a provision in SB 666 (2025). JOSH NORBERG

SB 1530 - This act provides that a transportation network company (TNC) shall not be vicariously liable by reason of owning, operating, or maintaining the digital network accessed by a TNC driver or rider for harm to persons or property while the driver is logged into the digital network if there is no negligence or criminal wrongdoing by the TNC under circumstances described in the act and the TNC has fulfilled its obligations under current law. This act is identical to HB 1255 (2025). TAYLOR MIDDLETON

SB 1461 - For all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, this act authorizes a tax credit in the amount of fifty percent of an eligible taxpayer's qualified railroad expenditures and qualified new rail infrastructure expenditures. "Qualified railroad expenditures" are defined as gross expenditures for maintenance, reconstruction, or replacement of railroad infrastructure, as described in the act. "Qualified new rail infrastructure expenditures" are defined as gross expenditures for new rail infrastructure, as described in the act. A tax credit for qualified railroad expenditures shall not exceed $5,000 multiplied by the number of miles of railroad track owned or leased in the state by a railroad, and the total amount of tax credits for qualified railroad expenditures authorized in a calendar year shall not exceed $4.5 million. A tax credit for qualified new rail infrastructure expenditures shall not exceed $1 million for each new rail-served customer project, and the total amount of tax credits for qualified new rail infrastructure expenditures authorized in a calendar year shall not exceed $5 million. An eligible taxpayer shall submit a certificate of eligibility to the Department of Economic Development after the completion of the qualified railroad expenditures or qualified new rail infrastructure expenditures. Tax credits authorized by the act shall not be refundable, but may be carried forward for five subsequent tax years. Tax credits may be transferred as described in the act. This act shall sunset on December 31, 2032, unless reauthorized by the General Assembly. (Section 135.1210) This provision is identical to SCS/SB 462 (2025) and to a provision in SB 913 (2026), and is substantially similar to HCS/HB 669 (2025), SS/SCS/SB 876 (2024), HB 1824 (2024), SB 385 (2023), and HCS/HB 657 (2023), and to a provision in HCS/SS/SCS/SB 466 (2025), HCS/HB 1935 (2024), and HCS/HB 939 (2023). JOSH NORBERG

SJR 117 - This constitutional amendment, if approved by the voters, establishes the "Taxpayer Protection Act". This constitutional amendment requires nonrecall petitions and referred measures to be held on a general election, a municipal election, or on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of odd-numbered years. The amendment authorizes districts to consolidate ballot issues and allows voters to approve delays up to four years in voting on ballot issues, provided that district actions taking during the delay shall not extend beyond that period. The amendment requires a district to mail notice to each active registered elector with specific titles, as described in the amendment. Such notices shall include a summary both for and against the proposal. In addition to existing constitutional requirements for voter approval of new or increased taxes, this amendment requires voter approval for any new tax, tax rate increase, mill levy above the prior year rate, valuation for assessment ratio increase for a property class, extension of an expiring tax, or a tax policy change directly causing a net tax revenue gain to any district. Voter approval shall also be required for the creation of any multiple fiscal year direct or indirect debt or other financial obligation whatsoever without adequate present cash reserves pledged irrevocably and held for payments in all future fiscal years. The amendment requires each district to reserve a portion of its fiscal year spending to be used only for declared emergencies, as described in the amendment. The amendment places a limit on the percentage change in state appropriations equal to inflation plus the percentage change in state population in the prior calendar year, adjusted for any revenue changes approved by voters. The amendment also places a limit on the annual percentage change in a local district fiscal year spending equal to inflation plus local growth. If revenue from sources not excluded from fiscal year spending exceeds the limits in dollars for that fiscal year, the excess shall be refunded in the next fiscal year unless voters approve a revenue change as an offset. Initial district bases shall be current fiscal year spending and property tax collected for tax year 2025. Qualification or disqualification as an enterprise, as defined in the amendment, shall change district bases and future year limits. Future creation of district bonded debt shall increase, and retiring or refinancing district bonded debt shall lower, fiscal year spending and property tax revenue by the annual debt service so funded. Debt service changes, reductions, refunds, and voter-approved revenue changes are dollar amounts that are exceptions to any district base. The amendment prohibits new or increased transfer tax rates on real property. The amendment also prohibits any new state real property tax or local income tax. The amendment authorizes districts to enact cumulative uniform exemptions and credits to reduce or end business personal property taxes. The amendment requires real estate sales prices for past or future sales by a lender or government to be kept as public records. The amendment allows a local district to reduce or end its subsidy to any program delegated to it by the General Assembly for administration. For current programs, the state may require 90 days notice and that the adjustment occur in a maximum of three equal annual installments. This amendment is identical to HJR 169 (2026). JOSH NORBERG

SB 1498 - This act establishes the "Cancer Patients' Bill of Rights", which includes the right to understand diagnoses and be informed about treatment options, to transparent and timely processes to contract with treatment specialists and testing, to medical treatments for pain management, and to relevant clinical trials and medical research. The Department of Health and Senior Services shall make the Cancer Patients' Bill of Rights readily available online. This act is identical to SB 263 (2025) and SB 1403 (2024). SARAH HASKINS

SJR 105 - Currently, judges of the Supreme Court of Missouri and of the Court of Appeals, judges in certain circuit courts, and certain associate circuit judges are selected by gubernatorial appointment following nominations from nonpartisan commissions. This proposed constitutional amendment, if approved by the voters, would require the appointment by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, of all judges of the Supreme Court and of the Court of Appeals. Additionally, all circuit and associate circuit judges shall be elected by qualified voters of the circuit or county in which they are to serve. KATIE O'BRIEN

SB 1496 - This act creates, repeals, and modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education. MISSOURI EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIP ACCOUNTS PROGRAM (Sections 135.712, 135.713, 135.715, 135.716, 160.410, 160.415, 166.700, and 166.720) The act authorizes the General Assembly to fund student scholarships through the Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Program by appropriating funds to the Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts fund. Such scholarships shall be awarded in an order and in amounts established in current law and shall be governed through parent agreements with educational assistance organizations as provided in current law. No provision of law relating to the Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Program shall be construed to limit the appropriation authority of the General Assembly. (Sections 135.712 and 135.716) The cumulative amount of tax credits that may be allocated in any one calendar year is doubled, increasing from $75 million to $150 million. (Section 135.713) There shall be a maximum of 15 educational assistance organizations, rather than 10, in any school year. No more than 11 of such organizations, rather than 7, shall have their principal place of business in Greene County, Jackson County, St. Charles County, St. Louis County, or the City of St. Louis. (Section 135.715) Where capacity is available, a charter school shall enroll all students who transfer under the Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Program. A charter school may receive tuition payments from such students. (Sections 160.410 and 160.415) The definition of "qualified student" is modified by repealing provisions requiring students to have an individualized education plan developed under federal law or to be a member of a household with a total annual income that does not exceed 300% of the income standard used to qualify for free and reduced price lunches. (Section 166.700) The act repeals a provision allowing school districts and charter schools to continue including students in the calculation of the district's or school's weighted average daily attendance for up to five years after the student receives an empowerment scholarship and leaves the school district or charter school. (Section 166.720) CHARTER SCHOOLS (Sections 160.400, 160.405, 160.410, and 160.415) Under this act, charter schools may be operated in any school district in the state. The act repeals provisions limiting charter schools to certain school districts and provisions relating to the accreditation status of school districts in which a charter school may operate. (Section 160.400) The proposed charter of a charter school sponsored and approved by the Missouri Charter Public School Commission shall not require the approval of the State Board of Education. (Section 160.405) The act repeals provisions restricting certain state aid payments only to those charter schools in certain school districts. (Section 160.415) Where capacity is available, a charter school shall enroll all students who transfer under the Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Program or who enroll under provisions of the act authorizing student transfers among school districts and charter schools. A charter school may receive tuition payments from such students. (Sections 160.410 and 160.415) SCHOOL PROPERTY (Sections 160.422 and 162.092) Under this act, cities, counties, and school districts (defined as "political subdivisions") shall not adopt or enforce any ordinance, policy, or resolution that prevents property they sell, lease, or transfer from being used by a charter school for any lawful educational purpose. The act also prohibits any deed restriction, property use restriction, or other such restriction that limits property to specific uses that exclude use by a charter public school for any lawful educational purpose. Any existing restriction that bars property previously used for educational purposes from being used for future educational purposes by a charter school is void. Any ordinance, policy, regulation, deed, use restriction, or contract made in violation of this act is void from its inception. (Section 160.422) This provision is substantially similar to a provision in SB 1273 (2026) and is similar to provisions in SB 398 (2025), HB 447 (2025), HB 1044 (2025), SB 1006 (2024), SB 1123 (2024), HB 2088 (2024), HB 2178 (2024), SB 304 (2023), SB 650 (2022), HB 2087 (2022), SCS/SB 55, 25, & 23 (2021), SB 315 (2021), HCS/HB 137 (2021), HB 322 (2021), HB 729 (2021), SB 649 (2020), SB 603 (2020), HB 1917 (2020), SB 51 (2019), SCS/SB 271 (2019), SS#2/SCS/SB 292 (2019), SCS/HB 485 (2019), HCS/SS/SB 218 (2019), HCS/HB 581 (2019), and HCS/HB 924 (2019). Additionally, when a school district offers to sell or lease an unused school building or facility that is not being used for academic, extracurricular, administrative, or athletic purposes, and that either has no approved plan for future use or has a plan that has not been carried out within two years, the contract shall include a right of first refusal allowing a public entity to purchase or lease the property first. The term "public entity" includes the state of Missouri and any of its political subdivisions, such as cities, counties, boards, agencies, or authorities. If the school district accepts an offer to sell or lease the unused building or facility to a non-public entity, such district shall post a public notice on its website stating that the property is available. The public notice shall include the property's square footage, the district's contact information, and a statement that the right of first refusal expires 60 days after this notification. If multiple public entities express interest in the unused building or facility, the school district shall decide which entity shall purchase or lease the property. During negotiations, the school district may choose whether to sell or lease the property, at fair market value or less. A lease shall allow reasonable access and use of shared common areas. If a public entity leases the entire facility and incurs debt to make improvements, the school district shall subordinate its lease interest to that debt. The public entity shall have six months from the date of its written offer to complete the purchase or lease. While leasing, the public entity shall be responsible for all direct expenses, including utilities, insurance, maintenance, property taxes, and repairs. If a public entity later decides to sell a facility it purchased from a school district, such public entity shall first offer the property back to that district, following the same procedures set forth in the act. (Section 162.092) This provision is similar to a provision in SB 1273 (2026). STUDENT TRANSFERS (Sections 160.410, 160.415, 167.241, 167.895, and 167.898) Current law authorizes students who reside in an unaccredited school district to transfer to an accredited school district in the same or an adjoining county under certain conditions. This act repeals and modifies provisions limiting these transfers to students in unaccredited school districts. Under the act, any student may transfer to another public school or charter school, including transfers from a student's district of residence ("sending district") to a public school in a nonresident district ("receiving district"), beginning in the 2027-28 school year and in all subsequent school years. Each school board shall adopt a policy to determine its transfer capacity for each grade level and school no later than October 27, 2026. The policy shall be publicly posted on the school district's website. By July 15, 2027, and by the first of each month thereafter, each school district shall report to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) the number of available enrollment slots by grade level and school and the school district's average per pupil expenditure. This information shall also be published in a prominent and publicly accessible place on the school district's website. DESE shall publish and update each school district's transfer capacity on an online portal accessible via the DESE website. The portal shall be updated at least monthly and shall include a search function for users to identify schools with capacity to accept transfer students near their home address. Parents of students who wish to transfer shall notify DESE by August 1, 2027, and by the first day of each month thereafter, and DESE shall assign students to a receiving district or charter school as provided in the act. A receiving district shall accept all students who apply and are assigned to the district, so long as there is capacity for each student. School board policies shall not discriminate against any transfer student on the basis of such student's residential address, academic performance, athletic ability, disability, race, ethnicity, sex, or free and reduced price lunch status. If a request for transfer is denied, an appeal may be taken to the State Board of Education by sending the appeal by certified mail to the superintendent of the receiving school district and to the State Board of Education. Any appeal not heard by the State Board of Education within 60 calendar days shall be deemed granted with immediate effect. DESE shall develop forms for filing appeals, and the State Board of Education shall promulgate rules to establish the appeals process. The act repeals provisions requiring sending districts to make tuition payments to receiving districts. Instead, for purposes of calculating state and federal aid, each transfer student shall be counted as a resident of the receiving district in which the student is enrolled. Tuition shall not be charged to any student or to his or her parent or legal guardian. If the receiving district is part of a special school district, the sending district shall contract with the special school district for the entirety of the costs to provide special education and related services, excluding transportation. The special school district may contract with a sending district for transportation, or the sending district may provide transportation on its own. The act outlines school districts' responsibilities for the provision of special education and related services to students with disabilities. A special school district shall continue to provide special education and related services, excluding transportation, to students with disabilities who transfer to another school within the special school district. If the sending district is a metropolitan school district, it shall remain responsible for providing special education and related services, including transportation, to students with disabilities who transfer to a receiving district. A special school district in an adjoining county to a metropolitan school district may contract with the metropolitan school district for the reimbursement of special education and related services provided by the special school district for transfer students. A receiving district that is not part of a special school district shall not be responsible for providing transportation to transfer students, regardless of whether transportation is identified as a related service within a student's individualized education program. A sending district may contract with a receiving district that is not part of a special school district for transportation of students with disabilities. A seven-director or urban school district may contract with a receiving district that is not part of a special school district in the same or an adjoining county for the reimbursement of special education and related services provided by the receiving district. (Sections 167.895 and 167.898) Where capacity is available, a charter school shall enroll all students who transfer under these provisions. A charter school may receive tuition payments from such students. (Sections 160.410 and 160.415) DESE shall designate at least one receiving district or charter school to which each sending district shall provide transportation. A sending district shall be required to provide transportation only to the school district or charter school designated by DESE. (Section 167.241) These provisions are similar to SCS/SBs 215 & 70 (2025). ADMINISTRATOR CERTIFICATION (Section 168.189) Under this act, a school district may consider, but may not require, any criteria greater than that which is necessary to obtain a Missouri initial administrator certificate under rules promulgated by the State Board of Education. A school district may employ such an individual if the individual holds a master's degree or its equivalent and has at least eight years of experience in an executive role with responsibilities described in the act, and if a waiver specific to the applicant has been granted to the school district for this purpose. Such a waiver shall be valid for no longer than three years and eligible for renewal once. Upon conclusion of the maximum six year waiver period, the State Board of Education may grant the applicant a permanent certificate to serve as an administrator in any school district in the state. OLIVIA SHANNON