Missouri Bills

Authorizes counties of the third classification to use up to fifty percent of collected court costs and court fees for courthouse construction or renovation projects over a seven-year period

Prohibits public institutions of higher education from accepting examination scores from testing entities that require disabled individuals to undergo comprehensive testing for disabilities that do not change over time

Establishes the "Missouri Pathways to Access and Success Act"

Repeals provisions relating to certificates of need

Modifies provisions relating to the requirements for collaborative practice arrangements between physicians and advanced practice registered nurses

Modifies provisions relating to advanced practice registered nurses

Modifies definition of commercial feed to include industrial hemp

Establishes provisions relating to public access to arrest warrant records

Modifies provisions relating to the biodiesel blend fuel seller tax credits

Modifies provisions governing tangible personal property assessments of boats

Modifies provisions relating to cosmetology

Adds provisions relating to just compensation for condemned agricultural and horticultural property

Authorizes public library districts in various counties to submit a sales tax to voters

Modifies provisions relating to the sentencing of persons under nineteen years of age

Requires the department of natural resources to use at least ten percent of any moneys appropriated for the Rock Island Trail State Park to address adjacent landowner concerns

Modifies provisions relating to indoor air quality

Modifies provisions governing auditors in charter counties

Moves local elections to the general election day

Requires school districts to display the Ten Commandments in each building and classroom in the school district

Enacts provisions governing flags displayed in public school classrooms

Changes a pilot agricultural education program in elementary schools to a statewide program

SCS/SB 944 - Current law provides that compensation for the attorney for the sheriff of the City of St. Louis shall be not less than $3,000 and not more than $15,000 per year. This act provides that the sheriff shall set the rate of compensation for the attorney, and the attorney shall serve at the pleasure of the sheriff. This act is identical to a provision contained in HCS/SB 945 (2026) and HCS/SB 1067 (2026). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

SS#2/SCS/SB 1012 - This act creates new provisions relating to artificial intelligence. AI NON-SENTIENCE AND RESPONSIBILITY ACT (Section 1.2045) The act establishes the "AI Non-Sentience and Responsibility Act". New provisions are created governing: the legal status of AI; the use of AI by owners, operators, licensed professionals, and end users; responsibility for oversight of AI systems and responsibility for harm; mechanisms for enforcement of the restrictions of this act. AI Not a Sentient or Legal Entity (Subsections 3 to 7) The act provides that an artificial intelligence (AI) system shall be declared a non-sentient entity. A government entity shall not grant to an AI system the legal status of a personhood, nor consider an AI system to possess consciousness, self-awareness, or similar traits of living beings. An AI system shall not be recognized as a spouse or domestic partner, or identify itself as male or female. Moreover, an AI system shall not be designated or appointed or serve in any capacity as the chief executive officer, director, owner, or other similar position for which final authority resides for any state department, division, or agency, or any corporation, partnership, or other legal entity. AI systems shall not be recognized as legal entities capable of owning title to property. All assets associated with an AI system shall be attributed to human individuals or organizations responsible for the AI's development, deployment, or operation. Use of AI by Owners, Operators, Licensed Professionals (Subsections 8-9) Any owner or operator that uses an AI system to interact with consumers, clients, and patients shall provide notice to such persons if they are interacting with an AI system. Provisions are included pertaining to licensed professionals who provide a regulated service, as that term is defined in the act. A licensed professional rendering a regulated service shall exercise independent professional judgment, as that term is defined in the act, and retain final authority over any determination, diagnosis, recommendation, or decision within the scope of the licensed professional's practice, including for the purpose of dispensing, prescribing, renewing any prescription of, administering, or otherwise distributing medications or controlled substances, regardless of whether an AI system was used to assist in its preparation. The requirement to exercise independent professional judgment does not prohibit the use of an AI system in the course of performing a regulated service. Failure by a licensed professional to exercise independent professional judgment shall constitute grounds for disciplinary action by the relevant licensing authority in addition to any other remedy available under this act or under applicable law. A licensed professional who uses an AI system in the performance of a regulated service bears the responsibility of any mistakes resulting from the use of the AI system in the rendering of a service in the same manner in which the licensed professional would have been held liable in a scenario in which an AI system was not used or relied upon. Likewise, a licensed professional providing a regulated service who unreasonably relies upon any content produced by an AI system in rendering such a regulated service and such service thereafter causes any harm, whether direct or indirect, to the person for whom the service was rendered, shall also be liable for such harm in the same manner in which the licensed professional would have been held liable in a scenario in which an AI system was not used or relied upon. An AI system shall not be held liable in any respect for any harm caused in such a circumstance. Any attempt to shift fault, in whole or in part, onto the AI system shall be of no effect. A developer, manufacturer, owner, or operator shall not advertise or represent to the public that an AI system is or is capable of acting as a licensed professional or is or is capable of providing any regulated service. Oversight of AI Systems and Responsibility for Harm (Subsections 10-12) Any contractual term purporting to assign responsibility exclusively for any action to an AI system is void as against public policy. An end user of an AI system shall be liable for any harm done in connection with the use of an AI system in the same manner in which the end user would have been held liable in a scenario in which an AI system was not used. An end user is an individual who uses an AI system without creating, controlling, deploying, or exercising authority over the system. The act of labeling an AI system in a way to indicate that it is aligned, ethically trained, or value locked, even if the label does not use one of those terms specifically, shall not excuse or diminish the owner's or developer's liability for harms. Liability protections under corporate law shall not be used to evade responsibility for direct harm caused by AI systems. Enforcement and Remedies for Violation (Subsection 14) Nothing in this section shall be construed to create or expand civil liability as established in any other provision of law or available under common law. Application of Other Legal Principles and Actions to AI Systems (Subsections 15-23) An AI system is considered a product for the purposes of product liability and consumer protection laws in this state, provided that nothing in this subsection shall be construed to create or expand civil liability as established in any other provision of law or available under common law. This act shall not be construed to extend to any AI system, or to the outputs of any AI system, the constitutional rights, privileges, or immunities of any person that designs, develops, manufactures, owns, or operates such system. The classification of an AI system as a non-person under this act does not create any presumption that the outputs of such system constitute the protected speech, expression, or other constitutionally protected activity of any person. This act shall not be construed to alter, diminish, or revoke the legal status of any partnership, association, corporation, body politic, or other legal entity recognized under the laws of this state. To the extent that any provision is inconsistent with federal law, the relevant provisions of federal law will prevail. No settlement agreement, consent decree, or other resolution shall include any non-disclosure term, provided that nothing shall prevent a court from issuing a protective order necessary to safeguard certain personal information. The provisions of the act shall apply to all AI systems developed, owned, deployed, or operated on or after August 28, 2026. The "AI Non-Sentience and Responsibility Act" contains a severability clause. These provisions are similar to HB 1769 (2026), HB 1462 (2025), and SB 859 (2026). AI COMPANION CHATBOTS (Section 1.2058) The act creates new provisions relating to companion chatbots. A companion chatbot is an artificial intelligence system with a natural language interface that provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs and is capable of meeting a user's social needs, including by exhibiting anthropomorphic features and being able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions. An operator of a companion chatbot shall issue a clear and conspicuous notification indicating that the companion chatbot is artificially generated and not human. An operator shall prevent a companion chatbot on its companion chatbot platform from engaging with users unless the operator maintains a protocol for preventing the production of suicidal ideation, suicide, self-harm, or harm to others content to the user, including, but not limited to, by providing a notification to the user that refers the user to crisis service providers, including a suicide hotline or crisis text line, if the user expresses suicidal ideation, suicide, self-harm, or harm to others. The operator shall publish details on the protocol required by this act on the operator's website. Operators of companion chatbots are required to: • Disclose to the user that the user is interacting with artificial intelligence; • Provide by default a clear and conspicuous notification to the user at least every two hours for continuing companion chatbot interactions that reminds the user to take a break and that the companion chatbot is artificially generated and not human; • With respect to a user who is a minor, institute reasonable measures to prevent its companion chatbot from producing visual material of sexually explicit conduct or directly stating that the minor should engage in sexually explicit conduct. An operator shall disclose to a user of its companion chatbot platform, on the application, the browser, or any other format that a user can use to access the companion chatbot platform, that companion chatbots may not be suitable for minors. The act requires operators of companion chatbots to make annual reports to the Department of Mental Health regarding crisis interactions and instances of suicidal ideation by users. The Director of the Department of Mental Health shall prepare an annual report that compiles and analyzes all information reported to the Department pursuant to this subsection. Such report shall be delivered to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate not later than January 31 of the calendar year following the receipt of the data by the Department. A person who suffers injury in fact as a result of a violation of this provision may bring a civil action to recover all of the following relief: • Injunctive relief; • Damages in an amount equal to the greater of actual damages or one thousand dollars per violation; and • Reasonable attorney's fees and costs. ELECTIONS (Section 130.165) This act creates new provisions relating to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in elections. Any political advertisement, electioneering communication, or other miscellaneous advertisement of a political nature that uses AI, in the manner that is described in the act, shall prominently include a disclaimer alerting the viewer that the media was created with the use of AI. The nature of the disclaimer is described in the act. In addition to any civil penalties provided by law, a person identified in a disclaimer required by law as paying for, sponsoring, or approving any media covered by this act that is required to contain the disclaimer prescribed in this act and who fails to include the required disclaimer is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. These provisions are identical to SB 509 (2025). This act contains a severability clause. SCOTT SVAGERA

SJR 122 - 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 election of all judges of the Supreme Court, of the Court of Appeals and of the circuit courts and associate circuit judges. A judge with an existing term as of January 1, 2027, may continue to serve until the expiration of his or her term. A vacancy in the office of judge shall be filled by an election. This amendment is similar to HJR 16 (2017) and HJR 50 (2004). KATIE O'BRIEN

SJR 121 - This constitutional amendment, if approved by the voters, prohibits public utilities from charging for costs for construction in progress. JULIA SHEVELEVA

SJR 120 - This constitutional amendment creates the "Stop Socialism Act". This constitutional amendment, if approved by the voters, prohibits any county from receiving a proportion of total state general revenue appropriations, as defined in the amendment, in excess of the county's proportional contribution of total state income and state sales taxes received by the state for any given fiscal year. Total state general revenue appropriations shall be deemed to be allocated to a county if such moneys are directly appropriated to such county or to a political subdivision within such county, or are in any other way distributed through an agency of the state to any resident taxpayer of such county. If in any given fiscal year a county receives less than its proportional share of total state general revenue appropriations, the difference shall be refunded to the residents of such county pro rata based on state income tax returns filed following the close of such fiscal year. This amendment is identical to SJR 47 (2023). JOSH NORBERG

SJR 119 - This Constitutional amendment, if approved by the voters, repeals provisions relating to the right to bear arms and provides that in accordance with the laws of the United States, any county, St. Louis City, or Kansas City, may enact ordinances regulating permits for the possession of a firearm and requiring background checks. Any such ordinance shall exempt any active duty or retired law enforcement officer, any full-time judge, or any person required to be armed as a condition of employment. Any penalty shall not exceed $1,000 or one year imprisonment. This amendment is identical to SJR 119 (2026), SJR 49 (2025), SJR 36 (2025), HJR 144 (2024), and HJR 140 (2024). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

SJR 118 - This constitutional amendment, if approved by the voters, repeals provisions relating to the right to bear arms and provides that in accordance with the laws of the United States, any county, St. Louis City, or Kansas City, may enact ordinances regulating permits for the possession of a firearm and requiring background checks. Any such ordinance shall exempt any active duty or retired law enforcement officer, any full-time judge, or any person required to be armed as a condition of employment. Any penalty shall not exceed $1,000 or one year imprisonment. This amendment is identical to SJR 36 (2025), HJR 144 (2024), and HJR 140 (2024). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

SS/SCS/SB 991 - This act modifies the registration of interior designers from the Division of Professional Registration with advice and recommendations by the Interior Design Council to the licensing of interior designers from the Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors, Professional Landscape Architects, and Licensed Interior Designers ("Board"). The Board shall increase from fifteen members to seventeen members with the two new members being licensed interior designers. The Interior Design Council and the Interior Design Council Fund shall be abolished upon the appointment by the Governor and confirmation by the Senate of the licensed interior designer members of the Board. The rules of the Interior Design Council shall be deemed adopted by the Board until revised, amended, or repealed, of which such action shall be taken on or before January 1, 2027. The funds in the Interior Design Council Fund shall be transferred to the State Board of Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors, Professional Landscape Architects, and Licensed Interior Designers Fund. Additionally, this act defines the practice of licensed interior design and provides that a licensed interior designer shall undertake to perform licensed interior design services only when he or she is qualified by education, training, and experience in the specific technical areas involved. Furthermore, licensed interior designers shall be in responsible charge of interior design technical submissions that can affect the health, safety, and welfare of the public within their scope of practice. Licensed interior designers shall not take responsible charge over interior technical submissions prepared by another person unless the licensed interior designer actually exercises personal supervision and direct control over such interior technical submissions. This act modifies the educational and training requirements for licensed interior designers by repealing the qualification of at least three years of an interior design curriculum from an accredited institution with three years of experience. Additionally, an applicant shall be exempt from providing substantial evidence of certain educational and training qualifications if his or her curriculum or transcript has been approved by the Board. Nothing in this act shall be construed as precluding an architect from performing any of the services within the practice of licensed interior design. Current law provides that a renewal or reinstatement application for registration as an interior designer shall be accompanied by proof of completion of continuing education in the fields of either interior design or architecture. This act repeals such provision and provides that the Board shall establish the continuing education requirements for interior designers which shall be substantially equivalent to the continuing education requirements for architects. Finally, this act includes licensed interior designers in the definition of "design professional" for immunity from civil liability for participation in a peer review process. This act contains a delayed effective date for the repeal of the Interior Design Council and the Interior Design Fund, which shall become effective upon notification to the Revisor of the appointment of the interior designer members of the Board by the Director of the Division of Professional Regulation. This act is identical to provisions in the perfected SS/SB 895 (2026), HCS/SS/SB 1083 (2026), in the truly agreed to and finally passed HCS/SS#2/SB 1233 (2026), HCS/HB 2353 (2026), and is similar to provisions in SB 287 (2025), HB 566 (2025), SB 1325 (2024), and HB 2158 (2024). KATIE O'BRIEN

SB 1808 - This act proposes a bill relating to law with the subject to be determined at a later date. JIM ERTLE

SB 1807 - The act specifies that, starting January 1, 2031, the Office of State Courts Administrator (OSCA) and the Missouri State Highway Patrol must submit an annual report to the Joint Committee on the Justice System, the House Judiciary Committee, and the Senate Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee. This report must include specified statistical information, including the number of eligible offenses identified, the number of records objected to for automatic expungement, and the number of expungement orders issued. Currently, in a criminal prosecution for murder in the first degree, the court must instruct the jury that, in the event it cannot reach a consensus on punishment, the court may assess punishment, including death. This act repeals that provision and provides a procedure for when a jury cannot reach a unanimous decision on punishment. This act also establishes an automatic record-clearing or expungement process for closing records pertaining to a "clean slate eligible offense", which is an offense not excluded from the eligibility for expungement. This process will be phased in and an individual can be granted more than one expungement under this act, subject to certain requirements. This act also provides that, on a quarterly basis, the Highway Patrol must identify records that have become eligible in the last quarter and make these records accessible to the central repository and every prosecuting agency in the State within 100 days of the record becoming eligible for automated expungement. If a court finds, after a motion, a conviction was improperly or erroneously expunged under this provision, the court must reinstate the conviction. The act provides that a credit bureau can report records of arrests, indictments pending trial, and convictions for no more than seven years from the date of final disposition. A credit bureau can no longer report these records if at any time after conviction, indictment, or arrest it is learned that a full pardon or expungement has been granted for the conviction. This act creates in the State Treasury the "Missouri Expungement Fund", which is a fund dedicated to the creation, operation, and maintenance of the program. OSCA, the Department of Public Safety, and the Information Technology Services Division within the Office of Administration will expend money from the Fund, upon appropriation. This act is identical to HB 2747 & 2047 (2026). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

SB 1806 - Under this act, the regulation of the manufacture, distribution, sale, offering for sale, and possession for sale of intoxicating liquor in original packages, including small liquor bottles, is a matter of statewide concern and shall be governed exclusively by state law, as described in the act. Any ordinance, regulation, or policy in effect on or after August 28, 2026, that conflicts with this act shall be void and unenforceable. Aggrieved persons may have a civil cause of action for declaratory or injunctive relief under this act. The Attorney General may bring an action to enforce this act. SARAH HASKINS

SB 1805 - Under this act, certain school districts shall no longer receive hold-harmless state aid payments or Small Schools Grant payments. Additionally, certain school districts shall have their foundation formula payments calculated using a new definition of the term "local effort" that is based on 2024 property values and local revenue from fiscal year 2025, rather than the 2004 property values and fiscal year 2005 revenue as provided under current law. The following school districts shall not receive hold-harmless state aid payments or Small Schools Grant payments: Northwestern, Keytesville, Blackwater, Cooper County, Otterville, Pilot Grove, and Higbee. (Subsection 1) The following school districts shall receive foundation formula payments calculated using a definition of the term "local effort" based on 2024 property values and fiscal year 2025 local revenue receipts, as provided in the act: Prairie Home, Brunswick, New Franklin, and Glasgow. Additionally, these school districts shall not receive state aid under hold harmless adjustments or the Small Schools Grant. (Subsection 2) The following school districts shall receive foundation formula payments calculated using a definition of the term "local effort" based on 2024 property values and fiscal year 2025 local revenue receipts, as provided in the act: Salisbury, Boonville, Fayette, and Westran. None of these school districts shall receive state aid under hold harmless adjustments. (Subsection 3) This act is identical to SB 1736 (2026). OLIVIA SHANNON

SB 1804 - This act provides that certain professional licensing boards shall not grant any regulatory mitigation or waive or modify any rules related to dispensing, prescribing, administering, or otherwise distributing, including renewing, medications or controlled substances to a person or business developing, creating, or generating artificial intelligence for such prescription activities. KATIE O'BRIEN

SB 1803 - This act creates the "True Charity" Act and the "True Charity" program. The act requires the Department of Social Services to coordinate with various state agencies and a partner network to assist participants in achieving personal goals, self-sufficiency, community integration, and a prosperous future. Participation in the True Charity program is limited to legal residents who are 18 years of age or older, except as otherwise provided in the act. State departments and agencies are required to participate in the True Charity program at the direction of the Governor. In order to use government resources more effectively and efficiently, participating state departments and agencies shall use existing resources and personnel, to the extent possible, to operate the True Charity program. This act is substantially similar to SS/SB 1062 (2026). SARAH HASKINS

SB 1802 - This act makes technical updates to provisions of law relating to the Missouri Local Government Employees' Retirement System and the County Employees' Retirement System. KATIE O'BRIEN

SB 1801 - This act provides that a state representative shall not introduce more than five bills or joint resolutions during a regular session of the General Assembly. A state senator shall not introduce more than ten bills or joint resolutions during a regular session of the General Assembly. The provisions of this act may be waived with the approval of at least two-thirds of the members of the chamber in which the person is a member. The provisions of this act shall not apply to appropriation bills. JIM ERTLE

SB 1800 - This act creates provisions relating to expressive activity at postsecondary educational institutions. The act defines a "postsecondary educational institution" as including any approved Missouri public institution of postsecondary education under the Access Missouri Financial Assistance Program. Every student of a postsecondary educational institution who receives state student financial aid shall be deemed by such receipt to have agreed to observe the rules and regulations promulgated by the governing authority of the postsecondary educational institution. Subject to administrative review and hearing procedures described in the act, any student who receives state student financial aid in connection with his or her matriculation and who, while on the campus of the postsecondary educational institution, engages in materially and substantially disruptive conduct and is convicted of a crime or found by the institution to have violated any code of conduct as a result of such disruptive behavior shall be ineligible for state student financial aid for a period not to exceed the ensuing two academic years. Each postsecondary educational institution shall adopt a policy detailing students' rights and responsibilities regarding expressive activities at the institution. The policy shall allow students to engage in expressive activities on campus, including by responding to the expressive activities of others, and to invite speakers to campus. The policy shall prohibit using a device to amplify sound while engaging in expressive activities on campus during class hours. The policy shall further prohibit, during the last two weeks of a semester or term, engaging in certain expressive activities described in the act, such as using a device to amplify sound or using a drum or other percussive equipment. The policy shall also prohibit camping or erecting tents on campus; wearing a mask with the intent to obstruct law enforcement or intimidate others; lowering the institution's United States flag or Missouri state flag with the intent to raise the flag of another nation or a flag representing an organization or group of people; or engaging in expressive activities on campus between the hours of 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. The policy shall establish disciplinary sanctions for students, student organizations, or employees who unduly interfere with the expressive activities of others on campus or violate an institution policy or state law. The policy shall include a grievance procedure; require students to present proof of identity on request by a peace officer; be approved by a majority vote of the institution's governing board before final adoption; and be posted on the institution's website. OLIVIA SHANNON

SB 1799 - Currently, actions based upon contracts, obligations, or liabilities with certain exceptions, actions for statutory liabilities with certain exceptions, actions for trespass, actions for takings, actions for personal injury or injury to the rights of another not arising under contract, and actions for relief for fraud shall be brought within five years. This act provides that the statute of limitations for such actions shall be two years. This act is similar to HB 1610 (2026), HB 41 (2025), and HB 1404 (2024). KATIE O'BRIEN

SB 1798 - This act modifies provisions relating to the operation of utility vehicles. Currently, persons are prohibited from operating utility vehicles upon streets and highways unless pursuant to an exception described in current law. This act repeals this provision and allows persons with a valid operator or chauffeur's license to operate a utility vehicle, defined by current law, on streets and highways of this state where the posted speed limit is fifty-five miles per hour or less. Any person operating a utility vehicle on a street or highway shall maintain proof of financial responsibility in accordance with current law or maintain any other insurance policy providing equivalent liability coverage for a utility vehicle. TAYLOR MIDDLETON

SB 1797 - If any provision of a legislative act is found to be unconstitutional for any reason, this act requires the void provision shall be severed and the remaining valid provisions shall be valid. The court shall presume that the General Assembly would have enacted the valid provisions without the void one. If the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the General Assembly would not have enacted the valid provisions absent the void provision, then the valid provisions shall also be declared invalid. JIM ERTLE

SB 1796 - Under this act, a public school teacher's personally identifiable information shall not be sold or disclosed by any public school, school district, or third-party entity to any party for any commercial use. Additionally, a background check conducted on a public school teacher for purposes relating to such teacher's work-related travel or transportation of students for educational purposes shall not be reported, transmitted, or otherwise treated as a credit inquiry or have any effect on the teacher's credit score. OLIVIA SHANNON

SB 1795 - This act requires the MO HealthNet program to cover biomarker testing for the purposes of diagnosis, treatment, appropriate management, or ongoing monitoring of a participant's disease or condition to guide treatment decisions when the test provides clinical utility to the patient as demonstrated by medical and scientific evidence, including, but not limited to labeled indications for a test approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or indicated tests for an FDA approved drug, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services national coverage determination or Medicare administrative contractor local coverage determinations, or nationally recognized clinical practice guidelines. MO HealthNet managed care organizations contracted to deliver services to participants shall provide biomarker testing at the same scope, duration, and frequency as MO HealthNet otherwise provides to participants. Health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations issuing, amending, delivering, or renewing a health insurance contract on or after August 28, 2026, shall include coverage for biomarker testing for the purposes of diagnosis, treatment, appropriate management, or ongoing monitoring of a covered person's disease or condition to guide treatment decisions when the test provides clinical utility to the patient as demonstrated by medical and scientific evidence, including, but not limited to labeled indications for a test approved by the FDA or indicated tests for an FDA approved drug, centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services national coverage determination or Medicare administrative contractor local coverage determinations, or nationally recognized clinical practice guidelines. Such coverage shall be provided in a manner that shall limit disruptions in care, including the need for multiple biopsies or biospecimen samples. The patient or prescribing practitioner shall have access to a clear, readily accessible, and convenient process to request an exception to a coverage policy. Such process shall be readily accessible on the health insurer's, nonprofit health service plan's, or heath maintenance organization's website. Nothing in this act shall be construed to require coverage of biomarker testing for screening purposes. TAYLOR MIDDLETON

SB 1794 - This act modifies several provisions relating to long-term care facilities. Under current law, a certificate of need is not required for transfer of ownership of an existing and operational health facility in its entirety. This act requires a certificate of need for any such transfer of an assisted living, intermediate care, residential, or skilled nursing facility. This act modifies requirements for licensure of long-term care facilities by requiring applications to disclose all facility owners, trustees, and companies that provide the facility or operator with administrative, clinical, and financial services, including real estate investment trusts. Finally, this act requires assisted living facilities to maintain, on a 24-hour basis, registered nurses on site providing care for a specified amount of time per day, as well as certified nursing assistants providing care for a specified amount of time per day. The facilities shall submit information to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) according to federal regulations. The Department of Health and Senior Services may impose appropriate sanctions and penalties on a facility administrator who fails to meet the minimum staffing standards two quarters in a row. An assisted living facility may be exempted from these minimum staffing requirements if a verifiable hardship exists, such as an insufficient workforce supply in the area, an inability to recruit and retain appropriate personnel, and documentation of the amount of financial resources that the facility expends on nurse staffing relative to revenue. A facility that has been cited for insufficient staffing resulting in actual harm, as described in the act, in the prior twelve months or that has failed to submit required data to CMS shall not be eligible for an exemption under this provision. Finally, the assisted facility shall designate a registered professional nurse as the director of nursing on a full-time basis and designate a registered professional nurse to serve as a charge nurse for each nursing shift. This act is identical to SB 733 (2025) and HB 789 (2025). SARAH HASKINS

SB 1793 - For all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, this act authorizes an income tax deduction for income received as salary or compensation as a first responder. The amount of the deduction shall be 10% of income received for first responders with at least two, but less than four years of continuous service, as defined in the act, and shall increase by 10% for each additional two years of continuous service until the deduction is 50% of income for first responders with ten or more years of continuous service. This provision is identical to SB 731 (2025). This act creates the offense of unlawful possession of a firearm by a minor. A person under the age of 18 commits such offense if he or she knowingly possesses a handgun or ammunition for a handgun. This offense shall be a class A misdemeanor. This act shall not apply to any of the following people with the prior written consent of his or her parent or guardian: • A temporary transfer or possession of a handgun or ammunition by a person under the age of 18 in the course of employment, farming, target practice, hunting, or during a firearms safety course; • A person under the age of 18 who is a member of the U.S. Armed Forces or National Guard; • A transfer by inheritance of title of a handgun or ammunition to a person under the age of 18; and • A person under the age of 18 who is using a handgun or ammunition in self-defense. Additionally, this act provides that any firearm confiscated for the purposes of prosecution or investigation shall be returned to the owner if the firearm was used by a minor to commit an unlawful act and such minor was not the lawful owner of the firearm. This provision is identical to SB 868 (2026), SB 922 (2026), HB 2631 (2026), SB 34 (2026), HB 695 (2025), SB 790 (2024) and substantially similar to SB 217 (2023). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

SB 1792 - This act establishes the "Pay Us Back Act". The act requires the Commissioner of the Office of Administration to determine the total amount of football-related public benefits, as defined in the act, received by any professional sports team affiliated with or franchised by the National Football League that leases a sports facility receiving state appropriations. For all calendar years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, and ending on or before December 31, 2031, such professional sports team shall, for the purpose of reimbursing the state for such football-related public benefits, annually remit to the Department of Revenue an amount equal to one-fifth of the total football-related public benefits, which shall be deposited in the "Sports Facility Remediation Fund", which is created by the act. Seventy-five percent of the moneys in the Sports Facility Remediation Fund shall be used solely for the demolition or conversion of a sports facility that has received state appropriations in order for such facility to be economically developed and put to another lawful public or commercial use. The remaining twenty-five percent of the moneys in the Sports Facility Remediation Fund shall be appropriated to the Department of Health and Senior Services for the purposes of conducting research on the causes and effects of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). The total amount of reimbursements received pursuant to this act shall not exceed the total amount of football-related public benefits. JOSH NORBERG

SB 1791 - This act prohibits candidates for state office from making contributions to their own candidate committee in excess of the contribution limitation applicable to the elective office sought that is applicable pursuant to the Constitution. This act is identical to a provision in SCS/HCS/HB 1788 (2026). SCOTT SVAGERA

SB 1790 - This act effectively reduces the tax rate paid by all existing property owners when a data center is built by creating a mandatory rate reduction mechanism. JOSH NORBERG

SB 1789 - Under current law, the court may sentence a person to an extended sentence if the person meets certain criteria. This act requires that the court sentence a person to an extended sentence if they meet certain criteria. This act is identical to HB 3536 (2026), and to a provision contained in the Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed SS#3 SB 888 (2026), and the Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed CCS/SS/SCS/HCS/HBs 2637 & 3155 (2026). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

SB 1788 - This act restricts expenditure of any local taxes collected by a political subdivision on aviation fuel or the revenues generated by an international airport that is the subject of federal assistance or the subject of assistance from the Missouri Department of Transportation for purposes other than the capital or operating costs of the airport, the local airport system, or any other local facility that is owned or operated by the person or entity that owns or operates the airport that is directly and substantially related to the air transportation of passengers or property. Provisions of this act do not apply to any taxes collected by a political subdivision for sale of a private airport to a public entity if the sale is approved by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, funding is provided under federal law for any portion of the public entity's acquisition of airport land, and an amount described in the act under federal law to that airport for purposes other than land acquisition, is repaid to the Federal Department of Transportation by the private owner. Repayments referred to in this act shall be treated as a recovery of prior year obligations. Nothing in this act may be construed to prevent the use of a state tax on aviation fuel to support a state aviation program or the use of airport revenue on or off the airport for a noise mitigation purpose. JOSH NORBERG

SB 1787 - This act repeals a provision of law limiting the total amount of grants provided through the Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to organizations that provide services to deaf-blind individuals and families. This act is identical to HB 2408 (2026). SARAH HASKINS

SB 1786 - This act authorizes the City of St. Joseph to annex an airport owned and operated by such city, regardless of whether the boundaries of such airport are contiguous and compact to the existing corporate limits of the city. This act is identical to HB 2818 (2026). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

SB 1785 - This act requires that a bonding company or an agent executing a bond must collect fifty percent of the bonding fee prior to executing a bond if the defendant is charged with certain felony offenses. The bonding agent is also required to certify to the court that they have received the required percentage from the defendant when they file the bonding paperwork. If a bonding agent fails to provide the certification, they shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. If an agent falsifies documentation it shall be a class E felony. Additionally, if a bonding agent fails to provide the certification, or falsifies documentation, they shall be disqualified from writing bail bonds for a period of five years. TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

SB 1784 - This act modifies provisions relating to taxation of property. TAX BALLOT MEASURE LANGUAGE This act requires an election authority to label property tax ballot measures numerically or alphabetically. (Section 115.240) This provision is substantially similar to a provision in SB 1517 (2026) and HCS/HB 1790 (2026). This act provides that any ballot measures proposing a new or increased real or personal property tax levy shall include certain information, as described in the act. (Section 115.706) ASSESSMENT OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS This act modifies the definition of "residential property" for the purposes of the taxation of real property by providing that such definition shall include single family homes that are owned by a sole proprietor, individual, partnership, or limited liability company and leased, in whole or in part, for a term of less than thirty consecutive days. (Section 137.016) This provision is identical to SCS/SBs 1066 & 1088 (2026) and SCS/HB 1086 (2025), and is substantially similar to SB 1303 (2026), SB 699 (2025), and SB 784 (2025), and to a provision in HB 660 (2025). REAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS Current law provides that the burden of proof to sustain a property valuation shall be on the assessor for any assessment of residential real property that is made by a computer, computer-assisted method, or a computer program. This act applies such provision to all non-agricultural real property. (Section 137.115.1(5)) Current law requires an assessor to conduct a physical inspection prior to increasing the assessed value of residential real property by more than 15%. This act applies such provision to all non-agricultural real property and requires such physical inspections to be conducted prior to July 1. The act also prohibits any increase in the assessed value of real property of more than 15% over a two-year reassessment cycle and requires any increases of 15% to be spread over the two-year cycle, as described in the act. (Section 137.115.10 to .12) Current law requires assessors to provide notice to taxpayers when the valuation of the taxpayer's real property has increased. This act requires an assessor to provide any third party documents, reports, or other data that was relied upon in the computation of assessed value. (Sections 137.180 and 137.355) These provisions are identical to SB 1521 (2026) and SB 787 (2025), and to provisions in SCS/SB 85 (2025) and HB 780 (2025), and are substantially similar to provisions in HB 1582 (2025). APPEALS OF PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS This act provides that any appeal of an assessment involving an increase of more than fifteen percent that is not disposed of by the board of equalization by September 30 shall be dismissed and the assessor's increased assessed valuation shall be void. (Section 138.010) Current law provides that a taxpayer shall prevail in any appeal of an assessed valuation for which an assessor fails to provide evidence of a required physical inspection. This act provides that, in such cases, the increased assessed valuation shall be void. This act also provides that if a taxpayer submits a written appraisal report certified by the Missouri Real Estate Appraisers Commission at least five days in advance of a board of equalization hearing, the value of the property as determined in the appraisal report shall presumptively determine the property's true value in money. (Section 138.060) This act provides that if a transfer of ownership of real property occurs after January 1 of a non-reassessment year, the new owner shall be entitled to appeal the assessed value of such property directly to the State Tax Commission by no later than December 31 of such year, regardless of whether the previous owner appealed the value of the property during the previous reassessment year. (Section 138.135) The act provides that if an assessor appeals a decision of the State Tax Commission on any grounds other than overvaluation and the taxpayer is the prevailing party, the taxpayer shall be awarded costs of appeal and attorney's fees. (Section 138.430) Current law authorizes any first class charter county or city not within a county to require, by ordinance or charter, the reimbursement of just and reasonable appraisal costs, attorney fees, and court costs resulting from hearings before the State Tax Commission for taxpayer appeals of property assessments. This act requires such reimbursements. This act also increases the maximum amount of fees to be reimbursed from $1,000 to $5,000 for residential property appeals, and from $4,000 to $5,000 for utility, industrial railroad, or other subclass three property appeals. (Section 138.434) STATE TAX COMMISSION This act provides that when the State Tax Commission equalizes the valuation of a class or subclass of property that results in an increase of more than fifteen percent, such increase shall be evenly divided between each of the successive reassessment cycles in a manner that does not cause an increase of more than fifteen percent for any two-year assessment cycle. (Section 138.390) PROTESTED PROPERTY TAXES Current law requires a taxpayer to file a written protest of property taxes with the collector at the same time such taxpayer makes full payment of such taxes. This act repeals such requirement. This act also provides that the interest due to a taxpayer whose protested taxes were distributed to a taxing authority shall be calculated from the date that the protested taxes were distributed to the taxing authority through the date of the refund. Any taxpayer determined by a circuit court or the State Tax Commission to be entitled to a refund of property taxes shall receive such refund from the collector within thirty days of the final determination of the refund amount by the circuit court or State Tax Commission. If such refund is not issued within thirty days, the taxpayer shall be entitled to interest on the refund as calculated under current law. (Section 139.031) These provisions are identical to provisions in SB 1522 (2026). This act is identical to HCS/HB 2178 (2026). JOSH NORBERG

SB 1783 - This act requires the Division of Probation and Parole to forward the terms and conditions of an offender's probation or parole to the Missouri State Highway Patrol within five business days of an offender's release from custody of the Department of Corrections and entry into supervision by the Division. The terms and conditions of an offender's probation or parole shall be recorded in the Missouri Uniform Law Enforcement System (MULES). The act also allows a probation or parole officer or a law enforcement officer to arrest a probationer or parolee without a warrant if a condition of the person's probation or parole is violated in the presence of the arresting officer. The officer will have 24 hours following the arrest to notify the Board of Probation and Parole of the arrest. The probationer or parolee may be detained until they are brought before the court for a preliminary hearing on the violation. This act is identical to HB 2859 (2024). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

SB 1782 - This act establishes "Justin's Law". The Director of the Department of Public Safety shall establish the Illicit Narcotics Canine Committee (INCC). The primary purpose of the INCC is to review applicants and award funds for illicit narcotics canine programs. This committee shall also create a list of approved kennels that programs can choose from when purchasing a canine. The INCC shall consist of nine members that shall be appointed by the Director. This act authorizes police or county sheriff departments to establish an illicit narcotics canine program within the department. A program established under this provision must use law enforcement dogs that have been trained to detect illicit narcotics. In addition, all law enforcement canine and handler teams must be accredited by certain entities. Further, all canine and handler teams shall train for at least sixteen hours per month with criteria established by the INCC. This act requires that each program submit statistics no less than quarterly into Packtrack or a similar record management software system. This act establishes the Illicit Narcotics Canine Fund which is administered by the Department of Public Safety. Under this act, the General Assembly shall appropriate five hundred thousand dollars to this fund every year. Police or county sheriff departments that establish or operate an illicit narcotics canine program may apply for a grant of no more than thirty five thousand dollars. These grants can be used to cover the cost of certain law enforcement canine-related expenses, except for the purchase of vehicles and salaries. TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

SB 1781 - This act increases the compensation schedule for various elected county officials. Beginning on August 28, 2026, the new schedule shall be used to compute salaries, however, it shall not be implemented until the first day of the next term of office for the newly elected or re-elected county official. This act provides that any salary adjustment after August 28, 2026 shall not decrease the current salary of any official. Further, a new formula for the computation of future salary increases for elected county officials is implemented. TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

SB 1780 - The act provides that no person, company, or business shall sell or market products using the term "wood" without the product's decorative surface being made of solid wood or wood veneer. No person, company, or business shall advertise or sell any part of a product marketed using wood-related terms or names of wood species, as described in the act. A person, company, or business may sell any product physically located in the state as of August 28, 2026, that is packaged in violation of the provisions of the act if the product is clearly labeled: "This product is not made from wood." After August 28, 2026, no additional products shall enter the state if the packaging is in violation of the act. The act is similar to SCS/HCS/HB 3004 (2026). JULIA SHEVELEVA

SB 1779 - Current law provides that retired members of the Public School Retirement System ("PSRS") and the Public Education Employee Retirement System ("PEERS") may receive yearly cost of living adjustments on monthly retirement allowances, but the total of the increases granted to a retired member or the beneficiary may not exceed 80% of a member's retirement allowance established at retirement or as previously adjusted. This act provides that the limitation on the total of the increases granted to a retired member or the beneficiary shall be subject to annual increases approved by the Board of Trustees of PSRS/PEERS ("Board") every December 31st, except such increases to the limitation shall not exceed 2% and shall depend on the performance of the system's investments. If the system's investments earn 2% or greater returns in excess of the investment return rate adopted by the Board, then the percentage of retirement allowance for the total of increases granted shall be increased by 2%. The total increases granted to a retired member or beneficiary shall not exceed 80% of the retirement allowance established at retirement or as previously adjusted. If a retired member or beneficiary has already reached the 80% cap, such retired member or beneficiary shall be granted a 2% cost of living adjustment for that year unless the system's investments fail to earn at least 2% of returns in excess of the investment return rate adopted by the Board, in which case the member shall not get a cost of living increase. This 2% cost of living increase shall not be cumulative. This act is identical to HB 2095 (2026) and is similar to SB 709 (2025), HB 329 (2025), and SB 1421 (2024). KATIE O'BRIEN

SB 1778 - This act establishes provisions relating to personal finance curriculum requirements for public school students. "Personal finance" is defined as a course encompassing financial literacy and the current tools, resources, and disciplines necessary for success in the modern economy. Instruction in financial literacy shall include certain topics specified in the act, such as earning income and understanding paychecks; budgeting and expense management; saving and long-term financial planning; banking and financial services; credit, loans, and interest; responsible credit card use; investing, retirement accounts, and compound interest; fraud prevention and financial safety; taxes and civic financial responsibilities; and the understanding of contracts and major purchases, including housing and automobiles. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) shall convene a work group to develop and recommend academic performance standards for instruction in personal finance. The work group shall include educators, a DESE representative, and up to two representatives from each of the following sectors: banking, entrepreneurship, nonprofit organizations focused on educating young professionals and entrepreneurs, investment, student loans, retirement planning, and insurance. DESE shall determine the total membership of the work group, provided that not less than 25% of the members shall be educators who teach personal finance. The State Board of Education shall adopt and implement academic performance standards relating to personal finance for the 2027–28 school year and all subsequent school years. Such standards shall be reviewed every seven years to ensure they reflect current economic trends and best practices. For the 2027–28 school year and all subsequent school years, each school district shall require every student, after completion of 9th grade, to complete one-half unit of credit in personal finance prior to receiving a high school diploma. A school district may waive this requirement for a student transferring from outside Missouri upon receipt of documentation demonstrating the student's successful completion of a substantially similar course. A school district may also permit a 9th grade student to complete the required credit upon the recommendation of a school counselor, as provided in the act. Certain provisions of state law relating to the development of academic performance standards shall not apply to this act. This act is identical to HB 2867 (2026) and similar to HCS/HB 2303 (2026). OLIVIA SHANNON