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SB 1793 MO May 7, 2026SB 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 790 (2024) and substantially similar to SB 217 (2023). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.Second Read and Referred S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
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SB 1805 MO May 7, 2026SB 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) OLIVIA SHANNONSecond Read and Referred S Education Committee
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SB 1800 MO May 7, 2026SB 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 SHANNONSecond Read and Referred S Education Committee
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SB 1791 MO May 7, 2026SB 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. SCOTT SVAGERASecond Read and Referred S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee
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SB 1778 MO May 7, 2026SB 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 HB 2303 (2026). OLIVIA SHANNONSecond Read and Referred S Education Committee
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SB 1798 MO May 7, 2026SB 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 MIDDLETONSecond Read and Referred S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
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SB 1739 MO May 7, 2026SB 1739 - The act provides that a person shall not contact a property owner more than once per a calendar year with an unsolicited offer to buy the owner's real property. The unsolicited offer to buy real property shall include any communication, including a phone call, text message, email, mail, or fax. When a person contacts a property owner with an unsolicited offer to buy the owner's real property, before making the offer, the person shall provide the property owner with the person's legal name, address, phone number, and an email address. Communication between a person and a property owner shall not be considered an unsolicited offer to buy real property if such communication is part of an ongoing negotiation to buy real property, until the owner states that he or she does not wish to continue the negotiations, or, if the negotiations are occurring through text messages, the owner writes that he or she does not wish to continue negotiations. The Attorney General shall enforce the provisions of the act. Violations of the act may be reported to the Attorney General. Within 20 days of receiving a report for any violations of the act, the Attorney General shall send a written notice to the property owner that the Attorney General is conducting an investigation as to whether a violation occurred. After the investigation is completed, the Attorney General shall send a second written notice to the property owner describing the findings of the investigation. The second written notice shall also include information describing how the property owner may be placed on the no-call list. If the Attorney General believes that a violation occurred, the Attorney General shall commence a civil action. If the court finds that a violation occurred, the court may grant relief as described in the act. A civil penalty shall not exceed $2,000 per violation. JULIA SHEVELEVASecond Read and Referred S General Laws Committee
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SB 1797 MO May 7, 2026SB 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 ERTLESecond Read and Referred S General Laws Committee
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SB 1804 MO May 7, 2026SB 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'BRIENSecond Read and Referred S Emerging Issues and Professional Registration Committee
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SB 1794 MO May 7, 2026SB 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 HASKINSSecond Read and Referred S Families, Seniors and Health Committee
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SB 1779 MO May 7, 2026SB 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'BRIENSecond Read and Referred S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee
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SB 1802 MO May 7, 2026SB 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'BRIENSecond Read and Referred S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee
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SJR 121 MO May 7, 2026SJR 121 - This constitutional amendment, if approved by the voters, prohibits public utilities from charging for costs for construction in progress. JULIA SHEVELEVASecond Read and Referred S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
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SB 1749 MO May 7, 2026SB 1749 - The act establishes the "State Office of Archaeology" working in conjunction with the State Historic Preservation Office to establish, implement, and administer federal and state programs for statewide archaeological and paleontological preservation. The Director of the Department of Natural Resources shall designate a director of the office who shall serve as the state archaeological officer. At a minimum, the director of the office shall be a professional archaeologist. The duties of the office are described in the act. JULIA SHEVELEVASecond Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee
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SB 1796 MO May 7, 2026SB 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 SHANNONSecond Read and Referred S Education Committee
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SB 1704 MO May 7, 2026SB 1704 - For all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, this act authorizes a taxpayer to claim a tax credit in an amount not to exceed $125 for a qualified pet adoption, provided that no more than two such tax credits shall be claimed in a tax year. Tax credits authorized by the act shall be refundable. The total amount of tax credits that may be authorized in a calendar year shall not exceed $500,000. This act shall sunset on August 28, 2032, unless reauthorized by the General Assembly. This act is identical to HB 2731 (2026). JOSH NORBERGSecond Read and Referred S Economic and Workforce Development Committee
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SB 1719 MO May 7, 2026SB 1719 - Under this act, each health care facility covered under the act shall establish a workplace violence prevention committee to develop a workplace violence prevention plan. A facility shall adopt and enforce a written workplace violence prevention plan to protect health care professionals and employees from violent behavior and threats of violent behavior occurring at the facility, as described in the act. Following an incident of workplace violence, a facility shall offer immediate post-incident services. No facility shall discourage a health care professional or employee from exercising the health care professional's or employee's right to contact or file a report with law enforcement regarding an incident of workplace violence. No person shall discipline, discriminate against, or retaliate against another person who reports an incident of workplace violence or who advises a health care professional or employee of their right to report an incident. Any person who violates these provisions may be subject to licensure penalties. A facility or health care professional participating in good faith in complying with these provisions and complying with a workplace violence prevention plan adopted under these provisions shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability which may otherwise be incurred or imposed. Additionally, this act modifies provisions relating to the practice of advanced practice registered nursing. Specifically, prescription medications prescribed by advanced practice registered nurses ("APRNs") may include Schedule II stimulants for behavioral health patients. Under current law, collaborative practice arrangements between physicians and registered professional nurses may delegate to an APRN the authority to administer, dispense, or prescribe certain controlled substances. This act provides that the section of law providing for such agreements shall not apply to APRNs, excluding certified registered nurse anesthetists ("CRNAs"), who have been in a collaborative practice arrangement for a cumulative 2000 documented hours with a collaborating physician and whose license is in good standing. APRNs applying for licensure by endorsement may demonstrate to the Missouri State Board of Nursing completion of such hours. Additionally, any such APRN shall not be required to enter into or remain in such arrangement to practice in this state. This act also provides that an APRN's prescriptive authority shall include authority to prescribe, dispense, and administer controlled substances as provided in current law. Furthermore, the provision on prescriptive authority shall also apply to good-standing APRNs who have been in collaborative practice arrangements for a cumulative 2000 documented hours with collaborating physicians and who are no longer required to hold collaborative practice arrangements. These provisions are identical to SB 979 (2026), SCS/SBs 144 & 179 (2025), and provisions in SB 809 (2024) and substantially similar to HB 1875 (2024). SARAH HASKINSSecond Read and Referred S Families, Seniors and Health Committee
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SB 1771 MO May 7, 2026SB 1771 - This act creates provisions relating to the dissolution or disincorporation of special road districts. As an alternative to the dissolution special road districts provided in current law, special road districts may be dissolved by petition of the board of commissioners, or other governing authority of such district, to the superior court of the county in which the board of commissioners is situated. The superior court shall enter an order setting the same for hearing and the petitioner shall give notice of such hearing. Such notice is described in the act. After the hearing, the court shall enter its order dissolving or refusing to dissolve said district. If the court finds that the district is solvent, the court shall order the sale of such assets in the manner provided by law for the sale of property on execution. If the court finds that the district is insolvent, the court shall determine the indebtedness of the district, the creditors thereof, and their claims. The court shall also set a date and place for a second hearing to order the sale of any district property to satisfy the debts of the district and order the dissolution or refusal to dissolve the district. Special road districts located in Cass County may be disincorporated when the district has not actively carried out any of the special purposes or functions for which it was formed within the preceding consecutive five-year period upon a resolution of any governmental unit calling for the disincorporation with the county commission. The county commission shall hold public hearings to determine whether or not any services have been provided within a consecutive five year period and whether the best interests of all persons concerned will be served by the proposed dissolution or disincorporation of the special road district. If the county commission finds that the special road district be dissolved, it shall order that such action be taken, specify the manner in which it is to be accomplished and supervise the liquidation of any assets and the satisfaction of any outstanding indebtedness. Any proceeds of the sale of assets, together with money on hand in the treasury of the special district, shall after payment of all costs and expenses and all outstanding indebtedness be paid to the county treasurer to be placed to the credit of the school district, or districts, in which such special road district is situated. If the proceeds of the sale, together with money on hand in the treasury of the special road district, are insufficient to retire any outstanding indebtedness, the county authority shall levy assessments in the manner provided by law against the property in the special road district in amounts sufficient to retire the indebtedness and pay the costs and expenses. TAYLOR MIDDLETONSecond Read and Referred S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee
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SB 1787 MO May 7, 2026SB 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 HASKINSSecond Read and Referred S Families, Seniors and Health Committee
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SB 1718 MO May 7, 2026SB 1718 - This act modifies provisions relating to workers' compensation. The act provides that a construction industry employer who erects, demolishes, alters, or repairs improvements is considered an employer for purposes of workers' compensation law if they have five or more, rather than one or more, employees. Current law provides that any employer who knowingly fails to insure his liability pursuant to the workers' compensation law shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. This act provides that any employer who knowingly fails to insure his or her liability shall result in a written warning for the first violation and upon a second violation or any additional subsequent violations thereafter shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Moreover, the act repeals a provision that stipulates that a person who has previously been found guilty of any unlawful acts with respect to the workers' compensation law, as described in the act, and who subsequently commits any such unlawful act shall be guilty of a class E felony. This act is identical to HB 3032 (2026). SCOTT SVAGERASecond Read and Referred S General Laws Committee
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SB 1720 MO May 7, 2026SB 1720 - This act repeals the expiration date of Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week. SARAH HASKINSSecond Read and Referred S Progress and Development Committee
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SB 1781 MO May 7, 2026SB 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.Second Read and Referred S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee
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SB 1799 MO May 7, 2026SB 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'BRIENSecond Read and Referred S General Laws Committee
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SB 1731 MO May 7, 2026SB 1731 - Under current law, all peace officers and first responders are required to have a mental health check-in with a program service provider once every three to five years. This act allows a department to satisfy this requirement if they have an established behavioral health or mental health program that meets enumerated requirements. This act also adds first responder commanding officers to the list of people approved to receive notification that the check-in requirement has been met. TRISTAN BENSON, JR.Second Read and Referred S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
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SB 1751 MO May 7, 2026SB 1751 - Elementary and Secondary Education . Governor Senate GR $ 4,849,076,843 $ 5,064,544,779 FEDERAL 1,498,102,242 1,498,102,242 OTHER 2,210,368,475 2,210,368,475 . ______________ ______________ TOTAL $ 8,557,547,560 $ 8,773,015,496 . House Final GR FEDERAL OTHER . ______________ ______________ TOTAL ADAM KOENIGSFELDSecond Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee
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SB 1736 MO May 7, 2026SB 1736 - 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) OLIVIA SHANNONSecond Read and Referred S Education Committee
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SB 1783 MO May 7, 2026SB 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.Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
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SB 1807 MO May 7, 2026SB 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.Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
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SB 1742 MO May 7, 2026SB 1742 - This act requires a railroad train or light engine used in connection with the movement of freight be operated by a crew consisting of not fewer than two qualified crew members. This two person requirement shall not apply to helper services, as defined in the act, hostler services, as defined in the act, or movement of a train for the purpose of loading or unloading a freight, provided the train is operated at a speed not exceeding ten miles per hour. Any person or railroad carrier who willfully violates this act shall be subject to fines as described in the act. This act shall become effective only upon a final judgment that affirms the validity of the Federal Railroad Administration's two-person crew rule has been entered. This act is identical to HB 3349 (2026), HB 3462 (2026), and provisions contained in HB 2385 (2026). TAYLOR MIDDLETONSecond Read and Referred S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
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SB 1711 MO May 7, 2026SB 1711 - This act modifies provisions relating to utility colocation along highway corridors. The State Highways and Transportation Commission and the Missouri Department of Transportation shall allow the installation, operation, and maintenance of electric transmission facilities within highway rights of way. The Commission and Department shall develop uniform criteria for colocation of transmission facilities within highway rights of ways. The duty of the Commission and Department shall include providing reasonable time lines and procedures for review and approval of colocation requests, ensuring safety of the public and infrastructure, avoiding duplication of corridors, and imposing reasonable conditions that shall not interfere with colocation. This act is identical to provisions in SB 838 (2026) and HB 3456 (2026). TAYLOR MIDDLETONSecond Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy & the Environment Committee