Missouri House Bills

Creates provisions relating to compensation for assisting with veterans' benefits matters

Establishes the "Missouri Expungement Fund"

Establishes provisions relating to actions brought for medical monitoring

Modifies provisions relating to interior designers

Authorizes the "Missouri Disabled Veterans' Homestead Exemption" relating to a disabled veteran residential real property assessed value exemption

Authorizes the "Missouri Disabled Veterans Homestead Exemption" relating to a property tax exemption for certain veterans

Authorizes the "Missouri Disabled Veterans Homestead Exemption"

Modifies provisions relating to franchisors' warranty duties to franchisees

Modifies provisions relating to income tax deductions for private pensions

Establishes the "Missouri Defense and Energy Independence Act"

Proposes a constitutional amendment relating to the creation of a sovereign wealth fund for the state of Missouri

Establishes provisions relating to the severability of provisions within legislation

Creates provisions relating to a tax credit for contributions to certain youth police initiatives

Establishes the Missouri Motor Vehicle Commission

Modifies provisions within the Missouri Securities Act of 2003

Modifies provisions related to the "Donated Food" food pantry tax credit

Modifies provisions relating to income tax on retirement income from private and public sources

Voids any contracts or court decisions that rely on foreign or Shari'a law

Modifies the total cost of living adjustments for members of the Public School Retirement System and the Public Education Employee Retirement System

Authorizes a tax credit for certain youth police initiative programs

Removes the sunset provisions of the "Donated Food" food pantry tax credit

Designates June 3rd as Josephine Baker Day in Missouri

Credits moneys remaining in expired funds to general revenue

Authorizes a tax credit for contributions to prevention resource centers

Clarifies the definition of "public swimming pool" as it relates to location restrictions for certain offenders

Reduces the assessment percentage of tangible personal property over a period of years

Modifies provisions relating to motor vehicle safety inspections

Establishes the "AI Nonsentience and Responsibility Act"

Modifies provisions for local historic preservation

Establishes the Missouri Defense and Energy Independence Act

Modifies and creates new provisions relating to electric utilities

Allows graduates of certain programs to petition the court for limited driving privileges

Establishes the "Missouri Crime Victims Fund"

Modifies and creates new provisions relating to electric utilities

Requires MO HealthNet and health benefit plans providing for maternity benefits to cover a home blood pressure monitoring device for pregnant and postpartum women

Allows graduates of certain programs to petition the court for limited driving privileges

Modifies provisions relating to limits on selling or purchasing certain drugs

Establishes the Media Literacy and Critical Thinking Act

Establishes the "Missouri Religious Freedom Protection Act"

Provides local property tax credits for certain disabled veterans

Modifies provisions relating to respiratory care practitioners

Establishes the "Missouri Disabled Veterans Personal Property Tax Credit Act", authorizing counties to adopt a personal property tax credit for certain disabled veterans who own up to two motor vehicles

Establishes the "Respiratory Care Interstate Compact"

Establishes the "Respiratory Care Interstate Compact"

Establishes the "Missouri Disabled Veterans Homestead Tax Credit Act", authorizing counties to adopt a real property tax credit for certain disabled veterans who own a homestead

Modifies provisions relating to scrap metal recycling

Authorizes the "Disabled Veteran Property Tax Relief Act" relating to a property tax exemption for certain veterans

Establishes the "Missouri Domestic Abuse Offender Registration and Accountability Act"

Establishes provisions that require any face-to-face interview regarding child abuse or neglect to be recorded

Requires all new playground areas and surfaces to comply with the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design and relevant regulations issued by the United States Department of Justice

Modifies the list of duties for the state surveyor and authorizes the Department of Agriculture to enter into contracts to complete the work by December 31, 2046.

SS#2/SB 1233 - This act modifies provisions relating to the licensing of certain professionals. ACCOUNTANTS (SECTIONS 326.256 TO 326.292) This act modifies the requirements for licensing of accountants. This act provides that an applicant for examination shall provide proof that the applicant has obtained a baccalaureate degree or a post-baccalaureate degree, instead of proof of completion of at least 120 semester hours of college education. Additionally, for licensure, the applicant shall either hold a baccalaureate degree, a baccalaureate degree and 30 additional semester hours of college education, or a post-baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university recognized by the Missouri State Board of Accountancy ("Board") with the total educational program including a Board-appropriate accounting concentration or equivalent. If the applicant has a baccalaureate degree, the applicant shall have two years of experience. If the applicant has a baccalaureate degree and 30 additional semester hours of college education or a post-baccalaureate degree, the applicant shall have at least one year of experience. This act also repeals the eligibility for examination if the applicant expects to meet the educational requirements within 60 days. This act changes the educational and examination requirements for reciprocity of those individuals whose principal place of business, domicile, or residency is not in this state and who hold a valid and unrestricted public accounting license in another state. Current law provides that such non-Missouri individuals shall have all the privileges of licensees without the need to obtain a license, notify or register with the Board, or pay a fee if the license has been determined by the Board to be in substantial equivalence with the Missouri licensure requirements or if the individual's qualifications are substantially equivalent to Missouri licensure requirements. This act provides that a non-Missouri individual, whose license is in good standing, shall have all the privileges of a licensee without the need to obtain a license, notify or register with the Board, or pay a fee if the individual was required to show proof of passage of the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination and the educational and experience requirements of Missouri licensees. Additionally, non-Missouri individuals, whose licenses are in good standing to practice public accountancy from any state as of December 31, 2024, and who has practice privileges in this state as of December 31, 2024, shall continue to have such privileges. Rather than receiving verification on substantial equivalence of an individual's qualifications from the NASBA National Qualification Appraisal Service, the Board may license a person whose qualifications the Board verifies to be comparable to the Missouri licensure requirements. Sole practitioners or single member LLCs that use "certified public accountant," "CPA," or other abbreviations, but that do not offer nor perform attest services or other services subject to peer review may request exemption from the Board for the firm permit requirements. This act provides that the rules regarding peer review shall include reasonable provision for compliance by a firm showing that it has undergone a peer review that is comparable, rather than satisfactory equivalent, to peer review generally required under current law within three years. Lastly, the Board may charge a fee for oversight of peer reviews, provided that the fee charged shall be comparable, rather than substantially equivalent, to the cost of oversight. These provisions are identical to provisions in the perfected HCS/HB 1797 (2026). SOCIAL WORK SUPERVISORS (SECTION 337.600) This act modifies the definitions of a "qualified advanced macro supervisor," "qualified baccalaureate supervisor," and "qualified clinical supervisor" to provide that such person is a licensed social worker who has practiced social work for which he or she is supervising the applicant for a minimum of three, instead of five, years. This provision is identical to SB 1092 (2026), SB 1417 (2026), HB 1963 (2026), SB 479 (2025), and SB 563 (2025) and is substantially similar to HB 886 (2025). SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS (SECTION 345.050) This act modifies the requirements for licensure as a speech pathologist or audiologist by providing for completion of a clinical fellowship under the direct supervision of a licensed speech-language pathologist in good standing, rather than under the direct supervision of a person licensed by the state of Missouri in the profession in which the applicant seeks to be licensed. This provision is identical to a provision in SB 1405 (2026), HCS/HB 2372 (2026), in HCS/SS/SB 7 (2025), in the perfected SS/SB 61 (2025), in the perfected HCS/HB 268 (2025), SB 431 (2025), in the perfected HB 478 (2025), in HB 765 (2025), and in SCS/HB 834 (2025), and is substantially similar to the perfected HB 2591 (2026). SEVERABILITY (SECTION 1) In the event that any section, provision, clause, phrase, or word of this act or the application of the act is declared invalid under the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of the State of Missouri, the General Assembly intends for the severability of this act. KATIE O'BRIEN

Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to develop a curriculum on personal finance to be used by school districts

Requires the general assembly to approve proposed administrative rules

Modifies provisions relating to alternative therapies

Adds certain psychoactive substances to the list of Schedule I controlled substances and modifies the offenses of possession of a controlled substance and delivery of a controlled substance

Establishes provisions for restroom designations in all public buildings

Establishes immunity from civil liability for certain actions taken by private schools related to access to restrooms or changing areas

Modifies commercial drivers' license requirements for foreign applicants

Modifies the tax levy for blind pensions