Missouri Bills

Modifies and establishes provisions relating to animal abuse

Creates provisions relating to referrals to independent living facilities and long-term care facilities

Establishes a definition of "assessment value" for real property assessment purposes

Establishes the "Missouri Social Media Safety for Minors Act"

Establishes age verification measures for companion chatbots

Establishes the offense of gift card fraud

Modifies the deadline for filing a declaration of candidacy

Modifies the time limitations for prosecutions for abuse or neglect of a child

Grants circuit courts the ability to dissolve limited liability companies under certain conditions, obtaining certificates of good standing from the SoS for domestic or foreign LLCs and a search for series LLCs on the SoS website.

Changes the law regarding catalytic converters

Creates provisions for detachment from a water district for certain customers in certain circumstances

Establishes a special license plate for surviving spouses of disabled veterans

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"

SB 1016 - 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. This act is identical to SB 979 (2026), provisions in SB 1719 (2026), HB 3040 (2026), SCS/SBs 144 & 179 (2025), contains provisions identical to SB 809 (2025), and is substantially similar to HB 1875 (2024). KATIE O'BRIEN

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"

SS/SB 914 - This act modifies provisions relating to sewage regulation. The act repeals a provision stating that a state standard for the location, size of sewage tanks and length of lateral lines is based on the percolation or permeability rate of the soil. Under the act, the state standard is based on soil properties. The act repeals a provision stating that soil tests are to be performed by persons who are qualified to perform the percolation tests and creates a new provision authorizing on-site soil evaluators registered by the Department of Health and Senior Services to conduct soils morphology evaluations. This act repeals a provision stating that contractors may be taught and allowed to perform percolation tests. The act repeals a provision relating to the Department of Health and Senior Services periodically reviewing any county and city regulation and enforcement record to ensure that the state standard for sewage regulation is being enforced. The act creates a mandatory registration program requiring continuing education before January 1, 2027, for on-site wastewater treatment system professionals qualified to perform percolation tests in accordance with the state standard as described in the act. Before January 1, 2027, the administrative authority may accept a percolation test at its own discretion if a soil morphology evaluation cannot be reasonably obtained. This provision shall be void and of no effect after December 31, 2026. Under the act, any person who intends to construct or make major modifications or repairs to an on-site sewage disposal system must submit an application fee and obtain a construction permit. The act repeals certain provisions relating to fees for repair of on-site sewage disposal systems. Under the act, the Department shall promulgate regulations establishing the conditions and requirements for the construction permit application, including the collection of reasonable fees set at a level to produce revenue not exceeding the cost and expense of administering the provisions under the act. The act is substantially similar to SB 601 (2025), a provision in the perfected HB 200 (2025), a provision in HCS/SS/SB 61 (2025), HB 2083 (2024), HB 814 (2023), and substantially similar to SB 1283 (2024), and SB 523 (2023). JULIA SHEVELEVA

SB 1494 - This act established procedures for the automatic expungement of certain criminal offenses. The act provides that all records pertaining to a person's clean slate eligible criminal offenses, as defined in the act, shall be expunged without the filing of a petition required under current law. The following cases shall be eligible for expungement under this act: 1. An individual received a suspended sentence, has completed probation, and one year has passed since the final disposition of the case and the individual has not committed a felony or misdemeanor in Missouri in that time; 2. For misdemeanors, one year has passed since the final disposition of a misdemeanor, and the individual has not committed a felony or misdemeanor in Missouri in that time; 3. For felonies, three years have passed since the final disposition of a felony offense and the individual has not committed a felony or misdemeanor in Missouri in that time; 4. An individual that has attained the age of sixty-five years and has not been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor in Missouri in the ten immediately preceding years; and 5. All offenses where the Governor of Missouri has granted a full pardon. Records of juvenile adjudications or offenses involving the operation of a motor vehicle are not eligible for automatic expungement under this act. A person shall not be granted an automatic expungement if the person has charges pending in a Missouri state court and the person has yet to be sentenced. A person can receive an automatic expungement under this act for no more than two felony offenses or no more than three misdemeanor offenses. This act provides that the court shall maintain records to ensure that a person has not exceeded the number of offenses for eligibility. Under this act, expunged records can still be used for the purpose of any law enforcement or prosecutorial investigation or activity. Such records can also be included as a prior offense in a subsequent criminal or civil investigation or prosecution. Beginning on August 28, 2029, the Office of State Courts Administrator shall, on a quarterly basis, identify records that have become eligible for expungement. This act provides that the Office of State Courts Administrator shall transmit all eligible offense records to the Missouri State Highway Patrol Central Repository and every prosecuting agency within one hundred days of its eligibility. All records identified for expungement by August 28, 2029, shall be expunged by August 28, 2031. Under this act, the Office of State Courts Administrator shall not consider delinquent court costs, fines, fees, or other moneys ordered by a court except restitution owed to a victim of a crime, when determining eligibility of a record for automatic expungement. However, the Office shall seek a setoff of any income tax refund and lottery prize payouts for any delinquent moneys owed. This act provides that when the Central Repository or a prosecuting agency receives notice of automatic expungement, they shall have no more than sixty days to object. If there is an objection based on reasons described in the act, the record shall not be expunged. If there is no objection, the records will be sent to the presiding judges of the circuit courts of Missouri. Under this act, when the presiding judge of a circuit court receives notice to expunge, the judge shall order expungement of all records maintained in the circuit within thirty days. This act provides that once a record has been expunged, the Office of State Courts Administrator shall provide notice to all state agencies that maintain official copies of the records. The files and records maintained by such agencies shall then be confidential and only made available to certain law enforcement entities, courts, or the Governor, upon request, and only for certain official purposes outlined in the act. The provisions of this act shall be applied retroactively to any arrest, charge, trial, or conviction for which there is an electronic record. Nothing in this act shall preclude a person from filing a petition for expungement of records under current law if the person is eligible for automatic expungement under this act, but such automatic expungement has not occurred or cannot occur. This act provides that automatic expungement does not relieve any obligation to pay restitution owed to a victim of an offense or prohibit a civil action by a victim. A conviction that has been expunged under this act shall not be used as evidence in an action for negligent hiring, admission, or licensure against any person. This act provides that a credit bureau shall report records of arrests, indictments pending trial, and convictions of crimes for no longer than seven years from the final disposition. Records of arrest, indictments pending trial, and convictions of crimes shall not be reported if at any time after a conviction it is learned that a full pardon or expungement has been granted, or an arrest or indictment did not result in a conviction. Under this act, a credit bureau that willfully fails to comply with a requirement of this act shall be liable to the consumer for actual damages, punitive damages, court costs, and attorneys' fees. A credit bureau that negligently fails to comply with a requirement of this act shall be liable to the consumer for actual damages, court costs, and attorneys' fees. An employer, volunteer organization, or landlord who employs or otherwise engages a person whose criminal history record has been expunged shall be immune from liability for any claim of misconduct of the person if the misconduct relates to the expunged record. This act provides that a person granted an expungement shall disclose any expunged offense if the disclosure is necessary to complete an application for employment with a federally insured bank, savings institution, credit union, or entity engaged in the business of insurance. This act creates the "Missouri Expungement Fund". Moneys in the Fund shall be used by the Office of State Courts Administrator, the Department of Public Safety, and the Information Technology Services Division of the Office of Administration on the statewide court automation case management system and the Missouri criminal history record information system. Moneys shall be used to develop and implement any technology-assisted, state-initiated bulk expungement or sealing of records under Missouri law. The Office of State Courts Administrator, the Department of Public Safety and the Information Technology Services Division within the Office of Administration shall each receive one-third of any total amount appropriated from the fund for a fiscal year. The provisions of this act shall only become effective upon the Office of State Courts Administrator's implementation of automatic expungement technology. TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

SB 1043 - This act creates the offense of masked intimidation. A person commits the offense if the person intentionally harasses, intimidates, or threatens any other person or group of persons while hiding or concealing their face with a mask or other article with the intent to place that other person or persons in reasonable fear for their physical safety. A person who commits this offense shall be guilty of a class E felony for the first offense, a class D felony for the second offense, and a class C felony for any subsequent offense. Exceptions to the offense are listed in the act. This act is identical to HB 2564 (2026), and is similar to HB 2848 (2026) and SCS/SB 1150 (2026). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

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"