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Modifies provisions relating to professional surety bail bond agents

Revises fees charged for recording instruments and producing records and authorizes the department of agriculture to establish user fees through rule promulgation

SB 868 - 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 act is identical to SB 922 (2026), SB 34 (2025), and SB 790 (2024), is substantially similar to HB 2631 (2026), HB 695 (2025), and SB 217 (2023), and is identical to a provision contained in SB 1793 (2026). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

Establishes provisions relating to child safety on motorcycles and motortricycles

Establishes provisions relating to child safety on motorcycles and motortricycles

Provides that the Department of Revenue shall issue only one license plate to most registered motor vehicles, as opposed to the current requirement to issue two plates

SB 1081 - Current law requires motor vehicle franchisors to compensate franchisees for the preparation, delivery, and warranty service required of the franchisee by the franchisor, with such compensation to be "reasonable and adequate". This act provides that such compensation shall be no less than the amount the retail customer pays for the same services with regard to rate and time. In the event that a schedule of compensation has not been agreed to for warranty repairs, or said schedule does not define time for an applicable warranty repair, the franchisor's schedule of compensation shall be used, multiplied by 1.4. Franchisors shall pay the franchisee the same effective labor rate that the franchisee receives for customer-pay repairs, including vehicle diagnostic times for all warranty repairs. Additionally, if a technician is required to communicate with a technical assistance center, engineering, or some other external franchisor source in order to provide a warranty repair, the franchisor shall pay for the time from start of communications until the communication is complete. A franchisee may submit a request for warranty labor rate increases no more than once per calendar year. Any claim made for additional compensation for warranty or recall repairs shall be approved or disapproved by the franchisor within twenty days. If a claim is neither approved nor disapproved within twenty days, the claim shall be deemed approved. An approved claim shall be paid within twenty days of approval. If a franchisor imposes a recall or stop sale on any new vehicle in a franchisee's inventory that prevents the sale of the vehicle, the franchisor shall compensate the franchisee for any interest and storage until the vehicle is repaired and made ready for sale. Finally, current law provides that a franchisee shall not request a franchisor to approve a different labor or parts rate more than twice per calendar year. This act changes such provision to once per calendar year. This act is substantially similar to HB 1914 (2026). TAYLOR MIDDLETON

SB 1460 - This act modifies provisions relating to towing. TOWING LIABILITY POLICY Current law requires motor vehicle liability policies to meet certain criteria. This act provides that any motor vehicle liability policy for a commercial motor vehicle with a gross vehicle rating of more than 26,000 pounds shall provide coverage for towing, winching, vehicle recovery, and emergency roadside labor in an amount of at least $100,000. (Section 303.190) RECOVERY OF TOWING COSTS Current law provides a mechanism for the owner of abandoned property that has been towed to file a petition in associate circuit court to determine if the abandoned property was wrongfully taken or withheld from its owner. This act applies such provision only to property for which the costs charged by the towing company do not exceed $15,000. For towed abandoned property with a gross vehicle rating of more than 26,000 pounds and with costs charged by the towing company exceeding $15,000, the owner of such property may, within seven days after the receipt of notification from the towing company pursuant to current law, file a petition in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county where the abandoned property is stored if there is a dispute arising over costs charged by the towing company. The petition shall name the towing company among the defendants. Upon filing the petition, the property owner shall pay to the towing company fifty percent of all costs charged by the towing company as of the date of filing, and the remaining fifty percent of all costs shall be deposited with the court. If the court finds in favor of the towing company, the property owner shall pay the remainder of the costs to the towing company along with interest accrued from the date of filing. Within five business days of depositing fifty percent of the costs charged by the towing company with the court, the property owner shall remove the truck, trailer, cargo, and any debris associated with such items from the premises of the towing company. Failure to remove such property shall result in the property owner forfeiting the moneys deposited with the court to the towing company. (Section 304.156) This act is identical to HB 3447 (2026). TAYLOR MIDDLETON

Removes the prosecuting attorney and the sheriff from the county salary commission

SB 1705 - This act requires health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026, to provide coverage for certain preventative health care services without cost-sharing. Such services shall be consistent with the recommendations and guidelines of the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Health Resources and Services Administration, and related federal rules or guidance issued as of December 31, 2025. The Director of the Department of Commerce and Insurance shall, by rule, adopt regulations to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for preventative health care services without cost-sharing requirements consistent with the recommendations and guidance of such entities issued after December 31, 2025. Additionally, this act establishes the "Health Insurance Preventative Health Care Services Advisory Committee" within the Department, which shall consist of 5 members, three of whom will represent health care providers and two of whom will represent health carriers and health benefit plans. The advisory committee shall meet at least once a year to consider any updates or modifications to the preventative health care services described in this act and shall submit a report of any recommendations to the Department, the General Assembly, and the Governor by November first each year. This act is identical to HB 3452 (2026), and substantially similar to HB 3450 (2026). TAYLOR MIDDLETON

Appropriates money for capital improvements

Modifies the historic preservation tax credit and includes an emergency clause

SB 1408 - Currently, the maximum speed limit on rural interstates and freeways of this state is seventy miles per hour. This act increases the maximum speed limit on such roads to seventy-five miles per hour. TAYLOR MIDDLETON

Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Department of Conservation

Modifies provisions relating to certain cash transactions requiring rounding to the nearest five cent denomination

Modifies provisions relating to the Missouri community service commission

Modifies provisions relating to the governing bodies of certain public institutions of higher education

CCS/HCS/SS/SJR 87 - This constitutional amendment, if approved by the voters, provides that each county shall elect a sheriff for a term of four years by a majority of the qualified voters of the county. This constitutional amendment shall not apply to St. Louis City, St. Louis County, or St. Charles County. Additionally, the sheriff shall commit to jail all felons and traitors as well as other duties as provided in the act. The sheriff may be removed from office by a quo warranto petition brought by the Attorney General. This amendment is identical to SS/SCS/SJR 40 (2025), is substantially similar to HJR 61 (2025) and HJR 71 (2025), and is similar to SJR 75 (2024). TRISTAN BENSJON, JR.

Modifies provisions relating to abuse and neglect reporting, including a requirement to report companion animal abuse

Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Revenue and Department of Transportation