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SB 876 - This act creates the "Department of Transportation Fiber Network Expansion Act", which provides that the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission may enter into public-private partnerships with private broadband internet service providers to expand and develop the Department of Transportation's fiber network. The Commission shall prioritize expansion and development under the act in unserved areas and underserved areas, as defined by law. The Commission shall use a competitive procurement process to form the public-private partnerships, including publishing notice as specified in the act. The Commission shall ensure that at least 25% of the workforce fulfilling the contracts awarded under this act belongs to a racial minority group. As part of a contract award under the act, the private partnering entity may use the excess fiber capacity to provide internet services, as long as the services provided meet the state minimum standard for broadband. This act is identical to HB 2220 (2026), SB 307 (2025), SB 1323 (2024), HB 2388 (2024), SB 219 (2023), and HB 1037 (2023), similar to HB 1396 (2025) and provisions in HCS/HB 461 (2023), and identical to SB 1199 (2022) and HB 2908 (2022). TAYLOR MIDDLETON

SB 965 - This act creates the Christian Taylor Ferguson ("CTF") Medical Alert System to aid in identifying and locating a missing endangered person, defined as a person, including a child, who is missing under unexplained, involuntary, or suspicious circumstances and who is believed to be in danger because of a medical condition that requires immediate care, medication, or treatment. The CTF Medical Alert System shall be set up and maintained in a manner similar to the Amber Alert System. The Department of Public Safety shall develop regions to provide the system and to coordinate local law enforcement agencies and public commercial television and radio broadcasters. The Department shall also administer and promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this act. Persons knowingly making a false report to trigger an alert under this act shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. This act is identical to SB 41 (2025), SB 1155 (2024), and HB 2395 (2024). SARAH HASKINS

SB 1403 - This act provides that the Commissioner of the Office of Administration shall provide state capitol access keys or key cards to spouses and children of members of the General Assembly upon written request of the member. This act is identical to SB 663 (2025). JIM ERTLE

SB 990 - Current law allows any qualified motorcycle operator who is aged 26 or older to operate a motorcycle or motortricycle without wearing protective headgear. This act repeals such provision and requires every person operating or riding as a passenger on a motorcycle or motortricycle to wear protective headgear. This act is identical to HB 3119 (2026). TAYLOR MIDDLETON

Modifies the "Show MO Act" tax credit caps for qualified motion media production projects

Creates the criminal offense of masked intimidation

Creates provisions relating to insurance coverage of drugs

Modifies provisions relating to indoor air quality

Establishes provisions relating to purpose-built student housing

Allows persons who are permanent residents of the United States who have been honorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces to serve as law enforcement officers in this state

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

Allows collector to waive fees and penalties if tax payer made a good faith effort to pay

Establishes provisions relating to parole hearings for certain offenders

Establishes tax incentives in relation to workforce and disaster recovery housing

Modifies provisions relating to benevolent tax credits

Modifies provisions relating to the selling of raw milk, raw milk products, or cream

Requires a two-person crew minimum for railroad trains or light engines used in connection with the removal of freight

Adds the National Women's Soccer League and the National Women's Basketball Association to the list of available sports team special license plates

Designates the "Captain Vernon Collett Memorial Highway" in Johnson County

Requires third-party home inspectors to identify building code standards in the home inspection report