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Establishes the Designated Health Care Decision-Maker Act, which authorizes certain persons to make health care decisions for certain incapacitated persons

Modifies provisions for the broadband grant program

Designates December first each year as "Freeman Bosley, Sr. Day" in Missouri

Establishes provisions relating to software accountability for education

Prohibits the possession and sale of certain mitragynine-derived products

Modifies provisions relating to credit for time served

Modifies provisions relating to property taxes

Gives preferential treatment in state purchasing contracts to Missouri-grown agricultural products

Establishes provisions relating to licensed child care facilities

SB 1482 - This act modifies provisions relating to abuse and neglect of adult day care program participants, including modifying the definition of "abuse" to include financial exploitation, creating a definition of "neglect", requiring mandated reporting of abuse or neglect with criminal penalties for failure to report, establishing procedures for investigating reports of abuse or neglect, and establishing procedures for reporting misappropriated property or funds of adult day care program participants. This act also modifies provisions relating to abuse and neglect of elderly and disabled persons by adding financial exploitation to the definition of "abuse"; adding persons to the list of mandated reporters in current law for in-home services clients, long-term care facilities, and personal care assistance services; requiring certain investigative reports to be confidential; and permitting hearings for persons placed on employee disqualification lists to take place by telephone or electronic means. This act establishes procedures for reporting misappropriation of property or funds for patients of certain medical facilities and entities, including hospitals and home health agencies. Finally, this act makes several technical changes to the current elderly and disabled persons abuse and neglect statutes. SARAH HASKINS

Modifies the definition of "firefighter" under the Public Safety Recruitment and Retention Act

Instructs the department of social services to apply for a waiver to the USDA to allow SNAP to prioritize the purchase of healthy food and discourage the purchase of highly processed foods

SB 1352 - Currently, the offense of animal abuse is a class E felony if the purposeful or intentional injury or suffering of an animal is the result of torture or mutilation consciously inflicted while the animal is alive. This act provides that the offense is a class E felony if the purposeful or intentional injury or suffering of an animal is the result of torture or mutilation inflicted while the animal is alive or if substantial harm caused to animal is the result of starvation. This act is similar to a provision in SB 1304 (2026), HB 2436 (2026), HB 2904 (2026), SB 541 (2025), and HCS/HB 910 (2025). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

SB 1304 - This act provides that a person commits the offense of making a malicious false report of animal abuse if the person purposely makes a report that is known to be false with the purpose of and causing a disruption, harassment, monetary loss, or disturbance of the peace of the owner of the animal. This offense is a class C misdemeanor. There shall be an absolute defense for a prosecution of the offense if the reporting party reported an incident of animal abuse out of a good faith, reasonable belief that an animal was being abused. Additionally, this act modifies the offense of animal abuse to provide that it shall be a class E felony if the suffering of an animal is the result of starvation or dehydration, in addition to torture or mutilation, and which has been knowingly, instead of consciously, inflicted while the animal was alive. This act is substantially similar to HB 2904 (2026), SB 541 (2025) and HCS/HB 910 (2025), to a provision in HB 2436 (2026), and contains a provision similar to SB 1352 (2026). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

Modifies provisions relating to licensure reciprocity

To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Public Safety and the Department of National Guard

Establishes a maximum fee schedule for services performed pursuant to workers' compensation law

Creates new provisions relating to prohibiting foreign influence on lobbying activities

Establishes a sunset date for county sales taxes imposed for county revenue purposes

Creates provisions relating to regulation of online content involving minors