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Establishes the Healthy Pets Act

Establishes the "Uniform Mortgage Modification Act"

Creates provisions relating to cannabis

Modifies provisions relating to the publication of election notices

SB 1317 - This act provides that a court may appoint the Division of Probation and Parole ("Division") as a forensic guardian to a person who is found by a court to be incapacitated and to: (1) Have a substantial criminal history of serious offenses; (2) Be under supervised or unsupervised probation and parole; (3) Be under a court order requiring or prohibiting a specific act; (4) Be required to register as a sex offender; (5) Have a likelihood of serious harm to himself, herself, or others or is likely to commit an offense or violate any term or condition of probation, parole, or court order; (6) Have a substance use disorder resulting in total or partial incapacity or a significant incapacitation from alcohol or drugs; or (7) Have significant interaction with law enforcement officers. The Division shall have the same rights and duties as a public administrator appointed to serve as a guardian and shall operate in accordance with the powers and duties of guardians as currently provided in law. Additionally, the Division shall not be required to submit background checks of employees or consents to act to the court before the appointment of the Division as a guardian under this act. The Division shall be notified of the proceedings and shall receive a copy of the petition and any accompanying documents when it is being nominated or considered to serve as a guardian. During such proceedings, the Division shall have an opportunity to attend and be heard. A person under a forensic guardianship shall not be committed or incarcerated nor denied participation in or benefits from government or privately operated institutions, programs, or housing solely on the basis of being under a forensic guardian. KATIE O'BRIEN

SCS/SB 1291 - Current law authorizes an income tax deduction for certain income received for the sale or lease of farmland to beginning farmers. This act adds a definition of "taxpayer" to such deduction. This provision is substantially similar to HB 3324 (2026), SB 682 (2025), and HB 1042 (2025), and to a provision in CCS/HCS/SB 994 (2026), HCS/SS/SB 67 (2025), HCS/HB 828 (2025), and HCS/SS/SCS/SB 466 (2025). JOSH NORBERG

SB 1136 - This act establishes provisions relating to the reconsideration of materials in a public library or public school library. The act defines "digital library material" as material including, but not limited to, digital audiobooks, electronic journals, electronic magazines, and other resources that are directly accessible through the public library or school library database, but excluding any online content that is available outside of the public library or school library database or platform. The act defines "library material" as any resource in print or non-print format, including, but not limited to, books, magazines, microfiche, microfilm, slides, exhibits, and other materials that are found in a public library or school library. The act defines "reconsideration" as a process in which library personnel, public schools, school districts, or library governing bodies review materials in a public library or school library due to a formal complaint filed by a member of the community. The outcome of this reconsideration may include relocating or removing library materials or removing or restricting access to digital library materials. All public libraries and public school libraries shall establish a policy outlining the process for reconsidering library materials and digital library materials based on a complaint from a member of the community. Such a policy shall be made publicly available as provided in the act. A public library or school library shall respond to a reconsideration request by removing library materials from its permanent collection, relocating library materials within its collection, or removing or restricting access to digital library materials within its collection only if such materials have been reviewed in accordance with an established policy for the reconsideration of library materials and digital library materials that complies the requirements of the act. To request reconsideration of library materials or digital library materials, the individual making the request shall sign an affidavit affirming that (a) the individual has read or consumed the entirety of the challenged material, and (b) the individual resides in the taxing district of the public library in which the request is made or the school district in which the request is made. Each public library or school library shall develop an appeals process for the reconsideration policy that outlines a process for appealing a decision made regarding the removal of library materials or digital library materials, as provided in the act. Digital library materials that undergo reconsideration shall be subject to removal or restricted access at the title, issue, and article level. Any third party contracted to provide databases that contain or provide access to digital library materials shall have the ability to curate those materials using a mechanism that allows for the removal or restriction of access to challenged content without disrupting access to the remainder of digital library materials accessible in the public library or school library. Curation of digital library materials shall not be applied at an individual user level, but rather at the library system or school district level. Digital library resources shall not track or monitor the access of library materials or digital library materials by individual users, especially minors, including any tracking or monitoring to personalize user experiences. An employee or volunteer of a public library or school library shall not be subject to termination, demotion, discipline, retaliation, or any other penalty for refusing to remove library materials or digital library materials before such materials have been reviewed in accordance with a policy that complies with the provisions of this act. This act is substantially similar to SB 159 (2025) and is similar to HCS/HB 3005 (2026) and HCS/HB 1146 (2025). OLIVIA SHANNON

Modifies certain provisions relating to the renewable energy

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

Creates the offense of and civil penalties for disclosure of intimate digital depictions

SB 1538 - This act modifies provisions relating to certain convention and visitors commissions. REGIONAL CONVENTION AND VISITORS COMMISSION Current law authorizes the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County to establish a Regional Convention and Visitors Commission, to consist of eleven members to be appointed by the chief executives of the city and county. This act changes the composition of the Commission to fifteen members, with five to be appointed by the Governor, five to be appointed by the chief executive of the city, and five to be appointed by the chief executive of the county, as described in the act. (Section 67.601) Current law empowers the Commission to lease and sublease an existing convention center for a period not to exceed forty years. This act repeals such forty year limit. The act also give additional powers to the Commission, including 1) to exercise all powers, duties, rights, authorities, and obligations of the St. Louis Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority, 2) to develop, devise, promote, fund, or contribute to the support and development of sports and entertainment attractions, 3) to levy and collect special assessments and taxes, and 4) to levy sales taxes as provided in the act. (Section 67.607) The act authorizes the Commission to levy one or more special assessments against real property withing the boundaries of the convention district, as defined in the act, upon receipt of a petition signed by owners of real property collectively owning more than fifty percent of the assessed value within the district and more than fifty percent per capita of the owners of all real property within the district. The method of allocating special assessments shall be specified in the petition, and the Commission may establish different classes of property within the district for the purpose of special assessments. A special assessment shall constitute a perpetual lien against the property, and the county collector may add the special assessment to the real property tax bill for the property. Any delinquent payment of a special assessment may be collected as provided for delinquent property tax payments, including the sale of delinquent property to satisfy the lien. The Commission may additionally impose a sales tax on all sales made within the district, provided the rate shall not exceed 2%. The Commission shall submit such sales tax to the qualified voters of the district by mail-in ballot. (Section 67.618) ST. LOUIS REGIONAL CONVENTION AND SPORTS COMPLEX AUTHORITY Current law authorizes the establishment of the St. Louis Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority, which shall consist of eleven members. Beginning August 28, 2026, this act provides that the existing terms of such commissioners shall terminate, and that the members of the Regional Convention and Visitors Commission shall become the new commissioners of the Authority. (Section 67.652) Current law empowers the Authority to construct multi-purpose stadiums, provided that any such stadium is designed and constructed to meet National Football League franchise standards and be located adjacent to an existing convention facility. This act repeals such design requirement. (Section 67.653) Current law requires all funds deposited in the County Convention and Recreation Trust Fund to be disbursed for the payment of the county's share of any rent, fees, or charges payable pursuant to any contract entered into pursuant to current law. This act provides that any remaining moneys shall be annually disbursed to the Regional Convention and Visitors Commission for the Commission's general revenue purposes. (Section 67.657) LAND CLEARANCE FOR REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Current law authorizes the state to expend funds for the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of a land clearance project or projects. This act extends such authority to expending funds for such projects located within any area, property, or facility owned, managed, leased, maintained, or operated by the Regional Convention and Visitors Commission. Current law limits any state appropriation for such projects to a period of twenty years. This act provides that any agreement entered into between August 28, 2021, and August 28, 2028, shall not exceed thirty years, and provides that any appropriation for a Regional Convention and Visitors Commission project shall not exceed $4 million per fiscal year, and no such appropriation shall be made prior to July 1, 2027, for any tourism infrastructure facilities, as defined in the act, located in any convention district. This act is identical to SB 1540 (2026) and is substantially similar to HB 2934 (2026). JOSH NORBERG

Changes the laws regarding consumer credit interest rates

Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Mental Health, the Department of Health and Senior Services, and the Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee

Modifies jurisdiction over certain Missouri land

Modifies provisions relating to the calculation of sales tax for certain cash transactions

SB 1561 - This act prohibits the possession or manufacturing of rapid fire devices for firearms, which shall include any accessory attached to a semiautomatic firearm that increases the rate of fire of that firearm. Such violation shall be a class D felony. This act is identical to SB 421 (2025), similar to HB 2316 (2026), HB 2683 (2026), and to provisions in HB 690 (2025) and HB 697 (2025), and substantially similar to provisions in SB 1101 (2018). TRISTAN BENSON, JR

SB 1516 - The act provides that when an owner of real estate desires to construct, maintain, or repair a division fence that encloses a field, animals, or livestock, the owner, or a contractor hired by the owner, may enter onto the adjoining property up to 10 feet to construct, maintain, or repair the fence. The owner or contractor is not guilty of trespass for entering onto the adjoining property during the construction, maintenance, or repair of the fence provided that the owner or contractor does not enter onto the adjoining property beyond the 10 feet distance. The owner or contractor's liability for damages from the entry onto the adjoining property is described in the act. These provisions shall not apply when the adjoining property is owned or operated by certain entities described in the act. The act does not permit the owner or contractor to enter into a building on the adjoining property. The act is substantially similar to provisions in HCS/HB 642 (2025), provisions in SCS/HCS/HB 1116 (2025), and similar to HCS/HB 2297 (2026). JULIA SHEVELEVA

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

SB 1389 - This act provides that any individual may bring a cause of action against a business entity that has a policy allowing for individuals of one biological sex into changing facilities or restrooms designated for use by the opposite biological sex and in which the individual's privacy or expectation of privacy was violated in a changing facility or restroom that matched the individual's biological sex by an individual of the opposite biological sex. The prevailing plaintiff shall be entitled to recover nominal, compensatory, and punitive damages along with costs and attorney's fees. As defined in this act, the terms "restroom" and "changing room" do not include a unisex restrooms or changing rooms. Additionally, it shall be an affirmative defense if the individual that was permitted entry into a changing facility or restroom that did not match that individual's biological sex was: (1) A disabled individual or a child under the age of 13 who was accompanied, escorted, supervised, or assisted by an adult of the same biological sex as the one the changing room or restroom was designated for use; (2) An employee or agent of the business entity that enters, after a clear and understandable oral notice, to clean the room or secure or ensure the safety or well-being of individuals within the room; or (3) A first responder in the lawful performance of his or her duties. This act is identical to SB 632 (2025). KATIE O'BRIEN

Establishes the "Homestead Improvement Property Tax Relief Act" exempting qualifying improvements to a homestead from real property taxation