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SB 1393 - Currently, there are six circuit judges and nine associate circuit judges in the 11th Judicial District, located in St. Charles County. This act provides for an additional two circuit judges and one associate circuit judge. The new judges shall be elected in 2028 with terms beginning January 1, 2029. The new associate circuit judge position shall not be included in the automatic increases in the number of associate judge positions provided by the statutory formula based on population. This act is identical to a provision in SCS/HB 1628 (2026) and is similar to a provision in HCS/SB 945 (2026), in HCS/SB 1067 (2026), HB 1890 (2026), in HCS/HBs 2968, 2427 & 3086 (2026), in HCS/SS/SB 221 (2025), in SCS/HCS/HB 1259 (2025), HB 1390 (2025), HB 1426 (2025), HB 370 (2023), and HB 538 (2023). KATIE O'BRIEN

SS#2/SB 863 - This act creates provisions governing organizations that facilitate interscholastic athletic activities for public secondary school students. The act defines an "activities association" as a statewide nonprofit organization that includes at least one public school, charter school, or school district as a fee-paying member and that facilitates interscholastic activities, more than 50% of which are athletic activities, for secondary school students. The term "activities association" does not include organizations that do not facilitate interscholastic athletic activities, such as career and technical student organizations and other organizations specified in the act. A "public school" is defined as including both public schools and charter schools. Under this act, appeals of decisions made by an activities association may be heard by the newly created "Interscholastic Athletic Oversight Commission", a board of directors appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The term of office of each member shall be four years. The oversight commission shall hear appeals after the activities association's appeals process has been exhausted or appeals that are made directly to the oversight commission. The oversight commission shall hear only appeals of decisions relating to eligibility due to transfers of students deemed to be for athletic purposes and appeals relating to contests and contest procedures. The oversight commission may recommend rule changes to the activities association to be considered through the activities association's rulemaking procedures. An activities association shall prepare an annual report and present to House and Senate committees to be chosen by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tem of the Senate within the first 30 days of the legislative session. The oversight commission shall be established within the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) for purposes of hearing appeals. DESE shall provide sufficient administrative and financial personnel to support the work of the oversight commission, and shall promulgate rules as necessary to implement a fair and timely appeals process, including timelines and procedural rules for the appeals process. If the oversight commission is named as a defendant in any action arising from or relating to a decision of the oversight commission, the Attorney General shall represent the oversight commission and the state shall be responsible for all attorney's fees, costs, and damages incurred. The oversight commission may meet in person or hold virtual meetings. All decisions of the oversight commission are final, not subject to further appeal, and shall be adhered to and implemented by the activities association. This act is similar to SB 1364 (2026) and HCS/HBs 2278 & 2403 (2026). OLIVIA SHANNON

SCS/SB 1207 - 1This act creates and modifies provisions relating to education. SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CHARTER SCHOOL FINANCIAL INFORMATION (Section 162.192) Under this act, each school district and charter school shall maintain a searchable, publicly accessible database on its website setting forth all financial transactions conducted with school district or charter school funds. The financial ledger shall be available without login credentials, registration, or fees, and shall be downloadable and exportable in formats specified in the act. The financial ledger shall record transactions using codes set forth in the Missouri Financial Accounting Manual published by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), as applicable. Certain data fields shall be included in the financial ledger at minimum, such as transaction date, transaction amount, revenue or expenditure designation, fund code, function code, object code, vendor or payee name, and a description or memo field. The homepage of each public or charter school's website shall include a direct link to the financial ledger of the school district or charter school. The link shall make the financial ledger accessible within one click, and shall be functional and mobile-responsive. DESE may provide standardized language or icons that public and charter schools may use for this purpose. A school district's or charter school's financial ledger shall be updated at least monthly. Details of each calendar month's financial transactions shall be posted no later than 45 days after the close of that calendar month. For record keeping purposes, a school district or charter school shall maintain at least five fiscal years of historical data on its financial ledger. Protected personal information may be redacted only to the extent required by applicable law. Vendor names, amounts, and accounting codes shall not be redacted. Payroll data may be presented in aggregated form where disclosure of individual information is restricted. Debt obligations shall be posted in a separate section of the financial ledger, with disclosure of outstanding debt balances, issuance dates, repayment schedules, annual debt service amounts, and debt service as a percentage of total expenditures. DESE may provide or approve standardized templates or platforms school districts and charter schools may use for their financial ledgers. DESE may additionally provide guidance to assist school districts and charter schools with compliance. DESE shall promulgate rules establishing procedures and timelines for school districts and charter schools to certify compliance annually. A school district or charter school that violates any provision of this act may be subject to the withholding of up to 1% of that school year's state aid entitlement for the school district or charter school. DESE shall establish a process for members of the public to file complaints if they believe a school district or charter school has violated any provision of the act. DESE may also establish a public compliance dashboard on DESE's website to enable members of the public to check whether a particular school district or charter school is certified as in compliance. This provision is identical to provisions in SCS/HBs 2120 & 1698 (2026), SCS/HBs 2230 & 2978 (2026), SCS/HCS/HB 2748 (2026), and SCS/HB 2872 (2026), and is similar to provisions in SS#2/SCS/SB 1029 (2026) and in SCS/HCS/HB 2710 (2026). MISSOURI HIGHER EDUCATION LOAN AUTHORITY (Sections 173.365 and 173.445) This act provides that the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority (MOHELA) shall protect financial information and trade secrets as required under federal and state law. MOHELA may also close certain records related to student loan servicing, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary. Such records may include details about contract performance, payments, and business communications related to loan servicing operations. However, this provision shall not apply to records requested by Missouri governmental entities. A provision of current law authorizing MOHELA to sue and be sued shall not be construed to waive any legal defense of MOHELA, including all forms of sovereign immunity. (Section 173.365) Additionally, current law requires MOHELA to file an annual financial report with the Director of the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development. Under this act, such report shall also be filed with the Joint Committee on Education. These provisions are similar to SCS/SB 476 (2025). (Section 173.445) WORKFORCE DIPLOMA PROGRAM (Section 173.831) The act repeals the August 28, 2028, sunset on the Workforce Diploma Program. This provision is identical to SA#4 to SS/HCS/HBs 2097 & 1905 (2026) and to provisions in SS/SCS/HB 2896 (2026) and in HCS/SS/SB 1196 (2026), and is similar to provisions in SCS/SB 1370 (2026) and HCS/HB 3239 (2026). OLIVIA SHANNON

SB 936 - Current law authorizes an income tax deduction for one hundred percent of a participating taxpayer's contributions to a long-term dignity savings account, with such deduction scheduled to sunset on December 31, 2024. This act extends the sunset on the deduction until December 31, 2031. This act is identical to SB 102 (2025) and SB 1010 (2024), and to a provision in SS/SB 59 (2025) and SCS/HCS/HB 1483 (2024). JOSH NORBERG

SB 930 - Under this act, no health carrier or health benefit plan shall establish, implement, or enforce any policy that imposes a time limit for the payment of anesthesia services provided during a medical or surgical procedure, as described in the act. This provision is identical to provisions in HCS/SB 94 (2025), HCS/HBs 1126 & 932 (2025), and SCS/HCS/HB 94 (2025), and similar to provisions contained in SCS/SB 841 (2026), HB 2570 (2026), the truly agreed to and finally passed SS/SCS/HCS/HB 2372 (2026), HCS/HBs 1945 & 2570, and HB 1944 (2026). TAYLOR MIDDLETON

Modifies provisions governing mental health efforts in public schools

Modifies provisions relating to unlawful discriminatory practices

Repeals and modifies certain provisions relating to the regulation of public utilities

SS/SCS/SB 991 - This act modifies the registration of interior designers from the Division of Professional Registration with advice and recommendations by the Interior Design Council to the licensing of interior designers from the Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors, Professional Landscape Architects, and Licensed Interior Designers ("Board"). The Board shall increase from fifteen members to seventeen members with the two new members being licensed interior designers. The Interior Design Council and the Interior Design Council Fund shall be abolished upon the appointment by the Governor and confirmation by the Senate of the licensed interior designer members of the Board. The rules of the Interior Design Council shall be deemed adopted by the Board until revised, amended, or repealed, of which such action shall be taken on or before January 1, 2027. The funds in the Interior Design Council Fund shall be transferred to the State Board of Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors, Professional Landscape Architects, and Licensed Interior Designers Fund. Additionally, this act defines the practice of licensed interior design and provides that a licensed interior designer shall undertake to perform licensed interior design services only when he or she is qualified by education, training, and experience in the specific technical areas involved. Furthermore, licensed interior designers shall be in responsible charge of interior design technical submissions that can affect the health, safety, and welfare of the public within their scope of practice. Licensed interior designers shall not take responsible charge over interior technical submissions prepared by another person unless the licensed interior designer actually exercises personal supervision and direct control over such interior technical submissions. This act modifies the educational and training requirements for licensed interior designers by repealing the qualification of at least three years of an interior design curriculum from an accredited institution with three years of experience. Additionally, an applicant shall be exempt from providing substantial evidence of certain educational and training qualifications if his or her curriculum or transcript has been approved by the Board. Nothing in this act shall be construed as precluding an architect from performing any of the services within the practice of licensed interior design. Current law provides that a renewal or reinstatement application for registration as an interior designer shall be accompanied by proof of completion of continuing education in the fields of either interior design or architecture. This act repeals such provision and provides that the Board shall establish the continuing education requirements for interior designers which shall be substantially equivalent to the continuing education requirements for architects. Finally, this act includes licensed interior designers in the definition of "design professional" for immunity from civil liability for participation in a peer review process. This act contains a delayed effective date for the repeal of the Interior Design Council and the Interior Design Fund, which shall become effective upon notification to the Revisor of the appointment of the interior designer members of the Board by the Director of the Division of Professional Regulation. This act is identical to provisions in the perfected SS/SB 895 (2026), HCS/SS/SB 1083 (2026), in the truly agreed to and finally passed HCS/SS#2/SB 1233 (2026), HCS/HB 2353 (2026), and is similar to provisions in SB 287 (2025), HB 566 (2025), SB 1325 (2024), and HB 2158 (2024). KATIE O'BRIEN

SB 1441 - This act provides that the Department of Revenue shall retain vehicle odometer information for certain vehicles that are "model year 2013 or newer" rather than "ten years of age or less" with regard to the requirement of such vehicles to have motor vehicle safety inspections. This act is identical to HB 2743 (2026) and HB 2036 (2026), and substantially similar to provisions in HB 2655 (2026), SCS/HCS/HB 247 (2025), SCS/HCS/HBs 799, 334, 424 & 1069 (2025), HB 969 (2025), HCS/HB 378 (2025), and HB 424 (2025). TAYLOR MIDDLETON

Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting a statutory initiative measure approved by the voters to be amended or repealed by the General Assembly except under certain conditions

Establishes the "Sudden Cardiac Arrest Screening Act"

Modifies provisions relating to ignition interlock device requirements for certain intoxication-related traffic offenses

Enacts provisions governing flags displayed in public school classrooms

Modifies provisions governing tangible personal property assessments of boats

Creates a bill of rights for the unhoused

Adds penalties for violations of provisions relating to compassionate care visits in health care facilities

Establishes provisions relating to failing to supervise a child

Requires school districts and charter schools to offer students who are at least seventeen years and six months of age the opportunity to register to vote

SCS/SB 925 - This act establishes the Supporting Missouri Servicemen and Women Act. Currently, members of the Missouri National Guard serving under state active duty orders receive the same pay, longevity, and allowances as members of like grade and branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, provided that such members at least receive the daily paygrade rate of an E5 with maximum longevity and dependents. This act additionally provides that members of the Missouri National Guard who are on state active duty orders for more than 30 days shall receive an allowance for any premiums for TRICARE or other government-sponsored insurance programs for coverage of the member during the period of active duty. This act is identical to a provision in the perfected SS/SCS/SB 974 (2026) and in the truly agreed to and finally passed SS/SCS/HB 2593 (2026). KATIE O'BRIEN