Modifies provisions relating to public safety
Governor's action Signed by Governor (7/9/2026)
Published by the Missouri Senate as the official summary of the version that passed. Reproduced here in full, unedited.
CCS/SS/SB 1421 - This act modifies and creates provisions relating to public safety.
This act authorizes the Attorney General to appoint commissioned and noncommissioned investigators. Commissioned investigators shall take an oath of office, shall comply with all peace officer standards, and shall receive a certificate of appointment, a copy of which shall be filed with the Secretary of State, providing for the same powers of arrest of peace officers in any matter in which the Attorney General is appointed or assigned. Additionally, commissioned investigators may assist law enforcement agencies.
This provision is identical to SB 1008 (2026).
This act modifies the definition of "administration of justice" to include the discretion of the superintendent of the Highway Patrol to disclose closed mobile video recordings. Currently, the maximum fee paid by an entity requesting records is $15. This act increases the maximum fee to $20. Upon the establishment of a fingerprinting system within the central repository, the superintendent shall collect the current vendor fee for device usage by a requesting entity. The fee may be increased as provided in the act.
This act provides that a full-time prosecuting attorney of a charter, first or second class county, or of a city not within a county, shall receive compensation equal to one hundred percent of the compensation of a circuit judge. A full-time prosecuting attorney in a third or fourth class county shall receive compensation equal to one hundred percent of the compensation of an associate circuit judge or ninety-five percent of the compensation of a circuit judge if such salary is approved by the county commission.
Under this act, a part-time prosecuting attorney shall receive between thirty and sixty percent of the compensation of a circuit judge. The county salary commission has the discretion to determine the salary of part-time prosecuting attorney. The act provides that the salary of a prosecuting attorney shall not be lowered during the tenure of such attorney.
Any county with a vacancy in the office of the prosecuting attorney for more than sixty days may consolidate with one contiguous county with a sitting prosecuting attorney if the county commission of each county votes unanimously to establish a cooperative regional prosecuting attorney's office. The sitting prosecuting attorney shall then be the prosecuting attorney of the region for the remainder of their term, or until the Governor appoints a prosecuting attorney to fill the vacancy. Regional prosecuting attorneys shall be full-time prosecuting attorneys and shall be compensated the same as a prosecuting attorney in a third or fourth class county.
This act establishes the Missouri State Prosecutorial Services Grant Fund. The money in this fund shall be allocated to counties of the third and fourth classification on the basis of need to assist counties to be in compliance with prosecuting attorney compensation provisions.
This provision is identical to a provision of CCS/SS/SCS/HCS/HBs 2637 & 3155 (2026).
School districts may install and operate school bus safety cameras on school buses to be used for the detection of violations of current law, provided that such use is approved by a vote of the school district board of directors. Any image or video recorded by such cameras that is not used for the purpose of enforcing violations shall be deleted no later than one hundred eighty days from the date of capture. No image or video captured by such camera shall be used by a political subdivision for violation detection or enforcement as part of any automated camera system designed to detect traffic violations and issue citations. Prosecuting attorneys may introduce any image or video captured by a school bus safety camera as evidence in a judicial proceeding.
Conviction of failure to stop for a school bus that is receiving or discharging students will result in five points on a driver's license.
Any driver who fails to stop for a school bus while it is receiving or discharging children and whose driver has in the manner prescribed by law given the signal to stop, and the failure to stop results in the physical injury of a child shall be guilty of a class E felony. If the failure results in a serious physical injury, the driver shall be guilty of a class D felony. For a first offense, any person found guilty is subject to a fine of at least five hundred dollars but not more than one thousand dollars. For a second offense within a five-year period, any person found guilty is subject to a fine of at least one thousand dollars but not more than two thousand dollars. For a third or subsequent offense within a five-year period, any person found guilty is subject to a fine of at least one thousand five hundred dollars, but not more than three thousand dollars. No court shall suspend any portion of the fines established under this act.
Violations under this act shall not be disposed of through the state fine collection center or by payment of a fine without an appearance in open court. The defendant shall appear in person or by attorney for disposition.
The driver's license of any person found guilty of a first violation of current law may be suspended by the Director of Revenue, with such suspension a the discretion of the court. For persons found guilty of a second offense within a five-year period, the Director of Revenue shall suspend their driver's license for ninety days. For a third or subsequent offense within a five-year period, the Director shall suspend their driver's license for one hundred eighty days. Such suspensions shall be mandatory and shall be in addition to any other driver's license suspension or revocation required or authorized under current law.
These provisions are identical to provisions in HCS/HB 2742 (2026).
Current law prohibits the sale, purchase, or dispensation of ephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, or pseudoephedrine to the same individual in a 12-month period in an amount greater than 43.2 grams. This act changes that yearly limit to 61.2 grams.
The act requires, beginning on October 1, 2026, any manufacturer of compounds, mixtures, or preparations specified in the act to pay monthly fees to the administrator of the real-time electronic pseudoephedrine tracking system. The fee levels are to be set by the administrator. No manufacturer will be assessed fees based upon transactions attributable to the compounds, mixtures, or preparations of any other manufacturer.
This act provides that a manufacturer commits the offense of unlawful sale, distribution, or purchase of over-the-counter methamphetamine precursor drugs if the manufacturer knowingly fails to pay the fees required by this act.
These provisions are identical to SCS/SB 1069 (2026).
This act requires each staff member and volunteer of a overnight or residential camp to receive a qualifying criminal background check.
This provision is similar to HCS/HB 3142 (2026).
This act establishes "Mason's Law". At the time of motor vehicle registration, a resident of this state with a health condition or disability that limits or impairs the ability to effectively communicate with law enforcement may apply to the Department of Revenue for a designation that shall be associated with the person's motor vehicle license plate number and be available to law enforcement. Upon approval of the application, the Department shall notify the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Highway Patrol shall prepare an entry in the Missouri Uniform Law Enforcement System (MULES). Such entry shall remain active for five years, unless the applicant requests such designation be removed from the system. Upon expiration of the five year period, a renewal form may be filed with the Department to renew the designation.
This provision is identical to SB 1658 (2026), HS/HCS/HBs 3068 & 3049 (2026), and HB 3175 (2026).
Under this act, the Missouri Division of Fire Safety shall adopt standards that establish minimum requirements for fire protection, means of egress, fire-resistance, detection and alarm systems, suppression systems, emergency operations, and related safety measures for state-inspected facilities. The Division may incorporate nationally recognized fire and building safety standards, but shall not adopt in whole any model code. The Division shall review the Missouri fire and life safety standards at least every five years and may update such standards.
Beginning January 1, 2028, the standards adopted by the Division shall apply to state-inspected facilities under the following conditions:
• Initial construction of a state-inspected facility;
• Major renovation affecting means of egress, detection, alarm, or suppression systems;
• Transfer of ownership, including sale, conveyance, merger, or change in controlling interest;
• Construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or installation work where the total cost or scope of work equals or exceeds fifty percent of the facility's preimprovement market value.
Any existing state-inspected facility shall be considered lawfully nonconforming and shall not be required to comply with the standards adopted by the Division.
This provision is identical to a provision contained in HS/HCS/HB 3068 (2026).
This act transfers the licensing of professional surety bail bond agents from the Department of Commerce and Insurance to the Board of Private Investigators, Private Fire Investigators, and Professional Surety Bail Bond Agents ("Board"). The Board shall increase from seven members to ten members with three new members being actively engaged in the general bail bond business or surety recovery for the previous five years.
The Board of Private Investigator and Private Fire Investigator Examiners shall be abolished upon the appointment by the Governor and confirmation of the Senate of the professional surety bail bond agent members of the Board. The rules of the former Board of Private Investigator and Private Fire Investigator Examiners shall be deemed adopted by the newly created Board until revised, amended, or repealed. Any person licensed under current law as a bail bond agent prior to the appointment and confirmation of the professional surety bail bond agent members of the Board shall be considered licensed by the Board.
This act repeals the cap on the cost of the initial training and biennial continuing education for bail bond agents. This act also modifies the remedies available following a finding by the Administrative Hearing Commission resulting from a complaint for causes of a refusal to issue or renew a license or in lieu of filing such a complaint. Specifically, this act repeals the provision allowing for agreements for a monetary penalty or forfeiture payable to the state. Additionally, this act repeals the provision allowing the Director of the Department of Commerce and Insurance ("Director") to issue a cease and desist order or to seek injunctive relief whenever it appears that any person is acting as a bail bond agent or surety recovery agent without a license or otherwise violating the law. Furthermore, this act repeals the provision allowing for the Director to conduct investigations.
These provisions are identical to HCS/HB 3111 (2026).
This act establishes "Bentley and Mason's Law". Under this act, if a person is convicted of, pled guilty to, or entered a plea of nolo contendere to the offens
Official record: https://www.senate.mo.gov/BillTracking/Bills/BillInformation?year=2026&billid=8214