Agriculture, Animals, and Natural Resources

This bill specifies that for condemnation of agricultural and horticultural properties that prevent the owner from using the property in substantially the same manner as before, compensation is an amount equivalent to the fair market value plus an additional percent for each year the property has been owned by the same family.

COMMITTEE ACTION: Voted "Do Pass" by the Standing Committee on Conservation and Natural Resources by a vote of 12 to 0. This bill requires that all seed distributers and dealers in the State submit to the Department of Agriculture an affidavit that the dealer will not knowingly or intentionally import, export, buy, sell, transport, distribute, or propagate any plant or seeds of Coloratus variety of climbing euonymus, any variety of Japanese Honeysuckle, any variety of Sericea Lespedeza, or perilla mint beginning January 1, 2027, or the Compactus variety of Burning Bush or any variety of Callery Pear beginning January 1, 2029. The bill also corrects the scientific names of certain plants in the affidavit requirements for nurseries and nursery dealers. PROPONENTS: Supporters say that this bill is clean up for SB 105, which the General Assembly passed last year. It also adds seed dealers to those who must agree to not sell the invasive plants. This will reduce the spread of nonnative invasive plants in Missouri. Testifying in person for the bill were Representative Sassmann; Susan Henderson Moore, City of Columbia; Missouri Municipal League; Arnie Dienoff; Municipal League of Metro St. Louis; Richard Thom; The Nature Conservancy; Sierra Club, Missouri Chapter; Missouri Cattlemen's Association; and Conservation Federation of Missouri. OPPONENTS: Those who oppose the bill say that these plants have health benefits and can treat certain diseases. In addition, this could lead to limiting more varieties of plants in the future, which could reduce residents' options for vegetation. Testifying in person against the bill was Armorvine LLC. Written testimony has been submitted for this bill. The full written testimony and witnesses testifying online can be found under Testimony on the bill page on the House website.

Currently "biodiesel blend" is defined, for the purposes of biodiesel blend fuel tax credits, as a blend of diesel fuel and biodiesel fuel of at least 5% and not more than 20% for on-road and off-road diesel-fueled vehicle use. This bill changes the word "and" to "or" in the definition of Biodiesel blend. This bill is similar to HB 1317 (2025).

The bill modifies the definition of "commercial feed" as part of the Missouri Commercial Feed Law to include industrial hemp and specifies that commercial feed will not be deemed adulterated solely due to containing seed from industrial hemp in feed for certain animals. This bill is similar to HCS HB 422 (2025).

This bill specifies that food is considered adulterated if it contains cultivated meat, meaning any meat or food produced from cultured animal cells. This bill is the same as HB 808 (2025).

This bill states that fees collected and remitted to the Missouri Beef Industry Council are to be suspended until the U.S. Congress enacts certain mandatory labeling requirements for beef cattle or food products. If the legislation is enacted to trigger the reinstatement of the fees and subsequently repealed by Congress, the collection of the fees is to be suspended. This bill is the sames as HB 1697 (2026).

Currently, most motor vehicles are registered annually or biennially. This bill allows owners of farm vehicles and vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 26,001 or more to choose to permanently register those vehicles for seven times the cost of an annual registration. Permanent plates are vehicle specific and cannot be transferred to later owners.

This bill states that fees collected and remitted to the Missouri Beef Industry Council are to be suspended until the U.S. Congress enacts certain mandatory labeling requirements for beef cattle or food products. If the legislation is enacted to trigger the reinstatement of the fees and subsequently repealed by Congress, the collection of the fees is to be suspended. This bill is the same as HB 1690 (2026).

This bill prohibits any alien or foreign business from acquiring agricultural land in the State after August 28, 2026, and requires any foreign business that holds any interest in agricultural land to divest the interest before August 28, 2031. The bill also requires the Department of Agriculture to perform certain tasks, as specified in the bill, to ensure that all foreign businesses divest its interests. This bill is similar to HB 672 (2025).

COMMITTEE ACTION: Voted "Do Pass with HCS" by the Special Committee on Rural Issues by a vote of 11 to 0. The following is a summary of the House Committee Substitute for HB 1714. This bill modifies the offense of animal neglect to include a person who has custody or ownership of an animal, other than livestock, and fails to provide adequate control. If a person fails to provide adequate care or control that results in: (1) Property damage, it is a class B misdemeanor, unless the damage exceeds $750, then it is a class E felony; (2) Physical injury to a person, it is a class A misdemeanor; (3) Serious physical injury to a person, it is a class E felony; or (4) Death to a person , it is a class D felony. The bill also repeals a provision allowing the court to waive all fines and penalties for the first finding of guilt if the person shows that the adequate, permanent remedies have been made. The following is a summary of the public testimony from the committee hearing. The testimony was based on the introduced version of the bill. PROPONENTS: Supporters say that the bill would provide additional clarity about legal authority for law enforcement officers faced with situations involving animals and allow them to intervene sooner. Witnesses provided personal experiences with animal attacks and how the proposed changes would have allowed law enforcement to act quicker. Testifying in person for the bill were Representative Sharpe; David Parrish, Lewis County Sheriff's Office; Virgil Nolan Welker; Arnie C. Dienoff; Susan Ann Welker; and Missouri Alliance For Animal Legislation. OPPONENTS: There was no opposition voiced to the committee. OTHERS: Others testifying on the bill say there needs to be an exemption for sporting and hunting dogs, which are not always on a leash or in direct sight of the owner. Testifying in person on the bill were Missouri Federation of Animal Owners; Professional Houndsman of Missouri; and Missouri Association of Sporting Dogs. Written testimony has been submitted for this bill. The full written testimony and witnesses testifying online can be found under Testimony on the bill page on the House website.

This bill requires the basic training of every peace officer to include at least four hours of training on officer-canine encounters and canine behaviors. The bill specifies what the training must include. This bill is similar to HB 893 (2025).

HCS HBs 1838, 1692, 1695, 1983, 2036, 2662 & 2743 -- MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTIONS (Kelley) COMMITTEE OF ORIGIN: Standing Committee on Government Efficiency Currently, most motor vehicles must receive a safety inspection every two years, within 60 days of vehicle registration. Used vehicles must be inspected immediately before they are sold. Vehicles must be inspected when directed to do so by law enforcement after an accident. Prior salvage vehicles must be inspected following a rebuilding process. Beginning January 1, 2027, this bill removes the safety inspection requirements for all motor vehicles except: (1) Prior salvage vehicles immediately following a rebuilding process; and (2) Vehicles directed by law enforcement to receive an inspection after an accident. Currently, when an application is made for an original Missouri certificate of ownership for a vehicle previously registered or titled in another state or when necessary for vehicle registration as specified in Section 301.020, RSMo, a vehicle must be inspected to certify its manufacturer's identification number is correctly displayed and to certify the odometer reading at the time of inspection. The bill authorizes employees of licensed new or used motor vehicle dealers to perform such inspections and collect the same fee as other authorized inspection stations.

This bill ends the current pilot program for agriculture education in elementary schools in the 2026-27 school year and allows that beginning in the 2027-28 school year the program may be implemented by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education statewide for all elementary schools. This bill is similar to HB 1026 from 2025.

Currently, the offense of keeping a dangerous dog is committed if a person keeps a dog that has previously bitten a person or a domestic animal without provocation and the dog bites any person on a subsequent occasion. This bill eliminates the requirement that there be a previous bite. The offense of keeping a dangerous dog is currently a class A misdemeanor if the attack results in serious injury and a class E felony if the current and previous attacks result in serious injury. Under this bill, the offense is a class A misdemeanor if the attack results in serious physical injury or serious emotional injury, and it is a class E felony if the current and any previous attacks result in serious physical injury or serious emotional injury.

Currently, a person commits the offense of keeping a dangerous dog if a person possesses a dog that has previously bitten any person or domestic animal, without provocation and bites a person on a subsequent occasion. This bill modifies the offense to include domestic animals or livestock. If a person possesses a dog that has bitten any person, domestic animal, or livestock without provocation on a single occasion, it is an infraction. The bill also specifies that if the subsequent bite results in: (1) The death of a domestic animal or livestock, it is a class A misdemeanor; or (2) Serious injury to a person or death to a domestic animal or livestock after a bite that previously resulted in serious injury to a person or death to a domestic animal or livestock, it is a class E felony. This bill also specifies that the court can order the owner or possessor of the dog to pay any medical bill of a person, domestic animal, or livestock resulting from being bitten by the dog or the replacement cost of the domestic animal or livestock if the bite results in the death of the animal. The bill specifies that a person, property owner, or livestock owner can kill a dog that shows aggression resulting in the person or owner fearing for his or her life, the life of others, or the life of a domestic animal or livestock. This bill is similar to HB 1423 (2025).

Beginning August 28, 2026, this bill requires any sale or transfer of agricultural land by an alien or foreign business to be reported, as defined in the bill, to the Department of Agriculture and the Attorney General 30 days prior to when the sale or transfer is finalized. The Attorney General must review and approve or reject any sale or transfer as provided in the bill within the 30 days or the sale or transfer is considered to meet the necessary requirements. The Department and the Attorney General must review the transactions and investigate acquisitions of agricultural land if the Attorney General believes the acquisition violates these prohibitions. Land acquired in violation is subject to court action and divestiture. This bill adds the Attorney General, in addition to the Department, to all requirements for enforcement and reporting relating to agricultural land owned by foreign entities. The bill also prohibits a foreign adversary, foreign terrorist organization, or specially designated global terrorist from possessing or purchasing any land in the State. The Attorney General must institute an action in Circuit Court and if the Court finds the land was acquired in violation of statute, the Court must order the owner to divest of the property withing two years. Violations of this prohibition must be reported to the Attorney General and adhere to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act of 2001. This bill also repeals the exemption from restrictions on foreign ownership of agricultural land for non-farming uses. This bill is similar to HB 993 (2025).

HCS HBs 2097 & 1905 -- AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION (Martin) COMMITTEE OF ORIGIN: Special Committee on Rural Issues This bill ends the current pilot program for agriculture education in elementary schools and authorizes that beginning in the 2027-28 school year the program can be implemented by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education statewide for all elementary schools that elect to participate. The bill removes the requirement for reporting to the House and Senate committees on agriculture and education and requires the report to be posted on the Department's website. This bill is the similar to HB 1026 and HB 1555 (2025).

This bill requires the Conservation Commission to: (1) Issue free of charge hunting and fishing permits to military personnel, disabled veterans, or any eligible dependants, as defined in the bill; (2) Waive all fees for Missouri hunter education certification or its successor program for military personnel, disabled veterans, or an eligible dependent; (3) Issue a combined lifetime hunting and fishing permit to military personnel or disabled veterans or certain surviving spouses of military personnel or disabled veterans; and (4) Issue free of charge any deer hunting permit that is valid for the youth portions of the deer season to an eligible dependant whose age qualifies him or her for a youth deer hunting permit. The Commission must establish the identity and eligibility of any individual seeking a permit or waiver of fees under the bill. This bill is similar to HB 1241 (2025).

This bill adds the duty of restoring and monumenting the centerline geometry of all railroad rights of ways within the State that have been abandoned by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board or previously by the United States Interstate Commerce Commission to the duties of the Department of Agriculture by no later than December 31, 2046. In order to plan, execute, and complete new projects, the Department of Agriculture may enter into contracts with registered land surveyors or professional engineers. This bill is the similar to HB 1318 (2025).

The bill prohibits a county or fire protection district from enacting or exercising ordinances that impose regulations on, or require permits with respect to the installation or erection of fire suppression sprinkler systems in animal or livestock agricultural buildings or structures. This bill is similar to HCS HB 533 (2025).

SS#2 SCS HCS HB 2292 -- REPORTING OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT This bill provides that, when certain human service workers, as provided in the bill, witness evidence of or have reasonable cause to suspect that animal abuse or neglect is being perpetrated, such workers must make a report to a hotline established and operated by the Missouri Animal Control Association within one day. The hotline worker will request the following information: (1) The name and description of the animal involved, if known; (2) The address and telephone number of the owner or other person responsible for the care of the animal, if known; (3) The nature and extent of the suspected abuse or neglect; and (4) Any other information the person making the report believes could be useful. This report will be provided to law enforcement and, if appropriate, a county or municipal animal control officer, or a POST-certified or MACA-certified animal cruelty investigator. Human service workers required to report under this bill will be immune from civil and criminal liability in connection with making the report if the worker acts in good faith. Any information identifying the person who reports suspected animal abuse or neglect will be confidential and not considered an open record under Missouri law. No person required to make a report of animal abuse or neglect under this bill will be permitted to knowingly make a false report. Making a false report will be punishable in the same manner as other false reports to law enforcement under current law. Failure to make a report established in this bill is also prohibited. A human services worker who fails to make a report will be issued a notice. The notice will not be retained in a permanent employment file and will not be considered an open record under Missouri law. However, such worker will be subject to discipline by his or her licensing board, if applicable. The duty to report animal abuse or neglect established in this bill will not be in effect during any period in which the hotline established by this bill is not operational. Such human service workers will receive 1.5 hours of training on this new requirement. The training will be created by the Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Animal Control Association, and will be available to human service workers during normal working hours. The training must include the following: (1) The requirement to report animal abuse or neglect and the penalties associated with failure to report; (2) How to identify animal abuse or neglect; (3) How to make a report of animal abuse or neglect; and (4) The relationship between abuse or neglect of certain vulnerable populations and animal abuse or neglect. (5) All such human service workers will be required to complete the training by December 31, 2027, or within 60 days of initial employment. Under this bill, "animal" is defined as dogs, cats, rabbits, and domesticated birds. The bill also provides that, beginning January 1, 2028, when any person employed as an animal control officer or animal humane investigator has reasonable cause to suspect that abuse or neglect of certain older adults, adults with disabilities, or of a child has occurred, the animal control officer or animal humane investigator must immediately report the incident to the Department of Health and Senior Services or the Children's Division. The penalty for failing to make such a report is a class A misdemeanor. No later than December 31, 2027, animal control officers and animal humane investigators will be required to participate in 1.5 hours of training on this new requirement. The training will be created by the Children's Division, the Department of Health and Senior Services, and the Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Missouri Animal Control Association and will be available during normal working hours. The training must include the following: (1) Requirements to report abuse or neglect of children and certain adults with disabilities and seniors and the penalties associated with failure to report; (2) How to identify such abuse and neglect; (3) How to make a report of such abuse and neglect; and (4) The relationship between abuse or neglect of certain vulnerable populations and animal abuse or neglect. All such animal control officers and animal humane investigators will be required to complete the training by December 31, 2027, or within 60 days of initial employment. The Missouri Animal Control Association, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Senior Services and the Children's Division, will provide an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly about the reporting requirements described in the bill. The report will include information about: (1) Call wait times for reports of abuse and neglect; (2) The number of adults, children, and animals for which reports have been submitted; and (3) The number of reports for which an investigation determined that abuse or neglect of a person had co-occurred with abuse or neglect of an animal. The provisions of this bill will expire on December 31, 2030.

HB 2422 -- USER FEES FOR RECORDING INSTRUMENTS (Haley) COMMITTEE OF ORIGIN: Standing Committee on Agriculture Currently, a user fee of $4 is collected by every Recorder of Deeds in the State as a condition to the recording of any instrument or document, of which $1 is credited to the Missouri Land Survey Fund to fund the Missouri Land Survey Program. This bill increases the user fee to $5 and credits $2 to the Fund. The bill also authorizes the Department of Agriculture to establish by rule fees necessary to reflect the cost of production and reproduction of certain instruments and records.

HB 2436 -- OFFENSES INVOLVING ANIMALS (Van Schoiack) COMMITTEE OF ORIGIN: Standing Committee on Agriculture This bill changes the laws regarding offenses involving animals. ANIMAL ABUSE OFFENSES (Sections 578.006 and 578.012) The bill creates the offense of filing a malicious false report of animal abuse, which is a class C misdemeanor. This bill specifies that the offense of animal abuse is a class E felony if the person who has ownership or custody of an animal knowingly starves the animal. The bill also removes the requirement that any torture or mutilation inflicted on a live animal be done consciously. OFFENSE OF ANIMAL NEGLECT (Sections 578.009 and 578.022) The bill modifies the offense of animal neglect to include a person who has custody or ownership of an animal, other than livestock, and fails to provide adequate control. If a person fails to provide adequate care or control that results in: (1) Property damage, it is a class B misdemeanor, unless the damage exceeds $750, then it is a class E felony; (2) Physical injury to a person, it is a class A misdemeanor; (3) Serious physical injury to a person, it is a class E felony; or (4) Death to a person, it is a class D felony. The bill also repeals a provision allowing the court to waive all fines and penalties for the first finding of guilt if the person shows that the adequate, permanent remedies have been made. The bill also exempts law enforcement dogs that bites or injures another animal or human in the course of their official duties from the provisions of animal neglect. IMPOUNDMENT OF ANIMALS (Section 578.018) In its main provisions, the bill: (1) Specifies that a law enforcement official can seek a warrant to enter private property to inspect, care for, or impound neglected or abused animals. Currently, either a law enforcement official or a duly authorized public health official can seek the warrant; (2) Prohibits an animal from being sterilized before the completion of the disposition hearing unless it is necessary to save life or relieve suffering; (3) Allows a third party approved by the court to care for impounded animals; (4) Specifies that the owner of any animal that has been impounded cannot be responsible for the animal?s care and keeping prior to a disposition hearing if at the hearing, there is no finding of abuse or neglect by the court and the court orders the animals returned to the owner; (5) Requires a reasonable bond or security to be posted within 72 hours of the disposition hearing in an amount sufficient to provide for the care of the animal and consistent with the fair market cost of boarding the animal in an appropriate retail boarding facility if the owner, custodian, or any person claiming an interest in an animal that has been impounded because of neglect or abuse would like to prevent disposition of the animal after the disposition hearing and while the criminal case proceeds. Currently, the owner, custodian, or any person claiming an interest in an animal that has been impounded because of neglect or abuse can prevent disposition of the animal by posting bond or security in an amount sufficient to provide for the animal's care for at least 30 days, inclusive of the date on which the animal was taken into custody; (6) Specifies that all animals impounded must receive proper care as determined by state law and regulations. Any facility or organization must be liable to the owner for damages for any negligent act or abuse of the animal which occurs while the animal is in its care, custody, and control; (7) Specifies that in the event that an animal owner is not liable for the costs incurred while the charges were pending, the costs of care and the liability for the life or death of the animal and medical procedures performed are the responsibility of the confiscating agency; (8) Allows an owner to demand the return of the animal held in custody if he or she posted a sufficient bond and is acquitted or there is a final discharge without a conviction unless there is a settlement agreement, consent judgment, or a suspended imposition of sentence. Any entity with care, custody, and control of the animal must immediately return it to the owner upon demand and proof of the acquittal or final discharge without conviction. The animal owner must not be liable for any costs incurred relating to the placement or care of the animal while the charges were pending unless there is a settlement agreement, consent judgment, or a suspended imposition of sentence; and (9) Specifies that any person or entity that intentionally euthanizes, other than as permissible under the provisions of the bill, or intentionally sterilizes an animal prior to a disposition hearing or during any period for which a reasonable bond was secured for the animal?s care will be guilty of a class B misdemeanor and is liable to the owner for damages including the actual value of the animal. Each individual animal for which a violation occurs is a separate offense. Any second or subsequent violation is a class A misdemeanor, and any entity licensed under state law must be subject to licensure sanction by its governing body. IMPOUNDING OF DOGS (Section 273.100) Currently, every city or town marshal of an incorporated city or town in the State must impound all dogs running at large without a collar and any owner must pay a fee to retrieve the dog. This bill repeals this provision of law. This bill is similar to HB 2904, SB 1352, HB 1714 and HB 2770 (2026); HB 489 (2025).

The bill specifies that the laws governing the practice of veterinary medicine do not prohibit any person qualified as a "livestock reproductive specialist", as defined in the bill, acting under indirect supervision of a licensed veterinarian from performing advanced reproductive technologies on livestock. It is not considered the practice of veterinary medicine for a livestock reproductive specialist trained in advanced reproductive technologies to remove an embryo or oocyte from livestock for the purpose of transplanting such embryo into another female livestock animal or for the purpose of cryopreserving such embryo, or to implant such embryo into a livestock animal while under indirect supervision of a licensed veterinarian. A supervisor is responsible and liable for the acts and omissions of a livestock reproductive specialist working under his or her supervision. Nothing in this section will be construed to relieve a livestock reproductive specialist from any of their own acts or omissions. A person with certain academic credentials and membership in certain organizations detailed in the bill can provide advanced reproductive technologies to livestock under indirect supervision of a licensed veterinarian. A person with such academic credentials, who is not a member of a nationally recognized organization that acknowledges persons performing embryo transfer or vitro fertilization, can qualify as a livestock reproductive specialist by examination and, upon successful certification examination, can provide advanced reproductive technologies to livestock under supervision of a licensed veterinarian. The bill creates the "Certification Examination Committee" with membership requirements described in the bill. Each member is appointed for a four-year term and may not exceed two terms. The certification examination and continuing education of livestock reproductive specialists must be approved by the Committee. Proof of at least eight hours of continuing education from courses approved by the Committee will be required for annual certification renewal as a livestock reproductive specialist. This bill is similar to SB 883 (2026).

This bill exempts micro shelters, as defined in the bill, from licensure and inspection under the Animal Care Facilities Act and requires the Director of the Department of Agriculture to develop a form for micro shelters to register annually with the Department at no cost to the micro shelter. This bill is similar to HB 586 (2025).

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a controlled livestock grazing program in order to provide standards for controlled livestock grazing operations in the clearing of vegetation from land. The bill specifies minimum requirements to be included in the program. A person who desires to conduct a controlled livestock grazing operation must obtain a permit from the Department. A person who meets the requirements of the program and obtains a permit can temporarily place structures or enclosures for livestock used in the operation. These structures or enclosures do not have to comply with the state fencing requirements. The bill creates the "Controlled Livestock Grazing Program Fund" used for the implementation and administration of the controlled livestock grazing program. This bill is similar to HB 583(2025).

This bill expands the scope of the State Soil and Water Districts Commission to include formulating policies and programs to improve soil and watershed health. Currently, six of the Commission members must be farmers. The bill requires that at least three of the farmer members demonstrate competency in healthy soils practices. The bill also expands the duty and authority of soil and water districts to take measures to improve soil and watershed health, water quality, groundwater supply, storm water mitigation, flood control, drought resilience, and crop security within the district. This bill is similar to HB 585 (2025).

Subject to appropriation, this bill requires the Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority within the Department of Agriculture to establishes a meat production justice grant program to provide incentives to beef and pork producers to adhere to sustainable production practices that promote social, economic, and environmental justice. Any beef producer who maintains Beef Quality Assurance Certification and meets certain criteria or any pork producer who maintains Pork Quality Assurance Plus Certification and meets certain criteria is eligible for a grant under the program to fund facility improvements and other facility or operation needs. The Authority must post on the Authority's website the eligibility criteria for the program, the contents of the grant application, and the procedures and timelines by which producers may apply for grants. The Authority must enter into a grant agreement as specified in the bill with each beef or pork producer receiving a grant. If a beef or pork producer breaches the written grant agreement by not satisfactorily meeting all standards for certification required, the Authority must develop a corrective action plan and any producers who do not comply with the corrective action plan will lose access to the grant program and must pay back all money received that fiscal year. The Department of Natural Resources must notify the Authority of a producer's violations of environmental laws or regulations and any citation for such violations issued to the producer. Upon notification, the Authority must develop steps for the producer to resolve the violations or citations under a corrective plan. This bill creates the "Meat Production Justice Grant Program Fund", which will be used solely for awarding grants and administering the program. This bill is similar to HB 584 (2025).

Currently, an equine activity sponsor, equine professional, livestock activity sponsor, livestock facility, livestock market, or any of their employees are not liable for an injury or death of a participant resulting from the inherent risks of the activity, except under certain circumstances. This bill repeals the current exemption from limited liability for failure to use the degree of care an ordinary, careful, and prudent person would use in similar circumstances. This bill is similar to HCS HB 565 (2025).

HB 2547 -- CAMERAS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY (Boggs) COMMITTEE OF ORIGIN: Special Committee on Rural Issues Currently, employees of a state agency or a political subdivision are prohibited from placing a surveillance camera or game camera on private property without the consent of the landowner or landowner's designee, a search warrant, or permission from the highest ranking law enforcement chief or officer of the agency under certain conditions. This bill removes the ability for the highest ranking law enforcement chief or officer to approve the placement of a camera on private property. This bill is similar to HB 561 (2025).

This bill prohibits the Department of Conservation from requiring a landowner to register his or her property before receiving any landowner hunting permit or to possess a permit to take wildlife on his or her property. The Conservation Commission must issue landowner hunting permits requested by any resident or nonresident landowner who owns at least five acres of real property. In addition, once a year, any landowner who qualifies for landowner hunting permits may request a hunting permit for a nonresident immediate family member allowing the taking of wildlife on the landowner's property for a two-day period. The Commission must issue the two-day permit free of charge. This bill is similar to HB 563 (2025).

Currently, hobby or show breeders are exempt from the licensure and inspection requirements of commercial pet breeders. This bill repeals the exemption and includes hobby or show breeders in the definition of a commercial breeder.

This bill establishes the "Healthy Pets Act", which requires commercial breeders to maintain healthy breeding practices by completing certain requirements, as specified in the bill, on all animals used for breeding, which will be considered records of parentage on any animal resulting from a breeding pair. Commercial breeders must also complete specified requirements prior to selling any animal to an individual, dealer, or pet shop. Dealers and pet shops may not purchase, exchange, or otherwise obtain animals from a commercial breeder that has been found to be in violation of any State or Federal law or regulation relating to the care or keeping of animals within the previous three years or has been found guilty of animal abuse or neglect. Any dealer or pet shop who knowingly purchases an animal from a commercial breeder in violation of these requirements is guilty of a class A misdemeanor and subsequent offenses may be enhanced to a class E felony. Any dealer or pet shop found guilty of a third offense will have its licensed revoked and be prohibited from selling animals. Dealers may not buy, transfer, or exchange animals with a third party or final consumer without providing specified information. Pet shops must display prominently on each enclosure the total price of the animal and certain information about the commercial breeder from which the animal was obtained. Each animal purchased from a dealer or pet shop must be warrantied to be free from genetic or major medical conditions for one year from the date of purchase. This bill is the same as HB 185 (2025).

This bill prohibits any person from knowingly manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, delivering, or distributing cultivated meat in the State. Anyone who violates this prohibition is guilty of a class C misdemeanor for the first offense and a class A misdemeanor for any subsequent offense.

SS HCS HB 2641 -- CANNABIS This bill modifies the definition of "industrial hemp" and adds a definition of "hemp", as provided in the bill (Section 195.010). The bill states that no state agency or state employee will disclose any personally identifying information of persons who have applied for or obtained a qualifying patient identification card, a qualifying patient cultivation identification card, or primary caregiver identification card for medical marijuana to the Federal government or any Federal employee, or other unauthorized third party, unless required to do so pursuant to a subpoena or court order. Any person who knowingly violates these provisions will be guilty of a class E felony (Section 195.800). A marijuana dispensary must not create or retain any record containing a consumer's identifying information unless the consumer agrees to the creation or retention in writing and if the dispensary does not refuse to provide services or sell goods if the consumer does not agree to it. This provision will not apply to any constitutionally-mandated record-keeping requirements relating to qualifying patients and primary caregivers. Dispensary facilities that violate the provisions of this bill will be assessed a $500 fine per occurrence (Section 195.819). This bill establishes the "Intoxicating Cannabinoid Control Act". All hemp-derived cannabinoid products must be construed to conform to, and be included in, the definition of "marijuana" under the Missouri Constitution. The cultivation, production, manufacturing, testing, transportation, and retail sale of all hemp-derived cannabinoid products in Missouri must be conducted solely by entities that are licensed by the Department of Health and Senior Services, and are subject to the legal framework contained in the Missouri Constitution. The Attorney General, the Department of Health and Senior Services, the Department of Public Safety, prosecuting and circuit attorneys, and other state agencies will collaborate to enforce these provisions, as specified in the bill. No person or entity engaged in the sale of cannabidiol (CBD), hemp, marijuana, cannabinoids, hemp-derived cannabinoid products, or related paraphernalia, other than a comprehensive or medical marijuana dispensary facility or a micro-business dispensary facility, will carry on, conduct, or transact business under a name that contains, as part of the name, the word "dispensary". Any person or entity in violation of these provisions will be guilty of a class D felony and subject to a fine of $5,000 per transaction. The provisions of this bill related to certain hemp-derived cannabinoid products, specified in the bill, will become effective on November 12, 2026. For all other hemp-derived cannabinoid products not specified in the bill, the provisions will become effective on November 12, 2026, or, if Congress delays the effective date of Federal hemp restrictions, the provisions will apply only during any period in which the Federal restrictions prohibit those products (Section 195.900). The bill authorizes individuals employed in cannabis-related businesses in the State to organize, form, join, and assist labor organizations and to collectively bargain with their employers through representatives of their own choosing. For the purposes of exemptions from collective bargaining, cannabis industry employment is not "agricultural labor" and will be treated as covered employment under the State's collective bargaining protections. This provision will go into effect August 28, 2026 (Section 1). For all other provisions, the bill has a delayed effective date of November 12, 2026 (Section B).

This bill specifies that a pesticide registered by certain Federal agencies or a pesticide label consistent with certain Federal pesticide labeling requirements will satisfy any warning label requirement regarding cancer under any other provision of current law. This bill is similar to SB 1005 (2026).

Beginning January 1, 2027, a taxpayer will be allowed a tax credit for a qualified pet adoption of up to $125. No more than two tax credits will be allowed per tax year, per taxpayer. The taxpayer must submit receipts provided by the animal shelter to the Department of Revenue (DOR) when claiming the tax credit. The total amount of tax credits to be issued annually cannot exceed $500,000. If the number of claims for the tax credit exceeds that figure, the credits will be distributed in the order in which they are claimed. The credits are not nonrefundable, and cannot be assigned, transferred, sold, or otherwise conveyed. No credit will be carried forward to any subsequent tax year. If the adopted animal is returned, abused, released, sold, killed, or otherwise not cared for, the taxpayer will forfeit any tax credits which have not yet been redeemed. The DOR may seek any records or status as to the welfare of adopted animals at the time of the taxpayer's credit application. This program sunsets six years after the effective date. This bill is similar to HB 980 (2025); and HB 2705 (2024).

This bill modifies the laws relating to mining. In its main provisions, the bill: (1) Increases the fine for a party owning, controlling , or working a mining shaft refusing to allow a county surveyor to enter the shaft from not to exceed $300, to not to exceed $1,000; (2) Adds cobalt, rare earth elements and silica sand to minerals requiring a person, company, or corporation to have obtained an indemnity bond before sinking a shaft, mine, tunnel, excavate or drift within a city, town, or village with 1,000 inhabitants or more and increases the penalty for not obtaining the bond from $500 to $1,000 and no less than six months in jail to no less than one year; (3) Requires the Department of Natural Resources to provide certain notice for all permits to mine minerals; (4) Adds aluminum to the definition of "metallic minerals" for the purposes of the Metallic Minerals Waste Management Act; (5) Modifies the definition of "mineral", adds the definition of a "Rare earth element", and the term "wildlife refuges" for the purposes of the Land Reclamation Act; (6) Specifies that certain records relating to complaints filed related to an alleged violation of permitting requirements under the Land Reclamation Act are to be made available by request under the Missouri Sunshine Law, with personally identifiable information of the complainant redacted. Currently, any such records are considered confidential; (7) Prohibits, beginning August 28, 2026, any person from engaging in or carrying out a mining operation for minerals without first obtaining a permit. Anyone currently engaging in or carrying out a mining operation must apply for a permit before March 1, 2026; (8) Requires the Department, before October 1, 2026, to develop model standards and criteria, as specified in the bill, for mining, processing, and transporting minerals; (9) Authorizes a political subdivision to enact or extend a local ordinance that prohibits new or expanding mining operations; (10) Requires permit holders to submit a report to the Department annually containing specified information; (11) Repeals a provision of law prohibiting the Department from issuing a permit for a mine within 1,000 feet of certain schools; (12) Prohibits excavation or mining of any mineral or refining, manufacturing or recycling specified minerals within one mile of any wildlife refuge, surface water, State Conservation Area, State park, Federal park, residence, or school; (13) Specifies that the Department must require proof of public notice upon accepting an application for a new or expanding mining permit, and the Department must accept written public comments for 60 days after receipt of the application; (14) Requires a mining permit applicant to submit a mine plan, which includes information as specified in the bill, with the permit application; (15) Within one week of submission of a permit application, the proposed operator must publish a notice of the application in a qualified newspaper daily for four weeks or post it on the official website of the county where the land is located. The operator must also send notice of the permit application to certain other entities; (16) Repeals the provision of laws stating that if the Department does not respond to a permit application within 45 calendar days, the application is deemed complete; (17) Increases the time in which a person may request a public meeting from 15 days to 30 days from the date of notice; (18) Lowers the fine amount for engaging in the mining of minerals without previously securing a permit to do so from no less than $50 nor more than $1,000, to no less than $5,000 nor more than $10,000; (19) Requires, before October 1, 2027, the Department to establish and maintain a database of political subdivision ordinances and permits that have been approved for the regulation of mining projects; (20) Requires a mining permit applicant for a project involving silica sand to, beginning August 28, 2027, prepare and submit to the Department an environmental assessment worksheet if the project excavates 20 or more acres of land to a depth of 10 feet or more or is designed to store more than 7,500 tons or has an annual throughput of more than 200,000 tons of silica sand; (21) Requires a mining permit applicant for a project involving cobalt or rare earth minerals to, beginning August 28, 2027, prepare and submit to the Department an environmental assessment worksheet; (22) Requires the Department to develop a separate worksheet for each of the minerals and specifies the information that must be included in each worksheet; (23) Requires the Department to adopt specified rules pertaining to certain mining operations and also regulations pertaining to reclamation of such mines; and (24) Requires, before January 1, 2027, the Department of Health and Senior Services to adopt an air quality health-based value for certain minerals. This bill is similar to HB 704 (2025).

Currently, every city or town marshal of an incorporated city or town in the State must impound all dogs running at large without a collar and any owner must pay a fee to retrieve the dog. This bill repeals this provision of law.

This bill creates the offense of unlawful dog tethering or chaining, and it specifies the factors that amount to the offense, such as keeping a dog tethered or chained or otherwise restricted without someone physically present on the property; leaving the dog without shelter from extreme natural elements, adequate food, or access to unfrozen water; or keeping a dog tethered or chained over a total of three hours in a 24-hour period. The offense is a class B misdemeanor. The bill provides exceptions to the offense.

This bill allows for retail raw milk or cream or raw milk products produced in Missouri to be sold at grocery stores, farmers markets, or similar establishments as long as the milk is clearly labeled with the specified warning label. A producer of retail raw milk must have its herd tested annually by a veterinarian for tuberculosis and brucellosis and be tuberculosis-free and brucellosis-free. This bill is similar to HB 2846 (2026) and HB 1073 (2025).

This bill increases the penalty for animal abuse from a class A misdemeanor to a class E felony. In instances where the defendant has been previously found guilty of animal abuse or where the defendant has been found guilty of consciously torturing or mutilating an animal while it was alive, the penalty is increased from a class E felony to a class D felony. This bill establishes the "Missouri Animal Abuser Registration Act". Beginning January 1, 2028, this bill requires the State Highway Patrol to post a publicly-accessible list of any person convicted of an animal abuse offense on or after January 1, 2028, on its website. The bill specifies what information must be included and what information will not be included. All circuit court clerks must forward a copy of the judgment and certain information to the State Highway Patrol within 60 days of the judgment. Upon a person's first conviction for an animal abuse offense, the State Highway Patrol must keep his or her name and identifying information on the list for two years following the date of conviction. Upon a person's second or subsequent conviction for an animal abuse offense, the State Highway Patrol must keep his or her name and identifying information on the list for five years following the date of conviction. The State Highway Patrol must remove a person's name and information from the list if the sole offense for which the person is listed is expunged. This bill is similar to HB 40 (2023).

This bill increases the penalty for animal abuse from a class A misdemeanor to a class E felony. In instances in which the defendant has been previously found guilty of animal abuse or the defendant has been found guilty of consciously torturing or mutilating an animal while it was alive, the penalty is increased from a class E felony to a class D felony. This bill is similar to HB 39 (2023).

This bill establishes the "Paraquat Ban and Environmental Research Act of 2026". Beginning January 1, 2027, the use of paraquat is prohibited in this State, except as specified in the bill. Before January 1, 2027, anyone using, distributing, or selling paraquat must submit a detailed report to the Department of Agriculture regarding his or her use of paraquat, including the information specified in the bill. The Department must compile and publish these reports on its website by no later than March 31, 2027, and annually thereafter. Any person who uses, distributes, or sells paraquat in violation of the prohibition will be subject to a fine in the amount of $250 for the first violation and $500 for any subsequent violations.

This bill allows for retail raw milk or cream or raw milk products produced in Missouri to be sold at grocery stores, farmers markets, or similar establishments as long as the milk is clearly labeled with the specified warning label. A producer of retail raw milk must have its herd tested annually by a veterinarian for tuberculosis and brucellosis and be tuberculosis-free and brucellosis-free. This bill is similar to HB 2814 (2026) and HB 1073 (2025).

COMMITTEE ACTION: Voted "Do Pass with HCS" by the Standing Committee on General Laws by a vote of 13 to 0. The following is a summary of the House Committee Substitute for HB 2904. The bill creates the offense of filing a malicious false report of animal abuse, which is a class C misdemeanor. This bill specifies that the offense of animal abuse is a class E felony if the person who has ownership or custody of an animal knowingly starves the animal. The bill also removes the requirement that any torture or mutilation inflicted on a live animal be done consciously. This bill is similar to SB 1352 (2026). The following is a summary of the public testimony from the committee hearing. The testimony was based on the introduced version of the bill. PROPONENTS: Supporters say that the law currently does not list starvation as part of animal abuse. It is impossible to starve an animal accidentally. People will be protected from false reports. Testifying in person for the bill were Representative Mayhew; Arnie Dienoff; Animal Legal Defense Legislative Fund; Humane World for Animals; and Missouri Alliance For Animal Legislation. OPPONENTS: There was no opposition voiced to the committee. Written testimony has been submitted for this bill. The full written testimony and witnesses testifying online can be found under Testimony on the bill page on the House website.

This bill provides that ivermectin tablets will be available to the public for purchase as over-the-counter drugs in the State without the need for a prescription or a consultation with a pharmacist or other health care professional. This bill is similar to HB 2581 (2024).

COMMITTEE ACTION: Voted "Do Pass with HCS" by the Standing Committee on Agriculture by a vote of 21 to 0. The following is a summary of the House Committee Substitute for HB 2998. This bill requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a feasibility study on potential improvements to the Upper Mississippi River Basin. The study must include an evaluation of increasing the navigation season to 12-month navigation, upgrading the existing locks to 1,200 foot locks, and adding hydropower on existing locks and dams. The Department must report its findings to the General Assembly no later than December 1, 2029. The bill also establishes the "Rural Development Office" within the Department of Economic Development to advocate for and promote rural Missouri and focus on efforts designed to aid rural improvements. The duties of the office are specified in the bill. The following is a summary of the public testimony from the committee hearing. The testimony was based on the introduced version of the bill. PROPONENTS: Supporters say that 40% of Missourians live in a rural area. This bill would provide an office to help with rural economic development for those living in rural Missouri. In addition, it is important to protect the eight coal-fired power plants in Missouri that provide baseload power to the state. Testifying in person for the bill were Representative Riggs; Missouri Electric Cooperatives; and Armorvine. OPPONENTS: There was no opposition voiced to the committee. OTHERS: Others testifying on the bill say that the Missouri Department of Transportation does not have jurisdiction over the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, but that it would work with the U.S. Corps of Engineers to complete the study. The study will cost approximately $3 million and take 3 years to complete. Others testifying also stated that there are 92,000 dams in the United States and only 3% of those generate power. Testifying in person on the bill were Dr. Vikram Lakhanpal, Most Policy Initiative; and Pamela Harlan, Missouri Department of Transportation. Written testimony has been submitted for this bill. The full written testimony and witnesses testifying online can be found under Testimony on the bill page on the House website.

HCS HB 3004 -- SALE OF WOOD PRODUCTS (Harbison) COMMITTEE OF ORIGIN: Standing Committee on Legislative Review This bill prohibits a person, company, or business from selling or marketing products using the term "wood" without the product's decorative surface being made of solid wood or wood veneer. No person, company, or business can advertise or sell any part of a product marketed using wood-related terms or names of wood species if the product's decorative surface is not that wood species. A person, company, or business may sell a product located in this state as of August 28, 2026, that is packaged in violation of this bill's provisions if the product is clearly labeled "This product is not made from wood.". This bill is similar to SB 760 (2025) and HB 1537 (2025).

Currently, a person commits the offense of keeping a dangerous dog if a person possesses a dog that has previously bitten any person or domestic animal, without provocation and bites a person on a subsequent occasion. This bill modifies the offense to include domestic animals or livestock. If a person possesses a dog that has bitten any person, domestic animal, or livestock without provocation on a single occasion, it is an infraction. The bill also specifies that if the subsequent bite results in: (1) The death of a domestic animal or livestock, it is a class A misdemeanor; or (2) Serious injury to a person or death to a domestic animal or livestock after a bite that previously resulted in serious injury to a person or death to a domestic animal or livestock, it is a class E felony. This bill also specifies that the court can order the owner or possessor of the dog to pay any medical bill of a person, domestic animal, or livestock resulting from being bitten by the dog or the replacement cost of the domestic animal or livestock if the bite results in the death of the animal. The bill specifies that a person, property owner, or livestock owner can kill a dog that shows aggression resulting in the person or owner fearing for his or her life, the life of others, or the life of a domestic animal or livestock. This bill is the same as HB 1984 (2026) and HB 1423 (2025).

This bill specifies that any variety of Helianthus Annuus is not considered an agricultural crop for the purposes of local planning and zoning. This bill is similar to SB 1058 (2026).

Currently, an individual owner of farmland who sells all or a portion of such farmland to a "beginning farmer" can subtract from his or her Missouri adjusted gross income certain amounts when calculating the individuals' tax obligation. This bill adds the definition of a "taxpayer" to this provision that broadens the scope of those taxpayers who can subtract certain amounts from their Missouri adjusted gross income calculations by including any of the following: (1) Individuals; (2) Trusts; (3) Firms; (4) Partners in a firm; (5) Corporations; (6) Partnerships; (7) Shareholders in an S Corporation; or (8) Members of a Limited Liability Company. This bill is similar to HCS HB 1042 (2025) .

This bill requires the Commissioner of Administration or any purchasing agent of the State to give preference to Missouri- grown or Missouri-produced agricultural products if the products are available in sufficient quantity and quality, and do not exceed the cost of similar products by more than 10%. In making purchases for the State, its governmental agencies, political subdivisions, institutions, or school districts, the Commissioner must give a bidding preference of 5% on bids for Missouri-grown or produced agricultural products. These provisions are in addition to, and not in place of, other requirements or regulations mandating preference for Missouri- grown foods and products.

Currently, if a person voluntarily opens a door, bar, gate, or fence and leaves it open, other than those that lead into his or her own enclosure, he or she must pay the injured party $5 and double the amount of damages sustained. This bill would increase that penalty to $100 and repeals certain exemptions from the requirements.

This bill creates the "Missouri Agricultural Data Ownership and Market Competition Act", that specifies that unless agreed upon by the parties, agricultural data generated from crop production operations or livestock operations belongs to the landowner of the agricultural land or livestock owner; data generated by agricultural equipment during agricultural production operations belongs to the owner or lessee of the equipment; and when agricultural data is transformed into copyrightable works through the application of proprietary algorithms, analytical methods, or creative processes, the data owner who provided the underlying raw data retains an ownership interest in the transformed data proportional to the contribution of their raw data to the transformation. No browsewrap agreement, clickwrap agreement, terms of service, end-user license agreement, or similar instrument may transfer or waive a data owner's rights unless the data owner has provided consent to the transfer or waiver of rights. Nothing prevents parties from negotiating alternative data ownership arrangements through a written contract. A data collector that collects, receives, or accesses agricultural data from an agricultural producer must provide certain information to the producer, fully delete the data owner's data upon written request, and offer agricultural producers access to their own data on fair and reasonable terms as specified in the bill. A data collector must also provide agricultural producers with the ability to export their data in standardized, interoperable formats that allow the data to be used with systems and services provided by independent data service providers. Beginning July 1, 2027, no data collector or its affiliates may collect agricultural data from producers representing more than 25% of the total agricultural production acreage within any single county of Missouri and based upon the number of animals harvested annually. A data collector that collects agricultural data from producers in Missouri must maintain certain records and annually report information to the Department of Agriculture. Beginning July 1, 2027, within 90 days of becoming aware of a violation, a data collector must divest data-collection activities within that county and delete the excess data that would be sufficient to bring the data collector into compliance or be subject to the penalties specified in the bill. An agricultural producer has the right to monetize their agricultural data by selling, licensing, or otherwise commercializing such data, either directly or through an independent data service provider or data aggregator of their choosing. An agricultural producer who develops innovative farming methodologies, systems, or practices that demonstrably improve agricultural outcomes has certain rights specified in the bill. Data transactions involving agricultural data that occur within Missouri or involve Missouri agricultural producers are subject to state sales tax. The bill specifies certain requirements for a data collector or data aggregator that facilitates data transactions involving agricultural data. All money collected will be deposited to the credit of the General Revenue Fund and be appropriated as provided by law. Data transactions conducted for research purposes by a land-grant university or agricultural research institution; conducted by governmental entities for regulatory or statistical purposes; and within agricultural cooperatives that are solely for the benefit of cooperative members are exempt from sales tax. A violation of the provisions of the bill is considered a violation of the Merchandising Practices Act. A data collector who violates the provisions of the bill will be subject to a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $50,000 per violation. An agricultural producer who is aggrieved by a violation may seek injunctive relief or bring a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction for actual damages sustained as a consequence of the violation or violations or up to $10,000 per violation, together with the actual costs of the action, including reasonable attorney's fees. The bill does not preempt or conflict with applicable federal laws or require a data collector to divulge any trade secrets to any data owner or independent data service provider. The provisions of the bill are not superseded by any private memorandum of understanding or agreement between equipment manufacturers and agricultural associations unless such memorandum provides protections at least as protective of agricultural producers as those provided in the bill. The Department has the authority to investigate complaints relating to violations and refer complaints to the Attorney General's Office for appropriate follow-up action. The Department must also publish an annual report by December 30th of each year on agricultural data market concentration. Except as specified otherwise in the bill, the provisions of the bill become effective January 1, 2027, and will sunset 6 years after the effective date.

This bill specifies that no entity, including a public officer or state employee of this State or any political subdivision of this State, has the authority to enforce or attempt to enforce any Federal laws, orders, or rules governing the removal of emissions control devices on any diesel-powered vehicle. Any entity or person who knowingly acts under the color of any Federal or State law to enforce the emission control laws is liable to the injured party for redress. Reasonable attorney fees and costs may be awarded to the prevailing party with specified exceptions. The employer of the individual who is found liable is responsible for the civil penalty of $100,000, attorney's fees, and court costs associated with the litigation if the individual is found to have violated this bill. Sovereign, official, or qualified immunity will not be a defense to any action under this bill. This bill is similar to HB 1486 (2025).

This bill establishes the "Missouri Environmental Exposure Early Cancer Detection Act". The Department of Health and Senior Services is required to collaborate with a "testing entity", as that term is defined in the bill, to develop and implement a pilot multicancer detection liquid biopsy screening program, which would screen participants for cancer using a multicancer liquid biopsy test. This bill requires the General Assembly to appropriate funds sufficient to support the implementation, management, and evaluation of a pilot program to assist individuals with prolonged exposure to toxic agents, including, but not limited to, persons residing, attending school, or working in environmentally contaminated areas, and first responders, with priority given to firefighters. The bill requires the Department to submit to the General Assembly and make publicly available a report on the screening program. This bill also establishes an advisory council within the Department to work with the testing entity to define at-risk populations and oversee the screening program. The bill specifies the council's makeup, which will include medical experts, patient advocates, environmental health specialists, and representatives from impacted communities. The council will regularly review screening program data from the testing entity and provide recommendations to the testing entity to ensure program improvement and equitable access.

SB 866 - Currently, no more than 1% of the total agricultural acreage in the state may be owned by an alien or foreign business. The act prohibits an alien or foreign business from acquiring agricultural land in the state beginning August 28, 2026. Beginning August 28, 2026, all proposed transfers of agricultural land held by an alien or foreign business in the state shall be submitted to the Department of Agriculture to determine whether such transfers are conveyed in accordance with the prohibition on foreign ownership of agricultural land under the act. The act is identical to SB 123 (2025), HB 725 (2025), SB 786 (2024), a provision in SB 924 (2024), HB 1571 (2024), HB 2138 (2024), HB 2928 (2024), SB 144 (2023), provisions in SCS/SBs 332 & 334, 541 & 144 (2023), SB 791 (2022), HB 1947 (2022), SB 243 (2021), HB 1136 (2021), HB 1492 (2020), substantially similar to a provision in CCS/SS/SCS/HCS/HB 903, 465, 430 & 499 (2023), and similar to HB 672 (2025), a provision in SCS/SB 217 (2025), a provision in SB 250 (2025), a provision in SCS/SB 734 (2024), SB 9 (2023). JULIA SHEVELEVA

SB 883 - The act creates provisions relating to livestock reproductive specialists.   Under the act, nothing in the provisions of current law governing the practice of veterinary medicine shall prohibit any person qualified as a livestock reproductive specialist, as defined in th act, from acting under indirect supervision of a licensed veterinarian while performing advanced reproductive technologies on livestock.   It is considered the practice of veterinary medicine to use any invasive procedure to remove an oocyte, in addition to any embryo as provided in current law, from an animal for the purpose of transplanting a fertilized oocyte into another female animal. Additionally, this act provides that the practice of veterinary medicine does not include a livestock reproductive specialist trained in advanced reproductive technologies to remove an embryo or oocyte from livestock for the purpose of transplanting such embryo into another female livestock animal or for the purpose of cryopreserving such embryo, or to implant such embryo into a livestock animal while under indirect supervision of a licensed veterinarian.   A licensed veterinarian supervisor shall be responsible and liable for the acts and omissions of a livestock reproductive specialist working under his or her supervision. However, this provision shall not be construed to relieve a livestock reproductive specialist from liability for any of their own acts or omissions.   A person with certain academic credentials and having membership in certain organizations, as described in the act, may provide advanced reproductive technologies to livestock under supervision of a licensed veterinarian. A person with such academic credentials, who is not a member of a nationally recognized organization that acknowledges persons performing embryo transfer or vitro fertilization, may qualify as a livestock reproductive specialist by examination and upon successful certification examination may provide advanced reproductive technologies to livestock under supervision of a licensed veterinarian.   The act creates the "Certification Examination Committee" compromised of three members as described in the act who shall serve terms of four years and shall not exceed two terms. The certification examination and continuing education of livestock reproductive specialists shall be approved by the Committee, as described in the act. KATIE O'BRIEN

SB 885 - This act modifies provisions relating to foreign ownership of agricultural land in Missouri.This act modifies the definition of "foreign business" to include professional corporations, nonprofit corporations, limited liability companies, or the equivalent of any entity listed in the current law, in which a controlling interest is owned or organized under the laws of a foreign country, or both.Currently, no more than 1% of the total agricultural acreage in the state shall be owned by a foreign entity. Under the act, beginning on the effective date of the act, no alien, foreign business, or a foreign government shall acquire agricultural land in the state. Any such foreign entity who acquired agricultural land in the state prior to the effective date of the act shall not transfer agricultural land to any other foreign entity on or after the effective date of the act.No person may hold agricultural land as a fiduciary for a foreign government.A foreign entity that acquired agricultural land in violation of the provisions of the act remains in violation of the act for as long as the foreign entity holds an interest in the agricultural land.After the effective date of the act, all proposed transfers of any interest in agricultural land held by a foreign entity in the state shall be submitted to the Department of Agriculture at least 30 calendar days prior to such transfers being finalized to determine whether such transfers, or if land usage changes, are conveyed in accordance with the prohibition on foreign ownership of agricultural land in the state. Such sale or transfer submitted for review to the Department shall be deemed a closed record until such sale is finalized.If the Director of the Department of Agriculture finds that a foreign entity has acquired agricultural land after the effective date of the act, instead of pursuant to the provisions under current law, the Director shall report such violation to the Attorney General.This act creates a definition of "nonfarming" with respect to the current provisions regarding foreign-owned agricultural land being used for nonfarming purposes.Additionally, beginning on the effective date of this act, no foreign adversary, as defined in the act, shall own agricultural land in the state for nonfarming purposes, which includes research purposes.This act has an emergency clause.This act is identical to SCS/SB 217 (2025), and similar to provisions in SB 250 (2025), HB 725 (2025), SB 806 (2024), provisions in SB 865 (2024), a provision in HCS/HB 1957 (2024), CCS/SS/SCS/HCS/HBs 903, 465, 430 & 499 (2023), SCS/SBs 332, 334, SB 541 & SB 144 (2023), provisions in SB 791 (2022), HB 1947 (2022), SB 243 (2021), HB 1136 (2021), HB 1492 (2020).JULIA SHEVELEVA

SB 899 - This act requires animal control officers and animal humane investigators to be mandated reporters in cases of abuse and neglect of children, the elderly, and other vulnerable persons. Additionally, animal control officers and animal humane investigators shall be required to receive one hour of training within the first 60 days of employment to recognize the signs of abuse or neglect in children, the elderly, and vulnerable persons. This act creates a mandated reporting requirement for certain mental health, educational, protective services, and law enforcement personnel to report cases of animal abuse or neglect to a hotline established by the Missouri Animal Control Association (MACA). MACA shall provide the report of abuse or neglect to any duly-authorized law enforcement official, county or municipal animal control officer, or animal cruelty investigator. If the mandated reporter is an employee of an agency or political subdivision of the state and fails to make a report as required under this provision, the employer shall send a written notice to the employee noting the failure and providing a reminder of the requirements of reporting animal abuse or neglect. Additionally, a mandated reporter who fails to make a report shall be subject to discipline by his or her professional licensing board, as well as a fine, as described in the act. Finally, protective services employees with direct contact with children, the elderly, and vulnerable persons shall be required to receive one hour of training within the first 60 days of employment to recognize the signs of abuse or neglect in animals. This act is identical to provisions in SB 65 (2025), HCS/SS/SB 66 (2025), SB 655 (2025), HB 1298 (2025), and HB 325 (2025) and substantially similar to SB 995 (2024), SB 1259 (2024), SB 91 (2023), and SB 1182 (2022).SARAH HASKINS

SB 1004 - This act establishes the Missouri Angel Investment Incentive Act. For all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, this act allows an investor, as defined in the act, to claim a tax credit in an amount equal to forty percent of the investor’s investment in the qualified securities of a qualified Missouri business, as defined in the act, or fifty percent of the investor's investment if the qualified Missouri business is located in a rural county, as defined in the act. If the amount of the tax credit exceeds the investor’s tax liability in any one tax year, the credit may be carried forward for up to five subsequent tax years. No investor shall receive more than seventy-five thousand dollars in tax credits in a single year for contributions to a single qualified Missouri business, and shall not receive more than three hundred thousand dollars in tax credits in total in a single tax year. A tax credit may be transferred by a qualified investor. The total amount of tax credits authorized in a single tax year by the Missouri Technology Corporation (MTC) shall not exceed six million dollars for the 2027 and 2028 calendar years. Thereafter, the maximum amount of tax credits that may be authorized shall be increased annually by 20%, provided that the maximum amount of tax credits was authorized in the previous year. To be designated as a qualified Missouri business, a business shall apply to the MTC, as described in the act. The designation of a business as a qualified Missouri business shall be made annually by the MTC. In addition to other requirements described in the act, a qualified Missouri business shall not have had annual gross revenues of more than five million dollars in the most recent tax year of the business, and the business shall not have been in operation longer than five years if the business is not a bioscience business, or longer than ten years if the business is a bioscience business. Each business that has been allocated tax credits by the MTC shall submit a report containing certain information, as described in the act, to the MTC before such tax credits are issued. The state of Missouri shall not be held liable for any damages to an investor that makes an investment in any qualified security of a qualified Missouri business, any business that applies to be a qualified Missouri business but is turned down, or any investor that makes an investment in a business that applies to be a qualified Missouri business but is turned down. The MTC shall annually review the activities undertaken by this act to ensure they are in compliance with the provisions of the act. If the MTC determines that a business is not in substantial compliance, it may inform the business that such business will lose its designation if it does not come into compliance within one hundred twenty days. If the business does not come into compliance, the MTC may revoke its designation. If a business loses its designation as a qualified Missouri business, it shall be precluded from being allocated any additional tax credits. However, investors in such a business shall be entitled to keep all of the tax credits properly issued prior to the loss of designation by the business. The MTC shall report certain information annually, as described in the act, to the Department of Economic Development, the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. This act shall sunset on December 31, 2033, unless reauthorized by the General Assembly. This act is identical to provisions in HCS/HB 235 (2025) and is substantially similar to SCS/SB 461 (2025), SCS/SB 1178 (2024), HCS/HB 2226 (2024), SS/SCS/SB 413 (2023), HB 727 (2023), SB 78 (2017), and HB 2302 (2016), and to provisions in HCS/HB 682 (2025) and HCS/SS/SCS/SB 92 (2023), as amended.JOSH NORBERG

SB 1005 - Under the act, any pesticide registered by certain federal agencies or a pesticide label consistent with certain federal pesticide labeling requirements shall satisfy any warning label requirement regarding cancer under any other provision of current law. Nothing in this act shall be construed to grant full immunity from liability to pesticide manufacturers in the state. The act is similar to SB 14 (2025), SCS/SB 1416 (2024), HCS/HB 2763 (2024), SCS/HCS/HB 1116 (2025), HB 544 (2025).JULIA SHEVELEVA

SS SB 1033 -- THE REGULATION OF AIR QUALITY This bill modifies the provisions relating to the regulation of air quality. EXPENDITURES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (Sections 640.220 and 643.350) Currently, any unexpended balance in the subaccounts of the Natural Resources Protection Fund exceeding the preceding biennium's collections revert to the General Revenue Fund at the end of each biennium. This bill requires that, beginning July 1, 2027, any unexpended balance in the subaccounts of the natural resources protection fund that exceeds the preceding biennium's collections will not revert to the General Revenue Fund. Beginning July 1, 2027, and annually on July 1st of each year thereafter, the Commissioner of Administration must use taxable sales reports to estimate the amount of state general revenue sales and use tax derived from electric power distribution in the previous calendar year and report the amount to the State Treasurer. The Treasurer must transfer certain amounts from the general revenue sales, as specified in the bill. Currently, a portion of the fees charged for vehicle emissions inspections is deposited into the Missouri Air Emission Reduction Fund. If the State’s net general revenue did not increase by two percent or more in the previous fiscal year, the Treasurer may instead deposit such moneys into the General Revenue Fund. The bill repeals this provision. MOTOR VEHICLES EMISSION INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS (Section 643.315) The bill provides that motor vehicle emissions inspection requirements do not apply to motor vehicles over 10 years old that are registered as local commercial vehicles and used for farm or farming transportation operations or that are otherwise defined as covered farm vehicles under Federal law. COTTON GINS (Section 643.675) The bill specifies that an owner or operator of a cotton gin that is not a class A source of air contaminants is not required to submit air dispersion modeling to the Department of Natural Resources to obtain a construction permit for the cotton gin.

SB 1034 - This act modifies provisions relating to levee and drainage districts. Current law requires the notification of an application to form a drainage or levee district that is published in a county newspaper to include a legal description of the property included in the proposed district. This act repeals such requirement and requires the petitioners to mail a copy of the notice to each property owner located in the proposed district. (Sections 242.030 and 245.020) This act also modifies the language to be included in the required notices of the commissioners' reports and the reassessment of benefits. (Sections 242.070, 242.500, 245.125, and 245.197) Finally, current law provides a period of ten days for property owners to file exceptions to the formation of districts and to the commissioners' reports and assessment of benefits. This act increases such period to thirty days. (Sections 242.280 and 245.130).JOSH NORBERG

SB 1049 - Under the act, the governing body of a political subdivision shall not procure, authorize, or approve a development agreement proposal relating to development of the political subdivision with an individual or government identified as a foreign adversary, as defined in the act. This provision shall not apply to certain foreign adversaries possessing interest in real property, as described in the act. Certain foreign governments or entities shall not purchase, hold or acquire title to real property in this state if such foreign government or entity is listed as a foreign adversary or a foreign business entity; headquartered in a country that is a foreign adversary; directly or indirectly held or controlled by a foreign adversary; owned the majority of stock or other ownership interest which is held or controlled by citizens of a foreign adversary; or controlled by or has the majority of stock or other ownership interest held or controlled by citizens of a foreign adversary. This act shall not apply to a foreign adversary possessing real property interest if such foreign adversary is a duly registered business in good standing with the Secretary of State for seven years or longer prior to August 28, 2026, has been approved by the United States Committee of Foreign Investment as described in the act, and maintains an active national security agreement with the federal government. This act is identical to SB 211 (2025), HB 897 (2025), SB 893 (2024), and substantially similar to SB 649 (2023).JULIA SHEVELEVA

SB 1058 - This act provides that helianthus annuus shall not be considered an agricultural crop for the purposes of chapter 89 relating to local planning and zoning.TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

SB 1059 - Current law prohibits any deed restriction, covenant, or other binding agreement adopted by a homeowners' association from prohibiting ownership or pasturing of up to six chickens on a lot that is 0.2 acre or larger. This act makes a technical change to such provision.TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

SB 1105 - This act establishes the "Rural Workforce Housing Investment Act", which is a grant program established in the Department of Economic Development for the purpose of supporting the development of workforce housing in rural communities. A nonprofit development organization, as defined in the act, may apply to the Department for approval for a workforce housing grant to establish a workforce housing investment fund. Grants shall be awarded on a competitive basis, and no more than one million dollars shall be awarded to any one nonprofit development organization over a two year period, and no more than two million dollars to any one nonprofit development organization for the period ending on June 30, 2029. Grants shall require matching funds in order to be awarded, as described in the act. If a nonprofit development organization fails to engage in qualified activity within two years of receiving initial grant funding, such organization shall return the grant funds to the Department. If a nonprofit development organization fails to allocate any remaining grant funds to qualified activities within two years of the commencement of initial qualified activity, such organization shall return all unallocated grant funds. Beginning August 28, 2031, the Department shall transfer any remaining grant funds held by the Department to the Missouri Housing Trust Fund. Annual reports shall be filed by all nonprofit development organizations and by the Department, as described in the act. This act is identical to SB 656 (2025) and HB 245 (2025).JOSH NORBERG

SB 1153 - This act modifies provisions relating to foreign ownership of agricultural land in Missouri.This act modifies the definition of "foreign business" to include professional corporations, nonprofit corporations, limited liability companies, or the equivalent of any entity listed in current law, in which a controlling interest is owned or organized under the laws of a foreign country, or both.Currently, no more than 1% of the total agricultural acreage in the state shall be owned by a foreign entity. Under the act, beginning on the effective date of the act, no alien, foreign business, or a foreign government shall acquire agricultural land in the state, including for nonfarming purposes. Any such foreign entity who acquired agricultural land in the state prior to the effective date of the act shall not transfer agricultural land to any other foreign entity on or after the effective date of the act.No person may hold agricultural land as a fiduciary for a foreign government.A foreign entity that acquired agricultural land in violation of the provisions of the act remains in violation of the act for as long as the foreign entity holds an interest in the agricultural land.After the effective date of the act, all proposed transfers of any interest in agricultural land held by a foreign entity in the state shall be submitted to the Department of Agriculture at least 30 calendar days prior to such transfers being finalized to determine whether such transfers, or if land usage changes, are conveyed in accordance with the prohibition on foreign ownership of agricultural land in the state. Such sale or transfer submitted for review to the Department shall be deemed a closed record until such sale is finalized.If the Director of the Department of Agriculture finds that a foreign entity has acquired agricultural land after the effective date of the act, instead of pursuant to the provisions under current law, the Director shall report such violation to the Attorney General.This act creates a definition of "nonfarming" with respect to the current provisions regarding foreign-owned agricultural land being used for nonfarming purposes. Beginning on the effective date of this act, no foreign adversary, as defined in the act, shall own agricultural land in the state for nonfarming purposes, which includes research purposes.Under the act, after the effective date of the act, an alien, foreign business, or foreign government shall not acquire agricultural land in the state for any purpose within 5 miles from any military installation or commercial establishment engaged in the development and manufacture of classified military or naval equipment.Any foreign entity under the act who acquired agricultural land in the state, prior to the effective date of the act, that is within 5 miles from any such military or commercial establishment shall divest itself of the agricultural land.The Attorney General shall enforce provisions of the act. Any individual may report violations of the act to the Attorney General. If the Attorney General believes that a violation occurred, the Attorney General shall commence a civil action.The Attorney General shall file a notice of the pendency of the action with the recorder of deeds of each county where any portion of agricultural land at issue is located.If the court finds that a violation occurred, the court shall enter an order so declaring and shall file a copy of the order with the recorder of deeds of each county where agricultural land at issue is located. The court shall order the owner of the agricultural land to divest himself of the agricultural land. The owner shall comply with the order within three years. Any agricultural land not divested within the three years period shall be ordered sold by the court at a public sale.This act has an emergency clause.This act is similar to provisions in SCS/SB 217 (2025), SB 250 (2025), HB 725 (2025), SB 806 (2024), provisions in SB 865 (2024), a provision in HCS/HB 1957 (2024), CCS/SS/SCS/HCS/HBs 903, 465, 430 & 499 (2023).JULIA SHEVELEVA

SB 1252 - This act provides for motor vehicles and equipment operated by canine search and rescue teams to be treated as emergency vehicles. This act is identical to HB 1228 (2023).TAYLOR MIDDLETON

SB 1253 - This act provides that the offense of assault on a law enforcement animal is a class E felony, instead of a class A misdemeanor. Additionally, this act provides that it shall be a class D felony, instead of a class E felony, if the law enforcement animal is seriously injured to the point of requiring veterinary care or treatment or a class C felony, instead of a class D felony, if the assault results in the death of such animal.TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

SB 1266 - The act establishes the "Freedom to Farm Act" which provides that the right of farmers and ranchers to engage in farming and ranching practices for sale or personal consumption shall be free from government intervention and that practices occurring within the state shall not be infringed upon by the federal government under the regulation of interstate commerce. Any government entity that restricts farming or ranching practices shall be held civilly liable to the farmer or rancher for injunctive and declaratory relief. No government measure shall restrict the production, manufacturing, distribution, or sale of supplements intended for human application, absorption, or consumption, or be deemed to enforce a compulsory marketing quota, poundage quota, or similar policy restricting the production of farming or ranching. No penalty as a result of a violation of any provision of law, order, ordinance, rule, regulation, policy, or similar measure regarding protection of the environment shall require the closure of a farming or ranching operation or restrict the consumption or sale of food products. Except for licenses required by law before August 28, 2026, no license shall be required for an individual to operate or engage in farming or ranching. The right to access and the ability to afford food products shall not be infringed upon by restrictions based on an individual's credit score, credit worthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity, or presentation of an identification card. Any farmer or rancher who sells food products of his or her farming or ranching operation that are fit for human consumption shall not be held civilly liable for injury or death arising from a condition of such food products if the farmer or rancher provides the following warning label: "WARNING: CONSUME AT YOUR OWN RISK". The use of any form of environmental manipulation, as defined in the act, is prohibited in this state. This provision shall not prevent the use of pesticides on any farming or ranching operations. Any person using a form of environmental manipulation shall be held civilly liable for damages resulting from such use. The act repeals the provision allowing the Governor to control the sale or distribution of food and feed during a state of emergency. The Governor shall not have the authority to prevent farming or ranching, as described in the act. The act repeals certain provisions regarding deeming certain agricultural operations as nuisances and provides that no agricultural operation or any of its appurtenances shall be deemed to be a nuisance, except for those agricultural operations or any of its appurtenances used for production of swine or swine products as described in the act, that unreasonably expand in violation of zoning laws or ordinances. The act is identical to SB 297 (2025), SB 1318 (2024), and SB 84 (2023).JULIA SHEVELEVA

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 act is substantially similar to SB 682 (2025) and HB 1042 (2025), and to a provision in HCS/SS/SB 67 (2025), HCS/HB 828 (2025), and HCS/SS/SCS/SB 466 (2025).JOSH NORBERG

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 SB 541 (2025) and HCS/HB 910 (2025).TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

SB 1347 - Under this act, the Director of the Department of Social Services shall request a waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to exclude candy, prepared desserts, and certain beverages from the definition of eligible Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) foods. If the waiver is granted, then the Director shall prohibit the purchase of such foods with SNAP benefits. If the waiver is not granted, then the Director shall annually apply for the waiver until it is granted. This act is substantially similar to SB 662 (2025).SARAH HASKINS

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 541 (2025) and in HCS/HB 910 (2025).TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

COMMITTEE ACTION: Voted "Do Pass" by the Special Committee on Rural Issues by a vote of 12 to 0. This bill ends the current pilot program for agriculture education in elementary schools and authorizes that beginning in the 2027-28 school year the program can be implemented by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education statewide for all elementary schools that elect to participate. The bill removes the requirement for reporting to the House and Senate committees on agriculture and education and requires the report to be posted on the Department's website. PROPONENTS: Supporters say that agriculture is a driver of the State's economy. Investing in agricultural literacy opens new interests and career paths for students and increases informed decision making as adults. Testifying in person for the bill were Senator Washington; Missouri NEA; Missouri Pork Association; Missouri Cattlemen's Association; Missouri Soybean Association; Missouri Corn Growers Association; Missouri Farm Bureau; and Arnie C. Dienoff. OPPONENTS: There was no opposition voiced to the committee. Written testimony has been submitted for this bill. The full written testimony and witnesses testifying online can be found under Testimony on the bill page on the House website.

SB 1401 - This act repeals provisions of law allowing for individuals convicted of certain drug offenses to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) only if certain conditions are met. Under this act, individuals convicted of a state or federal felony drug offense shall not be excluded from SNAP for such conviction. This act is identical to provisions in SB 277 (2025), SB 905 (2024), SB 1012 (2024), HCS/HBs 1777, 2203, 2059, & 2502 (2024), the perfected SS/SB 82 (2023), and the perfected HCS/HB 719 (2023)SARAH HASKINS

SB 1422 - This act renames the "Missouri Wine and Grape Board" to the "Missouri Wine, Grape, and Spirits Board". The act modifies the membership requirements and duties of the Board, as described in the act. The act provides that moneys credited to both the Agriculture Business Development Fund and the Missouri Wine and Grape Fund shall be used for the employment of experts in the field of distillation as deemed necessary. Beginning August 28, 2026, all moneys collected by the Board shall be deposited into the Missouri Wine and Grape Fund.JULIA SHEVELEVA

SB 1514 - The act repeals the "The Missouri Economic Diversification and Afforestation Act of 1990". The act is identical to SB 790 (2025), provisions in HB 1366 (2025), provisions in SCS/SB 757 (2025).JULIA SHEVELEVA

SB 1611 - This act establishes the "Missouri Urban and Local Food Systems Apprenticeship Act". Under the Act, the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development (DHEWD), in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, shall promote the development and registration of eligible apiary and urban farming apprenticeships that are approved by DHEWD or the United States Department of Labor. Promotion of eligible apprenticeships shall include establishing model standards and curriculum guidelines; providing technical assistance to potential apprenticeship sponsors; and working with the Coordinating Board for Higher Education to ensure that related technical instruction is available through community colleges and other training providers. DHEWD shall allocate a portion of state funds designated for apprenticeship expansion to eligible urban farming apprenticeships. Priority for such funds shall be given to programs in metropolitan statistical areas, programs that partner with entities dedicated to increasing local food access, and programs that are led by or serve minority and historically underserved farming populations. DHEWD shall annually report to the General Assembly on the progress of the Missouri Urban and Local Food Systems Apprenticeship Act, including the number of registered eligible apprenticeships, the number of apprentices enrolled, and the number of credentials issued.OLIVIA SHANNON

SB 1701 - For all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, this act authorizes a taxpayer to claim a tax credit in an amount not to exceed $125 for a qualified pet adoption, provided that no more than two such tax credits shall be claimed in a tax year. Tax credits authorized by the act shall be refundable. The total amount of tax credits that may be authorized in a calendar year shall not exceed $500,000. This act shall sunset on August 28, 2032, unless reauthorized by the General Assembly. This act is identical to HB 2731 (2026).JOSH NORBERG

SB 1704 - For all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, this act authorizes a taxpayer to claim a tax credit in an amount not to exceed $125 for a qualified pet adoption, provided that no more than two such tax credits shall be claimed in a tax year. Tax credits authorized by the act shall be refundable. The total amount of tax credits that may be authorized in a calendar year shall not exceed $500,000. This act shall sunset on August 28, 2032, unless reauthorized by the General Assembly. This act is identical to HB 2731 (2026).JOSH NORBERG