Media Law; Sunshine Law

HB59 - Rep. Bruce Sassmann (R) - Adds an exemption to the sunshine law for state parks records
Citations: 610.021
Last Action:
02/06/2025 
H - Superseded by HB 145 - House-Legislative Review

HB145 - Rep. Bill Falkner (R) - Modifies provisions of the sunshine law
Citations: 610.021
Last Action:
04/15/2025 
S - Hearing Conducted - Senate-General Laws

HB233 - Rep. Sherri Gallick (R) - Modifies provisions relating to the posting of notices
Citations: 251.034, 64.231
Last Action:
04/07/2025 
S - Voted Do Pass as substitute - Senate-Local Government, Elections, and Pensions

HB239 - Rep. Sean Pouche (R) - Requires publication of a cost estimate and project completion date for any work on the state highway system at the time bidding for a contract on the work first closes
Citations: 227.101
Last Action:
04/01/2025 
H - Reported Do Pass - House-Rules-Legislative

HB288 - Rep. Raychel Proudie (D) - Exempts state legislators from paying labor costs associated with responding to sunshine law requests
Citations: 610.026
Last Action:
01/09/2025 
H - Read Second Time

HB339 - Rep. Ann Kelley (R) - Excludes information about the reporters of complaints against child care facilities from public
Citations: 210.203
Last Action:
04/23/2025 

HB353 - Rep. Peggy McGaugh (R) - Changes the law regarding advertisements and orders of publication in newspapers
Citations: 493.050, 493.070
Last Action:
04/14/2025 
H - Reported Do Pass - House-Rules-Administrative

HB362 - Rep. Cecelie Williams (R) - Creates the offense of and civil penalties for disclosure of intimate digital depictions
Citations: 537.043, 573.570
Last Action:
04/23/2025 
H - Perfected

HB377 - Rep. David Casteel (R) - Modifies the process by which public notice is required to be published in charter counties
Citations: 493.220
Last Action:
01/09/2025 
H - Read Second Time

HB857 - Rep. Richard West (R) - Establishes general requirements for meetings of governing bodies of political subdivisions
Citations: 67.2727
Last Action:
01/30/2025 
H - Referred to committee - House-Legislative Review

HB1003 - Rep. Elizabeth Fuchs (D) - Establishes the offense of malicious prosecution of a journalist
Citations: 575.245
Last Action:
01/23/2025 
H - Read Second Time

HB1047 - Rep. Del Taylor (D) - Adds the Metropolitan Sewer District to utilities exempted from the sunshine law
Citations: 610.021
Last Action:
01/27/2025 
H - Read Second Time

HB1063 - Rep. Bruce Sassmann (R) - Add exceptions to the open records laws
Citations: 610.021
Last Action:
04/16/2025 
H - Placed on Informal Calendar

HB1499 - Rep. Colin Wellenkamp (R) - Modifies the show MO act tax credit caps for qualified motion media production projects
Citations: 135.750
Last Action:
04/15/2025 
H - Reported Do Pass - House-Economic Development

SB258 - Sen. Barbara Washington (D) - Establishes the "Cronkite New Voices Act" to protect the freedom of press in school-sponsored media
Citations: 171.200, 173.1551
Last Action:
02/13/2025 
S - Referred to committee - Senate-Education

SB503 - Sen. Mike Henderson (R) - Establishes the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act, which provides procedures for dismissal of causes of action based on public expression in public proceedings or on matters of public concern
Citations: 537.528, 537.529
Last Action:
SB788 - Sen. Mike Bernskoetter (R) - Authorizes the closure of records relating to the known location of certain plant and animal species
Citations: 610.021
Last Action:
03/27/2025