New Missouri laws taking effect August 28, 2026
74 laws take effect August 28, 2026.
Of the 165 bills enacted since 2025, 164 have an effective date and 1 doesn't yet (listed below). A law here takes effect that day by its main provisions; parts of a staggered act may take effect on other dates.
Updated Oct 31, 2026 at 11:35 p.m. EDT.
Government (17)
HB 1696 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to the right of sepulcher
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.HB 1825 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Removes the prosecuting attorney and the sheriff from the county salary commission
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.HB 2108 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Authorizes the conveyance of certain state property in Cole County
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.HB 2180 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to mail sent by state agencies
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.HB 2474 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions governing design-build contracts
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.HB 2818 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions governing annexation of territory outside the boundaries of a city
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.HB 2934 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions governing the Regional Convention and Visitors Commission and the Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority in St. Louis City and St. Louis County
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.HB 3279 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to the Missouri community service commission
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.SB 1119 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Creates procedures for the appointment of commissioners to a convention called under Article V of the U.S. Constitution
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.SB 1142 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to series limited liability companies
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.SB 1470 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies duties and functions of the Joint Committee on Legislative Research
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.SB 1544 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to state designations
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.SB 1572 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to public employee retirement systems
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SB 1629 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to underground facilities
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.SB 937 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Conveys certain state property
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.SB 938 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies certain provisions relating to land surveying
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.SB 975 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to ambulance districts
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Crime (10)
HB 1740 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to driving while intoxicated
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.HB 1839 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Establishes provisions relating to civil liability for publishing or distributing material harmful to minors on the internet
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.HB 1840 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Establishes an alert system to assist in the location of missing persons with developmental disabilities
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HB 1866 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Allows the director of the department of public safety to deny a peace officer license if an applicant has had a license permanently revoked or suspended
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.HB 2273 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies and establishes provisions relating to the protection of children and vulnerable persons
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SB 1135 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Creates "Bentley and Mason's Law" relating to child maintenance orders for certain persons convicted of the offense of driving while intoxicated
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.SB 888 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to the criminal systems
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SB 903 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies and creates new provisions relating to telecommunications infrastructure
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.SB 982 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to the sex offender registry
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.SB 999 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to vulnerable persons
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Healthcare (7)
HB 2372 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to health care
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.HB 2596 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to health benefit plans
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.HB 2974 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to licensure reciprocity
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.SB 1019 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies several provisions relating to health care
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.SB 1233 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to activities requiring licensure
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SB 878 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to pharmaceutical drugs and devices
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SB 914 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to sewage regulation
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Traffic (5)
HB 1786 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to highway patrol purchases of motor vehicles, watercraft, watercraft motors, and trailers
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.HB 1827 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Adds licensed occupational therapists to the definition of "other authorized health care practitioner" for purposes of physician's statements required for disabled license plates and placards
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.HB 2885 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Requires all proceeds from boating registrations to be deposited in the water patrol division fund and used exclusively for the water patrol division
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.SB 1408 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Increases the maximum speed limit from 70 to 75 miles per hour on rural interstates and freeways
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.SB 916 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to sovereign immunity
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Education (4)
HB 2061 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Provides protections against discrimination and antisemitism in public schools and public postsecondary educational institutions
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.HB 2896 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to the governing bodies of certain public institutions of higher education
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.SB 863 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Establishes the "Interscholastic Athletic Oversight Commission", a board of directors appointed by the Governor to hear appeals of certain decisions made by statewide activities associations
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.SB 905 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies language relating to school protection officers and creates Missouri Rangers training program
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Finance (4)
HB 2423 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Revises statutory provisions under Division of Finance by creating a new fund for depositing moneys collected and paid from licensing fees
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.HB 2508 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Allows for a search of the series LLC in the SoS Business Entity website and to obtain a certificate of good standing
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.HB 2586 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Revises the par value of membership shares and allows for participation in board meetings by telephone or electronic means
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.SB 835 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to court procedures
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Taxes (4)
HB 1867 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Authorizes Joplin to increase a transient guest tax for tourism to no more than six percent upon a vote of the people
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.HB 2819 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to certain cash transactions requiring rounding to the nearest five cent denomination
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.SB 1553 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Authorizes incentives for producing certain critical materials and pharmaceuticals
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.SB 913 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to tax credits
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Civil Rights (3)
HB 1908 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Allows the court to enter a judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal separation if a person is pregnant
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.SB 1067 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Establishes the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act, which provides procedures for dismissal of actions based on public expression
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.SB 907 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Establishes the "Act Against Abusive Website Access Litigation" which establishes provisions relating to litigation alleging certain disability access violations
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Elections (3)
HB 1871 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to elections
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.HB 1940 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Changes the law regarding advertisements and orders of publication in newspapers
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.SB 1002 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Creates and modifies provisions relating to elections submitted to the people by a school board of any school district located in St. Charles County
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Housing (3)
HB 2636 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Establishes the "Uniform Mortgage Modification Act"
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.SB 834 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Creates new provisions relating to mortgage modifications
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.SB 973 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Creates and modifies provisions relating to real estate transactions
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Budget (2)
HB 3231 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Establishes the "Missouri Innovation, Public Safety, and Accountability Act"
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.SB 1000 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies the Tourism Supplemental Revenue Fund
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Climate (2)
SB 1033 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Creates provisions relating to the regulation of air quality
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.SB 953 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to environmental programs within the Department of Natural Resources
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Foreign Policy (2)
SB 1576 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Establishes the Missouri Ireland Trade Commission
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.SB 977 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Establishes the "No Foreign Laws Act" which prohibits the application and enforceability of foreign law, legal codes, and systems
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Public Lands (2)
HB 2292 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to abuse and neglect reporting, including a requirement to report companion animal abuse
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.HB 2397 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies requirements for a dissolution of a public water supply district
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Affordability (1)
HB 2057 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to the establishment of certain entertainment districts
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Defense (1)
HB 2593 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies various provisions relating to military affairs
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Immigration (1)
HB 2366 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Modifies provisions relating to employment of unauthorized aliens
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Technology (1)
SB 959 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Creates the Missouri Geospatial Advisory Council
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Wages (1)
SB 890 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Repeals expired, terminated, sunset, and obsolete sections of law
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Other (1)
HB 2576 · 2026 Regular SessionPublished
Creates several new state designations
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Enacted, but not yet dated (1)
These laws' texts tie their dates to something outside the legislative record (Contingent), or not enough is recorded yet to give one (Unresolved). They may take effect August 28, 2026 too; the record doesn't say.
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- HB 1 (ES2)ContingentCreates provisions for redistricting federal congressional seatsEffective beginning with the election of the 120th Congress