RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR MUNICIPAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS (Section 71.201)

This act provides that no city, village, town, county, township, the St. Louis Municipal Police Force, or the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners shall require, as a condition of employment, any residency rule or requirement for current or prospective law enforcement officers, unless the rule is no more restrictive than requiring such personnel to reside within a one-hour response time.

These provisions shall not apply to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

ST. LOUIS MUNICIPAL POLICE FORCE (Section 84.344)

Currently, commissioned and civilian personnel of the St. Louis City municipal police force must retain a primary residence in the city for a total of seven years and then may maintain a primary residence that is located within a one-hour response time. This act provides that such personnel shall not be subject to a residency requirement so long as the primary residence is located within a one-hour response time.

EMPLOYEES OF ST. LOUIS CITY (Section 285.040)

No employee of St. Louis City shall be required, as a condition of employment, to reside within St. Louis City limits.

Similar to SB 558 (2020) and SB 905 (2020).