SCS/HCS/HB 328 - This act modifies provisions relating to public safety.REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES (Sections 43.505 and 650.040)
Under current law, the Department of Public Safety collects and compiles certain data relating to crimes and public safety.
This act provides that beginning January 1, 2026, the Department of Public Safety shall publish clearance rates which shall include the rate at which law enforcement agencies clear an offense by arrest or by exceptional means, as defined in the act.
This act also creates the "Missouri Violent Crime Clearance Grant Program" within the Department of Public Safety which shall be used to improve law enforcement strategies and initiatives aimed at increasing violent crime clearance rates, as provided in the act. In awarding grants, the Department shall give priority to law enforcement agencies with consistent public reporting of low clearance rates, that demonstrate a commitment to working with organizations to reduce violent crime rates, and agencies who have developed specific goals and performance metrics. All law enforcement agencies that receive funding shall report to the Department as provided in the act.
These provisions are identical to provisions in the truly agreed to and finally passed SS/SCS/HB 225 (2025), SB 473 (2025), and similar to provisions in HCS/HB 591 (2025), provisions in HCS/HB 1505 (2025), and provisions in SB 189 (2025).
WEAPONS ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION (Sections 70.441, 571.030, 571.107, 571.128, 571.215, 577.703, and 577.712)
Under current law, a person is prohibited from boarding a bus with a dangerous or deadly weapon or from carrying such a weapon into any bus terminal. In addition, weapons may not be carried on any facility or conveyance used for a public transportation system of the Bi-State Development Agency.
This act provides that a person carrying a concealed firearm who possesses a valid concealed carry permit or endorsement shall not be prohibited from accessing or using any public transportation system. The person may not be harassed or detained for carrying a concealed firearm on the property, vehicles, or conveyances owned, contracted, or leased by such systems that are accessible to the public.
These provisions are substantially similar to provisions in SS/SB 77 (2025), HB 1214 (2025), SB 1166 (2024), SB 224 (2023), and to provisions in the perfected HB 282 (2023) and HB 1462 (2022), and similar to provisions in SB 804 (2022).
LIFETIME OR EXTENDED CCW PERMIT REFERENCES (Sections 571.030 and 571.111)
This act adds lifetime or extended concealed carry permits to certain references to CCW permits.
CARRYING OF WEAPONS BY ATTORNEY GENERAL AND STAFF (Section 571.030.2(10))
This act adds the Attorney General and staff of the Attorney General to an exception to the offense of unlawful use of a weapon.
This provision is substantially similar to provisions in SS/SB 77 (2025).
CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT ELIGIBILITY (Sections 571.030, 571.101, 571.104, 571.117, 571.205, and 571.225)
This act lowers, from 19 to 18, the age at which a person may obtain a concealed carry permit, and makes a corresponding modification to a provision relating to the unlawful use of weapons.
The act also modifies the forms for a petition for revocation of standard CCW permits and lifetime or extended CCW permits to reflect the change in eligibility age, as well as to reflect a disqualifying factor in current law regarding guilty pleas or convictions for certain crimes.
These provisions are similar to provisions in SS/SB 77 (2025), and SB 700 (2025).
FIREARM SAFETY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY CCW APPLICANTS (Section 571.111)
This act allows qualified firearm safety instructors to issue a certificate of firearms safety training course completion to CCW applicants who are active duty military, present proof the applicant received one of certain marksmanship qualifications, and have passed certain requirements of the standard 8-hour CCW course in a course not restricted by hours.
These provisions are substantially similar to provisions in SS/SB 77 (2025) and provisions in HCS/HB 1708 (2024).
ERIC VANDER WEERD