SS#2/SCS/HCS#2/HB 495 - This act modifies provisions relating to public safety. SHERIFF OF ST. LOUIS CITY (SECTION 57.010) This act requires any candidate for the office of sheriff of St. Louis City to hold a valid peace officer license within two years of being elected sheriff. This provision is identical to a provision in SB 192 (2025). PROSECUTING AND CIRCUIT ATTORNEYS (SECTIONS 43.503, 56.265, 56.750, 491.065 & 595.209) This act requires that, beginning January 1, 2027, all police officers, sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, and the chief law enforcement official of the City of St. Louis shall submit referrals for any traffic violation, ordinance violation, or criminal offense to the prosecuting or circuit attorney. For felony offenses, referrals shall include a probable cause statement and an investigative report. Any law enforcement agency that violates this provision shall be ineligible to receive state or federal funds that would otherwise be paid for law enforcement, safety, or criminal justice purposes. This act provides that the professional association of the county prosecuting attorneys of Missouri shall submit the list of prosecuting attorneys that are eligible for $2,000 of the authorized statutory salary upon completion of the 20 hours of annual classroom instruction to the treasurer of the City of St. Louis, in addition to the county treasurers. Additionally, this act requires that $5,000 of the salary shall by payable only upon the collection of the data as required by the statewide report as described below. Furthermore, $3,000 of the salary shall be payable if the prosecuting attorney has provided discovery to criminal defense attorneys who have entered appearances on behalf of defendants. Beginning March 31, 2028, and March 31st of each subsequent year, the Missouri Office of Prosecution Services shall produce a statewide report based on data as described in the act for each individual office of a prosecuting or circuit attorney. The individual data from each office is confidential and not subject to release as arrest and incident records, except the information provided for the report regarding informants shall be accessible by the attorneys for the case in which the informant is an endorsed witness. Beginning January 1, 2026, each prosecuting or circuit attorney's office shall send information regarding informants to the Missouri Office of Prosecution Services. Additionally, this act requires certain information to be disclosed to all attorneys of record within 14 days of the endorsement to testify as an informant by the prosecuting or circuit attorney. Finally, this act adds that victims of crime shall have the right to be informed by law enforcement of any instance in which a person has been endorsed by the state as an informant and any benefit such informant may receive. These provisions are similar to provisions in SB 1271 (2024), HCS/HB 1763 (2024), SB 489 (2023), and HB 2523 (2022). REPORTING OF IMMIGRATION STATUS OF CRIMINAL OFFENDERS (SECTION 43.505) This act requires every law enforcement agency in the state to submit to the Department of Public Safety information pertaining to the citizen or immigration status of any person arrested for an offense that is reportable under current law. This provision is similar to a provision in SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025), SB 583 (2025), and HB 1147 (2025). LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE FROM FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS (SECTION 44.087) This act provides that the chief law enforcement executive for any law enforcement agency may request assistance from a law enforcement agency of another United States jurisdiction outside this state. An offender apprehended or arrested by a foreign law enforcement agency shall be delivered to the first available law enforcement officer who is commissioned in the jurisdiction of the arrest. The arresting officer shall assist in the preparation of any affidavits stating a crime has been committed. The law enforcement officers shall remain employees of their respective agencies for the purposes of immunity, workers' compensation, and other employment-related matters. However, certain governmental immunities shall apply as interpreted by the federal and state courts of the responding agency. This provision is identical to SB 92 (2025), a provision in HCS/SB 189 (2025), in the truly agreed to and finally passed SS/SCS/HB 225 (2025), in the perfected HB 1707 (2024), HB 1577 (2024), in HCS/SS/SCS/SBs 119 & 120 (2023), and in SCS/HCS/HB 1015 (2023). FORFEITURE OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN SPRINGFIELD (SECTION 82.1000) Currently, the city of Springfield may enact ordinances that authorize forfeiture of a motor vehicle operated by a person who has had his or her driver's license suspended or revoked for certain criminal offenses. This act adds offenses involving two or more violations of stunt driving or street takeover committed on separate occasions where in each violation the person was operating a vehicle and another person was injured or killed as well as the offense of aggravated fleeing a stop or detention of a motor vehicle. SAINT LOUIS CITY POLICE FORCE (SECTIONS 84.012 TO 84.325 & SECTION 105.726 & THE REPEAL OF SECTIONS 84.175 TO 84.347) No later than July 1, 2026, the Board of Police Commissioners ("Board") shall assume control of the municipal police department of St. Louis and no later than no later than 90 days after the effective date of these provisions, five citizen commissioners, with one nonvoting member, shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to the Board who shall serve together with Mayor of the City of St. Louis. The Governor shall also appoint a transition director to oversee the transition during the implementation period of the effective date to July 1, 2026. The municipal police department shall transfer title and ownership of all indebtedness and assets and accept liability as successor-in-interest for contractual obligations of the police department. The Board shall initially employ, without reduction in rank, salary, or benefits, all commissioned and civilian personnel of the municipal police department. This act provides that the City of St. Louis may pass ordinances, including ordinances for preserving order and protecting the public; but no ordinances shall, in any manner, conflict or interfere with the powers or the exercise of the powers of the Board. Additionally, the mayor or any city officer shall not impede or hinder the Board. The mayor or any city officer shall be liable for a penalty of $1,000 for each and every offense to hinder the Board and shall forever be disqualified from holding or exercising any office of the city. The total number of officers and number of officers at each rank of the police force shall be determined by the Board. The Board may continue to employ as many non-commissioned police civilians as it deems necessary in order to perform the duties imposed on them, which shall include city marshals and park rangers. The salaries paid as of the effective date of these provisions shall not be less than the annual salaries paid to each member before such date. No additional compensation shall be given to any officer of the rank of lieutenant or above for overtime, court time, or stand-by court time. Probationary patrolmen, patrolmen, and sergeants shall receive compensation for all hours of service in excess of the established regular working period, for all authorized overtime, and for employees who complete academic work at an accredited college or university up to a certain amount as provided in the act. Additionally, the City shall appropriate a minimum sum, as detailed in the act, of its general revenue to fund the maintenance of the police force, excluding pension and retirement costs. This act provides that until the Board adopts other investigative and disciplinary procedures, the police force shall follow the disciplinary and investigative procedures established by the Police Manual of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department that are consistent with law. The Board shall not adopt any disciplinary procedures that do not include the summary hearing Board procedures provided for currently in the Police Manual. This act provides that reimbursements from the Legal Expense Fund to the Board for liability claims shall be on an equal share basis per claim up to a maximum of two million dollars per fiscal year. This act repeals all provisions relating to the municipal police force established by the City of St. Louis. This act contains an emergency clause for these provisions. These provisions are similar to HB 494 (2025), in SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025), SCS/SB 808 (2024), in SCS/HCS/HB 1481 (2024), HCS/HB 702 (2023), SCS/SB 78 (2023), SB 280 (2023), and HCS/HB 2432 (2022) and are similar to SB 1012 (2022) and to provisions in HB 2432 (2022), HB 2671 (2022), and HB 1476 (2021). PROHIBITION ON INJECTION SITES (SECTION 191.1005) This act provides that no individual or entity shall knowingly open, lease, rent, use, maintain, manage, operate, or control a public or private facility, site, or building for the purpose of allowing individuals to self-administer preobtained controlled substances, the possession of which is criminally punishable and is not otherwise authorized by state law. INMATE PHONE CALLS (SECTIONS 217.451 & 221.108) This provision provides that correctional centers shall provide offenders with reasonable access to phone services, unless such access is restricted as a disciplinary measure. Additionally, no correctional center shall charge more than 12 cents per minute for a domestic phone call of an inmate. These provisions are identical to provisions in the perfected SS/SB 50 (2025), are substantially similar to provisions in the perfected SS/SB 900 (2024), and are similar to SB 301 (2025), SB 1098 (2024), SCS/HCS/HB 1659 (2024), SB 592 (2023), and HB 693 (2023). PREGNANT OFFENDERS (SECTIONS 221.520 & 221.523) Under this act, all county and city jails shall be prohibited, except in extraordinary circumstances, from using restraints on a pregnant offender in her third trimester, including during transportation or labor, delivery, and 48 hours post-delivery. Pregnant offenders shall be transported in vehicles equipped with seatbelts. In cases of extraordinary circumstances requiring restraints to be used, the sheriff or jailer shall document in writing within 48 hours of the incident the reasons for the restraints used, as specified in the act. If restraints are used on a pregnant offender in her third trimester or on a postpartum offender, the restraints shall be reasonable under the circumstances. Except under extraordinary circumstances, no leg, ankle, or waist restraints or mechanical restraints shall be used and any wrist restraints used shall be placed in front of the offender's body. Jails shall offer staff training on the provisions of this act and inform offenders of policies and practices developed under this act. By January 1, 2026, all county and city jails shall develop specific procedures for intake and care of pregnant offenders, including maternal health evaluations, dietary supplements, nutritious meals, substance abuse treatment, HIV treatment, hepatitis C, sleeping arrangements, mental health, sanitary materials, postpartum recovery, and a requirement that a female medical professional be present during examinations. These provisions are similar to provisions in SB 277 (2025), the perfected SS/SB 50 (2025), SB 905 (2024), SB 1012 (2024), and HCS/SS/SB 900 (2024), substantially similar to provisions in SCS/SB 803 (2018), HB 1002 (2017), and SB 180 (2017), and similar to provisions in HCS/HBs 1777, 2203, 2059, & 2502 (2024). STUNT DRIVING (SECTIONS 304.012 & 304.145) This act prohibits stunt driving and participation in street takeovers, as such terms are defined in the act. The act specifies criminal penalties and sentencing requirements, with enhanced penalties and sentencing requirements for repeat offenders. This provision is similar to SB 560 (2025) and a provision in SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025). SUNSET ON ELECTRONIC MONITORING OF PERSONS IN VIOLATION OF PROTECTION ORDERS (SECTION 455.095) Currently, the provision of law providing that a person found guilty of violating the conditions of a protection order can be sentenced with electronic monitoring or placed on probation with the condition of electronic monitoring shall sunset on August 28, 2024. This act repeals the sunset provision. This provision is identical to a provision in SS#2/SCS/SB 10 (2025) and SB 603 (2025) and is similar to in SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025) and HB 1209 (2025). CRIMINAL ACTIVITY FORFEITURE ACT (SECTION 513.605) This act modifies the offenses included in the definition of "criminal activity" for purposes of the Criminal Activity Forfeiture Act. Specifically, it includes felony violations of the traffic laws of this state that involve the use of motor vehicle and offenses under the Missouri Criminal Street Gangs Prevention Act. This provision is identical to a provision in SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025). DANGEROUS FELONY (SECTION 556.061) This act adds the offense of bus hijacking when punished as a class A felony and the offense of planting a bomb or explosive near a bus or terminal to the definition of "dangerous felony." OFFENSE OF SEXUAL TRAFFICKING OF A CHILD (SECTIONS 566.210 & 566.211) This act provides that a person commits the offense of sexual trafficking of a child in the first degree when he or she knowingly conducts certain sexual acts, as provided in current law, with a person under the age of fourteen, rather than twelve. Additionally, the eligibility for probation or parole for the offense of sexual trafficking of a child in the first degree is not available unless the offender has served no less than thirty, rather than twenty-five, years of the sentence. Furthermore, this act modifies the offense of sexual trafficking of a child in the second degree to provide that such offense is a felony punishable by imprisonment for a term of no less than twenty, rather than ten, years. These provisions are similar to provisions in HCS/HB 219 (2025), in SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025), HB 1142 (2025), and HB 1464 (2025). OFFENSE OF ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE (SECTION 568.045) Under current law, a person commits the offense of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree if he or she unlawfully manufactures or possesses amphetamine, methamphetamine, or any of their analogues. This act adds fentanyl and carfentanil. Additionally, this act provides that the offense of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree if it involves fentanyl or carfentail is a class B felony. A person guilty of such offense shall not be eligible for conditional release or parole until he or she has served at least five years of imprisonment. This provision is identical to SS/SCS/SB 60 (2025) and is similar to a provision in SB 143 (2025), in SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025), in SB 1368 (2024), in SCS/SB 1451 (2024), and in SS/SCS/HCS/HB 1659 (2024). OFFENSE OF STEALING (SECTION 570.030) This act provides that a person shall be guilty of the offense of stealing if he or she appropriates property as part of an organized retail theft and the value of the property is over $10,000. Such offense shall be a class B felony. Additionally, this act provides that a person shall be guilty of the offense of stealing if he or she appropriates property as part of an organized retail theft and the value of the property is between $750 and $10,000. Such offense shall be a class C felony. Upon written request of any prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney, the Attorney General shall have the authority to prosecute the offense of stealing involving retail theft and any other offenses that directly arise from or causally occur as a result of such offense. All costs and fees of a prosecution by the Attorney General shall be paid by the state. This provision is substantially similar to a provision in SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025) and in SCS/SB 318 (2025). OFFENSE OF FILING A NONCONSENSUAL COMMON LAW LIEN (SECTION 575.133) This act provides that the second offense of filing a nonconsensual common law lien shall be a class A misdemeanor and any third or subsequent offense shall be a class E felony. Additionally, a person convicted of a third or subsequent offense shall be considered a persistent offender. This provision is identical to a provision in SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025). OFFENSE OF RESISTING ARREST (SECTION 575.150) This act provides that any person convicted or who pleads guilty to a class E felony of resisting or interfering with arrest may have his or her vehicle impounded and forfeited pursuant to law. This provision is substantially similar to a provision in SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025) and SB 561 (2025). OFFENSE OF OBSTRUCTING GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS (SECTION 576.030) Currently, the offense of obstructing government operations is a class B misdemeanor. This act provides that such offense is a class A misdemeanor if the person uses violence or force during the commission of such offense. This provision is similar to a provision in SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025). OFFENSE OF TAMPERING WITH A WATER SUPPLY (SECTION 577.150) This act provides that the offense of tampering with a water supply shall be a class E felony if the person poisons, defiles, or in any way corrupts a water supply used for domestic or municipal purposes. This provision is identical to a provision in SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025). TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR PEACE OFFICERS (SECTION 590.040) This act provides that peace officers first licensed on or after August 28, 2027, shall receive at least six hours in the initial academy training focused on racial profiling training, implicit bias training, and de-escalation training. COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL SAFETY (SECTION 590.208) This act establishes the "Committee on School Safety" within the Department of Public Safety with membership as provided in the act. The Committee shall at least quarterly evaluate and establish guidelines for school safety concerns, including plans to prevent school firearm violence. The Committee shall submit an annual report in writing to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. This provision is substantially similar to a provision in SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025), SB 508 (2025), and HB 1076 (2025). MISSING AND MURDERED AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN AND GIRLS TASK FORCE (SECTION 595.325) This act creates the "Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls Task Force" with membership as provided in the act. The Task Force shall elect a chairperson and shall hold an initial meeting before October 1, 2025. The Task Force shall submit a report regarding policies and measures to address violence against African American women and girls as provided in the act to the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 31st of each year and the Task Force shall expire on December 31, 2027, unless the Department of Public Safety determines the Task Force should be extended until December 31, 2029. This act is identical to SS/SB 40 (2025) and is substantially similar to a provision in SB 143 (2025), HB 1096 (2025), HB 1421 (2025), HB 1597 (2025), the perfected SS/SB 890 (2024), in SS/SCS/HCS/HB 1659 (2024), and HB 2397 (2024). CIVIL ACTIONS FOR WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS (SECTION 650.058) Under current law, only individuals who are exonerated based on DNA evidence may receive restitution for a wrongful conviction. This act provides that any individual who was later determined to be innocent as a result of an evidentiary hearing and finding in an a habeas corpus proceeding or a proceeding held pursuant to the prosecution's motion to vacate or set aside a judgment may be paid restitution. Such individual may receive an amount of $179 per day for each day of postconviction incarceration for the offense the individual is found to be innocent, up to $65,000 per fiscal year. Any individual who receives restitution pursuant to this act shall be prohibited from seeking any civil redress from the state or a political subdivision. Any individual found innocent pursuant to this act shall receive an automatic order of expungement from the court in which he or she pled guilty or was sentenced and may also be awarded other nonmonetary relief, such as counseling and housing assistance. These provisions are substantially similar to provisions in SB 377 (2025), SB 886 (2024), in the truly agreed to and finally passed SS/SCS/SBs 189, 36 & 37 (2023), SCS/SBs 253, 146 & 446 (2023), SB 1094 (2022), HB 1569 (2022), HCS/HB 2412 (2022), HB 2474 (2022), HB 2592 (2022), and HB 2639 (2022). REPEAL OF THE MISSOURI INCARCERATION REIMBURSEMENT ACT (SECTION 650.058 & THE REPEAL OF SECTIONS 217.825 TO 217.841) This act repeals the Missouri Incarceration Reimbursement Act, which provides requirements for offenders to submit information regarding their assets and provides authority for the Attorney General to investigate and seek reimbursement for the state from an offender's assets for their cost of care provided by the Department of Corrections. These provisions are identical to SB 617 (2025) and HB 723 (2025). SEVERABILITY (SECTION 1) In the event that any section, provision, clause, phrase, or word of this act or the application of the act is declared invalid under the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of the State of Missouri, the General Assembly intends for the severability of this act. RIOTING (THE REPEAL OF SECTION 574.050) This act repeals the offense of rioting. KATIE O'BRIEN