# Missouri HB2153: Abolishes the death penalty and specifies that any person sentenced to death must be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole

Missouri HB2153, Abolishes the death penalty and specifies that any person sentenced to death must be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole, is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Jim Murphy (Republican); status failed, last action 2026-05-11 (Motion to Do Pass Failed) (as of 2026-11-04).

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## Facts
- Bill: Missouri HB2153
- State: Missouri
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: Abolishes the death penalty and specifies that any person sentenced to death must be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-12-03
- Last action: 2026-05-11, Motion to Do Pass Failed
- Sponsor: Jim Murphy (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Jim Murphy (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Aaron Crossley
- Cosponsor: Kimberly-Ann Collins (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mark Boyko (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Yolanda Young (Democratic), House

## Actions (7)

- 2026-05-11: Motion to Do Pass Failed (House)
- 2026-05-11: Executive Session Completed (House)
- 2026-03-09: Public Hearing Completed (House)
- 2026-03-03: Referred: Corrections and Public Institutions (House)
- 2026-01-08: Read Second Time (House)
- 2026-01-07: Read First Time (House)
- 2025-12-03: Prefiled (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2026-01-07: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/5824H.01I.pdf)

## Related bills

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- HB1871: Modifies provisions relating to elections (signed)
- HB1840: Establishes an alert system to assist in the location of missing persons with developmental disabilities (signed)
- HB1825: Removes the prosecuting attorney and the sheriff from the county salary commission (signed)
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## Sources
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/5824H.01I.pdf)

## Related
- [HB1867: Authorizes Joplin to increase a transient guest tax for tourism to no more than…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB1867-2026)
- [HB1871: Modifies provisions relating to elections](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB1871-2026)
- [HB1840: Establishes an alert system to assist in the location of missing persons with d…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB1840-2026)
- [HB1825: Removes the prosecuting attorney and the sheriff from the county salary commiss…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB1825-2026)
- [HB1827: Adds licensed occupational therapists to the definition of "other authorized he…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB1827-2026)
- [SB1408: Increases the maximum speed limit from 70 to 75 miles per hour on rural interst…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB1408-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB2153-2026 (as of 2026-11-04).