# Missouri HB225: Allows the chief law enforcement executive in any jurisdiction to request assistance from another jurisdiction, including a jurisdiction outside the state of Missouri Missouri HB225, Allows the chief law enforcement executive in any jurisdiction to request assistance from another jurisdiction, including a jurisdiction outside the state of Missouri, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Jeff Myers (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-07-14 (Delivered to Secretary of State (G)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB225-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Missouri HB225 - State: Missouri - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Allows the chief law enforcement executive in any jurisdiction to request assistance from another jurisdiction, including a jurisdiction outside the state of Missouri - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2024-12-02 - Last action: 2025-07-14, Delivered to Secretary of State (G) - Sponsor: Jeff Myers (Republican) - Cosponsors: 2 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 9 (450 yes, 132 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 26 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More compensation for fallen officers’ survivors: benefit, high. Eligible survivors can receive $100,000 in line-of-duty compensation, up from $25,000, for deaths on or after June 19, 2009. Payments depend on state appropriations. Coverage includes duty-related illnesses when death is the natural and probable result and occurs within 300 weeks after illness was… - St. Louis deputies get minimum pay: benefit, high. Sheriff’s deputies in the City of St. Louis must receive at least $50,000 in annual compensation. Deputies paid below that floor receive the increase needed to reach it. - Tuition help for public safety families: benefit, high. Eligible public-safety workers and legal dependents can get tuition awards through a dedicated state fund, subject to appropriations. Dependents of workers with at least 10 years of service can receive up to 100% of resident tuition left after federal grants and state scholarships and grants. Priva… - Officer spouses get faster work licenses: benefit, medium. Qualifying spouses of law enforcement officers gain access to Missouri’s expedited occupational licensing process. Licensing bodies must issue a license within 30 days and waive exam, education, and experience requirements for eligible applicants. Applicants need a current matching occupation and p… - Court users lose three dollar surcharge: benefit, low. The law removes a $3 surcharge supporting the Sheriffs’ Retirement Fund from covered civil and criminal cases. Covered cases include specified ordinance, traffic, criminal-law, and infraction cases, with statutory exceptions. People otherwise responsible for the surcharge save $3 per covered case. - Unpaid emergency helpers gain lawsuit protection: benefit, low. People giving unpaid care or assistance at an emergency or accident scene are protected from civil damages for that help. Protection does not cover gross negligence or willful or wanton acts or failures to act. - Emergency medical workers avoid compact fees: benefit, low. Missouri’s health department cannot create or raise emergency medical personnel license fees to pay the interstate licensing compact’s annual assessment. The restriction does not block fee changes for other purposes. - County pension contributions get tax treatment: benefit, low. Counties pay covered retirement-system member contributions from the same source as wages and deduct an equal amount from members’ pay. Contributions count as employer contributions for federal gross-income purposes. They do not lower the compensation used to calculate retirement benefits. Members… - Grants support solving more violent crimes: benefit, low. Missouri creates a violent-crime clearance grant program offering agencies money or technical help, subject to state appropriations. Support can cover investigators, forensics, training, technology, victim services, wellness, and community partnerships. Priority goes to agencies consistently report… - Police can request help across borders: benefit, low. Law enforcement chiefs or their designees can request help from other U.S. jurisdictions, including outside Missouri. Officers arresting someone outside their jurisdiction must transfer that person to the first available officer commissioned there. The arresting officer must help prepare probable-c… - Tuition recipients face Missouri residency repayment: cost, high. Legal dependents receiving tuition awards must meet a five-year Missouri residency requirement and submit state income tax returns annually as proof. The period begins with the first award application and receipt, subject to the law’s degree-completion or department-notice milestones. Leaving Misso… - Penalties for approaching and obstructing responders: cost, medium. Knowingly and willfully approaching within 20 feet of a first responder after a verbal warning can be a crime. The responder must be lawfully doing a legal duty, and the person must know or reasonably recognize the responder. The person must intend to interfere, threaten physical harm, or direct co… - Covered officers face mandatory service limits: cost, medium. Members of covered city police reserve forces cannot serve after the last day of the month they turn 65. Separately, covered law enforcement officers must leave service at the later of age 65 or 35 years of creditable service. Separation occurs on the last day of the month that later threshold is r… - Higher court service fees support deputies: cost, low. Covered service of court papers carries an extra $20 charge in first-, second-, and fourth-class counties and charter counties. The extra charge is $15 in third-class counties. This covers summonses, writs, subpoenas, and other covered court orders. The money supports deputy salary supplements and,… - Narrower funding limit for retired sheriffs’ premiums: cost, low. The law changes the annual funding limit for retired sheriffs’ medical insurance premium help. The limit now counts expected retirement system money under section 57.952, but no longer includes money under section 57.955. Payments remain optional, depend on available funds, and cannot exceed $450 p… - Districts can recover missed levy revenue: cost, low. Ambulance and fire districts can make a one-time property-tax levy correction to recover revenue owed from the prior year. First, the district must adopt the tax-rate ceiling otherwise allowed by Missouri law. The correction is limited to revenue the district was entitled to receive. - State ambulance services face provider tax: cost, low. State-owned ground ambulance services accepting payment in Missouri are covered by the ambulance service reimbursement allowance tax. The law removes their prior exception, including for services operated by state-owned entities. The provision gives no tax rate or direct household charge. - District sales taxes can rise: mixed, medium. Ambulance and fire districts can seek voter approval for sales taxes up to 1%, raising the former 0.5% ceiling and removing listed county exclusions. Revenue must fund the purposes voters approve. After the first collection year, districts must reduce property-tax revenue by 50% of the prior year’s… - St. Louis firefighters can arrange towing: mixed, low. Firefighters in a city outside any county can arrange accident-scene towing through a tow list or management company. They can assess whether a requested company can arrive reasonably soon or a vehicle poses an immediate traffic hazard. Out-of-state companies require a declared state or federal eme… - More towns can tax public safety: mixed, low. Newly eligible Missouri cities and villages can ask voters to approve a public-safety sales tax capped at 0.5%. Eligibility depends on the law’s population and location criteria. Shoppers pay the approved tax, and revenue must support police, fire, or emergency medical pay, benefits, equipment, or… - Police and rangers gain driving authority: mixed, low. Police vehicles can use specified emergency-driving privileges without lights or sirens for speeding enforcement on qualifying maintained federal or state highways. The highway’s speed limit must be set by state statute. Signal-free operation also covers suspected crimes in progress when signals ri… - Ambulance leaders face training and audits: mixed, low. Each licensed ambulance service must name an administrator responsible for operations and staffing, with 40 hours of basic training and two hours annually. Administrators serving on August 28, 2025, had until January 1, 2026, to show compliance. District board members need three continuing-educatio… - Backup ambulance care brings repayment rights: mixed, low. When an ambulance provider cannot deliver adequate service, Missouri must immediately work with nearby providers to arrange continued service. This can include long-term coverage arrangements. A provider filling in during another provider’s license suspension can seek reasonable payment from the su… - Specialty hospitals get forensic exam exemption: mixed, low. Qualifying specialty hospitals are exempt from specified sexual-offense forensic exam and statewide telehealth network requirements. They must be licensed and designated as something other than a general acute care hospital. To qualify, they must have a policy transferring victims to an appropriate… - Stronger oversight of troubled ambulance services: mixed, low. Missouri can deny, suspend, or refuse to renew ambulance licenses for financial, staffing, operating, qualification, or training problems. Grounds include excessive mutual aid, including more than 10% of monthly runs in the service area, subject to staffing standards and exceptions. License-related… - Sheriff funding shifts county money: mixed, low. The annual cap on covered fees kept in the sheriff’s county fund rises from $50,000 to $75,000; excess goes to county general revenue. Beginning January 1, 2026, the state diverts $1.75 per prisoner-day from jail reimbursements in counties with participating sheriffs to sheriff pensions. The divers… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Jeff Myers (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Bill Irwin (Republican), House - Cosponsor: George Hruza (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-08 | House | Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed | pass | 88 | 26 | 27 | | 2025-05-08 | House | House Adopts - SS as amended | pass | 89 | 32 | 20 | | 2025-05-08 | House | Emergency Clause Defeated on Truly Agreed to Bill | pass | 88 | 34 | 18 | | 2025-05-08 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 8 | 0 | | | 2025-05-07 | Senate | Emergency Clause Adopted | pass | 32 | 2 | | | 2025-05-07 | House | Third Read and Passed with Amendments | pass | 30 | 2 | | | 2025-03-06 | House | Third Read and Passed | pass | 96 | 29 | 33 | | 2025-02-27 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 7 | 3 | | | 2025-01-30 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 12 | 4 | 2 | ## Actions (58) - 2025-07-14: Delivered to Secretary of State (G) (House) - 2025-07-14: Approved by Governor (G) (House) - 2025-05-30: Delivered to Governor (House) - 2025-05-30: Signed by President Pro Tem (Senate) - 2025-05-30: Constitutional Objection Filed (Senate) - 2025-05-29: Signed by House Speaker (House) - 2025-05-08: House Message (House) - 2025-05-08: Emergency Clause Defeated on Truly Agreed to Bill - AYES: 88 NOES: 34 PRESENT: 18 (House) - 2025-05-08: Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 88 NOES: 26 PRESENT: 27 (House) - 2025-05-08: House Adopts - SS as amended AYES: 89 NOES: 32 PRESENT: 20 (House) - 2025-05-08: Taken Up (House) - 2025-05-08: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 8 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2025-05-08: Voted Do Pass (House) - 2025-05-08: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2025-05-07: Referred: Fiscal Review (House) - 2025-05-07: Reported to the House with... - SS SCS as amended (House) - 2025-05-07: Emergency Clause Adopted - AYES: 32 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 0 (Senate) - 2025-05-07: Third Read and Passed with Amendments - AYES: 30 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2025-05-07: Taken Up (Senate) - 2025-05-07: Reported Do Pass (Senate) - 2025-05-07: Voted Do Pass (Senate) - 2025-05-07: Executive Session Held (Senate) - 2025-05-06: Referred: Fiscal Oversight (Senate) - 2025-05-06: SS Adopted - SA 3, SA 4, SA 5, SA 6, SA 7 adopted (Senate) - 2025-05-06: SS Offered (Senate) - 2025-05-06: Taken Up for Third Reading (Senate) - 2025-05-06: Reported Do Pass (Senate) - 2025-05-01: Voted Do Pass (Senate) - 2025-05-01: Executive Session Held (Senate) - 2025-04-30: Executive Session Scheduled - Thursday, May 1, 2025, May 1, 2025, 9:35 a.m., Senate Lounge - 3rd Floor - 2025-04-22: Referred: Fiscal Oversight (Senate) - 2025-04-17: SCS Reported Do Pass (Senate) - 2025-04-14: SCS Voted Do Pass (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Executive Session Held (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Public Hearing Held (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Public Hearing Scheduled - Monday, April 7, 2025, 3:00 p.m., Senate Committee Room 1 - 1st Floor (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Second read and referred: Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety (Senate) - 2025-03-10: Reported to the Senate and First Read (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Third Read and Passed - AYES: 96 NOES: 29 PRESENT: 33 (House) - 2025-03-06: Taken Up for Third Reading (House) - 2025-03-04: Perfected (House) - 2025-03-04: Title of Bill - Agreed To (House) - 2025-03-04: Taken Up for Perfection (House) - 2025-02-27: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 7 NOES: 3 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2025-02-27: Voted Do Pass (House) - 2025-02-27: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2025-02-24: Action Postponed (House) - 2025-02-20: Action Postponed (House) - 2025-02-17: Action Postponed (House) - 2025-02-06: Referred: Rules - Legislative (House) - 2025-01-30: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 12 NOES: 4 PRESENT: 2 (House) - 2025-01-29: Voted Do Pass (House) - 2025-01-29: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2025-01-29: Public Hearing Completed (House) - 2025-01-22: Referred: Crime and Public Safety (House) - 2025-01-09: Read Second Time (House) - 2025-01-08: Read First Time (House) - 2024-12-02: Prefiled (House) ## Bill text - Truly Agreed, 2025-05-08: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/0321S.09T.pdf) - Perfected, 2025-03-04: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/0321H.02P.pdf) - Committee Substitute, 2025-01-30: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/0321S.03C.pdf) - Senate Substitute, 2025-01-30: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/0321S.09F.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-01-08: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/0321H.02I.pdf) ## Related bills - HB3: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development (signed) - HB8: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Public Safety and the Department of National Guard (signed) - HB11: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Social Services (signed) - HB10: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Mental Health, the Department of Health and Senior Services, and t… (signed) - SB79: Modifies provisions relating to health care (signed) - SB271: Modifies provisions relating to emergency services (signed) ## Sources - [Truly Agreed (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/0321S.09T.pdf) - [Perfected (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/0321H.02P.pdf) - [Committee Substitute (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/0321S.03C.pdf) - [Senate Substitute (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/0321S.09F.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/0321H.02I.pdf) ## Related - [HB3: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB3-2025) - [HB8: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB8-2025) - [HB11: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB11-2025) - [HB10: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB10-2025) - [SB79: Modifies provisions relating to health care](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB79-2025) - [SB271: Modifies provisions relating to emergency services](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB271-2025) - [Missouri bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/missouri/bills) - [Missouri state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/missouri) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB225-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).