# Missouri HB2637: Modifies and establishes provisions relating to public safety Missouri HB2637, Modifies and establishes provisions relating to public safety, is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by John Black (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-06-12 (Delivered to Secretary of State (G)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-04). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB2637-2026 - As of: 2026-11-04 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Missouri HB2637 - State: Missouri - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Modifies and establishes provisions relating to public safety - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-02 - Last action: 2026-06-12, Delivered to Secretary of State (G) - Sponsor: John Black (Republican) - Cosponsors: 2 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 14 (633 yes, 114 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 47 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Overturned offenses allow registry removal petitions: benefit, medium. People can petition for registry removal when the offense requiring registration is reversed, vacated, or set aside. The petition must include a certified copy of that action and follow the registry-removal process. This petition is the only removal remedy for that situation; removal is not automat… - Victims can get lifetime no-contact protection: benefit, medium. At sentencing, courts can issue lifetime no-contact orders against people found guilty of dangerous felonies, at a victim's or prosecutor's request. The order starts immediately and is served at sentencing. Defendants can seek termination after the victim's death, a pardon, or dismissal, expungemen… - Privacy protections for first responder disclosures: benefit, medium. Information officers and first responders share while receiving program services is generally protected from use as evidence against them. This protection covers criminal, civil, and administrative proceedings. Disclosure is still allowed to prevent harm, with written consent, or when mandatory rep… - Changed laws allow renewed registry petitions: benefit, low. A qualifying registrant can petition again during the otherwise applicable five-year period after a law changes. The earlier denial must have relied on a law later amended, repealed, or invalidated, excluding the specified statutory denial grounds. The new petition must identify the earlier case nu… - Child protections extend to age seventeen: benefit, low. For laws using the amended definition, a child is someone under 18 rather than under 17. Specified first-degree child-endangerment provisions also extend to 17-year-olds. They cover substantial risks to life, body, or health; encouraging specified violations; and listed drug activity in a child’s p… - Courts decide sex-offender registry exemptions: benefit, low. A court petition is the exclusive route to claim the covered registration exemptions, and petitioners must prove eligibility. Covered offenses include certain nonforcible sexual conduct involving victims age 14 or older and certain obscenity offenses. Courts must grant qualifying exemptions and can… - Defendants receive qualifying custody credit: benefit, low. Courts must record and credit qualifying custody when placing someone on probation for a suspended sentence or ordering imprisonment. The custody must relate to the offense and occur after it but before sentencing to imprisonment. House arrest counts when charges were filed and the person was held… - Domestic victims gain protection against isolation: benefit, low. Knowingly isolating or trying to isolate a domestic victim is fourth-degree domestic assault. The conduct must unreasonably and substantially restrict access to people, communication devices, or transportation for the purpose of isolation. With two or more specified prior offenses, it is a class E… - Judges gain rape sentencing discretion: benefit, low. The law removes the specific ban on suspended sentences for first-degree rape or attempted first-degree rape. Judges can consider suspending the imposition or execution of a sentence. A suspended sentence is not automatic. - More defendants can seek rehabilitation relief: benefit, low. Courts can reduce sentences or supervision after successful detoxification and rehabilitation for a nonviolent alcohol- or drug-related offense. The law removes exclusions for prior, persistent, and class X offenders under the former minimum-term law. Separate exclusions remain for prior, persisten… - More registry relief paths and proof: benefit, low. Covered juvenile and out-of-state registrants receive tiers governing reporting frequency and eligibility to seek removal, not whether registration is required. Eligible tier I registrants and tier III juvenile adjudications can use broader proof to seek shorter registration periods. Treatment can… - New penalties target online harassment and stalking: benefit, low. Cyberharassment covers purposeful or knowing, repeated electronic contact without a legitimate purpose that causes fear or other listed distress. A first offense is a class B misdemeanor; later offenses are class A misdemeanors. Cyberstalking covers purposeful or knowing threatening electronic cond… - Online exploitation victims gain felony protections: benefit, low. Sadistic online exploitation is a class E felony. It covers listed forms of internet coercion and manipulation, including pressure to self-harm. It also covers extortion using sexual content and threats using intimate images to demand money. - Out-of-state registrants gain removal petition options: benefit, low. People registered in Missouri solely for an offense adjudicated elsewhere gain another route to seek removal. They qualify to petition if that place did not require registration for the offense when adjudicated. Another route covers people never required to register there who never lived, worked, o… - Repeat registration offenders gain earlier review: benefit, low. A third failure-to-register conviction no longer requires serving two years before consideration for parole or conditional release. Release is not guaranteed. The offense remains a class A felony carrying 10 to 30 years in prison. Electronic monitoring remains mandatory during supervision after rel… - Sex trafficking covers use of substances: benefit, low. Using intoxicating or inhibiting substances is now a listed means of committing trafficking for sexual exploitation. The change applies to people who knowingly engage in conduct covered by that offense. - Stronger protections against stalking and harassment: benefit, low. Full and temporary protection orders can bar committing or threatening cyberstalking. Stalking laws cover knowing repeated conduct or technological abuse that meets a reasonable-person standard for harassment, terror, or intimidation. First-degree stalking also covers specified fears involving deat… - Vehicle occupants gain protection against tracking: benefit, low. Knowingly placing an electronic tracker on a vehicle to monitor an occupant requires every owner's consent unless an exception applies. Unauthorized tracking is a class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a class E felony for later offenses. Exceptions cover specified police, parental, stolen-pro… - Mental health detention paperwork needs no notary: benefit, low. Specified workers no longer need notarization for mental health detention applications and supporting papers. This covers peace officers, licensed physicians, designated mental health professionals, registered professional nurses, and hospital employees acting for the hospital. They can instead use… - More convictions carry longer parole waits: cost, high. People convicted of dangerous felonies must serve 85% of their sentence before parole eligibility. The expanded list includes specified forced-labor and trafficking crimes, a third failure-to-register offense, and first-degree child endangerment. First-degree statutory rape and statutory sodomy qua… - Breaking no-contact release terms brings penalties: cost, medium. People released on bond or recognizance in a pending criminal case must follow no-contact release conditions. Knowingly contacting a person barred by the condition is a class A misdemeanor. The violation also exposes security pledged for release to forfeiture. - Registrants face travel and temporary-home reporting: cost, medium. Another place counts as a temporary residence after seven days or nights there within 12 months, whether consecutive or not. Registrants must report qualifying temporary stays, their length, and whether the location is in Missouri or elsewhere. Work, volunteering, unpaid internships, school, traini… - Registry tiers set stricter reporting duties: cost, medium. Registry rules count covered adjudications even without a sentence, including acts treated as convictions under federal registration law. Listed offenses and comparable decisions from other states, territories, the District of Columbia, foreign countries, federal, tribal, and military jurisdictions… - Sex offender registrants cannot change names: cost, medium. People required to remain on the sex offender registry cannot change their legal names during that period. A prior legal name used on or after the conviction date must be reported as an alias. - Seized drones can face forfeiture: cost, low. Drones and drone systems seized under the covered law can be subject to forfeiture. The same applies when they are seized in connection with a crime. Forfeiture follows Missouri's referenced property-forfeiture process. - Local voters can approve juvenile detention taxes: cost, low. The law authorizes a local sales tax of up to 1% on taxable retail purchases to fund juvenile detention facilities. A majority of votes cast in each participating county must support the tax before it takes effect there. An approved tax starts on the first day of the second quarter after the electi… - Classified websites face sexual solicitation penalties: cost, low. Web-based classified service owners or operators commit a class E felony by knowingly leaving a prohibited sexual solicitation ad posted after notice. The violation begins when the ad remains posted more than 72 hours after notice. Penalties include imprisonment, a $5,000 fine for each day beyond t… - Rape convictions carry higher minimum sentences: cost, low. First-degree rape or attempted rape carries 10 to 30 years, with separate rules for aggravated offenses and persistent or predatory sexual offenders. Aggravated offenses can carry life without probation or parole. When the victim is under 12, the sentence is life or life without probation or parole… - Registrants face deadlines and name restrictions: cost, low. Registration covers specified tier-qualifying cases dating from July 1, 1979, subject to the statutory exemption process. Covered groups include adult-certified juveniles, people found not guilty because of mental disease or defect, and people committed as criminal sexual psychopaths. Covered adult… - Repeat and dangerous offenders face longer sentences: cost, low. Courts must impose extended prison terms for persistent or dangerous offenders covered by the law's extended-term sentencing rules. Extended terms also apply when the offense law requires a sentence increase based on prior guilt or criminal conduct. For persistent or dangerous offenders covered by… - Serious forced labor offenses bring longer sentences: cost, low. The minimum prison term for specified serious forced-labor violations rises from 5 to 10 years. This applies when death results or the violation involves kidnapping, attempted kidnapping, or attempted killing. It also covers sexual abuse punishable as a class B felony, or an attempt to commit it. S… - Tighter sentences for specified sex offenses: cost, low. For first-degree sodomy or an attempt involving a victim under 12, the law removes two special parole routes. Those routes allowed eligibility after 30 years, or at age 75 after at least 15 years. First-degree sexual trafficking of a child under 14 carries life imprisonment, with no probation or pa… - Courts can require outpatient mental treatment: mixed, high. Courts can order adults age 18 or older with mental illness into outpatient treatment for up to two years. The person must refuse voluntary community treatment and be unable to make an informed treatment decision. Treatment must prevent decline likely to cause serious harm, or the person must have… - Treatment orders bring oversight and appeal rights: mixed, high. People under outpatient treatment orders get a certified community behavioral health clinic case manager; both report to court at least every 90 days. Providers must immediately report noncompliance, and courts can order evaluation or psychiatric hospitalization for up to 10 days without a hearing.… - Protected people can transfer phone accounts: mixed, medium. A protection order can transfer wireless numbers and billing rights to the person seeking protection. That person takes responsibility for the numbers, monthly service, and associated device costs; routine account-opening requirements can apply. The court must keep that person's contact information… - First responders get support and required check-ins: mixed, medium. Missouri creates a stress support program for peace officers and first responders affected by critical incidents or emotionally difficult events. Services may include consultation, risk checks, education, and crisis help. Every Missouri peace officer and first responder must complete a mental healt… - New sentencing rules for felony defendants: mixed, medium. The law repeals the prior 40%, 50%, 80%, and 85% minimum prison-service rules for covered felony offenders. That repeal does not set replacement thresholds. It also removes exclusions for first prison stays before probation under two specified programs when counting prior commitments. Courts classi… - Registrants face changed online reporting rules: mixed, low. Registrants must report covered information changes within three business days, including online identifiers. Temporary lodging and specified email, messaging, internet, and telephone communication details are removed from that change-reporting list. The supplied provisions conflict on online ident… - Registry forms add details and guardian help: mixed, low. Registration forms must include biological sex as listed on the registrant's birth certificate. A court-appointed guardian can sign the form to confirm its accuracy. The registrant must still appear in person, and registry restrictions remain unchanged. - Assault standards change, more workers protected: mixed, low. The law defines bodily harm as pain, injury, illness, or impaired physical condition. Revised bodily, substantial, and great bodily harm standards change how several assault and domestic-assault offenses are classified. Highway workers in work or construction zones gain special-victim status. Utili… - Counties share juvenile detention facilities and costs: mixed, low. Counties in the same or adjoining court circuits can jointly establish juvenile detention facilities. Agreements must cover location, construction or financing, tax use, and costs shared by population. Same-circuit projects require participating counties' approval of the local authorizing measure a… - Drone restrictions expand around protected facilities: mixed, low. Drone restrictions extend to critical infrastructure and open-air venues holding at least 500 people, down from 5,000. They cover purposeful operations within facility boundaries and crime-related flights on facility property within 400 feet of the ground. Violations generally remain infractions, w… - Fingerprinting required in serious juvenile cases: mixed, low. Officers must fingerprint people under 18 who are not certified as adults when taken into custody for listed serious offenses. These include class A or B felonies, sexual-offense felonies under chapter 566, or two separate felony acts within one year. The fingerprints go to the central repository.… - Juvenile facilities must separate more teens: mixed, low. Adult jails are excluded from the juvenile-facility definition unless the person is at least 18, rather than 17. Facilities sharing buildings or grounds with adult detention must separate spaces, programs, and staff. Specialized support staff can have infrequent contact under the law’s exception. F… - Officials face faster registry notice deadlines: mixed, low. Facility officials must complete initial registration notices at least seven days before release and report them within three business days afterward. Courts must explain registration duties; covered probationers must report in the adjudicating county or city within three business days. Courts tran… - Public registry access retains privacy limits: mixed, low. The Highway Patrol must maintain a searchable public registry without the former funding condition, while covered juvenile adjudications stay exempt from internet notices. Local officials can maintain searchable pages and publish specified information about local registrants in newspapers, subject… - Sheriffs control hired attorneys' pay and tenure: mixed, low. Sheriffs set pay for attorneys hired under the covered law. Pay comes from the same funds and revenue used to pay the sheriff. These attorneys serve at the sheriff's pleasure. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: John Black (Republican), House - Cosponsor: David Dolan (Republican), House - Cosponsor: John Hewkin (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-29 | Senate | Senate Adopts Conference Committee Report | pass | 23 | 4 | | | 2026-04-29 | House | House Adopts Conference Committee Report | pass | 124 | 13 | 6 | | 2026-04-29 | Senate | Emergency Clause Adopted on Truly Agreed to Bill | pass | 30 | 0 | | | 2026-04-29 | House | Emergency Clause Adopted | pass | 125 | 15 | | | 2026-04-29 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 8 | 0 | | | 2026-04-29 | Senate | Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed | pass | 25 | 4 | | | 2026-04-29 | House | Third Read and Passed | pass | 119 | 18 | 7 | | 2026-04-27 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 8 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Third Read and Passed with Amendments - SS SCS, as amended | pass | 23 | 5 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Emergency Clause Adopted | pass | 27 | 2 | | | 2026-02-19 | House | Third Read and Passed | pass | 102 | 45 | 2 | | 2026-02-19 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 4 | 2 | | | 2026-02-12 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 7 | 3 | | | 2026-02-05 | House | HCS Reported Do Pass | pass | 8 | 3 | | ## Actions (85) - 2026-06-12: Delivered to Secretary of State (G) (House) - 2026-06-12: Approved by Governor (G) (House) - 2026-05-28: Delivered to Governor (House) - 2026-05-28: Signed by President Pro Tem (Senate) - 2026-05-28: Constitutional Objection Filed (Senate) - 2026-05-28: Signed by House Speaker (House) - 2026-05-28: Constitutional Objection Filed (House) - 2026-04-29: Senate Message (Senate) - 2026-04-29: Emergency Clause Adopted on Truly Agreed to Bill - AYES: 30 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 (Senate) - 2026-04-29: Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 25 NOES: 4 PRESENT: 0 (Senate) - 2026-04-29: Senate Adopts Conference Committee Report - AYES: 23 NOES: 4 PRESENT: 0 (Senate) - 2026-04-29: Senate Submits Conference Committee Report (Senate) - 2026-04-29: Conferees to Exceed Differences - in the Title, §558.011, Section 1 and Section C (Senate) - 2026-04-29: House Message (House) - 2026-04-29: House Message (House) - 2026-04-29: Emergency Clause Adopted - AYES: 125 NOES: 15 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2026-04-29: Third Read and Passed - AYES: 119 NOES: 18 PRESENT: 7 (House) - 2026-04-29: House Adopts Conference Committee Report - AYES: 124 NOES: 13 PRESENT: 6 (House) - 2026-04-29: Conferees to Exceed Differences - in the Title, §558.011, Section 1 and Section C (House) - 2026-04-29: House Submits Conference Committee Report (House) - 2026-04-29: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 8 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2026-04-29: Voted Do Pass (House) - 2026-04-29: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2026-04-28: Referred: Fiscal Review (House) - 2026-04-28: House Distributes Conference Committee Report (House) - 2026-04-28: House Message (House) - 2026-04-28: Conferee Removed - removed Parker and appointed Dolan (House) - 2026-04-27: House Message (House) - 2026-04-27: House Conference Committee Appointed - REPRESENTATIVES BLACK, PARKER, ROBERTS, SMITH(46), BUTZ (House) - 2026-04-27: Senate Message (Senate) - 2026-04-27: Senate Conference Committee Appointed - SCHROER, GREGORY(15), TRENT, LEWIS, MAY (Senate) - 2026-04-27: Senate Refuses to Recede, Grants Conference (Senate) - 2026-04-27: House Message (House) - 2026-04-27: House Refuses to Adopt, Requests Senate to Recede or Grant Conference (House) - 2026-04-27: Taken Up (House) - 2026-04-27: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 8 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2026-04-27: Voted Do Pass (House) - 2026-04-27: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2026-04-23: Referred: Fiscal Review (House) - 2026-04-23: Reported to the House with... - SS SCS, as amended (House) - 2026-04-23: Emergency Clause Adopted - AYES: 27 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 0 (Senate) - 2026-04-23: Third Read and Passed with Amendments - SS SCS, as amended AYES: 23 NOES: 5 PRESENT: 0 (Senate) - 2026-04-23: Taken Up (Senate) - 2026-04-23: Reported Do Pass (Senate) - 2026-04-23: Voted Do Pass (Senate) - 2026-04-23: Executive Session Held (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Executive Session Scheduled - Thursday, April 23, 2026, 9:45 a.m., Senate Lounge - 2026-04-22: Referred: Fiscal Oversight (Senate) - 2026-04-22: SS Adopted - SA 1, SA 3, adopted (Senate) - 2026-04-22: SS Offered (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Taken Up for Third Reading (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Reported Do Pass (Senate) - 2026-04-20: Voted Do Pass (Senate) - 2026-04-20: Executive Session Held (Senate) - 2026-04-16: Executive Session Scheduled - Monday, April 20, 2026, 3:30 p.m., Senate Lounge - 3rd Floor - 2026-04-16: Referred: Fiscal Oversight (Senate) - 2026-04-15: SCS Reported Do Pass (Senate) - 2026-04-08: SCS Voted Do Pass (Senate) - 2026-04-08: Executive Session Held (Senate) - 2026-03-25: Public Hearing Held (Senate) - 2026-03-24: Public Hearing Scheduled - Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 8:15 a.m, Senate Lounge-3rd Floor (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Second read and referred: Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence (Senate) - 2026-02-23: Reported to the Senate and First Read (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Third Read and Passed - AYES: 102 NOES: 45 PRESENT: 2 (House) - 2026-02-19: Taken Up for Third Reading (House) - 2026-02-19: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 4 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2026-02-19: Voted Do Pass (House) - 2026-02-19: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2026-02-18: Referred: Fiscal Review (House) - 2026-02-17: Perfected (House) - 2026-02-17: HCS Adopted (House) - 2026-02-17: Title of Bill - Agreed To (House) - 2026-02-17: Taken Up for Perfection (House) - 2026-02-12: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 7 NOES: 3 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2026-02-12: Voted Do Pass (House) - 2026-02-12: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2026-02-11: Referred: Rules - Administrative (House) - 2026-02-05: HCS Reported Do Pass - AYES: 8 NOES: 3 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2026-02-04: HCS Voted Do Pass (House) - 2026-02-04: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2026-01-28: Public Hearing Completed (House) - 2026-01-15: Referred: Judiciary (House) - 2026-01-08: Read Second Time (House) - 2026-01-07: Read First Time (House) - 2026-01-02: Prefiled (House) ## Bill text - Truly Agreed, 2026-04-29: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6162H.09T.pdf) - Perfected, 2026-02-17: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6162H.04P.pdf) - Committee Substitute, 2026-02-05: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6162H.04C.pdf), [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6162S.05C.pdf) - Senate Substitute, 2026-02-05: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6162H.09S.pdf), [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6162S.08F.pdf) - Introduced, 2026-01-07: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6162H.01I.pdf) ## Related bills - HB2596: Modifies provisions relating to health benefit plans (signed) - HB2586: Revises the par value of membership shares and allows for participation in board meetings by telephone or electronic means (signed) - HB2372: Modifies provisions relating to health care (signed) - HB1871: Modifies provisions relating to elections (signed) - HB1867: Authorizes Joplin to increase a transient guest tax for tourism to no more than six percent upon a vote of the people (signed) - HB1825: Removes the prosecuting attorney and the sheriff from the county salary commission (signed) ## Sources - [Truly Agreed (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6162H.09T.pdf) - [Perfected (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6162H.04P.pdf) - [Committee Substitute (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6162H.04C.pdf) - [Committee Substitute (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6162S.05C.pdf) - [Senate Substitute (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6162H.09S.pdf) - [Senate Substitute (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6162S.08F.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6162H.01I.pdf) ## Related - [HB2596: Modifies provisions relating to health benefit plans](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB2596-2026) - [HB2586: Revises the par value of membership shares and allows for participation in boar…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB2586-2026) - [HB2372: Modifies provisions relating to health care](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB2372-2026) - [HB1871: Modifies provisions relating to elections](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB1871-2026) - [HB1867: Authorizes Joplin to increase a transient guest tax for tourism to no more than…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB1867-2026) - [HB1825: Removes the prosecuting attorney and the sheriff from the county salary commiss…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB1825-2026) - [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-HB2637-2026 (as of 2026-11-04).