# Missouri HB495: Modifies provisions relating to public safety Missouri HB495, Modifies provisions relating to public safety, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Brad Christ (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-26 (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-HB495-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Missouri HB495 - State: Missouri - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Modifies provisions relating to public safety - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2024-12-10 - Last action: 2025-03-26, Delivered to Secretary of State (G) - Sponsor: Brad Christ (Republican) - Cosponsors: 6 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 11 (534 yes, 187 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 39 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More help after wrongful felony convictions: benefit, high. People convicted of Missouri felonies can qualify for restitution through qualifying court findings of actual innocence, not just DNA evidence. Release, appeal, and concurrent-sentence requirements still apply. Restitution is $179 per day of postconviction imprisonment, capped at $65,000 per person… - Defendants and victims gain informant information: benefit, medium. Beginning January 1, 2026, prosecutors must disclose informant information to all attorneys of record within 14 days of witness endorsement. Required details include criminal history, cooperation benefits, relevant statements and recantations, and testimony and benefits in other cases. The informan… - Jail families gain phone access protections: benefit, medium. County and city jails must provide reasonable phone access during confinement. Jails may restrict access as discipline, and no minimum number of calls is set. Correctional facilities cannot charge more than $0.12 per minute for domestic calls, including all fees. - Pregnant jail inmates gain restraint protections: benefit, medium. County and city jails face restraint limits during the third trimester, specified medical care, labor, and delivery. Some protections cover the first 48 hours after birth. Transport vehicles must have seatbelts; permitted restraints must be reasonable, with wrist restraints in front and some restra… - State ends prisoner asset recovery program: benefit, medium. The law repeals the state framework for recovering incarceration costs from prisoners' assets. It also removes related enforcement procedures and the program's revolving fund. The state can no longer use this framework to seek those costs. - New care protections for pregnant jail residents: benefit, medium. By January 1, 2026, county and city jails must adopt care procedures for pregnant and postpartum people. Procedures must cover maternal exams, prenatal vitamins, nutritious meals following obstetric guidelines, substance-use treatment, and HIV and hepatitis C care. They must also address sleeping a… - Higher pay and salary floors for police: benefit, medium. Covered police boards set salaries without prior legislative approval, but cannot pay members less than on the law's effective date. Boards must provide extra pay for completed accredited college work, up to 10% of yearly salary. Designated field training officers and lead officers each qualify for… - Police overtime earns time and a half: benefit, medium. Covered probationary patrolmen, patrolmen, and sergeants earn 1.5 times regular hourly pay for eligible work beyond their regular working period. Court and court-standby time earn the regular rate. The first 40 accumulated authorized overtime and court hours are compensatory time off, at the office… - Police transfers protect jobs and retirement benefits: benefit, medium. When the police board takes control, it must initially employ commissioned and civilian staff working there immediately before the transfer. Their rank, salary, and benefits cannot be reduced, and accrued service must be recognized. Transferred staff keep the listed holidays, leave, sick bonus time… - Victims gain custody information and photos: benefit, low. Eligible victims and witnesses who request custody notices in writing must receive notice within 30 days of a confined person's death. Victims can also request a defendant's photograph from the Missouri Department of Corrections. The photograph must have been taken before the defendant's release. - Jail phone calls get price caps: benefit, low. A jail or other party cannot charge an incarcerated person more than 12 cents per minute for domestic phone calls. The cap includes all fees and per-minute charges. This limits costs for incarcerated people and households paying for their calls. - Missouri repeals the specific rioting offense: benefit, low. The law repeals the class A misdemeanor offense of rioting. It covered knowingly assembling with at least six others, agreeing to violate criminal laws by force or violence, and doing so together. Other criminal laws can still apply to the underlying conduct. - Police agencies gain cross-jurisdiction assistance rules: benefit, low. Agency leaders or their designees may request police assistance from another jurisdiction, including elsewhere in the United States. Officers making arrests outside their jurisdiction must hand the person to the first available officer commissioned there. They must also help prepare probable-cause… - Task force studies missing Black women: benefit, low. A state task force studies missing and murdered African American women and girls, violence prevention, and victim and community support. It examines data collection and government practices, with Department of Public Safety administrative support. Its first meeting is required before October 1, 202… - School safety committee develops prevention guidelines: benefit, low. The law creates a school safety committee within the Missouri Department of Public Safety. It must meet at least four times yearly, including once each calendar quarter. It evaluates safety concerns and develops guidelines, including plans to prevent school firearm violence. It must send an annual… - State repays police boards for eligible claims: benefit, low. The state reimburses covered police commissioner boards from the legal expense fund for eligible liability claims they have already paid. Claims must qualify under the state's legal expense fund law. Reimbursements are allocated in equal shares per claim, capped at $2 million per fiscal year. Payme… - Prosecutor pay depends on case practices: cost, high. Two portions of covered Missouri prosecutors' annual salaries depend on meeting specific requirements. A $5,000 portion requires approved case-data collection and ready access for the Missouri Office of Prosecution Services. A separate $3,000 portion requires sharing case evidence through the appro… - Obstructing police governance brings financial penalties: cost, medium. Forcibly resisting or obstructing enforcement of covered police-governance provisions carries a $1,000 penalty per offense. The same penalty covers violations of police organization or maintenance rules and failures to perform required duties. Covered offenders also lose eligibility for specified c… - Vehicles face forfeiture after covered offenses: cost, medium. Vehicles used in resisting or interfering with arrest may be impounded and forfeited after convictions or guilty pleas punishable as class E felonies. Separate local forfeiture authority covers charter cities over 100,000 people in first-class counties bordering no other first-class county. Those c… - Innocence care-cost exemption is removed: cost, low. The law deletes the express care-cost exemption for people a court finds actually innocent. This deletion does not specify a charge or payment formula. Because the law also repeals the incarceration-cost recovery framework, the deletion alone does not establish that someone owes money. - Private security workers need city licenses: cost, low. Private watchmen, detectives, and security personnel serving in the covered city must obtain a police-board license before working. The board may regulate this work. Violations of board regulations carry penalties set by ordinance; no license fee or penalty amount is stated. - Arrest reports include requested immigration information: cost, low. Missouri law enforcement agencies must submit citizenship or immigration status information when the Department of Public Safety requires it. The requirement covers arrests for offenses reportable under section 43.506. This provision places the reporting duty on agencies, not arrested individuals. - Drug-use facilities face new operating limits: cost, low. People and organizations cannot knowingly provide facilities for self-administration of preobtained controlled substances whose possession is punishable and otherwise unauthorized. The prohibition covers owning, leasing, managing, operating, and other knowing control or use of such facilities. Heal… - Forceful obstruction brings higher criminal penalties: cost, low. Obstructing a government function through violence or force is now a class A misdemeanor. Without violence or force, the offense remains a class B misdemeanor. - Longer prison terms for child sex trafficking: cost, low. First-degree child sex trafficking now covers children under 14, up from under 12, including the belief-of-age defense. The sentence is life imprisonment, with at least 30 years before probation or parole eligibility, up from 25. For second-degree trafficking involving children under 18, the minimu… - More crimes trigger civil forfeiture proceedings: cost, low. Missouri investigative agencies can bring civil asset-forfeiture proceedings for additional categories of criminal activity. These include motor-vehicle felonies under Chapter 304 and offenses under Chapters 573 and 575. Chapter 578 offenses qualify only when committed by a criminal street gang. Pe… - Organized retail theft brings higher penalties: cost, low. Organized retail theft includes coordinated stealing, knowingly receiving stolen business property, and managing its transfer or sale for profit. Receiving or possessing property also qualifies when there are reasonable grounds to believe it was stolen from a business. Theft and damage totaling $75… - Repeat unauthorized lien filings face harsher penalties: cost, low. Filing an unauthorized common-law lien is a class B misdemeanor for a first offense. A second offense is a class A misdemeanor. A third or later offense is a class E felony, and the person is treated as a persistent offender. - Serious bus crimes become dangerous felonies: cost, low. Bus hijacking punished as a class A felony now counts as a dangerous felony. Planting a bomb or explosive in or near a bus or terminal also receives that classification. The designation changes how these offenses are treated in criminal cases. - Sheriffs and officers face training requirements: cost, low. Most sheriff candidates must hold a valid peace officer license when filing for office. Exceptions cover first-class charter counties over 900,000 people and cities outside a county; the latter's sheriffs must qualify within two years after election. Officers first licensed on or after August 28, 2… - Street takeover drivers face escalating penalties: cost, low. The law bans stunt driving connected to street takeovers and participating in street takeovers, except where legally permitted. Covered driving includes racing, burnouts, donuts, wheelies, and drifting. Stunt-driving violations are class B misdemeanors, or class A misdemeanors when an accident is i… - Tougher penalties for fentanyl near children: cost, low. Specified unlawful activities involving fentanyl, carfentanil, or their analogues now count as first-degree child endangerment. Covered activities include making, possessing, selling, or transporting these drugs. The rule applies when a child under 17 is present or lives in the residence where the… - Water supply tampering carries criminal penalties: cost, low. Purposely poisoning, defiling, or corrupting a domestic or municipal water supply is a class E felony. Purposely diverting or damming that supply is a class A misdemeanor. - Protection-order monitoring continues with consent: mixed, medium. The law removes the August 28, 2024 expiration of electronic monitoring with victim notification in specified protection-order cases. Courts can order monitoring only with the protected person's informed consent. The monitored person pays unless indigent; for indigent people, the Department of Corr… - Appointed boards control city police operations: mixed, low. In cities outside a county, police boards have six members: the mayor, four citizen commissioners, and one nonvoting commissioner. The governor appoints everyone except the mayor; citizen members need two years of city residency and cannot retain conflicting political offices. The nonvoting member… - Cities must reserve more for police: mixed, low. Cities with police forces governed by police commissioner boards must reserve a growing share of general revenue for police maintenance. The minimum is 22% through December 31, 2025, then 23% in 2026 and 24% in 2027. Beginning January 1, 2028, it is 25%. This guarantees a higher police funding floo… - Police boards gain state legal representation: mixed, low. When a police board requests help, the Missouri Attorney General must handle covered claims for the board and listed parties. Services include investigation, defense, negotiation, and settlement. The Attorney General and city officials must negotiate reasonable payment for representation costs. - Police referrals follow statewide prosecution rules: mixed, low. No later than January 1, 2028, officers must refer traffic, ordinance, misdemeanor, and felony offenses using state-approved forms and processes. Felony referrals must include a probable cause statement and investigative report. Noncompliant agencies lose eligibility for otherwise payable state or… - St. Louis police transfer to board: mixed, low. A governor-appointed director oversees the police transfer to the board, with implementation ending no later than July 1, 2026. When the board takes control, department assets and debts transfer, and the city stops operating its police force. The board assumes existing contracts and other lawful ob… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Brad Christ (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ben Keathley (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Bill Irwin (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Deanna Self (Republican), House - Cosponsor: John Hewkin (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Mike Costlow (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Terri Violet (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-12 | House | Emergency Clause Adopted on Truly Agreed to Bill | pass | 113 | 36 | | | 2025-03-12 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 7 | 0 | | | 2025-03-12 | House | House Adopts - SS#2 SCS as amended | pass | 111 | 42 | 7 | | 2025-03-12 | House | Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed | pass | 113 | 39 | 7 | | 2025-03-10 | Senate | Emergency Clause Adopted | pass | 25 | 7 | | | 2025-03-10 | Senate | Third Read and Passed with Amendments - with SA 1 | pass | 27 | 5 | | | 2025-02-20 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 4 | 0 | | | 2025-02-20 | House | Third Read and Passed | pass | 106 | 47 | 6 | | 2025-02-11 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 8 | 2 | | | 2025-02-06 | House | HCS#2 Reported Do Pass | pass | 7 | 3 | | | 2025-01-30 | House | HCS Reported Do Pass | pass | 13 | 6 | | ## Actions (69) - 2025-03-26: Delivered to Secretary of State (G) (House) - 2025-03-26: Approved by Governor (G) (House) - 2025-03-12: Delivered to Governor (House) - 2025-03-12: Signed by President Pro Tem (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Signed by House Speaker (House) - 2025-03-12: House Message (House) - 2025-03-12: Emergency Clause Adopted on Truly Agreed to Bill - AYES: 113 NOES: 36 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2025-03-12: Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 113 NOES: 39 PRESENT: 7 (House) - 2025-03-12: House Adopts - SS#2 SCS as amended AYES: 111 NOES: 42 PRESENT: 7 (House) - 2025-03-12: Taken Up (House) - 2025-03-12: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 7 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2025-03-12: Voted Do Pass (House) - 2025-03-12: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2025-03-10: Referred: Fiscal Review (House) - 2025-03-10: Reported to the House with... - SS#2 as amended (House) - 2025-03-10: Emergency Clause Adopted - AYES: 25 NOES: 7 PRESENT: 0 (Senate) - 2025-03-10: Third Read and Passed with Amendments - with SA 1 AYES: 27 NOES: 5 PRESENT: 0 (Senate) - 2025-03-10: Taken Up (Senate) - 2025-03-10: Reported Do Pass (Senate) - 2025-03-10: Voted Do Pass (Senate) - 2025-03-10: Executive Session Held (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Executive Session Scheduled - Monday, March 10, 2025, 3:30 p.m., Senate Committee Room 2. - 2025-03-05: Referred: Fiscal Oversight (Senate) - 2025-03-05: SS#2 Adopted - SA 1 adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-05: SS#2 Offered (Senate) - 2025-03-05: SS Withdrawn (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Taken Up (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Placed on Informal Calendar - with SA 1 to SA 1, SA 1, SS, pending. (Senate) - 2025-03-05: SS Offered (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Taken Up for Third Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Reported Do Pass (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Voted Do Pass (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Executive Session Held (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Executive Session Scheduled - Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 1:00 pm, Senate Lounge - 3rd Floor - 2025-03-03: Referred: Fiscal Oversight (Senate) - 2025-03-03: SCS Reported Do Pass (Senate) - 2025-03-03: SCS Voted Do Pass (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Executive Session Held (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Public Hearing Held (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Public Hearing Scheduled - Thursday, February 27, 2025, 8:00 a.m., Senate Lounge. (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Second read and referred: Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Reported to the Senate and First Read (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Third Read and Passed - AYES: 106 NOES: 47 PRESENT: 6 (House) - 2025-02-20: Taken Up for Third Reading (House) - 2025-02-20: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 4 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2025-02-20: Voted Do Pass (House) - 2025-02-20: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2025-02-19: Referred: Fiscal Review (House) - 2025-02-18: Perfected (House) - 2025-02-18: HCS#2 Adopted (House) - 2025-02-18: Title of Bill - Agreed To (House) - 2025-02-18: Taken Up for Perfection (House) - 2025-02-11: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 8 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2025-02-11: Voted Do Pass (House) - 2025-02-11: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2025-02-10: Referred: Rules - Administrative (House) - 2025-02-06: HCS#2 Reported Do Pass - AYES: 7 NOES: 3 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2025-02-06: HCS#2 Voted Do Pass (House) - 2025-02-06: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2025-02-06: Public Hearing Completed (House) - 2025-02-04: Referred: Legislative Review (House) - 2025-01-30: HCS Reported Do Pass - AYES: 13 NOES: 6 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2025-01-29: HCS Voted Do Pass (House) - 2025-01-29: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2025-01-22: Public Hearing Completed (House) - 2025-01-16: Referred: Crime and Public Safety (House) - 2025-01-09: Read Second Time (House) - 2025-01-08: Read First Time (House) - 2024-12-10: Prefiled (House) ## Bill text - Truly Agreed, 2025-03-12: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/1623S.12T.pdf) - Perfected, 2025-02-18: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/1623H.08P.pdf) - Committee Substitute, 2025-01-30: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/1623H.08C.pdf), [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/1623S.09C.pdf), [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/1623H.07C.pdf) - Senate Substitute, 2025-01-30: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/1623S.12F.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-01-08: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/1623H.01I.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/1623S.12T.pdf) - [Perfected (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/1623H.08P.pdf) - [Committee Substitute (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/1623H.08C.pdf) - [Committee Substitute (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/1623S.09C.pdf) - [Committee Substitute (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/1623H.07C.pdf) - [Senate Substitute (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/1623S.12F.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/1623H.01I.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-HB495-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).