# Missouri SB1: Modifies provisions relating to county officials Missouri SB1, Modifies provisions relating to county officials, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Sandy Crawford (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-13 (Approved by Governor (G)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB1-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Missouri SB1 - State: Missouri - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Modifies provisions relating to county officials - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-06 - Last action: 2025-05-13, Approved by Governor (G) - Sponsor: Sandy Crawford (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (21 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 7 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More counties can raise coroner pay: benefit, high. Missouri counties without charter governments can approve coroner pay up to $14,000 a year above the salary schedule. A majority of the county salary commission must approve the increase. This power is no longer limited to second-class counties. - More sheriffs get judge-linked pay: benefit, medium. The law extends judge-linked pay to sheriffs in Missouri first-class counties without charter governments. The counties must have more than 150,000 but fewer than 200,000 people. Covered sheriffs’ annual salary equals 80% of the county associate circuit judge’s compensation. - County auditors gain financial claim access: benefit, low. The law expands audit access in covered Missouri first-class counties without charter governments and in covered second-class counties. When requested, auditors must have access to examine claims that a county officer has a legal duty to safeguard. This adds financial oversight without directly cha… - Coroners lose acting sheriff pay authority: cost, medium. The law removes this section’s authority for extra pay when a coroner fills a vacant sheriff’s office. The removed payment covered the difference between sheriff and coroner salaries when the sheriff was no longer receiving pay. - New limits on county salary schedules: cost, medium. Missouri third-class county salary commissions lose authority to add assessed-property-value factors above $300 million to officials’ base salary schedules. This removes one way to raise pay. The effect on each official’s salary depends on the applicable schedule and county decisions. - New public administrators must take salaries: cost, medium. This rule covers public administrators in Missouri second-, third-, and fourth-class counties and the city of St. Louis. Those starting a first term on or after January 1, 2024, must receive a salary instead of fees. Any administrator who chooses, or is treated as choosing, a salary cannot later sw… - Public administrator pay options and limits: mixed, medium. A county salary commission can choose a property-value-based pay schedule for a covered public administrator by majority vote. Once chosen, the commission cannot return to pay based on the average number of open appointment letters. Under the appointment-count method, guardianship and conservatorsh… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Sandy Crawford (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-10 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 9 | 0 | | | 2025-03-13 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 12 | 1 | | ## Actions (23) - 2025-05-13: Approved by Governor (G) - 2025-05-01: Delivered to Governor - 2025-05-01: Signed by House Speaker (House) - 2025-04-23: House Message (House) - 2025-04-23: Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - 2025-04-23: Title of Bill - Agreed To - 2025-04-23: Taken Up for Third Reading (House) - 2025-04-23: Placed on the Informal Third Reading Calendar (House) - 2025-04-10: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 9 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2025-04-10: Voted Do Pass (House) - 2025-04-10: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2025-04-03: Action Postponed (House) - 2025-04-03: Executive Session Continued - 2025-04-01: Action Postponed (House) - 2025-04-01: Executive Session Continued - 2025-03-27: Referred: Rules - Administrative (House) - 2025-03-13: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 12 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2025-03-12: Voted Do Pass (House) - 2025-03-12: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2025-03-05: Public Hearing Completed (House) - 2025-02-27: Referred: Local Government (House) - 2025-02-10: Read Second Time (House) - 2025-02-06: Reported to the House and First Read (House) ## Bill text - Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed, 2025-04-23: [PDF](https://www.senate.mo.gov/25info/pdf-bill/tat/SB1.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.senate.mo.gov/25info/pdf-bill/intro/SB1.pdf) - Perfected: [PDF](https://www.senate.mo.gov/25info/pdf-bill/perf/SB1.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 to and Finally Passed (PDF)](https://www.senate.mo.gov/25info/pdf-bill/tat/SB1.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.senate.mo.gov/25info/pdf-bill/intro/SB1.pdf) - [Perfected (PDF)](https://www.senate.mo.gov/25info/pdf-bill/perf/SB1.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-SB1-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).