# Missouri SB686: Establishes provisions allowing for freestanding claims of actual innocence

Missouri SB686, Establishes provisions allowing for freestanding claims of actual innocence, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Jill Carter (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-04-09 (Hearing Cancelled S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee) (as of 2026-10-16).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB686-2025
- As of: 2026-10-16
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Missouri SB686
- State: Missouri
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Establishes provisions allowing for freestanding claims of actual innocence
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-06
- Last action: 2025-04-09, Hearing Cancelled S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
- Sponsor: Jill Carter (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- 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: Jill Carter (Republican), Senate

## Actions (3)

- 2025-04-09: Hearing Cancelled S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee (Senate)
- 2025-02-06: S First Read (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced: [PDF](https://www.senate.mo.gov/25info/pdf-bill/intro/SB686.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
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.senate.mo.gov/25info/pdf-bill/intro/SB686.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-SB686-2025 (as of 2026-10-16).