# Missouri SB78: Establishes the First Amendment Protection Act, which prohibits professional license complaints and adverse actions based on constitutional rights

Missouri SB78, Establishes the First Amendment Protection Act, which prohibits professional license complaints and adverse actions based on constitutional rights, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Adam Schnelting (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-01-16 (Second Read and Referred S Emerging Issues and Professional Registration Committee) (as of 2026-10-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: Missouri SB78
- State: Missouri
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Establishes the First Amendment Protection Act, which prohibits professional license complaints and adverse actions based on constitutional rights
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2024-12-01
- Last action: 2025-01-16, Second Read and Referred S Emerging Issues and Professional Registration Committee
- Sponsor: Adam Schnelting (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: Adam Schnelting (Republican), Senate

## Actions (3)

- 2025-01-16: Second Read and Referred S Emerging Issues and Professional Registration Committee (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: S First Read (Senate)
- 2024-12-01: Prefiled

## Bill text

- Introduced: [PDF](https://www.senate.mo.gov/25info/pdf-bill/intro/SB78.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.senate.mo.gov/25info/pdf-bill/intro/SB78.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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB78-2025 (as of 2026-10-16).