# Missouri SB999: Modifies provisions relating to vulnerable persons Missouri SB999, Modifies provisions relating to vulnerable persons, is a 2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Brad Hudson (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-07-13 (Delivered to Secretary of State (G)) (as of 2026-11-04). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB999-2026 - As of: 2026-11-04 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Missouri SB999 - State: Missouri - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Modifies provisions relating to vulnerable persons - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-05-07 - Last action: 2026-07-13, Delivered to Secretary of State (G) - Sponsor: Brad Hudson (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (26 yes, 8 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 9 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Protection orders can cover online stalking: benefit, medium. People facing cyberstalking can seek a full protection order or a temporary order issued before the other side appears. Courts can temporarily bar cyberstalking and threats of cyberstalking. This adds online stalking to the conduct covered alongside domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault. - Felony penalties target intimate image abuse: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2027, sharing covered intimate digital depictions of identifiable people is a class D felony; threatening disclosure is a class E felony. The offense requires the law’s stated intent, knowledge, or reckless disregard of likely harm. Either becomes a class C felony for repeat viola… - Felony penalties target online coercion: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2027, the law makes sadistic online exploitation a class E felony. It covers listed acts of internet coercion, manipulation, threats, and extortion. These include coercing self-harm or other harmful acts, extorting sexually explicit content, and using intimate depictions to demand… - New crimes target repeated online abuse: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2027, Missouri establishes separate cyberharassment and cyberstalking crimes. Cyberharassment covers purposeful or knowing, repeated electronic contact without a legitimate purpose that meets the law’s fear or distress tests. A first offense is a class B misdemeanor; later offense… - Stronger rules against harassment and stalking: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2027, stalking rules cover qualifying knowing conduct, including technology abuse. First-degree stalking covers reasonable fear of death, injury, or offenses against specified loved ones or property, or feeling harassed, terrified, or intimidated. Second-degree stalking uses the r… - Child protections reach age seventeen: benefit, low. For chapter 565, “child” means someone under 18 rather than under 17, extending provisions using that definition to 17-year-olds. Beginning July 1, 2027, revised assault rules define bodily harm as pain, injury, illness, or impaired physical condition. Specified first- and second-degree assault ele… - Broader reviews of pregnancy-related deaths: benefit, low. The pregnancy-associated death review board’s membership cap rises from 18 to 22, with at least one member per congressional district. Membership must reflect demographic, rural, and urban representation. The board reviews deaths, care gaps, racial inequities, and areas lacking maternity care, then… - Required care for infants born alive: benefit, low. A child born alive during or after an abortion or attempted abortion has the same state personhood rights as other children. Missouri-licensed, registered, or certified providers present professionally must give the same care as for other newborns at the same gestational age. Knowingly performing o… - Keep phone numbers, take over bills: mixed, low. After notice and a chance to be heard, a court can transfer phone numbers to a petitioner who does not hold the account. The petitioner takes over bills for those lines and their devices. Providers can require their normal account setup steps. If technical or account problems prevent the transfer,… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Brad Hudson (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-05-13 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 6 | 2 | | | 2026-05-11 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 12 | 4 | | | 2026-05-11 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 8 | 2 | | ## Actions (23) - 2026-07-13: Delivered to Secretary of State (G) - 2026-07-13: Approved by Governor (G) - 2026-05-28: Delivered to Governor - 2026-05-28: Signed by House Speaker (House) - 2026-05-13: House Message (House) - 2026-05-13: Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - 2026-05-13: Title of Bill - Agreed To - 2026-05-13: Taken Up for Third Reading (House) - 2026-05-13: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 6 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2026-05-13: Voted Do Pass (House) - 2026-05-13: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2026-05-11: Referred: Fiscal Review (House) - 2026-05-11: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 8 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2026-05-11: Voted Do Pass (House) - 2026-05-11: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2026-05-11: Referred: Rules - Legislative (House) - 2026-05-11: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 12 NOES: 4 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2026-05-11: Voted Do Pass (House) - 2026-05-11: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2026-05-11: Public Hearing Completed (House) - 2026-05-08: Referred: Children and Families (House) - 2026-05-08: Read Second Time (House) - 2026-05-07: Reported to the House and First Read (House) ## Bill text - Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed, 2026-05-13: [PDF](https://www.senate.mo.gov/26info/pdf-bill/tat/SB999.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.senate.mo.gov/26info/pdf-bill/intro/SB999.pdf) - Perfected: [PDF](https://www.senate.mo.gov/26info/pdf-bill/perf/SB999.pdf) ## Related bills - SB1019: Modifies several provisions relating to health care (signed) - SB973: Creates and modifies provisions relating to real estate transactions (signed) - SB890: Repeals expired, terminated, sunset, and obsolete sections of law (signed) - SB878: Modifies provisions relating to pharmaceutical drugs and devices (signed) - SB835: Modifies provisions relating to court procedures (signed) - HB3231: Establishes the "Missouri Innovation, Public Safety, and Accountability Act" (signed) ## Sources - [Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed (PDF)](https://www.senate.mo.gov/26info/pdf-bill/tat/SB999.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.senate.mo.gov/26info/pdf-bill/intro/SB999.pdf) - [Perfected (PDF)](https://www.senate.mo.gov/26info/pdf-bill/perf/SB999.pdf) ## Related - [SB1019: Modifies several provisions relating to health care](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB1019-2026) - [SB973: Creates and modifies provisions relating to real estate transactions](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB973-2026) - [SB890: Repeals expired, terminated, sunset, and obsolete sections of law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB890-2026) - [SB878: Modifies provisions relating to pharmaceutical drugs and devices](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB878-2026) - [SB835: Modifies provisions relating to court procedures](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB835-2026) - [HB3231: Establishes the "Missouri Innovation, Public Safety, and Accountability Act"](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB3231-2026) - [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-SB999-2026 (as of 2026-11-04).