Bills affecting your community in Missouri (2026 session)

Prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or veteran status

Restores voting rights to individuals on probation and parole

Modifies provisions relating to the local senior citizen homestead tax credit

Prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity

Creates the "Success for Homeless and Foster Youth in Higher Education Act" requiring all public institutions of higher education to designate a homeless and foster student liaison within the institution's financial aid office

Establishes provisions relating to civil liability for publishing or distributing material harmful to minors on the internet

Prohibits certain mental health professionals from engaging in conversion therapy with minors

Establishes the "Success for Homeless and Foster Youth in Higher Education Act"

Modifies provisions relating to certificates of need for long-term care facilities

Creates the position of a dementia services coordinator within the Department of Health and Senior Services

Establishes provisions related to long-term care insurance

Modifies provisions relating to health care providers in long-term care facilities

Establishes the "Missouri Disabled Veteran Homestead Tax Credit Act"

Prohibits certain mental health professionals from engaging in conversion therapy for minors

Modifies provisions relating to a property tax for senior services

Creates the Liaison for Postsecondary Education for Homeless Pupils within the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development

Modifies the minimum wage and overtime administrative complaint process, establishing additional requirements for employees filing certain employment complaints

Establishes a dementia services coordinator as a full-time position within the department of health and senior services

Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Mental Health, the Department of Health and Senior Services, and the Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee

Reduces the assessment percentage of certain personal property and provides a personal property tax exemption for certain personal property upon adoption of a constitutional amendment authorizing such exemption