How is Missouri shaping its public-safety agenda across schools, offender registries and local police funding?

Missouri lawmakers moved a wide public-safety agenda through the 2026 session. The Senate advanced SB 905 to create a voluntary "Missouri Rangers" school-safety training license, the House Special Committee on Public Safety voted 8-1 to advance a substitute for HB 3068 and HB 3049 covering the sex-offender registry and mental-health bed contracting, and lawmakers heard HB 3277 to let Northwoods voters approve a sales tax for police equipment. Coverage draws from committee hearings between April 8 and April 14, 2026.

AI-generated summary compiled from Citizen Portal's coverage of the bill. Officials' positions below are sourced from their own words in indexed meetings and press events.