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.
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When it comes to protecting our schools, I want our kids having the absolute best options to protect those kids from not just school shootings, but all kinds of threats
- Senate passes HB1740 to increase DWI penalties and expand interlock affordability assistanceMay 14, 2026
- Sen. David Gregory pitches 'Missouri Rangers' for schoolsApril 13, 2026
- Committee advances House substitute packaging registry changes, mental-health housing and public-safety measuresApril 14, 2026
- Northwoods tax measure seeks public vote to fund police equipmentApril 8, 2026