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HB 3421

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HB 3421, which transfers the control over driver's licenses and motor vehicle titling and registration from the department of revenue to the department of transportation, was introduced in the House on Feb 25, 2026 by Rep. Louis Riggs (R). It was referred to Emerging Issues, and last saw action on May 15, 2026: Referred: Emerging Issues(H).


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HB 3421 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

hb3421/introduced.txt
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 3421
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE RIGGS.
7271H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal sections 105.711, 115.143, 115.306, 115.427, 136.055, 226.008, 301.032, 301.040,
301.149, and 408.032, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof eleven new sections relating
to the transfer of certain duties of the department of revenue to the department of
transportation.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 105.711, 115.143, 115.306, 115.427, 136.055, 226.008, 301.032,
301.040, 301.149, and 408.032, RSMo, are repealed and eleven new sections enacted in lieu
thereof, to be known as sections 105.711, 115.143, 115.306, 115.427, 226.008, 301.005,
301.032, 301.040, 301.149, 302.013, and 408.032, to read as follows:
105.711. 1. There is hereby created a "State Legal Expense Fund" which shall consist
of moneys appropriated to the fund by the general assembly and moneys otherwise credited to
such fund pursuant to section 105.716.
2. Moneys in the state legal expense fund shall be available for the payment of any
claim or any amount required by any final judgment rendered by a court of competent
jurisdiction against:
(1) The state of Missouri, or any agency of the state, pursuant to section 536.050 or
536.087 or section 537.600;
(2) Any officer or employee of the state of Missouri or any agency of the state,
including, without limitation, elected officials, appointees, members of state boards or
commissions, and members of the Missouri National Guard upon conduct of such officer or
employee arising out of and performed in connection with his or her official duties on behalf
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
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of the state, or any agency of the state, provided that moneys in this fund shall not be
available for payment of claims made under chapter 287;
(3) (a) Any physician, psychiatrist, pharmacist, podiatrist, dentist, nurse, or other
health care provider licensed to practice in Missouri under the provisions of chapter 330, 332,
334, 335, 336, 337 or 338 who is employed by the state of Missouri or any agency of the state
under formal contract to conduct disability reviews on behalf of the department of elementary
and secondary education or provide services to patients or inmates of state correctional
facilities on a part-time basis, and any physician, psychiatrist, pharmacist, podiatrist, dentist,
nurse, or other health care provider licensed to practice in Missouri under the provisions of
chapter 330, 332, 334, 335, 336, 337, or 338 who is under formal contract to provide services
to patients or inmates at a county jail on a part-time basis;
(b) Any physician licensed to practice medicine in Missouri under the provisions of
chapter 334 and his professional corporation organized pursuant to chapter 356 who is
employed by or under contract with a city or county health department organized under
chapter 192 or chapter 205, or a city health department operating under a city charter, or a
combined city-county health department to provide services to patients for medical care
caused by pregnancy, delivery, and child care, if such medical services are provided by the
physician pursuant to the contract without compensation or the physician is paid from no
other source than a governmental agency except for patient co-payments required by federal
or state law or local ordinance;
(c) Any physician licensed to practice medicine in Missouri under the provisions of
chapter 334 who is employed by or under contract with a federally funded community health
center organized under Section 315, 329, 330 or 340 of the Public Health Services Act (42
U.S.C. Section 216, 254c) to provide services to patients for medical care caused by
pregnancy, delivery, and child care, if such medical services are provided by the physician
pursuant to the contract or employment agreement without compensation or the physician is
paid from no other source than a governmental agency or such a federally funded community
health center except for patient co-payments required by federal or state law or local
ordinance. In the case of any claim or judgment that arises under this paragraph, the
aggregate of payments from the state legal expense fund shall be limited to a maximum of one
million dollars for all claims arising out of and judgments based upon the same act or acts
alleged in a single cause against any such physician, and shall not exceed one million dollars
for any one claimant;
(d) Any physician licensed pursuant to chapter 334 who is affiliated with and receives
no compensation from a nonprofit entity qualified as exempt from federal taxation under
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, which offers a free
health screening in any setting or any physician, nurse, physician assistant, dental hygienist,
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dentist, or other health care professional licensed or registered under chapter 330, 331, 332,
334, 335, 336, 337, or 338 who provides health care services within the scope of his or her
license or registration at a city or county health department organized under chapter 192 or
chapter 205, a city health department operating under a city charter, or a combined city-
county health department, or a nonprofit community health center qualified as exempt from
federal taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
excluding federally funded community health centers as specified in paragraph (c) of this
subdivision and rural health clinics under 42 U.S.C. Section 1396d(l)(1), if such services are
restricted to primary care and preventive health services, provided that such services shall not
include the performance of an abortion, and if such health services are provided by the health
care professional licensed or registered under chapter 330, 331, 332, 334, 335, 336, 337, or
338 without compensation. MO HealthNet or Medicare payments for primary care and
preventive health services provided by a health care professional licensed or registered under
chapter 330, 331, 332, 334, 335, 336, 337, or 338 who volunteers at a community health
clinic is not compensation for the purpose of this section if the total payment is assigned to
the community health clinic. For the purposes of the section, "community health clinic"
means a nonprofit community health center qualified as exempt from federal taxation under
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1987, as amended, that provides primary
care and preventive health services to people without health insurance coverage. In the case
of any claim or judgment that arises under this paragraph, the aggregate of payments from the
state legal expense fund shall be limited to a maximum of five hundred thousand dollars, for
all claims arising out of and judgments based upon the same act or acts alleged in a single
cause and shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars for any one claimant, and insurance
policies purchased pursuant to the provisions of section 105.721 shall be limited to five
hundred thousand dollars. Liability or malpractice insurance obtained and maintained in
force by or on behalf of any health care professional licensed or registered under chapter 330,
331, 332, 334, 335, 336, 337, or 338 shall not be considered available to pay that portion of a
judgment or claim for which the state legal expense fund is liable under this paragraph;
(e) Any physician, nurse, physician assistant, dental hygienist, or dentist licensed or
registered to practice medicine, nursing, or dentistry or to act as a physician assistant or dental
hygienist in Missouri under the provisions of chapter 332, 334, or 335, or lawfully practicing,
who provides medical, nursing, or dental treatment within the scope of his license or
registration to students of a school whether a public, private, or parochial elementary or
secondary school or summer camp, if such physician's treatment is restricted to primary care
and preventive health services and if such medical, dental, or nursing services are provided by
the physician, dentist, physician assistant, dental hygienist, or nurse without compensation.
In the case of any claim or judgment that arises under this paragraph, the aggregate of
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payments from the state legal expense fund shall be limited to a maximum of five hundred
thousand dollars, for all claims arising out of and judgments based upon the same act or acts
alleged in a single cause and shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars for any one
claimant, and insurance policies purchased pursuant to the provisions of section 105.721 shall
be limited to five hundred thousand dollars; or
(f) Any physician licensed under chapter 334, or dentist licensed under chapter 332,
providing medical care without compensation to an individual referred to his or her care by a
city or county health department organized under chapter 192 or 205, a city health department
operating under a city charter, or a combined city-county health department, or nonprofit
health center qualified as exempt from federal taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or a federally funded community health center organized
under Section 315, 329, 330, or 340 of the Public Health Services Act, 42 U.S.C. Section
216, 254c; provided that such treatment shall not include the performance of an abortion. In
the case of any claim or judgment that arises under this paragraph, the aggregate of payments
from the state legal expense fund shall be limited to a maximum of one million dollars for all
claims arising out of and judgments based upon the same act or acts alleged in a single cause
and shall not exceed one million dollars for any one claimant, and insurance policies
purchased under the provisions of section 105.721 shall be limited to one million dollars.
Liability or malpractice insurance obtained and maintained in force by or on behalf of any
physician licensed under chapter 334, or any dentist licensed under chapter 332, shall not be
considered available to pay that portion of a judgment or claim for which the state legal
expense fund is liable under this paragraph;
(4) Staff employed by the juvenile division of any judicial circuit;
(5) Any attorney licensed to practice law in the state of Missouri who practices law at
or through a nonprofit community social services center qualified as exempt from federal
taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or
through any agency of any federal, state, or local government, if such legal practice is
provided by the attorney without compensation. In the case of any claim or judgment that
arises under this subdivision, the aggregate of payments from the state legal expense fund
shall be limited to a maximum of five hundred thousand dollars for all claims arising out of
and judgments based upon the same act or acts alleged in a single cause and shall not exceed
five hundred thousand dollars for any one claimant, and insurance policies purchased
pursuant to the provisions of section 105.721 shall be limited to five hundred thousand
dollars; or
(6) Any social welfare board created under section 205.770 and the members and
officers thereof upon conduct of such officer or employee while acting in his or her capacity
as a board member or officer, and any physician, nurse, physician assistant, dental hygienist,
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dentist, or other health care professional licensed or registered under chapter 330, 331, 332,
334, 335, 336, 337, or 338 who is referred to provide medical care without compensation by
the board and who provides health care services within the scope of his or her license or
registration as prescribed by the board[; or
(7) Any person who is selected or appointed by the state director of revenue under
subsection 2 of section 136.055 to act as an agent of the department of revenue, to the extent
that such agent's actions or inactions upon which such claim or judgment is based were
performed in the course of the person's official duties as an agent of the department of
revenue and in the manner required by state law or department of revenue rules].
3. The department of health and senior services shall promulgate rules regarding
contract procedures and the documentation of care provided under paragraphs (b), (c), (d),
(e), and (f) of subdivision (3) of subsection 2 of this section. The limitation on payments
from the state legal expense fund or any policy of insurance procured pursuant to the
provisions of section 105.721, provided in subsection 7 of this section, shall not apply to any
claim or judgment arising under paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (f) of subdivision (3) of
subsection 2 of this section. Any claim or judgment arising under paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d),
(e), or (f) of subdivision (3) of subsection 2 of this section shall be paid by the state legal
expense fund or any policy of insurance procured pursuant to section 105.721, to the extent
damages are allowed under sections 538.205 to 538.235. Liability or malpractice insurance
obtained and maintained in force by any health care professional licensed or registered under
chapter 330, 331, 332, 334, 335, 336, 337, or 338 for coverage concerning his or her private
practice and assets shall not be considered available under subsection 7 of this section to pay
that portion of a judgment or claim for which the state legal expense fund is liable under
paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (f) of subdivision (3) of subsection 2 of this section.
However, a health care professional licensed or registered under chapter 330, 331, 332, 334,
335, 336, 337, or 338 may purchase liability or malpractice insurance for coverage of liability
claims or judgments based upon care rendered under paragraphs (c), (d), (e), and (f) of
subdivision (3) of subsection 2 of this section which exceed the amount of liability coverage
provided by the state legal expense fund under those paragraphs. Even if paragraph (a), (b),
(c), (d), (e), or (f) of subdivision (3) of subsection 2 of this section is repealed or modified, the
state legal expense fund shall be available for damages which occur while the pertinent
paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (f) of subdivision (3) of subsection 2 of this section is in
effect.
4. The attorney general shall promulgate rules regarding contract procedures and the
documentation of legal practice provided under subdivision (5) of subsection 2 of this section.
The limitation on payments from the state legal expense fund or any policy of insurance
procured pursuant to section 105.721 as provided in subsection 7 of this section shall not
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apply to any claim or judgment arising under subdivision (5) of subsection 2 of this section.
Any claim or judgment arising under subdivision (5) of subsection 2 of this section shall be
paid by the state legal expense fund or any policy of insurance procured pursuant to section
105.721 to the extent damages are allowed under sections 538.205 to 538.235. Liability or
malpractice insurance otherwise obtained and maintained in force shall not be considered
available under subsection 7 of this section to pay that portion of a judgment or claim for
which the state legal expense fund is liable under subdivision (5) of subsection 2 of this
section. However, an attorney may obtain liability or malpractice insurance for coverage of
liability claims or judgments based upon legal practice rendered under subdivision (5) of
subsection 2 of this section that exceed the amount of liability coverage provided by the state
legal expense fund under subdivision (5) of subsection 2 of this section. Even if subdivision
(5) of subsection 2 of this section is repealed or amended, the state legal expense fund shall be
available for damages that occur while the pertinent subdivision (5) of subsection 2 of this
section is in effect.
5. All payments shall be made from the state legal expense fund by the commissioner
of administration with the approval of the attorney general. Payment from the state legal
expense fund of a claim or final judgment award against a health care professional licensed or
registered under chapter 330, 331, 332, 334, 335, 336, 337, or 338, described in paragraph (a),
(b), (c), (d), (e), or (f) of subdivision (3) of subsection 2 of this section, or against an attorney
in subdivision (5) of subsection 2 of this section, shall only be made for services rendered in
accordance with the conditions of such paragraphs. In the case of any claim or judgment
against an officer or employee of the state or any agency of the state based upon conduct of
such officer or employee arising out of and performed in connection with his or her official
duties on behalf of the state or any agency of the state that would give rise to a cause of action
under section 537.600, the state legal expense fund shall be liable, excluding punitive
damages, for:
(1) Economic damages to any one claimant; and
(2) Up to three hundred fifty thousand dollars for noneconomic damages.
The state legal expense fund shall be the exclusive remedy and shall preclude any other civil
actions or proceedings for money damages arising out of or relating to the same subject
matter against the state officer or employee, or the officer's or employee's estate. No officer
or employee of the state or any agency of the state shall be individually liable in his or her
personal capacity for conduct of such officer or employee arising out of and performed in
connection with his or her official duties on behalf of the state or any agency of the state. The
provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any defendant who is not an officer or
employee of the state or any agency of the state in any proceeding against an officer or
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198 employee of the state or any agency of the state. Nothing in this subsection shall limit the
199 rights and remedies otherwise available to a claimant under state law or common law in
200 proceedings where one or more defendants is not an officer or employee of the state or any
201 agency of the state.
6. The limitation on awards for noneconomic damages provided for in this subsection
203 shall be increased or decreased on an annual basis effective January first of each year in
204 accordance with the Implicit Price Deflator for Personal Consumption Expenditures as
205 published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the United States Department of
206 Commerce. The current value of the limitation shall be calculated by the director of the
207 department of commerce and insurance, who shall furnish that value to the secretary of state,
208 who shall publish such value in the Missouri Register as soon after each January first as
209 practicable, but it shall otherwise be exempt from the provisions of section 536.021.
7. Except as provided in subsection 3 of this section, in the case of any claim or
211 judgment that arises under sections 537.600 and 537.610 against the state of Missouri, or an
212 agency of the state, the aggregate of payments from the state legal expense fund and from any
213 policy of insurance procured pursuant to the provisions of section 105.721 shall not exceed
214 the limits of liability as provided in sections 537.600 to 537.610. No payment shall be made
215 from the state legal expense fund or any policy of insurance procured with state funds
216 pursuant to section 105.721 unless and until the benefits provided to pay the claim by any
217 other policy of liability insurance have been exhausted.
8. The provisions of section 33.080 notwithstanding, any moneys remaining to the
219 credit of the state legal expense fund at the end of an appropriation period shall not be
220 transferred to general revenue.
9. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is
222 promulgated under the authority delegated in sections 105.711 to 105.726 shall become
223 effective only if it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 536. Nothing
224 in this section shall be interpreted to repeal or affect the validity of any rule filed or adopted
225 prior to August 28, 1999, if it fully complied with the provisions of chapter 536. This section
226 and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly
227 pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a
228 rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any
229 rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 1999, shall be invalid and void.
115.143. 1. Each election authority may appoint persons regularly employed in the
2 office of the clerk of any city, town or village, [any department of revenue fee office,] or any
3 school, library or other tax-supported public agency in its jurisdiction as deputy registration
4 officials.
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2. Each election authority may appoint any number of additional persons to serve as
deputy registration officials. Each such deputy shall be a registered voter in the jurisdiction
of the appointing election authority.
3. Each election authority may appoint, with the concurrence of the top administrator
of each school, at least one staff person or instructor as a deputy registration official in each
school that chooses to participate in voter registration. As used in this subsection, the term
"school" means any school building in this state in which grades nine through twelve or
grades ten through twelve are taught, including public, nonpublic, vocational and vocational-
technical school buildings.
115.306. 1. No person shall qualify as a candidate for elective public office in the
state of Missouri who has been found guilty of or pled guilty to a felony under the federal
laws of the United States of America or to a felony under the laws of this state or an offense
committed in another state that would be considered a felony in this state.
2. (1) Any person who files as a candidate for election to a public office shall be
disqualified from participation in the election for which the candidate has filed if such person
is delinquent in the payment of any state income taxes, personal property taxes, municipal
taxes, real property taxes on the place of residence, as stated on the declaration of candidacy,
or if the person is a past [or present] corporate officer of any fee office that owes any taxes to
the state.
(2) Each potential candidate for election to a public office, except candidates for a
county or city committee of a political party, shall file an affidavit with the department of
revenue and include a copy of the affidavit with the declaration of candidacy required under
section 115.349. Such affidavit shall be in substantially the following form:
AFFIRMATION OF TAX PAYMENTS AND BONDING
REQUIREMENTS:
I hereby declare under penalties of perjury that I am not currently
aware of any delinquency in the filing or payment of any state income
taxes, personal property taxes, municipal taxes, real property taxes on
the place of residence, as stated on the declaration of candidacy, or that
I am a past [or present] corporate officer of any fee office that owes any
taxes to the state, other than those taxes which may be in dispute. I
declare under penalties of perjury that I am not aware of any
information that would prohibit me from fulfilling any bonding
requirements for the office for which I am filing.
_______________ Candidate's Signature
_______________ Printed Name of Candidate
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(3) Upon receipt of a complaint alleging a delinquency of the candidate in the filing
or payment of any state income taxes, personal property taxes, municipal taxes, real property
taxes on the place of residence, as stated on the declaration of candidacy, or if the person is a
past [or present] corporate officer of any fee office that owes any taxes to the state, the
department of revenue shall investigate such potential candidate to verify the claim contained
in the complaint. If the department of revenue finds a positive affirmation to be false, the
department shall contact the secretary of state, or the election official who accepted such
candidate's declaration of candidacy, and the potential candidate. The department shall notify
the candidate of the outstanding tax owed and give the candidate thirty days to remit any such
outstanding taxes owed which are not the subject of dispute between the department and the
candidate. If the candidate fails to remit such amounts in full within thirty days, the candidate
shall be disqualified from participating in the current election and barred from refiling for an
entire election cycle even if the individual pays all of the outstanding taxes that were the
subject of the complaint.
115.427. 1. Persons seeking to vote in a public election shall establish their identity
and eligibility to vote at the polling place or, if voting absentee in person under section
115.277, at the office of the election authority or other authorized location designated by the
election authority by presenting a form of personal photo identification to election officials.
No form of personal photo identification other than the forms listed in this section shall be
accepted to establish a voter's qualifications to vote. Forms of personal photo identification
that satisfy the requirements of this section are any one of the following:
(1) Nonexpired Missouri driver's license;
(2) Nonexpired or nonexpiring Missouri nondriver's license;
(3) A document that satisfies all of the following requirements:
(a) The document contains the name of the individual to whom the document was
issued, and the name substantially conforms to the most recent signature in the individual's
voter registration record;
(b) The document shows a photograph of the individual;
(c) The document includes an expiration date, and the document is not expired, or, if
expired, the document expired after the date of the most recent general election; and
(d) The document was issued by the United States or the state of Missouri; or
(4) Any identification containing a photograph of the individual which is issued by
the Missouri National Guard, the United States Armed Forces, including the Space Force, or
the United States Department of Veteran Affairs to a member or former member of the
Missouri National Guard or the United States Armed Forces, including the Space Force, and
that is not expired or does not have an expiration date.
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2. (1) An individual who appears at a polling place without a form of personal
identification described in subsection 1 of this section and who is otherwise qualified to vote
at that polling place shall be allowed to cast a provisional ballot. The election judges shall
make a notation on the provisional ballot envelope to indicate that the voter's identity was not
verified.
(2) No person shall be entitled to receive a provisional ballot until such person has
completed a provisional ballot affidavit on the provisional ballot envelope. All provisional
ballots shall be marked with a conspicuous stamp or mark that makes them distinguishable
from other ballots.
(3) The provisional ballot envelope shall be completed by the voter for use in
determining the voter's eligibility to cast a ballot.
3. The provisional ballot envelope shall provide a place for the voter's name, address,
date of birth, and last four digits of his or her Social Security number, followed by a
certificate in substantially the following form:
I do solemnly swear that I am the person identified above and the
information provided is correct. I understand that my vote will not be
counted unless:
(1) (a) I return to this polling place today between 6:00 a.m. and 7:00
p.m. and provide one of the following forms of identification:
a. Nonexpired Missouri driver's license;
b. Nonexpired or nonexpiring Missouri nondriver's license;
c. A document that satisfies all of the following requirements:
(i) The document contains my name, in substantially the same form as
the most recent signature on my voter registration record;
(ii) The document contains my photograph;
(iii) The document contains an expiration date and is not expired, or if
expired, the document expired after the date of the most recent general
election; and
(iv) The document was issued by the United States or the state of
Missouri; or
d. Identification containing my photograph issued to me by the
Missouri National Guard, the United States Armed Forces, including
Space Force, or the United States Department of Veteran Affairs as a
member or former member of the Missouri National Guard or the
United States Armed Forces that is not expired or does not have an
expiration date; or
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(b) The election authority verifies my identity by comparing my
signature on this envelope to the signature on file with the election
authority and determines that I was eligible to cast a ballot at this
polling place; and
(2) This provisional ballot otherwise qualifies to be counted under the
laws of the State of Missouri.
__________________ ____________________
Signature of Voter Date
__________________ ____________________
Signature of Election Officials
Once voted, the provisional ballot shall be sealed in the provisional ballot envelope and
placed in a separate secured container by the election judge.
4. The provisional ballot cast by such voter shall not be counted unless:
(1) (a) The voter returns to the polling place during the uniform polling hours
established by section 115.407 and provides a form of personal identification that allows the
election judges to verify the voter's identity as provided in subsection 1 of this section; or
(b) The election authority verifies the identity of the individual by comparing that
individual's signature to the signature on file with the election authority and determines that
the individual was eligible to cast a ballot at the polling place where the ballot was cast; and
(2) The provisional ballot otherwise qualifies to be counted under section 115.430.
5. The secretary of state shall provide notice of the personal photo identification
requirements described in subsection 1 of this section on the official state internet website of
the secretary of state.
6. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of [section 136.055 and] section 302.181 to the
contrary, the state [and all fee offices] shall provide one nondriver's license at no cost to any
otherwise qualified voter who does not already possess such identification and who desires
the identification for voting.
(2) This state and its agencies shall provide one copy of each of the following, free of
charge, if needed by an individual seeking to obtain a form of personal photo identification
described in subsection 1 of this section in order to vote:
(a) A birth certificate;
(b) A marriage license or certificate;
(c) A divorce decree;
(d) A certificate of decree of adoption;
(e) A court order changing the person's name;
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(f) A Social Security card reflecting an updated name; and
(g) Naturalization papers or other documents from the United States Department of
State proving citizenship.
Any individual seeking one of the above documents in order to obtain a form of personal
photo identification described in subsection 1 of this section for voting may request the
secretary of state to facilitate the acquisition of such documents. The secretary of state shall
pay any fee or fees charged by another state or its agencies, or any court of competent
jurisdiction in this state or any other state, or the federal government or its agencies, in order
to obtain any of the above documents from such state or the federal government.
(3) Any applicant who requests a nondriver's license for voting shall not be required
to pay a fee. The state of Missouri shall pay the legally required fees for any such applicant.
The department of revenue and a local election authority may enter into a contract that allows
the local election authority to assist the department in issuing nondriver's license photo
identifications.
7. The director of the department of revenue shall, by January first of each year,
prepare and deliver to each member of the general assembly a report documenting the number
of individuals who have requested and received a nondriver's license photo identification for
the purposes of voting under this section. The report shall also include the number of persons
requesting a nondriver's license for purposes of voting under this section, but not receiving
such license, and the reason for the denial of the nondriver's license.
8. The precinct register shall serve as the voter identification certificate. The
following form shall be printed at the top of each page of the precinct register:
VOTER'S IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE
Warning: It is against the law for anyone to vote, or attempt to vote,
without having a lawful right to vote.
PRECINCT
WARD OR TOWNSHIP ______
GENERAL (SPECIAL, PRIMARY) ELECTION
Held ______, 20______
Date
I hereby certify that I am qualified to vote at this election by signing
my name and verifying my address by signing my initials next to my
address.
9. The secretary of state shall promulgate rules to effectuate the provisions of this
section.
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10. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is
created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies
with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028.
This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the
general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date or to
disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of
rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2002, shall be invalid
and void.
11. If any voter is unable to sign his name at the appropriate place on the certificate or
computer printout, an election judge shall print the name and address of the voter in the
appropriate place on the precinct register, the voter shall make his mark in lieu of signature,
and the voter's mark shall be witnessed by the signature of an election judge.
226.008. 1. The highways and transportation commission shall have responsibility
and authority, as provided in this section and sections 104.805, 301.005, 302.013, 389.005,
389.610, and 621.040, for the administration and enforcement of:
(1) Licensing, supervising and regulating motor carriers for the transportation of
passengers, household goods and other property by motor vehicles within this state;
(2) Licensing motor carriers to transport hazardous waste, used oil, infectious waste
and permitting waste tire haulers in intrastate or interstate commerce, or both, by motor
vehicles within this state;
(3) Compliance by motor carriers and motor private carriers with applicable
requirements relating to safety and hazardous materials transportation, within the terminals of
motor carriers and motor private carriers of passengers or property;
(4) Compliance by motor carriers and motor private carriers with applicable
requirements relating to safety and hazardous materials transportation wherever they possess,
transport or deliver hazardous waste, used oil, infectious waste or waste tires. This authority
is in addition to, and not exclusive of, the authority of the department of natural resources to
ensure compliance with any and all applicable requirements related to the transportation of
hazardous waste, used oil, infectious waste or waste tires;
(5) Collecting and regulating amounts payable to the state from interstate motor
carriers in accordance with the provisions of the International Fuel Tax Agreement in
accordance with section 142.617, and any successor or similar agreements, including the
authority to impose and collect motor fuel taxes due pursuant to chapter 142, and such
agreement;
(6) Registering and regulating interstate commercial motor vehicles operated upon
the highways of this state, in accordance with the provisions of the International Registration
Plan in accordance with sections 301.271 through 301.277, and any successor or similar
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agreements, including the authority to issue license plates in accordance with sections
301.130 and 301.041;
(7) Permitting the transportation of over dimension or overweight motor vehicles or
loads that exceed the maximum weights or dimensions otherwise allowed upon the public
highways within the jurisdiction of the highways and transportation commission; [and]
(8) Licensing intrastate housemovers;
(9) Registration and licensing of motor vehicles under chapter 301; and
(10) Licensing of noncommercial and commercial drivers under chapter 302.
2. The highways and transportation commission shall carry out all powers, duties and
functions relating to intrastate and interstate transportation previously performed by:
(1) The division of motor carrier and railroad safety within the department of
economic development, and all officers or employees of that division;
(2) The department of natural resources, and all officers or employees of that
division, relating to the issuance of licenses or permits to transport hazardous waste, used oil,
infectious waste or waste tires by motor vehicles operating within the state;
(3) The highway reciprocity commission within the department of revenue, and all
officers or employees of that commission; and the director of revenue's powers, duties and
functions relating to the highway reciprocity commission, except that the highways and
transportation commission may allow the department of revenue to enforce the provisions of
the International Fuel Tax Agreement, as required by such agreement; and
(4) The motor carrier services unit within the traffic functional unit of the department
of transportation, relating to the special permitting of operations on state highways of motor
vehicles or loads that exceed the maximum length, width, height or weight limits established
by law or by the highways and transportation commission.
3. All the powers, duties and functions described in subsections 1 and 2 of this
section, including but not limited to, all powers, duties and functions pursuant to chapters
387, 390 and 622, including all rules and orders, are hereby transferred to the department of
transportation, which is in the charge of the highways and transportation commission, by type
I transfer, as defined in the Omnibus State Reorganization Act of 1974, and the preceding
agencies and officers shall no longer be responsible for those powers, duties and functions.
4. All the powers, duties and functions, including all rules and orders, of the
administrative law judges of the division of motor carrier and railroad safety, as amended by
the provisions of this section and sections 104.805, 389.005, 389.610, and 621.040, are
hereby transferred to the administrative hearing commission within the state office of
administration.
5. The division of motor carrier and railroad safety and the highway reciprocity
commission are abolished.
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6. Personnel previously employed by the division of motor carrier and railroad safety
and the highway reciprocity commission shall be transferred to the department of
transportation, but the department of natural resources shall not be required to transfer any
personnel pursuant to this section. The administrative law judge within the division of motor
carrier and railroad safety shall be transferred to the administrative hearing commission.
7. Credentials issued by the transferring agencies or officials before July 11, 2002,
shall remain in force or expire as provided by law. In addition, the highways and
transportation commission shall have the authority to suspend, cancel or revoke such
credentials after July 11, 2002.
8. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, on and after July 11, 2002,
all surety bonds, cash bonds, certificates of deposit, letters of credit, drafts, checks or other
financial instruments payable to:
(1) The highway reciprocity commission or the department of revenue pursuant to
section 301.041 or pursuant to the International Fuel Tax Agreement; or
(2) Any other agency or official whose powers, duties or functions are transferred
pursuant to this section,
shall be payable instead to the state highways and transportation commission.
9. The department of natural resources shall have authority to collect and establish by
rule the amount of the fee paid by applicants for a permit to transport waste tires.
10. The Missouri hazardous waste management commission created in section
260.365 shall have the authority to collect and establish by rule the amount of the fee paid by
applicants for a license to transport hazardous waste, used oil, or infectious waste pursuant to
section 260.395.
11. All of the authority, powers, duties, and functions of the division of highway
safety relating to the motorcycle safety program under sections 302.133 to 302.138, the driver
improvement program authorized under section 302.178, the ignition interlock program under
sections 577.600 to 577.614, and other state highway safety programs as provided by state
law, including all administrative rules promulgated thereunder, are hereby transferred to the
department of transportation, which is in charge of the state highways and transportation
commission, by type I transfer as set forth in the Omnibus State Reorganization Act of 1974.
12. All of the authority, powers, duties, and functions of the department of
revenue relating to the registration and licensing of motor vehicles under chapter 301
and relating to driver's and commercial driver's licenses under chapter 302, including
all administrative rules promulgated thereunder, are hereby transferred to the
department of transportation, which is in charge of the state highways and
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99 transportation commission, by type I transfer as set forth in the Omnibus State
100 Reorganization Act of 1974.
301.005. 1. All powers, duties, and functions now vested by law to the director of
2 the department of revenue and to the department of revenue in this chapter are
3 transferred by type I transfer to the director of the department of transportation and to
4 the department of transportation.
2. The revisor of statutes shall change all references in the revised statutes of
6 Missouri within this chapter from "department of revenue" to "department of
7 transportation", excluding such references under this section.
3. The revisor of statutes shall change all references in the revised statutes of
9 Missouri within this chapter from "director of revenue" to "director of the department
10 of transportation", excluding such references under this section.
301.032. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 301.030 and 301.035 to the
2 contrary, the director of revenue shall establish a system of registration of all fleet vehicles
3 owned or purchased by a fleet owner registered pursuant to this section. The director of
4 revenue shall prescribe the forms for such fleet registration and the forms and procedures for
5 the registration updates prescribed in this section. Any owner of ten or more motor vehicles
6 which must be registered in accordance with this chapter may register as a fleet owner. All
7 registered fleet owners may, at their option, register all motor vehicles included in the fleet on
8 a calendar year or biennial basis pursuant to this section in lieu of the registration periods
9 provided in sections 301.030, 301.035, and 301.147. The director shall issue an identification
10 number to each registered owner of fleet vehicles.
2. All fleet vehicles included in the fleet of a registered fleet owner shall be registered
12 during April of the corresponding year or on a prorated basis as provided in subsection 3 of
13 this section. Fees of all vehicles in the fleet to be registered on a calendar year basis or on a
14 biennial basis shall be payable not later than the last day of April of the corresponding year,
15 with two years' fees due for biennially-registered vehicles. Notwithstanding the provisions of
16 section 307.355, an application for registration of a fleet vehicle must be accompanied by a
17 certificate of inspection and approval issued no more than one hundred twenty days prior to
18 the date of application. The fees for vehicles added to the fleet which must be licensed at the
19 time of registration shall be payable at the time of registration, except that when such vehicle
20 is licensed between July first and September thirtieth the fee shall be three-fourths the annual
21 fee, when licensed between October first and December thirty-first the fee shall be one-half
22 the annual fee and when licensed on or after January first the fee shall be one-fourth the
23 annual fee. When biennial registration is sought for vehicles added to a fleet, an additional
24 year's annual fee will be added to the partial year's prorated fee.
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3. At any time during the calendar year in which an owner of a fleet purchases or
otherwise acquires a vehicle which is to be added to the fleet or transfers plates to a fleet
vehicle, the owner shall present to the director of revenue the identification number as a fleet
number and may register the vehicle for the partial year as provided in subsection 2 of this
section. The fleet owner shall also be charged a transfer fee of two dollars for each vehicle so
transferred pursuant to this subsection.
4. Except as specifically provided in this subsection, all fleet vehicles registered
pursuant to this section shall be issued a special license plate which shall have the words
"Fleet Vehicle" in place of the words "Show-Me State" in the manner prescribed by the
advisory committee established in section 301.129. Alternatively, for a one-time additional
five dollar per-vehicle fee beyond the regular registration fee, a fleet owner of at least fifty
fleet vehicles may apply for fleet license plates bearing a company name or logo, the size and
design thereof subject to approval by the director. All fleet license plates shall be made with
fully reflective material with a common color scheme and design, shall be clearly visible at
night, and shall be aesthetically attractive, as prescribed by section 301.130. Fleet vehicles
shall be issued multiyear license plates as provided in this section which shall not require
issuance of a renewal tab. Upon payment of appropriate registration fees, the director of
revenue shall issue a registration certificate or other suitable evidence of payment of the
annual or biennial fee, and such evidence of payment shall be carried at all times in the
vehicle for which it is issued.
5. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 307.350 to 307.390 to the contrary, a
fleet vehicle registered in Missouri is exempt from the requirements of sections 307.350 to
307.390 if at the time of the annual fleet registration, such fleet vehicle is situated outside the
state of Missouri.
6. (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, any person,
company, or corporation engaged in the business of renting or leasing three thousand five
hundred or more motor vehicles which are to be used exclusively for rental or leasing
purposes and not for resale that has applied to the director of revenue for authority to operate
as a lease or rental company as prescribed in section 144.070 may operate as a registered fleet
owner as prescribed in the provisions of this subsection to subsection 10 of this section.
(2) The director of revenue may issue license plates after presentment of an
application, as designed by the director, and payment of an annual fee of three hundred sixty
dollars for the first ten plates and thirty-six dollars for each additional plate. The payment and
issuance of such plates shall be in lieu of registering each motor vehicle with the director as
otherwise provided by law.
(3) The registration fees for vehicles in the registered fleet owner's fleet shall be fully
payable at the time such plates are ordered, except that when such plate is ordered after the
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62 first month of registration, the fees payable shall be prorated by the month the plates were
63 ordered. When biennial registration is sought, an additional year's annual fee shall be added
64 to the partial year's prorated fee.
(4) Such motor vehicles within the fleet shall not be exempted from the safety
66 inspection and emissions inspection provisions as prescribed in chapters 307 and 643, but
67 notwithstanding the provisions of section 307.355, such inspections shall not be required to
68 be presented to the director of revenue.
7. A recipient of a lease or rental company license issued by the director of revenue as
70 prescribed in section 144.070 operating as a registered fleet owner under this section shall
71 register such fleet with the director of revenue on an annual or biennial basis in lieu of the
72 individual motor vehicle registration periods as prescribed in sections 301.030, 301.035, and
73 301.147. If an applicant elects a biennial fleet registration, the annual fleet license plate fees
74 prescribed in subdivision (1) of subsection 6 of this section shall be doubled. [An agent fee as
75 prescribed in subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of section 136.055 shall apply to the issuance of
76 fleet registrations issued under subsections 6 to 10 of this section, and if a biennial fleet
77 registration is elected, the agent fee shall be collected in an amount equal to the fee for two
78 years.]
8. Prior to the issuance of fleet license plates under subsections 6 to 10 of this section,
80 the applicant shall provide proof of insurance as required under section 303.024 or 303.026.
9. The authority of a recipient of a lease or rental company license issued by the
82 director of revenue as prescribed in section 144.070 to operate as a fleet owner as provided in
83 this section shall expire on January first of the licensure period.
10. A lease or rental company operating fleet license plates issued under subsections
85 6 to 10 of this section shall make available, upon request, to the director of revenue and all
86 Missouri law enforcement agencies any corresponding vehicle and registration information
87 that may be requested as prescribed by rule.
11. The director shall make all necessary rules and regulations for the administration
89 of this section and shall design all necessary forms required by this section. Any rule or
90 portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority
91 delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all
92 the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter
93 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly under chapter
94 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently
95 held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or
96 adopted after August 28, 2019, shall be invalid and void.
301.040. The director of revenue shall notify each registered motor vehicle owner by
2 mail, at the last known address, within an appropriate period prior to the beginning of the
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registration period to which he has been assigned, of the date for reregistration. Such notice
shall include an application blank for registration and shall specify the amount of license fees
due and the registration period covered by such license. Application blanks shall also be
furnished all branch offices of the department of revenue [and license fee offices designated
by the director of revenue under the provisions of section 136.055] where they shall be made
available to any person upon request. Failure of the owner to receive such notice shall not
relieve the owner of the requirement to register pursuant to this chapter.
301.149. 1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, proof of financial responsibility
required for vehicle registration under section 301.147 may be provided by displaying an
electronic image of an insurance identification card on a mobile electronic device.
2. Whenever a person presents a mobile electronic device as proof of financial
responsibility to any employee of the department of revenue [or any agent authorized by the
department of revenue under section 136.055] to register motor vehicles and trailers, the
person presenting such mobile electronic device shall assume all liability for any damage that
may occur to the mobile electronic device, except for damage willfully or maliciously caused
by a department employee or agent.
3. When a person provides evidence of financial responsibility using a mobile
electronic device pursuant to this section to any employee of the department of revenue [or
any agent authorized by the department of revenue under section 136.055] to register motor
vehicles and trailers, such employees or agents shall only view the evidence of financial
responsibility and shall not view any other content on the mobile electronic device.
4. As used in this section, the term "mobile electronic device" means any small
handheld computing or communications device that has a display screen with a touch input or
a miniature keyboard.
302.013. 1. All powers, duties, and functions now vested by law to the director of
the department of revenue and to the department of revenue in this chapter are
transferred by type I transfer to the director of the department of transportation and to
the department of transportation.
2. The revisor of statutes shall change all references in the revised statutes of
Missouri within this chapter from "department of revenue" to "department of
transportation", excluding such references under this section.
3. The revisor of statutes shall change all references in the revised statutes of
Missouri within this chapter from "director of revenue" to "director of the department
of transportation", excluding such references under this section.
408.032. 1. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the recording
fees, including actual fees paid to a third party by a creditor, may include the following:
(1) Any fee paid in processing the debtor's liens [as provided in section 136.055];
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(2) Any fee paid to a third party for expediting the debtor's motor vehicle or other title
or lien with the department of revenue, provided:
(a) The creditor does not control the third party; and
(b) Both creditor and third party do not share common ownership.
2. Either fee provided for in subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection 1 of this section
may be charged such debtor, and is not included as interest or service charges for the purposes
of state usury laws; except that the expeditor fee as provided in subdivision (2) of subsection
1 of this section may not exceed fifteen dollars.
[136.055. 1. Any person who is selected or appointed by the state
director of revenue as provided in subsection 2 of this section to act as an agent
of the department of revenue, whose duties shall be the processing of motor
vehicle title and registration transactions and the collection of sales and use
taxes when required under sections 144.070 and 144.440, and who receives no
salary from the department of revenue, shall be authorized to collect from the
party requiring such services additional fees as compensation in full and for all
services rendered on the following basis:
(1) For each motor vehicle registration issued, renewed, or transferred:
(a) Nine dollars for annual registration; or
(b) Eighteen dollars for biennial registration;
(2) For each trailer registration issued, renewed, or transferred:
(a) Nine dollars for annual registration;
(b) Twenty-seven dollars for three-year registration; or
(c) Forty-five dollars for permanent registration;
(3) For each application or transfer of title, nine dollars;
(4) For each instruction permit, nondriver license, chauffeur's,
operator's or driver's license issued for a period of three years or less, nine
dollars and eighteen dollars for licenses or instruction permits issued or
renewed for a period exceeding three years;
(5) For each notice of lien processed, nine dollars;
(6) Notary fee or electronic transmission per processing, two dollars.
2. The director of revenue shall award fee office contracts under this
section through a competitive bidding process. The competitive bidding
process shall give priority to organizations and entities that are exempt from
taxation under Section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(6), or 501(c)(4), except those civic
organizations that would be considered action organizations under 26 C.F.R.
Section 1.501 (c)(3)-1(c)(3), of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, with special consideration given to those organizations and entities
that reinvest a minimum of seventy-five percent of the net proceeds to
charitable organizations in Missouri, and political subdivisions, including but
not limited to, municipalities, counties, and fire protection districts.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the director of
revenue shall not award any fee office contract under this section to any entity
affiliated in any manner with a current employee of the department of revenue
or with a former employee of the department of revenue for the one-year
period following the former employee's termination of employment with the
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department. For purposes of this subsection, "affiliated in any manner"
includes owning the entity or serving as an officer or board member of such
entity. Additionally, no person affiliated in any manner with an entity awarded
a fee office contract under this section shall be affiliated in any manner with an
entity acting as a motor vehicle title service agent as prescribed in sections
301.112 to 301.119. The director of the department of revenue may
promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this
subsection. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section
536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this subsection shall
become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions
of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter
536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general
assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to
disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the
grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August
28, 2009, shall be invalid and void.
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
director of revenue shall have the authority to enter into a contract amendment
or renewal, for any contract for a fee office awarded through the competitive
bidding process after September 1, 2009, to extend such contract for up to a
five-year period to begin after the expiration date of such contract. The
director of revenue shall evaluate performance under the contract when
deciding whether to enter into contract amendments or renewals authorized in
this subsection. Nothing shall obligate the director to offer such extension or
renewal. A competitively awarded contract may only be extended once
pursuant to this subsection.
4. All fees authorized under this section collected by a contract fee
office may be retained and used by the entity operating the contract fee office,
and all fees authorized under this section collected by a fee office operated by
the department of revenue shall be considered state revenue.
5. All fees charged shall not exceed those in this section. The fees
authorized under this section shall be collected by all contract fee offices and
shall be collected by all full-time or temporary offices operated by the
department of revenue.
6. Any person acting as agent of the department of revenue for the sale
and issuance of registrations, licenses, and other documents related to motor
vehicles shall have an insurable interest in all license plates, licenses, tabs,
forms and other documents held on behalf of the department.
7. The fees authorized by this section shall not be collected by motor
vehicle dealers acting as agents of the department of revenue under section
32.095 or those motor vehicle dealers authorized to collect and remit sales tax
under subsection 10 of section 144.070.
8. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the state
auditor may audit all records maintained and established by the fee office in
the same manner as the auditor may audit any agency of the state, and the
department shall ensure that this audit requirement is a necessary condition for
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the award of all fee office contracts. No confidential records shall be divulged
in such a way to reveal personally identifiable information.]

Transfers the control over driver's licenses and motor vehicle titling and registration from the department of revenue to the department of transportation

Sponsors

Rep. Louis Riggs (R) sponsors HB 3421 alone.

Committees

HB 3421 went before 1 committee: Emerging Issues.

Emerging Issues
Emerging Issues
Referred to · May 15, 2026 · 1,249 Bills

History

HB 3421 has taken 3 actions since Feb 25, 2026, the latest on May 15, 2026.

ChamberAction
May 15, 2026
House
Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
Feb 26, 2026
House
Read Second Time (H)
Feb 25, 2026
House
Introduced and Read First Time (H)

Votes

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