HB1858 • 2026

Adds provisions relating to quo warranto judgments

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Butz, Steve (081)
Last action: 2026-05-15
Official status: 05/15/2026 - Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
Effective date: 2026-08-28

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide detailed information on fines or costs, leaving these specifics undefined.

Changes to Quo Warranto Judgments

This act modifies existing rules regarding quo warranto judgments, which are legal decisions about whether someone has the right to hold a public office or franchise.

What This Bill Does

Repeals an old section of Missouri Revised Statutes (RSMo) related to quo warranto judgments.
Enacts new provisions that if someone is found guilty in a quo warranto case, they are barred from holding the same office again and may be fined.
Ensures that the person who wins the case receives their court costs covered.

Who It Names or Affects

People accused of wrongly holding public offices or franchises
Courts handling these cases

Terms To Know

quo warranto judgment: A legal decision that someone is not allowed to hold a public office because they don't have the right to do so.

Limits and Unknowns

Doesn't specify exact amounts for fines or costs.
Only applies to cases involving wrongful holding of offices or franchises, not other types of legal disputes.

Bill History

2026-05-15 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate
Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
2026-01-08 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate
Read Second Time (H)
2026-01-07 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate
Read First Time (H)
2025-12-01 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate
Prefiled (H)

Official Summary Text

Adds provisions relating to quo warranto judgments

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 1858
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE BUTZ.
4648H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o repeal section 531.050, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to quo
warranto judgments.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 531.050, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 531.050, to read as follows:
531.050. In case any person, against whom any such information in the nature of a
2 quo warranto shall be prosecuted, shall be adjudged guilty of any usurpation of, or intrusion
3 into, or unlawfully holding and executing any of fice or franchise, it may be lawful for the
4 court as well to give judgment of ouster against such person from any of the said of fices or
5 franchises, as to fine such person for his usurpation of, intruding into or unlawfully holding
6 and executing any such of fice or franchise, and to give judgment that the relator in such
7 information named shall recover his costs of such prosecution; and if judgment shall be given
8 for the defendant in such information, he shall recover his costs against such relator . Any
9 person against whom such judgment is enter ed shall be permanently barr ed fr om
10 holding, being appointed to, or appearing on any ballot for the office for which
11 judgment was enter ed against such person.
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EXPLANA TION — 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.