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HB1861 • 2026

Modifies provisions relating to the sheriff of the City of St. Louis

Modifies provisions relating to the sheriff of the City of St. Louis

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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 all aspects mentioned in the candidate explanation, such as specific hiring processes or additional rules about becoming sheriff.

Changes to Sheriff Rules in St. Louis

This bill changes the requirements for becoming sheriff and sets compensation limits for deputy assistants in the City of St. Louis.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes old rules about becoming sheriff.
  • Adds new rules saying a person needs a peace officer license to be sheriff.
  • Sets minimum annual pay for deputies at $50,000.
  • Limits how much money can be paid to deputy assistants.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The sheriff of the City of St. Louis
  • People who want to become sheriff in St. Louis
  • Deputies and assistant workers hired by the sheriff

Terms To Know

peace officer license
A special permit that allows someone to work as a law enforcement officer.
circuit judges
Judges who oversee courts in specific areas of the state.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how much deputy assistants can be paid, only that it must be less than what is fixed by the board of aldermen.
  • It is unclear if there are other rules about becoming sheriff that this bill did not change.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-15 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Referred: Emerging Issues(H)

  2. 2026-01-08 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Read Second Time (H)

  3. 2026-01-07 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Read First Time (H)

  4. 2025-12-01 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Prefiled (H)

Official Summary Text

Modifies provisions relating to the sheriff of the City of St. Louis

Current Bill Text

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 1861
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE BUTZ.
4651H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o repeal sections 57.010 and 57.530, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections
relating to the sheriff of the City of St. Louis.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 57.010 and 57.530, RSMo, are repealed and two new sections
2 enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 57.010 and 57.530, to read as follows:
57.010. 1. At the general election to be held in 1948, and at each general election
2 held every four years thereafter , the voters in every county in this state shall elect some
3 suitable person sherif f. No person shall be eligible for the office of sherif f who has been
4 convicted of a felony . Such person shall be a resident taxpayer and elector of said county ,
5 shall have resided in said county for more than one whole year next before filing for said
6 of fice and shall be a person capable of ef ficient law enforcement. When any person shall be
7 elected sheriff , such person shall enter upon the dischar ge of the duties of such person's of fice
8 as chief law enforcement of ficer of that county on the first day of January next succeeding
9 said election.
10 2. No person shall be eligible for the of fice of sheriff who does not hold a valid peace
11 of ficer license pursuant to chapter 590. Any person filing for the of fice of sheriff shall have a
12 valid peace officer license at the time of filing for of fice. This subsection shall not apply to
13 the sheriff of any county of the first classification with a charter form of government with a
14 population over nine hundred thousand [ or of any city not within a county ].
15 3. The sheriff of any city not within a county shall be required to hold a valid peace
16 of ficer license pursuant to chapter 590 within two years of being elected as sheriff .
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.
57.530. The sheriff of the City of St. Louis shall, with the approval of a majority of
2 the circuit judges of the circuit court of said city , appoint as many deputies and assistants as
3 may be necessary to perform the duties of his or her of fice[ , and ] . The sheriff shall fix the
4 compensation for [ their services ] deputy assistants , which compensation, however , shall not
5 in any case exceed the annual rate of compensation fixed by the board of aldermen of the City
6 of St. Louis therefor . The annual compensation for sherif f's deputies shall be no less than
7 fifty thousand dollars per year .
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