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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2286
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE CHRISTENSEN.
5990H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 1, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to legal personhood.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 1, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 1.206, to read as follows:
1.206. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
2 (1) "Body of water", any natural or man-made accumulation of water ,
3 r egardless of whether the accumulation of water is static or subject to a for ce that causes
4 a hydr ological curr ent;
5 (2) "Governmental entity", a court, the general assembly , the legislative body of
6 a political subdivision, or another entity of the state or a political subdivision if the
7 entity has adjudicatory or rulemaking authority;
8 (3) "Human being", a member of the species classified as homo sapiens;
9 (4) "Land", the solid terr estrial surface or subsurface of the Earth;
10 (5) "Legal personhood", the legal rights and obligations of an individual under
11 the laws of this state or the legal rights and obligations of a person other than an
12 individual under the laws of this state;
13 (6) "Political subdivision", the same as under section 67.750;
14 (7) "Real pr operty", any building, fixtur e, improv ement, appurtenance,
15 structur e, or other development that is affixed permanently to land;
16 (8) "State", the same as under section 1.020.
17 2. Notwithstanding any other pr ovision of law to the contrary , a governmental
18 entity shall not grant legal personhood to, nor recog nize legal personhood in:
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.
19 (1) Artificial intelligence;
20 (2) An inanimate object;
21 (3) A body of water;
22 (4) Land;
23 (5) Real prop erty;
24 (6) Atmospheric gases;
25 (7) An astr onomical object;
26 (8) W eather;
27 (9) A plant;
28 (10) A nonhuman animal; or
29 (1 1) Any member of a taxonomic species that is not a human being.
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