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HB3042 • 2026

Requires the Missouri state highway patrol to investigate any incident occurring in St. Louis city or St. Louis county in which a law enforcement officer is involved in a shooting or incident resulting in death

Requires the Missouri state highway patrol to investigate any incident occurring in St. Louis city or St. Louis county in which a law enforcement officer is involved in a shooting or incident resulting in death

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Anderson, Marlon (076)
Last action
2026-05-15
Official status
05/15/2026 - Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
Effective date
2026-08-28

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Requires the Missouri state highway patrol to investigate any incident occurring in St. Louis city or St. Louis county in which a law enforcement officer is involved in a shooting or incident resulting in death

Requires the Missouri state highway patrol to investigate any incident occurring in St.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the Missouri state highway patrol to investigate any incident occurring in St.
  • Louis city or St.
  • Louis county in which a law enforcement officer is involved in a shooting or incident resulting in death

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

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

    Referred: Emerging Issues(H)

  2. 2026-01-22 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Read Second Time (H)

  3. 2026-01-21 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Introduced and Read First Time (H)

Official Summary Text

Requires the Missouri state highway patrol to investigate any incident occurring in St. Louis city or St. Louis county in which a law enforcement officer is involved in a shooting or incident resulting in death

Current Bill Text

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 3042
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE ANDERSON.
6804H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 590, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to certain
investigations by the Missouri state highway patrol.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 590, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 590.1035, to read as follows:
590.1035. 1. The Missouri state highway patrol shall investigate the following:
2 (1) In a city not within a county or in a county with mor e than one million
3 inhabitants, any incident in which the use of for ce by a law enforcem ent officer against a
4 civilian r esults in death; and
5 (2) In a city not within a county or in a county with mor e than one million
6 inhabitants, any incident in which the use of for ce by a civilian against a law
7 enfor cement officer res ults in death.
8 2. The local law enfor cement agency shall rei mburse the Missouri state highway
9 patr ol for any expenses incurr ed by the patrol in investigating incidents under
10 subsection 1 of this section.
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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.