Requires motor vehicles to have a driver with active control present

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Requires motor vehicles to have a driver with active control present

The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1006 - This act provides that each motor vehicle, commercial motor vehicle, recreational motor vehicle, bus, and school bus operated on the roads and highways of this state shall have an appropriately endorsed driver who holds a valid license present with active control of the vehicle at all times.

What This Bill Does

• The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1006 - This act provides that each motor vehicle, commercial motor vehicle, recreational motor vehicle, bus, and school bus operated on the roads and highways of this state shall have an appropriately endorsed driver who holds a valid license present with active control of the vehicle at all times.
• This act is substantially similar to HB 3034 (2026) and HB 2240 (2026).
• TAYLOR MIDDLETON

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SB 1006 - This act provides that each motor vehicle, commercial motor vehicle, recreational motor vehicle, bus, and school bus operated on the roads and highways of this state shall have an appropriately endorsed driver who holds a valid license present with active control of the vehicle at all times.

This act is substantially similar to HB 3034 (2026) and HB 2240 (2026).
TAYLOR MIDDLETON

Current Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1006
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR GREGORY (21).
5564S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 304.012, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the
operation of a motor vehicle, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 304.012, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 304.012, 2
to read as follows:3
304.012. 1. Every person operating a motor vehicle on 1
the roads and highways of this state shall drive the vehicle 2
in a careful and prudent manner and at a rate of speed so as 3
not to endanger the property of another or the life or limb 4
of any person and shall exercise the highest degree of 5
care. Each motor vehicle, commercial motor vehicle, 6
recreational motor vehicle, bus, and school bus operated on 7
the roads and highways of this state shall have an 8
appropriately endorsed driver who holds a valid license 9
present with active control of the vehicle at all times. 10
2. No person operating a motor vehicle on the roads 11
and highways of this state shall perform stunt driving, as 12
such term is defined in section 304.145. 13
3. Any person who violates the provisions of this 14
section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor, unless an 15
accident is involved then it shall be a class A misdemeanor. 16
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