Prohibits expenditures by state departments for certain diversity initiatives

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Prohibits expenditures by state departments for certain diversity initiatives

The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1031 - This act prohibits any state department to expend funds for intradepartmental programs, staffing, or other initiatives associated with "diversity, equity, and inclusion" or "diversity, inclusion, and belonging" or any other similar initiative, as described in the act.

What This Bill Does

• The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1031 - This act prohibits any state department to expend funds for intradepartmental programs, staffing, or other initiatives associated with "diversity, equity, and inclusion" or "diversity, inclusion, and belonging" or any other similar initiative, as described in the act.
• This act does not prohibit state departments from following anti-discrimination laws or complying with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.
• This act is substantially similar to SCS/HB 742 (2025) and similar to SB 1193 (2026) and a provision in SB 1199 (2026).
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SB 1031 - This act prohibits any state department to expend funds for intradepartmental programs, staffing, or other initiatives associated with "diversity, equity, and inclusion" or "diversity, inclusion, and belonging" or any other similar initiative, as described in the act. This act does not prohibit state departments from following anti-discrimination laws or complying with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.

This act is substantially similar to SCS/HB 742 (2025) and similar to SB 1193 (2026) and a provision in SB 1199 (2026).
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Current Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1031
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MOON.
5516S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 1, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to requirements for public
entities to achieve specific diversity, equity, or inclusion standards.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 1, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
one new section, to be known as section 1.2030, to read as 2
follows:3
1.2030. 1. No funds shall be expended by any state 1
department for intradepartmental programs, staffing, or 2
other initiatives associated with "diversity, equity, and 3
inclusion" or "diversity, inclusion, and belonging" or any 4
other initiative that promotes the preferential treatment of 5
any individual or group of individuals based on race, color, 6
religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, 7
national origin, or ancestry and: 8
(1) The concept that disparities between groups are 9
solely the result of oppression; 10
(2) Collective guilt ideologies; 11
(3) Intersectional or divisive identity activism; or 12
(4) The limiting of freedom of conscience, thought, or 13
speech. 14
2. The provisions of subsection 1 of this section 15
shall not prohibit state departments from any of the 16
following: 17
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(1) Following federal and state employment and 18
antidiscrimination laws; or 19
(2) Complying with the Americans with Disabilities 20
Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 12101, et seq. 21
3. No state department shall mandate, require, or 22
incentivize private sector employers to implement programs 23
or initiatives described in subsection 1 of this section as 24
a condition of awarding a state contract. 25
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