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SB1134 • 2026

Establishes provisions requiring health care facilities to display certain signs

Establishes provisions requiring health care facilities to display certain signs

Crime
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Henderson, Mike; House handler: N/A
Last action
2026-01-15
Official status
Second Read and Referred S Families, Seniors and Health Committee
Effective date
2026-08-28

Plain English Breakdown

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Establishes provisions requiring health care facilities to display certain signs

The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1134 - Under this act, each health care facility shall prominently display a printed sign, in all capital letters, warning that assaulting a health care professional is a serious crime which may be punishable as a class A misdemeanor.

What This Bill Does

  • The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1134 - Under this act, each health care facility shall prominently display a printed sign, in all capital letters, warning that assaulting a health care professional is a serious crime which may be punishable as a class A misdemeanor.
  • This act is identical to SB 791 (2025) and substantially similar to provisions in the truly agreed to and finally passed SS/SCS/HCS/HB 2372 (2026), SS/SCS/SB 841 (2026), HCS/HB 1213 (2025), HCS/SB 1019 (2026), SB 1775 (2026), and HCS/SB 943 (2025).
  • SARAH HASKINS

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-15 S188

    Second Read and Referred S Families, Seniors and Health Committee

  2. 2026-01-07 S63

    S First Read

  3. 2025-12-01 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Prefiled

Official Summary Text

The following summaries of this bill are available:

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Introduced

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SB 1134 - Under this act, each health care facility shall prominently display a printed sign, in all capital letters, warning that assaulting a health care professional is a serious crime which may be punishable as a class A misdemeanor.

This act is identical to SB 791 (2025) and substantially similar to provisions in the truly agreed to and finally passed SS/SCS/HCS/HB 2372 (2026), SS/SCS/SB 841 (2026), HCS/HB 1213 (2025), HCS/SB 1019 (2026), SB 1775 (2026), and HCS/SB 943 (2025).
SARAH HASKINS

Current Bill Text

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1134
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR HENDERSON.
4732S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 197, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to protections from
assaults on health care professionals.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 197, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
one new section, to be known as section 197.708, to read as 2
follows:3
197.708. 1. As used in this section, the term "health 1
care facility" means any facility as defined in section 2
376.1350, including any hospital as defined in section 3
197.020. 4
2. Each health care facility shall display in a 5
prominent place within the health care facility a printed 6
sign with the following text in all capital letters: 7
"WARNING: ASSAULTING A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL WHO IS 8
ENGAGED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS OR HER OFFICIAL DUTIES, 9
INCLUDING STRIKING A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL WITH ANY 10
BODILY FLUID, IS A SERIOUS CRIME THAT MAY BE PUNISHABLE AS A 11
CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.". 12
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