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SB1171 • 2026

Creates the offense of community endangerment due to unsafe storage of a firearm

Creates the offense of community endangerment due to unsafe storage of a firearm

Crime Firearms
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Washington, Barbara; House handler: N/A
Last action
2026-01-27
Official status
Second Read and Referred S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
Effective date
2026-08-28

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-27 S237

    Second Read and Referred S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee

  2. 2026-01-07 S67

    S First Read

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

    Prefiled

Official Summary Text

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SB 1171 - This act creates the offense of community endangerment due to unsafe storage of a firearm in the first degree in which a person commits such offense if he or she stores or leaves a firearm in a location where the person knows or reasonably should know that an unauthorized person may gain access to the firearm and such unauthorized person causes personal injury or death with the firearm. Such offense shall be a class C felony.

This act also creates the offense of community endangerment due to unsafe storage of a firearm in the second degree in which a person commits such offense if he or she stores or leaves a firearm in a location where the person knows or reasonably should know that an unauthorized person may gain access to the firearm and such person:
• Causes the firearm to discharge;
• Carries the firearm in a public place in a manner that is threatening; or
• Uses the firearm in the commission of a crime.

Such offense shall be a class D felony.

It shall not be a violation of either offense if the firearm is stored securely as described in the act, the unauthorized person is a minor who has the permission of a parent or guardian to possess the firearm, the unauthorized person obtains the firearm in self-defense, or the unauthorized person obtains the firearm as a result of unlawful entry and such unlawful entry is reported to a law enforcement agency.

This act is substantially similar to SB 207 (2025).
TRISTAN BENSON, JR.