Establishes immunity from liability for certain designers, manufacturers, sellers, and lessors of products

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Trent, Curtis; House handler: N/A
Last action: 2026-04-07
Official status: Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee
Effective date: 2026-08-28

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Bill History

2026-04-07 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate
Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee
2026-03-25 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate
Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee
2026-01-27 S239
Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee
2026-01-07 S73
S First Read
2025-12-01 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate
Prefiled

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SB 1234 - This act specifies that, in any civil action for personal injury, death, or property damage caused by a product, the plaintiff shall prove that the defendant designed, manufactured, sold, or leased the actual product that caused the injury. Designers, manufacturers, sellers, or lessors of products not identified as having been used, ingested, or encountered by an injured party will not be held liable for any alleged injury. A person or business entity whose design is copied or otherwise used by a manufacturer without the designer's express authorization shall not be subject to liability for personal injury, death, or property damage, even if the use of the design is foreseeable.

This act is identical to HCS/HB 918 (2025) and is substantially similar to SB 552 (2025), a provision in SB 669 (2022), in SB 1243 (2022), in HB 2367 (2022), in HCS/SCS/SB 119 (2021), SB 350 (2021), HCS/HB 782 (2021), and in the perfected HCS/HB 922 (2021).
KATIE O'BRIEN