Modifies the provision relating to clinical fellowships for licensure of speech pathologists and audiologists

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: McCreery, Tracy; House handler: N/A
Last action: 2026-03-10
Official status: Voted Do Pass S Emerging Issues and Professional Registration Committee
Effective date: 2026-08-28

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Bill History

2026-03-10 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate
Voted Do Pass S Emerging Issues and Professional Registration Committee
2026-03-03 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate
Hearing Conducted S Emerging Issues and Professional Registration Committee
2026-02-24 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate
Hearing Cancelled S Emerging Issues and Professional Registration Committee
2026-01-27 S245
Second Read and Referred S Emerging Issues and Professional Registration Committee
2026-01-07 S89
S First Read
2025-12-04 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate
Prefiled

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SB 1405 - This act modifies the requirements for licensure as a speech pathologist or audiologist by providing for completion of a clinical fellowship under the direct supervision of a licensed speech-language pathologist in good standing, rather than under the direct supervision of a person licensed by the state of Missouri in the profession in which the applicant seeks to be licensed.

This act is identical to a provision in HCS/HB 2372 (2026), in HCS/SS/SB 7 (2025), in the perfected SS/SB 61 (2025), in the perfected HCS/HB 268 (2025), SB 431 (2025), in the perfected HB 478 (2025), in HB 765 (2025), and in SCS/HB 834 (2025), and is substantially similar to the perfected HB 2591 (2026).
KATIE O'BRIEN