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SB877 • 2026

Requires General Assembly and gubernatorial approval of proposed administrative rules with a fiscal note over $250,000

Requires General Assembly and gubernatorial approval of proposed administrative rules with a fiscal note over $250,000

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Fitzwater, Travis; House handler: N/A
Last action
2026-01-14
Official status
Bill Combined w/SCS SBs 891 & 877
Effective date
2026-08-28

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires General Assembly and gubernatorial approval of proposed administrative rules with a fiscal note over $250,000

This Bill has been combined with SB 891, please refer to it for current information.

What This Bill Does

  • This Bill has been combined with SB 891, please refer to it for current information.
  • The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 877 - For any proposed administrative rule submitted by a state agency that will result in the expenditure of public funds by a state entity or political subdivision of greater than $250,000, or will result in a loss of income to an individual or business of greater than $250,000, this act requires the state agency to notify the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules.
  • The Committee may hold hearings on the proposed rule.
  • Such proposed rule shall not become effective until approved by the General Assembly through passage of a concurrent resolution.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-14 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Bill Combined w/SCS SBs 891 & 877

  2. 2026-01-12 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Hearing Conducted S Government Efficiency Committee

  3. 2026-01-08 S125

    Second Read and Referred S Government Efficiency Committee

  4. 2026-01-07 S38

    S First Read

  5. 2025-12-01 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Prefiled

Official Summary Text

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Introduced

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SB 877 - For any proposed administrative rule submitted by a state agency that will result in the expenditure of public funds by a state entity or political subdivision of greater than $250,000, or will result in a loss of income to an individual or business of greater than $250,000, this act requires the state agency to notify the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. The Committee may hold hearings on the proposed rule. Such proposed rule shall not become effective until approved by the General Assembly through passage of a concurrent resolution. The provisions of this act will not apply to emergency rules or rules required by federal law or for federal funding.

A state agency shall not file any final order of rulemaking with the Secretary of State until at least 30 days after such final order of rulemaking has been received by the Committee. Further, a state agency shall not file any notice of proposed rulemaking with the Secretary of State without first receiving from, and including a copy of, the written approval of the Governor.

This act is similar to SCS/SB 350 (2025) and HB 2554 (2024).
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Current Bill Text

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 877
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR FITZWATER.
5091S.02I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 536, RSMo, by adding thereto two new sections relating to administrative rules.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 536, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
two new sections, to be known as sections 536.180 and 536.185, 2
to read as follows:3
536.180. 1. Any state agency filing a notice of 1
proposed rulemaking, as required by section 536.021, wherein 2
the adoption, amendment, or rescission of the rule would, as 3
determined by the fiscal note required under this chapter, 4
require or result in an expenditure of public funds by that 5
agency, any other state agency, or any political subdivision 6
of the state in excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars 7
per year, or would require or result in an expenditure of 8
money by or a reduction in income for individuals or 9
businesses in excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars 10
per year shall, in addition to the requirements of section 11
536.200, file notification with the joint committee on 12
administrative rules of such proposed rule. The committee 13
may hold hearings on any proposed rule or portion thereof at 14
any time. A final order of rulemaking shall not be filed 15
with the secretary of state until at least thirty days after 16
such final order of rulemaking has been received by the 17
committee. 18
SB 877 2
2. Any proposed rule subject to the provisions of this 19
section shall not be subject to section 536.021 and shall 20
not become effective until the provisions of this section 21
have been satisfied. 22
3. A proposed rule subject to the provisions of this 23
section shall not become effective unless and until the 24
general assembly adopts a concurrent resolution in 25
accordance with the provisions of Article IV, Section 8 of 26
the Missouri Constitution to approve such proposed rule. 27
4. Upon adoption of such concurrent resolution as 28
provided in subsection 3 of this section, the secretary of 29
state shall not publish the order of rulemaking until the 30
expiration of time necessary for such resolution to be 31
signed by the governor or vetoed and subsequently acted upon 32
by the general assembly as provided in Article III, Section 33
32 of the Missouri Constitution. If such concurrent 34
resolution is adopted and signed by the governor or 35
otherwise reconsidered under Article III, Section 32 of the 36
Missouri Constitution, the secretary of state shall publish 37
in the Missouri register, as soon as practicable, the order 38
of rulemaking along with notice of the proposed rules or 39
portions thereof that were approved by the general assembly. 40
5. Except for rules adopted pursuant to section 41
536.025 or required to be adopted to conform with federal 42
law or for federal funding, any proposed rule shall be null, 43
void, and unenforceable unless made in accordance with the 44
provisions of this section. 45
536.185. A state agency shall not file any notice of 1
proposed rulemaking with the secretary of state without 2
first receiving from and including a copy of the written 3
approval by the governor. 4
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