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SB945 • 2026

Allows the circuit court of St. Louis City to collect a civil case filing fee of an amount not to exceed $20, rather than $15, for certain uses, including the maintenance of a law library

Allows the circuit court of St. Louis City to collect a civil case filing fee of an amount not to exceed $20, rather than $15, for certain uses, including the maintenance of a law library

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
May, Karla; House handler: Mayhew, Don
Last action
2026-04-16
Official status
HCS Reported Do Pass H Corrections and Public Institutions
Effective date
2026-08-28

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-16 H1822

    HCS Reported Do Pass H Corrections and Public Institutions

  2. 2026-04-15 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    HCS Voted Do Pass H Corrections and Public Institutions

  3. 2026-04-08 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Hearing Conducted H Corrections and Public Institutions

  4. 2026-04-02 H1571

    Referred H Corrections and Public Institutions

  5. 2026-03-26 H1434

    H Second Read

  6. 2026-03-25 H1426

    H First Read

  7. 2026-03-25 S779

    S Third Read and Passed

  8. 2026-03-24 S766

    Reported Truly Perfected S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

  9. 2026-03-24 S686

    Perfected

  10. 2026-03-09 S546

    Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

  11. 2026-02-18 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

  12. 2026-02-04 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

  13. 2026-01-08 S128

    Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

  14. 2026-01-07 S45

    S First Read

  15. 2025-12-01 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Prefiled

Official Summary Text

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Perfected

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SB 945 - Currently, any circuit court may collect a civil case filing surcharge of an amount not to exceed $15 for the maintenance of a law library, the county's or circuit's family services and justice fund, or courtroom renovation and technology enhancement. If the circuit court reimburses the state for salaries of family court commissioners or is the circuit court in Jackson County, the surcharge may be up to $20. This act provides that the circuit court in the City of St. Louis may charge a filing surcharge up to $20.

This act is identical to SB 18 (2025), a provision in HCS/HB 83 (2025), in SCS/HCS/HB 176 (2025), in SB 352 (2025), in SCS/HCS/HB 615 (2025), SB 800 (2025), in HB 1512 (2024), and in SCS/HCS/HB 2064 & HCS#2/HB 1886 (2024), and is substantially similar to a provision in SCS/SB 897 (2024), SB 1023 (2024), CCS/HCS/SS/SCS/SB 72 (2023), SB 252 (2023), HB 787 (2023), in HCS/HB 986 (2023), in the perfected HCS/HBs 994, 52 & 984 (2023), SB 1209 (2022), HB 1963 (2022), HB 143 (2021), HB 1554 (2020), HB 1224 (2019), in the perfected HCS/HB 1083 (2019), HB 1891 (2018), SB 288 (2017), HB 391 (2017), and SB 812 (2016).
KATIE O'BRIEN

Introduced

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SB 945 - Currently, any circuit court may collect a civil case filing surcharge of an amount not to exceed $15 for the maintenance of a law library, the county's or circuit's family services and justice fund, or courtroom renovation and technology enhancement. If the circuit court reimburses the state for salaries of family court commissioners or is the circuit court in Jackson County, the surcharge may be up to $20. This act provides that the circuit court in the City of St. Louis may charge a filing surcharge up to $20.

This act is identical to SB 18 (2025), a provision in HCS/HB 83 (2025), in SCS/HCS/HB 176 (2025), in SB 352 (2025), in SCS/HCS/HB 615 (2025), SB 800 (2025), in HB 1512 (2024), and in SCS/HCS/HB 2064 & HCS#2/HB 1886 (2024), and is substantially similar to a provision in SCS/SB 897 (2024), SB 1023 (2024), CCS/HCS/SS/SCS/SB 72 (2023), SB 252 (2023), HB 787 (2023), in HCS/HB 986 (2023), in the perfected HCS/HBs 994, 52 & 984 (2023), SB 1209 (2022), HB 1963 (2022), HB 143 (2021), HB 1554 (2020), HB 1224 (2019), in the perfected HCS/HB 1083 (2019), HB 1891 (2018), SB 288 (2017), HB 391 (2017), and SB 812 (2016).
KATIE O'BRIEN