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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri HB 2414 classifies unauthorized portable electronic communication devices in correctional facilities as a class D felony
Last action · April 16, 2026: Reported Do Pass (H)Sponsor: Dean Van Schoiack
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What This Bill Would Do
Bringing unauthorized portable electronic communication devices into correctional centers, city jails, county jails, or private jails is penalized as a under Missouri HB 2414. The measure updates penalties for various contraband items, establishes facility rule-posting requirements, and outlines record conditions for certain alkaloid violations.
Penalties and criminal charges shift for individuals who possess or deliver specific prohibited items inside state, county, city, or private correctional facilities.
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Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Visitors to correctional facilities
Visitors face potential felony charges, misdemeanors, or denied visitation privileges for bringing unauthorized electronic devices or prohibited personal property onto jail or prison premises.
Facility administrators
Administrators of city, county, private, and state correctional facilities are authorized to deny visitation privileges or refer individuals for prosecution based on posted facility rules.
Key Facts
- A person commits the offense of possession of unlawful items in a prison or jail by knowingly delivering, attempting to deliver, possessing, depositing, or concealing controlled substances, intoxicating liquor, prohibited personal property, weapons, or unauthorized electronic devices in a correctional center or jail.
- Violation of the prohibition on controlled substances is classified as a class D felony.
- Violation of the prohibition on intoxicating liquor or alkaloids is classified as a class E felony.
- Violation of the prohibition on prohibited personal property is classified as a class A misdemeanor.
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- Violation of the prohibition on guns, knives, weapons, or items endangering institutional safety is classified as a class B felony.
- Violation of the prohibition on unauthorized portable electronic communication devices is classified as a class D felony.
- Facility administrators may deny visitation privileges or refer for prosecution any person delivering or possessing prohibited personal items not covered by other statutes, provided rules and lists of allowed items are prominently posted.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the penalty for possessing a cell phone or portable electronic device in a prison or jail under this bill?
Can facility administrators deny visitation for bringing prohibited personal items?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
8 actions- Apr 16, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Do Pass (H)
- Apr 15, 2026HouseCommitteeVoted Do Pass (H)
- Apr 15, 2026HouseExecutive Session Completed (H)
- Apr 8, 2026HousePublic Hearing Completed (H)
- Mar 2, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred: Corrections and Public Institutions(H)
- Jan 8, 2026HouseFloorRead Second Time (H)
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- Jan 7, 2026HouseIntroducedRead First Time (H)
- Dec 15, 2025HouseIntroducedPrefiled (H)
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance65How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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