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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri House Bill 8 Approves $1.3 Billion for Department of Public Safety and National Guard for Fiscal Year 2026
Last action · November 25, 2025: Message Received from the Governor, pursuant to Article IV, Section 27Sponsor: Dirk Deaton
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What This Bill Would Do
Missouri House Bill 8 appropriates $1,245,187,111 for the Department of Public Safety and $55,318,982 for the Department of the National Guard for the beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026. The legislation funds law enforcement training, victim support programs, emergency management operations, state highway patrols, and military forces administration. It also mandates that flight plans for state aircraft carrying elected officials be made publicly accessible via flight-tracking services.
Residents across Missouri are directly impacted through funding allocations for local crime task forces, school safety programs, emergency disaster relief, highway patrol staffing, and veterans' services. The measure dictates how public safety tax revenues and federal grants are distributed across state agencies and local jurisdictions through June 2026.
- House Bill 8 is part of the annual appropriations process in Missouri, which funds state government operations, departments, and capital improvements for the upcoming fiscal year. context
- The Department of Public Safety oversees multiple divisions including the State Highway Patrol, Capitol Police, Division of Fire Safety, and State Emergency Management Agency. context
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.
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Receives operating funds, equipment budgets, and mandated wage adjustments for troopers and commercial vehicle officers.
Local Law Enforcement Agencies
Eligible for various grants covering equipment, training, cybercrime task forces, and salary supplementation.
Veterans and Military Families
Impacted by funding allocations for veterans' homes, temporary housing programs, tuition assistance, and family relief grants.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently filed. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Committee.
Procedural history
1 action- Nov 25, 2025Governor of MissouriMessage Received from the Governor, pursuant to Article IV, Section 27
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Mandatory Flight Tracking Transparency
The introduction of Section 8.2005 ties state aircraft funding directly to public flight-tracking compliance for elected officials.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance90How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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