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SB 1069MISSOURISession 2026State Billin committee

Missouri Senate Bill 1069 raises annual purchase limits on cold and allergy medications containing pseudoephedrine and imposes new tracking system fees on drug manufacturers

Original title: Limits the sale or purchase of certain drugs

Last action · April 8, 2026: SCS Voted Do Pass S Families, Seniors and Health Committee (4496S.02C)Sponsor: Mike Henderson

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What This Bill Would Do

This bill increases the allowable twelve-month purchase limit for over-the-counter cold and allergy medications containing , ephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine from 43.2 grams to 61.2 grams. Beginning October 1, 2026, it requires manufacturers of these precursors to pay monthly fees to the tracking system administrator and establishes criminal penalties for non-payment. Additionally, the measure preempts local municipal regulations and mandates that these products remain stored behind pharmacy counters.

Why it matters

Residents seeking cold or allergy relief face a higher annual purchase threshold, while drug manufacturers face new recurring fees for distributing precursor products within the state.

Background
  • Pseudoephedrine and related compounds are tightly regulated precursors because they can be chemically processed to produce methamphetamine. context
  • Missouri utilizes a real-time electronic tracking system to monitor sales of over-the-counter cold and allergy medications containing pseudoephedrine across retail pharmacies. 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.

Directly affected

Consumers

Consumers face a new twelve-month purchase limit of 61.2 grams for over-the-counter precursor medications and must continue purchasing products from behind pharmacy counters.

Directly affected

Manufacturers

Manufacturers of pseudoephedrine products must pay monthly fees to the electronic tracking system administrator starting October 1, 2026, and face class A misdemeanor penalties for non-payment.

Directly affected

Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians

Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians must continue enforcing retail limits, maintaining electronic logs, and managing behind-the-counter sales restrictions.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the new annual purchase limit for cold and allergy medications containing pseudoephedrine?
The bill raises the twelve-month limit from 43.2 grams to 61.2 grams.
Who is required to pay the new monthly tracking system fees?
Beginning October 1, 2026, any manufacturer of a compound, mixture, or preparation containing , ephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine sold in or into the state must pay monthly fees to the tracking system administrator.
Where must pseudoephedrine products be displayed in stores?
All packages containing these substances must be offered for sale exclusively behind a pharmacy counter where the public is not permitted.

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Where This Stands

Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.

Procedural history

5 actions
  1. Apr 8, 2026SenateCommittee
    SCS Voted Do Pass S Families, Seniors and Health Committee (4496S.02C)
  2. Feb 11, 2026Senate
    Hearing Conducted S Families, Seniors and Health Committee
  3. Jan 15, 2026SenateFloor
    Second Read and Referred S Families, Seniors and Health Committee
  4. Jan 7, 2026SenateIntroduced
    S First Read
  5. Dec 1, 2025Senate
    Prefiled

Version history & redline

2 versions on file
Comparing 4496S.01I - Introduced → Senate Committee Substitute - Committee Version
removed addedOfficial text
removed: EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted in the law. SECOND REGULAR SESSION added: 4496S.02C 1 SENATE added: COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO. 1069 removed: 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY SENATOR HENDERSON. 4496S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary AN ACT To repeal sections 195.417 and 579.060, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to limits on selling or […] subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection; in any total amount greater than seven and two-tenths grams, without regard to the number of transactions. added: 2 3. Within any twenty-four-hour period, no pharmacist, intern pharmacist, or registered pharmacy technician shall sell, dispense, or otherwise provide to the same individual, and […] (1) and (2) of this subsection; in any total amount greater than [forty-three] sixty-one and two-tenths grams, without regard to the number of transactions. added: 3 5. All packages of any compound, mixture, or preparation containing any detectable quantity of ephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, or pseudoephedrine, or any of their salts or […] and senior services, any manufacturer required to pay fees under this subsection shall provide written documentation demonstrating that the manufacturer has paid such fees. added: (5) The fees required under this subsection shall be assessed against each manufacturer solely on the basis of 4 sales transactions involving that manufacturer's own compounds, mixtures, or preparations sold in or into the state. No manufacturer shall be assessed fees based upon transactions attributable to the compounds, mixtures, or preparations of any other manufacturer. 8. No prescription shall be required for the dispensation, sale, or distribution of any drug product containing any detectable amount of ephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, or […] optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers, in an amount within the limits described in subsections 2, 3, and 4 of this section shall added: 5 be void and of no effect and no such political subdivision shall maintain or enforce such ordinance or regulation. [10.] 11. All logs, records, […] containing any detectable amount of ephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, or pseudoephedrine, or any of their salts or optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers in a added: 6 total amount greater than seven and two-tenths grams, without regard to the number of transactions, unless the amount is purchased, received, or acquired pursuant […] a valid prescription; or (6) Dispenses or offers drug products that are not excluded from Schedule V in subsection 17 or 18 of section added: 7 195.017 and that contain detectable amounts of ephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, or pseudoephedrine, or any of their salts, optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers, without […] optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers, in accordance with transmission methods and frequency established by the department of health and senior services; or added: 8 (3) Fails to implement and maintain an electronic log, as required by subsection 12 of section 195.017, of each transaction involving any detectable quantity […]
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Sponsors

Mike HendersonSenate · District 3RepublicanPrimary sponsor

Discoveries

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Expansion of Precursor Purchase Thresholds

The legislation raises the annual cap on over-the-counter cold and allergy medications containing pseudoephedrine by 18 grams.

Connected Entities

General Assembly, Department of Health and Senior Services, Missouri State Highway Patrol
OrganizationGeneral Assembly“The legislative body enacting the state laws.”Map →
OrganizationDepartment of Health and Senior Services“State department requesting written documentation of fee payments from manufactu”Map →
OrganizationMissouri State Highway Patrol“Superintendent reports methamphetamine laboratory seizure statistics.”Map →

Sources

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www.senate.mo.gov

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