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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri bill classifies AI-generated court or administrative documents by unlicensed providers as the unauthorized practice of law
Last action · January 27, 2026: Second Read and Referred S General Laws CommitteeSponsor: Curtis Trent
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What This Bill Would Do
Unlicensed individuals, businesses, and organizations are prohibited from providing AI-generated legal papers, , or documents for court or administrative proceedings. Violators face misdemeanor charges, fines up to $100, and civil liability to repay triple the fees received.
Establishes legal penalties and enforcement mechanisms for using artificial intelligence to draft legal documents without a license, directly impacting unlicensed legal tech providers and individuals seeking low-cost document generation.
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.
Unlicensed legal document providers
Prohibited from providing AI-generated court or administrative documents and subjected to misdemeanor penalties and civil liability.
General public and legal consumers
Subject to changed rules regarding who may legally supply AI-assisted documents for use in legal proceedings.
Missouri Attorney General
Tasked with the duty to institute suits necessary for the recovery of treble amounts on behalf of the state.
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Does this bill apply if someone uses AI to draft legal documents for free?
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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
3 actions- Jan 27, 2026SenateFloorSecond Read and Referred S General Laws Committee
- Jan 7, 2026SenateIntroducedS First Read
- Dec 2, 2025SenatePrefiled
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. The text on record is the 5254S.01I - Introduced version. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Integration of Artificial Intelligence into Unauthorized Practice Statutes
The bill explicitly expands traditional unauthorized practice of law statutes to target machine-generated legal documents produced by artificial intelligence.
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www.senate.mo.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance65How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy50Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz45Current news / social attention level
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