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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri Overhauls Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems with New Fingerprinting, Sentencing, and Detention Rules
Last action · April 8, 2026: Letter of approval from the GovernorSponsor: Nick Schroer
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What This Bill Does
Senate Bill 888 modifies criminal and juvenile justice statutes by requiring police to fingerprint individuals under eighteen for certain felony offenses, updating juvenile transfer-to-adult-court criteria, authorizing a local sales tax for juvenile detention facilities, and revising parole and sentencing guidelines starting in 2028.
Law enforcement agencies, prosecuting attorneys, juvenile courts, and the Department of Corrections must alter their data-sharing, fingerprinting, and reporting procedures, while counties gain the option to fund juvenile detention through local sales taxes.
- Senate Bill 888 is a comprehensive legislative measure passed by the Missouri General Assembly to modify multiple statutes within the state's criminal and juvenile codes. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Law enforcement agencies
Police officers and sheriffs must submit expanded arrest, charge, fingerprint, and referral data to central repositories or face loss of state and federal funding.
Juveniles
Individuals under eighteen are subject to mandatory fingerprinting for specified felonies and updated procedures regarding court transfers and closed records.
County governing bodies
Counties are authorized to coordinate juvenile detention facilities and submit retail sales tax proposals to voters to fund them.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
43 actions- Apr 8, 2026Office of the GovernorLetter of approval from the Governor
- Apr 7, 2026Office of the GovernorEnrolledSigned by Governor
- Mar 24, 2026Office of the GovernorDelivered to Governor
- Mar 23, 2026SenateReported Duly Enrolled Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee
- Mar 23, 2026SenateSigned by Senate President Pro Tem
- Mar 23, 2026HouseSigned by House Speaker
Show 37 earlier actions
- Mar 19, 2026HouseMessage received from the House
- Mar 12, 2026HouseFloorH Third Read and Passed
- Mar 12, 2026SenateFloorTruly Agreed To and Finally Passed
- Mar 11, 2026HouseCommitteeVoted Do Pass H Fiscal Review
- Mar 11, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Do Pass H Fiscal Review
- Mar 10, 2026HouseHearing Conducted H Corrections and Public Institutions
- Mar 10, 2026HouseCommitteeVoted Do Pass H Corrections and Public Institutions
- Mar 10, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Do Pass H Corrections and Public Institutions
- Mar 10, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred H Rules - Administrative
- Mar 10, 2026HouseCommitteeVoted Do Pass H Rules - Administrative
- Mar 10, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Do Pass H Rules - Administrative
- Mar 10, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred H Fiscal Review Committee
- Mar 9, 2026HouseFloorH Second Read
- Mar 9, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred H Corrections and Public Institutions
- Mar 5, 2026SenateCommitteeVoted Do Pass S Fiscal Oversight Committee
- Mar 5, 2026SenateReported from S Fiscal Oversight Committee
- Mar 5, 2026SenateFloorS Third Read and Passed
- Mar 5, 2026HouseIntroducedH First Read
- Mar 4, 2026SenateSS S withdrawn
- Mar 4, 2026SenateSS#2 S offered (Schroer)--(5440S.12F)
- Mar 4, 2026SenateSA 1 to SS#2 S offered & adopted (Schroer)--(5440S12.07S)
- Mar 4, 2026SenateSA 2 to SS#2 S offered (May)--(5440S12.13S)
- Mar 4, 2026SenateBill Placed on Informal Calendar
- Mar 4, 2026SenateSS#2 S withdrawn
- Mar 4, 2026SenateSS#3 S offered & adopted (Schroer)--(5440S.14F)
- Mar 4, 2026SenatePerfected
- Mar 4, 2026SenateReported Truly Perfected S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
- Mar 4, 2026SenateCommitteeReferred S Fiscal Oversight Committee
- Feb 10, 2026SenateSS S offered (Schroer)--(5440S.02F)
- Feb 10, 2026SenateSA 1 to SS S offered (Roberts)--(5440S02.03S)
- Feb 10, 2026SenateBill Placed on Informal Calendar
- Feb 3, 2026SenateReported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
- Jan 21, 2026SenateCommitteeVoted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
- Jan 14, 2026SenateHearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
- Jan 8, 2026SenateFloorSecond Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
- Jan 7, 2026SenateIntroducedS First Read
- Dec 1, 2025SenatePrefiled
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Stricter Data Reporting and Juvenile Fingerprinting
The act links compliance with mandatory arrest and prosecution referral data submissions directly to eligibility for state and federal justice funding.
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Sources
www.senate.mo.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance85How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy45Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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