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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri House Bill 12 Appropriates State Funds for Elected Officials, Judiciary, Public Defender, and General Assembly 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
House Bill 12 appropriates state funds for the operating expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of statewide elected officials, the judiciary, the state public defender system, and the general assembly for the period beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026. The legislation outlines spending limits, full-time equivalent personnel caps, and fund transfers across multiple state agencies and programs.
The measure establishes operational funding levels for Missouri's courts, public defender offices, legislative branches, and executive agencies, determining the resources available for state legal services, public trials, elections administration, and legislative operations through mid-2026.
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.
Statewide elected officials
State executive offices receive operational funding, personnel caps, and grant allocations for their respective divisions.
Judiciary
State courts, judges, and administrative programs receive operational funds, salary adjustments, and automation grants.
Office of the State Public Defender
The public defender system receives operating funds, defense contract allocations, and technology enhancement grants.
General Assembly
Members and support divisions of the House and Senate receive operating funds, contingent expense allowances, and member salaries.
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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No state lobbying filings in our records match this bill. Federal lobbying reports (LDA) cover Congress, so they are not listed on state bills.
Full breakdown
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Discoveries
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Large-Scale Fund Transfers
The bill authorizes substantial internal transfers out of dedicated accounts, such as $108,000,000 from the Abandoned Fund Account back to the General Revenue Fund.
Connected Entities
Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance95How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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