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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri House Bill 1904 regulates corporate campaign contributions and expands non-committee expenditure reporting
Last action · May 15, 2026: Referred: Emerging Issues(H)Sponsor: Adrian Plank
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What This Bill Would Do
House Bill 1904 modifies campaign finance laws by explicitly subjecting corporations regulated under Chapter 355 to constitutional campaign contribution limits and specific reporting rules for in-kind expenditures. The bill also expands definitions for campaign terms and requires individuals or entities making independent expenditures totaling five hundred dollars or more to file detailed disclosure reports.
Nonprofit and regular corporations making s or independent political expenditures must now strictly follow Missouri constitutional contribution limits and adhere to formal reporting timelines.
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.
Corporations regulated under chapter 355
Chapter 355 corporations must comply with constitutional contribution limits and report in-kind expenditures.
Foreign nonprofit corporations
Foreign nonprofit corporations making independent expenditures or in-kind contributions are subject to reporting rules.
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Who must file a report when making independent political expenditures?
What new requirements apply to Chapter 355 corporations making in-kind contributions?
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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
4 actions- May 15, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred: Emerging Issues(H)
- Jan 8, 2026HouseFloorRead Second Time (H)
- Jan 7, 2026HouseIntroducedRead First Time (H)
- Dec 1, 2025HouseIntroducedPrefiled (H)
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Corporate In-Kind Tracking Alignment
The bill formally integrates Chapter 355 corporations into Missouri's constitutional contribution limits and mandatory expenditure reporting frameworks.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance65How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy50Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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