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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri bill prohibits mental health professionals from practicing conversion therapy with minors
Last action · May 15, 2026: Referred: Emerging Issues(H)Sponsor: Jeremy Dean
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What This Bill Would Do
The bill prohibits state-licensed mental health professionals, including counselors, social workers, and marital and family therapists, from engaging in with minors under the threat of professional disciplinary action. Under the measure, performing such practices can lead to committee complaints, administrative hearings, probation for up to five years, suspension for up to three years, or license revocation.
Licensed mental health providers face potential loss of licensure or disciplinary sanctions if they conduct with minor clients, while parents and financially responsible relatives gain explicit legal standing to file complaints against practitioners.
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.
Minors
Minors receiving mental health services are protected from undergoing conversion therapy practices by state-licensed professionals.
Professional Counselors
Licensed counselors are prohibited from engaging in conversion therapy with minors under risk of professional license suspension or revocation.
Social Workers
Licensed social workers face disciplinary action if they perform conversion therapy practices on minor clients.
Marital And Family Therapists
Therapists licensed under family and marital practice chapters are subject to new professional restrictions regarding minor clients.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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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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Expansion of Disciplinary Grounds Across Multiple Licensing Chapters
The bill amends five distinct sections of statutes (337.035, 337.330, 337.525, 337.630, and 337.730) simultaneously to enforce uniform prohibitions across psychologists, counselors, social workers, and marital therapists.
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- Controversy90Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz60Current news / social attention level
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