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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri Senate Bill 1512 authorizes creation of local police protection districts with taxing and governance powers
Last action · February 5, 2026: Second Read and Referred S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety CommitteeSponsor: Angela Mosley
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What This Bill Would Do
This bill allows voters to establish independent police protection districts as s to provide crime prevention, emergency response, and first aid services. The measure grants these districts the authority to levy property taxes, issue bonds, hire staff, contract with municipalities, and establish pension and benefit programs.
Residents within a newly formed police protection district face potential new property tax levies of up to forty cents per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation, alongside additional specialized levies for pensions and emergency dispatch services. Property owners gain local governance structures with elected boards holding powers of eminent domain, contract negotiation, and emergency service fee assessment.
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.
Residents within proposed police protection districts
Voters residing within proposed districts participate in incorporation and tax elections, elect board members, and become subject to district property taxes and emergency fees.
Municipalities
Municipal police departments contained within a newly adopted district are dissolved, merged, and absorbed by the police protection district, and mayors may serve as ex-officio board members.
County election authorities
County clerks and election authorities maintain jurisdiction over district organization petitions, conduct incorporation and bond elections, and process recall petitions.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
How is a police protection district formed under Senate Bill 1512?
What maximum property tax rate can a police protection district levy for general purposes?
Are board members of a police protection district required to complete specialized training?
Can a police protection district charge non-residents for emergency services?
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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- Feb 5, 2026SenateFloorSecond Read and Referred S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
- Jan 7, 2026SenateIntroducedS First Read
- Jan 6, 2026SenatePrefiled
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. The text on record is the 3369S.01I - Introduced version. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Establishment of Independent Police Protection Districts
The bill introduces a standardized mechanism across Missouri statutes for voters to petition, organize, finance, and govern specialized police protection districts akin to fire protection districts.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance75How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy45Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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