Missouri legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Missouri HB3124: Requires children under the age of seventeen to be prosecuted for most criminal offenses in juvenile courts unless the child is certified as an adult
Status: In committee, May 15, 2026
What the bill says
An act that would be a violation of a state law or municipal ordinance. 10. If a petition or motion to modify has been dismissed thereby permitting a child to be prosecuted under the general law and the child is found not guilty by a court of general jurisdiction, the juvenile court shall have jurisdiction over any later offense committed by that child which would be considered a misdemeanor or felony if committed by an adult, subject to the certification provisions of this section. 11. If the court does not dismiss the petition or motion to modify to permit the child to be prosecuted under th.
From the introduced text:
an act that would be a violation of a state law or municipal ordinance. 10. If a petition or motion to modify has been dismissed thereby permitting a child to be prosecuted under the general law and the child is found not guilty by a court of general jurisdiction, the juvenile court shall have jurisdiction over any later offense committed by that child which would be considered a misdemeanor or felony if committed by an adult, subject to the certification provisions of this section. 11. If the court does not dismiss the petition or motion to modify to permit the child to be prosecuted under the general law, it shall set a date for the hearing upon the petition as provided in section 211.171. 211.072. 1. A juvenile under [eighteen] seventeen years of age who has been certified to stand trial as an adult for offenses pursuant to section 211.071, if currently placed in a secure juvenile detention facility, shall remain in a secure juvenile detention facility pending finalization of the judgment and completion of appeal, if any, of the judgment dismissing the juvenile petition to allow for prosecution under the general law unless otherwise ordered by the juvenile court. Upon the judgment dismissing the petition to allow prosecution under the general laws becoming final and adult charges being filed, …