Missouri legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Missouri HB3131: Requires that a behavioral health specialist be dispatched with law enforcement when responding to calls classified by dispatch as mental-health related
Status: In committee, May 15, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
SECOND REGULAR SESSION HOUSE BILL NO. 3131 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE SMITH (68). 6506H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk To repeal sections 590.040 and 590.050, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof three new sections relating to law enforcement response to mental-health related emergencies. Section A. Sections 590.040 and 590.050, RSMo, are repealed and three new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 590.040, 590.050, and 590.275, to read as follows: 590.040. 1. The POST commission shall set the minimum number of hours of basic training for licensure as a peace officer no lower than six hundred, with the following exceptions: (1) Up to one thousand hours may be mandated for any class of license required for commission by a state law enforcement agency; (2) As few as one hundred twenty hours may be mandated for any class of license restricted to commission as a reserve peace officer with police powers limited to the commissioning political subdivision; (3) Persons validly licensed on August 28, 2001, may retain licensure without additional basic training; (4) Persons licensed and commissioned within a county of the third classification before July 1, 2002, may retain licensure with one hundred twenty hours of basic training if the commissioning political subdivision has adopted an order or ordinance to that effect; (5) Persons serving …
Sponsors
- Kem Smith (D, 068) · primary sponsor
- Rush, Tonya (D, 067)
- Gregg Bush (D, 050)
- Appelbaum, LaDonna (D, 071)
Latest actions
- : Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
- : Read Second Time (H)
- : Introduced and Read First Time (H)
Common questions
- What is HB3131?
- HB3131 is a bill in the Missouri Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Requires that a behavioral health specialist be dispatched with law enforcement when responding to calls classified by dispatch as mental-health related.
- What is the status of HB3131?
- In committee as of May 15, 2026. Latest action: Referred: Emerging Issues(H) (May 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB3131?
- Kem Smith (D, 068), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB3131?
- On the Missouri Legislature website: https://house.mo.gov/BillContent.aspx?bill=HB3131&year=2026&code=R
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