Missouri 2026 Regular Session Status: Passed House 8 R cosponsors

HB 1625 — Modifies the offenses of trafficking of drugs in the first and second degree

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the House. Introduced December 01, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.

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Advancing 58% · moderate confidence

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Moderate

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  • Passed House

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 8 sponsors

    1 primary, 7 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (8 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

19 added · 5 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of Bill HB 1625 now includes a new section that establishes a harsher penalty for delivering a controlled substance that results in someone's death, defining this as a class A felony. Previously, the bill focused on different provisions regarding drug trafficking but has shifted to emphasize this specific offense and its serious consequences. This change is significant because it aims to hold individuals more accountable for actions that contribute to fatal overdoses, reflecting a stronger stance against drug-related crimes.

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION HOUSE BILL NO.
SECOND REGULAR SESSION [PERFECTED] HOUSE BILL NO.
5279H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk AN ACT To repeal sections 579.065 and 579.068, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to offenses involving the trafficking of drugs, with penalty provisions.
5279H.01P JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk AN ACT To repeal sections 579.022, 579.065, and 579.068, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof three new sections relating to offenses involving the trafficking of drugs, with penalty provisions.
Sections 579.065 and 579.068, RSMo, are repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 579.065 and 579.068, to read as follows:
Sections 579.022, 579.065, and 579.068, RSMo, are repealed and three new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 579.022, 579.065, and 579.068, to read as follows:
579.022.
1.
A person commits the offense of delivery of a controlled substance causing death if a person delivers or distributes a controlled substance under section 579.020 [knowing such substance is mixed with another controlled substance] and a death results from the use of such controlled substance.
2.
It shall not be a defense that the user contributed to the user's own death by using the controlled substance or consenting to the administration of the controlled substance by another.
3.
The offense of delivery of a controlled substance causing death is a class A felony.
4.
For purposes of this section, "controlled substance" means a Schedule I or Schedule II controlled substance, as defined in section 195.017.
(1) More than thirty grams of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of heroin;
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law.
Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
HB 1625 2 (1) More than thirty grams of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of heroin;
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law.
(7) More than thirty grams of any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any quantity of the following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system:
Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
HB 1625 2 (7) More than thirty grams of any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any quantity of the following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system:
ecgonine, its derivatives, their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers;
ecgonine, its derivatives, their HB 1625 3 salts, isomers, and salts of isomers;
or HB 1625 3 (8) More than thirty grams of any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any quantity of the following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system:
or (8) More than thirty grams of any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any quantity of the following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system:
or (11) One gram or more of flunitrazepam for a second or subsequent offense;
or HB 1625 4 (11) One gram or more of flunitrazepam for a second or subsequent offense;
HB 1625 4 (2) More than one hundred fifty grams of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of coca leaves, except coca leaves and extracts of coca leaves from which cocaine, ecgonine, and derivatives of ecgonine or their salts have been removed;
(2) More than one hundred fifty grams of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of coca leaves, except coca leaves and extracts of coca leaves from which cocaine, ecgonine, and derivatives of ecgonine or their salts have been removed;
3.
HB 1625 5 3.
or HB 1625 5 (4) Ninety grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of phencyclidine (PCP);
or (4) Ninety grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of phencyclidine (PCP);
methamphetamine, its salts, isomers and salts of its isomers;
HB 1625 6 methamphetamine, its salts, isomers and salts of its isomers;
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This bill amends 3 section(s) of the Missouri Revised Statutes: Section 579.022, RSMo; Section 579.065, RSMo; Section 579.068, RSMo.

  • Section 579.022, RSMo

    knowing such substance is mixed with another controlled substance

    amended

  • Section 579.065, RSMo

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    amended

  • Section 579.068, RSMo

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    amended

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Action History

  1. SCS Voted Do Pass (S)

  2. Executive Session Held (S)

  3. Public Hearing Held (S)

  4. Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 8:30 a.m., Senate Lounge - 3rd Floor

  5. Second read and referred: Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence(S)

  6. Reported to the Senate and First Read (S)

  7. Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 137 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 5

  8. Taken Up for Third Reading (H)

  9. Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 7 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0

  10. Voted Do Pass (H)

  11. Executive Session Completed (H)

  12. Referred: Fiscal Review(H)

  13. Perfected with Amendments (H) - HA 1, adopted

  14. Title of Bill - Agreed To

  15. Taken Up for Perfection (H)

  16. Placed on the Informal Perfection Calendar (H)

  17. Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 7 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 0

  18. Voted Do Pass (H)

  19. Executive Session Completed (H)

  20. Referred: Rules - Administrative(H)

  21. Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 16 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0

  22. Voted Do Pass (H)

  23. Executive Session Completed (H)

  24. Public Hearing Completed (H)

  25. Referred: Crime and Public Safety(H)

  26. Read Second Time (H)

  27. Read First Time (H)

  28. Prefiled (H)

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1 sponsors · 7 co-sponsors · 191 not signed on

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Not signed on (191)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 1625?
HB 1625 is sponsored by Bill Allen (Republican), Deanna Self (Republican), Ann Kelley (Republican), John Hewkin (Republican), Tricia Byrnes (Republican), Bill Irwin (Republican), Brian Seitz (Republican), and Willard Haley (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 1625?
This bill has passed the House. Introduced December 01, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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