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This bill creates and modifies numerous provisions relating to public safety and professional licensing across multiple state agencies. The bill primarily focuses on expanding fingerprint-based criminal background check requirements for various professional licensure applications, establishing a new Public Safety Recruitment and Retention Act to provide tuition assistance for public safety personnel and their dependents, and modifying criminal statutes. Key provisions include creating a Public Safety Recruitment and Retention Fund that will provide tuition awards up to 100% for public safety personnel with at least six years of service and their legal dependents with at least ten years of service, expanding criminal background check requirements for professionals ranging from healthcare workers to real estate agents, modifying the definition of second-degree burglary to include additional scenarios, and establishing a Missouri Task Force on Nonprofit Safety and Security to study security needs of nonprofit organizations. The bill also creates a Supplemental Nonprofit Safety and Security Fund to provide grants for security enhancements to eligible nonprofit organizations. The legislation aims to enhance public safety, support public safety professionals' continued education, and improve background screening processes across various professional fields.

Budget and Finance, Education, Government Affairs

https://www.senate.mo.gov/25info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=522