Bill > HB1853

This bill modifies transportation-related provisions by expanding the ability of local governments (counties, cities, and villages) to designate memorial roads. Specifically, the bill broadens the existing law to allow memorial road designations not just for law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, but also for emergency personnel and members of the Armed Forces who die while serving. The local government would be responsible for the costs, erection, and maintenance of signs marking these memorial roads. The bill simultaneously repeals several existing sections of law related to road overseer responsibilities, bridge crossing regulations, moving structures, and mineral removal from public roads. These repealed sections included detailed provisions about things like erecting road signs, protecting bridges during machinery crossings, and procedures for temporarily abandoning roads for mineral extraction. By removing these older, specific regulations and adding the memorial road expansion, the bill appears to be updating and simplifying transportation-related statutes.

Government Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure

https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB1853&year=2026&code=R