Bill > HB3138

This bill requires any police department in a Missouri county with over one million residents to establish a missing persons unit by January 1, 2027, which will coordinate and investigate missing person reports, collect and share information about missing individuals by entering their details into systems like the Missouri Uniform Law Enforcement System (MULES) and the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), create a communication system for missing person information, and work with the Missouri state highway patrol's missing persons unit. The bill also allows these police departments to hire new staff or reassign existing personnel to this unit, with their salaries and benefits funded by the department's existing budget.

https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB3138&year=2026&code=R