SB 68 Missouri Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Creates, repeals, and modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

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Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2024

Committee Review

May 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Governor

Introduced Dec 1, 2024 Last action May 30, 2025

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MODERATE

This bill updates Missouri's school safety reporting requirements and expands restrictions on student use of electronic devices. It clarifies reporting of school safety incidents, adds privacy protections for student data in safety databases, and significantly broadens the definition of electronic devices covered by cell phone policies while extending the ban on device use to more times during the school day.

Scope change

The bill applies to all school districts and charter schools in Missouri for the 2025-26 school year and subsequent years, with expanded definitions of electronic devices and broader restrictions on when devices may be used.

REQUIREMENT

School safety reporting requirements were clarified to include all incidents involving firearms, explosives, knives, or other weapons, as well as credible threats of such incidents.

Expanded the ban on student device use to cover the entire school day, including meal times, breaks, and study halls, rather than just instructional activities.

Added specific emergency exceptions for when students may use devices, including active shooters, evacuations, and medical emergencies.

DEFINITION

Added a comprehensive definition of 'electronic personal communications device' that includes smart watches, digital media players, and Bluetooth-enabled devices.

ENFORCEMENT

Added privacy protections requiring that student personally identifiable information in safety databases be closed records under state privacy law.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective school year for new electronic device policies from 2026-27 to 2025-26.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

May 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Duly Enrolled Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

upper

May 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

upper

May 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

CCS H Third Read and Passed

lower

May 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

CCS S Third Read and Passed--(0999S.14S)

upper

May 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

CCR S offered & adopted--(0999S14.1SR)

upper

Apr 29, 2025

Introduced

S refuses to concur in HCS, as amended and requests H recede or grant conference

upper

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

H Third Read and Passed

lower

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS, as amended, H adopted

lower

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

HA 13 to HCS H offered & adopted (Steinhoff)--(0999H11.23H)

lower

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

HA 12 to HCS H offered & adopted (Diehl)--(0999H11.25H)

lower

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

HA 11 to HCS H offered & adopted (Haley)--(0999H11.02H)

lower

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

HA 10 to HCS H offered & adopted (Keathley)--(0999H11.11H)

lower

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

HA 9 to HCS H offered & adopted (Christ)--(0999H11.22H)

lower

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

HA 8 to HCS H offered & adopted (Black)--(0999H11.09H)

lower

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

HA 7 to HCS H offered & adopted (Brown, C.)--(0999H11.26H)

lower

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

HA 6 to HCS H offered & adopted (Knight)--(0999H11.06H)

lower

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

HA 5 to HCS H offered & adopted (Pollitt)--(0999H11.13H)

lower

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

HA 4 to HCS H offered & adopted (Shields)--(0999H11.16H)

lower

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

HA 3 to HCS H offered & adopted (Kelley)--(0999H11.15H)

lower

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

HA 2 to HCS H offered & adopted (Lewis)--(0999H11.17H)

lower

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

HA 1 to HCS H offered & adopted (Perkins)--(0999H11.20H)

lower

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported Do Pass H Fiscal Review

lower

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Voted Do Pass H Fiscal Review

lower

Apr 22, 2025

Committee

Referred H Fiscal Review Committee

lower

Apr 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported Do Pass H Rules - Legislative

lower

Apr 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Voted Do Pass H Rules - Legislative

lower

Apr 7, 2025

Committee

Referred H Rules - Legislative

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS Reported Do Pass H Elementary and Secondary Education

lower

Apr 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS Voted Do Pass H Elementary and Secondary Education

lower

Mar 19, 2025

Committee

Referred H Elementary and Secondary Education

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

S Third Read and Passed

upper

Feb 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Truly Perfected S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

upper

Feb 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted

upper

Feb 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Beck)--(0999S07.01S)

upper

Feb 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from S Education Committee w/SCS

upper

Feb 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee (0999S.02C)

upper

Feb 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

upper

Dec 1, 2024

Introduced

Prefiled

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors