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103rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
HB 861
Modifies Missouri driver’s licenses and nondriver’s licenses to include a symbol that indicates that the holder of the license is a United States citizen
Sponsor: Simmons, John (109)
Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2025
LR Number: 2139H.01I
Last Action: 01/14/2025 – Read Second Time (H)
Bill String: HB 861
Next House Hearing: Hearing not scheduled

FIRST REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 861 [pdf]
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE SIMMONS.
2139H.01I
JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To repeal section 302.181, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
driver’s and nondriver’s licenses for United States citizens.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
[….]
11. Beginning July 1, 2026, any driver’s license or nondriver’s license issued to a person who is a citizen of the United States, including naturalized citizens, shall have a distinguishing mark on the front of the license that specifies that the license holder is a citizen of the United States. The department of revenue shall coordinate with the United States Department of State to establish criteria for establishing citizen status and a procedure for verifying status. If the person meets the exemption requirements of subsection 9 or 11 of section 302.171, and provides satisfactory proof to the director that the applicant has been a United States citizen for at least five years and signs an affidavit to that effect, the applicant’s driver’s license or nondriver’s license shall have a distinguishing mark on the front of the license and shall be readable and referenced by a scannable code on the back of the license that specifies that the license holder is a citizen of the United States.
[….]

If there’s a mark, someone will ask to see it.

“Your papers, please.” Get used to it.

Previously:

Your papers (November 10, 2024)

Have your papers ready (January 14, 2025)