HOUSE BILL NO. 1578 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE COOK.
0900H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT To amend chapter 57, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to assistance from federal law enforcement agencies.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 57, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be 2 known as section 57.447, to read as follows: 57.447. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, in order for a 2 federal law enforcement agency to provide assistance to a sheriff's department in any 3 county or in a city not within a county, there shall be a memorandum of understanding 4 between the sheriff's department and the federal law enforcement agency concerning 5 the enforcement of state and local laws during the course of the federal law enforcement 6 agency's duties in the state of Missouri. The sheriff or chief law enforcement agent of 7 each county or city not within a county shall have the authority to negotiate the terms of 8 such memorandum. The memorandum shall be signed by the sheriff or the chief law 9 enforcement agent and the director of the department of public safety. 10 2. The department of public safety shall promulgate all necessary rules and 11 regulations for the administration of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that 12 term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this 13 section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the 14 provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 15 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly 16 pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language. HB 1578 2
17 a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority 18 and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2025, shall be invalid and void. ✔
Statutes affected: