SB 977 - This act establishes the "No Shari'a Act" which prohibits the application and enforceability of Shari'a law or any foreign law, legal code, or system that denies the parties the fundamental liberties, rights, and privileges guaranteed under the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of Missouri.

This act shall not be construed to disapprove or abrogate existing precedent of the Supreme Court of Missouri, to limit adjudication of ecclesiastical matters of a religious organization, to apply to those corporations, partnerships, or associations that voluntarily subject themselves to foreign law or foreign courts, and apply where federal law preempts state law.

Additionally, this act provides that no state court, arbitration panel, tribunal, or administrative agency shall transfer any civil action if the transfer would result in the application of Shari'a law or foreign law prohibited by this act.

This act is similar to SB 619 (2014), SB 267 (2013), HB 757 (2013), SB 676 (2012), HB 1512 (2012), SB 308 (2011), and SCS/HB 708 (2011).

KATIE O'BRIEN

Statutes affected:
Introduced (5434S.01): 506.602, 508.074