SB 916 - This act provides that private contractors and subcontractors when acting within the scope of a government contract with the Missouri Department of Transportation ("Department") shall have the same sovereign or governmental tort immunity as a public entity. The immunity shall commence upon the official notice to proceed and continue after the Department formally accepts the completed project. This act is substantially similar to HCS/HB 1067 (2025) and is similar to SB 559 (2025), SB 117 (2023), HB 101 (2023), SB 832 (2022), HB 2598 (2022), SB 497 (2019), and HB 2386 (2018).
KATIE O'BRIEN