HOUSE BILL NO. 6 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY 0006H.06T 2025
AN ACT To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Agriculture, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Conservation, and the several divisions and programs thereof, and for the expenses, grants, refunds, distributions, and capital improvements projects involving the repair, replacement, and maintenance of state buildings and facilities of the Department of Natural Resources and the several divisions and programs thereof, to be expended only as provided in Article IV, Section 28 of the Constitution of Missouri, and to transfer money among certain funds, for the period beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
1 There is appropriated out of the State Treasury, to be expended only as provided in 2 Article IV, Section 28 of the Constitution of Missouri, for the purpose of funding each 3 department, division, agency, fund transfer, and program described herein for the item or items 4 stated, and for no other purpose whatsoever, chargeable to the fund designated for the period 5 beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, as follows:
PART 1 1 Section 6.000. Each appropriation in this act shall consist of the item or 2 items in each section of Part 1 of this act, for the amount and 3 purpose and from the fund designated in each section of Part 1, 4 as well as all additional clarifications of purpose in Part 2 of this CCS SS SCS HCS HB 6 2
5 act that make reference by section to said item or items in Part 1. 6 Any clarification of purpose in Part 2 shall state the section or 7 sections in Part 1 to which it attaches and shall, together with the 8 language of said section(s) in Part 1, form the complete statement 9 of purpose of the appropriation. As such, the provisions of Part 10 2 of this act shall not be severed from Part 1, and if any 11 clarification of purpose in Part 2 is for any reason held to be 12 invalid, such decision shall invalidate all of the appropriations in 13 this act of which said clarification of purpose is a part. An 14 appropriation may be comprised in whole or in part of a one-time 15 amount, and such one-time amount shall be construed to be a 16 component part of, and not in addition to, the stated appropriation 17 amount. Any amount of an appropriation identified as “one- 18 time” in this act shall not be considered an addition to any 19 ongoing core appropriation(s) in future fiscal periods beyond 20 June 30, 2026. Any amount identified as one-time may, however, 21 be requested in any future fiscal period as a new decision item.
1 Section 6.005. To the Department of Agriculture 2 For the Office of the Director, provided three percent (3%) flexibility is 3 allowed from this section to Section 6.135 4 Expense and Equipment 5 From General Revenue Fund (1101) ..............................................................................$50,000
6 For the Office of the Director, provided twenty-five percent (25%) 7 flexibility is allowed between funds and no flexibility is allowed 8 between personal services and expense and equipment 9 Personal Service (including $195,559 one-time) ...............................................552,911 10 Annual salary adjustment in accordance with Section 105.005, 11 RSMo ......................................................................................................................4,593 12 Expense and Equipment (including $5,909,599 one-time) ..................... 9,069,584 13 From Department of Agriculture Federal Fund (1133) ...............................................9,627,088
14 Expense and Equipment 15 From Department of Agriculture Federal Stimulus Fund (2395) ...................................200,000
16 Personal Service ..................................................................................................851,421 17 Annual salary adjustment in accordance with Section 105.005, 18 RSMo ....................................................................................................................12,277 CCS SS SCS HCS HB 6 3
19 Expense and Equipment........................................................................... 122,956 20 From Agriculture Protection Fund (1970) ......................................................................986,654 21 Personal Service ....................................................................................................33,542 22 Annual salary adjustment in accordance with Section 105.005, 23 RSMo .........................................................................................................................916 24 Expense and Equipment........................................................................... 2,721 25 From Animal Care Reserve Fund (1295)..........................................................................37,179
26 Personal Service ....................................................................................................31,416 27 Annual salary adjustment in accordance with Section 105.005, 28 RSMo .........................................................................................................................242 29 Expense and Equipment........................................................................... 2,727 30 From Animal Health Laboratory Fee Fund (1292) ...........................................................34,385
31 Personal Service ....................................................................................................96,914 32 Annual salary adjustment in accordance with Section 105.005, 33 RSMo ......................................................................................................................2,032 34 Expense and Equipment........................................................................... 5,964 35 From Grain Inspection Fee Fund (1647) ........................................................................104,910
36 Personal Service ....................................................................................................27,172 37 Annual salary adjustment in accordance with Section 105.005, 38 RSMo .........................................................................................................................852 39 Expense and Equipment........................................................................... 1,714 40 From Missouri Land Survey Fund (1668) ........................................................................29,738
41 Personal Service ....................................................................................................51,858 42 Annual salary adjustment in accordance with Section 105.005, 43 RSMo .........................................................................................................................139 44 Expense and Equipment........................................................................... 3,451 45 From Missouri Wine and Grape Fund (1787)...................................................................55,448
46 Personal Service ..................................................................................................109,627 47 Annual salary adjustment in accordance with Section 105.005, 48 RSMo ......................................................................................................................1,948 49 Expense and Equipment........................................................................... 7,195 50 From Petroleum Inspection Fund (1662) ........................................................................118,770
51 Personal Service ..................................................................................................116,414 52 Annual salary adjustment in accordance with Section 105.005, CCS SS SCS HCS HB 6 4
53 RSMo ......................................................................................................................2,318 54 Expense and Equipment........................................................................... 7,380 55 From State Fair Fee Fund (1410) ....................................................................................126,112
56 For the Missouri Food and Beverage Task Force 57 Expense and Equipment 58 From General Revenue Fund (1101) ...........................................................................3,000,000
59 For refunds of erroneous receipts due to errors in application for licenses, 60 registrations, permits, certificates, subscriptions, or other fees 61 From Agriculture Protection Fund (1970) ........................................................................13,500
62 For the monitoring and regulation of foreign ownership of agricultural 63 land 64 Personal Service ..................................................................................................170,510 65 Annual salary adjustment in accordance with Section 105.005, 66 RSMo .........................................................................................................................154 67 Expense and Equipment........................................................................... 19,290 68 From General Revenue Fund (1101) ................................................................... 189,954 69 Total (Not to exceed 24.10 F.T.E.) ..........................................................................$14,573,738
1 Section 6.010. To the Department of Agriculture 2 Funds are to be transferred out of the State Treasury to the 3 Veterinary Student Loan Payment Fund 4 From Lottery Proceeds Fund (1291) .............................................................................$360,000
1 Section 6.015. To the Department of Agriculture 2 For large animal veterinary student loans in accordance with the 3 provisions of Sections 340.375 to 340.396, RSMo 4 From Veterinary Student Loan Payment Fund (1803) .................................................$420,000
1 Section 6.020. To the Department of Agriculture 2 For the Agriculture Business Development Division, provided three 3 percent (3%) flexibility is allowed from this section to Section 4 6.135 5 Personal Service .............................................................................................$1,415,449 6 Expense and Equipment (including $32,800 one-time) ........................... 71,900 7 From General Revenue Fund (1101) ...........................................................................1,487,349 CCS SS SCS HCS HB 6 5
8 For the Agriculture Business Development Division, provided twenty- 9 five percent (25%) flexibility is allowed between funds and no 10 flexibility is allowed between personal service and expense and 11 equipment 12 Personal Service ....................................................................................................79,442 13 Expense and Equipment........................................................................... 423,886 14 From Department of Agriculture Federal Fund (1133) ..................................................503,328
15 Personal Service ......................................................................................................5,167 16 Expense and Equipment........................................................................... 76,735 17 From Agriculture Business Development Fund (1683) ....................................................81,902
18 Personal Service ....................................................................................................18,288 19 Expense and Equipment........................................................................... 275,638 20 From AgriMissouri Fund (1897) ....................................................................................293,926
21 Personal Service ...............................................................................................1,504,890 22 Expense and Equipment........................................................................... 430,963 23 From Agriculture Protection Fund (1970) ...................................................................1,935,853
24 For the Governor’s Conference on Agriculture 25 From Agriculture Business Development Fund (1683) ....................................................75,000
26 For urban and non-traditional agriculture 27 From Agriculture Protection Fund (1970) ........................................................................25,000
28 For competitive grants to innovative projects that promote agriculture in 29 urban/suburban communities 30 From Agriculture Protection Fund (1970) ........................................................................50,000
31 For supporting farmers’ markets and other economic development 32 initiatives that work to reduce food insecurity in areas which have 33 been designated an urbanized area by the United States Census 34 Bureau 35 From General Revenue Fund (1101) ..............................................................................500,000
36 For supporting farmers’ markets and other economic development 37 initiatives that work to reduce food insecurity in areas which have 38 been designated a rural area by the United States Census Bureau 39 From General Revenue Fund (1101) ..............................................................................100,000 CCS SS SCS HCS HB 6 6
40 For a non-profit charitable organization that produces and distributes free 41 organic vegetables at a 2 acre garden site to seniors, veterans, 42 youth and low-income families with the goal of raising health 43 levels located in any city with more than four hundred thousand 44 inhabitants and located in more than one county 45 From General Revenue Fund (1101) ................................................................................25,000
46 For applying for a grant under the United States Department of 47 Agriculture's Senior farmers' market nutrition program, and 48 applying for a grant and submitting a state plan under that United 49 States department's Women, Infants and Children farmers' 50 market nutrition program, for the purpose of providing low- 51 income seniors and pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and 52 children under five years of age who are found to be at nutritional 53 risk with vouchers or other approved and acceptable methods of 54 payment including, but not limited to, electronic cards that may 55 be used to purchase eligible foods at farmers' markets 56 Personal Service ....................................................................................................51,025 57 Expense and Equipment........................................................................... 59,402 58 From General Revenue Fund (1101) ..............................................................................110,427
59 Expense and Equipment 60 From Department of Agriculture Federal Fund (1133) ..................................................235,070
61 For the Abattoir Program 62 From General Revenue Fund (1101) ................................................................... 1 63 Total (Not to exceed 49.56 F.T.E.) ............................................................................$5,422,856
1 Section 6.021. To the Department of Agriculture 2 For the Agriculture Business Development Division 3 For a research farm located in a county with more than three thousand 4 six hundred but fewer than four thousand inhabitants for 5 industrial hemp varieties to use in commercial production 6 From General Revenue Fund (1101) (one-time) ..........................................................$100,000
1 Section 6.022. To the Department of Agriculture 2 For the Agriculture Business Development Division CCS SS SCS HCS HB 6 7
3 For competitive grants to established dairies in the state to increase 4 efficiency and grow the dairy industry, provided the maximum 5 amount of each grant is $40,000 per farm 6 From General Revenue Fund (1101) (one-time) .......................................................$1,000,000
7 For competitive grants to established beef producers in the state to 8 increase production in commercial herds and in small purebred 9 herds with less than 50 mature cows, provided the maximum 10 amount of each grant is $40,000 per farm 11 From General Revenue Fund (1101) (one-time) ................................................. 1,000,000 12 Total ...........................................................................................................................$2,000,000
1 Section 6.023. To the Department of Agriculture 2 For the Agriculture Business Development Division 3 For an organization located in any city with more than fourteen thousand 4 but fewer than sixteen thousand inhabitants and located in a 5 county with more than one million inhabitants that provides food 6 assistance to individuals and families facing food insecurity 7 From Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Federal Fund (1199) 8 (one-time) .......................................................................