Intellectual Property bills in Missouri
Every bill in the Missouri Legislature that falls inside the Intellectual Property Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.
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Bills in Scope
7
Past Committee
15 May 2026
Most Recent Action
Intellectual Property bills in Missouri
7Past committee
9Introduced or inactive
16 bills in scope
Past committee
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HB 1818Creates provisions relating to regulation of online content involving minors14 May 2026Passed committeeHB 1747Allows a person to bring a cause of action against another person or entity for damages for failing to state certain content is generated or modified using artificial intelligence9 April 2026Passed committeeSB 1324SB 1324 - The act creates the "Missouri Artificial Intelligence Transparency and Accountability Act". Provisions of the act shall become effective on January 1, 2027.
Under the act, any person or entity creating AI-generated content shall label the content as "AI-generated". Labeling requirements are described in the act.
Any AI-generated content depicting a real individual shall include an additional disclaimer, as described in the act. Deployers, as defined in the act, shall verify the authenticity of the content before generating the content and shall obtain consent from the individual depicted in the content, except when the content is used for parody or satire.
Labels and watermarks on any AI-generated content shall be accessible to individuals with disabilities pursuant to current laws and guidelines, as described in the act. Certain exceptions apply as described in the act.
Developers and deployers shall maintain usage logs of all AI systems generating content distributed for public consumption. Requirements for the usage logs are described in the act. Any personal data of the usage logs shall be kept anonymous and protected under current laws, except when requested by law enforcement as described in the act.
The Attorney General shall enforce provisions of the act. Any person may report violations of the act to the Attorney General. If the Attorney General finds that a violation occurred, the Attorney General shall commence a civil action. The court may grant relief and civil penalties as described in the act.
The act shall not preclude an individual from bringing a private civil action for any violation of the act.
Individuals and entities that demonstrate good-faith compliance with the act may raise an affirmative defense to reduce civil penalties, provided they cure any violation within 30 days after receiving notice of the civil action.
Within 180 days after the effective date of the act, the Department of Commerce and Insurance may promulgate rules to enforce compliance with the act, as described in the act. The Department shall launch a public awareness campaign to educate Missouri residents about AI-generated content and the residents' rights under the act. The Department shall establish an AI Task Force, as described in the act.
Nothing in the act shall preempt any political subdivision from enacting stricter or more stringent ordinances, laws, or rules provided they do not conflict with provisions of the act.
The act has a severability clause.
JULIA SHEVELEVA25 March 2026Passed committeeHB 2361Establishes provisions relating to altered sexual depictions26 February 2026Passed committeeHB 2862Prohibits digital impersonation of a person and provides for injunctive relief26 February 2026Passed committeeSB 1117SB 1117 - This act establishes "The Taylor Swift Act" which establishes a cause of action against a person who discloses a digital depiction, as defined in this act, of an individual who is under eighteen years of age or an intimate digital depiction, as defined in this act, of an individual and who knows or recklessly disregards the fact that the individual has not consented to such disclosure as provided in the act. The depicted individual may recover damages as described in the act along with injunctive relief. An action shall not be brought if the disclosure was made in good faith to or by a law enforcement officer in the course of reporting or investigating unlawful conduct or as part of a legal proceeding. Additionally, an action shall not be brought if the disclosure was a matter of legitimate public concern or interest or if the disclosure reasonably intended to assist the depicted individual.
This act provides that a person commits the offense of disclosure of a digital depiction if the person discloses, or threatens to disclose:
(1) A digital depiction of an individual who is under eighteen years of age; or
(2) An intimate digital depiction with the intent to harass, annoy, threaten, alarm, or cause substantial harm to the finances or reputation of the depicted individual or with the actual knowledge that or reckless disregard for whether such disclosure or threat of disclosure will cause harm to the depicted individual.
Any such person shall be guilty of a class E felony for the first offense or a class C felony for any second and subsequent offenses or if the actions could reasonably be expected to affect the conduct of governmental proceedings or facilitate violence.
Furthermore, it shall not be a defense to civil or criminal actions brought pursuant to this act that there is a disclaimer stating that the digital depiction was unauthorized or that the depicted individual did not participate in the creation or development of the digital depiction. Lastly, a provider of an interactive computer service shall not be held civilly or criminally liable under this act for actions voluntarily taken in good faith to restrict access to or availability of digital depictions or actions taken to enable or make available to information content providers or other persons the technical means to restrict access to digital depictions.
This act is similar to provisions in HCS/HBs 1887, 2361, 1913, 2862 & 2321 (2026) and HCS/HBs 3393 & 2392 (2026), in SCS/HS/HCS/HBs 3068 & 3049 (2026), HB 362 (2025), SB 411 (2025), SB 1424 (2024), HB 2573 (2024), and contains a provision similar to a provision in SCS/SB 928 (2026), in the truly agreed to and finally passed SS#2/SB 999 (2026), in SB 1747 (2026), SB 1748 (2026), in the truly agreed to and finally passed SS/SCS/HCS/HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 (2026), in the truly agreed to and finally passed CCS/SS/SCS/HCS/HBs 2637 & 3155 (2026), in HB 3246 (2026), and in SB 1444 (2024).
KATIE O'BRIEN4 February 2026Passed committeeHB 362Creates the offense of and civil penalties for disclosure of intimate digital depictions23 April 2025Passed committee
Introduced or inactive
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HB 2184Prohibits noncompete clauses in physician employment contracts15 May 2026In committeeHB 3427Establishes standards in regards to covenants not to compete15 May 2026In committeeSB 1502SB 1502 - This act establishes the "Missouri Consent and Likeness Protection Act" which provides that no adhesion contract, disclaimer or waiver, or condition of entry shall be valid or enforceable if it:
(1) Waives or limits an individual's right to bring a civil action for the unauthorized use of the individual's identity attributes; or
(2) Grants the right to use an individual's identity attributes without allowing the individual to seek judicial relief.
As it relates to the use of identity attributes, any provision that purports to release liability, require arbitration, waive jury trial, limit damages, or provide consent without reasonable and just compensation shall be void. Additionally, the rights and requirements of this act shall not be waived by contract.
Consent for the commercial or promotional use of identity attributes shall be valid only if the consent is:
(1) Affirmative, explicit, and written;
(2) Negotiated by all parties in good faith;
(3) Separate and distinct from any general terms or conditions;
(4) Clearly describing the specific use of the identity attributes, that such use is limited in a duration not to exceed a period of twenty years, and the certain parties authorized to use the identity attributes; and
(5) Whether reasonable and just compensation is provided; and
(6) Freely revocable at any time.
Additionally, consent for the use of identity attributes shall not be implied by an individual's entry onto premises, presence in a public or quasi-public space, participation in an activity, purchase of a ticket, or failure to read or object to posted terms. Consent for the commercial or promotional use of identity attributes obtained through adhesion contracts or disclaimers or waivers shall be conclusively presumed invalid.
Furthermore, this act shall apply to any entity doing business in Missouri and to any individual physically present in Missouri at the time of the alleged violation.
Any individual whose identity attributes are used in violation of this act may bring a civil action for damages. The court may award a prevailing plaintiff any actual damages, statutory damages of not less than $10,000 per violation, the disgorgement of profits earned through the use of the identity attributes, injunctive and declaratory relief, and reasonable attorney's fees and costs.
Additionally, the Attorney General may investigate and bring an enforcement action to enjoin any act or practice which is a violation of this act. Upon a showing of a violation, the Attorney General may seek a civil penalty of up to $25,000 per violation.
KATIE O'BRIEN5 February 2026In committeeSB 1506SB 1506 - This act establishes the offense of generating, soliciting, or promoting or possessing with the intent to promote an altered sexual depiction, as defined in the act, of an identifiable person. A person commits such offense if the person:
• Generates any altered sexual depiction of an identifiable person without the person's consent;
• Solicits any altered sexual depiction of an identifiable person without the person's consent and knows or reasonable should know that the depiction is an altered sexual depiction; or
• Willfully and maliciously promotes, or possesses with the intent to maliciously promote, any altered sexual depiction of an identifiable person without the person's consent and knows or reasonably should know that the depiction is an altered sexual depiction.
A violation of this act is committed within Missouri if any conduct that is an element of the offense, or any harm to the depicted person resulting from the offense, occurs within Missouri.
The offense shall be a class C felony. Each act shall constitute a separate offense. Furthermore, a disclaimer that a depicted individual did not consent to the generation or promotion of the material or that the depicted individual did not perform the actions portrayed shall not be a defense.
This act additionally provides that an aggrieved person may bring a civil action against a person who generates or who, with knowledge that a visual depiction is an altered sexual depiction, willfully and maliciously promotes, or possesses with the intent to maliciously promote, any altered sexual depiction of a depicted individual without the person's consent. A person may be entitled to injunctive relief, attorney's fees and costs, and monetary damages of $10,000 or actual damages, whichever is greater.
This act defines a covered platform as a website, online service, online application, or mobile application that serves the public and that primarily provides a forum for user-generated content or for which in the regular course of business the entity publishes, curates, hosts, or makes available nonconsensual altered sexual depictions. Covered platforms shall not include an information or telecommunications service, email, and certain online services, applications, or websites that consist primarily of content that is not user generated but preselected by the provider and for which any chat, comment, or interactive functionality is incidental to, directly related to, or dependent on the provision of the content.
No later than December 31, 2026, covered platforms shall establish a process where an identifiable person or an authorized person for such identifiable person may notify the covered platform of an altered sexual depiction published on the covered platform. The identifiable person or authorized person may submit a written request, as provided in the act, that the covered platform remove such altered sexual depiction. No later than 48 hours after receiving such request, a covered platform shall remove the altered sexual depiction and make reasonable efforts to identify and remove any known identical copies of such altered sexual depiction.
Additionally, covered platforms shall provide a notice of the notification and removal process. Failure to comply with the notice and removal requirements of this act shall be an unlawful practice under Missouri Merchandising Practices Act. However, a covered platform shall not be liable for any claim based on the covered platform's good faith removal of or access to the nonconsensual altered sexual depiction based on facts or circumstances from which the publishing of an altered sexual depiction is apparent.
The criminal and civil liability shall not apply to the following:
• Providers of an interactive computer service, information service, or communications service that provides the transmission, storage, or caching of other's electronic communications or messages;
• Providers of another related telecommunications or commercial mobile radio service;
• Providers of content provided by another person;
• Law enforcement officers or any local, state, federal, or military law enforcement agencies engaged in the performance of duties as a law enforcement officer or the duties of the law enforcement agency;
• Persons reporting unlawful activity; or
• Persons participating in hearings, trials, or other legal proceedings.
This act is substantially similar to HB 2361 (2026).
KATIE O'BRIEN5 February 2026In committeeSB 1584SB 1584 - The act creates new provisions relating to regulation of online content involving minors.
Under the act, a minor shall be considered engaged in the work of content creation under certain criteria, as described in the act, at any time during the previous twelve-month period.
A minor who is thirteen years of age or older may produce, create, and publish his or her own content and shall be entitled to all compensation from such content.
Any content creator whose content features a minor engaged in content creation shall maintain certain records, as described in the act, and shall retain such records until the minor reaches the age of twenty-one. The content creator shall provide notice to the minor of the existence of such records.
A minor who is engaged in the work of content creation shall be compensated by the content creator. The content creator shall set aside gross earnings, as described in the act, on any content including but not limited, the likeness or name of the minor in a trust account to be preserved for the benefit of the minor upon the minor reaching eighteen years of age. Requirements of the trust account are described in the act.
After August 28, 2026, any individual who was featured in a content creator's post on a social media platform as a minor may request that the content creator delete or edit the post to remove any content involving the minor. The content creator shall delete or edit the post if the information provided by the individual is uniquely identifiable.
Social media platforms shall provide an easily accessible mechanism through which the individual can submit a request for the removal of the content featuring the minor.
Social media platforms shall notify the content creator within a reasonable time period, but no longer than thirty days, after receiving a removal request. The content creator shall delete or edit the post from the social media platform within 72 hours after receiving notice from the social media platform.
If the content creator fails to delete or edit the post involving the minor within the specified time period, the social media platform shall take all reasonable steps to remove or edit the content involving the minor subject to certain exceptions as described in the act.
It shall be unlawful to financially benefit from intentionally or knowingly producing or distributing on social media any visual depiction of a minor with the intent to sexually gratify or elicit a sexual response, or any other restricted material involving a minor, subject to the exceptions described in the act.
A social media platform shall develop and implement a strategy to help mitigate risks related to monetization of restricted material involving minors. Requirements of such strategy are described in the act.
Any individual may report violations of the act to the Attorney General. If the Attorney General finds that provisions of the act have been violated, the Attorney General shall bring a civil action. Remedies are described in the act. Nothing in the act shall preclude an individual from bringing a private civil action for any violations of the act.
The act is identical to HB 2733 (2026), substantially similar to HBs 1245, 832, & 706 (2025), and similar to SB 756 (2025).
JULIA SHEVELEVA5 February 2026In committeeHB 1326Establishes standards in regard to covenants not to compete15 May 2025In committeeHB 448Prohibits noncompete clauses in physician employment contracts15 May 2025In committeeSB 756Creates provisions relating to regulation of online content involving minors27 March 2025In committeeSB 411Establishes provisions relating to the civil and criminal liability of disclosure of intimate digital depictions26 March 2025In committee
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What's In Scope
How Intellectual Property bills are selected
In scope are the rights states genuinely own: digital replicas and the right of publicity, name, image and likeness including student athletes, restrictive covenants and talent mobility, and the treatment of training data and synthetic performances where a state creates a right rather than describing a federal one.
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Intellectual Property legislation in other jurisdictions
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- New Jersey26
- New York25
- Texas20
- Massachusetts15
- Oklahoma14
- Virginia14
- Mississippi12
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- Arizona7
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