Missouri · House Bill 1616 · 2026 Regular Session (103rd General Assembly)

Establishes the "Independent Office of Corrections and Transparency" and provisions relating to department of corrections oversight

HB 1616 Sponsored by Bill Allen Died in committee

  1. Introduced Dec 1, 2025
  2. In committee Jan 8, 2026
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Every action

6 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HousePrefiled (H)
  2. HouseRead First Time (H)
  3. HouseRead Second Time (H)
  4. CommitteeReferred: Corrections and Public Institutions(H) · House Corrections and Public Institutions
  5. HousePublic Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (H)
  6. HousePublic Hearing Completed (H)

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 3 cosponsors: 3 Democrats.

All 3 cosponsors

From Missouri's official records (documents.house.mo.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.