SB 905 MO
SS/SCS/SB 905 - This act establishes the Missouri Rangers and creates provisions relating to a training program for the Missouri Rangers. This act requires the POST Commission to establish a training program to be known as the "Missouri Rangers", and shall establish minimum standards for training instructors, training centers, and training programs that focus on preventing and responding to emergency or violent crisis situations in school settings. The arrest powers granted to any person who successfully completes the Missouri Rangers training program shall be limited to property or premises owned, leased, rented, or possessed by the school or school district and firearms offenses. This provision shall not apply to any person who is an active law enforcement officer. The training program shall be established by the POST Commission. The program shall not be longer than one hundred sixty hours, and shall consist of state and federal constitutional and statutory law; firearms training; close quarter combat; implicit and racial bias; active shooter training; defensive tactics; and any other related training deemed necessary by POST. An applicant shall not be granted entry to the training program without successfully completing the physical training requirements for their age range. The POST commission is granted the authority to promulgate rules for continuing education training for the Missouri Rangers. A certificate of Missouri Ranger training program completion and a Ranger badge shall be issued to any person that successfully completes the training program. A copy of such certificate shall be provided to the director of the Department of Public Safety. Under this act, the outermost garment of the Missouri Ranger uniform must display the title "RANGER" in capitalized block letters. A school or school district that utilizes this program has the authority to allow Rangers to carry a firearm or other weapon capable of lethal use on school property. The school or school district shall also decide the type of weapon carried and whether it shall be concealed. If open carrying a pistol, Rangers must use a level three retention holster. Finally, for the purpose of liability, workers' compensation, and any other employment-related matter, each Ranger shall be an employee of the school that hires them, and shall have qualified immunity. TRISTAN BENSON, JR.
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Summary
Missouri Senate Bill 905 would establish the Missouri Rangers, a training program under the POST Commission focused on preventing and responding to emergency or violent crisis situations in school settings. The program would provide up to 160 hours of training in constitutional law, firearms, combat, implicit bias, active shooter response, and defensive tactics. Successfully trained Rangers would receive limited arrest powers on school property and for firearms offenses and could be authorized by schools to carry firearms on campus as school employees with qualified immunity.
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Official abstract
SS/SCS/SB 905 - This act establishes the Missouri Rangers and creates provisions relating to a training program for the Missouri Rangers. This act requires the POST Commission to establish a training program to be known as the "Missouri Rangers", and shall establish minimum standards for training instructors, training centers, and training programs that focus on preventing and responding to emergency or violent crisis situations in school settings. The arrest powers granted to any person who successfully completes the Missouri Rangers training program shall be limited to property or premises owned, leased, rented, or possessed by the school or school district and firearms offenses. This provision shall not apply to any person who is an active law enforcement officer. The training program shall be established by the POST Commission. The program shall not be longer than one hundred sixty hours, and shall consist of state and federal constitutional and statutory law; firearms training; close quarter combat; implicit and racial bias; active shooter training; defensive tactics; and any other related training deemed necessary by POST. An applicant shall not be granted entry to the training program without successfully completing the physical training requirements for their age range. The POST commission is granted the authority to promulgate rules for continuing education training for the Missouri Rangers. A certificate of Missouri Ranger training program completion and a Ranger badge shall be issued to any person that successfully completes the training program. A copy of such certificate shall be provided to the director of the Department of Public Safety. Under this act, the outermost garment of the Missouri Ranger uniform must display the title "RANGER" in capitalized block letters. A school or school district that utilizes this program has the authority to allow Rangers to carry a firearm or other weapon capable of lethal use on school property. The school or school district shall also decide the type of weapon carried and whether it shall be concealed. If open carrying a pistol, Rangers must use a level three retention holster. Finally, for the purpose of liability, workers' compensation, and any other employment-related matter, each Ranger shall be an employee of the school that hires them, and shall have qualified immunity. TRISTAN BENSON, JR.
Sponsor (1)
- Gregory (15), David · primary
Action history (34)
- Jul 13, 2026 Signed by Governor · executive
- May 28, 2026 Delivered to Governor · executive
- May 28, 2026 Signed by House Speaker · lower
- May 28, 2026 Signed by Senate President Pro Tem · upper
- May 28, 2026 Reported Duly Enrolled Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee · upper
- May 14, 2026 Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed · upper
- May 14, 2026 S Third Read and Passed · upper
- May 14, 2026 S concurs in HA 1 · upper
- May 13, 2026 H Third Read and Passed, as amended · lower
- May 13, 2026 HA 1 H offered & adopted (Jones (12))--(5720S04.21H) · lower
- May 7, 2026 Bill Placed on H Informal Calendar · lower
- Apr 29, 2026 Reported Do Pass H Rules - Legislative · lower
- Apr 29, 2026 Voted Do Pass H Rules - Legislative · lower
- Apr 23, 2026 Referred H Rules - Legislative · lower
- Apr 16, 2026 Reported Do Pass H Emerging Issues · lower
- Apr 16, 2026 Voted Do Pass H Emerging Issues · lower
- Apr 13, 2026 Hearing Conducted H Emerging Issues · lower
- Apr 7, 2026 Referred H Emerging Issues · lower
- Apr 7, 2026 H Second Read · lower
- Apr 2, 2026 H First Read · lower
- Apr 2, 2026 S Third Read and Passed · upper
- Mar 26, 2026 Reported Truly Perfected S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee · upper
- Mar 25, 2026 Perfected · upper
- Mar 25, 2026 SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted · upper
- Mar 25, 2026 SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & Ruled out of order (May)--(5720S04.08S) · upper
- Mar 25, 2026 SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Schroer)--(5720S04.07S) · upper
- Mar 25, 2026 SS for SCS S offered (Gregory-15)--(5720S.04F) · upper
- Mar 23, 2026 Bill Placed on Informal Calendar · upper
- Mar 9, 2026 Reported from S Education Committee w/SCS · upper
- Jan 29, 2026 SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee (5720S.02C) · upper
- Jan 13, 2026 Hearing Conducted S Education Committee · upper
- Jan 8, 2026 Second Read and Referred S Education Committee · upper
- Jan 7, 2026 S First Read · upper
- Dec 1, 2025 Prefiled · upper
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