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Missouri · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 686: Establishes provisions allowing for freestanding claims of actual innocence

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 686 is a bill introduced in the Missouri Senate on February 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishes provisions allowing for freestanding claims of actual innocence. Primary sponsor: Jill Carter (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 9, 2025): Hearing Cancelled S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Establishes provisions allowing for freestanding claims of actual innocence

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jill CarterPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate32

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Hearing Cancelled S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
  2. Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
  3. S First Read

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source