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Missouri · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 949: Creates the offense of judicial malfeasance

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 949 is a bill introduced in the Missouri Senate on December 1, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Creates the offense of judicial malfeasance. Primary sponsor: Rick Brattin (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 4, 2026): Voted Do Pass 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.

SB 949 - This act creates the offense of judicial malfeasance. A person commits the offense if the person, while performing the duties of a judge, releases an individual who is a prior or persistent offender during the pendency of a criminal trial and such individual commits a felony during such release. The offense of judicial malfeasance shall be a class E felony. Any person charged or convicted with the offense of judicial malfeasance shall be referred to the Commission on Retirement, Removal, and Discipline for disqualification, removal, and suspension. TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rick BrattinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate31

“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. Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
  2. Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
  3. Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
  4. S First Read
  5. Prefiled

Sources

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