Scope: State (Missouri)
Branch: Legislative
Severity: Amber
Date occurred: April 8, 2026
HB 2760, styled the "PRAISE Act," would prohibit the closure of places of worship during a declared emergency. The bill was second read in the Missouri Senate and referred to the Committee on General Laws on April 8, 2026.
Constitutional basis: Legislature narrowing executive emergency authority to protect religious exercise; bill still pending in Senate committee with no enactment.