HB225 permits any chief law-enforcement official to request assistance from a law-enforcement agency outside the State of Missouri but within the United States.

The House defeated the emergency clause for HB225 on May 8, 2025, by a vote of 88 to 34. We have assigned pluses to the noes because this bill gives out-of-state police unwarranted power to engage in law enforcement in Missouri. Interstate policing is blatantly unconstitutional—a dangerous violation of state sovereignty that is designed to lead to the creation of a national police force. State and local law-enforcement officers are commissioned “To Protect and to Serve” their own communities, not to intervene in other jurisdictions. Keeping police independent at the state, county, and municipal levels is crucial to preventing lawless “sanctuary cities,” while, at the same time, preserving the separation of powers that exists “in every State” under our federal and “Republican Form of Government,” as guaranteed by Article IV, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution. It’s why The John Birch Society has consistently called for Missourians and all freedom-loving Americans to “Support Your Local Police.”