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."
United States Constitution
Article I Section 10
No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.
No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
United States Constitution
Article IV Section 4
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.
