Establishes the "No Foreign Laws Act" which prohibits the application and enforceability of foreign law, legal codes, and systems, the official text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
                               [TRULY AGREED TO AND FINALLY PASSED]

                                           SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR
                                  SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

    SENATE BILLS NOS. 977 & 1011

5434S.04T  103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
                            2026

                     AN ACT

To amend chapters 1, 506, and 508, RSMo, by adding thereto three new sections relating to
             application of foreign law.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:

1          Section A. Chapters 1, 506, and 508, RSMo, are amended by

2 adding thereto three new sections, to be known as sections

3 1.037, 506.602, and 508.074, to read as follows:

1          1.037. 1. The World Health Organization, the United

2 Nations, the World Economic Forum, and any other

3 international organization or body shall have no

4 jurisdiction or power within the state of Missouri. No

5 rule, regulation, fee, tax, policy, or mandate of any kind

6 of the World Health Organization, the United Nations, the

7 World Economic Forum, or any other international

8 organization or body shall be enforced or implemented by the

9 state of Missouri or any agency, department, board, or

10 commission of the state or any municipality or other

11 political subdivision of the state.

12         2. The term "international organization or body" as

13 used in this section shall not include the Hague Conference

14 on Private International Law (HCCH). Nothing in this

15 section shall prohibit the child support program of the
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16 family support division within the department of social

17 services from enforcing or implementing any provision of any

18 convention, protocol, or instrument issued by the Hague

19 Conference on Private International Law (HCCH).

1   506.602. 1. This section shall be known and may be

2 cited as the "No Foreign Laws Act".

3   2. As used in this section, the following terms mean:

4   (1) "Foreign law", any law, legal framework, legal

5 code, or system, including religious law when invoked as a

6 substitute for a state or federal law, derived from a

7 jurisdiction outside of any state or territory of the United

8 States, including international organizations and tribunals;

9   (2) "Fundamental rights", rights guaranteed by the

10 Constitution of Missouri and the Constitution of the United

11 States, including, but not limited to, due process, equal

12 protection, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and

13 rights related to marriage, child custody, and property.

14  3. The application of any foreign law that denies the

15 parties fundamental rights shall be prohibited and render

16 the following void and unenforceable:

17  (1) A ruling or decision of any state court,

18 arbitration panel, or administrative agency;

19  (2) A contract or contractual provision, if severable,

20 that provides for the choice of any foreign law; and

21  (3) A contract or contractual provision, if severable,

22 that grants jurisdiction to a foreign tribunal.

23  4. No court shall enforce or apply:

24  (1) A judgment, decree, or arbitration decision if it

25 relies, in whole or in part, on any foreign law that

26 violates the fundamental rights of a party;

27  (2) A contract or contractual provision, if severable,

28 that provides for the choice of any foreign law where the
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29 enforcement or application would be in violation of a

30 party's fundamental rights; or

31  (3) Foreign law in matters involving marriage,

32 divorce, child custody, adoption, or inheritance if such

33 enforcement or application would be inconsistent with

34 fundamental rights or public policy.

35  5. The provisions of this section shall not be

36 construed to:

37  (1) Disapprove or abrogate existing precedent of the

38 Missouri supreme court;

39  (2) Limit adjudication of ecclesiastical matters of a

40 religious organization, including the selection,

41 appointment, discipline, or removal of clergy or

42 interpretation of doctrine;

43  (3) Apply to corporations, partnerships, or

44 associations that voluntarily subject themselves to any

45 foreign law or foreign courts; or

46  (4) Apply where federal law preempts state law,

47 including obligations under treaties or international

48 agreements.

1   508.074. No state court, arbitration panel, tribunal,

2 or administrative agency shall transfer any civil action if

3 such transfer would result in the application of any other

4 foreign law, as the term "foreign law" is defined in section

5 506.602, that would violate or likely violate fundamental

6 rights, as the term "fundamental rights" is defined in

7 section 506.602.

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