[co-author: Leah Shepherd]

In Missouri, a new military leave law will take effect on August 28, 2026, impacting both public and private employers.

Quick Hits

• On July 9, 2026, Governor Mike Kehoe signed a law extending legal protections under USERRA to Missouri National Guard members and Missouri employees of other states’ National Guards.
• The law extends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) to Missouri National Guard members and Missouri employees of other states’ National Guards called to active state duty for more than thirty consecutive days.
• National Guard members who are public employees may take up to 160 hours per year of paid military leave under the new law.
• The law will take effect on August 28, 2026.

Missouri House Bill (HB) 2593 extends the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act’s (USERRA) protections to members of the Missouri National Guard and Missouri employees who are members of another state’s National Guard, granting them the same reemployment rights that USERRA provides.

HB 2593 also extends SCRA’s protections to members of the Missouri National Guard who are called to active state duty by the governor or adjutant general for a period of more than thirty consecutive days and any Missouri employees who are members of the National Guard of another state and are called to active state duty by the governor or adjutant general of that state for a period of more than thirty consecutive days.

The new law also allows National Guard...

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