Missouri HB2286 prohibits governmental entities from granting legal personhood to non-human entities.
Missouri HB2286 amends the state law to prevent governmental entities from granting legal personhood to various non-human entities, including inanimate objects, bodies of water, land, real property, atmospheric gases, astronomical objects, weather, plants, nonhuman animals, and any member of a taxonomic species that is not a human being. Legal personhood refers to the legal rights and obligations of an individual or a non-individual under state laws. The bill aims to ensure that only human beings can be recognized as legal persons in Missouri.
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