Creates the "Highway Patrol Department"

HB 226 creates a new "Department of the Highway Patrol" to replace the existing Missouri State Highway Patrol, transferring all its powers and duties to this department. The bill designates the Highway Patrol as the central hub for collecting, analyzing, and reporting all crime incident data from Missouri law enforcement agencies to the FBI's national system. It requires all law enforcement agencies to submit crime reports to this department using standardized formats and creates a Criminal Records and Justice Information Advisory Committee to guide data policies. Agencies failing to comply after December 31, 2021, risk losing state or federal law enforcement funding.