Missouri Senator Nick Schroer has filed legislation that would block the Kansas City Chiefs from operating a sportsbook in the state.

This comes after the football team confirmed plans to move into a new stadium across the state border in Kansas. Senator Schroer’s SJR 109 was pre-filed on December 31 and proposes a constitutional amendment to remove the Chiefs from the official list of teams legally allowed to run sportsbooks.

State Sen. Nick Schroer said he will be filing legislation this week “to get rid of the asinine classification of the Chiefs as Missouri’s official NFL team” and will work to get rid of “the asinine ‘handshake’ border-war resolution” with Kansas. #moleg t.co/aqnYJJ9WSZ

While it’s still pending approval by the Senate and the House, the bill would go up for vote among the citizens of Missouri, likely either in the November 2026 general election or at an election held for this issue in particular.

The bill’s wording repeals the section that allows sports teams that are members of professional leagues, including the NFL, replacing instead with wording that refers to entities “at any location within each sports district, as approved by each applicable professional sports team that plays its home games in such sports district”.