In 2016, Schmitt sponsored S.B. 572 that set a limit on the percent of revenue that Missouri local governments could obtain from non-traffic fines (such as fines for violation of city ordinances). The bill passed the state Senate in a 25–6 vote in January 2016. Following the Ferguson unrest, Schmitt said that too many municipalities were overly-reliant on fines to raise revenue and fund their budgets. He led the bipartisan legislative effort to bar cities, counties and law-enforcement agencies from setting traffic-ticket quotas. Schmitt worked with Democratic Senator Jamilah Nasheed and others on the legislation, which passed the state Senate in February 2016 and was enacted into law.