99th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Bills Indexed by Subject
CHILDREN AND MINORS


BillSponsor Bill StringDate/Last Action
 Bill Information
HB1255Schroer, Nick HCS#2 HB 12554/12/2018 Referred: Rules - Legislative Oversight
  4836H.03C - Requires children under the age of 18 to be prosecuted for most criminal offenses in juvenile courts unless the child is certified as an adult
HB1260Schroer, Nick HCS HB 12605/17/2018 Dropped from Calendar - Pursuant to House Rules (H)
  4202H.02C - Prohibits persons under 18 years of age from using any tanning device of any tanning facility in this state
HB1288Engler, Kevin SS#2 SCS HCS HBs 1288, 1377 & 20506/26/2018 Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
  4663S.06T - Extends the sunset for the Champion for Children Tax Credit and modifies provisions of a tax credit for donations to maternity homes
HB1294Toalson Reisch, Cheri HB 12945/1/2018 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  4408H.01I - Specifies that parental liberty to direct the upbringing, education, and care of his or her children is a fundamental right
HB1306Ellebracht, Mark HB 13062/1/2018 Referred: Judiciary
  4701H.01I - Modifies the restrictions on sexual offenders regarding Halloween
HB1311Quade, Crystal HCS HB 13114/9/2018 Reported Do Pass (H)
  4595H.04C - Modifies provisions relating to the "Hand-Up Program" to assist individuals who receive child care subsidy benefits
HB1321Roberts, Steven HB 13213/8/2018 Referred: Rules - Legislative Oversight
  4075H.01I - Requires the establishment of the "Missouri Youth Challenge Academy"
HB1334Walker, Cora Faith HB 13345/18/2018 Referred: Insurance Policy
  4773H.01I - Specifies that if federal funds are not appropriated for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the General Assembly shall fund the program
HB1343Newman, Stacey HB 13435/18/2018 Referred: Children and Families
  4754H.01I - Specifies that a person commits the offense of endangering the welfare of a child if he or she fails to secure a firearm
HB1350Smith, Cody CCS SS SCS HB 13506/29/2018 Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
  4530H.08T - Modifies provisions relating to criminal history records
HB1352Beard, Nathan HB 13521/24/2018 Referred: Special Committee to Improve the Care and Well-being of Young People
  4407H.01I - Establishes the Missouri Child Protection Registry
HB1353Beard, Nathan HB 13534/4/2018 Reported Do Pass (H)
  4230H.01I - Allows the court to grant visitation between the parents of a minor who has been appointed a guardian and the minor if the court finds it in the best interests of the minor
HB1361Kidd, Bill HCS HB 13613/15/2018 Referred: Rules - Legislative Oversight
  4402H.07C - Establishes "Simon's Law," which changes the laws regarding life-sustaining or nonbeneficial treatment policies of health care facilities
HB1372Moon, Mike HB 13725/18/2018 Referred: Children and Families
  5109H.01I - Modifies provisions relating to unborn children
HB1383Miller, Rocky HB 13834/5/2018 Executive Session Held (S)
  4560H.01P - Changes the laws regarding consent for a minor to obtain an abortion
HB1399DeGroot, Bruce HCS HB 13994/18/2018 Referred: Rules - Legislative Oversight
  4904H.05C - Modifies provisions relating to termination of parental rights
HB1405DeGroot, Bruce HB 14051/24/2018 Referred: Judiciary
  4896H.01I - Modifies provisions relating to financial interests of minors
HB1430Barnes, Jerome HB 14302/21/2018 Referred: Children and Families
  4076H.01I - Requires child care facilities to report liability insurance coverage to the Department of Health and Senior Services.
HB1437Evans, Jean HB 143712/5/2017 Withdrawn (H)
  4547H.02I - Establishes protections for pregnant offenders and offenders who are in postpartum recovery while in custody at a correctional center or county or city jail
HB1439Evans, Jean HCS HB 14392/14/2018 Referred: Rules - Legislative Oversight
  5001H.02C - Changes the law regarding offenses to the family.
HB1449May, Karla HB 14495/18/2018 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  4996H.01I - Establishes the Family Education Leave Act
HB1451May, Karla HB 14515/18/2018 Referred: Health and Mental Health Policy
  4960H.01I - Prohibits the use of electroconvulsive therapy on children under 16 years of age
HB1461Anderson, Sonya HCS HB 14616/1/2018 Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
  5046H.02T - Modifies provisions relating to the Address Confidentiality Program
HB1463Kelley, Mike HB 14632/21/2018 Referred: Rules - Legislative Oversight
  4150H.01I - Modifies provisions relating to family law proceedings
HB1470Kelley, Mike HB 14705/17/2018 Dropped from Calendar - Pursuant to House Rules (H)
  5136H.01I - Allows free birth certificates to be provided to Children's Division and the Division of Youth Services of behalf of children under juvenile court jurisdiction
HB1491Kelley, Mike HCS HB 14915/17/2018 Dropped from Calendar - Pursuant to House Rules (H)
  5204H.02C - Modifies provisions relating to the termination of parental rights
HB1526Walker, Cora Faith HB 15261/24/2018 Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety
  5161H.01I - Prohibits the prosecution of minor children for prostitution and requires patrons of child prostitutes to register as sex offenders
HB1557Neely, Jim HB 15575/18/2018 Referred: Judiciary
  5255H.01I - Specifies that a parent's obligation to pay child support terminates when the child turns 18 or graduates from high school with certain exceptions
HB1560Morris, Lynn HB 15605/9/2018 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  5273H.01I - Prohibits discrimination against children who are not immunized
HB1564Davis, Charlie HB 15641/2/2018 Withdrawn (H)
  4153H.01I - Modifies provisions relating to the housing of a convicted sex offender in a homeless shelter that was in existence prior to a school or child care facility being built within 1000 feet of it
HB1581Franks Jr., Bruce HB 15815/18/2018 Referred: Children and Families
  5308H.01I - Specifies that no individual shall be incarcerated for failure to pay a child support obligation
HB1585Franks Jr., Bruce HB 15851/24/2018 Referred: Special Committee on Tourism
  5139H.01I - Designates June 7th as "Youth Violence Prevention Day"
HB1610Franklin, Diane HB 16101/16/2018 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  5305H.01I - Modifies provisions relating to reports of child abuse or neglect
HB1627Evans, Jean HB 16274/26/2018 Motion to Do Pass Failed (H)
  5302H.01I - Establishes protections for pregnant offenders and offenders who are in postpartum recovery while in custody at a correctional center or county or city jail
HB1628Evans, Jean HB 16281/24/2018 Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety
  5420H.01I - Prohibits the prosecution of minor children for prostitution and requires patrons of child prostitutes to register as sex offenders
HB1630Evans, Jean HB 16304/23/2018 Placed on Informal Calendar
  5275H.02P - Changes the laws regarding marriage licenses
HB1637Neely, Jim HB 16372/15/2018 Referred: Rules - Administrative Oversight
  5407H.01I - Extends the time by which a case management plan must be developed for a child entering foster care
HB1658Basye, Chuck HCS HB 16584/25/2018 Voted Do Pass (H)
  4844H.03C - Changes the laws regarding health care for persons with disabilities
HB1667Swan, Kathryn SCS HCS HB 16675/14/2018 Placed on Informal Calendar
  4203S.03C - Establishes a rebuttable presumption that child custody arrangements that award equal parenting time are in the best interest of the child
HB1671Swan, Kathryn HB 16711/17/2018 Referred: Ways and Means
  5297H.01I - Changes the laws regarding the champion for children tax credit by making certain additional organizations eligible to receive donations
HB1687Quade, Crystal HB 16875/18/2018 Referred: Local Government
  5398H.01I - Authorizes Greene County and any city within the county to, upon voter approval, levy a sales tax dedicated to early childhood education programs
HB1713Phillips, Don SCS HCS HB 17136/29/2018 Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
  5090S.03T - Modifies provisions relating to the Missouri Adoptee Rights Act
HB1714Phillips, Don HCS HB 17144/11/2018 Executive Session Held (S)
  5091H.02P - Modifies provisions relating to the rights of adoptees
HB1715Phillips, Don HB 17155/17/2018 Dropped from Calendar - Pursuant to House Rules (H)
  5495H.01I - Changes the laws regarding contracts to allow certain foster children to open bank accounts
HB1728Lant, Bill HB 17285/3/2018 Placed Back on Formal Perfection Calendar (H)
  5313H.01I - Modifies provisions relating to juvenile courts
HB1743Davis, Charlie HB 17434/10/2018 Referred: Rules - Legislative Oversight
  4613H.01I - Changes the laws regarding sexual offenders residing near schools by specifying the 1,000 foot required distance be measured from the school property line
HB1761Pogue, Jeff HB 17615/18/2018 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  4916H.01I - Prohibits school districts from collecting biometric information on students without the express written consent of parents or legal guardians
HB1762Pogue, Jeff HB 17621/4/2018 Referred: Judiciary
  4949H.01I - Expands child neglect to include a child that is born with a controlled substance in the child's fluids because the pregnant mother knowingly used a controlled substance before birth
HB1767Arthur, Lauren HB 17675/17/2018 Dropped from Calendar - Pursuant to House Rules (H)
  5489H.01I - Modifies provisions relating to assessment and treatment services for children entering foster care
HB1783Ellington, Brandon HB 17835/18/2018 Referred: Children and Families
  5350H.01I - Increases the time after a child's birth that the father has to file an action to establish paternity prior to an adoption or to file a notice with the Putative Father Registry
HB1798Fitzwater, Travis HB 17981/23/2018 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  4659H.01I - Establishes an advisory committee to monitor the tracking of language development milestones of children who are deaf or hard of hearing
HB1803Matthiesen, Mark HCS HB 18034/30/2018 Placed Back on Formal Perfection Calendar (H)
  4342H.03C - Changes the laws regarding school reporting requirements to law enforcement
HB1835Adams, Joe HB 18352/21/2018 Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety
  4415H.01I - Changes the laws regarding the offense of prostitution
HB1841Houghton, Jay HCS HB 18412/1/2018 Referred: Rules - Administrative Oversight
  5649H.02C - Requires a hunter at least six years of age but less than 16 years of age to hunt in the immediate presence of an adult with a valid hunter education certificate card
HB1862Christofanelli, Phil HCS HB 18622/15/2018 Referred: Rules - Administrative Oversight
  5532H.03C - Modifies provisions relating to child abuse and neglect reports
HB1866Evans, Jean HB 18661/17/2018 Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety
  5519H.01I - Increases the penalty for certain crimes committed in the course of human trafficking
HB1875Taylor, Jered HB 18752/19/2018 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  5531H.01I - Creates the crime of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree if a person knowingly misuses a narcotic drug while pregnant
HB1883Stevens, Martha HB 18832/27/2018 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  4264H.03I - Establishes the "Missouri WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program"
HB1931Tate, Nate HB 19311/17/2018 Referred: Financial Institutions
  5395H.01I - Authorizes a parent or guardian of a minor to request a security freeze on the minor's credit report
HB1944Anderson, Sonya HCS HB 19442/27/2018 Referred: Rules - Administrative Oversight
  5463H.02C - Modifies provisions relating to background checks for foster families
HB1956McCreery, Tracy HB 19565/18/2018 Referred: General Laws
  4720H.01I - Establishes the Missouri Earned Family and Medical Leave Act
HB1966Cornejo, Robert HB 19665/17/2018 Dropped from Calendar - Pursuant to House Rules (H)
  5788H.01I - Modifies provisions relating to records pertaining to foster homes
HB1971Unsicker, Sarah HB 19713/7/2018 Referred: Children and Families
  4050H.01I - Prohibits the sale of baby crib bumper pads
HB1974Kelly, Hannah HB 19741/18/2018 Withdrawn (H)
  4974H.01I - Establishes the Missouri Earned Family and Medical Leave Act
HB1976Franklin, Diane HB 19761/24/2018 Referred: Special Committee to Improve the Care and Well-being of Young People
  5539H.01I - Modifies definitions relating to child abuse to specify that persons responsible for the care, custody, and control of a child shall include school personnel
HB1987Ellington, Brandon HCS HBs 1987 & 21853/6/2018 Referred: Rules - Legislative Oversight
  5611H.06C - Changes the statute of limitations for certain actions regarding child abuse and sexual offenses committed against a child
HB2027Wilson, Kenneth HB 20273/7/2018 Referred: Rules - Administrative Oversight
  5749H.01I - Modifies provisions relating to diligent search efforts for a child's biological parents by the Children's Division
HB2040Kelly, Hannah HCS HB 20403/7/2018 Referred: Rules - Administrative Oversight
  5757H.03C - Modifies provisions relating to child abuse investigations
HB2042Bahr, Kurt SCS HCS HB 20425/14/2018 Placed on Informal Calendar
  4083S.04C - Modifies provisions relating to sexual offenders
HB2087Higdon, Galen HB 20872/20/2018 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  5492H.01I - Establishes an administrative procedure for driver's license suspensions and revocations for persons with intermediate driver's license who have been cited for certain high-risk driving offenses
HB2098Meredith, Sue HB 20982/15/2018 Referred: Rules - Administrative Oversight
  4042H.03I - Repeals statutory provisions relating to the Missouri Children's Services Commission
HB2117Pfautsch, Donna HB 21175/16/2018 Placed on Informal Calendar
  5765H.02P - Modifies provisions relating to eye drops for newborn infants
HB2139Morris, Lynn HB 21395/17/2018 Dropped from Calendar - Pursuant to House Rules (H)
  5870H.01I - Allows additional time for children who are homeless or in Children's Division custody to comply with immunization requirements
HB2141McCreery, Tracy HB 21415/7/2018 Referred: General Laws
  4707H.02I - Prohibits mental health professionals from engaging in conversion therapy or sexual orientation change efforts with minors
HB2159Hurst, Tom HB 21595/17/2018 Dropped from Calendar - Pursuant to House Rules (H)
  5940H.01I - Prohibits a person from transporting a minor across state lines to obtain an abortion without the consent required by state law
HB2164Thompson Rehder, Holly HB 21642/7/2018 Referred: Children and Families
  5924H.01I - Modifies provisions relating to referrals of children who may have been exposed to controlled substances
HB2175Chipman, Jason HB 21752/12/2018 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  5822H.03I - Requires the Children's Division to refer all cases in which a birth mother or infant tests positive for illegal controlled substances after childbirth to the Juvenile Office
HB2217Walker, Cora Faith HB 22175/18/2018 Referred: Children and Families
  5991H.01I - Establishes the "Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Families Board"
HB2238Mathews, Kirk HB 22385/1/2018 Executive Session Held (S)
  6090H.01P - Establishes the “Social Innovation Grant Program” to find alternative solutions for serving the state's vulnerable populations
HB2249Wood, David SCS HCS HB 22495/14/2018 Placed on Informal Calendar
  6104S.04C - Modifies provisions relating to child care facilities
HB2301Washington, Barbara HB 23012/7/2018 Referred: Judiciary
  5088H.02I - Requires children under the age of 18 to be prosecuted for most criminal offenses in juvenile courts unless the child is certified as an adult
HB2303Unsicker, Sarah HB 23035/18/2018 Referred: Children and Families
  4232H.02I - Establishes the Maternal Mortality Review Board
HB2304Ellington, Brandon HB 23045/18/2018 Referred: Transportation
  6151H.01I - Requires children under two years of age to be secured in rear-facing child passenger restraint systems
HB2315Barnes, Jay HB 23152/26/2018 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  5993H.01I - Establishes a child tax credit
HB2316Barnes, Jay HB 23162/26/2018 Public Hearing Completed (H)
  6216H.01I - Establishes a child tax credit
HB2336Tate, Nate HB 23364/30/2018 Second read and referred: Senate Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence
  5724H.01P - Prohibits children from being placed in the custody of individuals who have been found guilty of the offense of sexual trafficking of a child in the first degree
HB2341Arthur, Lauren HB 23415/18/2018 Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety
  6241H.01I - Expands the requirement for children to wear personal flotation devices
HB2350Corlew, Kevin HCS HB 23503/15/2018 Referred: Rules - Legislative Oversight
  6091H.02C - Changes the law regarding certain criminal offenses
HB2417Swan, Kathryn HB 24175/18/2018 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
  4895H.01I - Authorizes a tax credit for contributions to school foundations
HB2422Neely, Jim HB 24223/12/2018 Action Postponed (H)
  6320H.01I - Creates the Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act
HB2440Walker, Cora Faith HB 24403/15/2018 Referred: Children and Families
  6354H.01I - Authorizes a tax credit for donations to a diaper bank
HB2477Curtis, Courtney Allen HB 24773/15/2018 Referred: Children and Families
  5791H.01I - Modifies provisions relating to the children's services funds
HB2504Corlew, Kevin HB 25045/18/2018 Referred: Children and Families
  6056H.01I - Modifies provisions relating to termination of parental rights and consent to adoption petitions in juvenile courts
HB2554Newman, Stacey HB 25545/18/2018 Referred: General Laws
  6499H.01I - Establishes the "Save Our Kids Act"
HB2560Pike, Patricia HB 25603/7/2018 Referred: Children and Families
  6608H.01I - Prohibits the sale of baby crib bumper pads
HB2562Austin, Kevin SS SCS HB 25627/13/2018 Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
  6484S.05T - Establishes treatment courts
HB2591Dinkins, Chris HB 25913/6/2018 Referred: Children and Families
  6656H.01I - Establishes a rebuttable presumption that child custody arrangements that award equal parenting time are in the best interest of the child
HB2592Marshall, Nick HB 25925/18/2018 Referred: Children and Families
  6614H.01I - Requires a court order for a minor to obtain an abortion
HB2627Burnett, Ingrid HB 26273/7/2018 Referred: Children and Families
  6617H.01I - Modifies provisions relating to a child's right to counsel
HB2658Marshall, Nick HB 26585/18/2018 Referred: Children and Families
  6739H.01I - Modifies provisions of law relating to custody of in vitro human embryos
HB2665Mosley, Jay HB 26655/18/2018 Referred: Children and Families
  6777H.01I - Changes the laws regarding marriage licenses
HB2667Green, Alan HB 26675/18/2018 Referred: General Laws
  6660H.01I - Prohibits the sale of an assault weapon to a person under the age of twenty-one
HB2682Bangert, Gretchen HB 26825/18/2018 Referred: Children and Families
  6448H.01I - Authorizes a tax credit for providing child care in a child-care desert
HB2739Pogue, Jeff HB 27395/18/2018 Referred: Children and Families
  6763H.01I - Modifies provisions of law relating to custody of in vitro human embryos
HB2742Curtis, Courtney Allen HB 27425/18/2018 Referred: Children and Families
  6791H.01I - Modifies provisions relating to the protection of vulnerable persons
HCB11Neely, Jim HCB 115/2/2018 Second read and referred: Senate Seniors, Families, and Children
  6460H.02P - Modifies provisions relating to persons under protective custody
HCB12Franklin, Diane HCB 124/4/2018 Returned to Committee of Origin (H)
  6461H.01I - Modifies provisions relating to the protection of vulnerable persons
HCR63Haefner, Marsha HCR 637/13/2018 Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
  5598H.01T - Designates March 18th of each year as DeMolay Day.
HCR70Franks Jr., Bruce HCR 707/5/2018 Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
  5988H.01T - Declares youth violence as a public health epidemic and declares June 7th as "Christopher Harris Day" in Missouri
HCR71Beard, Nathan HCR 711/31/2018 Referred: Children and Families
  6006H.01I - Recognizes that pornography leads to individual and societal harms
HCR79McGee, DaRon HCR 792/7/2018 Referred: Special Committee on Tourism
  6154H.01I - Establishes the month of May as Foster Care Awareness month
HCR81McGee, DaRon HCR 812/7/2018 Referred: Special Committee on Tourism
  6156H.01I - Designates April 6 of each year as "Safe Haven for Newborns Awareness Day" in Missouri
HR4894Franks Jr., Bruce HR 48941/31/2018 Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety
  5181H.01I - Declares youth violence as a public health epidemic and supports the establishment of statewide trauma-informed education
SB632Engler, Kevin HCS SCS SBs 632 & 6755/14/2018 Reported Do Pass (H)
  5125H.04C - Changes the law regarding certain benevolent tax credits
SB655 CCS HCS SB 6557/13/2018 Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
  4429S.03T - Allows prosecutions for unlawful sexual offenses involving persons 18 years of age or under to be commenced at any time
SB672Bahr, Kurt HCS SCS SB 6725/11/2018 Placed on Informal Calendar
  4224H.08C - Modifies provisions relating to fiduciary relationships
SB693Thompson Rehder, Holly HCS SB 6935/3/2018 Voted Do Pass (H)
  4531H.02C - Modifies provisions relating to court proceedings
SB743Redmon, Craig CCS HCS SB 7437/5/2018 Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
  4496S.05T - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
SB793Schroer, Nick HCS SB 7936/1/2018 Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
  5340H.02T - Requires children under the age of 18 to be prosecuted for most criminal offenses in juvenile courts unless the child is certified as an adult
SB800Corlew, Kevin HCS SB 8006/1/2018 Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
  5433H.02T - Modifies provisions relating to juvenile court proceedings
SB850Franklin, Diane HCS SB 8505/17/2018 Third Read and Passed with Amendments (H)
  5434H.05C - Modifies provisions of law relating to record retention of child abuse or neglect investigation reports