---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the Department of Public Safety to develop human trafficking hotline posters"
description: "Requires the Department of Public Safety to develop human trafficking hotline posters"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1246"
citation: "Missouri HB 1246 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pike, Patricia"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-12-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-05T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66b34d90-b657-421a-80e3-db9ad3cd6e05"
source_url: "http://www.house.mo.gov/BillActions.aspx?bill=HB1246&year=2018&code=R"
source_hash: "00a95e6d8943b0e19b71f6219cd591db70b87c3de72fab03e7150d2e015ffa9b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mo"]
---

# Missouri HB 1246 (2018) — Requires the Department of Public Safety to develop human trafficking hotline posters

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills181/hlrbillspdf/4337H.02I.pdf)
2. **Amendment 4337H04.03H (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills181/amendpdf/4337H04.03H.pdf)
3. **Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills181/hlrbillspdf/4337H.04C.pdf)
4. **Perfected** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills181/hlrbillspdf/4337H.04P.pdf)
5. **Truly Agreed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills181/hlrbillspdf/4337H.04T.pdf)

## Votes

- Reported Do Pass (H) - — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Third Read and Passed (H) - — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - — **pass** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Pike, Patricia — primary (person)
- Allen Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew McDaniel — cosponsor (person)
- Becky Ruth — cosponsor (person)
- Brandon Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Chrissy Sommer — cosponsor (person)
- Clem Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Cloria Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Muntzel — cosponsor (person)
- Dean Plocher — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Lichtenegger — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Pfautsch — cosponsor (person)
- Hannah Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Holly Rehder — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Messenger — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Neely — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Nichols — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Roeber — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Sonya Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Wanda Brown — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-12-01T06:00:00+00:00** Prefiled (H)
- **2018-01-03T06:00:00+00:00** Read First Time (H)
- **2018-01-04T06:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time (H) `reading-2`
- **2018-01-04T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety(H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Completed (H)
- **2018-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2018-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** HCS Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 9 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Rules - Legislative Oversight(H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2018-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 12 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Perfection (H)
- **2018-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Title of Bill - Agreed To
- **2018-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** HCS Adopted (H)
- **2018-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Perfected with Amendments (H) - HA 1 adopted
- **2018-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2018-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 139 NOES: 5 PRESENT: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Reported to the Senate and First Read (S) `reading-1`
- **2018-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Second read and referred: Senate Transportation, Infrastructure, and Public Safety(S)
- **2018-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Thursday, January 25, 2018, 8:15 AM, Senate Lounge
- **2018-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Held (S)
- **2018-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2018-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2018-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 31 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Message (S)
- **2018-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by House Speaker(H)
- **2018-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by President Pro Tem (S)
- **2018-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor (G) `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Secretary of State (G)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66b34d90-b657-421a-80e3-db9ad3cd6e05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).