---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes treatment courts"
description: "Establishes treatment courts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2018S2"
identifier: "HB 2"
citation: "Missouri HB 2 (2018S2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Austin, Kevin"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-09-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-24T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ffb10d7-4519-4bcd-abff-326417146d4d"
source_url: "http://www.house.mo.gov/BillActions.aspx?bill=HB2&year=2018&code=S2"
source_hash: "768f9aa2eba9dcaed32fbcc454f7e0ecf4dc8d956b200168981a74498889d0f4"
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 2 (2018S2) — Establishes treatment courts

## 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/bills184/hlrbillspdf/6880H.01I.pdf)
2. **Amendment 6880H01.01H** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills184/amendpdf/6880H01.01H.pdf)
3. **Amendment 6880H01.03H (Distributed)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills184/amendpdf/6880H01.03H.pdf)
4. **Amendment 6880H01.04H (Distributed)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills184/amendpdf/6880H01.04H.pdf)
5. **Amendment 6880H01.05H (Distributed)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills184/amendpdf/6880H01.05H.pdf)
6. **Perfected** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills184/hlrbillspdf/6880H.01P.pdf)
7. **Truly Agreed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills184/hlrbillspdf/6880H.01T.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Read and Passed (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Reported Do Pass (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Austin, Kevin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-09-10T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Read First Time (H) `introduction`
- **2018-09-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time (H) `reading-2`
- **2018-09-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred: Judiciary(H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-09-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Completed (H)
- **2018-09-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2018-09-11T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2018-09-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 10 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2018-09-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred: Rules - Legislative Oversight(H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-09-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2018-09-11T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2018-09-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 9 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2018-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2018-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Title of Bill - Agreed To
- **2018-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Perfected (H)
- **2018-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2018-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 141 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported to the Senate and First Read (S) `reading-1`
- **2018-09-13T05:00:00+00:00** Referred: Senate Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence(S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-09-13T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Thursday, September 13, 2018, 3:30 p.m., Senate Lounge
- **2018-09-13T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Held (S)
- **2018-09-13T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2018-09-13T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2018-09-13T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2018-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Third Reading (S) `reading-3`
- **2018-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed `passage`
- **2018-09-19T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Message (S)
- **2018-09-19T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by House Speaker(H)
- **2018-09-19T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by President Pro Tem (S)
- **2018-09-19T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor (G) `executive-signature`
- **2018-10-24T05:00:00+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/7ffb10d7-4519-4bcd-abff-326417146d4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).