---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes a statewide STEM career awareness program and creates new provisions of law related to computer science"
description: "Establishes a statewide STEM career awareness program and creates new provisions of law related to computer science"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2018S2"
identifier: "HB 3"
citation: "Missouri HB 3 (2018S2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fitzwater, Travis"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-09-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-30T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdecad63-0c54-418e-a8a8-68b90fe6ebed"
source_url: "http://www.house.mo.gov/BillActions.aspx?bill=HB3&year=2018&code=S2"
source_hash: "81758111cc632b48263f02ff5a676dc9e0a0d880e9c58f847d570793ae597ac5"
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 3 (2018S2) — Establishes a statewide STEM career awareness program and creates new provisions of law related to computer science

## 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/6879H.01I.pdf)
2. **Amendment 6879H01.03H (Defeated)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills184/amendpdf/6879H01.03H.pdf)
3. **Amendment 6879H01.06H (Defeated)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills184/amendpdf/6879H01.06H.pdf)
4. **Amendment 6879H01.08H (Defeated)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills184/amendpdf/6879H01.08H.pdf)
5. **Amendment 6879H01.10H (Distributed)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills184/amendpdf/6879H01.10H.pdf)
6. **Amendment 6879H01.11H (Distributed)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills184/amendpdf/6879H01.11H.pdf)
7. **Amendment RC 003.003** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills184/rollcalls/003.003.pdf)
8. **Amendment RC 003.004** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills184/rollcalls/003.004.pdf)
9. **Amendment RC 003.005** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills184/rollcalls/003.005.pdf)
10. **Amendment RC 003.006** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills184/rollcalls/003.006.pdf)
11. **Perfected** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills184/hlrbillspdf/6879H.01P.pdf)
12. **Truly Agreed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills184/hlrbillspdf/6879H.01T.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Fitzwater, Travis — 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: Workforce Development(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: 11 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2018-09-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred: Rules - Administrative 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: 10 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** Referred: Fiscal Review(H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2018-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2018-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 10 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2018-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2018-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 119 NOES: 23 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 Economic Development(S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-09-13T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Thursday, September 13, 2018, 10:15 a.m., or Upon Morning Recess, 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`
- **2018-09-13T05:00:00+00:00** Referred: Senate Fiscal Oversight(S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - 8:45 a.m., Friday, September 14, 2018, Bingham Conference Room
- **2018-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2018-09-14T05:00:00+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
- **2018-10-30T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor (G) `executive-signature`
- **2018-10-30T05:00:00+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/fdecad63-0c54-418e-a8a8-68b90fe6ebed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).