---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes the School Turnaround Act."
description: "Establishes the School Turnaround Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 604"
citation: "Missouri HB 604 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Henderson, Mike"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 65
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81709aef-c4ad-4329-a7ac-1bdc8e88abd3"
source_url: "http://www.house.mo.gov/BillActions.aspx?bill=HB604&year=2019&code=R"
source_hash: "17985a4729b213d3fd7edb5039691aa3610d90320e5fc2fea801fddf058298b5"
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 604 (2019) — Establishes the School Turnaround Act.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Reported Do Pass (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Third Read and Passed (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Reported Do Pass (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Emergency Clause Defeated on Truly Agreed to Bill - — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Reported Do Pass (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- House Adopts (H) - SS#2 as amended — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Henderson, Mike — primary (person)
- Rick Francis — cosponsor (person)
- Wiley Price — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Read First Time (H) `introduction`
- **2019-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time (H) `reading-2`
- **2019-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education(H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Completed (H)
- **2019-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2019-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** HCS Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 11 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Rules - Administrative Oversight(H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 5 NOES: 3 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Title of Bill - Agreed To
- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Laid Over (H) - with HA 1 pending
- **2019-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2019-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Adopted (H)
- **2019-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Perfected with Amendments (H) - HA 2, HA 3 adopted
- **2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Referred: Fiscal Review(H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 9 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2019-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 150 NOES: 4 PRESENT: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Reported to the Senate and First Read (S) `reading-1`
- **2019-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Second read and referred: Education(S)
- **2019-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 1:00pm, Senate Loounge
- **2019-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Held (S)
- **2019-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Scheduled - Thursday, April 25, 2019, 9:00am, Pershing Conference Room
- **2019-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2019-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** SCS Reported Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Referred: Fiscal Oversight(S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Scheduled - Thursday, May 2, 2019, 9:00am, Bingham Conference Room
- **2019-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2019-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2019-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Offered (S) `introduction`
- **2019-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on Informal Calendar - SA 1, SA 2, SA 3, SA 4, SA 5, SA 6
- **2019-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2019-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** SS Withdrawn (S) `withdrawal`
- **2019-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Offered (S) `introduction`
- **2019-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on Informal Calendar
- **2019-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2019-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** SS Adopted (S) - SS#2 SA 1
- **2019-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** Referred: Fiscal Oversight(S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed with Amendments (S) - SA 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Emergency Clause Adopted (S)
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Reported to the House with... (H) - SS#2 as amended
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Referred: Fiscal Review(H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 9 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** House Adopts (H) - SS#2 as amended AYES: 114 NOES: 29 PRESENT: 1
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 116 NOES: 25 PRESENT: 2 `passage`
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Emergency Clause Defeated on Truly Agreed to Bill - AYES: 4 NOES: 133 PRESENT: 1
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** House Message (H)
- **2019-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by House Speaker(H)
- **2019-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by President Pro Tem (S)
- **2019-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor
- **2019-07-11T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor (G) `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-11T05:00:00+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/81709aef-c4ad-4329-a7ac-1bdc8e88abd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).