---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes a \"Back the Blue\" special license plate."
description: "Establishes a \"Back the Blue\" special license plate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 898"
citation: "Missouri HB 898 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walsh, Sara"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-12T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af5edea9-cf3d-413f-a821-24c15d2925aa"
source_url: "http://www.house.mo.gov/BillActions.aspx?bill=HB898&year=2019&code=R"
source_hash: "ef65a74fcc6579009fa77f1937bf0db31dcb806c5d5ce20fe3946819e77d2a40"
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 898 (2019) — Establishes a "Back the Blue" special license plate.

## 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

## Sponsors

- Walsh, Sara — primary (person)
- Ron Hicks — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Read First Time (H) `introduction`
- **2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time (H) `reading-2`
- **2019-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety(H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Completed (H)
- **2019-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2019-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 10 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred: Rules - Legislative Oversight(H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 7 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on the Informal Perfection Calendar (H)
- **2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Title of Bill - Agreed To
- **2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Perfected (H)
- **2019-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2019-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 137 NOES: 5 PRESENT: 5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Reported to the Senate and First Read (S) `reading-1`
- **2019-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Second read and referred: Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety(S)
- **2019-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Thursday, April 11, 2019, 8:20am, Senate Lounge
- **2019-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Held (S)
- **2019-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2019-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass Consent (S) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass-Placed on Third Read Consent Calendar (S) `committee-passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2019-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Message (S)
- **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
- **2019-07-09T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor (G) `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-09T05:00:00+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/af5edea9-cf3d-413f-a821-24c15d2925aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).