---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifies the power of the City of St. Louis to impose residency requirements on certain municipal personnel"
description: "Modifies the power of the City of St. Louis to impose residency requirements on certain municipal personnel"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2020S1"
identifier: "HB 46"
citation: "Missouri HB 46 (2020S1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hicks, Ron"]
version_count: 15
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-08-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-09-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec44c7ea-96d1-4a04-af88-f7dde67493ac"
source_url: "http://www.house.mo.gov/BillActions.aspx?bill=HB46&year=2020&code=S1"
source_hash: "3da426185b223627b4fa40eff145891017b32012919d99a34e84d46b8fb0ee94"
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 46 (2020S1) — Modifies the power of the City of St. Louis to impose residency requirements on certain municipal personnel

## 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/bills203/hlrbillspdf/5857H.01I.pdf)
2. **Amendment 5857H02.07H (Defeated)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills203/amendpdf/5857H02.07H.pdf)
3. **Amendment 5857H02.09H (Distributed)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills203/amendpdf/5857H02.09H.pdf)
4. **Amendment 5857H02.12H (Defeated)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills203/amendpdf/5857H02.12H.pdf)
5. **Amendment 5857H02.15H (Distributed)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills203/amendpdf/5857H02.15H.pdf)
6. **Amendment 5857H02.16H (Distributed)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills203/amendpdf/5857H02.16H.pdf)
7. **Amendment 5857H02.17H (Defeated)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills203/amendpdf/5857H02.17H.pdf)
8. **Amendment 5857H02.19H (Distributed)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills203/amendpdf/5857H02.19H.pdf)
9. **Amendment 5857H02.20H** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills203/amendpdf/5857H02.20H.pdf)
10. **Amendment 5857H02.21H (Defeated)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills203/amendpdf/5857H02.21H.pdf)
11. **Amendment 5857H02.23H (Distributed)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills203/amendpdf/5857H02.23H.pdf)
12. **Amendment R** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills203/rollcalls/008.008.pdf)
13. **Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills203/hlrbillspdf/5857H.02C.pdf)
14. **Perfected** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills203/hlrbillspdf/5857H.02P.pdf)
15. **Truly Agreed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills203/hlrbillspdf/5857H.02T.pdf)

## Votes

- Reported Do Pass (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Emergency Clause Adopted (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Third Read and Passed (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Emergency Clause Adopted on Truly Agreed to Bill - — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hicks, Ron — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-07T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Read First Time (H) `introduction`
- **2020-08-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time (H) `reading-2`
- **2020-08-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred: Judiciary(H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-17T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Completed (H)
- **2020-08-17T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2020-08-17T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-17T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 12 NOES: 4 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-17T05:00:00+00:00** Referred: Rules - Administrative Oversight(H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-18T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2020-08-18T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 11 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-24T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Perfection (H)
- **2020-08-24T05:00:00+00:00** Title of Bill - Agreed To
- **2020-08-24T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Adopted (H)
- **2020-08-24T05:00:00+00:00** Perfected (H)
- **2020-08-25T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on the Informal Third Reading Calendar (H) `reading-3`
- **2020-08-25T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Third Reading (H) `reading-3`
- **2020-08-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 117 NOES: 35 PRESENT: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-08-25T05:00:00+00:00** Emergency Clause Adopted (H) - AYES: 113 NOES: 38 PRESENT: 0
- **2020-08-28T05:00:00+00:00** Reported to the Senate and First Read (S) `reading-1`
- **2020-08-31T05:00:00+00:00** Second read and referred: Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety(S)
- **2020-08-31T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 1, 2020, Senate Chamber
- **2020-09-01T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Held (S)
- **2020-09-01T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2020-09-01T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-01T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-02T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Third Reading (S) `reading-3`
- **2020-09-02T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 25 NOES: 5 PRESENT: 0 `passage`
- **2020-09-02T05:00:00+00:00** Emergency Clause Adopted on Truly Agreed to Bill - AYES: 25 NOES: 5 PRESENT: 0
- **2020-09-09T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Message (S)
- **2020-09-16T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by House Speaker(H)
- **2020-09-16T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by President Pro Tem (S)
- **2020-09-16T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor
- **2020-09-21T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor (G) `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-21T05:00:00+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/ec44c7ea-96d1-4a04-af88-f7dde67493ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).