---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates the third week of September as \"Historically Black College and University Week\" in Missouri and modifies provisions regarding higher education"
description: "Designates the third week of September as \"Historically Black College and University Week\" in Missouri and modifies provisions regarding higher education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 718"
citation: "Missouri SB 718 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26326ce6-1ccd-45b5-b489-2948cd48c382"
source_url: "http://www.senate.mo.gov/22info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=71259648"
source_hash: "55b3babc560fa6608f56ec8647527d861d7e88fb0470af9cf0761ff5810bbb6d"
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 SB 718 (2022) — Designates the third week of September as "Historically Black College and University Week" in Missouri and modifies provisions regarding higher education

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/22info/pdf-bill/intro/SB718.pdf)
2. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/22info/pdf-bill/House/HCS-SB/SB0718.pdf)
3. **Perfected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/22info/pdf-bill/perf/SB718.pdf)
4. **Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/22info/pdf-bill/tat/SB718.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Washington — primary (person)
- Angela Mosley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-01T06:00:00+00:00** Prefiled
- **2022-01-05T06:00:00+00:00** S First Read `reading-1`
- **2022-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Second Read and Referred S Progress and Development Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Hearing Conducted S Progress and Development Committee
- **2022-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass S Progress and Development Committee `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to pass bill as consent taken by S Progress and Development Committee - Consent vote adopted
- **2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Reported from S Progress and Development Committee - Consent
- **2022-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** S Third Read and Passed - Consent `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** H First Read `reading-1`
- **2022-04-07T05:00:00+00:00** H Second Read `reading-2`
- **2022-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred H Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Hearing Conducted H Higher Education
- **2022-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Voted Do Pass H Higher Education `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Reported Do Pass H Higher Education `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Referred H Rules - Administrative Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Voted Do Pass H Rules - Administrative Oversight `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Reported Do Pass H Rules - Administrative Oversight `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Referred H Fiscal Review `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-04T05:00:00+00:00** Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
- **2022-05-05T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Voted Do Pass H Fiscal Review `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-05T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Reported Do Pass H Fiscal Review `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** HA 1 to HCS H offered & adopted (Shields)--(3043H03.34H)
- **2022-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** HA 2 to HCS H offered & adopted (Fitzwater)--(3043H03.16H)
- **2022-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** HA 3 to HCS H offered & adopted (Gregory-51)--(3043H03.33H)
- **2022-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** HCS, as amended, H adopted
- **2022-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** H Third Read and Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to concur in HCS, as amended (Washington)
- **2022-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Substitute Motion: S refuse to concur in HCS, as amended and request H recede & grant conference and the conferees be allowed to exceed the differences relating to college athletes S offered & defeated (Moon)
- **2022-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** S concurs in HCS, as amended
- **2022-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** S Third Read and Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed `passage`
- **2022-05-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Duly Enrolled Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee
- **2022-05-18T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by Senate President Pro Tem
- **2022-05-18T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by House Speaker
- **2022-05-18T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor
- **2022-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26326ce6-1ccd-45b5-b489-2948cd48c382`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).