---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removes the requirement for county and city committee meetings to take place in the county seat"
description: "Removes the requirement for county and city committee meetings to take place in the county seat"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1909"
citation: "Missouri HB 1909 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "COUNTY GOVERNMENT", "ELECTIONS", "POLITICAL PARTIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tim Taylor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-12-12T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-07-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e574d495-971d-48d2-b690-3d4e58b0f548"
source_url: "https://house.mo.gov/billactions.aspx?bill=HB1909&year=2024&code=R"
source_hash: "e673645bcd7165b9497342e7187d214c7b830922d602750cbe2ad044deb4c162"
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 1909 (2024) — Removes the requirement for county and city committee meetings to take place in the county seat

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills241/hlrbillspdf/4600H.01I.pdf)
2. **Perfected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills241/hlrbillspdf/4600H.01P.pdf)
3. **Truly Agreed and Finally Passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills241/hlrbillspdf/4600H.01T.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 144 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 8 — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Reported Do Pass - Consent (H) - AYES: 8 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 29 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Reported Do Pass - Consent (H) - AYES: 11 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tim Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-12T06:00:00+00:00** Prefiled (H)
- **2024-01-03T06:00:00+00:00** Read First Time (H)
- **2024-01-04T06:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time (H) `reading-2`
- **2024-01-04T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Local Government(H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Completed (H)
- **2024-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2024-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass - Consent (H) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass - Consent (H) - AYES: 11 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Consent and House Procedure(H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2024-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass - Consent (H) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass - Consent (H) - AYES: 8 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Perfected by Consent - Pursuant to House Rules (H)
- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Third Reading (H) `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 144 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 8 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Reported to the Senate and First Read (S) `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Second read and referred: Local Government and Elections(S)
- **2024-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Monday, March 25, 2024, 2:00 p.m., Senate Committee Room 2
- **2024-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Held (S)
- **2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Scheduled - Tuesday, April 2, 2024, 1:00 p.m., Senate Committee Room 1
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Third Reading (S) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on Informal Calendar
- **2024-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2024-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 29 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0 `passage`
- **2024-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Message (S)
- **2024-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by House Speaker (H)
- **2024-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by President Pro Tem (S)
- **2024-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor
- **2024-07-12T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor (G) `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-12T05:00:00+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/e574d495-971d-48d2-b690-3d4e58b0f548`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).