---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of several departments and offices of state government"
description: "Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of several departments and offices of state government"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 2018"
citation: "Missouri HB 2018 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cody Smith"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-28T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adc0906c-628e-4b73-927c-ea6bdd09e17d"
source_url: "https://house.mo.gov/billactions.aspx?bill=HB2018&year=2024&code=R"
source_hash: "741e64fb19819a44cb9fda3ab8f91f666c3f9c7ca63038117443f2537c13c57b"
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 2018 (2024) — Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of several departments and offices of state government

## 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/2018H.01I.pdf)
2. **Amendment 2018H02.01H (Distributed)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills241/amendpdf/2018H02.01H.pdf)
3. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills241/hlrbillspdf/2018H.02C.pdf)
4. **Perfected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills241/hlrbillspdf/2018H.02P.pdf)
5. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills241/hlrbillspdf/2018S.03C.pdf)
6. **Senate Substitute (Senate Floor Substitute)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills241/hlrbillspdf/2018S.04F.pdf)
7. **Truly Agreed and Finally Passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills241/hlrbillspdf/2018S.04T.pdf)

## Votes

- House Adopts (H) - SS SCS - AYES: 108 NOES: 10 PRESENT: 30 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 147 NOES: 4 PRESENT: 0 — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Third Read and Passed (S) - AYES: 24 NOES: 8 PRESENT: 0 — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 109 NOES: 11 PRESENT: 29 — **fail** (fail) · lower
- HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - with a time limit of six hours of debate on Perfection pursuant to Rule 24(4)(d). - AYES: 33 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 1 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cody Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Read First Time (H) `introduction`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time (H) `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Budget(H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Completed (H)
- **2024-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2024-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - with a time limit of six hours of debate on Perfection pursuant to Rule 24(4)(d). - AYES: 33 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 1 `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Perfection (H)
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Title of Bill - Agreed To
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Laid Over (H)
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Laid Over (H)
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Adopted (H)
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Perfected (H)
- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Third Reading (H) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 147 NOES: 4 PRESENT: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported to the Senate and First Read (S) `reading-1`
- **2024-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Second read and referred: Appropriations(S)
- **2024-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 1:30 p.m., Senate Committee Room 2.
- **2024-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 8:30 a.m.,Senate Committee Room 2.
- **2024-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - CANCELLED - Thursday, April 25, 2024, 8:30 a.m., Senate Committee Room 2.
- **2024-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - CANCELLED - Friday, April 26, 2024, 8:30 a.m., Senate Committee Room 2.
- **2024-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Held (S)
- **2024-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2024-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** SCS Voted Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** SCS Reported Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Third Reading (S) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** SS Offered `introduction`
- **2024-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** SS Adopted (S)
- **2024-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed (S) - AYES: 24 NOES: 8 PRESENT: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported to the House with... (H) - SS SCS
- **2024-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2024-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** House Adopts (H) - SS SCS - AYES: 108 NOES: 10 PRESENT: 30
- **2024-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 109 NOES: 11 PRESENT: 29 `passage`
- **2024-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** House Message (H)
- **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
- **2024-06-28T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor (G) `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-28T05:00:00+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/adc0906c-628e-4b73-927c-ea6bdd09e17d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).