---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifies provisions relating to the promotion of business development"
description: "Modifies provisions relating to the promotion of business development"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 894"
citation: "Missouri SB 894 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fitzwater"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-07-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a45d4818-1a4c-4764-aa1a-db1b22af2f2d"
source_url: "http://www.senate.mo.gov/24info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=1558"
source_hash: "56ddbb8d898bb2641ae7d60f3bf7ea49d02ee8f2b8c9fa730df6b2565549e3d7"
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 894 (2024) — Modifies provisions relating to the promotion of business development

## 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/24info/pdf-bill/intro/SB894.pdf)
2. **3490S.04F - SS SCS Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.senate.mo.gov/24info/BTS_Web/ShowAmendment.aspx?Id=215)
3. **Missing description** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/24info/pdf-bill/comm/SB894.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Fitzwater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-01T06:00:00+00:00** Prefiled
- **2024-01-03T06:00:00+00:00** S First Read `reading-1`
- **2024-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Second Read and Referred S Economic Development and Tax Policy Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Hearing Cancelled S Economic Development and Tax Policy Committee
- **2024-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Hearing Cancelled S Economic Development and Tax Policy Committee
- **2024-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Hearing Conducted S Economic Development and Tax Policy Committee
- **2024-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** SCS Voted Do Pass (w/SCS SBs 894 & 825) Economic Development and Tax Policy Committee (3490S.03C) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Reported from S Economic Development and Tax Policy Committee w/SCS
- **2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** SS for SCS S offered (Fitzwater)--(3490S.04F)
- **2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Brattin)--(3490S04.05S)
- **2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Moon)--(3490S04.03S)
- **2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** SS for SCS S adopted `passage`
- **2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Perfected
- **2024-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Truly Perfected S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
- **2024-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Referred S Fiscal Oversight Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass S Fiscal Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported from S Fiscal Oversight Committee
- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** S Third Read and Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** H First Read `reading-1`
- **2024-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** H Second Read `reading-2`
- **2024-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred H General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Hearing Conducted H General Laws
- **2024-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass H General Laws `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass H General Laws `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Referred H Rules - Regulatory Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass H Rules - Regulatory Oversight `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass H Rules - Regulatory Oversight `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred H Fiscal Review Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass H Fiscal Review `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Bill Placed on H Informal Calendar SBs for Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass H Fiscal Review `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** H Third Read and Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed `passage`
- **2024-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Duly Enrolled Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee
- **2024-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by Senate President Pro Tem
- **2024-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by House Speaker
- **2024-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor
- **2024-07-09T05:00:00+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/a45d4818-1a4c-4764-aa1a-db1b22af2f2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).