---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifies provisions relating to highway patrol purchases of motor vehicles, watercraft, watercraft motors, and trailers"
description: "Modifies provisions relating to highway patrol purchases of motor vehicles, watercraft, watercraft motors, and trailers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1786"
citation: "Missouri HB 1786 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIGHWAY PATROL", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Voss"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-12-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-05-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f00b49a2-b914-4280-b920-981cfc789a21"
source_url: "https://house.mo.gov/billactions.aspx?bill=HB1786&year=2026&code=R"
source_hash: "8bb087adad6ab6ef042a81b2af6094d395a348b0a538c0a763921e096d725895"
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 1786 (2026) — Modifies provisions relating to highway patrol purchases of motor vehicles, watercraft, watercraft motors, and trailers

## 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/bills261/hlrbillspdf/5484H.01I.pdf)
2. **Perfected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/5484H.01P.pdf)
3. **Truly Agreed and Finally Passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/5484H.01T.pdf)

## Votes

- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 26 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 139 NOES: 4 PRESENT: 3 — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 11 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 12 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Voss — primary (person)
- David Dolan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-01T06:00:00+00:00** Prefiled (H)
- **2026-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read First Time (H)
- **2026-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time (H) `reading-2`
- **2026-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Corrections and Public Institutions(H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Completed (H)
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 12 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Rules - Administrative(H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 11 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Perfection (H)
- **2026-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title of Bill - Agreed To
- **2026-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Perfected (H)
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on the Informal Third Reading Calendar (H) `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Third Reading (H) `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 139 NOES: 4 PRESENT: 3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported to the Senate and First Read (S) `reading-1`
- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Second read and referred: Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety(S)
- **2026-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Monday, March 30, 2026, 2:45 p.m., Senate Committee Room - 1st Floor
- **2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Third Reading (S) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 26 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Message (S)
- **2026-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by House Speaker (H)
- **2026-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by President Pro Tem (S)
- **2026-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor
- **2026-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor (G) `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-06T05:00:00+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/f00b49a2-b914-4280-b920-981cfc789a21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).