---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes the Million Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2019."
description: "Establishes the Million Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2019."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1088"
citation: "Missouri HB 1088 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Houx, Dan"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 53
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-27T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04346880-7b60-4942-a161-114e28c5e408"
source_url: "http://www.house.mo.gov/BillActions.aspx?bill=HB1088&year=2019&code=R"
source_hash: "42dfccabfecef516c9db1e721d6a34a98ed1a6aa14e878852c76318b68a60ea0"
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 1088 (2019) — Establishes the Million Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2019.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Reported Do Pass (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Third Read and Passed with Amendments (S) - SA 1, SA 2 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Reported Do Pass (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Reported Do Pass (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- House Adopts (H) - SS — **pass** (pass) · lower
- HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Houx, Dan — primary (person)
- Ben Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Brandon Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Stacy — cosponsor (person)
- Dean Dohrman — cosponsor (person)
- Sheila Solon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Read First Time (H) `introduction`
- **2019-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time (H) `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: General Laws(H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Completed (H)
- **2019-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2019-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** HCS Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 12 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Rules - Legislative Oversight(H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2019-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 10 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Title of Bill - Agreed To
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Adopted (H)
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Perfected with Amendments (H) - HA 1 adopted
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Referred: Fiscal Review(H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on the Informal Third Reading Calendar (H) `reading-3`
- **2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 10 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2019-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed (H) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported to the Senate and First Read (S) `reading-1`
- **2019-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Second read and referred: Insurance and Banking(S)
- **2019-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 8:00am, SCR 1
- **2019-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Held (S)
- **2019-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Scheduled - Thursday, April 18, 2019, 8:45am, Bingham Conference Room
- **2019-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2019-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Referred: Fiscal Oversight(S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Scheduled - Wednesday, May 1, 2019, 1:15pm, Pershing Conference Room
- **2019-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2019-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2019-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Offered (S) `introduction`
- **2019-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** SS Adopted (S)
- **2019-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed with Amendments (S) - SA 1, SA 2 AYES: 32 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** Reported to the House with... (H) - SS as amended
- **2019-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** Referred: Fiscal Review(H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 10 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** House Adopts (H) - SS AYES: 118 NOES: 22 PRESENT: 0
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 111 NOES: 28 PRESENT: 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** House Message (H)
- **2019-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by House Speaker(H)
- **2019-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by President Pro Tem (S)
- **2019-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor
- **2019-07-10T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor (G) `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-10T05:00:00+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/04346880-7b60-4942-a161-114e28c5e408`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).