---
type: "Bill"
title: "Imposes civil penalties for poaching certain animals."
description: "Imposes civil penalties for poaching certain animals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 260"
citation: "Missouri HB 260 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor, Jered"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-14T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b85577e9-6447-4fb5-a1a4-becb71a10802"
source_url: "http://www.house.mo.gov/BillActions.aspx?bill=HB260&year=2019&code=R"
source_hash: "5a312da210b966fdb28a06a33ad8824559439b5c7146ea28db94506f8791c017"
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 260 (2019) — Imposes civil penalties for poaching certain animals.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Third Read and Passed (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Reported Do Pass (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- 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) - SCS as amended — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Taylor, Jered — primary (person)
- Brandon Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Griffith — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Shawan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-14T06:00:00+00:00** Prefiled (H)
- **2019-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Read First Time (H)
- **2019-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time (H) `reading-2`
- **2019-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Conservation and Natural Resources(H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Completed (H)
- **2019-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2019-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 7 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Rules - Administrative Oversight(H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2019-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 8 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2019-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title of Bill - Agreed To
- **2019-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Perfected with Amendments (H) - HA 1 adopted
- **2019-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2019-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 149 NOES: 10 PRESENT: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Reported to the Senate and First Read (S) `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Second read and referred: Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources(S)
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Monday, April 1, 2019, 2:00pm, SCR 2
- **2019-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Held (S)
- **2019-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2019-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** SCS Voted Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** SCS Reported Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred: Fiscal Oversight(S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Scheduled - Thursday, April 18, 2019, 9:00am, Bingham Conference Room
- **2019-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2019-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2019-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** SCS Adopted (S)
- **2019-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed with Amendments (S) - SA 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Reported to the House with... (H) - SCS as amended
- **2019-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Referred: Fiscal Review(H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2019-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 9 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2019-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** House Adopts (H) - SCS as amended AYES: 138 NOES: 4 PRESENT: 0
- **2019-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 138 NOES: 6 PRESENT: 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-07T05:00:00+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
- **2019-07-11T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor (G) `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-11T05:00:00+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/b85577e9-6447-4fb5-a1a4-becb71a10802`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).