---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides protections against discrimination and antisemitism in public schools and public postsecondary educational institutions"
description: "Provides protections against discrimination and antisemitism in public schools and public postsecondary educational institutions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 2061"
citation: "Missouri HB 2061 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George Hruza"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 53
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-12-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-23T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2592fba0-ac8b-4130-a1b0-3de90460af70"
source_url: "https://house.mo.gov/billactions.aspx?bill=HB2061&year=2026&code=R"
source_hash: "e3de595a6601d04819562ac42d6ea52685d26daee2a57e7b0149d4ec5b2e6177"
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 2061 (2026) — Provides protections against discrimination and antisemitism in public schools and public postsecondary educational institutions

## 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/4529H.03I.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA 1 (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/amendpdf/4529H03.03H.pdf)
3. **Amendment SENATE AMENDMENTS (Distributed)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/amendpdf/4529S04.01F.pdf)
4. **Perfected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/4529H.03P.pdf)
5. **Senate Substitute (Senate Floor Substitute)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/4529S.04F.pdf)
6. **Truly Agreed and Finally Passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/4529S.04T.pdf)

## Votes

- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 100 NOES: 17 PRESENT: 19 — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 7 NOES: 3 PRESENT: 1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 109 NOES: 21 PRESENT: 19 — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 10 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Third Read and Passed with Amendments (S) - SA 1, SA 2, adopted - AYES: 30 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 7 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 4 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 2 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- George Hruza — primary (person)
- Bill Irwin — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Cathy Jo Loy — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Perkins — cosponsor (person)
- David Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- John Hewkin — cosponsor (person)
- Nick Kimble — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Amato — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Butz — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy L. Hausman — 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`
- **2026-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Emerging Issues(H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Completed (H)
- **2026-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2026-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 7 NOES: 3 PRESENT: 1 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Rules - Legislative(H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Continued
- **2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Action Postponed (H)
- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 10 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 1 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Perfection (H)
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Title of Bill - Agreed To
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Perfected with Amendments (H) - HA 1, adopted
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Fiscal Review(H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 4 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 2 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Third Reading (H) `reading-3`
- **2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 109 NOES: 21 PRESENT: 19 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Reported to the Senate and First Read (S) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Second read and referred: General Laws(S)
- **2026-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 11:00 a.m., Senate Committee Room1
- **2026-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Held (S)
- **2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Referred: Fiscal Oversight(S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Scheduled - Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 12:00 p.m., Senate Lounge-3rd Floor
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Third Reading (S) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** SS Offered `introduction`
- **2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** SS Adopted (S)
- **2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed with Amendments (S) - SA 1, SA 2, adopted - AYES: 30 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Reported to the House with... (H) - SS, as amended
- **2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred: Fiscal Review(H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 7 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** House Adopts (H) - SS, as amended
- **2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 100 NOES: 17 PRESENT: 19 `passage`
- **2026-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** House Message (H)
- **2026-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by House Speaker (H)
- **2026-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by President Pro Tem (S)
- **2026-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor (G) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-23T05:00:00+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/2592fba0-ac8b-4130-a1b0-3de90460af70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).