republic-os/legislation/us/states/mo/2026/hb-1908.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows the court to enter a judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal separation if a person is pregnant"
description: "Allows the court to enter a judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal separation if a person is pregnant"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1908"
citation: "Missouri HB 1908 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS", "COURTS", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "FAMILY LAW", "MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cecelie Williams"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-12-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-07T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6df003eb-ed36-4eb7-93de-d52b7ecf80a1"
source_url: "https://house.mo.gov/billactions.aspx?bill=HB1908&year=2026&code=R"
source_hash: "b0bb1cbc31ae907267dc0379b1203cca336db0765f75a4da292b8c995f207e07"
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 1908 (2026) — Allows the court to enter a judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal separation if a person is pregnant

## 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/5478H.01I.pdf)
2. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/5478H.02C.pdf)
3. **Perfected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/5478H.02P.pdf)
4. **Truly Agreed and Finally Passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/5478H.02T.pdf)

## Votes

- HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 16 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 10 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 147 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 29 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cecelie Williams — primary (person)
- Ann Kelley — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony Ealy — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Irwin — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Titus — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Banderman — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Burt Whaley — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Warwick — cosponsor (person)
- Colin Wellenkamp — cosponsor (person)
- Danny Busick — cosponsor (person)
- David Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Deanna Self — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- George Hruza — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Hales — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Vernetti — cosponsor (person)
- John Hewkin — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Boyko — cosponsor (person)
- Marla Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Joe Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Overcast — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie Stinnett — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Tricia Byrnes — 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: Children and Families(H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Completed (H)
- **2026-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2026-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** HCS Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 16 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Rules - Administrative(H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 10 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Perfection (H)
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Title of Bill - Agreed To
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** HCS Adopted (H)
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Perfected (H)
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Third Reading (H) `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 147 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `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: Families, Seniors and Health(S)
- **2026-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Monday, March 9, 2026, 2:30 p.m., SCR 1 - 1st Floor
- **2026-03-09T05:00:00+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`
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Third Reading (S) `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 29 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Message (S)
- **2026-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by House Speaker (H)
- **2026-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by President Pro Tem (S)
- **2026-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-07T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor (G) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-07T05:00:00+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/6df003eb-ed36-4eb7-93de-d52b7ecf80a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).