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Votes at a glance: licensing, administrative and workforce bills approved by Missouri House
Summary
The House passed a package of licensing and administrative bills, including a dental licensing compact, peace‑officer certification changes, and measures to expand temporary licensing and electronic notice delivery; vote tallies and short descriptions follow.
The Missouri House advanced and approved multiple bills on a largely bipartisan basis Tuesday afternoon, voting on licensing compacts, workforce measures and administrative changes.
Key outcomes
- House Bill 18 47 (dental compact): Passed, yeas 138, nays 10. Sponsor: gentleman from Crawford County. The bill joins an interstate dental compact to ease cross‑state practice for dentists and dental hygienists and includes data sharing to prevent sanctioned practitioners from moving unnoticed between states. Members asked about the model compact and commission rules; supporters noted the compact has been enacted in other states and said it increases access to care.
- House committee substitute for House Bill 18 66 (peace officer licensing): Passed, yeas 101, nays 36. Sponsor: gentleman from Jasper County. The substitute contains two elements: authority for the director of public safety to refuse a peace officer license to applicants with prior revocation or suspension of certification, and a provision requiring U.S. citizenship for some licensing pathways; members debated exceptions for honorably discharged noncitizen veterans.
- House committee substitute for House Bills 19 08 and 23 37 (family‑protection measures): Passed, yeas 147, nays 0. Sponsor: lady from Jefferson County. Supporters said the bills protect survivors and address legal/financial burdens on persons who had been subject to abuse.
- House Bill 19 61 (dietitians temporary license and compact): Passed, yeas 137, nays 8. Sponsor: lady from Phelps County. The bill allows temporary licensing while dietitians await exams and enables compact participation to practice across state lines; supporters emphasized workforce benefits.
- House Bill 21 80 (Missouri Department of Revenue delivery methods): Passed, yeas 146, nays 0. Sponsor: gentleman from Cole County. The bill allows the Department of Revenue to deliver notices (first class mail, electronic delivery, certified mail where needed) and removes some certified‑mail requirements; supporters said the change will save roughly $2.1 million annually and improve notice delivery for blind recipients and others who request alternate formats.
- House Bill 25 91 (speech‑language pathologist training): Passed, yeas 144, nays 0. Sponsor: lady from Greene County. The bill allows training completed in other states to qualify for practice in Missouri and was framed as a workforce improvement.
What to watch next
Most of these bills passed on third reading and will proceed according to calendar and committee rules. Several sponsors described workforce and cost‑saving benefits; members sought additional detail on compact rules, data sharing and how state standards will be retained after compact participation.
Sources: House floor proceedings; roll‑call tallies read by the Clerk are recorded in the House Journal.
