Votes at a glance: Missouri House actions on March 12, 2026
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Summary
Summary of formal floor actions taken March 12, 2026: House ordered perfection/printing or adopted committee substitutes on multiple bills including H.B. 26-36, 17-18, 21-20, 27-48, 20-35, 32-31, 25-47 and a set of calendar items; several votes were recorded on procedural motions.
The Missouri House logged a large set of floor actions on March 12, 2026. Below are the principal formal outcomes recorded on the floor that day.
- H.B. 26-36 (Mortgage Modification Act): Motion to order the bill perfected and printed and to agree to the title was made and the body ordered the bill perfected and printed (bill sponsor described the change as preserving first-mortgage priority on modifications). (motion recorded; outcome: ordered perfected and printed).
- H.B. 17-18 (Sovereign immunity timing; Mo. Rev. Stat. §537.61): Floor sponsor explained the bill seeks to make caps measured at the time of accident rather than judgment. The committee substitute was adopted and ordered perfected and printed. (outcome: adopted/ordered perfected).
- H.B. 21-20 (Sawyer's Law): Committee substitute was adopted following floor debate; an amendment offered by the lady from Boone to anonymize some board reports failed. (outcome: committee substitute adopted; amendment failed).
- H.B. 27-48 (Daily physical activity): Sponsor amendment (House Amendment No. 1) clarifying implementation and removing the emergency clause was adopted; the committee substitute was adopted and ordered perfected and printed. Recorded previous-question procedural votes were reported (89–45 and 93–46) on motions tied to amendment and final passage steps.
- H.B. 20-35 (AI and child-protection): Committee substitute adopted and an amendment requiring truth-in-advertising for AI used in mental-health contexts was adopted; bill ordered perfected and printed.
- H.B. 32-31 (Innovation district/economic development): Committee substitute and several amendments (including an angel-investor incentive) were adopted; sponsor emphasized voluntary opt-in structure and a rural reinvestment component. (outcome: committee substitute adopted).
- H.B. 25-47 (Surveillance on private property): Sponsor moved to close a perceived loophole permitting agencies to place cameras on private property without warrant or owner consent; the bill was ordered perfected and printed.
Additional items: Clerk and leadership held a set of appropriations and calendar bills (H.B. 2002–2013) on the calendar for subsequent consideration; the House adjourned until 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 24, 2026.
Where recorded tallies were announced on the floor, those counts are included above; many other items passed by voice vote and are noted in the chamber record but without roll-call tallies included in the transcript.