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Missouri · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 243: Allows the court to enter a judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal separation if a person is pregnant

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 243 is a bill introduced in the Missouri House on December 2, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Allows the court to enter a judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal separation if a person is pregnant. Primary sponsor: Cecelie Williams (Republican). It lists 27 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 14, 2025): Placed on Informal Calendar - SA 1 pending.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 10 · Republican 18

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Cecelie WilliamsPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse111
Bill AllenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse17
Marlon AndersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Stephanie BoykinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse70
Mark BoykoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Danny BusickCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse3
Tricia ByrnesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Jeremy DeanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse132
Sherri GallickCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse62
Jeff HalesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse86
Willard HaleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Stephanie HeinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse136
John HewkinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse120
Dave HinmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse103
George HruzaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse89
Bill IrwinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Ed LewisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Bill LucasCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse115
Scott MillerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse69
Marty MurrayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
Renee ReuterCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse112
Deanna SelfCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Mark SharpCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse37
John SimmonsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse109
Marla SmithCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse74
Wick ThomasCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Jeff VernettiCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse123
Colin WellenkampCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse105

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Placed on Informal Calendar - SA 1 pending
  2. Taken Up for Third Reading (S)
  3. Placed on Informal Calendar
  4. Reported Do Pass (S)
  5. Voted Do Pass (S)
  6. Executive Session Held (S)
  7. Public Hearing Held (S)
  8. Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Wednesday, April 2, 2025, 8:00 a.m., Senate Committee Room 1 - 1st Floor
  9. Second read and referred: Families, Seniors and Health(S)
  10. Reported to the Senate and First Read (S)
  11. Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 155 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
  12. Taken Up for Third Reading (H)

Showing 12 most recent of 28 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source