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Missouri · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 489: Modifies provisions relating to the confiscation of animals

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 489 is a bill introduced in the Missouri House on December 10, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Modifies provisions relating to the confiscation of animals. Primary sponsor: Dean VanSchoiack (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (April 28, 2025): Public Hearing Held (S).

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): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dean VanSchoiackPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse9
Keith ElliottCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse153

“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. Public Hearing Held (S)
  2. Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Monday, April 28, 2025, 2:30 p.m., Senate Conference Room 2 - 1st Floor
  3. Second read and referred: Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources(S)
  4. Reported to the Senate and First Read (S)
  5. Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 108 NOES: 31 PRESENT: 16
  6. Taken Up for Third Reading (H)
  7. Perfected (H)
  8. HCS Adopted (H)
  9. Title of Bill - Agreed To
  10. Taken Up for Perfection (H)
  11. Placed on the Informal Perfection Calendar (H)
  12. Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 7 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 1

Showing 12 most recent of 23 actions. Full history

Sources

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