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Missouri · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 543: Modifies provisions relating to civil detention procedures

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 543 is a bill introduced in the Missouri House on December 13, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Modifies provisions relating to civil detention procedures. Primary sponsor: Bennie Cook (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 16, 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 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Bennie CookPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse143

“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) - Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 8:00 a.m., Senate Lounge - 3rd Floor
  3. Second read and referred: Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence(S)
  4. Reported to the Senate and First Read (S)
  5. Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 141 NOES: 9 PRESENT: 1
  6. Taken Up for Third Reading (H)
  7. Perfected (H)
  8. Title of Bill - Agreed To
  9. Taken Up for Perfection (H)
  10. Placed on the Informal Perfection Calendar (H)
  11. Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 8 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
  12. Voted Do Pass (H)

Showing 12 most recent of 22 actions. Full history

Sources

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