# Missouri HB1908: Allows the court to enter a judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal separation if a person is pregnant Missouri HB1908, Allows the court to enter a judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal separation if a person is pregnant, is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Cecelie Williams (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-04-07 (Delivered to Secretary of State (G)) (as of 2026-11-04). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB1908-2026 - As of: 2026-11-04 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Missouri HB1908 - State: Missouri - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Allows the court to enter a judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal separation if a person is pregnant - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-12-01 - Last action: 2026-04-07, Delivered to Secretary of State (G) - Sponsor: Cecelie Williams (Republican) - Cosponsors: 27 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (202 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Cecelie Williams (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ann Kelley (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Anthony Ealy (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Bill Irwin (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Bill Lucas (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Bob Titus (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Brad Banderman (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Brian Seitz (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Burt Whaley (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Christopher Warwick (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Colin Wellenkamp (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Danny Busick (Republican), House - Cosponsor: David Dolan (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Deanna Self (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ed Lewis (Republican), House - Cosponsor: George Hruza (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jeff Hales (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jeff Vernetti (Republican), House - Cosponsor: John Hewkin (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Mark Boyko (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Marla Smith (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Marty Joe Murray (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Matthew Overcast (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Melanie Stinnett (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Mike Jones (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ray Reed (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Ron Fowler (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Tricia Byrnes (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-10 | Senate | Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed | pass | 29 | 0 | | | 2026-02-12 | House | Third Read and Passed | pass | 147 | 0 | | | 2026-02-03 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 10 | 0 | | | 2026-01-27 | House | HCS Reported Do Pass | pass | 16 | 0 | | ## Actions (33) - 2026-04-07: Delivered to Secretary of State (G) (House) - 2026-04-07: Approved by Governor (G) (House) - 2026-03-24: Delivered to Governor (House) - 2026-03-24: Signed by President Pro Tem (Senate) - 2026-03-24: Signed by House Speaker (House) - 2026-03-10: Senate Message (Senate) - 2026-03-10: Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 29 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 (Senate) - 2026-03-10: Taken Up for Third Reading (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Reported Do Pass (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Voted Do Pass (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Executive Session Held (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Public Hearing Held (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Public Hearing Scheduled - Monday, March 9, 2026, 2:30 p.m., SCR 1 - 1st Floor (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Second read and referred: Families, Seniors and Health (Senate) - 2026-02-17: Reported to the Senate and First Read (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Third Read and Passed - AYES: 147 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2026-02-12: Taken Up for Third Reading (House) - 2026-02-10: Perfected (House) - 2026-02-10: HCS Adopted (House) - 2026-02-10: Title of Bill - Agreed To (House) - 2026-02-10: Taken Up for Perfection (House) - 2026-02-03: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 10 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2026-02-03: Voted Do Pass (House) - 2026-02-03: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2026-01-27: Referred: Rules - Administrative (House) - 2026-01-27: HCS Reported Do Pass - AYES: 16 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2026-01-27: HCS Voted Do Pass (House) - 2026-01-27: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2026-01-20: Public Hearing Completed (House) - 2026-01-08: Referred: Children and Families (House) - 2026-01-08: Read Second Time (House) - 2026-01-07: Read First Time (House) - 2025-12-01: Prefiled (House) ## Bill text - Truly Agreed, 2026-03-10: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/5478H.02T.pdf) - Perfected, 2026-02-10: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/5478H.02P.pdf) - Committee Substitute, 2026-01-27: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/5478H.02C.pdf) - Introduced, 2026-01-07: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/5478H.01I.pdf) ## Related bills - HB1867: Authorizes Joplin to increase a transient guest tax for tourism to no more than six percent upon a vote of the people (signed) - HB1871: Modifies provisions relating to elections (signed) - HB1840: Establishes an alert system to assist in the location of missing persons with developmental disabilities (signed) - HB1825: Removes the prosecuting attorney and the sheriff from the county salary commission (signed) - HB1827: Adds licensed occupational therapists to the definition of "other authorized health care practitioner" for purposes of physician's statements required for disa… (signed) - SB1408: Increases the maximum speed limit from 70 to 75 miles per hour on rural interstates and freeways (signed) ## Sources - [Truly Agreed (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/5478H.02T.pdf) - [Perfected (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/5478H.02P.pdf) - [Committee Substitute (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/5478H.02C.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/5478H.01I.pdf) ## Related - [HB1867: Authorizes Joplin to increase a transient guest tax for tourism to no more than…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB1867-2026) - [HB1871: Modifies provisions relating to elections](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB1871-2026) - [HB1840: Establishes an alert system to assist in the location of missing persons with d…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB1840-2026) - [HB1825: Removes the prosecuting attorney and the sheriff from the county salary commiss…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB1825-2026) - [HB1827: Adds licensed occupational therapists to the definition of "other authorized he…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB1827-2026) - [SB1408: Increases the maximum speed limit from 70 to 75 miles per hour on rural interst…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB1408-2026) - [Missouri bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/missouri/bills) - [Missouri state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/missouri) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB1908-2026 (as of 2026-11-04).