# Missouri HB2012: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of statewide elected officials, the Judiciary, the Office of the State Public Defender, and the General Assembly

Missouri HB2012, Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of statewide elected officials, the Judiciary, the Office of the State Public Defender, and the General Assembly, is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Deaton, Dirk (159); status signed, last action 2026-06-30 (Delivered to Secretary of State (G)) (as of 2026-11-04).

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## Facts
- Bill: Missouri HB2012
- State: Missouri
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of statewide elected officials, the Judiciary, the Office of the State Public Defender, and the General Assembly
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-27
- Last action: 2026-06-30, Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
- Sponsor: Deaton, Dirk (159)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 7 (352 yes, 210 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 28

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Funding to return money owed: benefit, low. For July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027, the law provides $68 million from the Abandoned Fund Account for abandoned-property claims. It also provides $17.5 million from General Revenue to pay claims payable from that account under state law. Another $13 million from General Revenue funds duplicate checks or…
- Reimbursement funding for investment fraud victims: benefit, low. The law provides $2 million from the Investor Restitution Fund for July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027. The money funds reimbursements for victims of securities fraud and other violations covered by Missouri’s investor restitution law. The appropriation does not set or guarantee each victim’s reimbursement…
- Scholarship account funding for qualified students: benefit, low. For July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027, the law provides about $76.13 million for Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts. This includes $8,750 in one-time funding that does not become ongoing funding after June 30, 2027. The law also transfers $60 million from General Revenue into the scholarship fund;…
- Interest refunds for Linked Deposit recipients: benefit, low. The law provides $2,500 from General Revenue for excess-interest refunds through the Linked Deposit Program. The funding runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. Only program recipients entitled to an excess-interest refund receive payments; the law does not set each refund amount.
- Agencies must share foster care orders: benefit, low. By September 1, 2026, the state courts office and Department of Social Services must sign an information-sharing agreement. The agreement must give the department access to court orders needed for timely foster-care case information. It also aims to maximize federal funding for children in foster c…
- Artist nonprofit receives one-time support funding: benefit, low. From July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, the law provides a one-time $100,000 grant from General Revenue. The recipient must be a nonprofit founded in 2010 that provides space and assistance to artists of all varieties. It must be in a city with over 400,000 people that spans more than one county.…
- Courts get pretrial and expungement funding: benefit, low. For July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027, the law provides $1.12 million for a statewide pretrial program. The Missouri Supreme Court administers the program. Another $2.31 million supports preserving expunged records and related court costs under Missouri's constitutional expungement provisions. This fundin…
- Election offices get administration and ballot funding: benefit, low. From July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, the law provides $29.85 million for election administration and reform. It covers grants, improvements, transaction costs, Help America Vote Act work, and the state's required share of election costs. The law also transfers $10.28 million from General Reven…
- Funding for libraries and online access: benefit, low. For July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027, the law provides about $4.5 million in state aid to public libraries. It also provides about $3.11 million for libraries’ remote electronic access services. The Missouri State Library gets authority to spend $4.125 million in federal and other-source grants and contr…
- Funding keeps public defender offices running: benefit, low. For July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027, the law provides $73.28 million for Missouri's public defender system. This includes $12.75 million for expenses and equipment, with $3.14 million marked one-time. Overall public defender staffing is capped at 726.13 full-time-equivalent positions. Separate funding p…
- Funding supports basic civil legal help: benefit, low. For July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027, the law provides $5 million for basic civil legal services in Missouri. The money comes from the Basic Civil Legal Services Fund and is distributed through Supreme Court program funding. The provision does not set individual eligibility rules or a household payment a…
- Funding supports children in court cases: benefit, low. For July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027, the law provides $17.77 million to help counties pay juvenile court staff. County payments follow the formulas in Sections 211.393 and 211.394 of Missouri law. Another $1.34 million supports the statewide court-appointed special advocacy office and programs for child…
- Funding supports prosecutors and family litigation: benefit, low. For July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027, the law provides $1.23 million for the Attorney General's Violent Crimes Task Force. Another $400,000 supports the Attorney General's child and family law and criminal litigation services. The law also provides $143,550 for county prosecution services. The Office of…
- Funding supports statewide human trafficking prevention: benefit, low. For July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027, the law provides $900,000 for statewide anti-trafficking work. The money supports council staff, public education, awareness, and prevention efforts. Separately, the law transfers $250,000 from General Revenue into the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Aware…
- Funding supports victims and assault evidence: benefit, low. For July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027, the law provides $3.85 million from the Attorney General's federal fund. It supports law enforcement, domestic violence and victim services, and sexual-assault evidence collection, testing, and tracking. The Attorney General must work with Public Safety and Social Se…
- Funding to preserve public historical records: benefit, low. The law provides $25,000 from the State Document Preservation Fund for July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027. The money supports preserving legal, historical, and family-history materials and making them available to the public.
- Grants help preserve local historical records: benefit, low. From July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, the law provides $400,000 in local records preservation grants. That money comes from the Local Records Preservation Fund. Another $50,000 from the Secretary of State Records–Federal Fund supports historical repository grants. The money funds records preser…
- Museums receive history and improvement grants: benefit, low. From July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, a World War I memorial or museum gets a one-time $500,000 from General Revenue for security, marketing, and infrastructure. It must be in a city with over 400,000 people that spans more than one county. A Black history museum in a city outside any county ge…
- Public defense funding reaches underserved communities: benefit, low. For July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027, the law provides $6 million for contracted public defender cases. That includes $4 million from General Revenue and $2 million from the Public Defender Reinvestment Fund. Another $4.74 million covers violent-crime defense costs or criminal representation outside the…
- Public television and radio receive grants: benefit, low. From July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, the law provides $1 million for public television and radio grants. The money comes from the Missouri Public Broadcasting Corporation Special Fund. Grants go to stations, not directly to households.
- Trust funds reach recipients certified as entitled: benefit, low. For July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027, the law makes $4 million available from the Attorney General Trust Fund. Money goes to people, organizations, or State Treasury accounts the Attorney General certifies as entitled to receive it. Distribution depends on whether the conditions governing the funds are f…
- Youth academy receives sports program funding: benefit, low. From July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, an Urban Academy gets $200,000 for sports programs targeting underserved youth. The academy must be in a home rule city with over 400,000 people that spans more than one county. The money comes from the Missouri Humanities Council Trust Fund. It funds the a…
- Funding supports Missouri Medicaid fraud enforcement: benefit, low. For July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027, the law provides $3.6 million for the Attorney General's Medicaid fraud unit. The money comes from General Revenue, federal funds, and the MO HealthNet Fraud Prosecution Revolving Fund. It funds fraud enforcement, not new Medicaid benefits or changes to who qualifies.
- Treatment courts get funding for recovery: benefit, low. For July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027, the law provides $12.48 million for treatment courts. The programs serve people with substance-use, mental-health, or combined disorders tied to alcohol, opioid, or methamphetamine addiction. Funding can pay for medication-assisted treatment, counseling, transportati…
- Public schools receive a fund transfer: benefit, low. The law transfers $5 million from the Abandoned Fund Account to the State Public School Fund. The transfer is authorized for July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027. It supports public school funding rather than providing direct payments to families.
- Funding covers Missouri lawmakers and staff: benefit, low. For July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027, the Senate gets $17.12 million, including $40,000 from its revolving fund. Senate staffing is capped at 221.54 full-time-equivalent positions. The House gets $30 million, including $45,000 from its revolving fund, with a 436.38-position staffing cap. The remaining op…
- Funding supports legislative research and oversight: benefit, low. For July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027, legislative research and oversight gets $2.38 million, capped at 26 full-time-equivalent positions. Another $310,400 funds publication of the Supplement to the Revised Statutes, capped at 1.25 positions. That publication money comes from the Statutory Revision Fund.…
- Tax refund money pays down debts: mixed, low. For July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027, the law provides $2.45 million from the Debt Offset Escrow Fund. It funds tax refunds applied against debts as required by Missouri law. For affected people, money goes toward debt but reduces the refund paid directly to them. The appropriation does not set a new ind…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Deaton, Dirk (159)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-05-06 | House | House Adopts Conference Committee Report | pass | 90 | 55 | 5 |
| 2026-05-06 | Senate | Senate Adopts Conference Committee Report | pass | 24 | 10 |   |
| 2026-05-06 | Senate | Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed | pass | 23 | 11 |   |
| 2026-05-06 | House | Third Read and Passed | pass | 90 | 54 | 7 |
| 2026-04-22 | Senate | Third Read and Passed | pass | 22 | 10 |   |
| 2026-03-26 | House | Third Read and Passed | pass | 84 | 61 | 3 |
| 2026-03-12 | House | HCS Reported Do Pass - with a time limit of five and a half hours of debate on Perfection pursuant to Rule 24(4)(d) | pass | 19 | 9 | 3 |

## Actions (55)

- 2026-06-30: Delivered to Secretary of State (G) (House)
- 2026-06-30: Vetoed in Part by Governor (G) (House)
- 2026-05-28: Delivered to Governor (House)
- 2026-05-28: Signed by President Pro Tem (Senate)
- 2026-05-28: Signed by House Speaker (House)
- 2026-05-07: Senate Message (Senate)
- 2026-05-06: Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 23 NOES: 11 PRESENT: 0 (Senate)
- 2026-05-06: Senate Adopts Conference Committee Report - AYES: 24 NOES: 10 PRESENT: 0 (Senate)
- 2026-05-06: Senate Submits Conference Committee Report (Senate)
- 2026-05-06: House Message (House)
- 2026-05-06: Third Read and Passed - AYES: 90 NOES: 54 PRESENT: 7 (House)
- 2026-05-06: House Adopts Conference Committee Report - AYES: 90 NOES: 55 PRESENT: 5 (House)
- 2026-05-06: House Submits Conference Committee Report (House)
- 2026-05-05: House Distributes Conference Committee Report (House)
- 2026-04-28: Senate Message (Senate)
- 2026-04-28: Senate Conference Committee Appointed - SENATORS BLACK, HUDSON, CIERPIOT, BECK, NURRENBERN (Senate)
- 2026-04-27: House Message (House)
- 2026-04-27: House Conference Committee Appointed - REPRESENTATIVES DEATON, DAVIDSON, VOSS, FOGLE, TERRY (House)
- 2026-04-23: Senate Message (Senate)
- 2026-04-23: Senate Refuses to Recede, Grants Conference (Senate)
- 2026-04-23: House Message (House)
- 2026-04-23: House Refuses to Adopt, Requests Senate to Recede or Grant Conference (House)
- 2026-04-23: Taken Up (House)
- 2026-04-23: Reported to the House with... - SS SCS (House)
- 2026-04-22: Third Read and Passed - AYES: 22 NOES: 10 PRESENT: 0 (Senate)
- 2026-04-22: SS Adopted (Senate)
- 2026-04-22: SS Offered (Senate)
- 2026-04-22: Taken Up for Third Reading (Senate)
- 2026-04-20: SCS Reported Do Pass (Senate)
- 2026-04-15: SCS Voted Do Pass (Senate)
- 2026-04-15: Executive Session Held (Senate)
- 2026-04-15: Public Hearing Held (Senate)
- 2026-04-09: Public Hearing Scheduled - CANCELLED: Friday, April 17, 2026, 8:30 a.m., Senate Committee Room 2 - 1st Floor (Senate)
- 2026-04-09: Public Hearing Scheduled - CANCELLED: Thursday, April 16, 2026, 8:30 a.m., Senate Committee Room 2 - 1st Floor (Senate)
- 2026-04-09: Public Hearing Scheduled - AMENDED: Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 9:30 a.m., Senate Committee Room 1 - 1st Floor (Senate)
- 2026-04-09: Public Hearing Scheduled - Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 8:30 a.m., Senate Committee Room 2 - 1st Floor (Senate)
- 2026-03-31: Second read and referred: Appropriations (Senate)
- 2026-03-30: Reported to the Senate and First Read (Senate)
- 2026-03-26: Third Read and Passed - AYES: 84 NOES: 61 PRESENT: 3 (House)
- 2026-03-26: Taken Up for Third Reading (House)
- 2026-03-24: Perfected with Amendments - HA 9 (House)
- 2026-03-24: HCS Adopted (House)
- 2026-03-24: Taken Up (House)
- 2026-03-24: Laid Over - HA 9, adopted (House)
- 2026-03-24: Taken Up (House)
- 2026-03-23: Laid Over (House)
- 2026-03-23: Title of Bill - Agreed To (House)
- 2026-03-23: Taken Up for Perfection (House)
- 2026-03-12: HCS Reported Do Pass - with a time limit of five and a half hours of debate on Perfection pursuant to Rule 24(4)(d) AYES: 19 NOES: 9 PRESENT: 3 (House)
- 2026-03-11: HCS Voted Do Pass (House)
- 2026-03-11: Executive Session Completed (House)
- 2026-02-17: Public Hearing Completed (House)
- 2026-01-28: Referred: Budget (House)
- 2026-01-28: Read Second Time (House)
- 2026-01-27: Introduced and Read First Time (House)

## Bill text

- Truly Agreed, 2026-05-06: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2012H.07T.pdf)
- Perfected, 2026-03-24: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2012H.03P.pdf)
- Committee Substitute, 2026-03-12: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2012H.03C.pdf), [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2012S.04C.pdf)
- Senate Substitute, 2026-03-12: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2012H.07S.pdf), [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2012S.06F.pdf)
- Introduced, 2026-01-27: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2012H.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/2012H.07T.pdf)
- [Perfected (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2012H.03P.pdf)
- [Committee Substitute (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2012H.03C.pdf)
- [Committee Substitute (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2012S.04C.pdf)
- [Senate Substitute (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2012H.07S.pdf)
- [Senate Substitute (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2012S.06F.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2012H.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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB2012-2026 (as of 2026-11-04).