# Missouri HB2593: Modifies various provisions relating to military affairs Missouri HB2593, Modifies various provisions relating to military affairs, is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Bill Hardwick (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-07-09 (Delivered to Secretary of State (G)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-04). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB2593-2026 - As of: 2026-11-04 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Missouri HB2593 - State: Missouri - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Modifies various provisions relating to military affairs - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-12-29 - Last action: 2026-07-09, Delivered to Secretary of State (G) - Sponsor: Bill Hardwick (Republican) - Cosponsors: 3 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 8 (493 yes, 6 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 10 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More military households qualify for relief: benefit, medium. Missouri National Guard members and Missouri residents serving in military reserves can receive help from the military family relief fund. Guard members' families remain eligible. Help can include grants, other financial assistance, or services. Assistance requires a panel's recommendation and mone… - Guard tuition waivers preserve GI Bill benefits: benefit, medium. Eligible Missouri National Guard members' tuition and fee waivers are no longer reduced by GI Bill education benefits. The law removes those benefits from payments counted before calculating the state waiver. This can increase the waiver, but the law sets no fixed dollar increase. - Public workers get more military leave: benefit, medium. Qualifying state and local public workers get up to 160 paid military leave hours per federal fiscal year, up from 120. That provides up to 40 additional paid hours each year. Workers must belong to the Guard or a military reserve and perform federal military service under valid orders. They must f… - State-duty troops get pay and insurance help: benefit, medium. Missouri organized militia members on state active duty receive pay tied to comparable federal military personnel. Daily pay cannot fall below the rate for an E-5 with maximum longevity and dependents. Members serving more than 30 days also receive a monthly allowance for TRICARE or other governmen… - Stronger job protections for Guard members: benefit, medium. The law protects covered Guard members' rights to return to work after state active duty. The adjutant general, as well as the governor, can issue covered duty orders. Servicemembers Civil Relief Act protections also apply after covered state duty lasting more than 30 consecutive days. This include… - Guard members get life insurance access: benefit, low. Missouri National Guard members can buy life insurance through a program officially sponsored by the adjutant general. The Missouri National Guard Association selects the insurer and offers the program exclusively to Guard members. The adjutant general must support requested payroll payments and al… - Veteran-owned businesses get contract preferences: benefit, low. Qualifying honorably discharged veteran-owned businesses get a three-point preference when state and local entities award contracts. Qualifying businesses must be Missouri firms or maintain a Missouri office or place of business. Veteran owners must control the business; partnerships, joint venture… - Dedicated fund supports Guard counterdrug work: benefit, low. The law creates a Missouri National Guard Counterdrug Revolving Fund for money received through federal asset-forfeiture programs. The adjutant general can use the money only for purposes allowed by the federal program that supplied it. This money cannot replace or reduce state support for standard… - Dedicated fund supports MO GIVES benefits: benefit, low. The law creates a dedicated state fund for MO GIVES program benefits. Money can come from legislative appropriations, gifts, contributions, grants, or bequests. Spending requires legislative approval and must go only toward program benefits. Unused balances carry over after each two-year budget per… - Guard tuition waivers face semester caps: cost, medium. A Missouri National Guard member's semester tuition and fee waiver cannot exceed the grant the school received for that member. Schools must limit the waiver to that grant, even when the waiver calculation produces a higher amount. The law does not state the size of any reduction. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Bill Hardwick (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Bill Irwin (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Brian Seitz (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Burt Whaley (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-27 | House | Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed | pass | 138 | 1 | | | 2026-04-27 | House | House Adopts - SS SCS | pass | 137 | 1 | | | 2026-04-22 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 6 | 0 | | | 2026-04-21 | Senate | Third Read and Passed | pass | 28 | 1 | | | 2026-03-02 | House | Third Read and Passed | pass | 144 | 2 | | | 2026-03-02 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 7 | 0 | | | 2026-02-09 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 12 | 0 | | | 2026-01-27 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 21 | 1 | | ## Actions (52) - 2026-07-09: Delivered to Secretary of State (G) (House) - 2026-07-09: Approved 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) - 2026-04-27: House Message (House) - 2026-04-27: Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 138 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2026-04-27: House Adopts - SS SCS AYES: 137 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2026-04-27: Taken Up (House) - 2026-04-22: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 6 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2026-04-22: Voted Do Pass (House) - 2026-04-22: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2026-04-21: Referred: Fiscal Review (House) - 2026-04-21: Reported to the House with... - SS SCS (House) - 2026-04-21: Third Read and Passed - AYES: 28 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0 (Senate) - 2026-04-21: SS Adopted (Senate) - 2026-04-21: SS Offered (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Taken Up for Third Reading (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Reported Do Pass (Senate) - 2026-04-20: Voted Do Pass (Senate) - 2026-04-20: Executive Session Held (Senate) - 2026-04-16: Executive Session Scheduled - Monday, April 20, 2026, 3:30 p.m., Senate Lounge - 3rd Floor - 2026-04-13: Referred: Fiscal Oversight (Senate) - 2026-04-08: SCS Reported Do Pass (Senate) - 2026-04-01: SCS Voted Do Pass (Senate) - 2026-04-01: Executive Session Held (Senate) - 2026-03-25: Public Hearing Held (Senate) - 2026-03-23: Public Hearing Scheduled - Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 9:15 a.m., Senate Committee Room 1 - 1st Floor (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Second read and referred: Veterans and Military Affairs (Senate) - 2026-03-02: Reported to the Senate and First Read (Senate) - 2026-03-02: Third Read and Passed - AYES: 144 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2026-03-02: Taken Up for Third Reading (House) - 2026-03-02: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 7 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2026-03-02: Voted Do Pass (House) - 2026-03-02: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2026-02-26: Referred: Fiscal Review (House) - 2026-02-25: Perfected with Amendments - HA 1, HA 2, HA 3, adopted (House) - 2026-02-25: Title of Bill - Agreed To (House) - 2026-02-25: Taken Up for Perfection (House) - 2026-02-16: Placed on the Informal Perfection Calendar (House) - 2026-02-09: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 12 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2026-02-09: Voted Do Pass (House) - 2026-02-09: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2026-01-29: Referred: Rules - Legislative (House) - 2026-01-27: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 21 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2026-01-27: Voted Do Pass (House) - 2026-01-27: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2026-01-20: Public Hearing Completed (House) - 2026-01-08: Referred: Veterans and Armed Forces (House) - 2026-01-08: Read Second Time (House) - 2026-01-07: Read First Time (House) - 2025-12-29: Prefiled (House) ## Bill text - Truly Agreed, 2026-04-27: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6092S.06T.pdf) - Perfected, 2026-02-25: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6092H.02P.pdf) - Committee Substitute, 2026-01-27: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6092S.03C.pdf) - Senate Substitute, 2026-01-27: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6092S.06F.pdf) - Introduced, 2026-01-07: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6092H.02I.pdf) ## Related bills - HB2586: Revises the par value of membership shares and allows for participation in board meetings by telephone or electronic means (signed) - HB2596: Modifies provisions relating to health benefit plans (signed) - HB2372: Modifies provisions relating to health care (signed) - HB1871: Modifies provisions relating to elections (signed) - HB1867: Authorizes Joplin to increase a transient guest tax for tourism to no more than six percent upon a vote of the people (signed) - HB1840: Establishes an alert system to assist in the location of missing persons with developmental disabilities (signed) ## Sources - [Truly Agreed (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6092S.06T.pdf) - [Perfected (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6092H.02P.pdf) - [Committee Substitute (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6092S.03C.pdf) - [Senate Substitute (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6092S.06F.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6092H.02I.pdf) ## Related - [HB2586: Revises the par value of membership shares and allows for participation in boar…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB2586-2026) - [HB2596: Modifies provisions relating to health benefit plans](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB2596-2026) - [HB2372: Modifies provisions relating to health care](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB2372-2026) - [HB1871: Modifies provisions relating to elections](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB1871-2026) - [HB1867: Authorizes Joplin to increase a transient guest tax for tourism to no more than…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB1867-2026) - [HB1840: Establishes an alert system to assist in the location of missing persons with d…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB1840-2026) - [Missouri bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/missouri/bills) - 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