# Missouri HB2682: Renames the "Missouri Student Religious Liberties Act" the "Missouri Safeguarding Personal Expression at K-12 Schools (SPEAKS) Act" and creates provisions safeguarding students' political and ideological expression at public schools Missouri HB2682, Renames the "Missouri Student Religious Liberties Act" the "Missouri Safeguarding Personal Expression at K-12 Schools (SPEAKS) Act" and creates provisions safeguarding students' political and ideological expression at public schools, is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Darin Chappell (Republican); status failed, last action 2026-04-30 (SCS Voted Do Pass) (as of 2026-11-04). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB2682-2026 - As of: 2026-11-04 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Missouri HB2682 - State: Missouri - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Renames the "Missouri Student Religious Liberties Act" the "Missouri Safeguarding Personal Expression at K-12 Schools (SPEAKS) Act" and creates provisions safeguarding students' political and ideological expression at public schools - Status: failed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-05 - Last action: 2026-04-30, SCS Voted Do Pass - Sponsor: Darin Chappell (Republican) - Cosponsors: 4 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (118 yes, 54 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: Darin Chappell (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Bob Titus (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Brian Seitz (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Burt Whaley (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Lisa Durnell (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-02-26 | House | Third Read and Passed | pass | 99 | 47 | | | 2026-02-26 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 5 | 2 | | | 2026-02-17 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 8 | 2 | | | 2026-01-29 | House | HCS Reported Do Pass | pass | 6 | 3 | | ## Actions (29) - 2026-04-30: SCS Voted Do Pass (Senate) - 2026-04-30: Executive Session Held (Senate) - 2026-04-30: Public Hearing Held (Senate) - 2026-04-28: Public Hearing Scheduled - AMENDED: Thursday, April 30, 2026, 8:45 a.m., Senate Committee Room 2 - 1st Floor (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Second read and referred: Education (Senate) - 2026-03-02: Reported to the Senate and First Read (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Delivered to the Senate - 2026-02-26: Third Read and Passed - AYES: 99 NOES: 47 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2026-02-26: Taken Up for Third Reading (House) - 2026-02-26: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 5 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2026-02-26: Voted Do Pass (House) - 2026-02-26: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2026-02-25: Referred: Fiscal Review (House) - 2026-02-24: Perfected (House) - 2026-02-24: HCS Adopted (House) - 2026-02-24: Title of Bill - Agreed To (House) - 2026-02-24: Taken Up for Perfection (House) - 2026-02-17: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 8 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2026-02-16: Voted Do Pass (House) - 2026-02-16: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2026-02-05: Referred: Rules - Legislative (House) - 2026-01-29: HCS Reported Do Pass - AYES: 6 NOES: 3 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2026-01-28: HCS Voted Do Pass (House) - 2026-01-28: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2026-01-21: Public Hearing Completed (House) - 2026-01-08: Referred: General Laws (House) - 2026-01-08: Read Second Time (House) - 2026-01-07: Read First Time (House) - 2026-01-05: Prefiled (House) ## Bill text - Perfected, 2026-02-24: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6425H.03P.pdf) - Committee Substitute, 2026-01-29: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6425H.03C.pdf) - Introduced, 2026-01-07: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6425H.01I.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) - 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) ## Sources - [Perfected (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6425H.03P.pdf) - [Committee Substitute (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6425H.03C.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6425H.01I.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) - 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