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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri House Bill 1786 raises spending threshold for Highway Patrol equipment purchases requiring specific legislative approval
Last action · May 6, 2026: Delivered to Secretary of State (G)Sponsors: John Voss and 1 other
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What This Bill Does
Missouri House Bill 1786 modifies the Highway Patrol's rules by raising the individual unit purchase threshold requiring specific legislative from one hundred thousand dollars to five hundred thousand dollars.
The measure changes internal spending flexibility for state law enforcement equipment by altering the monetary limit that triggers direct legislative authorization for high-value fleet and aircraft purchases.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Highway Patrol
The agency's procurement process changes by raising the individual unit cost threshold that requires specific legislative approval from one hundred thousand to five hundred thousand dollars.
General Assembly
The legislature's direct oversight threshold for individual equipment purchases by the Highway Patrol is modified.
Key Facts
- The Highway Patrol's Motor Vehicle, Aircraft, and Watercraft Revolving Fund is administered by the superintendent of the highway patrol.
- The fund receives revenue from vehicle and watercraft purchases, maintenance, reimbursements, restitution, and aircraft flight operations.
- The state treasurer serves as custodian of the fund and approves disbursements upon request of the superintendent subject to appropriation.
- The purchase threshold requiring a specific appropriation from the general assembly for an individual unit is increased from one hundred thousand dollars to five hundred thousand dollars.
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- Unexpended balances in the fund at the end of the fiscal year are exempt from transfer to the general revenue fund under section 33.080.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
32 actions- May 6, 2026HouseDelivered to Secretary of State (G)
- May 6, 2026Governor of MissouriEnrolledApproved by Governor (G)
- Apr 23, 2026Governor of MissouriDelivered to Governor
- Apr 23, 2026SenateSigned by President Pro Tem (S)
- Apr 23, 2026HouseSigned by House Speaker (H)
- Apr 16, 2026SenateSenate Message (S)
Show 26 earlier actions
- Apr 15, 2026HouseTruly Agreed To and Finally Passed
- Apr 15, 2026SenateTaken Up for Third Reading (S)
- Apr 8, 2026SenateCommitteeReported Do Pass (S)
- Apr 8, 2026SenateCommitteeVoted Do Pass (S)
- Apr 8, 2026SenateExecutive Session Held (S)
- Mar 26, 2026SenatePublic Hearing Scheduled (S)
- Mar 23, 2026SenateCommitteeSecond read and referred: Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety(S)
- Mar 9, 2026SenateReported to the Senate and First Read (S)
- Mar 5, 2026HouseFloorThird Read and Passed (H)
- Mar 5, 2026HouseTaken Up for Third Reading (H)
- Mar 5, 2026HousePlaced on the Informal Third Reading Calendar (H)
- Mar 2, 2026HousePerfected (H)
- Mar 2, 2026HouseTitle of Bill - Agreed To
- Mar 2, 2026HouseTaken Up for Perfection (H)
- Feb 23, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Do Pass (H)
- Feb 23, 2026HouseCommitteeVoted Do Pass (H)
- Feb 23, 2026HouseExecutive Session Completed (H)
- Feb 17, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred: Rules - Administrative(H)
- Feb 17, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Do Pass (H)
- Feb 12, 2026HouseCommitteeVoted Do Pass (H)
- Feb 12, 2026HouseExecutive Session Completed (H)
- Feb 9, 2026HousePublic Hearing Completed (H)
- Feb 2, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred: Corrections and Public Institutions(H)
- Jan 8, 2026HouseFloorRead Second Time (H)
- Jan 7, 2026HouseIntroducedRead First Time (H)
- Dec 1, 2025HouseIntroducedPrefiled (H)
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- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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