HB 75 Missouri House · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes the "Missouri Religious Freedom Protection Act"

HB 75, the "Missouri Religious Freedom Protection Act," prevents Missouri public officials from issuing orders that restrict religious services or meetings at places of worship or for religious groups. It directly affects religious organizations and places of worship by requiring public officials to allow such gatherings, unless the group is planning violence (as excluded in subsection 5). The bill explicitly states that places of worship must still comply with standard building and fire safety codes (subsection 6). This legislation focuses on ensuring religious assembly rights while maintaining public safety and regulatory compliance.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Dec 2, 2024 Last action May 5, 2025
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What changed between versions

House Committee Substitute Perfected · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill was perfected by removing a deletion marker and restoring a substantive provision that clarifies places of worship must still comply with building and fire codes, even though they are exempt from certain violence-related provisions.
Scope change
The scope of the bill remains unchanged; the provision clarifies that the exemption for religious groups does not extend to building and fire code compliance.
REQUIREMENT

A provision stating that places of worship must comply with applicable building and fire codes was restored after being incorrectly marked for deletion.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
28
Key actions
9
Committee
10
Mar 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass (S)
upper
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Voted Do Pass (S)
upper
Feb 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 8:00 a.m., Senate Committee Room 1. 3/3/25 AMENDED (removed SB 418)
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
Second read and referred: General Laws(S)
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 106 NOES: 38 PRESENT: 6
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
HCS Adopted (H)
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 7 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 0
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Voted Do Pass (H)
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Committee
Referred: Rules - Administrative(H)
lower
Jan 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 10 NOES: 4 PRESENT: 0
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
lower
Jan 16, 2025
Committee
Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
lower
Dec 2, 2024
Introduced
Prefiled (H)
lower
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors

Sponsors