HB 1838 Missouri House · 2026 Regular Session

Modifies provisions relating to motor vehicle safety inspections

HB 1838 exempts certain farm vehicles from Missouri's biennial motor vehicle safety inspection requirement. Specifically, it removes the inspection mandate for farm vehicles registered as local commercial motor vehicles used exclusively for farming operations that travel fewer than 100 miles per calendar year. This applies to vehicles already defined as "covered farm vehicles" under state and federal law. The bill modifies existing safety inspection rules to exclude these qualifying farm vehicles from the standard inspection schedule.

Issues: ✗ Labor & Employment

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Dec 1, 2025 Last action Mar 30, 2026

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House Committee Substitute → Perfected · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill text was updated from a 'House Committee Substitute' version to a 'Perfected' version, indicating it has passed all legislative stages and is ready for signature. The Chief Clerk's designation changed from 'H' to 'P' to reflect this status. A critical formatting note was removed that previously warned readers that bold-faced bracketed text should be omitted from the final law, suggesting the bill is now in its final, clean form.

TECHNICAL

The bill header was updated to reflect the 'Perfected' status, replacing the 'House Committee Substitute' label and updating the Chief Clerk's code from H to P.

An explanatory note warning that bold-faced bracketed text is not part of the enacted law was removed, indicating the bill is now finalized.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

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Committee

Mar 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

SCS Voted Do Pass (S)

upper

Feb 26, 2026

Upper · Passed

Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Monday, March 2, 2026, 2:15 p.m., Senate Committee Room 1 - 1st Floor

upper

Feb 26, 2026

Committee

Second read and referred: Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety(S)

upper

Feb 16, 2026

Lower · Passed

Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 104 NOES: 43 PRESENT: 5

lower

Feb 16, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 4 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 0

lower

Feb 16, 2026

Lower · Passed

Voted Do Pass (H)

lower

Feb 11, 2026

Committee

Referred: Fiscal Review(H)

lower

Feb 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

Perfected with Amendments (H) - HA 1, adopted

lower

Feb 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

HCS Adopted (H)

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 9 NOES: 3 PRESENT: 0

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

Voted Do Pass (H)

lower

Jan 29, 2026

Committee

Referred: Rules - Legislative(H)

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Lower · Passed

HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 11 NOES: 5 PRESENT: 1

lower

Jan 22, 2026

Lower · Passed

HCS Voted Do Pass (H)

lower

Jan 8, 2026

Committee

Referred: Government Efficiency(H)

lower

Dec 1, 2025

Introduced

Prefiled (H)

lower

1 primary · 6 co-sponsors