HB 2366 Missouri House · 2026 Regular Session

Modifies provisions relating to employment of unauthorized aliens

HB 2366 prohibits Missouri employers from knowingly hiring individuals without legal work authorization. It requires businesses receiving state contracts over $5,000, tax credits, or state-administered loans to verify employees’ work eligibility through federal programs and submit annual sworn affidavits. The state attorney general would enforce these rules, with businesses able to use federal program participation as a defense against violations. Emergency periods (like natural disasters) temporarily suspend the verification requirement for 15 days.

Issues: ✗ Immigration

Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2026

House Passage

Apr 2026

Signed into Law

Jul 2026

Introduced Dec 11, 2025 Signed Jul 13, 2026

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What changed between versions

House Committee Substitute → Perfected · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was updated from a 'House Committee Substitute' to a 'Perfected' version, indicating it has passed all legislative stages and is ready for final action. The text includes a specific instruction to omit bracketed explanatory notes from the final law. No substantive policy changes were made to the bill's content during this update.

TECHNICAL

The bill's status was updated to reflect it is now 'Perfected,' meaning it has been fully processed by the legislature and is no longer in a draft or substitute form.

Added the designation 'PERFECTED' to the header to indicate the bill's current legislative status.

Changed the Chief Clerk's identifier from 'H' to 'P' to match the new 'Perfected' status.

Removed explanatory text enclosed in brackets that instructs the printer to omit certain matter from the final enacted law.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Jul 13, 2026

Signed into law

Approved by Governor (G)

lower

Apr 29, 2026

Lower · Passed

Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 31 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0

lower

Apr 28, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass (S)

upper

Apr 28, 2026

Upper · Passed

Voted Do Pass (S)

upper

Apr 16, 2026

Committee

Referred: Fiscal Oversight(S)

upper

Apr 16, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass (S)

upper

Apr 15, 2026

Upper · Passed

Voted Do Pass (S)

upper

Apr 8, 2026

Committee

Second read and referred: Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics(S)

upper

Apr 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 139 NOES: 6 PRESENT: 1

lower

Apr 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 8 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0

lower

Apr 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

Voted Do Pass (H)

lower

Apr 1, 2026

Committee

Referred: Fiscal Review(H)

lower

Mar 31, 2026

Lower · Passed

HCS Adopted (H)

lower

Mar 11, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 10 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0

lower

Mar 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

Voted Do Pass (H)

lower

Mar 4, 2026

Committee

Referred: Rules - Legislative(H)

lower

Mar 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Mar 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

HCS Voted Do Pass (H)

lower

Jan 8, 2026

Committee

Referred: Commerce(H)

lower

Dec 11, 2025

Introduced

Prefiled (H)

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor