Missouri legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Missouri HB2696: Requires expenditures accruing in the circuit courts to be paid out of the treasury of the state
Status: In committee, May 15, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
SECOND REGULAR SESSION HOUSE BILL NO. 2696 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE GRAGG. 6268H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk To repeal sections 50.640, 50.641, 50.642, and 476.270, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof four new sections relating to circuit court expenditures. Section A. Sections 50.640, 50.641, 50.642, and 476.270, RSMo, are repealed and four new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 50.640, 50.641, 50.642, and 476.270, to read as follows: [50.640. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, all offices, departments, courts, institutions, commissions or other agencies spending moneys of the county shall perform the duties and observe the restrictions set forth in sections 50.540 to 50.630 relating to budget procedure and appropriations. The estimates of the circuit court, including all activities thereof and of the circuit clerk, shall be transmitted to the budget officer by the circuit clerk. The estimates of the circuit clerk shall bear the approval of the circuit court. The budget officer or the county commission shall not change the estimates of the circuit court or of the circuit clerk without the consent of the circuit court or the circuit clerk, respectively, but shall appropriate in the appropriation order the amounts estimated as originally submitted or as changed, with their consent. 2. If the county governing body deems the estimates …
Sponsors
- Jamie Gragg (R, 140) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
- : Read Second Time (H)
- : Read First Time (H)
- : Prefiled (H)
Common questions
- What is HB2696?
- HB2696 is a bill in the Missouri Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Requires expenditures accruing in the circuit courts to be paid out of the treasury of the state.
- What is the status of HB2696?
- In committee as of May 15, 2026. Latest action: Referred: Emerging Issues(H) (May 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB2696?
- Jamie Gragg (R, 140).
- Where is the official record for HB2696?
- On the Missouri Legislature website: https://house.mo.gov/BillContent.aspx?bill=HB2696&year=2026&code=R
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