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HB3137 • 2026

Requires school districts and charter schools to offer students who are at least seventeen years and six months of age the opportunity to register to vote

Requires school districts and charter schools to offer students who are at least seventeen years and six months of age the opportunity to register to vote

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Price, Tiffany (026)
Last action
2026-05-15
Official status
05/15/2026 - Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
Effective date
2026-08-28

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires school districts and charter schools to offer students who are at least seventeen years and six months of age the opportunity to register to vote

Requires school districts and charter schools to offer students who are at least seventeen years and six months of age the opportunity to register to vote

What This Bill Does

  • Requires school districts and charter schools to offer students who are at least seventeen years and six months of age the opportunity to register to vote

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-15 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Referred: Emerging Issues(H)

  2. 2026-02-02 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Read Second Time (H)

  3. 2026-01-29 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Introduced and Read First Time (H)

Official Summary Text

Requires school districts and charter schools to offer students who are at least seventeen years and six months of age the opportunity to register to vote

Current Bill Text

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 3137
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE PRICE.
6955H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 167, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to registration of
student voters.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 167, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 167.1002, to read as follows:
167.1002 . 1. At least twice during each school year , the school board of each
2 school district and the governing body of each charter school shall offer to each student
3 who is at least seventeen years and six months of age the opportunity to regi ster to vote
4 in accordance with the pr ovisions of this section.
5 2. A school district or charter school shall allow each student who is at least
6 seventeen years and six months of age to reg ister to vote during school hours on the
7 fourth T uesday in September of each year , or on the next available school day if school is
8 not in session on that day .
9 3. A school district or charter school shall coordinate with the local election
10 authority in whose jurisdiction such district or school is located to organize a second
11 opportunity to allow each student who is at least seventeen years and six months of age
12 to r egister to vote during school hours. Such opportunity shall occur later than the date
13 pr ovided in subsection 2 of this section and shall be conducted by the local election
14 authority .
15 4. The secr etary of state shall pr epar e informational materials r egarding voter
16 r egistration to be distributed at each voter regi stration activity conducted pursuant to
17 the pro visions of this section.
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
18 5. Each school district and charter school shall file a r eport reg arding voter
19 r egistration activities conducted pursuant to the pr ovisions of this section with the
20 department of elementary and secondary education by December thirty-first of each
21 year .
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