HB 608 Missouri House · 2025 Regular Session

Modifies the "Principal and Income Act" to resemble the latest version of the "Uniform Fiduciary Income and Principal Act"

HB 608 updates Missouri's "Principal and Income Act" to align with the Uniform Fiduciary Income and Principal Act, specifically governing "endowed care trusts" used by cemeteries to fund long-term maintenance. It directly affects cemetery operators, requiring them to manage these funds through Missouri-based trusts with strict rules: records must stay in-state, trustees cannot adjust trust rates or convert between trust types, and funds cannot be invested in insurance. The bill mandates that cemetery operators use annual income for maintenance only (not other purposes), keeps principal intact, and prohibits trust termination or jurisdiction changes outside Missouri. These changes ensure cemetery maintenance funds are protected and administered consistently under Missouri law.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Dec 17, 2024 Last action Apr 29, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Perfected · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill was perfected and the Chief Clerk's name was updated from Dana Rademan Miller to Joseph Engler. A minor formatting adjustment was made to the text regarding financial institution requirements, removing a line break that separated the definition of the financial institution from the contact information disclosure requirement.
TECHNICAL

The Chief Clerk's name was updated from Dana Rademan Miller to Joseph Engler in the bill header.

A line break was removed in the text describing the financial institution requirements, merging the sentence about the financial institution with the sentence about contact information disclosure for better readability.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
5
Committee
7
Apr 29, 2025
Committee
Second read and referred: Insurance and Banking(S)
upper
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 139 NOES: 9 PRESENT: 0
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 10 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Voted Do Pass (H)
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Committee
Referred: Rules - Legislative(H)
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 10 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Voted Do Pass (H)
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Committee
Referred: Financial Institutions(H)
lower
Dec 17, 2024
Introduced
Prefiled (H)
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Terry Thompson
Terry Thompson
RRepublican
MO
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