---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifies provisions relating to professional licensing reciprocity."
description: "Modifies provisions relating to professional licensing reciprocity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1511"
citation: "Missouri HB 1511 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lynch, Steve"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-12-02T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-04-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61334360-6ddb-435b-8278-9a203f3ef359"
source_url: "http://www.house.mo.gov/BillActions.aspx?bill=HB1511&year=2020&code=R"
source_hash: "11e85494c58e379646090ae676959fa8e9ea4b4e8cd8c9172fddd1fb078ae275"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mo"]
---

# Missouri HB 1511 (2020) — Modifies provisions relating to professional licensing reciprocity.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills201/hlrbillspdf/3396H.02I.pdf)
2. **Amendment 3396H03.05H (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills201/amendpdf/3396H03.05H.pdf)
3. **Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills201/hlrbillspdf/3396H.03C.pdf)
4. **Perfected** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills201/hlrbillspdf/3396H.03P.pdf)
5. **Truly Agreed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills201/hlrbillspdf/3396H.03T.pdf)

## Votes

- HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Third Read and Passed (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Reported Do Pass (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lynch, Steve — primary (person)
- Adam Schnelting — cosponsor (person)
- Bradley Pollitt — cosponsor (person)
- Chrissy Sommer — cosponsor (person)
- Danny Busick — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Griffith — cosponsor (person)
- Dean Dohrman — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Pfautsch — cosponsor (person)
- Hardy Billington — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Porter — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Neely — cosponsor (person)
- John Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Sauls — cosponsor (person)
- Shamed Dogan — cosponsor (person)
- Sheila Solon — cosponsor (person)
- Sonya Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Warren Love — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-12-02T06:00:00+00:00** Prefiled (H)
- **2020-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read First Time (H)
- **2020-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time (H) `reading-2`
- **2020-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Professional Registration and Licensing(H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Completed (H)
- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** HCS Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 12 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Rules - Administrative Oversight(H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 6 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2020-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title of Bill - Agreed To
- **2020-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** HCS Adopted (H)
- **2020-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Perfected with Amendments (H) - HA 1 adopted
- **2020-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2020-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 151 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Reported to the Senate and First Read (S) `reading-1`
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Second read and referred: Veterans and Military Affairs(S)
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Tuesday, February 25, 2020, 12:00pm, SCR 1
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Held (S)
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 29 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Message (S)
- **2020-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by House Speaker(H)
- **2020-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by President Pro Tem (S)
- **2020-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor
- **2020-04-21T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor (G) `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-21T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Secretary of State (G)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61334360-6ddb-435b-8278-9a203f3ef359`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).