---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifies provisions relating to civil actions, including punitive damages and unlawful merchandising practices"
description: "Modifies provisions relating to civil actions, including punitive damages and unlawful merchandising practices"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 591"
citation: "Missouri SB 591 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["White"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-12-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-01T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b753c141-7b98-4e33-80b7-c2175c9dcd12"
source_url: "http://www.senate.mo.gov/20info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=26837954"
source_hash: "63ec1843f878d5939f78f0f76625e0c80ffded390ccb36dfc4c9fd9e4b574999"
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 SB 591 (2020) — Modifies provisions relating to civil actions, including punitive damages and unlawful merchandising practices

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/20info/pdf-bill/intro/SB591.pdf)
2. **3061S.14F - SS #2 Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.senate.mo.gov/20info/BTS_Web/ShowAmendment.aspx?Id=2699)
3. **Perfected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/20info/pdf-bill/perf/SB591.pdf)
4. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/20info/pdf-bill/comm/SB591.pdf)
5. **Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/20info/pdf-bill/tat/SB591.pdf)

## Sponsors

- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-01T06:00:00+00:00** Prefiled
- **2020-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** S First Read--SB 591-White `reading-1`
- **2020-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Second Read and Referred S Government Reform Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Hearing Conducted S Government Reform Committee
- **2020-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** SCS Voted Do Pass S Government Reform Committee (3061S.04C) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Reported from S Government Reform Committee w/SCS
- **2020-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** SS for SCS S offered (White)--(3061S.06F)
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** SS for SCS S withdrawn
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** SS#2 for SCS S offered & adopted (White)--(3061S.14F)
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Perfected
- **2020-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Truly Perfected S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
- **2020-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Referred S Fiscal Oversight Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass S Fiscal Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Reported from S Fiscal Oversight Committee
- **2020-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** S Third Read and Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** H First Read `reading-1`
- **2020-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** H Second Read `reading-2`
- **2020-04-30T05:00:00+00:00** Referred H Special Committee on Regulatory Oversight and Reform `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Regulatory Oversight and Reform
- **2020-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Regulatory Oversight and Reform `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on Regulatory Oversight and Reform `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Referred H Rules - Administrative Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass H Rules - Administrative Oversight `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass H Rules - Administrative Oversight `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred H Fiscal Review Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass H Fiscal Review `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass H Fiscal Review `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** HA 1 offered & defeated (Mitten)--(3061S14.24H)
- **2020-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** H Third Read and Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-27T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Duly Enrolled Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee
- **2020-05-27T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by Senate President Pro Tem
- **2020-05-27T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by House Speaker
- **2020-05-27T05:00:00+00:00** Constitutional Objection filed in House
- **2020-05-27T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor
- **2020-07-01T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b753c141-7b98-4e33-80b7-c2175c9dcd12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).