---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifies provisions relating to veterans"
description: "Modifies provisions relating to veterans"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 656"
citation: "Missouri SB 656 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cierpiot"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-12-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c32b881a-a94a-4c90-9711-bcc795ced0f3"
source_url: "http://www.senate.mo.gov/20info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=26838042"
source_hash: "0867fda6f289582b9a31a097d974bd77cab5d3ef38a85d62dd975d23b06238e0"
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 656 (2020) — Modifies provisions relating to veterans

## 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/SB656.pdf)
2. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/20info/pdf-bill/House/HCS-SB/SB0656.pdf)
3. **Perfected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/20info/pdf-bill/perf/SB656.pdf)
4. **Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/20info/pdf-bill/tat/SB656.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Cierpiot — 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 656-Cierpiot `reading-1`
- **2020-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Second Read and Referred S Veterans and Military Affairs Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Hearing Conducted S Veterans and Military Affairs Committee
- **2020-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass S Veterans and Military Affairs Committee `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to pass bill as consent taken by S Veterans and Military Affairs Committee - Consent vote adopted
- **2020-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Reported from S Veterans and Military Affairs Committee - Consent
- **2020-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** S Third Read and Passed - Consent `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** H First Read `reading-1`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** H Second Read `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Referred H Veterans `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Hearing Conducted H Veterans
- **2020-05-04T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Voted Do Pass H Veterans `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Reported Do Pass H Veterans `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-06T05:00:00+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 to HCS H offered & adopted (Haffner)--(3185H04.04H)
- **2020-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** HA 2 to HCS H offered & adopted (Morse-151)--(3185H04.07H)
- **2020-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** HA 3 to HCS H offered & adopted (Sommer)--(3185H04.05H)
- **2020-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** HA 4 to HCS H offered & adopted (Schroer)--(3185H04.08H)
- **2020-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** HCS, as amended, H adopted
- **2020-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** H Third Read and Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** S concurs in HCS, as amended
- **2020-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** S Third Read and Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-05-13T05:00:00+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
- **2020-07-14T05:00:00+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/c32b881a-a94a-4c90-9711-bcc795ced0f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).