---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifies the offense of escaping from custody"
description: "Modifies the offense of escaping from custody"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 799"
citation: "Missouri SB 799 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hegeman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c6d74f5-fdc6-473a-a590-c0e0826ead2d"
source_url: "http://www.senate.mo.gov/22info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=71259640"
source_hash: "faf85320198ad5bcd6dfc9f498ddae6170fea1872a9e6faba8e012ff99d889e6"
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 799 (2022) — Modifies the offense of escaping from custody

## 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/22info/pdf-bill/intro/SB799.pdf)
2. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/22info/pdf-bill/House/HCS-SB/SB0799.pdf)
3. **Perfected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/22info/pdf-bill/perf/SB799.pdf)
4. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/22info/pdf-bill/comm/SB799.pdf)
5. **Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/22info/pdf-bill/tat/SB799.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hegeman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-01T06:00:00+00:00** Prefiled
- **2022-01-05T06:00:00+00:00** S First Read `reading-1`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
- **2022-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** SCS Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee (3551S.02C) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee w/SCS
- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** SCS S adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Perfected
- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Truly Perfected S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
- **2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** S Third Read and Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** H First Read `reading-1`
- **2022-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** H Second Read `reading-2`
- **2022-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred H Crime Prevention `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Hearing Conducted H Crime Prevention
- **2022-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Voted Do Pass H Crime Prevention `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Reported Do Pass H Crime Prevention `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Referred H Rules - Administrative Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Voted Do Pass H Rules - Administrative Oversight `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-05T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Reported Do Pass H Rules - Administrative Oversight `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-05T05:00:00+00:00** Referred H Fiscal Review `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass H Fiscal Review `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass H Fiscal Review `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
- **2022-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** HCS H defeated
- **2022-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** H Third Read and Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed `passage`
- **2022-05-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Duly Enrolled Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee
- **2022-05-18T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by Senate President Pro Tem
- **2022-05-18T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by House Speaker
- **2022-05-18T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor
- **2022-06-16T05:00:00+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/3c6d74f5-fdc6-473a-a590-c0e0826ead2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).