---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows state employees to be paid biweekly"
description: "Allows state employees to be paid biweekly"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 131"
citation: "Missouri HB 131 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffith, Dave"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-12-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15f852e4-37ad-4a6c-bf79-9ed2f6856b30"
source_url: "http://www.house.mo.gov/BillActions.aspx?bill=HB131&year=2023&code=R"
source_hash: "4223ddc752f7b77ce4aa9700e5bd6ddc8602003fda121c0f1a687119a4ca85fb"
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 131 (2023) — Allows state employees to be paid biweekly

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills231/hlrbillspdf/0297H.01I.pdf)
2. **Perfected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills231/hlrbillspdf/0297H.01P.pdf)
3. **Truly Agreed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills231/hlrbillspdf/0297H.01T.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Griffith, Dave — primary (person)
- Steve Butz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-01T06:00:00+00:00** Prefiled (H)
- **2023-01-04T06:00:00+00:00** Read First Time (H)
- **2023-01-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time (H) `reading-2`
- **2023-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: General Laws(H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Completed (H)
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 12 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Rules - Administrative Oversight(H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2023-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 9 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on the Informal Perfection Calendar (H)
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Perfection (H)
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Title of Bill - Agreed To
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Perfected (H)
- **2023-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Third Reading (H) `reading-3`
- **2023-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 153 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Reported to the Senate and First Read (S) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Second read and referred: Fiscal Oversight(S)
- **2023-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Scheduled - Thursday, April 13, 2023, 9:00 a.m., Senate Committee Room 1
- **2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Third Reading (S) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 33 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Message (S)
- **2023-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by House Speaker (H)
- **2023-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by President Pro Tem (S)
- **2023-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor (G) `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+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/15f852e4-37ad-4a6c-bf79-9ed2f6856b30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).