---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifies provisions relating to environmental control."
description: "Modifies provisions relating to environmental control."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 202"
citation: "Missouri HB 202 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Francis, Rick"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 49
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-12-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-07-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14bd02cd-422d-4857-b9ec-1c69264d6ac7"
source_url: "http://www.house.mo.gov/BillActions.aspx?bill=HB202&year=2023&code=R"
source_hash: "28a1eb8a62f9b6a41b90022967f428d424a5434d28094cd152eac4f5562aa396"
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 202 (2023) — Modifies provisions relating to environmental control.

## 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/0933H.01I.pdf)
2. **Perfected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills231/hlrbillspdf/0933H.01P.pdf)
3. **Senate Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills231/hlrbillspdf/0933S.04F.pdf)
4. **Truly Agreed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills231/hlrbillspdf/0933S.04T.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Francis, Rick — primary (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`
- **2023-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Agriculture Policy(H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Completed (H)
- **2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 19 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Rules - Administrative Oversight(H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2023-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 6 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Perfection (H)
- **2023-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Title of Bill - Agreed To
- **2023-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Perfected (H)
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Third Reading (H) `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 154 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Reported to the Senate and First Read (S) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Second read and referred: Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources(S)
- **2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Tuesday, April 4, 2023, 8:30 a.m., Senate Committee Room 1
- **2023-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Held (S)
- **2023-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2023-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Third Reading (S) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** SS Offered `introduction`
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** SS Adopted (S)
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Referred: Fiscal Oversight(S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Scheduled - Thursday, May 11, 2023, 9:30 a.m., Senate Lounge
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed (S) - AYES: 32 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported to the House with... (H) - SS
- **2023-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred: Fiscal Review(H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2023-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 6 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2023-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** House Adopts (H) - SS AYES: 106 NOES: 47 PRESENT: 3
- **2023-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 105 NOES: 47 PRESENT: 5 `passage`
- **2023-05-22T05:00:00+00:00** House Message (H)
- **2023-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by House Speaker (H)
- **2023-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Constitutional Objection Filed (S)
- **2023-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by President Pro Tem (S)
- **2023-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor
- **2023-07-06T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor (G) `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-06T05:00:00+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/14bd02cd-422d-4857-b9ec-1c69264d6ac7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).