---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating incentives for the purpose of encouraging certain individuals to obtain employment-related skills."
description: "Creating incentives for the purpose of encouraging certain individuals to obtain employment-related skills."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 417"
citation: "Missouri HB 417 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Henderson, Mike"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 61
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-12-12T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-07-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/758e7f54-ee4f-4442-978f-7309078f24c9"
source_url: "http://www.house.mo.gov/BillActions.aspx?bill=HB417&year=2023&code=R"
source_hash: "7acdd663b5e35583388da78f1332da024a55b4734349ce49c2232306ccd81ac2"
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 417 (2023) — Creating incentives for the purpose of encouraging certain individuals to obtain employment-related skills.

## 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/1211H.01I.pdf)
2. **Amendment 1211S10.01F (Distributed)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills231/amendpdf/1211S10.01F.pdf)
3. **Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills231/hlrbillspdf/1211H.03C.pdf)
4. **Perfected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills231/hlrbillspdf/1211H.03P.pdf)
5. **Senate Comm Sub** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills231/hlrbillspdf/1211S.05C.pdf)
6. **Senate Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills231/hlrbillspdf/1211S.10F.pdf)
7. **Truly Agreed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills231/hlrbillspdf/1211S.10T.pdf)

## Votes

- Reported Do Pass (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Emergency Clause Adopted (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Third Read and Passed with Amendments (S) - SA 1, SA 2, and SA 3, adopted. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Emergency Clause Adopted (S) - — **pass** (pass) · upper
- HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Reported Do Pass (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Reported Do Pass (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- House Adopts (H) - SS SCS, as amended — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Third Read and Passed (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Henderson, Mike — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-12T06:00:00+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: Special Committee on Small Business(H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Completed (H)
- **2023-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2023-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** HCS Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 8 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Rules - Administrative Oversight(H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Committee: Rules - Legislative Oversight(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`
- **2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 9 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Perfection (H)
- **2023-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Title of Bill - Agreed To
- **2023-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** HCS Adopted (H)
- **2023-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Perfected (H)
- **2023-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Fiscal Review(H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 7 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Third Reading (H) `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 124 NOES: 29 PRESENT: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Reported to the Senate and First Read (S) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Second read and referred: General Laws(S)
- **2023-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Wednesday, April 5, 2023, 8:00 a.m., Senate Lounge
- **2023-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Held (S)
- **2023-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2023-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** SCS Voted Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** SCS Reported Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Referred: Fiscal Oversight(S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Scheduled - Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 9:15 a.m., Senate Committee Room 2
- **2023-04-26T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2023-04-26T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26T05:00:00+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** SS Offered `introduction`
- **2023-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** SS Adopted (S) - SA 1, SA 2, and SA 3, adopted
- **2023-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Referred: Fiscal Oversight(S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Scheduled - AMENDED: Thursday, May 4, 2023, 9:00 a.m., Senate Committee Room 1
- **2023-05-04T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2023-05-04T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-05T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2023-05-05T05:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed with Amendments (S) - SA 1, SA 2, and SA 3, adopted. AYES: 29 NOES: 4 PRESENT: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-05T05:00:00+00:00** Emergency Clause Adopted (S) - AYES: 32 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0
- **2023-05-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported to the House with... (H) - SS SCS, as amended
- **2023-05-05T05:00:00+00:00** Referred: Fiscal Review(H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-05T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2023-05-05T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 6 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2023-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** House Adopts (H) - SS SCS, as amended AYES: 115 NOES: 37 PRESENT: 1
- **2023-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 113 NOES: 41 PRESENT: 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** Emergency Clause Adopted (H) - AYES: 120 NOES: 31 PRESENT: 2
- **2023-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** House Message (H)
- **2023-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by House Speaker (H)
- **2023-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** 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/758e7f54-ee4f-4442-978f-7309078f24c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).