---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifies and creates new provisions relating to agriculture"
description: "Modifies and creates new provisions relating to agriculture"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 138"
citation: "Missouri SB 138 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eslinger"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-12-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-07-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da5f2ada-2911-43b5-be5d-54aefbdf52cb"
source_url: "http://www.senate.mo.gov/23info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=44464"
source_hash: "dde5d54ba6a3f685a9e935fb8c5cb23663d880cf006e34c5baf6a70cb8f52156"
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 138 (2023) — Modifies and creates new provisions relating to agriculture

## 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/23info/pdf-bill/intro/SB138.pdf)
2. **0556S.02F - SS Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.senate.mo.gov/23info/BTS_Web/ShowAmendment.aspx?Id=324)
3. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/23info/pdf-bill/House/HCS-SB/SB0138.pdf)
4. **Missing description** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/23info/pdf-bill/perf/SB138.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Eslinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-01T06:00:00+00:00** Prefiled
- **2023-01-04T06:00:00+00:00** S First Read `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Reported from S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** SS S offered & adopted (Eslinger)--(0556S.02F)
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Perfected
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Truly Perfected S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
- **2023-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** S Third Read and Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** H First Read `reading-1`
- **2023-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** H Second Read `reading-2`
- **2023-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Referred H Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Hearing Conducted H Economic Development
- **2023-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Voted Do Pass H Economic Development `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Reported Do Pass H Economic Development `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Referred H Rules - Regulatory Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Voted Do Pass H Rules - Regulatory Oversight `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Reported Do Pass H Rules - Regulatory Oversight `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
- **2023-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** HA 1 to HCS H offered & adopted (Taylor-48)--(0556H03.17H)
- **2023-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** HA 2 to HCS H offered & adopted (Copeland)--(0556H03.08H)
- **2023-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** HA 3 to HCS H offered & adopted (McGirl)--(0556H03.05H)
- **2023-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** HA 4 to HCS H offered & adopted (Haffner)--(0556H03.11H)
- **2023-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** HA 5 to HCS H offered & adopted (Shields)--(0556H03.12H)
- **2023-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** HA 6 to HCS H offered & adopted (Haden)--(0556H03.02H)
- **2023-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** HA 7 to HCS H offered & adopted (Cupps)--(0556H03.06H)
- **2023-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** HA 8 to HCS H offered & adopted (Diehl)--(0556H03.04H)
- **2023-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** HA 9 to HCS H offered & adopted (Gregory)--(0556H03.03H)
- **2023-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
- **2023-05-04T05:00:00+00:00** Referred H Legislative Review `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** HS for HCS Voted Do Pass H Legislative Review `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** HS for HCS Reported Do Pass H Legislative Review `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred H Fiscal Review Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass H Fiscal Review `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass H Fiscal Review `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** HA 10 to HS for HCS H offered & adopted (Shields)--(0556H04.07H)
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** HA 11 to HS for HCS H offered & adopted (Weber)--(0556H04.05H)
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** HS for HCS, as amended, H adopted
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** H Third Read and Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** S concurs in HS for HCS, as amended
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** S Third Read and Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Duly Enrolled Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee
- **2023-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by Senate President Pro Tem
- **2023-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by House Speaker
- **2023-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor
- **2023-07-06T05:00:00+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/da5f2ada-2911-43b5-be5d-54aefbdf52cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).