---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifies provisions relating to retirement"
description: "Modifies provisions relating to retirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "Missouri SB 20 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernskoetter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
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/af792b8f-70c7-4156-96a8-5008f5d4b6b0"
source_url: "http://www.senate.mo.gov/23info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=44522"
source_hash: "40988ecf1e3732a0d523876ee49d0f56539e8aa331a46f1113191853d0e227ec"
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 20 (2023) — Modifies provisions relating to retirement

## 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/SB20.pdf)
2. **0892S02.1SR - CCR Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.senate.mo.gov/23info/BTS_Web/ShowAmendment.aspx?Id=842)
3. **Missing description** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/23info/pdf-bill/perf/SB20.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bernskoetter — 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`
- **2023-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Second Read and Referred S Veterans, Military Affairs and Pensions Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Hearing Cancelled S Veterans, Military Affairs and Pensions Committee
- **2023-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Hearing Conducted S Veterans, Military Affairs and Pensions Committee
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass S Veterans, Military Affairs and Pensions Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Reported from S Veterans, Military Affairs and Pensions Committee
- **2023-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Perfected
- **2023-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Truly Perfected S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** S Third Read and Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** H First Read `reading-1`
- **2023-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** H Second Read `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Referred H Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Hearing Conducted H Pensions
- **2023-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass H Pensions `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass H Pensions `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred H Rules - Legislative Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass H Rules - Legislative Oversight `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass H Rules - Legislative Oversight `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
- **2023-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** HA 1 H offered & adopted (Hovis)--(0892S01.08H)
- **2023-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** HA 2 H offered & adopted (Hovis)--(0892S01.07H)
- **2023-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** HA 3 H offered & adopted (O'Donnell)--(0892S01.18H)
- **2023-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** HA 4 H offered & adopted (Pollitt)--(0892S01.21H)
- **2023-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** HA 5 H offered & adopted (Roberts)--(0892S01.03H)
- **2023-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** HA 6 H offered & adopted (Gregory)--(0892S01.22H)
- **2023-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** HA 7 H offered & adopted (Owen)--(0892S01.15H)
- **2023-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** HA 8 H offered & adopted (Mayhew)--(0892S01.13H)
- **2023-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** HA 9 H offered & adopted (R. Brown)--(0892S01.12H)
- **2023-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** HA 10 H offered & adopted (Steinhoff)--(0892S01.10H)
- **2023-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** H Third Read and Passed, as amended `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** S refuses to concur in HA 1, HA 2, HA 3, HA 4, HA 5, HA 6, HA 7, HA 8, HA 9 & HA 10 and requests H recede or grant conference
- **2023-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** H refuses to recede and grants conference
- **2023-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** House conferees appointed: Hovis, O'Donnell, West, R. Brown, Clemens
- **2023-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Senate conferees appointed: Bernskoetter, Black, Bean, Beck, McCreery
- **2023-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** H distributes CCR/CCS--(0892S.02S)
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** CCR S offered & adopted (Bernskoetter)
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** CCS S Third Read and Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** H adopts CCR
- **2023-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** CCS H Third Read and Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-12T05:00:00+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/af792b8f-70c7-4156-96a8-5008f5d4b6b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).