---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifies provisions relating to the culpable mental state necessary for a homicide offense"
description: "Modifies provisions relating to the culpable mental state necessary for a homicide offense"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 227"
citation: "Missouri SB 227 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coleman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
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/76fa3a57-2276-4470-adf0-a586a496545e"
source_url: "http://www.senate.mo.gov/23info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=44581"
source_hash: "33751138a7ef3e6cee04574b8c8e66924e28284664adb326c4c1cfb34f58b62a"
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 227 (2023) — Modifies provisions relating to the culpable mental state necessary for a homicide offense

## 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/SB227.pdf)
2. **0953S.02F - SS Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.senate.mo.gov/23info/BTS_Web/ShowAmendment.aspx?Id=311)
3. **Missing description** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/23info/pdf-bill/perf/SB227.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Coleman — 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`
- **2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
- **2023-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** SS S offered & adopted (Coleman)--(0953S.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 Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Hearing Conducted H Judiciary
- **2023-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass H Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass H Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred H Rules - Regulatory Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass H Rules - Regulatory Oversight `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass H Rules - Regulatory Oversight `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
- **2023-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** 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/76fa3a57-2276-4470-adf0-a586a496545e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).