---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes school districts and charter schools to offer elective social studies courses on the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament"
description: "Authorizes school districts and charter schools to offer elective social studies courses on the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 34"
citation: "Missouri SB 34 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["May"]
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/2611665e-3bef-4794-8d3c-0a1305efbdef"
source_url: "http://www.senate.mo.gov/23info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=44512"
source_hash: "2775a0cf804ae280343e9b3bee4d30f68a1033e60bf8eaaf7f5fa48723b0a820"
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 34 (2023) — Authorizes school districts and charter schools to offer elective social studies courses on the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament

## 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/SB34.pdf)
2. **0388S02.01S - SA 1 Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.senate.mo.gov/23info/BTS_Web/ShowAmendment.aspx?Id=104)
3. **Missing description** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/23info/pdf-bill/perf/SB34.pdf)

## Sponsors

- May — 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 Education and Workforce Development Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Hearing Conducted S Education and Workforce Development Committee
- **2023-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass S Education and Workforce Development Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Reported from S Education and Workforce Development Committee
- **2023-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** SA 1 S offered & adopted (Arthur)--(0388S02.01S)
- **2023-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Perfected, as amended
- **2023-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Truly Perfected S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
- **2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** S Third Read and Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** H First Read `reading-1`
- **2023-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** H Second Read `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Referred H General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Hearing Conducted H General Laws
- **2023-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass H General Laws `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass H General Laws `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`
- **2023-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass H Rules - Legislative Oversight `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+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/2611665e-3bef-4794-8d3c-0a1305efbdef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).