---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes the \"Missouri Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act\" and modifies provisions relating to public funding of certain gender transition procedures"
description: "Establishes the \"Missouri Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act\" and modifies provisions relating to public funding of certain gender transition procedures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 49"
citation: "Missouri SB 49 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-12-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b892afac-0034-40b6-915d-328e4615cda3"
source_url: "http://www.senate.mo.gov/23info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=44407"
source_hash: "7f096591fe77065742ed0986cbefdb43f1c2b2c01cdab8b7824637c2e9137cdb"
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 49 (2023) — Establishes the "Missouri Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act" and modifies provisions relating to public funding of certain gender transition procedures

## 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/SB49.pdf)
2. **0202S.20F - SS #2 Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.senate.mo.gov/23info/BTS_Web/ShowAmendment.aspx?Id=202)
3. **Missing description** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/23info/pdf-bill/comm/SB49.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Moon — primary (person)
- Andrew Koenig — cosponsor (person)
- Ben Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Eigel — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy O'Laughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Curtis Trent — cosponsor (person)
- Denny Hoskins — cosponsor (person)
- Elaine Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Holly Thompson Rehder — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Bean — cosponsor (person)
- Jill Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Karla Eslinger — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Elizabeth Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Nick Schroer — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Brattin — cosponsor (person)
- Rusty Black — cosponsor (person)
- Sandy Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Luetkemeyer — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Fitzwater — cosponsor (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 Emerging Issues Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Hearing Conducted S Emerging Issues Committee
- **2023-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** SCS Voted Do Pass (w/SCSs SB 49, 236, &164) Emerging Issues Committee (0202S.02C) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Reported from S Emerging Issues Committee w/SCS
- **2023-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** SS for SCS S offered (Moon, et al)--(0202S.04F)
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered (Moon)--(0202S04.02S)
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** SA 1 to SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered (Brattin)--(0202S05.01S)
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Taken up for Perfection
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
- **2023-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** SS for SCS S withdrawn
- **2023-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** SS#2 for SCS S offered & adopted (Moon, et al)--(0202S.20F)
- **2023-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Perfected
- **2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Truly Perfected S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
- **2023-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** S Third Read and Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** H First Read `reading-1`
- **2023-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** H Second Read `reading-2`
- **2023-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred H General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Hearing Conducted H General Laws
- **2023-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass H General Laws `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass H General Laws `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Referred H Rules - Legislative Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass H Rules - Legislative Oversight `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass H Rules - Legislative Oversight `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** H 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
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+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/b892afac-0034-40b6-915d-328e4615cda3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).