---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tasks the Missouri veterans commission with expanding its efforts to prevent veteran suicide"
description: "Tasks the Missouri veterans commission with expanding its efforts to prevent veteran suicide"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1495"
citation: "Missouri HB 1495 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HEALTH CARE", "HEALTH", "PUBLIC", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MENTAL HEALTH", "DEPARTMENT OF", "MILITARY AFFAIRS", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF", "SUICIDE", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dave Griffith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-12-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-07-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a8f7a1a-87db-42fa-982a-1b657f6f6f90"
source_url: "https://house.mo.gov/billactions.aspx?bill=HB1495&year=2024&code=R"
source_hash: "2a31d82c6a07f30f0c2d8304a67eba0c172f470c9671072341707cf7d508295c"
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 HB 1495 (2024) — Tasks the Missouri veterans commission with expanding its efforts to prevent veteran suicide

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills241/hlrbillspdf/3565H.01I.pdf)
2. **Perfected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills241/hlrbillspdf/3565H.01P.pdf)
3. **Truly Agreed and Finally Passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills241/hlrbillspdf/3565H.01T.pdf)

## Votes

- Reported Do Pass - Consent (H) - AYES: 8 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 157 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 30 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Reported Do Pass - Consent (H) - AYES: 8 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dave Griffith — primary (person)
- Adam Schwadron — cosponsor (person)
- Bennie Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Doyle Justus — cosponsor (person)
- Holly Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Gragg — cosponsor (person)
- Kurtis Gregory — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Tricia Byrnes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-01T06:00:00+00:00** Prefiled (H)
- **2024-01-03T06:00:00+00:00** Read First Time (H)
- **2024-01-04T06:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time (H) `reading-2`
- **2024-01-04T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Veterans(H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Completed (H)
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass - Consent (H) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass - Consent (H) - AYES: 8 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Consent and House Procedure(H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2024-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass - Consent (H) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass - Consent (H) - AYES: 8 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Perfected by Consent - Pursuant to House Rules (H)
- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Third Reading (H) `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 157 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Reported to the Senate and First Read (S) `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Second read and referred: Veterans, Military Affairs and Pensions(S)
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Thursday, March 14, 2024, 9:00 a.m., Senate Commitee Room 2
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Held (S)
- **2024-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2024-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on Informal Calendar
- **2024-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Third Reading (S) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** SS Offered `introduction`
- **2024-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** SS Withdrawn (S) - SA 1, SA 2, adopted. `withdrawal`
- **2024-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 30 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `passage`
- **2024-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Message (S)
- **2024-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by House Speaker (H)
- **2024-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by President Pro Tem (S)
- **2024-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor
- **2024-07-12T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor (G) `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-12T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Secretary of State (G)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a8f7a1a-87db-42fa-982a-1b657f6f6f90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).