---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amends Supreme Court Rule 52.08 relating to class actions"
description: "Amends Supreme Court Rule 52.08 relating to class actions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 47"
citation: "Missouri SB 47 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trent"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-12-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-28T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/077dc985-972e-4751-921e-4ea19a0b3e88"
source_url: "http://www.senate.mo.gov/25info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=150"
source_hash: "54618d587b8f9c26943bf0b0b572cd7168ed840b11ac73f87a5c2e8234d6fade"
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 47 (2025) — Amends Supreme Court Rule 52.08 relating to class actions

## 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/25info/pdf-bill/intro/SB47.pdf)
2. **0064S.04F - SS SCS Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.senate.mo.gov/25info/BTS_Web/ShowAmendment.aspx?Id=75)
3. **Perfected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/25info/pdf-bill/perf/SB47.pdf)
4. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/25info/pdf-bill/comm/SB47.pdf)
5. **Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/25info/pdf-bill/tat/SB47.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Trent — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-01T06:00:00+00:00** Prefiled
- **2025-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** S First Read `reading-1`
- **2025-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee
- **2025-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** SCS Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee (0064S.03C) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Reported from S General Laws Committee w/SCS
- **2025-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
- **2025-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Trent)--(0064S.04F)
- **2025-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Perfected
- **2025-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Truly Perfected S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
- **2025-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** S Third Read and Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** H First Read `reading-1`
- **2025-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** H Second Read `reading-2`
- **2025-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Referred H Emerging Issues `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Hearing Conducted H Emerging Issues
- **2025-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass H Emerging Issues `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass H Emerging Issues `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Referred H Rules - Legislative `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass H Rules - Legislative `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass H Rules - Legislative `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** H Third Read and Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Duly Enrolled Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee
- **2025-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by Senate President Pro Tem
- **2025-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by House Speaker
- **2025-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor
- **2025-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-28T05:00:00+00:00** Letter of approval from the Governor

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/077dc985-972e-4751-921e-4ea19a0b3e88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).