---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the several departments and offices of state government"
description: "Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the several departments and offices of state government"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 2020"
citation: "Missouri HB 2020 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dirk Deaton"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-27T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-06-30T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58e699f6-db11-4d51-9ab0-25cc92cd1907"
source_url: "https://house.mo.gov/billactions.aspx?bill=HB2020&year=2026&code=R"
source_hash: "e818fa87f9c637fbfc2badab160c40c027cdb88108d99f89989ef32a22548d75"
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 2020 (2026) — Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the several departments and offices of state government

## 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/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2020H.01I.pdf)
2. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2020H.02C.pdf)
3. **Perfected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2020H.02P.pdf)
4. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2020S.03C.pdf)
5. **Senate Substitute (Senate Floor Substitute)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2020S.04F.pdf)
6. **Truly Agreed and Finally Passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/2020S.04T.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 127 NOES: 24 PRESENT: 0 — **fail** (fail) · lower
- HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 28 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 126 NOES: 23 PRESENT: 1 — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Third Read and Passed (S) - AYES: 32 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dirk Deaton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Read First Time (H) `introduction`
- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time (H) `reading-2`
- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Budget(H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Completed (H)
- **2026-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2026-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 28 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Perfection (H)
- **2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Title of Bill - Agreed To
- **2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Adopted (H)
- **2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Perfected (H)
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Third Reading (H) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 127 NOES: 24 PRESENT: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Reported to the Senate and First Read (S) `reading-1`
- **2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Second read and referred: Appropriations(S)
- **2026-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 8:30 a.m., SCR 2 - 1st Floor
- **2026-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Thursday, April 30, 2026, 8:30 a.m., SCR 2 - 1st Floor
- **2026-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Held (S)
- **2026-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2026-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** SCS Voted Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-05T05:00:00+00:00** SCS Reported Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Third Reading (S) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** SS Offered `introduction`
- **2026-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** SS Adopted (S)
- **2026-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed (S) - AYES: 32 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Message (S)
- **2026-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2026-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** House Adopts (H) - SS SCS
- **2026-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 126 NOES: 23 PRESENT: 1 `passage`
- **2026-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** House Message (H)
- **2026-05-28T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by House Speaker (H)
- **2026-05-28T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by President Pro Tem (S)
- **2026-05-28T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor
- **2026-06-30T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor (G) `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-30T05:00:00+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/58e699f6-db11-4d51-9ab0-25cc92cd1907`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).