---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes \"Simon's Law,\" which changes the laws regarding life-sustaining or nonbeneficial treatment policies of health care facilities."
description: "Establishes \"Simon's Law,\" which changes the laws regarding life-sustaining or nonbeneficial treatment policies of health care facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 138"
citation: "Missouri HB 138 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kidd, Bill"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-12-03T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0fe1372-63d7-4151-a672-27b4abf3ebcc"
source_url: "http://www.house.mo.gov/BillActions.aspx?bill=HB138&year=2019&code=R"
source_hash: "72b8d018395418ac4979c97be8745acfa12877e82db0807efdfd7ff2f720a7f9"
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 138 (2019) — Establishes "Simon's Law," which changes the laws regarding life-sustaining or nonbeneficial treatment policies of health care facilities.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Reported Do Pass (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Reported Do Pass (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Reported Do Pass (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- House Adopts (H) - SS — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kidd, Bill — primary (person)
- Ann Kelley — cosponsor (person)
- Ben Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Brandon Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Dinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Bondon — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Pogue — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Lynn Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Haffner — cosponsor (person)
- Randy Pietzman — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Sauls — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-03T06:00:00+00:00** Prefiled (H)
- **2019-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Read First Time (H)
- **2019-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time (H) `reading-2`
- **2019-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Health and Mental Health Policy(H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Completed (H)
- **2019-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2019-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 17 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Rules - Legislative Oversight(H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2019-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 8 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2019-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Title of Bill - Agreed To
- **2019-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Perfected (H)
- **2019-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2019-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed (H) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Reported to the Senate and First Read (S) `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Second read and referred: Health and Pensions (S)
- **2019-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Wednesday, April 3, 2019, 10:30am or upon morning recess, SCR 1
- **2019-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Held (S)
- **2019-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2019-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2019-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Offered (S) `introduction`
- **2019-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** SS Adopted (S)
- **2019-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed (S) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Reported to the House with... (H) - SS
- **2019-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred: Fiscal Review(H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2019-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 9 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2019-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** House Adopts (H) - SS AYES: 146 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
- **2019-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 146 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** House Message (H)
- **2019-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by House Speaker(H)
- **2019-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by President Pro Tem (S)
- **2019-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor
- **2019-07-11T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor (G) `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-11T05:00:00+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/b0fe1372-63d7-4151-a672-27b4abf3ebcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).