republic-os/legislation/us/states/mo/2019/sb-83.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifies provisions relating to court proceedings"
description: "Modifies provisions relating to court proceedings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 83"
citation: "Missouri SB 83 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-12-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8900558d-e5e6-4ed4-afcf-209ee5f1d493"
source_url: "http://www.senate.mo.gov/19info/BTS_Web/Actions.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=6"
source_hash: "4dacbd81ec6e1f9d25efa05bd540eeed4101bfea30ca5180f9d1aa34754bcf3c"
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 83 (2019) — Modifies provisions relating to court proceedings

## 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/19info/pdf-bill/intro/SB83.pdf)
2. **0303S03.1SR - CCR SCS Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.senate.mo.gov/19info/BTS_Web/ShowAmendment.aspx?Id=2472)
3. **Perfected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/19info/pdf-bill/perf/SB83.pdf)
4. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/19info/pdf-bill/comm/SB83.pdf)
5. **Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/19info/pdf-bill/tat/SB83.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Cunningham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-01T06:00:00+00:00** Prefiled
- **2019-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** S First Read--SB 83-Cunningham `reading-1`
- **2019-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Children Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Hearing Conducted S Seniors, Families and Children Committee
- **2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** SCS Voted Do Pass S Seniors, Families and Children Committee (0303S.02C) `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to pass bill as consent taken by S Seniors, Families and Children Committee - Consent vote adopted (0303S.02C)
- **2019-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** SCS Reported from S Seniors, Families and Children Committee-Consent
- **2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** SCS S adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** S Third Read and Passed - Consent `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** H First Read `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** H Second Read `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Referred H Children and Families `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Hearing Conducted H Children and Families
- **2019-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass H Children and Families `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass H Children and Families `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** Referred H Rules - Administrative Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass H Rules - Administrative Oversight `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass H Rules - Administrative Oversight `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-30T05:00:00+00:00** Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
- **2019-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** HA 1 H offered & adopted (Ross)--(0303S02.03H)
- **2019-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** HA 2 H offered (Evans)--(0303S02.02H)
- **2019-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** HA 1 to HA 2 H offered & adopted (Rehder)--(0303S02.07H)
- **2019-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** HA 2 to HA 2 H offered & adopted (Mitten)--(0303S02.08H)
- **2019-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Laid over
- **2019-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** HA 2, as amended, H adopted
- **2019-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** HA 3 H offered & withdrawn (Burnett)--(0303S02.10H)
- **2019-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** H Third Read and Passed, as amended `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** S refuses to concur in HA 1 & HA 2, as amended and requests H recede or grant conference
- **2019-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** H refuses to recede and grants conference
- **2019-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** House conferees appointed: Ross, Rehder, Evans, Mackey, Mitten
- **2019-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Senate conferees appointed: Cunningham, Sater, Riddle, Sifton, Schupp
- **2019-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** Senate conferees allowed to exceed the differences on HA 1 to HA 2 relating to grandparent visitation - motion adopted
- **2019-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** H distributes CCR (0303S03.1SR)
- **2019-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred H Fiscal Review Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass H Fiscal Review `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass H Fiscal Review `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** CCR S offered & adopted (Cunningham)--(0303S03.1SR)
- **2019-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** CCS S Third Read and Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** House conferees allowed to exceed the differences on HA 1 to HA 2 relating to grandparent visitation - motion adopted
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** H adopts CCR
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** CCS H Third Read and Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Duly Enrolled Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee
- **2019-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by Senate President Pro Tem
- **2019-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by House Speaker
- **2019-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor
- **2019-07-09T05:00:00+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/8900558d-e5e6-4ed4-afcf-209ee5f1d493`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).