republic-os/legislation/us/states/mo/2023/hb-402.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifies provisions relating to health care"
description: "Modifies provisions relating to health care"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 402"
citation: "Missouri HB 402 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Henderson, Mike"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-12-08T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-07-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9d005f2-e8d2-4db5-b4f2-e30dfd098ec1"
source_url: "http://www.house.mo.gov/BillActions.aspx?bill=HB402&year=2023&code=R"
source_hash: "7a121226e8169227d3d91f2dafd43a0c5febb186a3a28378d7423e8d6603aed4"
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 402 (2023) — Modifies provisions relating to health care

## 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/bills231/hlrbillspdf/1407H.01I.pdf)
2. **Amendment 1407S04.02F (Distributed)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills231/amendpdf/1407S04.02F.pdf)
3. **Perfected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills231/hlrbillspdf/1407H.01P.pdf)
4. **Senate Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills231/hlrbillspdf/1407S.04F.pdf)
5. **Truly Agreed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills231/hlrbillspdf/1407S.04T.pdf)

## Votes

- House Adopts (H) - SS, as amended — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Reported Do Pass - Consent (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Third Read and Passed (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Third Read and Passed with Amendments (S) - SA 1 and SS, adopted — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Reported Do Pass - Consent (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Reported Do Pass (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Henderson, Mike — primary (person)
- Donnie Brown — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-08T06:00:00+00:00** Prefiled (H)
- **2023-01-04T06:00:00+00:00** Read First Time (H)
- **2023-01-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time (H) `reading-2`
- **2023-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Emerging Issues(H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Completed (H)
- **2023-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2023-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass - Consent (H) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass - Consent (H) - AYES: 14 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Consent and House Procedure(H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2023-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass - Consent (H) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass - Consent (H) - AYES: 8 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Perfected by Consent - Pursuant to House Rules (H)
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Third Reading (H) `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 155 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Reported to the Senate and First Read (S) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Second read and referred: General Laws(S)
- **2023-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Wednesday, April 5, 2023, 8:00 a.m., Senate Lounge
- **2023-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Held (S)
- **2023-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2023-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Third Reading (S) `reading-3`
- **2023-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on Informal Calendar - SA 1, SA 2, SA 3, adopted and SA 4, pending.
- **2023-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up - SA 4, withdrawn.
- **2023-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** SS Offered `introduction`
- **2023-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** SS Adopted (S) - SA 1, adopted.
- **2023-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Referred: Fiscal Oversight(S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Scheduled - Thursday, April 27, 2023, 9:00 a.m., Senate Committee Room 1
- **2023-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2023-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2023-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed with Amendments (S) - SA 1 and SS, adopted AYES: 32 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Reported to the House with... (H) - SS, as amended
- **2023-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Referred: Fiscal Review(H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2023-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (H) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 6 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-05T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up
- **2023-05-05T05:00:00+00:00** House Adopts (H) - SS, as amended AYES: 121 NOES: 29 PRESENT: 2
- **2023-05-05T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 120 NOES: 31 PRESENT: 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-05T05:00:00+00:00** House Message (H)
- **2023-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by House Speaker (H)
- **2023-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by President Pro Tem (S)
- **2023-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor
- **2023-07-06T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor (G) `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-06T05:00:00+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/c9d005f2-e8d2-4db5-b4f2-e30dfd098ec1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).