So many omnibus bills. So little time. Chaos rules the day. Corporate interests win. Missouri tax payers lose.
LISTEN TO PODCAST. NO ONE IS ON THE SENATE FLOOR DURING DEBATE. RULES HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED. IT IS CHAOS IN THE SENATE ON PURPOSE.
Discussed in the podcast…why did the Missouri Senate pass the CROWN ACT? Creating a special “protected class of people based on their hair styles”?
An UBER liberal bill only carried by Democrats across the country…passed in Missouri. What is going on?
Click photo to learn more about: “ensuring protection against discrimination based on race-based hairstyles by extending statutory protection to hair texture and protective styles such as braids, locs, twists, and knots in the workplace and public schools.”
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UPDATE: MAY 9th, 2025 House
Seitz opened in prayer at 10:23
The motion made to approve the Journal for 5-8-25 passed 139-0
Points of Personal Privilege
St Louis City. News in Rome, can you believe that a guy named Bob from the South side of Chicago, who is a SOX fan and not a cubs fan. Spent a lot of formative years in Chicago, now known as Leo the 14th. XIV. Picked Leo is important, St Francis of Acici’s closest confidant and with him to the last moment. We have a modern acici that just passed away, citizen of the world, spent 1 year in St Louis, and then in Peru and Rome and for all those reasons…..the Cardinals elected him Pope.
Representatives Lisa Durnell, lady from Howell. Momma’s birthday.
St Louis County Boyin? Boycott?Former Supreme Court Justice David Suter passed away. Appointee of HW Bush.
Rep from Marion Co. FCCLA job shadowers in the building a couple of weeks ago and now entire chapter from Mark Twain is here to observe us spend their parents hard earned $$ today.
St Louis County, Democrat white haired representative. A few weeks ago 120 Girl Scouts were here to get their democracy badge, they sent her a democracy badge. Online 4th grade students from a classroom in Liberty Missouri—gave a a shout out to their classroom
Reports from Committee.
Fiscal Review SB160 do pass, HB516,290, 778 do pass, HB1041 do pass.
Bills in Conference HB2 Representative Dirk Deaaton Moved for the adoption of the conference bill of HB2 and looking to sending it to the other chamber for their vote as well. Budget bill for DESE and providing a record amount of funding for public education, including fully funding HB727, changes to the foundation formula, Senate added additional $$, $10mil for revolving loan fund for charter schools for funding. BIll $8.7 Billion for k-12 education. $11 mil additional dollars for career centers. Representative Betsy Fogle, the ranking minority party member of the Budget Committtee from Greene County added that with this bill we are fully funding the foundation formula, fully fund childcare subsidy program that was part of the Governor's agenda.
Conference committee substitute. 137-8
3rd read and passage of HB2. Conferences Committee Substitute to Senate Substitute, to Senate Committee Substitute to House Committee Substitute to House Bill 2. 135-9.
HB3 was then introduced by Budget Committee Chair Dirk Deaton by thanking the Speaker of the House for his help on that last motion, stating: as I appear to be suffering from a lack of sleep. $1.45 billion for higher education statewide, Community colleges, 4 year colleges, $5 for University of Missouri Exetension in the Senate as well as additional $$ for a Veterans court. Representative Fogle added that this bill is the funding higher ed and workforce development with a 3% increase in core to higher education.
Rep LaKeySha Bosley inquired of Rep Dirk Deaton, I don’t see where we have stripped the very harmful anti DEI from this bill. When the senate marked up the budget they did not change that portion of the bill, it is not addressed in the conference committee report. Deaton replied that a budget bill is not a statutory bill, it does not have penalty provisions, so it is not punishable. Bosley argued that this places conditions on the funds and is concerned that Lincoln University cannot receive funding based on the language in this bill. Deaton disagrees. Bosley pushed back that it doesn’t say discriminate, but that’s you cannot allocate funds based on race, sexual orientation, etc. Deaton said that no one had contacted his office, including Lincoln University on concerns with this language. Rep Bosley said that the concern is in Lincoln’s statements that they are a predominnantly black university.
Conference Committee accepted 118-18
3rd read and passage. 121-13
HB4 Adoption of the Conference Committee Report $917 million for Department of Revenue. Department of Revenue and MODOT are both in this bill. Road projects throughout the state, 20 different projects from General Revenue fund some of the unfunded infrastructure projects that cannot be funded through the STIP yet. Statewide decision GR in low volume, rural/lettered routes. MODOT has not done overlays on the low volume rural letter routes roads because they cannot get a federal match for these roads. They are reappropriating $100 million in this construction season, and $20 million additional for low volume roads. MODOT also includes airports and ports. New Madrid county has port $$, This bill totals $4.8 billion. Democrat support pushed back on Senate who wanted to strip the $20 out, but took the House position. It was mentioned that Representative Vernetti of Camden County worked harder than anyone else to take care of projects in his district.
140-6 to accept the conference
139-6 3rd read and passed.
HB5. Office of Administration, the nerve center or hub of the State. IT, state employees, MOSIERs, employer contribution by the state to state employee’s retirement, MCHCP- health plan, congrats to former pro-tem as the new director John Weima. State employees are getting significant salary increase based on years of services. 1% for every 2 years of serves, with a cap at 20 years or 10%, this was a governor recommendation. Representative Fogle, again the monitory ranking member from Greene said the House had cut it by 50% but Senate restored.
142-2 Accept the conference report
144-2 3rd read and passed
HB6. Missouri Departments of Conservation and Agriculture. Included new meat and poultry inspection, animal disease specialist, avian flu and others, more expertise in the Department of Agriculture. $100 mill for Ag and Department of Natural Resources. Environmental quality and state parks included . Funding for wastewater projects and water projects. River study in St Louis working with corp of engineers with flooding. Specialized pay plan for state park rangers. $1.36 Billion for DNR. Department of Conservation doesn’t have much input in the budget. $240 million for Department of Conservation. Representative Fogle spoke on the river, wastewater and floodwater in Boone County, and food insecurity issues is in HB6.
138-9 Accept the conference report
137-10 3rd read and passed
HB7 MO Department of Economic Development, and new initiatives this year for Economic Developing, $1 million for police bill of rights, $10 mil for Chipsack, To restore the manufacturing in the US by leveraging. Rep from Pulaski(Hardwick) passed a bill last year help veterans and jobs MO Veterans and Job opportunities and grant programs, and this bill allocates the $$ to fund the program to incentivize employers to employ veterans in the state of Missouri The bill totals $2.2 billion with the Department of Commerce and insurance receiving $90 million and Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, $350 million. Dem spoke of the kin lock demolition, St Louis innovation $30 million to Greene county for expo center in the heart of Springfield. Lakeisha Bosley, tried to get funding in the budget for Juneteenth $$’s but it was reduced by 50% and this year is receiving $500,000, KC specifically is getting $250,000 additional for parade and other activities. Jackson and Cole Counties have also received funds for Juneteenth.
137-6 Accept the conference report
141-4 3rd read and passed
HB8 Conference Committee Report Department of Public Safety, including funding SEMA, Highway Patrol, marine division—water patrol. Support for local public safety new this year St Louis City police. Cybercrimes task force of Southwest Missouri, $1.2 Billion total for the bill but increases to public safety include Blue Scholarship program and $10 million for new blue shield grant program. Public safety $20 Million new for World Cup this year in KC, MO. Police trialing facility in the East $4 million. Pay increase for highway patrol troopers and commercial vehicle enforcement officer, $55 million for National Guard also included in this bill. Fogle added that there is also funding for missing for the new African American Women's task force is included in this bill.
145-2 Accept the conference committee report
144-2. 3rd read and passed
HB9 Conference Committee Report Department of Corrections, included pay plans, stipend, new, but less than what the governor recommended. $1 per hour for restricted housing facilities and $.75 for max security in addition to the other wage increases. $20 million new for employee health care for prisoners as the costs are rapidly increasing. Fogle added this bill also includes a pilot program reentry. This program assists those that are being released from the Department of Corrections as they reenter society as well as funding the recent creation of nurseries in prisons.
143-3 Accept the conference committee report
145–3 3rd read and passed
HB10 Department of Mental Health and Health and Senior Services. DMH federal Medicaid participation, FMAP adjusted because Missouri is doing better, but that’s means Missouri is paying more, as the Federal Government contributed $26 million less. Utilization of DD program, sustainability of that program is in question at the current growth rate, $100 million has been allocated, but increased medication, hospital and costs for state owned facilities are making this program more difficult to fund. $4 billion for Department of Health. New items for substance abuse funds. Substance use, significant increases by the Senate to provide for compulsive gambling needs and initiatives and new sports betting that will generate new funding. Democrat Representative Chanel Mosley that has advocated for prison’s $2.3 billion for Department of health. $6 million additional funds from marijuana sales tax funds for substance abuse programs. Now LaKeySha Bosley BJC children in St Louis, St Charles and other areas and Doula’s care partner, for prenatal and peri pardom and post pardom. Dem from St Louis favorite moments when members of the majority and minority parties come together, including meals on wheels programs including Sharpe and Hausman.
132-18 Accept the Conference committee report
133-16 3rd read and passed.
HB11 Department of Social Services. Very large department very large bill. Large division within of Missouri Health Net, Medicaid, and children’s divisions, foster care, small but mighty, division of youth services. New initiatives, FMAP adjustment, federal government paid less $46 million losses from federal government. $3 million staff increases to help with applications to snap/food stamps backlog. Senate put in IT project in medicaid started under 3 governors ago and ended up in a lawsuit and lost bigley and the lawsuit is significant and is allocated in this bill. $48.7 million for the judgement against the state of Missouri. Budget Chair Deaton said “and that’s all I will say about that”. Other good investments in programs, core item grants $2 million to pregnancy resource centers. Deaton started this program last year and this is the 2nd year and now a core program. as $25 millions to support victims of crime act $17 billion dollars total for the Department of Social Services. Green County Democrat Rep, who is the ranking minority member on the committee spoke next, saying she is will be the most proud of in 10-30 years the work he budget in funding for projects back home. She also gave her thanks to the Chair, Dirk Deaton for allowing the democrats to decide how to spend the $$ for their districts back home, as they know their districts better than anyone. You can hear for yourself the democrats sing the praises of the Committee Chair working with them in this clip.
She also speaks of $37 million in the House Bill 11 for refugee resettlement in this clip. Yes, Democrats know their communities better, but is it the State of Missouri’s job to pay to help the refugees settle in our state?
132-16 Accept the conference committee report
133-14 3rd read and passed
HB12 Conference Committee Report includes many different departments and offices, including Statewide and branches of government, the House, the Judiciary, and the office of the governor. The governor very recently asked for an additional $1 million for personal services. Budget Chair Deaton stated that he is not sure they will use all of this. They are attempting in the governors office for similar to DOGE, envision it working with experts and CEO’s across the state and IT professionals would come in and volunteer their time, but the $$ could be used for travel expenses and other costs incurred. These experts would offer some expertise and input to help with insight in possible efficiencies and lessons from the private sector to make government more efficient and accountable. $8.7 million total has been allocated for the governor including the mansion, including $1 for MODOGE. LT Governor office staff is included in the statewide pay plan for staff pay raises. New items, Deaton spoke of LT governor‘s traditional job promoting tourism and economic development and showcasing Missouri. Presidential Library in Independence Missouri has been allocated $2.5 million. The Truman library is also doing educational classes for students. Also $$ for St Louis City, who has talked and talked and talked to me about the St Louis Symphony. Powell Symphyony Hall $3 million last year and $3 million this year. Ongoing music education after the construction $2 million in continuing music education and programming.
$50 MILLION FOR MO SCHOLARS. Representative Steinmeyer appreciate the appropriation for the Truman Library. He remembers President Truman walking around the square as a child. Truman’s office is glassed off and remains as it was the last time Truman was physically in that office and only 2 people have entered the office since it was sealed off. The museum has recently had a remodel that had a substantial federal contribution to the remodel. Democrat representative Stephanie Hein spoke next on the good things in HB12, but continued with her concerns that this is a big shift in what we have done in our state since we were a state. $50 million to fund private schools. She is concerned with the precedent of funding private schools with public dollars. Continuing that this is a Slippery slope.
Bishop Davidson spoke next, at length, ESA’s were a priority from 2nd meeting to form his committee, the meeting was with his Mom and Dad, mentioning that former Representative Christophonelli carried ESA’s previously and also mentioned Senator Koenig and HB727. Representative Josh Hurlbert spoke next on school choice.
Greene County dem concerns with ESA spend. In 5 years here we have taken significant steps to privatize education. First it was tax credits. Ask 1 a few years ago, and was defended as it wasn’t state funds. Now the first time in history, with the governors ask, to spend public $$ to private education with no oversight and rules don’t apply. Truly thankful that the conference committee did fully fund the foundation formulation with $3 million coming from the House.
Representative Brad Pollitt spoke next on a bill that he has filed for 5 legislative session on Open Enrollment, saying it is the only school choice that keeps public school $$ IN public education.
The Floor Leader Called the Previous Question, stopping Debate on HB12 and that motion passed 95-45
MO Scholars, School Choice, Open Enrollment and ESA’s have been debated within the majority party for a number of years, highly contested and quite polarizing and that was once again pretty obvious with the vote on accepting the Conference Committee Report passing with the slimmest of margins with a vote of
82-54 with 6 voting present Accept the conference Committee for HB12
3rd read and passed. Without studying all of the votes for the day to find those in common who were absent all day, there were 19 representatives that did not vote at all on this bill.
HB13 State Wide Real estate and Leasing offices and buildings thoughtout the state with an annual total of $146 million, making it the smallest budget bill of the year.
Representative Fogle state that she had nothing additional to add.
138-7 for accepting the conference committee
139–7 to pass the bill
HB17 is the re-appropriation of funds that are already appropriated. This moves funds around to allow the end of the $$’s be spent. There are $$’s that are apporpriate each year for a number of reasons the final check is not cut by the end of the fiscal year to pay the bill that corresponds to the approved action and allocation of the spending of funds. This bill includes the reallocation of the aforementioned MODOT funds that have yet to be spent because of hold ups receiving the match in funding to address our rural lettered roads in missouri, as well as a number of other projects that did not get completed in the fiscal year.
The Conference Committee Report was accepted 139-4
After all the budget pills that were brought to the floor on Friday, May 9th were voted on, both the ranking minority member and the Chair of the Budget committee Spoke. Here are the remarks from the Ranking Minority Member Betsy Fogle from Greene County
Representative Dirk Deaton, the Budget Conference Chair, even completely sleep deprived working what it appears to have been all night to get the conference committee reports ready to be presented on the House and Senate floors for the last vote to pass the budget on the deadline, first started his remarks to the ranking minority member by saying, “I like you, but you have some terrible ideas, still managed to be funny, and continued by saying, I don’t know who I will get in more trouble with by saying this.” WEIRD LOVE FEST. #unity
Representative Deaton continued with thanking his staff and everyone else involved in the process. He also went on to thank the Governor and said that the right man got the job.
141-3 3rd read and passed
HB’s with Senate amendments 1:32.
HB1041 by Dane Diehl pertaining to provisions for beer, whine, and alcohol sales and promotions in the Missouri was brought to the House Floor and was passed with a vote of 123-9
Senate Bills for 3rd Reading
SB50 carried by Representatives VanSchoiak “a good package of bills”. The bill should all be related to public safety. The underlying bill started as a bill to create regional jail facilities. But listening to Representative VanSchoiak it is apparent that many bills were stacked together to create what the House voted on on Friday afternoon.
Representative Casteel proposed House Amendment 1 to add 2 additional bills to the bill. The amendment passed with a voice vote and became part of the bill.
The vote for 3rd read and passage of SB50 was 128-7
The democrats pushed back on the emergency clause for HB50, although 1 democrat did speak in favor of the emergency clause as she has been a champion for safety inside jails and she spoke in favor of increased staffing and better pay for the staffing of jails.
Emergency Clause for the portion of the jails of the regional jails failed with a with a vote of 95-37-5.
SB348. Jim Schulte, who immediately moved for the adoption of Amendment 1 which changes the title, deleting the word tourism and including state designations. This is a naming bill.
Representative Brian Seitz Amendment 2 a simple amendment, the only amendment that will be added to this bill today, working with the speaker and the members of the committee, creating an omnibus bill from both sides of the aisle and both chambers, deletes tourism supplemental fund and doesn’t fit the title and that will not be its own bill on Monday, and deletes all tax credits including amateur sports tax credits. Alpha gal awareness month. Waverly apple capital, and Concordia the patriotic mural capital in the state. Representative Holly Jones spoke on I believe in Gianna Day for Gianna Wackerman who has San Falippo Syndrome. Representative Jeff Vernetti spoke on naming the Grand Glaize Bridge after fallen officer Felecia Carson. Other members of the House spoke on the Route 66 anniversary, historic legacy trails that includes the Lewis and Clark Trail, the Katy Tail, the Harry Truman Heritage Trail as well as a number of other trails. Representatives Missouri Ozarks Spirit sign lanauge, that will hopefully become a whiskey trial that would rival that of Kentucky’s trail, all in plans and preparations to promote and tourism in the state of Missouri. John Donaldson of Booneville is also recognized in the bill.
The House has been assured with the inclusion of both democrats and repoublican requests, as well as Senate requests in the bill, that it should pass in the Senate next week. The bill was 3rd read and passed with a vote of 133-0
Bills carrying request messages
Representative Cook makes the motion that the House refuse to recede from its position on SB189 and grant the Senate a conference there on.
Walsh Moore I think further conversation is definitely necessary and things were moving pretty quickly last night, and I believe a sit down with the senators would be a good thing. The approval of the conference passed with a voice vote.
The House stood at east for 30 minutes from approximately 2:30 until 3pm.
House Bills with Senate Amendments
HB18 unlike the bills earlier today, we didn’t have the opportunity to go to conference on HB’s 18, 19, and 20, and there were no substantial changes to HB18, but does include a Veterans Home for $3 million in St Louis. $632 million in total.
Senate Substitute has been adopted 126-1
Truely agreed and finally passed 128-1
HB20 nominal changes to the Senate Substitute. Re-appropriations bill for ARPA bill, the $$ being spent down and a change in the law enforcement grant program, $20,000 grant cap has been removed, and would like to take the House position on this and regret that “we can’t have a discussion on this.”
2025 Legislative Session - Day Sixty Eight - Friday, May 9
125-3 was the vote to adopt the Senate Committee Substitute.
128-3 Truely agreed and finally passed.
Conference Committee SB180 Cook Roberts Byrnes Collins and Ealy
It was announced that the Republican Conference (Caucus) is to meet in House Hearing
Be prepared HB592, 516, 290, 778, SB60 upon
Here is the press conference that was held late in the day on Friday May 9th, after the House of Representatives Adjourned for the day. Speaker Patterson and Budget Chair of the House of Representatives discuss the week in the House as well as details of the budget bills that were passed and sent to the Governor’s desk for his signature for the budget for the State of Missouri for the fiscal year of 2026 that runs July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. Interesting that HB19 that would have funded new building projects was not brought to the House floor, so the bill died, as the deadline for the year is May 10, annually. Budget Chair Alex Riley stated that the House sent the budget bills to the senate on April 3, 2025, but House Bills 18, 19, and 20 were not returned from the Senate until the last minute, giving the House budget committee approximately 6 hours too look over the 3 bills.
Republican Caucus Press Conference 5-9
House Legislative Session May 8, 2025
The House came to order shortly after 10am with prayer and he Pledge of Allergiance.
The Journal was Approved 138-0
House Rules 98 was suspended to allow members to wear hats on the floor. After some fun’s and puns the motion was pq’d and passed with a vote of 92-38.
There were a number of points of personal privilege as well as introductions of special guests in the chamber, as a number of Representatives had family members that were visiting for the day. Representative Brad Banderman thanked the sheriffs for being there.
Representatives Bryant Wolfin announced the reason eh had been absent for 3 days as he and his wife welcomed their 4th child on Friday morning at 9lbs and 4ozs. Welcome baby girl Wolfin!
Reports from committee were read from the fiscal review committee included SB50, Conference Report SB63, HB121, Senate Substitute 2 to HB147, HB225 and House Committee sub to HB348. By reading these bills into the journal, the House is allowed to take them up. Announcements were made for which bills the Representatives should be ready to debate.
The House recessed until 6pm.
The House was called to order shortly after 6pm and the Floor Leader, Alex Riley noted the absence of a quorum at 6:11 and the vote was 67 yea’s and 69 present, establishing a quorum.
The first bill up was a House Bill with Senate Amendments
Cape County’s Barry Hovis brought Senate Substitute 2 to Senate Committee Substitute to House Bill 147 to the floor. This bill deals with pensions, including LAGERS, sunshine protections on investments, police retirement, merges the old and new pensions for St Louis Fire Fighters, teachers retirement in St Louis City, Sheriff’s retirement fix, but that’s has not been heard on the House floor. 5% of their salary, plus a civic court fee, a percentage from the jail per diem to “fix” the sheriff’s retirement that has been litigated and found unconstitutional in the last couple of years. Kansas City police has requested an age limit of 65 years old, raising the age cap. The bill also addresses public school retirements int he city of St Louis and charter schools now have 2 reps on the committee.
Representative Banderman said that the original bill on the sheriff’s retirement was heard in committee, but had not been debated on teh House floor until now, but now that the bill is back from the Senate, it has this amendment on it.
Representative Kathy Steinhoff gave thanks on the floor for all the hard work on this bill. The vote to accept the bill as amended passed 133-4 and was TAFP’d with a vote of 134-4.
HB225 was up next, carried by Representative Myers.
This bill had its title changed in the Senate. This bill allows for sales tax for several locations. Representative Reed of St Louis city spoke on the bill saying that this bill doesn’t do anything about training for officers dealing with DACA recipients and brought up George Floyd and Derrick Cheuvin. Reed continued with Trump’s new immigration politics that officers would need more training. Representative Chad Perkins, the speaker pro-tem made a point of order that this was not germane to the bill. The vote was take to accept the bill and the motion passed 89-32. And the bill was TAFP’d by a vote of 88-26. There was an emergency clause to only the portion of the bill that deals with the kicking in of the death benefits for line of duty officer deaths. There was discussion by Representative Ingle that the emergency clause would actually nullify the previously passed emergency clause on the same language as there was a conflict in the language, as the appeal for the request of the death benefit is 1 year in 1 bill and 2 years in the other bill. The emergency clause was defeated with a vote of 88-4.
SS SC HCS HB121 Representative Murphy’s Safe Haven incubator bill. The was a substantial amount of debate on this bill that started as funding to put a monitored “baby box” on the outside of fire-stations across the state of Missouri, where they are wanted, so that babies could be placed in the box if the parent wanted to surrender their child. The baby boxes have already been legalized, 3 years ago, but this would put some funding behind this, with a $10,000 match per location. There are currently 10 baby boxes and the number is growing. 1 baby girl has been placed in the baby box and was adopted in 4 months. Representatives from the democrat side of the aisle said these may be fine, but we could do more in funding maternity care, maternity leave and removing taxes on groceries. She stated that she must be a horrible mother, based on previous comments, as she put her children in daycare.
Democrat Representatives Reed inquired if Murphy, asking if a black man puts a baby in a box, will this end well? He was trying to play the race card.
Representative Raychel Proudie responded to Reed with much passion. Here is the inquiry of Reed to Murphy and then the passionate comments to Reed from Representatives Rachel Proudie. https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00325/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20200831/-1/12869?mediaStartTime=20250508193135&mediaEndTime=20250508193844&viewMode=3&globalStreamId=4
HB121’s Senate Substitute was adopted with a vote of 133-2
HB121 was TAFP’d with a vote of 136-1
Bills in Conference were next
SB63, now carried by Dirk Deaton came to the floor. As the budget chair is it very unusual that the representative that chairs the very busy budget committee carries another bill, but this bill was carried by the now former Representatives Ben Baker that was appointed by President Trump to a Ag committee. This bill is about Homeschool students participating in extra curricular activities in public schools. This bill had previously been amended to also create more recovery high schools for students that have gotten clean and desire to complete their public schooling. The Senate felt that the recovery school provisions did not fit the bill title and removed it.
Columbia Democrat spoke of her fears that if we relax the rules for homeschoolers to participate in these extra curricular activities, then the rules would need to be relaxed for public school students and we will lose the incentives for good grades.
Representative Brad Banderman spoke that he has no intention of puting burdensome regulation on homeschool students. He knows there is diversity within the homeschool community and has heard from home school parents in his district that do have concerns with this bill.
Please note during the video clips on this bill and even earlier in the evening that a gentleman is to our left and the Speaker’s right on the Dias. This is former representative Doug Richey, who is now a registered lobbyist. Richey who was also very involved in this legislation in years past has an interest in its passage, of course, but it is very unusual for a lobbyists to be on the Dias and they are not allowed in the side gallery. Does this violate House rules?
Representative Marlene Terry spoke about her experience on an elevator in the Capitol yesterday, sharing the ride with a homeschool student and his parents and she wanted to recognize them in the gallery behind her and that she is in favor of this bill.
2025 Legislative Session - Day Sixty Seven - Thursday, May 8 - Evening Session
Kathy Jo Loy and Dirk Deaton exchanged remarks, sharing the history of the bill, who has carried it and how it got to this point.
A number of other representatives spoke in favor of the bill.
The Substitute was adopted with a vote of 94-45
The Bill was TAFP’d 94-44
SB43 came to the floor for 3rd read carried by Wendy Hausman
Immediately there was a titling amendment, removing child protection and inserting vulnerable persons by Representative Hausman.
Amendment 2 aligns with HB737 and includes cleanup lanauge and removes language added by the senate as well as sentencing for juveniles and the baby incubator language.
Representative Hausman has requested no more amendments be added to the bill so it can stay germane to the title of the bill. Amendment 1 to Amendment 2 was brought before the body and she encouraged the body to turn down this amendment.
The bill was PQ’d with a vote of 91-47
Accepting the Senate Substitute 126-14
3rd Read 123-14
SB189 Cook Public Safety.
In the very beginning of the debate on House Amendment 1 Representative Cook is inquired by Democrat Representative Walsh-Moore, Walsh-Moore states that
“this is a monster bill and we haven’t even finished loading it up”.
The rest you HAVE to hear for yourself!
Cook defends the bill and everything that is in it, saying “the kitchen sink will be in here”.
HA1 is Cooks Ambulance District Bill
HA2 Collins Good time served for parole
HA3 Roberts police can deny law officers license if not US citizen or previously revoked
HA4 Hovis sheriff’s retirement fund fix
HA5 Seitz non-disclosure of minor (already on 6 or 7 other pieces of legislation)
HA6 Christ for Kealthy who was absent, Restoring Artistic protection Act, musicians can’t be held liable for what’s in their lyric
HA7 Irwin clean up language adding wireless line to wireless for damage to infrastructure
HA8 Haley clean up language adding “but less than 14”.
HA9 Knight about motor vehicle registration
HA10 Byrnes clean up language. Interesting Byrnes was slow to respond when she was called on, had difficulty making her motion, and had difficulty exposing the bill. It was 9:30pm, but was there something else that contributed to her difficulties?
HA11 Griffith Melanie’s law, interlock devices
HA12 Phelps Air Ambulance Bill
HA13 Schulte epinephrine delivery devices
HA14 Crossley, clean up language, removing a conflicting date?
HA15 Seitz, a technical fix previously mentioned
HA16 Sasseman, emergency suspension of licenses for physical therapists and chiropractors, same as MD’s.
HA17 Williams Bentley’s Law
HA18 Martin MU Ambulance service. MU has had a carve out and has not been included in the federal funds like other ambulance services
HA19 Tyson-Smith creating a care out for Columbia for review boards. Spoken against by fellow Columbia Rep Martin and Rep Cook, the amendment failed
HA20 Taylor applying HIPPA to first responders, including firefighters for privacy protections.
HA21 Reedy, voluntary public school drivers ed program, schools can opt in, not required
HA22 Stinnett law enforcement spouse reciprocity
The House committee sub was adopted at 10:14pm and the motion was made at 10:15pm for the 3rd read of SB189 passed with a vote of 118-21-1
With this vote you can see who voted against the bill. I’m sure some voted against the bill for other reasons, but everyone should have voted against this bill based on changing the bill titled and literally throwing everything but the kitchen sink into the bill. There were only 21 no votes, 1 voted present and 21 that were absent. 118 representatives voted for this monstrosity.
. UPDATE: House Legislative Session MAY 7, 2025
House came to order at 10:29. The republicans were absent in the chamber except for Holly Jones until 10:20am. The democrats were in the chamber at 10am.
Representative John Martin opened the House in prayer.
The House Journal was approved at 10:32am with a vote of 138-1. There are a total of 161 members in The House, so there were still a number of representatives taht were absent at the time of the approval of the journal, which has appeared to act similar to taking attendance this legislative session. The past 2 years it was very common for the Legislative session to start 15-20 minutes late every day. That has changed under Speaker of the House John Patterson.
There were a number of birthday’s, new baby’s, school groups and various other groups that were introduced on the floor, as well as thank you’s to interns as their time has come to a close working in the House. A couple of notables in the introductions were retired NFL players Alfonzo Hodge, who is now involved in the organization Boys to Men, as well as his sister who is the president of the black caucus in the Ohio Legislature. Also, the Casteel family from Butler County was introduced. In a recent tornado outbreak the Father/Son duo of the Casteel family went Facebook live on the KWOC radio station Facebook page and were doing live tornado coverage from the family home, keeping the residents of their community informed and providing information to keep their fellow residents safe.
SB7 carried in the House by Representatives Christ, who made the motion to refuse to recede from the House’s position and granted the Senate a conference. Christ stated that “we loaded it up with amendments” when he was inquired by a democrat from St Louis City. SEE VIDEO HERE:
SB60 carried in the House by Jeff Myers was brought tot he floor, and Myers made the motion that the House refuse to recede from its position and grant the Senate a conference. He went on to state that they had had quite a party the day before and they had “loaded that bad boy up” and the Senate would like some input.
The House agreed to send SB7 to conference committee with the Senate with a voice vote.
Conference Committee Members were named by Speaker of the House as well as Christ, Cook, Hruza, Sharp, and Dahl for SB7. Sent back to the senate the bill totaled over 200 pages.
Conference Committee Members for SB60 are Myers, Lewis, Coleman, Sharp, and Anderson
Next up were House bills within Senate Amendments. SS2 HCS HB594 and 508 carried by Chad Perkins. Representative Perkins moved that the House adopt the Senate Substitute as the senate had added good things, including cutting the state income tax on diapers and feminine products, provisions concerning firefighters and EMS, circuit breakers for people on fixed incomes to not pay property tax, so they won’t risk losing their home for not being able to afford their property tax. Also Broadband equipment and includes HB568 taht would remove a carve out and allow a sales tax to go to the ballot for fire protection districts and ambulance districts.
A democrat inquired of Representative Perkins. The democrats never want to cut taxes, as cutting taxes would likely necessity cutting “programs” and handouts to everyone they can think of.
Representative Jim Murphy, who is the Chair of the Fiscal Review Committee spoke on spending. It was encouraging to hear anyone speak on cutting spending and the high cost of so many things that are funded by the Missouri state government. Representative Murphy is not the most conservative member of the House. This sounds like a great campaign speech! I wish the members of the Super Majority House of Representatives actually voted this way!
2025 Legislative Session - Day Sixty Six - Wednesday, May 7
Representative Chappel also spoke on his work on the budget, claiming that he has made it his work to find the waste in our budget and believes he has found $1.2 billion and removed it from the budget in the last 3 years. Based on the state budget, as also stated by Representatives Murph’s inspiring Floor speech above, the Missouri Budget, under a Republican Governor and with a supermajority Republican has gone from $27 Billion annually to $52 Billion in the last 7 years. He stated that it is a target rich environment and that cut of $1.2 billlion was only 1.72% of the overall budget. He said that what he has removed from the budget would be 29,000 years of is annual salary in the House. He stated that what the House does with the taxes should have a rate of return for Missourians and that with the capital gains tax cuts, we should give the people their $$ back and stop wasting it. That $$ gives stability in our economy.
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2025 Legislative Session - Day Sixty Six - Wednesday, May 7
Again, if the legislature actually legislated this way and voted this way wee could have substantially lower taxes and more freedoms.
Democrat Representative Del Taylor inquired of bill carrier and Speaker Pro Tem Chad Perkins. He asked if any other state had ever removed Capital Gains taxes only, without eliminating the state income tax, and Perkins responded in the affirmative to also eliminating the state income tax. Taylor went on to say that we are the Show Me State and we can learn from others that have made this mistake. Unfortunately all too often we do just sit back and let others states show us the way instead of leading the way in freedom and liberty. Taylor continued with defending programs and spending and cautioning that our funding from the federal government is currently in question. At the end of his remarks I agree that each of these bills could have been heard and passed individually in an omnibus bill. While the democrats are about big government and big spending they do try to push back and block the big government omnibus bills that the majority party is pushing through by arguing constitutionality.
Representative Roger Reedy from Benton County inquired of Representatives Chad Perkins on his bill talking about the circuit breaker, and how with cost of living increases in Social Security it would push seniors over the threshold and they would lose the ability to use the circuit breaker and would then owe property taxes on their homes. He said he has helped poeple fill out paperwork freezing their property taxes and applying the to get $$ back for qualifying for the circuit breaker would state that with the refund they could now buy propane to heat their homes.
2025 Legislative Session - Day Sixty Six - Wednesday, May 7
The debate continued, with much passion on both sides. Representative Emily Weber also spoke against the Capital Gains tax cutes, spoke of people who are having difficulty making ends meet, but she also spoke of spending on the other side of the aisle and stated “we are not”.
As stated above, several other representatives continued to speak, until it appears everyone that had been standing at microphones on the House Floor had spoken and the floor leader Called the Previous Question, which passed 102-41.
HB594 and 508 was then voted on to accept Senate Substitute #2, as the Senate added a number of things to this bill while they had it. The vote was 102-41 to adopted the Senate Substitute. Perkins thanked Senator Curtis Trent for his work and his mentorship, who was on the Dias with the Senator’s Chief of Staff to watch this piece of legislation pass for a Totally Agreed and Finally Passed (TAFP) vote of 102-41.
Next up were BIlls in Conference Committee.
SB28 Representative Donnie Brown from New Madrid County was the bill carrier in the House for the Cotton Trailer bill. There have been multiple version of this bill in both the House and the Senate this legislative session. This version has a number of provisions for license plates, car licensing, etc. The bill was touted on the floor to not have anything controversial in it, although the Senate did strip out 1 of the bills that had been attached to it so where in the process and 1 person on the conference committee refused to sign. It was stated that all of the provisions in the bill had passed through the House with overwhelming support. The Conference Committee Sub was adopted with a vote of 144-5 and the Conference Committee Sub, as amended was Totally Agreed and finally passed with a vote of 145-5
SB97 was brought to the floor next for 3rd read from the informal calendar. When bills are put on the informal calendar, if they are not brought to the floor in 2 weeks, the bill dies, but when on the informal calendar, they can be brought to the floor at any time. This bill is Senator Crawford’s bill on banking. Representative Phil Oehlerking, said much of this bill was part of HB754 that passed on Monday night in the House to go the governor’s desk. Representative Oehlerking moved for the adoption of the title and during the discussion, Representative Owen’s from Greene County offered a titling amendment deleting the word institutions and inserting the word transaction. He said there has been a lawsuit involved and the statutes need to come into compliance with the judges ruling. Interesting….the legislature is allowing the judicial to write the laws?
Amendment 2 was also introduced by Representative Owen, requiring the buyers agent to be required to have a signed buyers agency agreement before the real estate agent could show a prospective buyer a piece of property. This amendment changes the state statute from “or while” to “before” for that agreement to be signed. There was a lawsuit by a buyer against her agent about the details that were in the contract she had not seen nor had it been discussed before a piece of property was shown.
Representative Mazzie Christensen inquired of Owen, what is the penalty if they don’t sign it, and representative Owen replied, it is violating the courts ruling.
House Amendment 3 was brought tot he floor by Representative Murray that would change the way $$ that is already allocated for Habitat for Humanity could be spent, but only $1 million of the $10 million can have the spending rules changed.
SB97 was 3rd read with a vote of 137-13
3rd Read with Senate Amendment Bills
SB218 was next on the floor, carried by Cameron Parker dealing with Court Proceedings.
House Amendment 1 brought to the floor, it too is a titling amendment and more narrowly defines the bill.
This bill includes Mental Health Treatment Courts. The tampering with a judicial proceedings had to be removed from the bill as that provision no longer fit the bill titled and Representative David Tyson Smith, a democrat who is also an attorney agreed that it had to be removed and he was glad as he believed the penalties were too stiff. Tyson Smith continued that there were good provision in the bill concerning increasing the number of circuit judges, raises the age languages that protects children as well as lots of other provisions that were in the other bill that is similar to this. Tyson Smith continued, saying this is to one of those omnibus bills that is overly loaded.
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The bill passed with a. Vote of 144-2
The legislative day ended fairly early for this late in session with announcements.
It was announced there was Ice Cream on the Portico sponsored by the Governors office as well as a number of Senators and Representatives. (Yep our tax dollars at work buying and giving away ice cream to elected officials as well as staff and anyone else that visited the building that was made aware there was ice cream.
Another representative announced that May 8 was going to be Derby Hat Day.
Representative Myers announced that there would be a Crime and Public Safety Hearing at 1pm on 5-8 or upon adjournment.
Representative Shields said that the Rules committee would not start until 1:30 to allow the members to get ice cream, since it was her birthday.
The Floor Leader told the members of the body to be prepared to debate SB43 and SB189 on May 8th, and the House adjourned for the day at 1:10pm
UPDATE: House of Representatives May 6, 2025
10am : The House was called to order and with a vote of 130-0 to approve the journal for May 5, 2025
Representative Titus spoken under point of personal priviledge. 41 years anniversary on May 4, 2025. Representative Titus spoke of their commonality is their belief in God. Representative Titus spoke of their 10 children, 7 spouses, and 17 grandchildren. On Saturday she returned home after running errands with a severe headache, reached out to family members, including a son in Alaska who is an ER doc, who insisted that his Mom be taken to the hospital immediately. She was checked out for stroke and determined that she was not suffering a stroke, but an aneurism, but not life threatening. She was in the ICU over the weekend and has been allowed to return home and the doctors are hopeful for a good outcome
Representatives Seitz recognizing his wife for her birthday, Valerie, who survived a double mastectomy and a partial right lung removal.
Representative John Martin introduced the 3rd graders from a school in his district from Centralia, MO.
There were a number of other family and school group recognitions before getting into the real business of the House.
SB160 which is now HCS SS SB 160
If reading legislation or following the bill process is new to the reader all the abbreviations of the bill, it means that the bill has a House Committee Substitute to Senate Committee Substitute to Senate Bill 160.
Representative Chappel moved that the House Refuse the bill that came back from the Senate and grant a conference there on. The representative urged those members that are chosen for the conference committee and that they stand firm on the changes and get the important pieces of legislation passed.
SB150 Representative Anne Kelley made the motion to refuse to recede from its position and sent this bill to conference committee. This bill is about career tech that was debated yesterday and sent to the Senate.
SB71, now HCS SS SCS SB71. So, this bill has been subbed out several times. House committee substitute, Senate Substitute, Senate Committee Substitute to Senate Bill. This bill was also sent to conference committee. The House refused to recede from its position and agreed to a conference committee on the bill. To interpret this, the House added amendments to the Senate Bill, the Senate didn’t like all the amendments, so they sent it back to the House and the House is refusing to just stip the House amendments off of it, so the Senate and the House appoint a handful of Represenatives and Senators to go behind closed doors and agree upon what to do with the bill. There will be a final vote in the House and the Senate to accept the newest version of the bill, otherwise the bill dies. As of yet this year, no bill has died in conference committee, but there have been times that amendments are stripped off a bill because one of the chambers doesn’t like the amendment.
SB81 and 174, carried by Tim Taylor addressing fireworks. Representative Taylor informed the body that the conference committee had removed 1 amendment that had passed concerning bullying from the Black District. A vote of 139-7 was taken to accept the report from the conference comittee, 140-6 for totally agreed and finally passed and the emergency claus. The emergency claus only applies to the provision for benefits for emergency responders who die in the line of duty. Yes, emergency responders accident death benefits is part of the fireworks bill.
Speaker Patterson announced the members of the conference committees for SB’s 160 and 150.
Senate Bills for 3rd Read Informal.
SB60
House Amendment 1 titling amendment, by Representatives Myers. This strikes children based on legal advice. The bill covers sexual abuse, trafficking of a minor, adjusting the age of a minor to 18 for protection orders, and changing the age of pre-trial witness protection cation services to 18. Children trafficking and child sexual abuse statute of limitations changed from 10 years after an 18th birthday to 20 years. Bills included in this bill going back to 2021 legislative sessions.
HA2 is a couple of bills, HB1706 and HB2024 from the 2024 legislative session but they ran out of time last year. Training of contact professions for those coming in contact with sexual abuse victims. Also penalties increased for prostitution and restitution. $10,000 for each trafficking victims and $5000 for each patron on trafficking.
HA3. Representative Holly Jones anti organ harvesting act. This bill has been on the floor previously. This bill only disallows Missouri insurance from paying for transplants of organs from organ harvesting.
HA4. Hausman for child care facilities. Some of the provisions of the original bill, now an amendment would supposedly make it easier for child care facilities to get their original license.
HB5. Seitz mirrors language in 5-6 other Senate Bills also another piece passed HB114 allows for an additional 10 years for victims to speak about their abuse.
HA6 Schulte Elijah’s law concerning allergies to food borne in child care facilities
HA7 VanSchoiak, employees as assisted living and residential care facilities will no longer be required to pass a physical before going to work in the facility.
HA8. Oehlerking. Clean up language from a bill from 2018 for HB88
HA9. Laubinger senset extension for tax credits for diaper banks.
HA10. Warwick. This is HB1176. When the motion was made on the floor Warwick, the Representatives did not give a summary of what the amendment was about, there was no debate on the amendment and it passed with a voice vote. HB1176 is tax credits for pregnancy help centers, maternity centers and diaper banks.
HA11. Sherry Gallick hazing of college campuses also placed on SB160 yesterday
HA12. Representative Hawkins Allow pharmacy to give HPV vaccine and disallowed another vaccine to be given in pharmacies.
HA13. Cook HB543 take notarization off of 96 hours and giving additional interested parties authority to notarize.
House amendment 1 to House amendment 13 by Representative David Tyson Smith changed from employee to medical professional.
HA14. Matthiesen radioactive waste HB516 passed out of the Houseo and Senate Committee Unanimously.
HA15. Crime victims compensation fund new class e felony was overlooked to makek payouts HB615 passed 148-2
HA16. Amato abuse or neglect statute of limitations raised to 20 years after the incident.
HA17. Black, Mental health courts, which would work similar to drug courts
HA18. Cecile Williams. HB243 & 280 dissolution of marriage while pregnant
HA19. Reed, professional license of Immigrants. This amendment had a point of order and the bill was ruled that it was not germane to the bill. This Amendment was not adopted.
HA20. Schulte HB838 unanimous in comittee. Disclosure of vital records. This is an attempt to keep stolen identities of those who have died because death certificates are still open records.
HA21. Hausman. Extension of CASA funding.
HA22. Amato HB390. Elderly abuse on computers, there is no implied contract if the contract is not signed just by checking a box on a website. There have been lots of testimonies about the referral agencies for nursing homes that are abusing the check boxes on websites.
House amendment 1 to House Amendment 22. Create a dimension care coordinator in Health and Senior Services Department.
Ingle stood and thanked the representative for carrying this amendment to the amendment.
HA2 to HA22 amendment to the amendment by Mark Sharpe for extra training for animal control officers to pay attention I and mandated reporters for abuse of children when there is animal abuse.
The bill was pq’d 93-48-1. PQ=the floor leader has called the previous question. The debate stops on the bill and the previous motion is voted on, if the body votes to call the previous question.
The House committee Substitute was adopted by a voice vote and the bill was adopted with a roll call vote 132-4-3.
The last action for the day was announcements and the House adjourned.
MAY 5th, 2025. HOUSE UPDATE
Fiscal Review Committee
House Hearing Room 4, 2:30pm
This hearing room does not have live streaming or recording capabilities. It also doesn’t have a PA system, so if you aren’t present in the room, you only know what passes and fails out of Fiscal Review. This is not a public hearing, but as the title says, it reviews the effects that each piece of legislation will have on the state budget.
SB160 concerning education institutions passed along party lines with a vote of 5-2
SB218 Court operations passed 7-0
SB60 protection of children and vulnerable persons 7-0
SB81&174 Fireworks 7-0
Conference committee HB595 this bill has no fiscal note
HB419 tuition for military personnel this bill has a large fiscal note with estimated costs of $5.5 million the first year and decreasing to $1.6 million in its final year
HB754 also has a large fiscal note as it deals with trusts, estates, and capital gains on gold and silver. Estimated $668,000 to $87.4 million to unknown. The bill passed 5-2, again down party lines.
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The legislative session began at 4pm with Representative Ben Baker giving a farewell address to the body as he has resigned as State Representative upon the appointment from President Trump as the Director of Rural Development for the USDA. Baker told stories of his friendships, his roommate, and urged the members to not take the political contention personally. He spoke how difficult it was to know last Thursday that he was tendering his resignation and that would be his last official day in the Missouri legislature.
SB63 was the first bill to the House Floor and the motion was made to refuse to recede from its position and request the senate grand a conference there on.
Bills in Conference
HB595&343 conference committee as amended be adopted. The Senate amendment was eliminated that had to do with section 8 housing in Kansas City. The conference committee report was accepted and the bill was Totally Agreed and Finally Passed (TAFP).
SS SCS HB754 with provisions to do with banks and banking was up next. This bill had several amendments added to it in the Senate, including gold and silver as legal tender. Legislation legalizing and allowing gold and silver be accepted, on a voluntary basis in Missouri has been filed for 3 years and finally passed. This amendment was added by Senator Moon in the Senate. Unfortunately this bill also contains a mention of FEDNOW which will allow for instant banking, digital banking, and many believe it is a step towards CBDC’s, Central Bank Digital Currency. It will be interesting to see what happens with this legislation as some would say that this violates the Missouri constitution because it is so broad.
Representative Seitz spoke on the bill having concerns of allowing fraudulent activity to not only be reported to the entity that was created that handles currency transaction reports, but that’s the activity can also be reported to local law enforcement. Another representative also spoke about concerns of privacy and safety and a lack of accountability if you disagree with the report to law enforcement. Oehlerking responded that this exact same language is already on another bill that has been truely agreed and finally passed in the House already.
HB754 was passed with a vote of 118-10.
SB’s for 3rd reading.
HCS SS SB160 was up next. Carried by Darrin Chappel Heard the base bill many times over several years. It has been amendment in the committee to add provisions for community colleges for transfers, antisemitism, the crown act-with bi-partisan support.
HA1 Wendy Hausman, delete a phrase of shall and inserts may. Private schools can say that their bathrooms can be exclusively 1 gender or the other.
A democrat is opposed to the amendment because she doesn’t believe the legislature shouldn’t get involved in private schools and their policies.
Dr Hruza clarifying amendment, changes the antisemitism definition from working to not legally binding.
Representative Chappel wants to commend the Doctor to be willing to make the modifications.
Representative Walsh Moore said she doesn’t understand puting something into law that isn’t legally binding.
The conversation continued about how and why the definition could be present, but not legally binding and the amendment fixes all references to the previous
HA3. Bishop Davidson. 2 different bills put into 1 amendment STEM career and changes the age for adult high school.
HA4 Willard Haley. HB606 passed 115-37 out of the House. Removes 30 pages of outdated statutes on education. Plus seminary fund, authorize Missouri State Univeristy to grant additional doctorate degrees, scholarships, and International Baccalaureate.
HA5 HB183, Brown advisory committee with reps from community colleges and higher institutions and semantic changes, from curriculum to equivalency block.
HB6. Brenda Shields. 2 bills HB265 Access Missouri, raise cap for scholarships. Social workers supervised counseling work of 30 hours.
HB7. Sherry Gallick. Hazing on college campuses. The individual that calls emergency services will not be held liable for any harm if they make the phone call to get help.
HB8. Jeff Knight. Get the lead out of the water in schools, combine all previous references into 1 chapter of the state statutes, instead of found in 2 different chapters.
HB9 Don Mayhew. HB419 active members of the Military and reserves attending university to pay in state tuition rates.
HB10. John Black Missouri liberty and religious rights act. Requires the rights to be posted in the schools.
HB11 Walsh Moore, point of order, previously amended material. She disagrees with Doctor Hruza. She withdrew the amendment. She was called on to speak after Dr Hruza, so her amendment cannot be adopted. She is asking for a more concise definition of antisemitism and remove the mention of Israel.
The floor leader moved the previous question and stopped debate on the bill. The motion for moving the previous question was 100-43.
94-36-14 3rd read and passed SB160.
Emergency claus on bathrooms in private schools. The representative can’t believe he has an emergency claus on the bill, so he offers the emergency claus tongue in cheek. Tongue in cheek means the motion maker does not want the motion to pass. Representative Murphy gave Representative Chappel about the motion and “wasting time”. The emergency claus was PQ’d. If the floor leader had not pq’d the emergency clause. 12-130 was the vote on the Emergency clause, so the Emergency clause failed, as indicated by the bill carrier. The emergency clause was a part of the amendment and could not be removed.
SB150 3rd read informal Ann Kelley. HB331 Career tech, came back from the Senate, completely clean and then higher ed chair added “some really good stuff to it.”
HA1 Bishop Davidson same amendment Stem Career and lowering the age of attendance for adult high schools.
HA2 Brenda Shields social worker bill. Increase work force in social work.
HA3 Smith same amendment about confirming degrees
HA4. Jeff Farnan licensing for funeral homes.
HA5. David Tyson Smith. Honor veterans in Missouri Univeristy Systems by getting Veterans Day as a legal holiday. Ann Kelly asked the body to vote down the amendment as she does not believe the amendment fits the title of the bill. The amendment failed with a voice vote.
HA6. Representative Owen, HB1272. 529 plans outside the state of Missouri do not get a Missouri tax break. Representative Ann Kelly asks the body to vote the amendment down because it doesn’t fit the title of the bill. The amendment failed with a voice vote.
HA7. Kathy Jo Loy like the SCR, the Mission statement of MSSU. THe new mission statement of MSSU does address workforce development.
HA8 David Casteel. Ghosting bill, job applicants cannot ghost of an applicant when applying for unemployment benefits. There was a little pushback from a democrat because there was a split vote on the original bill coming out of committee. The discussion was about the possibility of communication getting lost in a general email inbox, so the return correspondence has to come through the same channel as the application. Representative Weber asked if the bill sponsor likes the amendment and if it were germane. The amendment failed by voice vote
HA9. Tara Peters. Dietitians who do not have a license has failed the test the first time can retain their employment until they can retake the tests and also a compact for dietitians. The amendment failed by a voice vote
HA10. Barry Hovis, requires a bond for proprietary schools in case of closure, the students will pay the students back if the degree cannot be completed. Apprenticeships if approved on the federal level, then the state recognizes the same apprenticeship.
HA11. Mazzie Christensen wanted to strike the international baccelereate. But instead replace the shall with may. The accreditation is done by Switzerland and decides the curriculum. When we mandate something in our schools that we get a say in what we do in our country. Ann Kelley is speaking against the amendment and that the committee spent a lot of time getting the best bill possible. A democrat is speaking against the amendment. The positives of the IB program is that this is the best in their fields and don’t want to lose students to other states. Representative Lisa Durnell is speaking in favor of the amendment. HB1017. I feel like it is attached to a lot of things and forced to vote against an entire bill package because of the IB requirement. The amendment failed by a voice vote.
HA12. Dane Diehl. Health professional student loan program, will now mirror the federal program. Dentists and doctors use this program, and with the new definition additional professionals can apply for the funds if the federal program includes those positions.
6:25pm *** clip getting Moms and Dads back to work HA1 to House Amendment 12 Melissa Schmidt. Childcare licensing amendment. Makes it easier for someone to expand or open an additional location.
HA13. Van Schoiak made a point of order that this is handling $$ in universities, defense, universities training our workforce. The bill carrier appreciates the point of order.
HA14. HB1499 Missouri Film program. Film industry asked to hire more people into the film industry and support industries because of the structure of the program.
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