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Good morning, Missouri. Welcome to the week of May 12th, 2025. It's the last week of Missouri's legislative session and there are no more new bills in committees that are taking testimony. Instead, just about everything is going to be on the floor of the state House and state Senate, and if your bill isn't there already, good luck next year.
That's true for some of the bills on the floor too. Not everything will make it through both chambers of the legislature and to the Governor's desk before the week ends.
Some of the big issues that could be debated this week include: repealing the earned paid sick leave requirements that were just passed by voters through the initiative petition process; repealing abortion rights also just passed by voters through the initiative petition- a theme here- although that will require an additional vote by the People since it was passed as a constitutional amendment rather than as a proposition, the difference being that the legislature doesn't have to collect signatures to put things on the ballot like we do; providing state funds for a new Kansas City Royals Stadium in Clay County; creating [00:01:00] a redevelopment incentive program for St. Louis City focused on downtown; passing a new Second Amendment Preservation Act that would defund police departments that hire folks who previously enforced federal gun laws, which will restrict the pool of potential new officers here in Missouri.
Plenty can happen this week, and while there really aren't any committee meetings open to public input, you can still provide your input to your elected officials by going to house.mo.gov and senate.mo.gov, finding your local legislators, and giving them a call or sending them an email.
Which bills are you following this week? Let us know in the comments. And let me know what I should talk about next week, or if I should just find a new hobby for Mondays.
Elad Gross is a civil rights, constitutional law, and government transparency attorney in Missouri. Connect with Elad at EladGross.org
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