The countdown is on for the Missouri Legislature. State lawmakers have three weeks remaining this second session of the 103rd General Assembly.
So far, they have passed 19 policy bills. Buckle up: they still have plenty of unfinished business.
Which key bills are lingering?
•The main focus is to pass a $50 billion state budget proposal by May 6 to fund state government services, such as public schools, Medicaid, foster care, assistance for the developmentally disabled, and covering childcare services for vulnerable children.
•Property tax cuts
•Childcare tax credits
•Giving the Secretary of State more power on ballot wording
•Requiring porn sites to check each user’s age before granting access
•Extending the time childhood sexual abuse victims can sue their abusers
•Limiting social media and technology use among children
•Creating a Purple Alert System to help locate missing people with developmental disabilities
•Wide-ranging elections bill to alleviate administrative burdens for county clerks
•Restrictions on the use of artificial intelligence
•Banning the making of doctored videos and images to appear as though someone said or did something they did not do
• Changes to address a national penny shortage
•The restructuring of the Missouri State High School Activities Association
•Allowing alternative treatments for military veterans and first responders suffering from PTSD, depression, addiction, and other health issues
•Response to drone use threatening public safety
•Increasing the speed limit to 75 miles per hour on rural interstates and freeways
Which ones are falling behind?
•Bills to address a backlog of crime suspects sitting in jail awaiting a mental health evaluation
•Restrictions on video slot machines in gas stations, bars, restaurants and other businesses
•Effort to break up utility monopolies
•Limits on solar energy
•Prescription Benefit Managers and their roles in prescription drug prices, audits, contract regulations, rebates, and discounts.
Key bills passed so far
•Proposed Constitutional amendment to ask voters to eliminate state income tax and expand sales taxes on certain goods and services
• Allowing pregnant women to finalize their divorce
•Restricting hemp products to marijuana shops and requiring testing and certain labeling
•Wide-ranging anti-sex trafficking package
•Protections against discrimination and antisemitism in public schools and higher education
•Crime package to increase penalties against some juvenile offenders
•Business protections against predatory attorneys claiming ADA violations
The Missouri Legislature must complete its session by 6 p.m. on May 15. No bill is officially dead until the session is over.
Whether both chambers pass bills until then is up to Republican leadership. Some sessions in recent years have lasted until the clock strikes 6 p.m.
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