Missouri Capitol (Photo by Alisa Nelson)
Day One of the Missouri Legislature’s special session is in the books. The state Senate has filed 26 proposals for the extraordinary session.
Sen. Kurtis Gregory, R-Marshall, has filed a bill that would help to fund as much as 50% of the total cost of stadium projects for the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals. If the teams relocate before the agreement expires, they would have to pay back the state.
Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Lincoln Hough, R-Springfield, has filed legislation to provide $25 million in state emergency housing aid to disaster victims. He has introduced another proposal that would restore a $513 million spending bill to fund a variety of infrastructure projects for local hospitals, airports, National Guard locations, roads, bridges, among other things.
Several proposals go beyond the parameters of Gov. Mike Kehoe’s special session call, such as one about abortion, a variety of tax relief measures, raising the required threshold for constitutional amendments to become law, blocking bans on the use of pesticides on farms, and changing Senate rules to force votes.
Senate committee hearings have been scheduled for Tuesday to take a deeper dive into the proposals.
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