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Missouri Senate sets aside bill after House adds amendment allowing Royals, Chiefs to move to Clay County
Summary
Senate Bill 80, sponsored by Sen. Curtis Gregory, was set aside for further consideration after the Missouri House added an amendment that would allow both the Kansas City Royals and Kansas City Chiefs to relocate to Clay County; the legislative session ends Friday.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Senate Bill 80, sponsored by Senator Curtis Gregory of Marshall, was set aside for further consideration Tuesday after the Missouri House of Representatives added an amendment that would allow both the Kansas City Royals and the Kansas City Chiefs to move to Clay County, reporter Dean Morgan said. The legislative session is scheduled to end Friday.
The bill began as a Clay County Sports Authority proposal. "The initial bill that I had that was a part of that puzzle was the Clay County Sports Authority. That was just a small piece of the puzzle," Senator Barbara Ann Washington of Kansas City said during floor discussion, and she pointed to the area's sports history and the Truman Sports Complex as context for the debate.
The transcript shows two separate, formal actions: an amendment added in the Missouri House and the Missouri Senate setting Senate Bill 80 aside "for further consideration." The transcript does not record vote tallies, the full text of the House amendment, or whether the amendment was adopted by a recorded vote in the House; those details were not specified.
Discussion on the Senate floor, as reflected in the record, focused on the bill's connection to the Clay County Sports Authority and local sports infrastructure. Senator Washington said, "Both of these Kansas City area stadiums sit in and have always sat in my community and my district," linking the proposal to the Truman Sports Complex. The record does not show additional amendments or a final disposition beyond the Senate's decision to set the bill aside pending further consideration.
Next steps were not specified in the transcript. The record notes only that "Senate bill 80 has been set aside for further consideration" and that the session will end Friday. The timeline for further action on the bill, whether in committee or on the Senate floor, was not provided in the available excerpts.
Reporting from the state capital, Dean Morgan.
