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Missouri Senate approves measures limiting local landlord-tenant ordinances, 21-9; bills head back to House
Summary
The Missouri Senate passed two House bills that would bar counties and cities from enacting, maintaining or enforcing certain landlord-tenant ordinances; senators debated local control before approving the measures 21-9 and returning them to the Missouri House of Representatives.
The Missouri Senate on Tuesday passed two House bills that would prohibit counties and cities from enacting, maintaining or enforcing certain ordinances related to landlords and tenants, approving the measures 21-9 and sending them back to the Missouri House of Representatives.
Supporters framed the bills as protecting property rights. Senator Nick Schor of Defiance served as the bill handler in the upper chamber; the transcript identifies him as handling the measure but does not include direct floor remarks by him.
Senator Patty Lewis of Kansas City raised concerns about local control, asking whether the measure would “usurp local ordinances.” Lewis added, “And I definitely have some concern. The city where I come from, you know, has adopted local ordinances, and they testified in opposition of this bill.”
After the roll call, the bills were recorded as passing by a 21-9 vote and were returned to the Missouri House of Representatives for further consideration. The transcript does not specify the precise ordinance provisions the bills would preempt or the bills’ full text.
Reporting from the state capital, I’m Dean Morgan.
