House sends 24 passed bills to Missouri Senate; one requests Senate concurrence

Chief Clerk Joseph Engler read messages from the Missouri House during the Senate session informing the Missouri Senate that the House had taken up and passed 24 bills, including House Bill 543, which requests the Senate's concurrence on a measure about detention for evaluation and treatment at a mental-health facility.

The list of measures read into the record covered worker compensation, public safety, elections, education, and administrative matters. Most were reported as passed by the House with no further action recorded in the Senate during the session. Joseph Engler closed the messages with the formal submission line, "respectfully submitted." Senator Blatt had asked the secretary to request that the messages be read.

Notable bills read into the record included: House Committee Substitute for House Bill 497 ("an act relating to workers' compensation," emergency clause adopted); House Bill 1122 ("an act relating to coroners"); House Committee Substitute for House Bill 1037 ("an act relating to kratom products with penalty provisions"); House Committee Substitute for House Bill 176 ("an act relating to civil jurisprudence"); House Bill 707 ("an act relating to financial institutions with penalty provisions"); House Committee Substitute for House Bill 378 ("an act relating to motor vehicle registration with penalty provisions"); House Bill 49 ("an act relating to offenses involving the trafficking of drugs with penalty provisions"); House Bill 147 ("an act relating to retirement"); House Committee Substitute for House Bill 169 ("an act relating to cotton trailers"); House Committee Substitute for House Bills 44 and 426 ("an act relating to private pension taxation"); House Committee Substitute for House Bills 145 and 59 ("an act relating to the sunshine law"); House Committee Substitute for House Bill 105 ("an act to authorize the conveyance of certain state property"); House Bill 42 ("an act relating to catalytic converters with penalty provisions"); House Committee Substitute for House Bill 489 ("an act relating to the confiscation of animals with penalty provisions"); House Bill 520 ("an act relating to mail sent by state departments"); House Committee Substitute for House Bill 794 ("an act relating to elections"); House Bill 770 ("an act relating to fees collected by the Secretary of State"); House Committee Substitute for House Bills 408, 306, and 854 ("an act relating to safe school environments"); and House Bill 138 ("an act relating to motor vehicle registration").

House Bill 543 ("an act relating to detention for evaluation and treatment at a medical at a mental health facility") was read as a measure for which the concurrence of the Senate is respectfully requested, indicating the House has passed the bill and is asking the Senate to act on it. The messages as read did not record any Senate debate or vote on those individual bills during the session.

Votes at a glance: the Senate recorded routine procedural actions during the same session. Senator William Platt moved to dispense with further reading of the Senate journal and approve it as if fully read; that motion was carried by voice vote. Senator Platt also moved that the Senate adjourn until Monday, April 7, at 4 p.m.; that motion carried by voice vote and the chamber was adjourned.

The House messages provide the formal notification that the measures have passed the House and place them on the Senate's calendar for potential referral, committee assignment, concurrence, or further action. No committee referrals, amendments, or Senate votes on the listed House measures were recorded in the session transcript.