City-contracted lobbyists and staff told the Lee's Summit Legislative and Intergovernmental Relations Committee on July 14 that several bills passed by the Missouri General Assembly this year could affect the city, including a land conveyance included in House Bill 105 and a $3.5 million public-safety allocation that survived a veto in House Bill 8.

The committee heard the summary from Brian Head, staff member, and from John Hensley and Zach Pollock of First Governmental Strategies. “Over 2,600 bills were filed between the two chambers,” Hensley said, and of those about 67 reached the governor with roughly 51 policy bills among them. Head and the consultants said the governor’s deadline to sign or veto remained the same day as the briefing; most bills would take effect Aug. 28 unless an emergency clause said otherwise.

The briefing highlighted House Bill 105, which the consultants said included language to convey city property referenced in the city’s request (land at 291 and 50 tied to a road project and the former “troop a” headquarters). Hensley said the bill was among the final House policy bills to pass the Senate and that the governor signed the bill on July 2. “We were, of course, fortunate anytime we’re able to get a piece of priority legislation through,” Hensley said.

The consultants also pointed to budget language in House Bill 8. “Anytime you see the speaker, please thank him because he helped us get that total of $3,500,000 for the joint operations center and the interoperable communication of money into the budget,” Pollock said. He and Head told the committee that those funds were included in the public safety budget and survived the governor’s veto.

The presentation named other measures the committee might track: Senate Bill 145, described as a prohibition on municipal licensing, taxation or regulation of business enterprises owned by persons 18 or younger; House Bill 145, changes to sunshine/open-records processing and certain closures for privacy; House Bill 199, a broad political-subdivisions omnibus (signed July 10) with provisions ranging from neighborhood improvement districts to land-bank and contracting changes; House Bill 567, which the consultants said repealed scheduled future adjustments to the state minimum wage and applied the state minimum wage law to public employers; and House Bill 595, a bill affecting landlord tenant-screening rules and restrictions on source-of-income regulations. Several of those bills were still on the governor’s desk at the time of the committee briefing.

Committee members thanked the city’s lobbying team for the session work. Chairperson Carlisle opened the item and the committee approved the meeting agenda and the May 12, 2025 committee action letter earlier in the meeting by roll call prior to the lobbyist briefing.

The consultants told the committee they will provide a fuller end-of-session presentation to the full council at the regular council meeting the following evening once final gubernatorial actions were known.

Ending: The committee did not take additional formal action on any of the individual bills during the July 14 meeting; the presentation was informational and intended to guide future council follow-up and staff monitoring.