Senate reads bill to transfer $25M to Missouri Housing Trust Fund and $25M for MU radioisotope center

The Missouri Senate, during second reading of bills, recorded Senate Bill 1, which would transfer up to $25,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Missouri Housing Trust Fund for emergency affordable‑housing aid and appropriate up to $25,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development for planning, design and construction of a radioisotope science center at the University of Missouri Research Reactor on the Columbia campus.

The bill text, read into the record by the secretary of the Senate, also says it would appropriate money "from funds other than the General Revenue Fund" for purposes provided in the senate substitute for the senate committee substitute for the house committee substitute for House Bill 19 in the 2025 regular legislative session. The secretary read the full title and referred the bill to the Committee on Appropriations for further consideration.

No debate or votes on the merits of the bill were recorded on the floor during the reading; the session moved on after the secretary completed the second reading. Senator from Platt had moved that the chamber go to second reading earlier in the proceedings; that motion met no objection. The Senate later recessed until 11:30 a.m. for committee work.

Why it matters: the measures in Senate Bill 1 would shift General Revenue Fund dollars to a state housing account for emergency aid and would include a large capital planning appropriation for specialized isotope research infrastructure at the University of Missouri’s research reactor. Both items would need committee review and, if approved, final approval by the full Senate and any other required steps before funds could be spent.

What happens next: the Committee on Appropriations will take up the bill; no committee action or amendment was reported on the Senate floor at the time of the reading.