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Capital reappropriations and new requests draw scrutiny: penitentiary preservation, isotope center and State Fair projects top questions
Summary
House Budget Committee members probed a wide range of capital reappropriations and new requests in House Bills 17 through 19 on March 12, zeroing in on the proposed MU isotope center, a $52 million phase to preserve the Missouri State Penitentiary and State Fair bonding proposals.
Lawmakers on the House Budget Committee moved through multiple capital and reappropriation items across House Bills 17–19 and the maintenance bill (House Bill 18) on March 12, and focused questions on project status, funding sources and long‑term operating consequences.
Top items and committee questioning - University of Missouri radioisotope science center (HB19): Committee members asked for more specifics after the governor’s recommendation included $50 million for a proposed radioisotope science center linked to MU’s research reactor. Committee members asked whether federal or private partners will match the request and asked the university to provide a complete funding and partnership plan before the committee advances the project.
- Missouri State Penitentiary preservation (HB19): The Office of Administration briefed the committee on a two‑phase preservation plan for the historic Missouri State Penitentiary (MSP) in Jefferson City. The governor recommended roughly $52 million for phase 1 (about half of a larger plan that OA estimated at nearly…
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