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Missouri senators weigh combining SB 44 and SB 52 into omnibus public-safety bill
Summary
Senators discussed combining Senate Bill 44 and Senate Bill 52 into an omnibus public-safety measure and debated whether the state should assume control of the St. Louis police department. Both bills await action in the Missouri Senate Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee after hearings nearly a week earlier.
Missouri senators discussed the possibility of combining Senate Bill 44 and Senate Bill 52 into an omnibus public-safety measure and debated what aspects of policing the legislature should address.
The discussion matters because a combined bill could reshape state policy on law enforcement resources and, as one senator raised, could include provisions affecting municipal control of local police agencies.
Senator Rusty Black of Chillicothe said the two measures "could be combined to become an omnibus public safety measure." He also posed the question of whether…
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