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Missouri legislative session enters final week with HJR 73, several House bills listed as priorities
Summary
With the 2025 regular legislative session in its final week, Senate President Pro Tem Cindy O'Loughlin identified House Joint Resolution 73 and a set of House bills as her remaining priorities; the committee that heard HJR 73 recorded a small number of supporters and more than 50 people who traveled to oppose it.
Missouri’s 2025 regular legislative session moved into its final week, and Senate President Pro Tem Cindy O'Loughlin of Shalbinah said the Senate’s remaining priorities include House Joint Resolution 73 and several House bills.
"House Joint Resolution 73, which proposes a constitutional amendment to allow the establishment of provisions relating to reproductive health care, and House bills 5 67, 5 40 6, 7 50 8, and 9 58, which would modify provisions relating to employee compensation, remain her priorities," O'Loughlin said.
The measure HJR 73 was heard in committee that included Senator Patty Lewis of Kansas City. The transcript records five witnesses who testified in support of the resolution and more than 50 people who traveled from across the state to oppose it; the record does not identify all of those speakers by name in the excerpt provided.
There were no formal votes or final actions on these items in the excerpted transcript. The comments in the record describe priorities and committee-level testimony rather than completed measures or floor outcomes.
Dean Morgan, reporting from the state capital, said the session will end at 6 p.m. this coming Friday.
The discussion in the provided transcript focuses on which measures legislators view as priorities as the session nears adjournment and on the level of public mobilization for and against HJR 73. The excerpt does not include committee findings, fiscal notes, amendments, or votes on the listed House bills.
