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Education committee advances bill to make Veterans Day a holiday for University of Missouri employees
Summary
Sen. Steven Weber's Senate Bill 89, which would make Veterans Day a holiday for all University of Missouri system employees, was voted out of the Missouri Senate Education Committee on Feb. 11, the report said.
Sen. Steven Weber filed Senate Bill 89 to make Veterans Day a holiday for all University of Missouri system employees, and the Missouri Senate Education Committee voted the bill to pass on Feb. 11, a news report from the state capital said.
Weber, identified in the report as the bill's sponsor, said he was surprised when conversations with university staff revealed they did not have Veterans Day off. "When I was talking to some friends at work at the university, I was I was surprised to find out they didn't have Veterans Day off," Weber said in the recorded remarks.
The transcript records the committee vote to pass SB 89 but did not include a roll-call tally or indicate the next procedural steps in the Senate or whether companion measures exist in the House.
If enacted, the measure would designate Veterans Day as a holiday for employees of the University of Missouri system; the transcript did not specify implementation details such as pay status for the day or changes to collective-bargaining agreements.
