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Senate approves package including abusive‑web content protection, solid waste study allocation and air‑quality measures
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Summary
The Missouri Senate adopted several committee‑substitute bills on the floor: a unanimous adoption of a house committee substitute addressing abusive website/web content litigation protections (broadly protecting registered entities and 'web content'), passage of a solid‑waste management compromise to form an interim study and allocate tipping‑fee revenue toward remediation, and adoption of an air‑quality/farm‑vehicle exemption bill.
The Senate advanced and passed several committee‑substitute measures during the session, moving multiple items off the calendar.
Senator from Stone moved and explained a House Committee substitute covering abusive website or web content access litigation, which the Senate adopted and then read a third time and finally passed. The sponsor explained the substitute broadened the definition of protected entities to include entities registered with the secretary of state and expanded coverage from "websites" to include "web content," using the example of an Etsy storefront. The package was approved by the Senate on a recorded vote (clerk announced the package passed unanimously by the senators present, reported as 29 ayes, 0 noes).
The Senate also adopted Senate Substitute No. 2 for SB 1586 concerning solid waste management. Senator Franklin said the substitute moved from an original dissolution proposal to a compromise creating an interim committee, allocating roughly 10% of tipping fees toward remediation and study of approximately 29 abandoned landfills statewide, and directing stakeholder participation. The clerk recorded that the bill received a constitutional majority and declared it passed (announced tally: 21 ayes, 8 noes).
Senate Substitute for SB 1033, addressing limited emission‑inspection exemptions for certain older farm vehicles and changes affecting permitting for cotton gins, was also taken up and passed. Sponsor discussion noted operational allowances and alignment with previous air‑quality funding measures.
Votes at a glance: the abusive‑web content substitute passed unanimously (29–0 recorded); SB 1586 (solid waste substitute) passed with the constitutional majority recorded at 21–8; other formal calendar bills were read and carried as distributed in recorded counts as announced by the clerk.
Next steps: the bills proceed according to enacted statutory timelines and the usual enrollment and transmittal to the other chamber or the governor's office, as applicable.