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Rules committee advances long slate of House measures and one Senate substitute; most pass with unanimous or near‑unanimous votes
Summary
The Missouri House Rules Committee moved through a large hearing notice, giving "do pass" recommendations to dozens of House committee substitutes and bills (many by 11–0 votes); one bill failed and one Senate substitute was recommitted for review.
The Missouri House Rules Committee completed a lengthy docket, advancing a broad package of House committee substitutes and bills and recommitting one Senate substitute for further review.
Committee action: The committee moved in order through its hearing list and recorded roll‑call votes on dozens of measures. Many bills were advanced without discussion or with brief questions for the sponsor; several were unanimous (11–0). Notable outcomes included:
• House Committee substitute for House Bill 16,71 (division of tourism and supplemental revenue fund): do pass, 11–0. • House Committee substitute for House Bill 16,99 (county health officers): do pass, 11–0. • House Committee substitute for bills on city and county library boards (HB 17,28; HB 21,61; HB 18,30): do pass, 11–0. • House Bill 17,34 (soil erosion control fund): failed, 5–6. • House Committee substitute for House Bill 19,10 (child maintenance after DWI fatality): do pass, 11–0. • House Bill 21,24 (initiative petitions): do pass, 9–2. • House Committee substitute for House Bills 21,39 & 21,75 (foreign‑law applicability): do pass, 9–2. • House Committee substitute for House Bill 22,54 (post‑conviction relief): do pass, 9–2. • House Bill 22,91 (applications for property developments): do pass, 6–5. • House Bill 24,31 (local taxation): do pass, 11–0. • House Bill 25,06 (licensed childcare facilities): do pass, 11–0. • House Bill 2,563 (administrative rules — Secretary of State): do pass, 11–0. • House Bill 2,585 (grants for workforce training): do pass, 11–0. • House committee substitute for House Bill 26,93 (water resources): do pass (vote recorded in the hearing). • House committee substitute for House Bill 31,74 (emergency responses in schools, wearable panic buttons): do pass, 11–0; funding described as "subject to appropriations." • Final items included House committee substitutes tied to Senate property‑taxation substitutes (Senate bills 1066 and 1088): do pass, 9–2.
The committee’s roll calls are recorded in the hearing transcript and show that most bills were advanced by clear majorities; a small number of measures drew split votes or brief discussion about funding sources and mandates.
Why it matters: Advancing a bill from the Rules Committee is a key procedural step on the path to floor consideration. Several bills with state‑wide policy implications — including changes to initiative petition procedures, post‑conviction relief, and property‑taxation committee substitutes — now advance in the legislative process.
Provenance: the motions, discussion and roll‑call results for the items above appear throughout the committee hearing transcript; the committee adjourned after taking votes on a final set of House and Senate committee substitutes (SEG 216–SEG 2079).
