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State rep briefs Ste. Genevieve aldermen on bills that could affect cities
Summary
State Representative Bridal Wolfen gave a municipal-focused legislative update covering bills on utility relocation costs, solid waste management, manufactured/modular home zoning, sovereign immunity, election rules, intoxicating cannabinoid regulation and website-access litigation, and highlighted potential local impacts and items to watch next session.
State Representative Bridal Wolfen briefed the Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen on a range of bills that he said municipal officials should watch. He opened by noting that some measures did not reach the governor but drew traction in the legislature, and outlined how several bills could shift costs or authority to local governments.
On utility relocation (Senate Bill 1065), he said the bill would shift relocation costs for telecommunications and similar providers to municipalities, requiring cities to include those expenses in street and road project budgets: "So essentially it's going to create a new direct expense that must be included ... in the municipal street and road project budgets." He summarized solid-waste reform (Senate Bill 1586) and said a perfected version preserved regional districts but reduced the portion of fund revenue allocated to districts from 61% to 51% while directing 10% to the Department of Natural Resources for remediation work.
Wolfen covered zoning changes for manufactured and modular homes (House Bill 3230), which he said would limit municipal regulation of qualifying homes, and summarized Senate Bill 916 on sovereign immunity and contractor liability tied mainly to MoDOT projects. He also outlined election-related changes (House Bill 1871), a new intoxicating cannabinoid framework (House Bill 2641), and proposed measures to deter abusive website-accessibility litigation (Senate Bill 907). He urged officials to monitor these issues and contact him with concerns about specific municipal impacts.
