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Chair opens the special committee on tourism and requests the clerk call the roll; 10 members present by SEG 028. Names called include Chairman Sites, Vice Chair Allen, Representatives Fountain Henderson, Cook, Darnell, Hardwick, Reed, Self, Vernetti, Weber, Whaley, Wilson, Zimmerman (some members later noted absent).
The Missouri House Special Committee on Tourism held an executive session that passed House Bill 16 51 (11-0), then heard public testimony on two bills: House Bill 17 56 (to designate the first full week in September as "June's Week" / Rare Pediatric Disease Week) and House Bill 18 28 (statutory maintenance/operations authority for the National Veterans Memorial). Lawmakers heard multiple supportive witnesses; no opposition was recorded.
