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Call To Action: A Legislative Update -- 03.30.25
April 8th Voter & Ballot Information Please visit: https://www.vote411.org/
Greene County Voters, please visit in depth guide distributed by Paws to the Polls at : https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/PTTP/_Files/VoterGuideSp2025WebVersion.pd
Citizen Initiative Petitions
Bill #: SS#2 SCS SB 22
LWVMO OPPOSES this bill (in the House)
Short Description: This bill would prohibit courts from re-writing summary statements on legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
Status of the Bill: Scheduled for a Hearing on Tuesday, April 1 at 8:00 AM
in the House Elections Committee.
Link to the summary of the bill: SS#2 SCS SB 22
Call to action: Submit Testimony HERE and tell them you OPPOSE this bill.
LWV Position:The League believes that democratic government depends upon informed and active participation at all levels of government. The League further believes that governmental bodies must protect the citizen’s right to know by giving adequate notice of proposed actions, holding open meetings, and making public records accessible. (LWVUS Impact on Issues 2024-2026, p. 59)
Bill #: HCS HBs 126 & 367
LWVMO SUPPORTS this bill
Short Description: This act reinstates the presidential preference primary.
Status of the Bill: Placed on the House Formal Perfection Calendar for Monday, March 31 at 8:00 AM.
Link to the summary of the bill: HCS HBs 126 & 367
Call to action: Contact your Representative using the Legislative Lookup HERE and tell them you SUPPORT this bill.
LWV Position: Presidential Nominee Selection Process: The league supports open primaries rather than caucuses. (LWVMO Guide to State Action, p. 25)
Reproductive Rights
Bill #: HJR 54
LWVMO OPPOSES this bill
Short Description: This bill prohibits abortion except in cases of medical emergency, fetal anomaly, rape or incest, only if reported to law enforcement before 12 weeks and also prohibits child gender transitions care.
Status of the Bill: Scheduled for Executive Session on Monday, March 31 at 12:00 PM in the House Children and Families Committee.
Link to the summary of the bill: HJR 54
Call to action: Contact the House Children and Families Committee members HERE and tell them you OPPOSE this bill.
LWV Position: The League believes that public policy in a pluralistic society must affirm the constitutional right to privacy of the individual to make reproductive choices. At the 2024 Convention, delegates passed a resolution reaffirming the Leagues commitment to fight for reproductive rights and justice, including bodily autonomy, privacy, reproductive health, and access to contraception and abortion. (LWVUS Impact on Issues 2024-2026, pp. 64-68)
Health Care
Bill #: SB 567
LWVMO SUPPORTS this bill
Short Description: This bill enacts provisions relating to insurance coverage for mental health treatment.
Status of the Bill: Scheduled for a Hearing on Tuesday, April 1 at 12:00 PM
in the Senate Insurance Banking Committee.
Link to the summary of the bill: SB 567
Call to action: Only in person testimony is allowed for Senate hearings. Contact members of the Senate Insurance and Banking Committee HERE and tell them you SUPPORT this bill. Click on the Senator’s picture to be taken to their individual page for their contact information.
LWV Position: Supports an adequately funded mental health care system that provides comprehensive services to the acutely, chronically, and seriously mentally ill of all ages. They support a Behavioral Health system which decreases dependency on costly emergency services, reduces rates of incarceration, supports healthy recovery, and strengthens families. (LWVMO Guide to State Action 2023 - 2025, p. 35)
Firearms
Bill #: SB 142
LWVMO OPPOSES this bill
Short Description: This bill establishes an Anti-Red Flag prohibition against Extreme Risk Protection Orders so that courts could not order guns to be temporarily removed from suicidal persons or those potentially dangerous to others.
Status of the Bill: Scheduled for a Hearing on Monday, March 31 at 3:30 PM
in the Senate Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee.
Link to the summary of the bill: SB 142
Call to action: Only in person testimony is allowed for Senate hearings. Contact members of the Senate Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee HERE and tell them you OPPOSE this bill. Click on the Senator’s picture to be taken to their individual page for their contact information.
Links to further reading: : https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/comment-no-red-flag-laws-dont-violate-due-process-rights/
LWV Position: Protect the health and safety of citizens through limiting the accessibility and regulating the ownership of handguns and semi-automatic weapons. Support regulation of firearms and ammunition for consumer safety. (LWVMO Guide to State Action 2023-2025, p.60)
Social Justice
Bill #: SB 38
LWVMO SUPPORTS this bill
Short Description: This bill creates the Missouri CROWN Act to prohibit certain discriminatory practices in educational institutions.
Status of the Bill: Scheduled for a Hearing on Monday, March 31 at 4:30 PM
in the House Emerging Issues Committee.
Link to the summary of the bill: SB 38
Call to action: Submit Testimony HERE and tell them you SUPPORT this bill.
Links to further reading: MO has yet to pass the CROWN Act to ban hair discrimination; When CROWN Acts stall in states
LWV Position: The League supports federal efforts to prevent and/or remove discrimination in education, employment, and housing and to help communities bring about racial integration of their school systems.
(LWVMO Guide to State Action 2023-2025, p.59)
Bill #: HB 847
LWVMO SUPPORTS this bill
Short Description: This bill allows a person on probation or parole to vote, unless the person was convicted of a felony or misdemeanor connected with
the right of suffrage.
Status of the Bill: Scheduled for a Hearing on Tuesday, April 2,at 4:30 PM
in the House Corrections and Public Institutions Committee.
Link to the summary of the bill: HB 847
Call to action: Submit Testimony HERE and tell them you SUPPORT this bill.
Links to further reading:
Empower Missouri Testimony in Support of HB 617 - Restoring Voting Rights
Missouri Lawmaker Pushes Bill that Would Allow People on Probation and Parole to Vote
LWV Position: The League of Women Voters supports a criminal justice system that is just, effective, equitable, transparent, and that fosters public trust at all stages including policing practices, pre-trial procedures, sentencing, incarceration, and re-entry…A focus on humane treatment and rehabilitation with the goal of promoting the successful re-entry into communities for those who have been incarcerated. (LWVUS Impact on Issues 2024 - 2026, p. 137)
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By LWVMOApril 8th Voter & Ballot Information Please visit: https://www.vote411.org/
Greene County Voters, please visit in depth guide distributed by Paws to the Polls at : https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/PTTP/_Files/VoterGuideSp2025WebVersion.pd
Citizen Initiative Petitions
Bill #: SS#2 SCS SB 22
LWVMO OPPOSES this bill (in the House)
Short Description: This bill would prohibit courts from re-writing summary statements on legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
Status of the Bill: Scheduled for a Hearing on Tuesday, April 1 at 8:00 AM
in the House Elections Committee.
Link to the summary of the bill: SS#2 SCS SB 22
Call to action: Submit Testimony HERE and tell them you OPPOSE this bill.
LWV Position:The League believes that democratic government depends upon informed and active participation at all levels of government. The League further believes that governmental bodies must protect the citizen’s right to know by giving adequate notice of proposed actions, holding open meetings, and making public records accessible. (LWVUS Impact on Issues 2024-2026, p. 59)
Bill #: HCS HBs 126 & 367
LWVMO SUPPORTS this bill
Short Description: This act reinstates the presidential preference primary.
Status of the Bill: Placed on the House Formal Perfection Calendar for Monday, March 31 at 8:00 AM.
Link to the summary of the bill: HCS HBs 126 & 367
Call to action: Contact your Representative using the Legislative Lookup HERE and tell them you SUPPORT this bill.
LWV Position: Presidential Nominee Selection Process: The league supports open primaries rather than caucuses. (LWVMO Guide to State Action, p. 25)
Reproductive Rights
Bill #: HJR 54
LWVMO OPPOSES this bill
Short Description: This bill prohibits abortion except in cases of medical emergency, fetal anomaly, rape or incest, only if reported to law enforcement before 12 weeks and also prohibits child gender transitions care.
Status of the Bill: Scheduled for Executive Session on Monday, March 31 at 12:00 PM in the House Children and Families Committee.
Link to the summary of the bill: HJR 54
Call to action: Contact the House Children and Families Committee members HERE and tell them you OPPOSE this bill.
LWV Position: The League believes that public policy in a pluralistic society must affirm the constitutional right to privacy of the individual to make reproductive choices. At the 2024 Convention, delegates passed a resolution reaffirming the Leagues commitment to fight for reproductive rights and justice, including bodily autonomy, privacy, reproductive health, and access to contraception and abortion. (LWVUS Impact on Issues 2024-2026, pp. 64-68)
Health Care
Bill #: SB 567
LWVMO SUPPORTS this bill
Short Description: This bill enacts provisions relating to insurance coverage for mental health treatment.
Status of the Bill: Scheduled for a Hearing on Tuesday, April 1 at 12:00 PM
in the Senate Insurance Banking Committee.
Link to the summary of the bill: SB 567
Call to action: Only in person testimony is allowed for Senate hearings. Contact members of the Senate Insurance and Banking Committee HERE and tell them you SUPPORT this bill. Click on the Senator’s picture to be taken to their individual page for their contact information.
LWV Position: Supports an adequately funded mental health care system that provides comprehensive services to the acutely, chronically, and seriously mentally ill of all ages. They support a Behavioral Health system which decreases dependency on costly emergency services, reduces rates of incarceration, supports healthy recovery, and strengthens families. (LWVMO Guide to State Action 2023 - 2025, p. 35)
Firearms
Bill #: SB 142
LWVMO OPPOSES this bill
Short Description: This bill establishes an Anti-Red Flag prohibition against Extreme Risk Protection Orders so that courts could not order guns to be temporarily removed from suicidal persons or those potentially dangerous to others.
Status of the Bill: Scheduled for a Hearing on Monday, March 31 at 3:30 PM
in the Senate Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee.
Link to the summary of the bill: SB 142
Call to action: Only in person testimony is allowed for Senate hearings. Contact members of the Senate Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee HERE and tell them you OPPOSE this bill. Click on the Senator’s picture to be taken to their individual page for their contact information.
Links to further reading: : https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/comment-no-red-flag-laws-dont-violate-due-process-rights/
LWV Position: Protect the health and safety of citizens through limiting the accessibility and regulating the ownership of handguns and semi-automatic weapons. Support regulation of firearms and ammunition for consumer safety. (LWVMO Guide to State Action 2023-2025, p.60)
Social Justice
Bill #: SB 38
LWVMO SUPPORTS this bill
Short Description: This bill creates the Missouri CROWN Act to prohibit certain discriminatory practices in educational institutions.
Status of the Bill: Scheduled for a Hearing on Monday, March 31 at 4:30 PM
in the House Emerging Issues Committee.
Link to the summary of the bill: SB 38
Call to action: Submit Testimony HERE and tell them you SUPPORT this bill.
Links to further reading: MO has yet to pass the CROWN Act to ban hair discrimination; When CROWN Acts stall in states
LWV Position: The League supports federal efforts to prevent and/or remove discrimination in education, employment, and housing and to help communities bring about racial integration of their school systems.
(LWVMO Guide to State Action 2023-2025, p.59)
Bill #: HB 847
LWVMO SUPPORTS this bill
Short Description: This bill allows a person on probation or parole to vote, unless the person was convicted of a felony or misdemeanor connected with
the right of suffrage.
Status of the Bill: Scheduled for a Hearing on Tuesday, April 2,at 4:30 PM
in the House Corrections and Public Institutions Committee.
Link to the summary of the bill: HB 847
Call to action: Submit Testimony HERE and tell them you SUPPORT this bill.
Links to further reading:
Empower Missouri Testimony in Support of HB 617 - Restoring Voting Rights
Missouri Lawmaker Pushes Bill that Would Allow People on Probation and Parole to Vote
LWV Position: The League of Women Voters supports a criminal justice system that is just, effective, equitable, transparent, and that fosters public trust at all stages including policing practices, pre-trial procedures, sentencing, incarceration, and re-entry…A focus on humane treatment and rehabilitation with the goal of promoting the successful re-entry into communities for those who have been incarcerated. (LWVUS Impact on Issues 2024 - 2026, p. 137)