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Legislative Update for April 8, 2022

HOUSE SENDS $46.5 BILLION PROPOSED BUDGET TO SENATE

This week, the House adopted its $46.5 billion version of the Fiscal Year 2023 state operating budget, more than a billion dollars lower than the $47.3 billion executive budget submitted by Governor Parson.  The fifteen appropriation bills have been sent to the Senate for its consideration.  The constitutional deadline for legislative approval of the FY2023 budget bills will be Friday, May 6, 2022.  Senate Appropriations Committee hearings, full Senate approval, conference committee reconciliation, and approval of the final budget by both chambers must be accomplished within the next four weeks. 

The number of bills and joint resolutions approved in their chamber of origin continue to rise.  To date, the House has perfected 103 bills and joint resolutions and third read 98 bills and joint resolutions.  The Senate has returned four of those bills to the House with amendments, and only one has been truly agreed to and finally passed and signed by the governor.  The Senate has approved and sent thirty-five bills and joint resolutions to the House, and House committees have reported two Senate bills and one Senate joint resolutions do pass.  The constitutional deadline for floor consideration of regular legislation will be Friday, May 13, 2022.  On Wednesday, the Senate unanimously approved Senate Bill 886, a Bar-initiated legislative proposal relating to trust interpretation and trust decanting, sending it to the House for consideration.

Current Legislative Status of Bar-Initiated Legislative Proposals (2022 Introduced Legislation)

To review bills of interest and check their legislative progress, visit The Missouri Bar’s Legislative Engagement Center.  The bill feeds or reports are organized by subject or practice area and automatically update as legislative actions occur, so bookmark any page of interest and check back regularly.  If you have questions or comments about specific legislation, please contact Government Relations staff at 573-659-2280 or govrel@mobar.org for more information.   

FLOOR DEBATE

Legislative updates for the remaining weeks of session will also briefly identify bills of interest that may have been brought up for floor debate, but not yet perfected or third read.  In the House, the state budget comprised a good part of floor debate this week.  Among other bills, the Senate debated SB 631, relating to statutes of limitations, but the bill was ultimately laid over without action.   

SB 631 - Hegeman - Modifies provisions relating to statutes of limitations 
   LR: 4039S.03C    SCS SB 631 
4/6/2022 – SS for SCS S offered (Hegeman) – (4039S.10F) 
4/6/2022 – SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered (Roberts) – (4039S10.16S) 
4/6/2022 – SA 1 to SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered (Razer) – (4039S10.17S) 
4/6/2022 – SA 1 to SS for SCS S ruled out of order 
4/6/2022 – SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (May) – (4039S10.23S) 
4/6/2022 – SA 3 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Washington) – (4039S10.18S) 
4/6/2022 – SA 4 to SS for SCS S offered (Moon) – (4039S10.01S) 
4/6/2022 – Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

COMMITTEE HEARINGS OF INTEREST

JOINT COMMITTEES

The Joint Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect met on April 5, 2022, to discuss vacancies, casework overload, and the FACES system and computer programs for case management services with Children’s Division Director Darrell Missey and other DSS and OA staff. 

Archived Video of Committee Hearing

SENATE

The Senate Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee met on April 4, 2022, and held public hearings on the following legislation:

  • SB 1093 (Koenig), modifying provisions relating to the release of a person from prison – Witnesses 
    Support: Jeff Clayton (American Bail Coalition); James Harris (Missouri Alliance of Professional Bail Bond Agents); Brent Hemphill (Coalition of Surety Bond Agents) 
     
  • SB 1109 (Luetkemeyer), modifying provisions relating to civil detention – Witnesses 
    Support: Al Greimann, (CEO, Royal Oaks Hospital, Windsor) 
     
  • SB 1201 (Rizzo), creating provisions relating to postconviction relief – Witnesses 
    Support: Hon. Mike Wolff (Individual); Kay Lincoln (Individual); Melissa DeBoer (Individual); Ryan Ferguson (Individual); Ricky Kidd (Individual); Tricia Bushnell (Midwest Innocence Project) 
    For Informational Purposes: Darrell Moore (Missouri Association of Prosecuting Attorneys / Missouri Office of Prosecution Services)

The committee took action on the following legislation in executive session:

  • SB 837 (May), modifying provisions relating to the statute of limitations for certain sexual offenses 
    Do Pass by a vote of 4 to 0.

The Senate Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee met on April 5, 2022, and held public hearings on the following legislation:

  • SB 1167 (Gannon), modifying provisions relating to licenses issued by the Department of Revenue – Witnesses 
    Support: Craig Stevenson (Kids Win Missouri); Kaycee Nail (FosterAdopt Connect)  
     
  • HB 1962 (Copeland), modifying provisions relating to local log trucks – Witnesses 
    Support: Shannon Cooper (Missouri Forest Products Association) 
     
  • SB 1026 (Brown), modifying provisions relating to the Missouri state plan coordinate system – Witnesses 
    Support: Danyelle High (Missouri Department of Agriculture); Lynne Schlosser (Missouri Society of Professional Land Surveyors) 
     
  • SB 1229 (Brown), providing that a person may use deadly force against a person unlawfully entering private property – Witnesses

The committee took action on the following legislation in executive session:

  • SB 1165 (Roberts), designating "Police Officer Tamarris Bohannon Memorial Bridge" 
    Do Pass by a vote of 4 to 0 
     
  • SB 1113 (O’Laughlin), enacting provisions relating to driver’s education and training 
    Do Pass by a vote of 4 to 0 
     
  • SB 1143 (Brown), modifying provisions relating to emergency medical dispatchers 
    Do Pass by a vote of 4 to 0

The Senate Seniors, Families, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee met April 6, 2022, and held public hearings on the following legislation:

  • SB 637 (Onder), excluding from eligible MO HealthNet providers any abortion providers and affiliates – Witnesses 
     
  • SJR 53 (Onder), recognizing that nothing in the Missouri Constitution shall be construed to secure or protect a right to abortion – Witnesses 
     
  • SB 699 (Moon), establishing the “Abolition of Abortion in Missouri Act” – Witnesses  
     
  • SJR 48 (Moon), recognizing that unborn children have equal protection of the laws, prohibits abortion, and prohibits public funding of abortion – Witnesses  
     
  • SB 778 (Brattin), prohibiting abortions following the detection of a fetal heartbeat and adds a private cause of action – Witnesses  
     
  • SB 1103 (Brattin), prohibiting public financial benefits to abortion facilities and their affiliates or associates – Witnesses  
     
  • SJR 52 (Koenig), establishing “Protect Children First” – Witnesses  
     
  • SJR 34 (Eigel), prohibiting expenditures of public funds to any person or facility, or affiliate of such, performing or inducing an abortion – Witnesses

The committee took action on the following legislation in executive session:

  • SCS SB 1013 (Roberts), modifying the Show-Me Heroes Program to provide for grants for veteran apprenticeship training programs 
    Do Pass by a vote of 6 to 0  
     
  • SCS SB 1133 (White), modifying provisions relating to pharmacist dispensation of certain medications 
    Do Pass by a vote of 6 to 0  
     
  • SCS SB 1168 (Gannon), modifying provisions relating to the State Mental Health Commission 
    Do Pass by a vote of 6 to 0

HOUSE

The House Crime Prevention Committee met on April 4, 2022, and held public hearings on the following:

Archived Video of Committee Hearing

The House General Laws Committee met on April 4, 2022, and held a public hearing on the following legislation:

  • HB 2157 (Falkner), creating provisions relating to business entities registered with the state – Electronic Witness Forms 
    Support: Scott R. Clark (Office of the Secretary of State)

Archived Video of Committee Hearing

The House Public Safety Committee met on April 5, 2022, in executive session and took action on the following legislation:

  • HB 1640 (Seitz), modifying provisions relating to workers' compensation 
    Do Pass by a vote of 6 to 0  
     
  • HB 1676 (Perkins), modifying the definition of first responder to include telecommunicator first responders 
    Do Pass by a vote of 6 to 0  
     
  • HCS HB 2154 (Perkins) changing the law regarding cities’ ability to regulate fire hydrants 
    Do Pass by a vote of 6 to 0

Archived Video of Committee Hearing

The House Special Committee on Litigation Reform met on April 5, 2022, in executive session and took action on the following legislation:

  • HCS HB 2771 (Christofanelli), establishing the Consumer Legal Funding Model Act and the Civil Litigation Funding Act 
    Do Pass by a vote of 4 to 3

Archived Video of Committee Hearing

The House Special Committee on Criminal Justice met on April 5, 2022, and held a public hearing on the following legislation:

  • HJR 83 (Dogan), proposing a constitutional amendment legalizing marijuana for adult use – Electronic Witness Forms 
    Support: Jeff Kozanski (Individual); Dan Viets (NORML); Eapen Thampy (CanaMO Solutions) 
    For Informational Purposes: Ramon Martinez (MOST Policy Initiative)

The committee took action on the following legislation in executive session:

  • HB 2780 (Tolson Reisch), specifying that certain offenders found guilty of trafficking drugs shall be eligible for parole after serving ten years 
    Do Pass by a vote of 9 to 0

Archived Video of Committee Hearing

The House Judiciary Committee met on April 6, 2022, and held public hearings on the following legislation:

  • HB 1546 (Richey), providing immunity from civil liability for disclosures by a charity, nonprofit organization, religious organization, or church of allegations of sexual misconduct – Electronic Witness Forms 
    Support: Jessica Petrie (Missouri KidsFirst)  
     
  • HB 2443 (Griffith), modifying provisions relating to condemnation proceedings – Electronic Witness Forms 
    Support: Carrie Tergin (Jefferson City Mayor); Ryan Moehlman (City Attorney, Jefferson City); Richard Sheets (Missouri Municipal League)  
     
  • HB 1549 (Veit), establishing the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act – Electronic Witness Forms 
    Support: Brian Bernskoetter (Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers and Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers)  
     
  • HB 2703 (McGaugh), modifying provisions relating to proceedings of the Judicial Finance Commission – Electronic Witness Forms 
    Support: Steve Hobbs (Missouri Association of Counties); Alan Wyatt (Macon County Presiding Commissioner); Mark Thompson (Adair County Associate Commissioner) 
     
  •  HB 2774 (Riley), creating the Office of Guardian Ad Litem – Electronic Witness Forms 
    Support: Scott Penman (FosterAdopt Connect); Jessica Petrie (Kids Win Missouri) 
    For Informational Purposes: Eric Jennings (The Missouri Bar)

The Committee took action on the following in executive session:

  • HCS HB 2614 (DeGroot), creating provisions to reduce homelessness 
    Do pass by a vote of 8 to 0  
     
  • HB 2660 (Veit), repealing and establishing provisions relating to alternative dispute resolution 
    Do pass by a vote of 8 to 0  
     
  • HB 1551 (Veit), modifying provisions relating to the compensation of jurors 
    Do pass by a vote of 8 to 0

Archived Video of Committee Hearing