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With the Missouri Senate adjourning the day before, after passing a congressional redistricting map, the House spent the last day of the 2022 session approving 20 pieces of legislation.
The bill directs the Missouri Department of Corrections to establish a nursery within a women’s correctional facility by July 2025, and allow incarcerated women to stay with their newborns for their first 18 months.
Many legislative priorities failed in the Senate because of conflict among Republicans.
With the Missouri Senate adjourning the day before, after passing a congressional redistricting map, the House spent the last day of the 2022 session approving 20 pieces of legislation.
The plan, based on a Texas model, would ban street sleeping and promote short-term shelters with mental health services.