House Bill 2885 fails to make it past committee, declared dead
House Bill 2885, which would have required educators supporting a child through their social transition to be registered as sex offenders, is dead.
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House Bill 2885, which would have required educators supporting a child through their social transition to be registered as sex offenders, is dead.
The Missouri House passed a bill raising the threshold to pass citizen-led initiative petitions with "ballot candy," sending it back to the Senate.
The Missouri House passed a bill raising the threshold to pass citizen-led initiative petitions with "ballot candy," sending it back to the Senate.
“This is a charade. We all know this resolution is chalk full of ballot candy. It’s designed to deceive,” said Rep. David Tyson Smith, a Columbia Democrat.
Legislation seeking to make it harder to change Missouri’s constitution through the initiative petition process was approved by the Missouri House on Thursday, sending it back to the Senate for a possible showdown between Republicans and Democrats over “ballot candy.” The bill was initially approved earlier this year after Democrats ended their 21-hour filibuster in […] The post Missouri House sends initiative petition bill back to Senate with ‘ballot candy’ reinstated appeared first on Missouri