2024 Missouri Legislative Session

House leaders decided not to take up the legislation just days after a deadly shooting in Kansas City.

In the wake of Wednesday’s mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs parade, lawmakers say they feel helpless to do anything about firearms or the high homicide rate. That's in large part because Missouri preempts local governments from enacting gun control measures.

The conservation committee should be focused on protecting the environment, one state representative says, adding: "This appears to be doing the opposite."

Members of the Missouri Freedom Caucus have said passing a resolution that would make it harder to amend the state’s constitution is their top priority. Senate Democrats spent Monday and Tuesday filibustering the resolution.

The two Missouri legislators who called for Plocher to resign from his position as speaker were, until last week, the only Republicans without any of their bills referred to committee.

The set of tax credits, which Gov. Mike Parson mentioned during his State of the State address, gained broad bipartisan support. It stalled in the Senate last session.

As amendments aimed at legalizing abortion in cases of rape or incest were voted down, one Republican state senator defended the decision saying, ‘God does not make mistakes.’

The Columbia Democrat spent more than three decades teaching in the Columbia public school district.

Naturopathic medicine — or the practice of a primary care physician with a focus on holistic care — is currently illegal in Missouri because the state does not have licensing or registration laws for naturopathic doctors. Missouri Republicans are trying to change that.

Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher bristled this week at questions about a recently fired legislative staffer and an ongoing ethics investigation he’s facing, cutting off a press conference he convened after only four minutes.