2025 Missouri Legislative Session

The Kirkwood Democrat was elected in 2024 to represent a portion of St. Louis County in the Missouri House.

The Senate also approved a bill that would ban cellphones in schools, and another that would limit the power of the courts to change ballot language.

Speaker Jon Patterson said he expects the House to consider legislation clarifying divorce law as well as bills related to child care.

Officials at Planned Parenthood Great Rivers are awaiting approval of what’s known as a complication plan before offering medication abortions again.

The House also passed legislation barring state funds from going to diversity, equity and inclusion programs and a bill shielding companies from having to place specific cancer warnings on pesticides.

The bill would create a law named after Danny Santulli, who suffered alcohol poisoning leading to permanent brain damage during a fraternity event in 2021.

Republicans say that putting a new measure on the ballot to undo Amendment 3 is a priority for this legislative session.

The legislation would move control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department from the mayor’s office to a board mainly appointed by the governor.

House Speaker Pro Tem Chad Perkins says Cole County Circuit Judge Cotton Walker has too often decided cases in ways that buck GOP priorities.

The House also passed bills to end the capital gains tax, preserve the assets of foster children and allow landlords to refuse tenants who get federal housing assistance.