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The Missouri General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Missouri. The bicameral General Assembly is composed of a 34-member Senate and a 163-member House of Representatives. Elections are conducted using first-past-the-post voting in single-member districts of roughly equal population.
A bipartisan bill to ban child marriage in Missouri won initial approval in the state Senate Wednesday afternoon. Under current law, 16 and 17-year-olds are allowed to get married with parental ...
Freedom Caucus member Sen. Bill Eigel listens to Senate Floor Leader Cindy O'Laughlin speak at a press conference at the Missouri State Capitol Building on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024.
On Jan. 18, the ninth day of the 2024 legislative session, a bill essential to balancing the state budget was placed first in line on the Senate’s calendar for debate. On the same day, a bill ...
A bill to increase the threshold required to approve constitutional amendments, including Amendment 3, was narrowly rejected by the Missouri General Assembly. [10] Additionally, a lawsuit to remove Amendment 3 from the ballot was filed, but ultimately rejected by the Supreme Court of Missouri . [ 11 ]
The Missouri Senate is the upper chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 34 members, representing districts with an average population of 181,000. [ 1 ] Its members serve four-year terms, with half the seats being up for election every two years.
State Sen. Denny Hoskins gestures to a poster-board illustrating the timeline of initiative petition bills progressing through the Senate after Freedom Caucus Delays at a press conference on Feb ...
Senate Bill 600 - Violent Crime. During the 2020 legislative session, Luetkemeyer sponsored Senate Bill 600, an omnibus criminal law bill aimed at curbing the rise of violent crime in Missouri. [19] The bill passed on a largely partisan vote in the House of Representatives on the last day of the 2020 session. [20]