Legislative Update 5/5/24
Missouri Equity Education Partnership-Action mobilizes those who support diversity, equity, and inclusion for ALL! Please see the calls to action outlined below and join us in bending the arc towards equity ensuring Missouri schools are a safe, welcoming space where folks can learn all things
There are just two weeks left before the 2024 regular session ends, including this week. We will continue to closely monitor Chamber debates, and remain in contact with others in our partnership to determine next steps as remaining legislation moves, or does not move. Sometimes things happen quickly, unexpectedly, and at odd hours of the day or night. It is not uncommon to send out updates with single-issue calls to action during these last weeks. We will keep you informed.
We want to congratulate the Missourians for Constitutional Freedom campaign for submitting over 380,000 signatures to Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft. They brought a U-Haul of boxes to his office on Friday, May 3 and held a well attended celebration on the north side of the Capitol after delivery. This effort represented a thousand grassroot volunteers collecting signatures in every single county in Missouri. Those who organized and ran this campaign worked tirelessly for just under 90 days to marshal the volunteers who attended events, stood outside businesses, made house calls, and knocked on doors to send this powerful message to government leaders and people of the state: Missourians believe in healthcare freedom and reproductive rights. Thank you to everyone who made this herculean effort successful!
Thank you, also, for all you have done and
will continue to do as session winds down!
HOUSEKEEPING NOTES
Please there are no committees hearing bills we are monitoring.
THIS WEEK’S CALLS TO ACTION
CALL YOUR SENATOR TO VOTE AGAINST SJR 74. This bill makes direct democracy much harder in Missouri and misleads voters.
CALL GOVERNOR PARSON TO URGE A VETO OF SB 727 AT 573-751-3222! This voucher bill opens a door that will totally change the landscape of Missouri public education, leaving out struggling and rural districts and has a huge pricetag.
DEMAND GOVERNOR PARSON VETO HB 2634! This bill defunds Planned Parenthood in Missouri, and eliminates one more resource of publicly funded healthcare for folks who need it.
