The Missouri House Committee on General Laws approved a bill Monday that would ban trans women athletes from competing in women's sports postseason or playoff games.
While the Republican representative says the Missouri House is passing bills to the Senate like a “T-shirt cannon,” he also believes the Senate’s more deliberative pace is part of its job.
Bills that would bar government entities from requiring COVID-19 vaccinations and require private employers to grant religious exemptions continued to face pushback from business associations Wednesday.
The first bill sent to Gov. Mike Parson from this year’s legislative session includes a pay raise for state employees, money to fund Medicaid through the end of the fiscal year and federal COVID-19 recovery funding for schools.