SCS/SB 198 - This act creates the Department of Military Forces, which shall be headed by the Adjutant General and shall administer the militia and programs of the state relating to military forces, except for the Missouri Veterans Commission. The office of Adjutant General and the militia are transferred from the Department of Public Safety to the Department of Military Forces. This act is contingent upon the passage of a constitutional amendment that provides for the establishment of the Department of Military Forces.
This act is substantially similar to provisions in the truly agreed to and finally passed SS/SCS/SB 120 (2021) and SCS/HB 60 (2021), and is similar to provisions in the truly agreed to and finally passed SS/SCS/SB 718 (2020), in HCS/SS#2/SCS/SB 523 (2020), in HCS/SS/SB 600 (2020), in HCS/SB 774 (2020), SB 896 (2020), HCS/HB 2209 (2020).
KATIE O'BRIEN