Senator Angela Walton Mosley 13th Senatorial District | Capitol Building, Rm. 421
Jefferson City, MO 65101 | For Immediate Release:
Jan. 11, 2024 | Contact Kyerra Johnson-Massey:
573-751-2420 |
Senator Angela Walton Mosley Discusses 2024 Legislative Session Priorities
JEFFERSON CITY — State Sen. Angela Walton Mosley, D-Florissant, shared her legislative priorities for the 2024 legislative session. “During this year’s legislative session, I am committed to addressing public safety concerns in our state, namely the violence against African American women and girls. I have also filed legislation to limit civilians from purchasing assault weapons,” Sen. Mosley said. “The shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, my alma mater, was carried out with an assault weapon, like many mass shootings across the country. Civilians should not own these types of weapons.” “I have also filed bills to require health insurance companies to provide fair coverage for cancer related tests and treatments to help alleviate the immense cost,” Sen. Mosley continued. “I look forward to having these important discussions with my colleagues and getting these priorities across the legislative finish line.” “Additionally, I am looking into the reports that Country Club Hills hired police officers with expired POST certifications. This certification is in place to ensure police officers are keeping up with standards and training, so it is imperative each officer is up to date on these procedures.” - Senate Bill 890 creates the “Missing and Murdered African American Women Task Force" to address violence against African American women and girls in the state.
- Senate Bill 971 limits assault weapons or large capacity magazines and modifies provisions related to the unlawful possession of a firearm.
- Senate Bill 973 establishes a “Restaurant Meals Program” as part of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
- Senate Bill 1046 requires health benefit plans to cover prostheses for hair loss due to chemotherapy.
- Senate Bill 1047 requires health benefit plans to provide coverage for genetic testing and genetic counseling of individuals who are at increased risk of potentially harmful mutations to the BRCA gene due to a personal or family history of certain cancers.
- Senate Bill 1102 enacts "The Missouri Advanced Stage Cancer Cost Burden Cap,” which prohibits all health benefit plan from imposing cost-sharing for treatment of advanced stage cancer other than the deductible otherwise applicable under the plan.
- Senate Bill 1103 requires certain topics in Native American and African American history to be included in the seventh through twelfth grade history curriculum in public schools.
- Senate Bill 1153 requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to conduct annual safety assessments of all public schools in the state.
- Senate Bill 1154 establishes the “Missouri School Meals Act,” requiring schools to provide free lunches to students who qualify for reduced-price lunch under the National School Lunch Program.
- Senate Bill 1155 creates the Christian Taylor Ferguson ("CTF") Medical Alert System to aid in identifying and locating a missing endangered person who is missing under unexplained, involuntary or suspicious circumstances and who is believed to be in danger because of a medical condition that requires immediate care, medication or treatment.
Below are the other bills Senator Mosley has filed this year: - Senate Bill 796 states public school district security officers have the authority to arrest and hold in custody a person who is reasonably believed by the officer to have committed a felony or who has committed in the presence of the officer any criminal offense or violation of a municipal or county ordinance.
- Senate Bill 797 modifies provisions relating to fire protection districts.
- Senate Bill 798 creates the “Office of State Ombudsman for Inmates in the Custody of the Department of Corrections" to help ensure the adequacy of care received by inmates and to improve their quality of life.
- Senate Bill 889 creates police protection districts.
- Senate Bill 891 establishes an “extreme risk order of protection” if a preponderance of evidence demonstrates that a person poses an immediate and significant danger to themselves or others.
- Senate Bill 972 modifies provisions related to child custody.
- Senate Bill 1045 moves elections for street light maintenance district board members from the November general election to the April general municipal election.
- Senate Bill 1104 modifies provisions relating to special administrative boards for unaccredited school districts.
- Senate Bill 1197 modifies the compensation of certain state employees in positions within Missouri Veterans’ Homes.
- Senate Bill 1198 modifies provisions relating to automatic stays of court and administrative proceedings for members of the General Assembly
- Senate Joint Resolution 67 would add to current law that a defendant may waive a trial by jury if he or she receives assent by both the government and the court, if approved by voters.
- Senate Joint Resolution 68 modifies provisions related to term limits in the General Assembly and would end legislative session on November 30th each year, if approved by the voters.
- Senate Joint Resolution 69 modifies term limits for members of the General Assembly, if approved by the voters.
For more information on Sen. Walton Mosley’s legislative actions, visit her official Senate website at senate.mo.gov/Mosley. ### |