Feb. 26, 2026

This week, the Missouri Senate Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee heard another one of my pieces of legislation.

Senate Bill 1094 addresses an issue I was made aware of in my district dealing with election publications of a bond issue. This fix is a combined effort of the state auditor’s office, our county clerks, some of our public schools and the Missouri Press Association.

This bill changes the statutes to allow a bond election publication to happen twice within the six weeks prior to the election, rather than the two weeks prior to. As an alternative, the election authority may send each registered voter a notification of the election in the mail and only publish it once in the newspaper.

I look forward to the committee voting the bill “do pass.” It could then move to the entire Missouri Senate for debate.

 I am honored to serve as your senator in the Missouri Senate. If, at any time, you have questions, concerns or ideas regarding state government, please feel free to contact me at 573-751-8793 or Sandy.Crawford@senate.mo.gov.

This week’s visitors to the Capitol

MAFP, Sedalia
 Karstan Luchini, DO; Logan Steins, MD; Sen. Crawford;
 ShiAnne Farris, DO; and Misty Todd, MD

Citizen’s Memorial Hospital, Bolivar
 CEO Michael Calhoun, Sen. Crawford and Long-Term
 Care Facilities Administrative Dir. Tim Francka

Farm Bureau
 Jordan Richner, Cedar County; Gary Noakes, St. Clair County;
 Sen. Crawford; John Crawford, Dallas County; Jim Sherrill,
 Camden County; and Trent Drake, Polk County

Woods Supermarket
 Senator Crawford; Tom Trussell, Springfield; and Jason
 Woods, Nevada

The Bright Beacon, Dallas County
 Shannon McBride, Dawn Pierce and Sen. Crawford

AGCMO
 Calvin Wright, Lees Summit; Matt Boyd, Fair Grove;
 Brandon Holsteen, Fair Grove; Sen. Crawford; Gary Wisch,
 Jefferson City; and Kenny Voss, Jefferson City