This Week in the Missouri Senate reviews Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee work on the Fiscal Year 2026 state operating budget; House Bills 567, 546, 758 & 958, legislation that seeks to modify provisions relating to employee compensation; Senate Joint Resolution 40, which — if approved by voters — would require most Missouri counties to elect their sheriffs; and Senate Bill 271, a measure that would modify provisions relating to fire protection ordinances.

This Week in the Missouri Senate reviews Senate Bill 266, legislation that seeks to establish provisions relating to assessment of virtual school students; Senate Bills 166 & 155, a measure that would require public schools to develop cardiac emergency response plans; Senate Bill 54, a proposal that would create provisions relating to cannabis; and Senate Bills 710 & 713, legislation that would modify provisions relating to sports complex authorities.

This Week in the Missouri Senate reviews House Bills 594 & 508, legislation that seeks to authorize an income tax deduction for capital gains; Senate Bill 223, a measure that seek to establish provisions relating to student surveys; and upcoming Missouri Senate work on the Fiscal Year 2026 state operating budget.

This Week in the Missouri Senate reviews Senate Bill 79, legislation that would modify provisions relating to health care; Senate Bill 190, a measure that seeks to establish tax credits for certain engineering degrees; Senate Bill 61, a proposal that would modify provisions relating to professional licensing; Senate Bill 13, which would enact provisions relating to insurance coverage of pharmacy services; and Senate Bill 36, legislation that seeks to create provisions relating to compensation for wrongful convictions.

This Week in the Missouri Senate reviews the first half of the 2025 regular legislative session and previews what could be ahead in the second half.

This Week in the Missouri Senate reviews: House Bill 495, legislation that seeks to modify provisions relating to public safety; Senate Bill 77, a measure that would modify provisions relating to the carrying of firearms on public transit systems; House Bills 594 & 508, which would authorize an income tax deduction for capital gains; Senate Bill 254, legislation that would specify drivers would stop at railroad crossings for "any on-track equipment," in addition to trains; and Senate Bill 173, a measure that would create provisions relating to grants for nonprofit organizations at risk for terrorist attacks.

This Week in the Missouri Senate reviews House Bill 495, legislation that seeks to modify provisions relating to public safety; Senate Bill 87, a measure that would reduce the assessment percentage for residential real property; Senate Bill 66, which would modify provisions relating to the age of marriage; and Missouri’s tax structure.

This Week in the Missouri Senate reviews Senate Bill 63, legislation that seeks to repeal and establish provisions relating to participation of certain students in nontraditional educational settings; Senate Bill 22, a measure that would create new provisions relating to the treatment of summary statements prepared by the Missouri General Assembly for ballot measures; Senate Joint Resolution 33, which — upon voter approval — would establish provisions relating to reproductive health care; Senate Joint Resolution 31, which — if approved by Missouri voters — would modify provisions relating to taxation; and Senate Bill 204, a measure that seeks to create the Missouri Geospatial Advisory Council.

This Week in the Missouri Senate reviews Senate Bill 4, legislation that seeks to modify and create new provisions relating to utilities; Senate Bill 10, a  measure that would modify expiration dates of certain sections of state statute; Senate Bills 52 & 44, which would modify provisions relating public safety; and Senate Bill 166 and Senate Bill 155, both of which address cardiac emergency plans in Missouri schools.

This Week in the Missouri Senate reviews Senate Bills 52 & 44, legislation that seeks to modify provisions relating to public safety; Senate Bill 22, a measure that would create new provisions relating to the treatment of summary statements prepared by the Missouri General Assembly for ballot measures; Senate Bill 217, which would modify provisions relating to foreign ownership of agricultural land; Senate Bill 41, legislation that would create the CTF Medical Alert System; and keeping publicly enacted law intact.

This Week in the Missouri Senate reviews Senate Bill 4, a measure that would modify and create new provisions relating to utilities; Senate Bill 59, legislation that seeks to authorize an income tax deduction for certain survivor benefits; Senate Bill 62, which would modify provisions relating to elections; Senate Bill 92, legislation that seeks to create provisions relating to the jurisdiction of law enforcement officers; and the Missouri Senate Government Efficiency Committee.

This Week in the Missouri Senate reviews: reaction to the governor’s annual budget address to lawmakers, commonly referred to as the State of the State; Senate Bill 72, legislation that seeks to create provisions relating to illegal aliens; Senate Bill 6, a measure that would modify and create new provisions relating to electric utilities; Senate Bill 111, which would designate September as "Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month"; Senate Bill 66 and Senate Bill 631, both of which would modify provisions relating to the age of marriage; and Senate Bills 52 & 44, legislation that would modify provisions relating to the operation of certain law enforcement agencies.

This Week in the Missouri Senate reviews:  Senate Bill 47, legislation that seeks to would amend a Supreme Court ruling relating to class actions; Senate Bill 4 and Senate Bill 5, both of which relate to utilities; Senate Bill 44 and Senate Bill 52, both of which relate to public safety; property taxes (Audio: Sen. Joe Nicola, R-Grain Valley); and Senate Resolution 18 and Senate Resolution 19, both of which relate to Missouri Senate rule changes.

This Week in the Missouri Senate reviews:  leadership’s outlook and priorities for 2025; initiative petitions; women’s health; Senate Bill 139, a measure that would create provisions relating to electric utilities; and Senate Bill 739, from last year, which would have modified provisions relating to solid waste disposal area permits.

This Week in the Missouri Senate reviews the beginning of the First Regular Session of the 103rd General Assembly, which started at noon on Wednesday, Jan. 8.

This Week in the Missouri Senate previews how lawmakers could work toward an operating budget for the next fiscal year, which will begin on July 1. The First Regular Session of the 103rd General Assembly will start at noon on Wednesday, Jan. 8.