The Mood at the Capitol

Week 2 of the Legislative Session is behind us here in Missouri. It was another week of mostly pomp and circumstance with the Governor’s inauguration, formal appointment of committee chairs, and adoption of permanent rules for the House. The Senate committees are completely filled out, but the House Democrats have still not named their members of the House Committees. We did see a few bill referrals this week, but expect many more next week. As a reminder, the Senate has to refer bills in the order they were filed, but the House may refer any bill the Speaker chooses.

Here are some of the Committees of Interest in the House and Senate

Senate Judiciary

Senate Transportation and Public Safety

House Judiciary

House Crime and Public Safety

House Corrections and Public Institutions

The Jones Advocacy Group team has already been reaching out to most of these committee members, but will make targeted contact next week to discuss the bills we expect to go to each committee. 

criminal justice

Criminal Justice: Governor’s Executive Order 25-07 

The Governor issued an executive order last week that requires the Department of Corrections and the Parole Board to create a working group to review the rules and regulations around parole including the frequency and demographics of people released. The NAACP Leadership has reached out to the Department and the Parole board and will push to have one of our people involved in the process. One of the things the working group should address is the rules around earned time credits and medical release. Missouri already has the regulations in place for both, but they are generally not used.

Call to Action

Call to Action: Attend a Legislative Advocacy Day!!

Making our voices heard is more important now than ever. Our various coalition partners are planning legislative action days throughout the year. Please consider making time to join one or more of these important events.

• January 28, 2025 MO Voter Protection Coalition
• bit.ly/Jan28Lobby 
• February 5, 2025 Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty
• March 5, 2025 Day of Empathy
• https://www.mobilize.us/dream/event/745831/ 

This coming week will be the last slow week before things speed up dramatically. Please be on the lookout for calls for people to testify and make plans to attend one of our partner advocacy days.

Tracking List

https://govwatch.net/report/aXrLkmnWp7



*This list is continually updated and improved. If you have questions, please contact Sharon Geuea Jones at sharon@jonesadvocacy.com.