Senate Bill 212 updates the roles and responsibilities for the staff within the Department of Corrections and Parole Board, the two entities that were restructured by legislation in 2018.
The marathon continued on Feb. 3 as I presented three bills in different committees. Senate Bill 44 makes some needed changes to water and sewer infrastructure, Senate Bill 43 requires health benefit plans to include at least the minimum coverage provided by MO HealthNet and Senate Bill 258 classifies members of the Missouri National Guard as state employees for the purposes of operating state owned vehicles and conducting official state business.
Reading some of the bills presented it seems like double talk on sewer infrastructure and does not address that upgrades or construction demonstrates cleaner water to be discharged into streams. Health care bill is simplistic and should have been stated all along and the corrections bill is identical to last years bill. Basically, he is introducing bills that have no real meaning other than he can boast he has introduced three bills with very little changes from the past and just keep status quo. Seems there has to be more important items that need addressing such as major education oversight, water protection and police oversight.
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