For Immediate Release: Sept. 9, 2013 |
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Preview of 2013 Veto Session in the Missouri Senate |
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JEFFERSON CITY – The General Assembly’s annual veto session is scheduled to begin this week and much work lies ahead for lawmakers in the Missouri Senate. Of the 82 Senate bills delivered to the governor for his approval, 19 received the veto stamp, providing legislators in the upper chamber a chance starting this Wednesday (Sept. 11 at noon) to bring most of those measures up for a possible veto override. Here is a list (numerical order) of the Senate bills vetoed by the governor and the senators who sponsored the legislation:
Many committees will also use the timing of the mid-September veto session to hold meetings at the State Capitol. The Joint Committee on Education is scheduled to hold its next hearing on Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 1:00 p.m. in House Hearing Room 1, located in the basement of the Capitol building, to consider testimony regarding K-12 teacher tenure. Vice chairman Sen. Pearce; Sen. Nieves; Sen. Rupp; Sen. Gary Romine, R-Farmington; Sen. Schaefer; Sen. Jason Holsman, D-Kansas City; and Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis, serve on the joint committee with members of the House of Representatives. One of the primary responsibilities of the joint committee is to review and monitor the progress of education in Missouri’s public schools and institutions of higher education. The Sentencing and Corrections Oversight Commission, chaired by Sen. Bob Dixon, R-Springfield, is also scheduled to meet this week on Tuesday at noon in Senate Committee Room 2 for an organizational meeting. The panel is charged with evaluating recidivism reductions, cost savings, and other effects resulting from the implementation of various state statutes pertaining to sentencing and corrections; determining ways to reinvest any costs savings to pay for the continued implementation of sentencing and correction statutes and other evidence-based practices for reducing recidivism; and examining the issues of restitution for crimes, including the amount ordered and collected annually, methods and costs of collection, and restitution’s order of priority in official procedures and documents. The 13-member commission also includes Senate Minority Floor Leader Jolie Justus, D-Kansas City, as a panelist. Members of the Senate Interim Committee on Medicaid Transformation and Reform will also continue their work while lawmakers are back in Jefferson City for veto session in Senate Committee Room 2 on Wednesday, Sept. 11, starting at 8:30 a.m. Scheduled witnesses will provide testimony to lawmakers who serve on the committee, including Sen. Romine (chairman); Sen. Sater (vice chairman); Sen. Brown; Sen. Doug Libla, R-Poplar Bluff; Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph; Sen. Wayne Wallingford, R-Cape Girardeau; Sen. Jay Wasson, R-Nixa; Sen. Joseph Keaveny, D-St. Louis; Sen. Paul LeVota, D-Independence; and Sen. Nasheed. The committee was established with the goal of reforming Medicaid by improving system efficiency, financial stability and delivery of health care. To read more about the legislation up for consideration this week during the General Assembly’s annual veto session, visit www.senate.mo.gov. This site also includes a hearing schedule for both the House and Senate. |