Category: Senator Barbara Washington

Week of Oct. 14, 2022 Urban Farm Tax Credit Signed into Law I’m pleased to announce the urban farm tax credit legislation I championed this

Senator Barbara Anne Washington’s Legislative Column for Sept. 8, 2022 Please Join Us for Community Service Day on Saturday!   Leadership Delays Start of Extra

Governor Calls Extra Session to Enact Income Tax Cut On Aug. 22, the governor called an extra legislative session asking lawmakers to enact what he

Petition to Legalize Recreational Cannabis Cleared for Nov. 8 Ballot This fall, Missouri voters will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana use after the secretary

Week of June 27, 2022 Abortion Now Effectively Illegal in Missouri After Court Strikes Down Roe Abortion became illegal in Missouri in nearly all circumstances

Week of June 20, 2022 Governor Signs Omnibus Higher Education Bill into Law On June 16, the governor signed into law an omnibus higher education

Week of June 13, 2022 Governor Signs Bill Protecting Use of Certain COVID Treatments On June 7, the governor signed legislation into law to prohibit

Week of June 6, 2022 Coping with COVID-19 Virtual Event I will be hosting a virtual “Coping with COVID-19” event on Saturday, June 11 at

Week of May 30, 2022 Supreme Court Hears Case on Collective Bargaining Rights The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments on May 24 in a case

Week of May 16, 2022 American Rescue Plan Act Website Launched On May 16, the governor announced the launch of a public website to help

Week of May 9, 2022 A Success End to Session In the final week of the 2022 legislative session, several of my priority pieces of

Week of May 2, 2022 Lawmakers Finalize State Operating Budget On May 6, lawmakers granted final approval to the appropriations bills comprising the state operating

Week of April 25, 2022 Senate Passes Budget to Set Up Final Negotiations with House On April 26, the Senate approved its version of the

Week of April 18, 2022 Senate Committee Advances FY 2023 State Operating Budget With just over two weeks until the constitutional budget deadline, the Senate

Week of April 11, 2022 Sickle Cell Awareness Week Advances to House On April 14, the Missouri Senate passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 35. This legislation,

Week of April 4, 2022 Priority Legislation Moving Forward After a successful week on the Senate floor, I’m pleased to report that several pieces of

Week of March 21, 2022 Senate Passes Congressional Redistricting Bill Following months of debate, the Senate voted on March 24 in favor of a plan

Week of March 7, 2022 Starts and Stalls in Missouri Senate On March 8, the Senate granted preliminary approval to a proposed constitutional amendment, Senate

Week of Feb. 28, 2022 Senate Ends Busy Week on Abrupt Note A number of bills have begun to make their way to the Senate

Week of Feb. 21, 2022 Senate Moving Forward After several weeks of stalled activity on the Senate floor due to filibustering, legislation has once again

Week of Feb. 14, 2022 Senate Panel Restores Governor’s Pay Plan to Spending Bill On Feb. 16, the Senate Appropriations Committee restored funding for a

Week of Feb. 7, 2022 Redistricting Debate Stalls In Missouri Senate The Missouri Senate spent much of the past week working to address the issue

Week of Jan. 24, 2022 The Missouri Senate Prepares for Redistricting Debate As the Missouri Senate prepared to debate the once-in-a-decade issue of congressional redistricting,

Week of Jan. 17, 2022 State of the State Address On Jan. 19, lawmakers from both the Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate had

Week of Jan. 10, 2022 House Committee Advances Congressional Redistricting Bill On Jan. 12, the House Special Committee on Redistricting approved a plan to redraw

Week of Jan. 3, 2022 2022 Legislative Session Kicks-Off The Second Regular Session of the 101st General Assembly began on Jan. 5. The usual four-and-half-month

Week of Dec. 27, 2021 State Minimum Wage Set to Increase Beginning Jan. 1 The standard statewide minimum wage for most Missouri workers will increase

Week of Dec. 13, 2021 The ACT score requirement for Missouri’s Bright Flight scholarship will be increasing to 32 for students graduating from high school