March 13, 2026
The Office of Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls
Hello from your favorite Senator Angela Mosley!
I am excited to share that the Senate Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee heard my Senate Bill 1652 this week and passed it out of committee. This bill would establish the Office of Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls within the Department of Public Safety to help hedge the growing number of missing women in our community and across Missouri. A loss of any one of these women or girls is too much, and it is past time that action should be taken. This new office would do just that, by first gathering information about these missing persons and homicide cases then determining patterns and strategies to reduce the number of women lost. I believe this is of the utmost importance and has been a priority of my office for years. I hope to move it across the goal line this year and continue to help protect these women.
I am thankful to everyone who came out to support the bill and, especially, those who bore witness in front of the committee. Together we can achieve so much. I hope to soon discuss this bill on the Senate floor with my colleagues.
I also wanted to discuss the proposed cuts to the state budget that would hamstring child care providers across the state. The current budget in the House of Representatives would cut over $50 million dollars from the state’s child care subsidy program. This would result in many of the most vulnerable being left without child care, impacting foster children, low-income children and children with special needs the most. These groups often require additional accommodations for their care or irregular care times, each of which costs facilities more to maintain and, as a result, will be the first casualties of these cuts. We must do all we can to oppose these cuts at a time when child care programs are already hanging by a thread. Remember, together we are strong.
In addition, a number of other bills made progress in the Senate chamber this week.
The Senate perfected the following bills:
- Senate Joint Resolution 95: Creates the Show-Me Prosperity Fund to create an investment fund for the state to help replace taxes.
- Senate Bill 878: Expands the duties of pharmacists like allowing them to administer vaccines.
The Senate passed the following bills:
- House Bill 1908: Prevents judges from denying women a divorce when they are pregnant, allowing them to leave dangerous situations while at their most vulnerable.
- House Bill 2273: Omnibus bill to protect minors from online predators and crackdown on sexual crimes like grooming.
- Senate Bill 1062: Establishes the Charity Act to help individuals connect with state and community programs and resources to help individuals meet needs and reach goals with help from existing resources.
- Senate Bill 1019: Allows a greater amount of unused funds from hospitals to be invested.
- Senate Bill 889: Repeals laws which either no longer apply or are redundant.
If you have any questions, please reach out to my office.
For more information on Sen. Angela Mosley’s legislative actions, please visit her official Senate website at senate.mo.gov/Mosley. If you, or a loved one, are struggling with thoughts of suicide or self-harm please call the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988.
Senator Mosley presenting SB 1652 in committee.
Senator Mosley with the Missouri Alliance for Long Term Care Reform.
Senator Mosley with Jennings High School teachers and principal.
Visitors from Harris Stowe College talk with Sen. Mosley.
Sen. Mosley spoke with Grace + Growth Program from Florissant, Missouri, during their visit to the Capitol.