April 10, 2026
Improving Health through Food
Hello from your favorite Senator Angela Mosley! I hope you had a wonderful Easter weekend with family and friends and had the chance to have some good food and company.
Speaking of food, the Senate Families, Seniors and Health Committee heard Senate Bill 1499 this week which is my Food is Medicine Act. This bill allows medical programs to include nutrition and food in the treatment of patients. Caring for our bodies starts with what we put into them; I hope this legislation will help with the many chronic health challenges facing our community and elevate lives through healthy eating. Both diabetes and heart disease have direct connections to diet, with many more health issues improved, if not largely solved, through a good diet. I believe this bill is of the utmost importance and am glad to see it progress.
I have included the bills that made progress on the Senate floor this week below.
PERFECTED:
Senate Bill 838: Limits the costs that energy providers may pass along to their consumers.
Senate Bill 863: Establishes the Interscholastic Athletic Oversight Commission within the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to oversee appeals over athlete transfers and contests.
PASSED:
House Bill 2061: Prohibits antisemitism at public schools and creates a system to track and record incidents.
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 presents a Senate Resolution to the Senate Fine Arts Exhibit winner from the 13th district, LaDerricka Davis, and her teacher, Jennifer Kelch, from Jennings High School.
All of the students from across the state who won in the Senate Art Exhibit stand in the rotunda.
Visit from MO INTERCESSORS who came this week to pray for the Senator and staff.