Category: House Updates
State Spending Cap Passes State Budget Committee
A proposed change to the Missouri Constitution to limit future state spending was passed by the House Budget Committee today on a largely partisan vote. Rep. Chris Kelly was the lone Democratic committee member to vote with the majority and was responsible for successfully sponsoring the amendment to use the 2008 budget as the baseline [...]
Legislative Update from MU
Topics covered in the January Legislative Update from the University of Missouri include: Lawmakers kick off 2012 session facing budget challenges December revenue numbers and Governor’s State of the State announced Governor Nixon makes appointments to UM Board of Curators and Coordinating Board Read the newsletter here.
Top Legislative Issues for 2012
The issues that are likely to rise to the forefront in 2012 include: JOB CREATION: The No. 1 priority of 2011 that wasn’t acted on, job creation is even more vital in 2012. House Democrats will pursue polices aimed at encouraging businesses to expand hiring while protecting the rights and wages of Missouri workers. Unfortunately, [...]
Prison Reform in Missouri
As co-chair of the Missouri Working Group on Sentencing and Corrections, Rep. Chris Kelly has been involved for the past several months in studying, hearing testimony, and further analyzing the specific issues involved in prison reform in Missouri. Given his day-to-day knowledge of Missouri’s prison system as a former judge, Rep. Kelly has been a [...]
Kelly Chairs Appropriations Hearing on Veterans’ Funding
Rep. Chris Kelly, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee on Public Safety and Corrections, listens to testimony during the December 7 and December 8 hearings concerning the creation of a new gaming entrance fee to finance Missouri veterans programs. Kelly told members of the Committee that he wants to hear a number of ideas on [...]
State House Maps Finalized
A panel of state appellate judges finalized new state legislative districts on Nov. 30, producing House districts that group 40 percent of eligible returning incumbent state representatives with fellow incumbents.The new legislative districts will be used for the next 10 years starting with the 2012 elections and ending with the 2020 elections. In drawing the [...]
State Redistricting Commissions Call It Quits
Separate commissions respectively charged with redrawing new districts for the Missouri Senate and House of Representatives have both ended their work in partisan deadlock. The job of drawing 34 new Senate districts and 163 new House districts will now pass to a commission of six judges from the Missouri Court of Appeals. Both commissions, which [...]
