JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (April 25, 2017) – Yesterday, a Missouri Senate committee passed a bill that would remove industrial hemp from the state’s list of controlled substances, and create a program for the licensing and regulation commercial hemp production. Passage into law would set the foundation to nullify the unconstitutional federal prohibition on the same, in…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (April 19, 2017) – Yesterday, a second Missouri House committee unanimously passed a bill that would close a loophole allowing state and local police to circumvent stringent state asset forfeiture laws by passing cases off to the feds. Rep. Shamed Dogan (R-St. Louis) filed House Bill 231 (HB231) in January. The legislation…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (April 17, 2017) – Last week, the Missouri House overwhelmingly passed a bill that would remove industrial hemp from the state’s list of controlled substances, and create a program for the licensing and regulation commercial hemp production. Passage into law would set the foundation to nullify the unconstitutional federal prohibition on the same,…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (April 14, 2017) – A proposed Missouri state constitutional amendment that would affirm the personhood off the unborn, and set the stage to nullify Roe. v. Wade in the state, recently passed its second House committee, but has yet to be scheduled for a floor vote. Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) introduced…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (April 6, 2017) – Yesterday, an important Missouri House committee unanimously passed a bill that would close a loophole allowing state and local police to circumvent stringent state asset forfeiture laws by passing cases off to the feds. Rep. Shamed Dogan (R-St. Louis) filed House Bill 231 (HB231) in January. The legislation…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (April 6, 2017) – Today, the Missouri Senate passed a bill that would ban the use of “stingrays” to track the location of phones and sweep up electronic communications without a warrant in most situations. The proposed law would not only protect privacy in the Show Me State, but would also hinder…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Mar. 14, 2017) – A Missouri Senate bill would ban public health clinics from administering vaccines that contain mercury or any other metal put into the vaccine for preservation purposes, contradicting approved federal policy. Senate Bill 538 (SB538) was introduced by Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D-University City) to mitigate concerns regarding vaccine safety.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (March 8, 2017) – On Monday, a second Missouri House committee passed a bill that would remove industrial hemp from the state’s list of controlled substances and create a program for the licensing and regulation of hemp growers and handlers. Passage into law would set the foundation to nullify the unconstitutional federal prohibition…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (March 3, 2017) – A Missouri bill that would ban the use of “stingrays” to track the location of phones and sweep up electronic communications without a warrant in most situations passed an important House committee this week. The proposed law would not only protect privacy in the Show Me State, but…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (March 2, 2017) – Today, A Missouri Senate committee passed a bill that would put limitations on the storage and sharing of information collected by law enforcement agencies using Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) in the state, and place significant roadblocks in the way of a federal program using states to help track…