How a Bill Becomes Law
This group writes and passes our state laws.
What is the legislative branch?
Missouri House of Representatives is located in this area of the Missouri General Assembly.
What is the lower chamber or lower house (also acceptable: on the left side of the capitol building)
This is the hashtag that is used online to refer to activity by this body and the Missouri House.
What is #MoLeg?
This must happen - thousands of times - before an issue can be added to a ballot
What is collect signatures?
Session starts and ends during these months
What is January and May?
After a bill becomes a law, it is then sent to the Secretary of State where this happens.
What is incorporated into Missouri Law/Statutes?
This person presides over the House of Representatives
Bonus for 250:Who is this person?
Who is the Speaker of the House?
Who is Elijah Haahr (R)
This is the title of a person who works for their Senator (or Representative)
What is a Legislative Aide?
These will most likely be the two candidates for Governor of Missouri
Who are Nicole Galloway and Mike Parson
This is what it is called when you delay a bill by making a very long 'speech' [Hint: MO Senate Democrats did this in 2016 to try to prevent SJR 39 from passing]
What is a filibuster?
This is what happens when the Governor signs a bill or doesn't take action.
What is it becomes a law?
This number is the elected representatives from Missouri for the 435 members of the United States House of Representatives
What is a total of eight representatives
This is the number of Senators in Missouri
What is 34
One of these is a labor issue that was voted down by Missourians in 2018 and the other is another 2018 issue that we may have to vote on again in 2020.
What is Right to Work & CLEAN Missouri
This 2017 bill’s passage prompted the Missouri NAACP to announce a statewide Travel Ban
Bonus for 250: What does this bill do?
What is SB43?
What is make it harder to prove discrimination and impossible to sue individuals.
With two-thirds votes, a law can be passed by these two chambers without Governor action.
Who is both House of Representative and Senate?
This is the number of years/times MONA has been introduced in this chamber
What is 22 years
More than half of Missouri’s state senators reside in 3 of the state’s largest metropolitan areas. What are these three areas?
Where is Kansas City, St. Louis, and Springfield
These happen every 10 years and the ACLU helped win a case that ensured this question would not be asked on it
What is the census’ citizenship question?
This is the chamber and bill number for the abortion ban bill that passed in 2019
What is House [Bill] 126
If the Senate doesn’t approve a bill in its original form, it may be sent to a Conference Committee for members of both chambers to come to an agreement on its final form. This is the term for how we would we refer to the updated version of the bill.
What is Truly Agreed to & Finally Passed?
These are the names of 3 Representatives of the people in this room
Who are Reps. Greg Razer-25, Wes Rogers-18, Crystal Quade-132, Keri Ingle-35, Rasheen Aldridge-78, Curtis Trent-133, Elijah Haahr-134, Dave Muntzel-48, Dave Griffith-60, or LaKeySha Bosley-78?
This a member of the Senate who is elected by the entire body to manage procedural functions and rule on parliamentary matters.
Who the President Pro Tem
There are this many seats in the Missouri Chamber total with blank in the Senate and blank in the House.
What is 197, with 34 in the senate and 163 in the house?
This is one usual difference between a joint resolution (SJR/HJR) and a regular house bill
What is that most Joint Resolutions propose a constitutional amendment?