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Missouri Republicans to consider removing trans people out of state law
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KY3) – The Missouri House Committee on Emerging Issues is scheduled to review seven pieces of legislation on Wednesday, each of which would further restrict the expression of gender identity in the state.
Multiple proposed bills would require all schools in the state to provide bathrooms, locker rooms, and changing rooms that are separated by biological sex and create a legal structure to pursue damages against the school if there are any suspected violations.
Another bill would impose the same requirement on all workplaces.
In 2023, Republican Missouri Governor Mike Parson signed a law nicknamed the S.A.F.E. Act, which stands for “Save Adolescents From Experimentation. The title falsely implies that gender transition procedures are a form of experimentation, which is not consistent with the position of the mainstream medical community.
The National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Surgeon General, and the American Academy of Pediatrics have all concluded that these medical interventions are legitimate treatment options.
A bill filed by St. Charles Republican state Rep. Adam Schnelting would establish throughout state law that references to gender would be synonymous with sex, effectively disregarding the definitive differences between those two aspects of identity; ‘Sex,’ describing the biological traits that define one as male or female; and ‘Gender,’ describing the social and cultural differences between the sexes.
Schnelting’s bill would attempt to have state law fundamentally disregard that difference and force individuals to align their gender identity with their biological sex.
The following is a list of legislation set to be discussed in the Emerging Issues committee on Wednesday:
- HB 1520 – Would make the gender-affirming treatment ban permanent and retroactive,
- HB 1519 – Would protect from liability any medical professionals who refuse to assist with a gender transition,
- HB 1674 – Requires private employers to provide biological sex-exclusive bathrooms to employees,
- HB 2355 – Requires schools to provide biological sex-exclusive bathrooms, locker rooms, and changing rooms,
- HB 2308 – Requires schools to provide biological sex-exclusive bathrooms, locker rooms, and changing rooms and creates a legal framework for suing non-compliant schools,
- HB 2309 – Eliminates the difference between ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ within state law,
- HB 2357 – Requires all public bathrooms to be biological sex-exclusive.
House Majority Floor leader Jon Patterson, R-Lee’s Summit, said at the beginning of the 2024 session his caucus does not plan to prioritize legislation on LGBTQ issues.
“I don’t think that will be much of a focus,” Patterson said. “I think if you really want to help kids, we have kids that can’t read, 1/5 of our kids are obese, we had 40 kids die of gun violence in the past year. Addressing crime, addressing education, if you really want to help kids, those are the things we should work on.”
However, State Sen. Denny Hoskins, a member of the far-right “Missouri Freedom Caucus,” said continuing to restrict this type of expression is one of his biggest priorities.
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Mizzou is a 22.5-point favorite over Alabama State. The Tigers step back onto its home floor looking to reset after road losses to Notre Dame and Kansas. Alabama State has struggled mightily against high-major opponents.
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What our Post expert thinks about Missouri vs. Alabama State
Alabama State has already dropped its two power-conference tests by an average of 32.5 points, and its defensive profile hasn’t suggested much resistance.
The Hornets bring two of the SWAC’s top scorers in Asjon Anderson and Micah Simpson, they are giving up 81.4 points per game and allowing opponents to shoot 45.3 percent from the floor.
Missouri’s rebounding edge should matter — the Tigers pull nearly 40 boards per game while Alabama State is giving up 37.4 a night and just surrendered 18 offensive rebounds to UT Martin.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – Road construction on Springfield’s northside is affecting access to the Southwest Missouri Humane Society.
MoDOT is realigning the intersection of Norton and Melville Road as part of the I-44 overpass project. The bridge work and intersection project are both impacting the animal shelter.
The shelter sits on Norton Road just west of where the work is happening. Visitors can only reach the shelter by taking the long way up West Bypass to Westgate Avenue, then onto Norton Road.
MoDOT says the intersection at Norton and Melville is supposed to be closed for two weeks. The bridge project, as a whole, is supposed to be completed by the end of the year.
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Organizers working to turn back Missouri’s congressional redistricting map spoke Tuesday about collecting signatures to put the effort to a vote by citizens.
People Not Politicians submitted more than 300,000 signatures Tuesday to the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office. The signatures hope to force a statewide vote on redistricting approved earlier this year by Missouri politicians.
KSHB 41 anchor Caitlin Knute spoke with one of the volunteers behind the effort.
Volunteer describes collecting signatures for petition on Missouri redistricting
“I think people in rural areas want to follow the Constitution, and I think it was pretty clear this was not done within the parameters of the Constitution,” volunteer Elizabeth Franklin said.
Redistricting typically occurs after a census every 10 years, but that wasn’t the case this year in Missouri. Critics on both sides of the aisle note that it splits Kansas City into three districts, lumping parts of the city in with much more rural areas.
A spokesperson for the Missouri Secretary of State’s office confirmed receipt of 691 boxes of signatures.
“The elections division will proceed with scanning, counting and sorting the sheets for verification by local election authorities,” the spokesperson said.
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