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From: Trey Propes, CHA - MHLA President

Valued Members:

Please take the time to look at your weekly legislative update
from the Missouri Hotel and Lodging Association, 

"The Voice of the Hospitality Industry."

 Missouri Hotel and Lodging

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2012 Legislative Session Report

Senate Bill List          House Bill List

Senate Committees          House Committees

Senate Members          House Members

Opening Week of 2012 Session

 The 2012 session is underway and questions of it’s productivity can finally be assessed.  If you think the new video game you purchased during the holiday season is complex, put on your 5D glasses to decipher the matrix the legislature has cooked up for 2012.  Special session, court drawn new house and senate districts, poor budget, 2012 elections, the spillover effect from tension borne by special session between the house versus the senate versus the governor versus the business community, and the all our food fight over rewriting the formula that dictates the amount of state funds allocated to each local school district. 

The legislature will focus on approving a constitutionally mandated balanced budget, which at the moment is projected at $750M short, killing or implementing the Health Exchange mandated by the Federal Government and business reform issues, such as workers comp and the 2^nd injury fund, and fixing an upcoming major reshuffle of dollars to local school districts while keeping an eye on their re-election efforts.

The relatively rarely called special session in October exacerbated the division between the House and Senate, as they could not come to terms on various economic development proposals. The disagreements between the two bodies usually have all interim to dissipate, but the special session ended only 5 weeks shy of 2012 pre session filing, which began on December 1^st, 2011.

Senate President Rob Mayer and Speaker Steven Tilley outlined their priorities during opening day speeches to their respective bodies.  Both are serving their last year as a legislator.

Two bills will be heard this week requiring all administrative rules to sunset, and cause the departments to re-file to ensure they are still relevant and necessary.  It also gives private industry an opportunity to comment when the rules are refilled.  The downside is, some rules are good, and they too will be up for re-promulgation. I will follow this bill, last year the senate liked the concept, but was not sure that was the way to clean out the administrative rules that were out of date.

Legislation filed specific to Missouri Hotel and Lodging

Thank you for your membership.

Sincerely, 

Trey Propes, CHA
President
Missouri Hotel & Lodging Association
P. O. Box 104593
Jefferson City, MO 65110
573-636-2107
www.lodgingmissouri.com