(April 16, 2007) A key committee in the Missouri Senate today gave its approval to allow HB 327 to advance. The Missouri Senate followed suit and approved the final motion on the bill. As anticipated, the House refused to concur in the Senate position and asked the Senate for a conference on the legislation, which was granted. The contents of the bill will now be determined by a conference committee made up of five Senators and five Representatives. Once they have reached consensus, the compromise bill must be approved again by both the House and the Senate. The Senate conferees are: Senators Griesheimer, Koster, Crowell, Callahan, and Kennedy. The House conferees have yet to be appointed (probably sometime tomorrow). This is the first bill containing this priority legislation to reach this stage in the process this year and we are very thankful to Rep. Ron Richard and Sen. John Griesheimer and leadership in the House and Senate for continuing to make this legislation a priority.Also, a hearing has been scheduled on HB 131 for Wednesday, April 18, 9:00 a.m. in the Senate Lounge before the Senate Ways and Means Committee. Please contact members of the Senate Ways and Means Committee and express your support for the manufacturing inputs sales tax exemption. We are very grateful to our sponsor, Rep. Shannon Cooper, and our handler in the Senate, Senator Carl Vogel.
For more information on these bills, please contact Ray McCarty at rmccarty@aimo.com.
