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General Assembly Appropriations Process
Committees
ADVOCACY TIMELINE
LEGISLATIVE SESSION
October – January: Advocates educate
legislators at home in local districts
October/November: Discuss proposed legislation
with DESE
Work on Fiscal Note
November: Get Legislation drafted
November 4: Statewide Elections
November 6: House & Senate Leadership
Elections
December/Jan: Get Sponsors to draft and
file legislation
December 1-18: Freshmen Legislators Tour
December 1: First Day to File Legislation
January: Committees named by Leadership
January 7: First Day of Session
January 12: Inauguration at State Capitol
January 20/21: Governor’s State of
the State Address – Budget projections
Mid-January: Lobby House Speaker & Senate
President Pro Tem to assign legislation
to committee
Late January/Feb: Committee Hearings in
House & Senate
February 11: Missouri Citizens for the Arts’
Citizens Day at the Legislature
February: Committee Hearings
Favorable Vote out of Committee
Full Floor Debate
March: Bill switches Chambers and hearing
process begins again
March 10: Missouri Alliance for Arts Education
Day at the Capitol
March 13-23: Legislative Spring Break –
Local visits with legislators
April: Hearings/Floor Debate
May: Conference Committee if needed
May 8: Budget must be finalized and on Governor’s
desk by 6pm
May 15: End of Legislative Session –
6pm
July 14: Last Day Governor has to sign legislation
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