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Advocacy Committee

The mission of the Mehlville School District Board Advocacy Committee is to develop an annual Mehlville School District Advocacy Priorities and maintain it each year. The committee will also remain diligent and communicate its findings concerning legislation that could influence our stakeholders.

If you would like to join in the advocacy effort to monitor bills moving through our legislature that could affect our schools, our students and our community, please contact the Advocacy Committee via email at  advocacy@msdr9.org.

Missouri Legislators for Mehlville School District

MO House District 92 - Michael Burton  
MO House District 93 - Bridget Walsh Moore  
MO House District 94 - Jim Murphy  
MO House District 95 - Vacant (pending November 2026 election)
MO Senate District 1 - Doug Beck  
MO Senate District 24 - Tracy McCreery  

Use the link below to look up all legislators for a specific street address:
Search all legislators for a street address (Missouri Senate - mo.gov).

The Legislative Process

There are some key steps in the legislative process where advocacy seems to work best. That’s during initial bill review, committee hearings and floor debate. A flow chart of the legislative process is outlined below.

1. Bill is filed.
- First Reading
- Second Reading

2. Bill is assigned to a committee.
- Public Hearing
- Committee Vote

3. If the bill is sent to the floor for debate:
- Amendments
- Third Reading
- Vote

4. If the bill is sent to the second chamber's committee:
- Public Hearing
- Committee Vote

5. If the bill is sent to the floor for debate:
- Amendments
- Third Reading
- Vote

6. If both Chambers do not agree, there is an opportunity to conference and substitute. If both Chambers agree, the bill is sent to the Governor.

7. The Governor can either sign the bill into law, veto the bill or take no action. If the Governor vetoes a bill, both chambers can override the veto with a two-thirds vote.

Learn more about how a bill becomes a law in Missouri. 

The Legislative Calendar

December 1, 2025 – Bills can start being pre-filed before the 2026 Legislative Session begins.
January 7, 2026 (First Wednesday in January) – Legislative Session begins for 2026.
January 19, 2026 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) – Legislature is not in session.
February 27, 2026 – Deadline for filing 2026 Legislative Session bills.
March 16-20, 2026 – Spring Break week, Legislature is not in session.
April 6, 2026 (Easter Break) – Legislature is not in session.
May 8, 2026 (Second Friday in May) – State budget must be approved by 6 p.m. CDT , as state law requires it to be completed by that date and time.
May 15, 2026 (Third Friday in May) – Legislative Session ends at 6 p.m. CDT.
September 19, 2026 (Second Wednesday in September) –  First day of the 2026 Veto Session.

Definition of Legislative Terms

For an explanation of the terms used in both the House and Senate for bills, these two links will provide a glossary of terms used in the bill passage process:

MO House Of Representative Terms   
MO Senate Glossary of Legislative Terms   

Bills

See the bills that the Advocacy Committee is currently following in 2026.  This document shows where tracked bills are in the legislative process.

This is an archive of past tracked bills from previous legislative sessions. These documents may not be compliant with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 Level AA. If you need an accessible version of these files, please contact messenger@msdr9.org or call 314-467-5000.