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Missouri · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 344: Requires schools that receive state funds to give students excused absences for attending scheduled elections with their parents

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 344 is a bill introduced in the Missouri Senate on December 1, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires schools that receive state funds to give students excused absences for attending scheduled elections with their parents. Primary sponsor: Barbara Washington (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (March 4, 2025): Hearing Conducted S Education Committee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires schools that receive state funds to give students excused absences for attending scheduled elections with their parents

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Barbara WashingtonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate9

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
  2. Second Read and Referred S Education Committee
  3. S First Read
  4. Prefiled

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source