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1996 Liberities Stories

• 10/ 3/1996: Radio Story - Getting suspended from school for kissing a classmate could happen in Missouri.
• 9/11/1996: Newspaper Story - House sustains governor's abortion-regulation veto.
• 8/29/1996: Radio Story - Catholic Conference to use House Chamber for meeting.
• 5/17/1996: Legislative sends governor limited abortion-regulation bill.
• 5/16/1996: Infobox on changes in mental health commitment approved by lawmakers.
• 5/16/1996: Major reorganization of mental health commitment laws clears legislature.
• 5/16/1996: A bill that would make it easier to commit someone for psychiatric care is one step away from becoming law.
• 5/16/1996: History of mental health commitment problems.
• 5/16/1996: Senate passes limited abortion-regulation bill.
• 5/15/1996: Senate rejects compromise on abortion sponsored by all the Senate's women members (newspaper story).
• 5/15/1996: The House approves changes in involuntary commitment for the mentally ill.
• 5/15/1996: The House unanimously approves policy changes in the commitment and release of the mentally ill.
• 5/15/1996: Women senators see their version of the abortion bill defeated
• 5/15/1996: Three women senators draft their own version of the abortion bill
• 5/14/1996: The House Judiciary Committee considers a bill that bans same sex marriages in Missouri.
• 5/ 9/1996: Non-married, same-sex pigs authorized to carry concealed weapons under legislative staffer's suggested bill.
• 5/ 9/1996: Abortion dispute stalls budget in House
• 5/ 8/1996: Senate votes to prohibit same-sex marriages (newspaper story).
• 5/ 8/1996: Senators relied on Judeo-Christian arguments to deny homosexuals the right to marry.
• 5/ 8/1996: Senators voted to to prohibit same-sex marriages.
• 5/ 7/1996: The Senate passes a bill making it a crime to sell human remains.
• 5/ 6/1996: House rejects efforts by black legislators to restrict alcohol advertising in minority areas.
• 5/ 6/1996: A Legislator's efforts to ban advertising in black communities got shot down in the House.
• 5/ 3/1996: Senate committee passes abortion bill, despite governor's veto threat.
• 5/ 2/1996: The Senate passed a bill that will give minorities scolastic scholarships based on race.
• 5/ 1/1996: The governor says he will veto legislation to restrict abortion.
• 5/ 1/1996: The governor says he is opposed to an attempt to add caregivers to Tel-Link.
• 4/30/1996: House approves giving courts power to order AIDS tests of anyone.
• 4/26/1996: Compromise suggested on anti-abortion legislation.
• 4/24/1996: Senate's anti-abortion leader suggests compromise.
• 4/22/1996: English-only bill clears Senate committee.
• 4/16/1996: Concealed weapons debate is most likely finished for this legislative session (radio story with digital audio).
• 4/16/1996: The Senate votes to make it easier to commit people for psychiatric treatment (radio story).
• 4/16/1996: Senate passes overhaul of mental health commitment law (newspaper story).
• 4/16/1996: A House committee rejects constitutional amendment to allow Missourians to carry concealed weapons (newspaper story).
• 4/15/1996: House committee defeates making English the official language.
• 4/15/1996: House sends abortion-regulation bill to Senate.
• 4/15/1996: House approves requirements on doctors performing abortions.
• 4/15/1996: The House passed a bill creating new requirements for abortion seekers and the physicians who perform them.
• 4/12/1996: GOP lawmakers strip same-sex marriage ban bill from House committee.
• 4/10/1996: Concealed weapons vote pushed in House despite NRA opposition.
• 4/ 4/1996: Senate cuts $0.5 million from MU budget in protest over foreign accent by teacher.
• 4/ 3/1996: The House approves abortion regulation bill.
• 4/ 3/1996: Missouri anti-abortion forces happy House-passed abortion restrictions.
• 4/ 3/1996: The House passes an abortion bill amid objections by Planned Parenthood.
• 4/ 1/1996: NRA opposition kills effort to revive the concealed weapons bill.
• 3/28/1996: Concealed weapons bill is defeated by the Senate.
• 3/28/1996: Staples lets tempers cool down, waits to bring up concealed weapons bill.
• 3/28/1996: The House perfects a move to ban publication of state documents in foriegn languages.
• 3/27/1996: The Senate narrowly rejects the concealed weapons bill- for now.
• 3/27/1996: Opponents to a bill to make English the official language say it is anti-immigrant.
• 3/27/1996: Tongue-in-cheek responses highlight House debate on bill to make English Missouri's official language.
• 3/26/1996: Senate votes to put concealed on the statewide ballot.
• 3/26/1996: Concealed weapons sponsor admits he's illegally carried a concealed weapon.
• 3/26/1996: Senate votes to put concealed weapons on statewide ballot.
• 3/20/1996: The Health Department's Tel-Link program is praised by all sides of the abortion debate.
• 3/20/1996: Anti-smoking forces charge tobacco industry trying to block local control of tobacco.
• 2/29/1996: House committee hears bill to decriminalize homosexual acts.
• 2/28/1996: The House Judiciary and Ethics Committee aproved changes in Missouri's Sunshine law.
• 2/22/1996: Lawmaker pushes government ban on foreign languages.
• 2/14/1996: Subcommittee fails to find compromise on abortion.
• 2/14/1996: Effort at compromise on abortion fails.
• 2/ 7/1996: Abortion restriction bill tossed to subcommittee in search of a compromise.
• 2/ 1/1996: State charges some businesses not checking safety of their drinking water.
• 1/30/1996: MU students call for testing English fluency of faculty.
• 1/30/1996: Senate committee debates bill to make English official state language
• 1/30/1996: Abortion proponents talk compromise, but offer no specifics.
• 1/24/1996: Anti-abortion bill heard by Senate committee.
• 1/24/1996: State government's week starts with anti-abortion rally.
• 1/23/1996: Anti-abortion forces hopeful with new House leadership.
• 1/23/1996: Anti-abortion forces rally to push abortion restriction legislation.
• 1/11/1996: The Legislative Black Caucus got exactly what it wanted out of the speaker race - a black pro tem.
• 1/10/1996: Black wins highest legislative leadership job in Missouri history.
• 1/10/1996: Black Caucus scores major victory in House with election of black to leadership.
• 1/10/1996: Missouri has a woman as legislative floor leader for the first time.
• 1/ 9/1996: Democratic speaker candidate gives up nomination.
• 1/ 9/1996: Black Caucus opposition forces Democratic speaker nominee to drop nomination.
• 1/ 9/1996: House Black Caucus will not support Democratic speaker candidate because of rural background.
• 1/ 8/1996: Black Caucus helps defeat Democratic House Speaker candidate.
• 1/ 4/1996: House blacks raising a long list of demands.
• 1/ 4/1996: Preview of the major issues that have emerged for the 1996 legislative session.
• 1/ 4/1996: Columbia legislators express their opinions of the General Assembly's opening day.
• 1/ 4/1996: Women lawmakers express confidence Democratic split with blacks wiill not jeopardize chances for electing a woman as majority leader.
• 1/ 3/1996: House fails to elect new speaker after blacks refuse to support the Democratic candidate.
• 1/ 3/1996: The House speaker pro tem offers up his job for unity among House Democrats.
• 1/ 3/1996: Leake to meet with Legislative Black Caucus.
• 1/ 3/1996: Black Caucus member says blacks want a top House leadership position.
• 1/ 3/1996: House Democrats in disarray over speakership race.
• 0/ 0/ 0: Senate votes to prohibit same-sex marriages (newspaper story).