Southern Missouri Senator Mike Cunningham sponsored the bill that passed with bipartisan support, however it did not pass in the Senate with a two-thirds majority.
The legislature can override the governor's veto with a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate. The House passed the measure with a couple votes beyond a two-thirds vote. The Senate fell one vote short of a two-thirds, but an absent GOP senator -- Sen. Mike Cunningham, R-Rogersville -- said he will vote to override.
Wrap: Senator Mike Cunningham, a Republican from Rogersville, sponsors the bill that would require the state to maintain a database that would track all of workers compensation used by employees.
Senator Mike Cunningham, a Republican from southern Missouri, says the measure he is sponsoring would completely change the payday loan business in Missouri.
Sen. Mike Cunningham, R-Rogersville, is sponsoring a bill that would allow employers to look at a searchable database of employees who have filed workers' compensation claimsin previous jobs.
Sen. Mike Cunningham, R-Rogersville, is sponsoring a bill that would allow employers to look at a searchable database of employees who have filed workers' compensation claimsin previous jobs.
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