"The price of the gas right now and how small the penalty is, is one of the reasons why people are trying to drive away without paying," said the bill's sponsor, Rep. Wayne Crump, D-Potosi. "This bill will just put a stronger penalty on someone who was driving away without paying for the gas."
Majority Floor Leader Wayne Crump, D-Potosi, questioned whether the Senate would remove the language. He sponsored the amendment and is also pushing for a wider concealed weapons bill.
Democrat Wayne Crump is the floor leader and he did this to end debate over a tax credit bill sponsored by fellow Democrat Phil Smith. Debate on the bill started last week and six amendments were added to the bill, but ending debate, meant Republicans couldn't add any other amendments to the bill. Republican Representative Charlie Shields spoke to Smith after the bill passed the House.
Sponsored by the two highest ranking members in the Democratically controlled House, Speaker Jim Kreider, D-Nixa, and Majority Floor Leader Wayne Crump, D-Potosi, the plan would allow gun owners who undergo training and get a license to carry a concealed firearm.
Representative Wayne Crump's amendment to allow people over the age of 21 to carry licenced weapons in their cars is one that was added to the bill. People are allowed to carry guns right now, but they must be kept in plain view.
Sponsored by the two highest ranking members in the Democratically controlled House, Speaker Jim Kreider, D-Nixa, and Majority Floor Leader Wayne Crump, D-Potosi, the plan would allow gun owners who undergo training and get a license to carry a concealed firearm.
While Missourians narrowly defeated the concealed weapons bill just a couple of years ago, the issue has been reintroduced by the House Majority Leader, Rep. Wayne Crump, D-Jefferson County.
There was no opposition to the bill, which is expected to be debated in the House next week, said a spokeswoman for Majority Floor Leader Wayne Crump, D-Potosi.
Wayne Crump is the Democrats leader in the House and says he's never seen unanimous approval of the rules before and is happy with the compromise the parties reached.
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