I’m Aimee the Attorney, with answers to your legal questions. In my recent interview with Mark Ellebracht, a member of the Missouri House of Representatives, I got a chance to find out more about how laws are made and what legislators do.
Many people only have a vague idea of what lawmakers do, so I asked Rep. Ellebracht to explain. He said that lawmakers have two main roles. First, they have the role of serving as a liaison between their constituents and state departments. For example, if the Missouri Department of Revenue didn’t get your tax returns to you in a timely manner, you could contact your representative. They would then try to find out why it was delayed and hopefully get you the result you want in an appropriate amount of time.
Their second role is to be on committees and vote on legislation. There are several different types of committees. Joint committees include both representatives and senators. Special committees are established to deal with specific issues, such as tort reform bills, during a legislative session. Standing committees have and will be a part of the legislative process as long as the legislature continues in its current form. Some of the standing committees include education, economic development, agriculture, and the judiciary committee.
In the committees, the lawmakers can present bills and read the bills that are presented. They discuss the bills with each other and hear public input on them. They then vote on whether the bill should pass to the rules committee to determine the financial impact of the bill. If the bill is called to the floor, the representative who presented it reads it, and the bill is perfected. y minimum sentencing. Once the bill passed, it was sent to Governor Parson’s, who signed it into law.
Watch the whole interview to be totally up to date on how your Missouri lawmakers are working for you.
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Aimee Gromowsky (aimeethesttorney.com) and Mark Ellebracht, Missouri House of Representatives,(house.mo.gov/M...)
Recorded July 11, 2019
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FULL INTERVIEW
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