Missouri · Senate Bill 240 · 2025 Regular Session (103rd General Assembly)

Modifies provisions relating to state funds for regional planning commissions

SB 240 Sponsored by Jamie Burger Died in committee

  1. Introduced Dec 1, 2024
  2. In committee Feb 3, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

SS/SB 240 - This act modifies provisions relating to planning boards. COUNTY PLANNING BOARDS Current law requires a county planning board to publish a notice of public hearing in at least two conspicuous places in each township prior to adopting a master plan. This act repeals such requirement and instead requires the notice of hearing to be posted on the county's website. (Section 64.231) This provision is…

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SS/SB 240 - This act modifies provisions relating to planning boards. COUNTY PLANNING BOARDS Current law requires a county planning board to publish a notice of public hearing in at least two conspicuous places in each township prior to adopting a master plan. This act repeals such requirement and instead requires the notice of hearing to be posted on the county's website. (Section 64.231) This provision is identical to a provision in SCS/HB 233 (2025), SS#2/SCS/HB 199 (2025), and HCS/HB 532 (2025). REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSIONS Under current law, state funds for the East-West Gateway Coordinating Council and for the Mid-America Regional Council are not to exceed $65,000 and state funds for other regional planning commissions shall not exceed $25,000. This act changes the sums to $130,000 and $50,000. Additionally, this act removes the regional planning commissions of Show-Me, Missouri Valley, Ozark Gateway, ABCD, and Lakes County and adds Harry S. Truman, MO-Kan, Pioneer Trails, and Southwest Mo. Finally, this act provides that beginning July 1, 2026, the maximum grant amount for each regional planning commission shall be adjusted with the consumer price index. (Section 251.034) This provision is identical to SB 387 (2025), SB 477 (2025), HB 826 (2025), HB 837 (2025), and HB 2151 (2024), and to a provision in SCS/HB 233 (2025) and SCS/HB 352 (2025), and is substantially similar to SB 939 (2024), SB 1112 (2024), and SB 634 (2023), and to a provision in HCS/HB 532 (2025), SCS/HCS/HB 1564 (2024), and HCS/SB 155 (2023).

Every action

10 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenatePrefiled
  2. SenateS First Read
  3. CommitteeSecond Read and Referred S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee · Senate Local Government, Elections and Pensions
  4. CommitteeHearing Conducted S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee · Senate Local Government, Elections and Pensions
  5. CommitteeVoted Do Pass S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee · Senate Local Government, Elections and Pensions
  6. CommitteeReported from S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee · Senate Local Government, Elections and Pensions
  7. SenateSS S offered (Burger)--(0614S.02F)
  8. SenateSA 1 to SS S offered (Nicola)--(0614S02.01S)
  9. SenateBill Placed on Informal Calendar
  10. SenateInformal Calendar S Bills for Perfection

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Feb 24, 2025 Senate Local Government, Elections and Pensions Local Government, Elections and Pensions: To pass the bill out - Regular
Members

Yes · 6

No · 1

Absent · 1

 6–1

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Missouri's official records (www.senate.mo.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.