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HB2963 • 2026

Designates January as "Blood Donor Awareness Month"

Designates January as "Blood Donor Awareness Month"

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Weber, Emily (024)
Last action
2026-05-15
Official status
05/15/2026 - Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
Effective date
2026-08-28

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Designates January as "Blood Donor Awareness Month"

Designates January as "Blood Donor Awareness Month"

What This Bill Does

  • Designates January as "Blood Donor Awareness Month"

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-15 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Referred: Emerging Issues(H)

  2. 2026-01-14 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Read Second Time (H)

  3. 2026-01-13 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Introduced and Read First Time (H)

Official Summary Text

Designates January as "Blood Donor Awareness Month"

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2963
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE WEBER.
6702H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 9, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to blood donor
awareness month.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 9, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 9.025, to read as follows:
9.025. The month of January is her eby designated as "Blood Donor A waren ess
2 Month". It is reco mmended to the people of this state that the month be appr opriately
3 observed thr ough activities that incr ease awar eness of the importance of blood
4 donation. The state deems blood and blood prod ucts to be a critical res our ce and a vital
5 public health asset that must be read ily available at all times.
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EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.