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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 3201
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE JAMISON.
6942H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 167, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to student
attendance at scheduled elections.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 167, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 167.1001, to read as follows:
167.1001 . 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean:
2 (1) "Election", any primary , general, or special election held to nominate or elect
3 an individual to public office, to r etain or recall an elected officeholder , or to submit a
4 ballot measur e to the voters;
5 (2) "Par ent", a student's par ent, legal guardian, or person standing in loco
6 par entis to the student;
7 (3) "School", any school that is funded in whole or in part by state funds,
8 including, but not limited to, a public school or charter school.
9 2. A student shall not be consider ed absent fr om the school in which the student
10 is enrol led for the time during which the student accompanies his or her par ent when
11 the par ent is exer cising his or her right to vote in a scheduled election.
12 3. A student may receiv e an excused absence pursuant to subsection 2 of this
13 section only one time during each scheduled election.
14 4. A student who accompanies his or her par ent when the par ent is exerci sing his
15 or her right to vote in a scheduled election shall be encouraged by school officials to
16 demonstrate his or her attendance at the scheduled election by wearing an official
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.
17 sticker , badge, or other item upon his or her ret urn to school indicating that he or she
18 attended the scheduled election.
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