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HB3343 • 2026

Designates July fifteenth each year as "Leon Jordan Day" in Missouri

Designates July fifteenth each year as "Leon Jordan Day" in Missouri

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Price, Tiffany (026)
Last action
2026-05-15
Official status
05/15/2026 - Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
Effective date
2026-08-28

Plain English Breakdown

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Designates July fifteenth each year as "Leon Jordan Day" in Missouri

Designates July fifteenth each year as "Leon Jordan Day" in Missouri

What This Bill Does

  • Designates July fifteenth each year as "Leon Jordan Day" in Missouri

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. 2026-02-19 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Read Second Time (H)

  3. 2026-02-18 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Introduced and Read First Time (H)

Official Summary Text

Designates July fifteenth each year as "Leon Jordan Day" in Missouri

Current Bill Text

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 3343
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE PRICE.
7245H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 9, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to Leon Jordan day .
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 9.514, to read as follows:
9.514. July fifteenth each year is her eby designated as "Leon Jordan Day" in
2 Missouri. The citizens of this state are encouraged to participate in appr opriate events
3 and activities to celebrate the life and legacy of Leon Jordan, an influential African-
4 American politician and civil rights leader who was assassinated on July 15, 1970, while
5 serving as a member of the Missouri house of rep res entatives.
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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.