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HB3366 • 2026

Designates April 22 each year as "Missouri Black Bear Awareness Day"

Designates April 22 each year as "Missouri Black Bear Awareness Day"

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Burton, Michael (092)
Last action
2026-04-29
Official status
04/29/2026 - Public Hearing Completed (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 April 22 each year as "Missouri Black Bear Awareness Day"

Designates April 22 each year as "Missouri Black Bear Awareness Day"

What This Bill Does

  • Designates April 22 each year as "Missouri Black Bear Awareness Day"

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. 2026-04-29 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Public Hearing Completed (H)

  2. 2026-03-05 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Referred: Conservation and Natural Resources(H)

  3. 2026-02-23 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Read Second Time (H)

  4. 2026-02-19 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Introduced and Read First Time (H)

Official Summary Text

Designates April 22 each year as "Missouri Black Bear Awareness Day"

Current Bill Text

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 3366
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE BUR TON.
4562H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 9, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to Missouri black bear
awareness 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 9.358, to read as follows:
9.358. April twenty-second each year is hereb y designated as "Missouri Black
2 Bear A waren ess Day". Citizens of this state ar e encouraged to participate in
3 appr opriate events and activities to prov ide education about efforts to conserve
4 Missouri's black bear population.
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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.