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SB1613 • 2026

Designates each November 24th as "Frankie Muse Freeman Day" in Missouri

Designates each November 24th as "Frankie Muse Freeman Day" in Missouri

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Mosley, Angela; House handler: Mosley, Chanel
Last action
2026-05-14
Official status
Executive Session Action postponed H Rules - Legislative
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 each November 24th as "Frankie Muse Freeman Day" in Missouri

The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Perfected Print SB 1613 - This act designates November 24th of each year as "Frankie Muse Freeman Day" in Missouri.

What This Bill Does

  • The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Perfected Print SB 1613 - This act designates November 24th of each year as "Frankie Muse Freeman Day" in Missouri.
  • This act is identical to HB 2796 (2026).
  • JIM ERTLE Introduced Print SB 1613 - This act designates November 24th of each year as "Frankie Muse Freeman Day" in Missouri.
  • This act is identical to HB 2796 (2026).

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. 2026-05-14 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Executive Session Action postponed H Rules - Legislative

  2. 2026-05-13 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Executive Session Action postponed H Rules - Legislative

  3. 2026-05-11 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Executive Session Action postponed H Rules - Legislative

  4. 2026-05-07 H2352

    Referred H Rules - Legislative

  5. 2026-04-22 H1894

    Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on Tourism

  6. 2026-04-22 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Tourism

  7. 2026-04-15 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Tourism

  8. 2026-04-09 H1738

    Referred H Special Committee on Tourism

  9. 2026-03-25 H1392

    H Second Read

  10. 2026-03-24 H1385

    H First Read

  11. 2026-03-24 S678-679

    S Third Read and Passed - Consent

  12. 2026-03-09 S544

    Reported from S Progress and Development Committee - Consent

  13. 2026-03-09 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Motion to pass bill as consent taken by S Progress and Development Committee - Consent vote adopted

  14. 2026-03-09 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Voted Do Pass S Progress and Development Committee

  15. 2026-02-24 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Hearing Conducted S Progress and Development Committee

  16. 2026-02-12 S383

    Second Read and Referred S Progress and Development Committee

  17. 2026-01-29 S258

    S First Read

Official Summary Text

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Perfected

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SB 1613 - This act designates November 24th of each year as "Frankie Muse Freeman Day" in Missouri.

This act is identical to HB 2796 (2026).
JIM ERTLE

Introduced

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SB 1613 - This act designates November 24th of each year as "Frankie Muse Freeman Day" in Missouri.

This act is identical to HB 2796 (2026).
JIM ERTLE

Current Bill Text

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
[PERFECTED]
SENATE BILL NO. 1613
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MOSLEY .
6816S.01P KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 9, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to Frankie Muse Freeman
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 1
one new section, to be known as section 9.413, to read as 2
follows:3
9.413. November twenty-fourth each year is hereby 1
designated as "Frankie Muse Freeman Day" in Missouri. The 2
citizens of this state are encouraged to participate in 3
appropriate events and activities to celebrate Frankie Muse 4
Freeman, a St. Louis attorney who was a champion for civil 5
rights, won a landmark case that ended legal racial 6
discrimination in St. Louis public housing, and was the 7
first black woman appointed to the United States Commission 8
on Civil Rights by president Lyndon B. Johnson. 9
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