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MISSOURI HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                    WITNESS APPEARANCE FORM

 BILL NUMBER:                                                              DATE:
 HB 2004                                                                   2/2/2026
 COMMITTEE:
 Budget
 TESTIFYING:             IN SUPPORT OF   IN OPPOSITION TO   FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES

                                         WITNESS NAME
BUSINESS/ORGANIZATION:
 WITNESS NAME:                                                PHONE NUMBER:
 DAVID PEARCE                                                 660-422-2433
 BUSINESS/ORGANIZATION NAME:                                  TITLE:
 UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI                               EXEC. DIR. GOVT. RELATIONS
 ADDRESS:
 208 E. SOUTH STREET
 CITY:                                                        STATE:               ZIP:
 WARRENSBURG                                                  MO                   64093
 EMAIL:                                  ATTENDANCE:              SUBMIT DATE:
                                                                  2/2/2026 12:00 AM
 THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS PUBLIC RECORD UNDER CHAPTER 610, RSMo.
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 BILL NUMBER:                                                         DATE:
 HB 2004                                                              2/2/2026
 COMMITTEE:
 Budget
 TESTIFYING:        IN SUPPORT OF   IN OPPOSITION TO   FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES

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REGISTERED LOBBYIST:
 WITNESS NAME:                                           PHONE NUMBER:
 JEFF GLENN                                              573-270-4053
 REPRESENTING:                                           TITLE:
 MISSOURIANS FOR TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT
 ADDRESS:
 P.O. BOX 772
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 CAPE GIRARDEAU                                          MO                   63702
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                                                             2/2/2026 12:00 AM
 THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS PUBLIC RECORD UNDER CHAPTER 610, RSMo.
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 BILL NUMBER:                                                              DATE:
 HB 2004                                                                   2/2/2026
 COMMITTEE:
 Budget
 TESTIFYING:             IN SUPPORT OF   IN OPPOSITION TO   FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES

                                         WITNESS NAME
BUSINESS/ORGANIZATION:
 WITNESS NAME:                                                PHONE NUMBER:
 TAMMY BRUCKERHOFF                                            573-690-1965
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 CITY OF HERMANN                                              TOURISM & ECONOMIC
                                                              DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
 ADDRESS:
 1902 JEFFERSON STREET
 CITY:                                                        STATE:               ZIP:
 HERMANN                                                      MO                   65041
 EMAIL:                                  ATTENDANCE:              SUBMIT DATE:
                                                                  2/2/2026 12:00 AM
 THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS PUBLIC RECORD UNDER CHAPTER 610, RSMo.
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 BILL NUMBER:                                                                           DATE:
 HB 2004                                                                                2/2/2026
 COMMITTEE:
 Budget
 TESTIFYING:             IN SUPPORT OF        IN OPPOSITION TO         FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES

                                             WITNESS NAME
INDIVIDUAL:
 WITNESS NAME:                                                             PHONE NUMBER:
 AFTON HARPER
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                                              Written                          2/2/2026 9:38 AM
 THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS PUBLIC RECORD UNDER CHAPTER 610, RSMo.
 I oppose further cuts to Missouri transit funding and urge restoration of the $5 million in state support.
 I rely on transit daily to get to and from work, doctors appointments, and shopping because I and many
 of my friends are unable to drive due to a disability. Cutting funding could result in reduced routes,
 fewer hours, and longer wait times.
 Please protect access to public transit for Missourians.

 Thank you.
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 BILL NUMBER:                                                                           DATE:
 HB 2004                                                                                2/2/2026
 COMMITTEE:
 Budget
 TESTIFYING:             IN SUPPORT OF        IN OPPOSITION TO         FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES

                                             WITNESS NAME
INDIVIDUAL:
 WITNESS NAME:                                                             PHONE NUMBER:
 CHRISTOPHER CROSS
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                                              Written                          2/2/2026 2:41 PM
 THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS PUBLIC RECORD UNDER CHAPTER 610, RSMo.
 Dear State Representatives,

 I am writing in reference to the portion of HB 2004, that seeks to cut funding to transportation services,
 and to oppose any cuts to such. Every day, all across Missouri, there are untold numbers of people
 with disabilities, senior citizens, and many others who depend on transportation services to access
 their communities and all the things that are therein. This is particularly critical for those requiring
 OATS bus transportation for without such, they would not be able to see a doctor, buy groceries, pay
 bills, and many other things. I understand the State budge is important and a lot of work and thought
 goes into appropriating money. But cutting the funding needed for transportation services is one
 subject matter than should not be defunded. Thank you.
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 HB 2004                                                                              2/2/2026
 COMMITTEE:
 Budget
 TESTIFYING:             IN SUPPORT OF       IN OPPOSITION TO        FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES

                                            WITNESS NAME
INDIVIDUAL:
 WITNESS NAME:                                                           PHONE NUMBER:
 GWENDOLYN LEFAYE JACKSON
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                                            Written                          2/2/2026 1:21 PM
 THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS PUBLIC RECORD UNDER CHAPTER 610, RSMo.
 I am my son’s Caregiver he’s a Parapeglic. My son is always in pain, has bladder spasms, has urinary
 Tracy infections, has back spasms muscle spasms, uncontrollable bowel problems so I make
 numerous trips to pickup meds, doctors appointments, I pickup groceries I take him to the Barbershop,
 dentist, cleaners, I go to the laundromat because he has incontinence problems, all thru the week this
 is just to name a few things. So to even think about taking this away from the handicap is insane. I
 can’t afford to lose transportation it pays for his lively hood. Please think about someone that really
 needs the help.
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 BILL NUMBER:                                                                        DATE:
 HB 2004                                                                             2/2/2026
 COMMITTEE:
 Budget
 TESTIFYING:             IN SUPPORT OF      IN OPPOSITION TO        FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES

                                           WITNESS NAME
INDIVIDUAL:
 WITNESS NAME:                                                          PHONE NUMBER:
 HALLEY KORFF
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                                            Written                         2/2/2026 9:58 AM
 THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS PUBLIC RECORD UNDER CHAPTER 610, RSMo.
 I am an independent, employed vision impaired individual. I have very limited means of transportation
 to remain independent. Individuals in the blind community rely on transportation. We do not always
 have supports in the community to assist us with transportation. Reducing transportation funding, will
 reduce the amount of successful, independent, employed individuals in the blind community. We need
 more transportation - not less. I encourage you do try living without constant transportation
 opportunities for 1 month. Reach out to the blind communities and have an open conversation. You will
 find that most in the blind community do not go outside of a few blocks of where they live.
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 BILL NUMBER:                                                                            DATE:
 HB 2004                                                                                 2/2/2026
 COMMITTEE:
 Budget
 TESTIFYING:             IN SUPPORT OF         IN OPPOSITION TO         FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES

                                              WITNESS NAME
BUSINESS/ORGANIZATION:
 WITNESS NAME:                                                              PHONE NUMBER:
 JACKSON HOTALING                                                           313-300-4748
 BUSINESS/ORGANIZATION NAME:                                                TITLE:
 MISSOURIANS FOR RESPONSIBLE TRANSPORTATION                                 DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND
                                                                            PROGRAMS
 ADDRESS:
 214 ST. JOSEPH ST.
 CITY:                                                                      STATE:               ZIP:
 COLUMBIA                                                                   MO                   65201
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 jackson@movingmissouri.org                   Written                           2/2/2026 12:40 PM
 THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS PUBLIC RECORD UNDER CHAPTER 610, RSMo.
 Almost 1/3rd of Missourians do not have a driver's license, and therefore, all modes of transportation
 need to be responsibly considered for our transportation investments. Please consider ensuring
 transit, passenger rail, and active transportation (including infrastructure for sidewalks and trails) are
 invested in appropriately to meet Missourians' needs to travel safely and economically throughout the
 state.

 The FY27 budget recommendations include a catastrophic loss for Missouri transit. After reducing
 state transit funding by 42% last year, this proposal threatens to cut an additional $5 million from
 general revenue, leaving just $1.7 million to be split among 30 transit providers statewide for operating
 assistance. Per capita spending has already dropped from $1.89 to $1.08 in the last year—which is
 among the lowest in the nation—and would drop to 27 cents under this proposal.

 If this budget is adopted, state transit funding will have been cut by 85% since the Governor took
 office, even as demand for transit accessibility continues to grow among all age groups. Operational
 costs for transit providers continue to escalate, and without adequate state funding, transit agencies
 will be unable to provide the local match required to secure federal funds for both operations and
 capital improvements.
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 BILL NUMBER:                                                                          DATE:
 HB 2004                                                                               2/2/2026
 COMMITTEE:
 Budget
 TESTIFYING:             IN SUPPORT OF        IN OPPOSITION TO        FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES

                                             WITNESS NAME
INDIVIDUAL:
 WITNESS NAME:                                                            PHONE NUMBER:
 LARRY WILSON
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                                             Written                          2/1/2026 12:22 AM
 THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS PUBLIC RECORD UNDER CHAPTER 610, RSMo.
 With the amount of money cut for transportation in the last year, and even more this year, my fellow
 Missourians are the real losers in the financial equation. Something has to give, and Public
 Transportation gives SO many residents of this beautiful state the quality of life needed by providing a
 way to get to medical appointments, nutritional needs, and even employment. People that also pay
 taxes in Missouri.
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 BILL NUMBER:                                                                            DATE:
 HB 2004                                                                                 2/2/2026
 COMMITTEE:
 Budget
 TESTIFYING:             IN SUPPORT OF         IN OPPOSITION TO         FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES

                                              WITNESS NAME
INDIVIDUAL:
 WITNESS NAME:                                                              PHONE NUMBER:
 MICHAEL KELLEY
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                                              Written                           2/2/2026 9:58 AM
 THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS PUBLIC RECORD UNDER CHAPTER 610, RSMo.
 My name is Michael Kelley and I'm asking the members of this committee to reject HB 2004 in its
 current form.

 The current version of this bill would slash an additional $5 million from transit funding in the state.
 This is bad for a number of reasons:
 - Missouri already has the lowest per capita spending on transit of any state that touches us
 - The $5 million cut here would be on top of cuts to transit funding that Governor Kehoe made last year
 - Those cuts would do significantly more harm to rural communities than urban parts of the state

 At a time when the cost of owning and maintaining a car is skyrocketing, we should be investing more,
 not less, into public transit and other forms of multimodal transportation.

 On that note, I would also ask the committee to use this legislation to direct MoDOT to begin
 developing a statewide active transportation plan. Missouri is currently one of only four states that has
 never developed such a plan, and it is part of the reason why pedestrian fatalities continue to increase
 in the state.

 HB 2004 doesn't do enough for Missourians who need ways to move around the state without a car. I
 ask this committee to reject the current version of this bill and replace it with something that allocates
 more money for people who walk, roll, bike, and use public transit.
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 BILL NUMBER:                                                             DATE:
 HB 2004                                                                  2/2/2026
 COMMITTEE:
 Budget
 TESTIFYING:        IN SUPPORT OF   IN OPPOSITION TO       FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES

                                    WITNESS NAME
REGISTERED LOBBYIST:
 WITNESS NAME:                                               PHONE NUMBER:
 MIKE WINTER
 REPRESENTING:                                               TITLE:
 MO PUBLIC TRANSIT ASSN. AND CITIZENS FOR MODERN TRANSIT
 ADDRESS:
 P.O. BOX 305
 CITY:                                                       STATE:               ZIP:
 JC                                                          MO                   65102
 EMAIL:                             ATTENDANCE:                  SUBMIT DATE:
                                                                 2/2/2026 12:00 AM
 THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS PUBLIC RECORD UNDER CHAPTER 610, RSMo.
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                    WITNESS APPEARANCE FORM


 BILL NUMBER:                                                                              DATE:
 HB 2004                                                                                   2/2/2026
 COMMITTEE:
 Budget
 TESTIFYING:             IN SUPPORT OF          IN OPPOSITION TO          FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES

                                               WITNESS NAME
INDIVIDUAL:
 WITNESS NAME:                                                                PHONE NUMBER:
 SARAH BERRY
 BUSINESS/ORGANIZATION NAME:                                                  TITLE:

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                                               Written                            1/31/2026 7:20 PM
 THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS PUBLIC RECORD UNDER CHAPTER 610, RSMo.
 Chair and Members of the Committee,

 HB 2004 is not a neutral budget bill. It uses the appropriations process to fund constitutionally
 sensitive government action while deliberately avoiding constitutional accountability.

 First, the bill appropriates funds for “vehicle checkpoints where motorists may be detained without
 individualized reasonable suspicion.”

 That phrase is not incidental. Suspicionless detentions are lawful only under narrow, clearly defined
 conditions.

 Funding them without conditioning expenditures on constitutional safeguards, purpose limitations, or
 operational standards invites Fourth Amendment violations and taxpayer-funded litigation.

 Courts have been explicit: checkpoints whose primary purpose drifts into general crime control are
 unconstitutional.

 The legislature knows this, yet