HOUSE BILL NO. 3201 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE JAMISON.
6942H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT To 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 retain or recall an elected officeholder, or to submit a 4 ballot measure to the voters; 5 (2) "Parent", a student's parent, legal guardian, or person standing in loco 6 parentis 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 considered absent from the school in which the student 10 is enrolled for the time during which the student accompanies his or her parent when 11 the parent is exercising his or her right to vote in a scheduled election. 12 3. A student may receive 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 parent when the parent is exercising 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
EXPLANATION — 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. HB 3201 2
17 sticker, badge, or other item upon his or her return to school indicating that he or she 18 attended the scheduled election. ✔
Statutes affected: