The Missouri Senate on Monday night gave preliminary approval to Senate Bill 10, an expanded measure that removes multiple sunset provisions from state law, a reporter at the State Capitol said. Sponsor Senator Lincoln Huff of Springfield introduced the measure, which grew from a single repeal into roughly a 105-page bill removing a number of sunsets.

The change matters because the bill no longer just targets the sunset on the authority for cities and counties to use the design-build method for public buildings; it now includes several other sunset provisions. Reporting from the state capital, Dean Morgan said Senator Steven Weber of Columbia sought to add a sunset that, Weber said, "wouldn't change anything in the current status quo" but would take a statute off the books that has been recognized by the United States Supreme Court as unconstitutional, according to the report.

Senate Bill 10 received preliminary approval Monday night in the Missouri Senate. A second yes vote in the Senate would send the measure to the Missouri House of Representatives for consideration, Dean Morgan reported. The transcript and reporting did not specify the vote tally, the exact list of sunsets removed, or the Supreme Court decision cited.

Background: Senate Bill 10 was originally written to repeal the sunset on the authority allowing cities and counties to use the design-build contracting method for buildings. The reporter's summary indicates the bill was expanded on the floor to include many additional sunset provisions and that discussion on the floor included whether to add an additional sunset aimed at removing a statute the reporter said has been identified by the U.S. Supreme Court as unconstitutional.

Next steps: The bill awaits a subsequent Senate vote; if it again receives approval in the Senate it would be transmitted to the Missouri House for further action. No committee votes, amendment texts, or vote counts were provided in the transcript.