Missouri House Budget Committee runs out the clock on amendments

Tensions rise over process

March 26, 2024 at 4:00 a.m.

by Genevieve Tlustos

Tim Bommel/Missouri House of Representatives photo: Missouri House Budget Chair Cody Smith, R-Carthage answers questions March 14, 2024, following the close of the week's legislative session.
Tim Bommel/Missouri House of Representatives photo: Missouri House Budget Chair Cody Smith, R-Carthage answers questions March 14, 2024, following the close of the week's legislative session.


The Missouri House Budget Committee had four hours to get through more than 200 amendments Monday. They discussed over 30.

Rep. Peter Merideth, D-St. Louis, again raised concerns about Budget Committee Chair Cody Smith's process, saying Smith's hard cutoff time for offering amendments meant he was denying committee members the opportunity...