JEFFERSON CITY — Here is how major legislation fared in the Missouri General Assembly, which adjourned Friday:
Special prosecutor (failed): Momentum for a special prosecutor in ºüÀêÊÓƵ died after embattled ºüÀêÊÓƵ Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner announced she would resign June 1.
State takeover of police (failed): ºüÀêÊÓƵ police will stay in local hands after the Missouri Senate didn’t take up and vote a plan for a state board to oversee the police department.
Constitutional amendments (failed): Republicans could try again next year to raise the bar for constitutional amendments as abortion rights supporters prepare for a citizen-led ballot initiative to overturn the state’s near-total abortion ban.
Postpartum Medicaid coverage (approved): New moms will be able to access Medicaid for a full year after pregnancy under a measure that attracted bipartisan support in the wake of Missouri’s anti-abortion law taking effect.
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Transgender athletes (approved): Students participating in school-sponsored sports contests will need to play on teams corresponding to their sex assigned at birth.
Transgender health care (approved): Legislators enacted a four-year moratorium on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for minors. Surgeries would be limited to adults. Patients currently prescribed puberty blockers or hormone therapy may continue with treatment under the plan.
Sports betting (failed): Legalization of sports betting was once again derailed in a broader conflict over gambling expansion in Missouri.
School choice (failed): Legislators failed to approve a significant expansion of school choice after an open enrollment plan for public school students barely escaped the House earlier this year.
Interstate 70 improvements (approved): Legislators authorized $2.8 billion to expand the interstate to three lanes in both directions between the outskirts of Kansas City and ºüÀêÊÓƵ.
Film tax credits (approved): Film and music production companies could receive millions of dollars in state tax credits under a plan to lure outside investment to the state.
Cat declawing (failed): Bans against cat declawing in ºüÀêÊÓƵ and ºüÀêÊÓƵ County will stay in effect after an effort to block such local ordinances failed.
Farm ownership (failed): Efforts to restrict foreign ownership of farmland also fell apart in the legislative session’s closing days.
Personal property tax (failed): Efforts to slash personal property tax on vehicles shriveled.
Blair’s Law (approved): A measure designed to combat celebratory gunfire in cities by outlawing it won bipartisan support and is headed to the governor’s desk.
Gold and silver (failed): A plan failed that would’ve excluded gold and silver from capital gains tax, required the state to accept gold and silver for tax and fee payments, and allowed the treasurer to hold state funds in gold and silver.
Texting while driving (approved): Missouri could become the 49th state to ban texting and driving. Under the plan, law enforcement wouldn’t be able to stop motorists only for texting and driving and will have to identify another offense such as running a stop sign before issuing a citation.