Representative Justin Sparks offers Amendment 1 to SB 3

Representative Justin Sparks proposed Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3, seeking to replace the bill’s severability clause with a non-severability clause. This change would ensure that if any provision of the bill were deemed unconstitutional by the courts, the entire bill would be invalidated. Representative Mazzie Christensen emphasized the necessity of this amendment for the Missouri House to fulfill its legislative responsibilities. Despite these arguments, the amendment was rejected. The failure of the amendment suggested that the leadership’s primary interest was not in the property tax provisions but rather in securing votes to allocate funding to the Royals and Chiefs.