THE LATEST ON SB22

Tick...Tick...Tick.....if you listen close you can hear the sand passing through the hour glass.....

SB22 spent the day bouncing through the Senate like a pinball....brought up and laid over...then brought up again for debate....eventually being sent back to conference.....

That means, if I understand protocol correctly, that each individual amendment will have to be discussed and either kept in or kicked out. After that, the bill goes back to the Senate floor for debate and if passed, back to the House floor for final passage. Doesn't sound like a lot but with three days left in session it has a long way to go.

According to discussion on the Senate floor SB22 Sponsor John Griesheimer (26th-Washington) was disappointed with the fact the bill had become the legs of amendments he didn't intend for the bill to carry.

For instance the JOPLIN GLOBE carried a front page story today about how Representative and Speaker of the House Candidate Ron Richard (Joplin) had tacked on language that would block the Jasper County 911 Board from taking over all dispatch calls for the City of Joplin. The City says they are concerned the take-over would recent in a delay of emergency calls and recently asked for and received a restraining order blocking the move and what is likely to end in a court battle is now part of SB22.

So we'll keep an eye on both SB22 and the hour glass on Wednesday and keep you updated as information becomes available.