Text of MO SB 1314 (2024)
Creates new restrictions on the expenditure of funds by state departments for certain programs related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, etc
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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1314
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR FITZWATER.
5136S.01I
KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 105, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to expenditures by state
departments.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 105, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto
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one new section, to be known as section 105.052, to read as
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follows:
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105.052. 1. No funds shall be expended by any state
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department for intradepartmental programs, staffing, or
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other initiatives associated with "diversity, equity, and
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inclusion" or "diversity, inclusion, and belonging" or any
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other initiative that promotes:
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(1) The preferential treatment of any individual or
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group of individuals based on race, color, religion, sex,
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gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin, or
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ancestry;
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(2) The concept that disparities between groups are
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solely the result of oppression;
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(3) Collective guilt ideologies;
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(4) Intersectional or divisive identity activism; or
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(5) The limiting of freedom of conscience, thought, or
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speech.
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2. The provisions of subsection 1 of this section
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shall not prohibit state departments from any of the
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following:
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(1) Following federal and state employment and
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antidiscrimination laws; or
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(2) Complying with the Americans with Disabilities
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Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 12101, et seq.
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3. No state department shall mandate, require, or
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incentivize private sector employers to implement programs
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or initiatives described in subsection 1 of this section as
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a condition of awarding a state contract.
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