EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 901
101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MOSLEY.
3183S.01I ADRIANE D. CROUSE, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal sections 115.365, 115.603, 115.619, and 115.621, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof
four new sections relating to county commission district political party committees.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 115.365, 115.603, 115.619, and 1
115.621, RSMo, are repealed and four new sections enacted i n 2
lieu thereof, to be known as sections 115.365, 115.603, 115.619, 3
and 115.621, to read as follows:4
115.365. 1. The nominating committee authorized to 1
select a candidate for nomination or election to office 2
pursuant to section 115.363 shall be on e of the following: 3
(1) To select a candidate for [county] countywide 4
office, the nominating committee shall be the county 5
committee of the party , provided that in the case a vacancy 6
in the county commission to be filled by a special election, 7
or to select a candidate for county commissioner, county 8
council, or county legislator, the nominating committee 9
shall be the county commission district committee ; 10
(2) To select a candidate for state representative, 11
the nominating committee shall be the legislative district 12
committee of the party; 13
(3) To select a candidate for state senator, the 14
nominating committee shall be the senatorial district 15
committee of the party; 16 SB 901 2
(4) To select a candidate for circuit court judge not 17
subject to the provisions of Article V, Section 25 of the 18
State Constitution, the nominating committee shall be the 19
judicial district committee of the party; 20
(5) To select a candidate for representative in 21
Congress, the nominating committee shall be the 22
congressional district committee of the party; 23
(6) To select a candidate for statewide office, the 24
nominating committee shall be the state committee of the 25
party. 26
2. After any decennial redistricting, the nominating 27
committee shall be compose d from the new districts, and the 28
new district lines shall be used in the selection of a 29
candidate; provided, however, that members of nominating 30
committees for candidates for special elections to fill 31
vacancies conducted pursuant to section 21.130 sha ll be from 32
the old districts. 33
115.603. Each established political party shall have a 1
state committee, a congressional district committee for each 2
congressional district in the state, a judicial district 3
committee for each circuit ju dge district in the state not 4
subject to the provisions of Article V, Section 25 of the 5
state constitution, a senatorial district committee for each 6
senatorial district in the state, a legislative district 7
committee for each legislative district in the state, a 8
county commission district committee for each county 9
commission district, county council district, and county 10
legislative district in each county in the state, and a 11
county committee for each county in the state, except any 12
city not within a county which shall have a city committee 13
in lieu of a county committee. 14 SB 901 3
115.619. 1. A legislative district committee shall 1
consist of the precinct, ward, or township committeeman and 2
committeewoman from such precincts, wards, or to wnships 3
included in whole or in part of the legislative district. 4
There shall be elected from the membership of each 5
legislative district committee a chairman and a vice 6
chairman, one of whom shall be a woman and one of whom shall 7
be a man, and each legislative district at the same time 8
shall elect a secretary and a treasurer, one of whom shall 9
be a woman and one of whom shall be a man, but who may or 10
may not be members of the legislative district committee. 11
Party state committees may provide for voting by proxy and 12
for weighted or fractional voting. 13
2. The congressional, senatorial, or judicial 14
committee of a district which is composed of: 15
(1) One or more whole counties; or 16
(2) One or more whole counties and part of one or mor e 17
counties; 18
shall consist of the county committee chair and vice chair 19
of each county within the district and the committeeman and 20
committeewoman of each legislative district committee within 21
the district. 22
3. The congressional, senatorial, or jud icial 23
committee of a district which consists of: 24
(1) Parts of one or more counties; 25
(2) Part of a city not within the county; 26
(3) A whole city not within a county; or 27
(4) Part of a city not within a county and parts of 28
one or more counties; 29 SB 901 4
shall consist of the committeemen and committeewomen of the 30
precinct, ward, or township included in whole or in part of 31
the district and the chair and vice chair of each 32
legislative district committee within the district in whole 33
or in part. 34
4. A county commission district committee shall 35
consist of the precinct, ward, or township committeeman and 36
committeewoman from such precincts, wards, or townships 37
included in whole or in part of the county commission 38
district, county council di strict, or county legislative 39
district, as the case may be. There shall be elected from 40
the membership of each county commission district committee 41
a chair and a vice chair, one of whom shall be a woman and 42
one of whom shall be a man, and each county commission 43
district committee at the same time shall elect a secretary 44
and a treasurer, one of whom shall be a woman and one of 45
whom shall be a man, but who may or may not be members of 46
the county commission district committee. Party state 47
committees may provide for voting by proxy and for weighted 48
or fractional voting. 49
115.621. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of 1
this section to the contrary, any legislative, senatorial, 2
or judicial district committee that is wholly cont ained 3
within a county or a city not within a county may choose to 4
meet on the same day as the respective county or city 5
committee. All other committees shall meet as otherwise 6
prescribed in this section. 7
2. The members of each county committee s hall meet at 8
the county seat not earlier than two weeks after each 9
primary election but in no event later than the third 10
Saturday after each primary election, at the discretion of 11
the chairman at the committee. In each city not within a 12 SB 901 5
county, the city committee shall meet on the same day at the 13
city hall. In all counties of the first, second, and third 14
classification, the county courthouse shall be made 15
available for such meetings and any other county political 16
party meeting at no charge to the party committees. In all 17
cities not within a county, the city hall shall be made 18
available for such meetings and any other city political 19
party meeting at no charge to the party committees. At the 20
meeting, each committee shall organize by electing t wo of 21
its members, a man and a woman, as chair and vice chair, and 22
a man and a woman who may or may not be members of the 23
committee as secretary and treasurer. 24
3. The members of each congressional district 25
committee shall meet at some place and t ime within the 26
district, to be designated by the current chair of the 27
committee, not earlier than five weeks after each primary 28
election but in no event later than the sixth Saturday after 29
each primary election. The county courthouse in counties of 30
the first, second and third classification in which the 31
meeting is to take place, as designated by the chair, shall 32
be made available for such meeting and any other 33
congressional district political party committee meeting at 34
no charge to the committee. At the meeting, the committee 35
shall organize by electing one of its members as chair and 36
one of its members as vice chair, one of whom shall be a 37
woman and one of whom shall be a man, and a secretary and a 38
treasurer, one of whom shall be a woman and o ne of whom 39
shall be a man, who may or may not be members of the 40
committee. 41
4. The members of each legislative district committee 42
shall meet at some place and date within the legislative 43
district or within one of the counties in which the 44 SB 901 6
legislative district exists, to be designated by the current 45
chair of the committee, not earlier than three weeks after 46
each primary election but in no event later than the fourth 47
Saturday after each primary election. The county courthouse 48
in counties of the first, second and third classification in 49
which the meeting is to take place, as designated by the 50
chair, shall be made available for such meeting and any 51
other legislative district political party committee meeting 52
at no charge to the committee. At the meeting, the 53
committee shall organize by electing two of its members, a 54
man and a woman, as chair and vice chair, and a man and a 55
woman who may or may not be members of the committee as 56
secretary and treasurer. 57
5. The members of each senatori al district committee 58
shall meet at some place and date within the district, to be 59
designated by the current chair of the committee, if there 60
is one, and if not, by the chair of the congressional 61
district in which the senatorial district is principally 62
located, not earlier than four weeks after each primary 63
election but in no event later than the fifth Saturday after 64
each primary election. The county courthouse in counties of 65
the first, second and third classification in which the 66
meeting is to take place, as so designated pursuant to this 67
subsection, shall be made available for such meeting and any 68
other senatorial district political party committee meeting 69
at no charge to the committee. At the meeting, the 70
committee shall organize by electin g one of its members as 71
chair and one of its members as vice chair, one of whom 72
shall be a woman and one of whom shall be a man, and a 73
secretary and a treasurer, one of whom shall be a woman and 74
one of whom shall be a man, who may or may not be members of 75
the committee. 76 SB 901 7
6. The members of each senatorial district shall also 77
meet at some place within the district, to be designated by 78
the current chair of the committee, if there is one, and if 79
not, by the chair of the congressional district in wh ich the 80
senatorial district is principally located, on the Saturday 81
after each general election or concurrently with the 82
election of senatorial officers, if designated or not 83
objected to by the chair of the congressional district where 84
the senatorial district is principally located. At the 85
meeting, the committee shall proceed to elect two registered 86
voters of the district, one man and one woman, as members of 87
the party's state committee. 88
7. The members of each judicial district may meet at 89
some place and date within the judicial district or within 90
one of the counties in which the judicial district exists, 91
to be designated by the current chair of the committee or 92
the chair of the congressional district committee, not 93
earlier than six weeks after each primary election but in no 94
event later than the seventh Saturday after each primary 95
election. The county courthouse in counties of the first, 96
second and third classification in which the meeting is to 97
take place, as so designated pursuant to this subsection, 98
shall be made available for such meeting and any other 99
judicial district political party committee meeting at no 100
charge to the committee. At the meeting, the committee 101
shall organize by electing two of its members, a man and a 102
woman, as chair and vice chair, and a man and a woman who 103
may or may not be members of the committee as secretary and 104
treasurer. 105
8. The members of each county commission district 106
shall meet at some place and date within the county 107
commission district, to be designated by the current chair 108 SB 901 8
of the committee or, if there is none, the chair of the 109
county committee, on September 25, 2022, and thereafter, not 110
earlier than seven weeks after each primary election but in 111
no event later than the eighth Sat urday after each primary 112
election. The county courthouse in counties of the first, 113
second, and third classification in which the meeting is to 114
take place, as so designated pursuant to this subsection, 115
shall be made available for such meeting and any o ther 116
county commission district political party committee meeting 117
at no charge to the committee. At the meeting, the 118
committee shall organize by electing two of its members, a 119
man and a woman, as chair and vice chair, and a man and a 120
woman who may or may not be members of the committee as 121
secretary and treasurer. 122