HB1986--REGIONALPLANNINGCOMMISSIONS SPONSOR: Thompson Currently,statefundsallocatedfortheEast-WestGateway CoordinatingCouncilandtheMid-AmericaRegionalCouncilare limitedto$65,000;thisbillincreasestheamountto$130,000. Similarly,themaximumamountofstatefundsthancanbeallocated forthefollowingregionalplanningcommissionsisincreasedfrom $25,000to$50,000each:SouthCentralOzark,OzarkFoothills, GreenHills,Bootheel,MarkTwain,SoutheastMissouri, Boonslick,NorthwestMissouri,Mid-Missouri,KaysingerBasin,Lake oftheOzarks,Meramec,NortheastMissouri,HarrySTruman,MO-Kan, PioneerTrails,andSouthwestMissouri. Thisbillremovesthe regionalplanningcommissionscurrentlyknownas"Show-Me", "MissouriValley,OzarkGateway","ABCD"and"LakesCounty". BeginningJuly1,2026,andannuallythereafter,themaximumgrant amountforeachregionalplanningcommissionwillbeadjustedbased ontheconsumerpriceindex. ThisbillisthesameasHB1779,HB2069,HB2074,andHB2151 (2024);SB939andSB1112(2024);andSB634(2023).