FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 742
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1763S.02C KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 1, 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 1, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
one new section, to be known as section 1.2030, to read as 2
follows:3
1.2030. 1. No funds shall be expended by any state 1
department for intradepartmental programs, staffing, or 2
other initiatives associated with "diversity, equity, and 3
inclusion" or "diversity, inclusion, and belonging" or any 4
other initiative that promotes the preferential treatment of 5
any individual or group of individuals based on race, color, 6
religion, sex, gender , sexual orientation, ethnicity, 7
national origin, or ancestry and: 8
(1) The concept that disparities between groups are 9
solely the result of oppression; 10
(2) Collective guilt ideologies; 11
(3) Intersectional or divisive identity activism; o r 12
(4) The limiting of freedom of conscience, thought, or 13
speech. 14
2. The provisions of subsection 1 of this section 15
shall not prohibit state departments from any of the 16
following: 17 SCS HB 742 2
(1) Following federal and state employment and 18
antidiscrimination laws; or 19
(2) Complying with the Americans with Disabilities 20
Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 12101, et seq. 21
3. No state department shall mandate, require, or 22
incentivize private sector employers to implement programs 23
or initiatives describe d in subsection 1 of this section as 24
a condition of awarding a state contract. 25