FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 344
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR WASHINGTON.
1310S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 167, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to student attendance at
scheduled elections.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 167, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
one new section, to be known as section 167.1001, to read as 2
follows:3
167.1001. 1. For purposes of this section, the 1
following terms mean: 2
(1) "Election", any primary, general, or special 3
election held to nominate or elect an individual to public 4
office, to retain or recall an elected officeholder, or to 5
submit a ballot measure to the voters; 6
(2) "Parent", a student's parent, legal guardian, or 7
person standing in loco parentis to the student; 8
(3) "School", any school that is funded in whole or in 9
part by state funds, including, but not limited to, a public 10
school or charter school. 11
2. A student shall not be considered absent from the 12
school in which the student is enrolled for the time during 13
which the student accompanies his or her parent when the 14
parent is exercising his or her right to vote in a scheduled 15
election. 16 SB 344 2
3. A student may receive an excused absence pursuant 17
to subsection 2 of this section only one time during each 18
scheduled election. 19
4. A student who accompanies his or her parent when 20
the parent is exercising his or her right to vote in a 21
scheduled election shall be encouraged by school officials 22
to demonstrate his or her attendance at the scheduled 23
election by wearing an official sticker, badge, or other 24
item upon his or her return to school indicating that he or 25
she attended the scheduled election. 26