FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 348
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR FITZWATER.
0645S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapters 9 and 227, RSMo, by adding thereto three new sections relating to state
designations.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapters 9 and 227, RSMo, are amended by addin g 1
thereto three new sections, to be known as sections 9.388, 2
9.389, and 227.840, to read as follows:3
9.388. The second Tuesday of April of each year is 1
hereby designated as "Celia Day" in Missouri in honor of 2
Celia, an enslaved woman who lived in Callaway County. The 3
teachers and students of the schools of this state are 4
encouraged to observe the day with age -appropriate 5
instruction regarding Celia and her story. 6
9.389. The week in which the second Tuesday of April 1
falls each year is hereby designated as "Human Trafficking 2
Awareness Week". The citizens of this state are encouraged 3
to participate in appropriate events and activities to 4
promote awareness of human trafficking, victim remedies and 5
services, trafficking prev ention, and the history of slavery 6
in our state. 7
227.840. The portion of U.S. Highway 54 from one mile 1
east of the bridge over the Middle River to one mile west of 2
the bridge over the Middle River in Callaway County shall be 3
designated as "Celia Memorial Highway". The department of 4
transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs 5 SB 348 2
designating such highway, with the costs to be paid by 6
private donations. 7