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SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 348
AN ACT
To amend chapters 9 and 227, RSMo, by adding thereto
thirteen 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 adding
thereto thirteen new sections, to be known as sections 9.005,
9.171, 9.234, 9.292, 9.367, 9.385, 9.386, 9.388, 9.389, 9.402,
9.409, 9.416, and 227.840, to read as follows:
9.005. February twentieth of each year shall be known
and designated as "John Donaldson Day" in Missouri. The
citizens of this state are encouraged to participate in
appropriate activities and events to commemorate the life
and accomplishments of John Donaldson, one of the best
pitchers to play in the Negro Leagues and a member of the
inaugural Kansas City Monarchs team.
9.171. November ninth each year is hereby designated
as "Links, Incorporated Day" in Missouri. The citizens of
this state are encouraged to participate in appropriate
events and activities to recognize this international, not -
for-profit corporation for its service work and
contributions to communities across this state.
9.234. The month of September every y ear shall be
designated as "Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month" in Missouri.
Citizens of this state are encouraged to participate in
appropriate activities and events to increase awareness of
ovarian cancer and the importance of early detection and
treatment in saving lives.
9.292. August nineteenth of each year shall be known
and designated as "Eddie Gaedel Day" in Missouri in honor of
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Eddie Gaedel, who as a member of the St. Louis Browns on
August 19, 1951, became the shortest player to ever play
Major League Baseball. Eddie Gaedel is an important part of
baseball history and Missouri sports history. The citizens
of this state are encouraged to participate in events and
activities to celebrate Eddie Gaedel's contributions to
baseball history.
9.367. August sixth each year is hereby designated as
"Chris Sifford Day" in Missouri. In the year 2000, an
airplane carrying Chris Sifford, along with Governor Mel
Carnahan and Roger "Randy" Carnahan, tragically went d own
and took with it the lives of three great Missourians.
Chris is remembered as a loving and devoted public servant
who was a friend to all. Missourians are encouraged to
reflect on the lives and legacies of these three men and to
recognize and appreciate the hardworking public servants of
this state.
9.385. October sixteenth of each year shall be known
and designated as "Michael Collins Day" in Missouri in honor
of Michael Collins, an Irish revolutionary, soldier, and
politician who was a leading figure in the struggle for
Irish independence.
9.386. The last Saturday in April of each year is
hereby designated as "Emmett Kelly Day" in Missouri. The
citizens of this state are encouraged to honor the life of
Emmett Kelly, who was a famous circus performer, also known
as Weary Willie, from Houston, Missouri.
9.388. The second Tuesday of April of each year is
hereby designated as "Celia Day" in Missouri in honor of
Celia, an enslaved woman wh o lived in Callaway County. The
teachers and students of the schools of this state are
encouraged to observe the day with age -appropriate
instruction regarding Celia and her story.
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9.389. The week in which the second Tuesday of April
falls each year is hereby designated as "Human Trafficking
Awareness Week". The citizens of this state are encouraged
to participate in appropriate events and activities to
promote awareness of human trafficking, victim remedies and
services, trafficking prevention, and the history of slavery
in our state.
9.402. May eighth each year is hereby designated as
"Amyloidosis Awareness Day" in Missouri. The citizens of
this state are encouraged to participate in appropriate
events and activities to raise awareness of this rare and
life-threatening disease.
9.409. 1. January fifth of each year shall be known
and designated as "Kappa Alpha Psi Day" in Missouri. The
citizens of this state are encouraged to observe the day
with appropriate activities and events to commemorate the
founding of the fraternity.
2. Kappa Alpha Psi was founded on January 5, 1911, at
Indiana University, in Bloomington, Indiana by Elder Watson
Diggs, Byron Kenneth Armstrong, Guy Levis Grant, Marcus
Peter Blakemore, Ezra Dee Alexander, John Milton Lee, Henry
Tourner Asher, Edward Giles Irvin, George Wesley Edmonds,
and Paul Waymond Caine.
3. Founding member Henry Tourner Asher was an educator
and instructor at Lincoln Institute , now known as Lincoln
University of Missouri, in Jefferson City.
4. Kappa Alpha Psi is the second oldest existing
collegiate historically Black Greek -letter fraternity and
the first intercollegiate fraternity incorporated as a
national body. The fraternity has over two hundred fifty
thousand members with seven hundred undergraduate and alumni
chapters in nearly every state of the United States, and
thirteen international chapters in Nigeria, South Africa,
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Bermuda, Bahamas, U.S. Virgin Island s, Panama, United
Kingdom, Germany, South Korea, Dominican Republic, Abu
Dhabi, Canada, and Japan.
5. Through its worldwide prominence, Kappa Alpha Psi
has had a global impact on events that affect our local
communities and places around the glob e. Local chapters of
Kappa Alpha Psi participate in community outreach activities
to feed the homeless, provide scholarships to young people
matriculating to college, serve as mentors to young men,
participate in blood drives, and serve as hosts of se minars
for public health awareness, to name a few. Nationally,
Kappa Alpha Psi has provided summer enrichment camps and
funds for St. Jude Medical Research Center to assist in the
fight against childhood catastrophic diseases by raising
more than one million dollars. Internationally, Kappa Alpha
Psi members have answered the call to service by proudly
serving our military in wars since WWI and raising funds to
assist those in need following natural disasters worldwide,
including hurricanes, torna does, typhoons, and earthquakes.
6. Kappa Alpha Psi proudly boasts members who
epitomize the essence of "Achievement in Every Field of
Human Endeavor". Some of these members include Ralph
Abernathy, Wilt Chamberlain, Montell Jordan, Benjamin
Jealous, Oscar Robertson, Cedric the Entertainer, Arthur
Ashe, Mike Tomlin, Gayle Sayers, Adrian Fenty, Robert S.
Abbott, Bennie Thompson, Donald Byrd, Johnnie Cochran, Ed
Gardner, Smokie Norful, John Singleton, Tom Bradley, Bob
Johnson, John Conyers, Alc ee Hastings, Lerone Bennett, Jr.,
Kwame Jackson, Bill Russell, Tavis Smiley, and Marvin Sapp.
9.416. June seventeenth each year is hereby designated
as "End Neighborhood Gun Violence Day" in Missouri, in honor
of Preston Ja'mon "Tink" J ones, Sr. Citizens of this state
are encouraged to participate in appropriate events and
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activities to bring an end to gun violence in our
communities.
227.840. The portion of U.S. Highway 54 from one mile
east of the bridge over the Middle River to one mile west of
the bridge over the Middle River in Callaway County shall be
designated as "Celia Memorial Highway". The department of
transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs
designating such highway, with the costs to be paid by
private donations.