Maybe there should be an emergency clause.

…Speed of lightning, roar of thunder
Fighting all who rob or plunder…

A bill introduced today:

HB 674  
Designates “Old Drum” as the state historical dog and “Jim the Wonder Dog” as Missouri’s Wonder Dog
Sponsor: Dohrman, Dean (051)
Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2017
LR Number: 1360H.01I
Last Action: 01/19/2017 – Introduced and Read First Time (H)
Bill String: HB 674
Next Hearing: Hearing not scheduled
Calendar: HOUSE BILLS FOR SECOND READING
[….]

The bill text:

FIRST REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 674 [pdf]
99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE DOHRMAN.

1360H.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To amend chapter 10, RSMo, by adding thereto two new sections relating to the designation of the state dogs.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 10, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto two new sections, to be known as sections 10.112 and 10.113, to read as follows:
10.112. The dog known as “Old Drum”, whose death became the subject of an 1870 Missouri Supreme Court case and the delivery of a famous speech as the closing argument to the case known as the “Eulogy to Old Drum”, is designated as the historical dog of the state of Missouri.
10.113. The dog known as “Jim the Wonder Dog” is designated as Missouri’s Wonder Dog.

[emphasis in original]

Meanwhile, the state university in Dean Dohrman’s (r) legislative district just took another massive budget hit because of the agenda of the republican controlled Missouri General Assembly.

Priorities.