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Representative Mike Kelley (r) (right) on a capitol window ledge [January 2015 file photo].

Representative Mike Kelley (r) (right) on a capitol window ledge [January 2015 file photo].

A bill introduced today:

HB 922  
Designates March 17th as “sleep day” in the Missouri
Sponsor: Kelley, Mike (127)
Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2017
LR Number: 1721H.01I
Last Action: 02/14/2017 – Introduced and Read First Time (H)
Bill String: HB 922
Next Hearing: Hearing not scheduled
Calendar: HOUSE BILLS FOR SECOND READING
[….]

The bill text:

FIRST REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 922 [pdf]
99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE KELLEY (127).
1721H.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To amend chapter 9, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the designation of sleep day in Missouri.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 9, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 9.265, to read as follows:
9.265. March seventeenth of each year shall be known as “Sleep Day” in Missouri. The citizens are encouraged to participate in activities that focus on important issues related to sleep, including medicine, education, social aspects, and driving.

[emphasis in original]

Ladies and gentlemen, your republican controlled Missouri General Assembly, spending it’s limited legislative schedule addressing the pressing issues and business of the state. Not.