“One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn’t belong…”
HB 2448
Establishes the “Rev Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Highway” and the “Rush Limbaugh Memorial Highway” in Poplar Bluff
Sponsor: Billington, Hardy (152)
Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2022
LR Number: 4992H.01I
Last Action: 01/14/2022 – Read Second Time (H)
Bill String: HB 2448
Next House Hearing: Hearing not scheduled
Calendar: Bill currently not on a House calendar
The bill text:
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2448 [pdf]
101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLYINTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BILLINGTON.
4992H.01I DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief ClerkAN ACT
To amend chapter 227, RSMo, by adding thereto two new sections relating to the designation
of memorial highways.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 227, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto two new sections, to beknown as sections 227.798 and 227.799, to read as follows:227.798. The portion of Pine Street (Business 60) from North Westwood Boulevard (Business 67) continuing to B Street within the city of Poplar Bluff in Butler County shall be designated the “Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Highway”. The department of transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs designating such highway, with the costs to be paid by private donations.
227.799. The portion of North Westwood Boulevard (Business 67) from West Pine Boulevard (Business 60) continuing to Highland Road within the city of Poplar
3 Bluff in Butler County shall be designated the “Rush Limbaugh Memorial Highway”. The department of transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs designating such highway, with the costs to be paid by private donations.
In context. The list of bills sponsored sponsored by Hardy Billington (r):
HB 1451 – (3064H.01I)
Designates January 12 each year as “Rush Limbaugh Day”
HB 1452 – (3096H.01I)
Requires the performance and explanation of an obstetric ultrasound and auscultation of fetal heartbeat prior to an abortion
HB 1453 – (3070H.01I)
Prohibits an employer from terminating an employee for having a firearm in the employee’s vehicle on the employer’s premises
HB 1454 – (3076H.01I)
Modifies provisions for voter identification
HB 1455 – (4000H.01I)
Prohibits the sending of unsolicited absentee ballot request forms
HB 1456 – (3147H.01I)
Changes the law regarding catalytic converters
HB 1457 – (3087H.01I)
Prohibits the use of the 1619 Project initiative of the New York Times in the public schools of the state
HB 2448 – (4992H.01I)
Establishes the “Rev Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Highway” and the “Rush Limbaugh Memorial Highway” in Poplar Bluff
HJR 65 – (3075H.02I)
Modifies the process for getting an initiative petition on the ballot
That’s quite a trend there.
You half expect HB 1456 to require a profile stamp of Rush Limbaugh an all catalytic converters sold in Missouri, which with the emitted hot gases would actually make some sense.
Previously:
HB 728: there’s something about that establishment clause (January 30, 2019)
HB 728: the right wingnut cult of religious victimhood (April 3, 2019)
HB 1200: to celebrate the reality of Missouri (February 19, 2021)
HB 1451: high priority (December 1, 2021)
HB 1457: You were expecting something else? (December 2, 2021)