Missouri HB2213: Designates April 27th each year as "Ulysses S. Grant Day" in Missouri

What the bill says

To amend chapter 9, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to Ulysses S. Grant day. Section A. Chapter 9, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 9.406, to read as follows: 9.406. April twenty-seventh each year is hereby designated as "Ulysses S. Grant Day" in Missouri. The citizens of this state are encouraged to participate in appropriate events and activities to celebrate the life of the Civil War general and eighteenth president of the United States, who made his home in St. Louis, Missouri, in the years following his graduation from West Point.

From the introduced text:

To amend chapter 9, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to Ulysses S. Grant day. Section A. Chapter 9, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 9.406, to read as follows: 9.406. April twenty-seventh each year is hereby designated as "Ulysses S. Grant Day" in Missouri. The citizens of this state are encouraged to participate in appropriate events and activities to celebrate the life of the Civil War general and eighteenth president of the United States, who made his home in St. Louis, Missouri, in the years following his graduation from West Point and before the Civil War. ✔ EXPLANATION -- Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.

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Sponsors

• Louis Riggs (R, 005) · primary sponsor
• William Irwin (R, 055)
• Jim Schulte (R, 049)

Latest actions

1. April 22, 2026: Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 11 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0