Missouri legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Missouri HB2891: Modifies provisions governing candidate filing location for nonpartisan elections
Status: In committee, May 15, 2026
What the bill says
A resolution calling for the formation of a redistricting committee to consider the formation of subdistricts within the community college district from which trustees are thereafter to be elected. Upon adoption of any such resolution, the secretary of the board of trustees shall forward a certified copy thereof to the coordinating board for higher education with the request that a redistricting committee be appointed in order to divide the community college districts into at least two and not more than six subdistricts for the purpose of electing trustees. The redistricting committee shall co.
From the introduced text:
a resolution calling for the formation of a redistricting committee to consider the formation of subdistricts within the community college district from which trustees are thereafter to be elected. Upon adoption of any such resolution, the secretary of the board of trustees shall forward a certified copy thereof to the coordinating board for higher education with the request that a redistricting committee be appointed in order to divide the community college districts into at least two and not more than six subdistricts for the purpose of electing trustees. The redistricting committee shall consist of three residents within the affected district, appointed by the board of trustees of the affected district, plus three additional persons who areresidents within the affected district, appointed by the coordinating board for HB 2891 higher education. Thereafter, the redistricting committee shall meet, organize itself with a [chairman] chair and secretary, and proceed with the adoption of a redistricting plan specifying at least two but not more than six subdistricts which are to the extent possible so apportioned on the basis of population that the population of any such subdistrict divided by the number of trustees to be selected therefrom substantially equals the population of any other subdistrict divided by the number of trustees to be selected therefrom. The redistricting plan referred to herein, in lieu of …