Missouri HB3529: Designates June 28th each year as Eliot and Muriel Battle day

What the bill says

To amend chapter 9, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to Eliot and Muriel Battle day. Section A. Chapter 9, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 9.516, to read as follows: 9.516. June twenty-eighth each year is hereby designated as "Eliot and Muriel Battle Day" in Missouri. The citizens of this state are encouraged to participate in appropriate events and activities to celebrate the lives of Eliot Battle, the first Black faculty member at Hickman High School in Columbia, and Muriel Battle, the first Black principal in the Columbia Public Sch.

From the introduced text:

To amend chapter 9, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to Eliot and Muriel Battle day. Section A. Chapter 9, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 9.516, to read as follows: 9.516. June twenty-eighth each year is hereby designated as "Eliot and Muriel Battle Day" in Missouri. The citizens of this state are encouraged to participate in appropriate events and activities to celebrate the lives of Eliot Battle, the first Black faculty member at Hickman High School in Columbia, and Muriel Battle, the first Black principal in the Columbia Public School District. The couple worked as a team to ease racial tensions during the 1960s and have been recognized with schools in Columbia named in their honor: Eliot Battle Elementary School and Muriel Williams Battle High School. ✔ 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

• Smith, David Tyson (R) · primary sponsor

Latest actions

1. May 15, 2026: Referred: Emerging Issues(H)