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Missouri鈥檚 House speaker declined to sign a letter calling for passage of the 鈥淏ig Beautiful Bill,鈥� citing its potential impact on the state鈥檚 Medicaid program.

Missouri House Speaker Jon Patterson and state Sen. Steve Roberts talked about the special legislative session on the "Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air."

The bills now go to Gov. Mike Kehoe, who is expected to sign all of them.

The session had been scheduled to end on Friday. It鈥檚 the first time in more than 70 years that the House has adjourned early.

With just days remaining in the 2025 legislative session, unfinished Republican priorities include addressing Amendment 3 and Proposition A.

The resolution now heads to the Missouri Senate. If it passes the legislature, it must receive voter approval to go into effect.

For more than five years there have been legislative efforts, ultimately unsuccessful, to expand legal gambling through video lottery games and sports wagering.

In addition to passing the budget, a Missouri House committee is slated to advance a proposed constitutional amendment that overturns parts of Amendment 3, which enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution.

The law, which would penalize police for enforcing federal gun laws, was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge in 2023.

Legislation related to taxes and rolling back voter-approved ballot issues could be on the docket for the second half of the session.