Missouri Senate Hearing Archive & Sunshine Request Tool
The Senate still does not provide a video feed or a normal public archive of committee hearing videos. Senator Moon’s SR 543 has received a hearing, but the resolution still has not been voted out of committee. That means the Senate has not yet approved the rule change. Senator Moon’s update below only means that if the rule is eventually approved, implementation of live streaming would still take an estimated 3 to 6 months. Until that happens, citizens can use Missouri Sunshine Law to request existing recordings and help build a public archive that everyone can use.
Live Stream Update from Senator Moon:
According to Senate Media department staff, implementation of the live stream will take 3–6 months. In that case, the public likely will not be able to view the Senate in action during the current session. Senator Moon says he will continue working to build support for a rule change so live streaming can begin next session.
This page has three jobs: show the hearing video we already obtained, help citizens generate a strong Sunshine request for other hearings, and let people send the files or download links they receive to hearings@act4mo.org so we can upload them and add them here.
Example: the Feb. 25 hearing we obtained
This hearing video was obtained through a Sunshine request and uploaded to the Act for Missouri YouTube channel. This is the model for the archive we want to build.
Help us build the archive: If you receive a hearing file or download link from the Senate, forward the response to hearings@act4mo.org. Please include the hearing date, committee name, and any bills heard so we can identify it and add it to this page.