PROMO has an active presence lobbying at the Missouri Capitol on behalf of over 180,000 LGBTQ Missourians. Lobbying is simply an effort to win the support of legislators or other public officials for a position on a piece of specific legislation or a specific legislative proposal.

Our goal is to engage with our  legislators about issues that impact LGBTQ Missourians.

Keep updated on the pro-equality and anti-LGBTQ bills in Missouri PROMO is tracking this legislative session powered by FastDemocracy.com:

Because of our presence at the Capitol, PROMO has helped kill over 78 blatantly anti-LGBTQ bills in the past five years. For the past 23 years, PROMO in partnership with LGBTQ equality champions in the Missouri Legislature have filed the Missouri Nondiscrimination Act (MONA) to protect LGBTQ Missourians statewide in employment, housing, and public services by extending the existing Missouri Human Rights Statute to include sexual orientation and gender identity.

Steve McLuckie introduced the Missouri Nondiscrimination Act (MONA) for the first time in 1998. Senator Greg Razer (Kansas City) and Representative Tom Hannegan (St. Charles) are both sponsors of MONA during 2021’s legislative session.

Testifying during Missouri’s 2021 Legislative Session: 

Missouri’s legislature has two chambers: The House of Representatives and The Senate each of which has committees of legislators that are separated by topics such as education or small business. Committees hold public hearings on bills to decide whether to bring them to the full chamber for a vote. Hearings are your opportunity to share your opposition to an anti-LGBTQ bill or support of a pro-equality bill and how it  affects you, your family, business, or community. Below is how you can safely submit your testimony for a bill with a scheduled committee hearing.

If you have any questions or need help with your testimony, contact PROMO Field Director, Karis Agnew at Karis@PROMOonline.org

Submitting Testimony for a House Bill (HB) with a Committee Hearing:

• Type up your story of testimony
• Complete the House Witness Form under the scheduled committee hearing by indicating you are an individual either in support or in opposition to the bill and paste your written testimony.
• Download, fill, and sign the House Witness Appearance Form
• Email your written story of testimony and completed House Witness Appearance Form to all the committee members prior to the scheduled hearing (Find committee members in our bill tracker above or search here.

Submitting Testimony for a Senate Bill (SB) with a Committee Hearing

• Type up your story of testimony 
• Register under the Senate Witness System 
• Once registered in the Senate Witness System, search for the committee hearing the bill and click to register for that scheduled hearing. 
• While registering, you will attach your written story of testimony, indicate if you are testifying for or against the bill, and note you are testifying on behalf of yourself.