MissouriTourism division presents marketing plans before fund appropriations
Missouri’s tourism division presents a marketing plan to lawmakers before each fund appropriation, and fund money supports only the division’s legal duties.
What it does
The state treasurer manages a fund for the state tourism division. The fund holds appropriations and outside contributions, and its money supports the division’s legal duties.
Before each appropriation from the tourism fund, the division presents lawmakers with a marketing plan, including its target markets and any actual or expected returns.
Argument forReviewing target markets and expected returns before each appropriation could help lawmakers judge how the division plans to use tourism money.
Argument againstPreparing a marketing plan before each fund appropriation could add work for the tourism division and could slow access to fund money.
More detail
The state treasurer administers the fund, whose money supports the tourism division’s duties. The fund serves the Division of Tourism in the Department of Economic Development. The fund contains money appropriated by the General Assembly, as well as gifts, contributions, grants, and bequests from federal, private, or other sources. Fund money may be used only for duties and functions assigned by law to the tourism division. Money left in the fund at the end of a two-year budget period stays there and is not transferred to the general revenue fund.
Before each appropriation from the fund, the tourism division presents a marketing strategy to committees in both chambers of the General Assembly. The presentations go to the House tourism committee and the Senate economic and workforce development committee, or their successors. The strategy includes target markets, the length of market plans, later strategies, and actual and estimated returns on investment, if any. The presentation must happen before each appropriation from the fund.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Jul 9Signed by Governor Mike KehoeBecame Law
- May 28Reported Duly Enrolled Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics CommitteeTo Governor
- May 28Signed by Senate President Pro Tem
- May 28Signed by House Speaker
- May 28Delivered to Governor
- May 7H Third Read and PassedMajor
- May 7Truly Agreed To and Finally PassedMajor
- May 4Voted Do Pass H Fiscal ReviewMinor
- May 4Reported Do Pass H Fiscal ReviewMinor
- Apr 30Referred H Fiscal Review CommitteeMinor
- Apr 29Voted Do Pass H Rules - AdministrativeMinor
- Apr 29Reported Do Pass H Rules - AdministrativeMinor
- Apr 28Referred H Rules - AdministrativeMinor
- Apr 20Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on TourismMinor
- Apr 15Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on TourismMinor
- Apr 8Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Tourism
- Apr 2Referred H Special Committee on TourismMinor
- Feb 27H Second ReadMinor
- Feb 26Voted Do Pass S Fiscal Oversight CommitteeMinor
- Feb 26Reported from S Fiscal Oversight Committee
- Feb 26S Third Read and PassedPassed House
- Feb 26H First ReadMinor
- Feb 19Referred S Fiscal Oversight CommitteeMinor
- Feb 18SS S offered (Hudson)--(4322S.02F)
- Feb 18SA 1 to SS S offered & adopted (Nurrenbern)--(4322S02.01S)
- Feb 18SS, as amended, S adoptedPassed Senate
- Feb 18Perfected
- Feb 18Reported Truly Perfected S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
- Feb 5Reported from S Government Efficiency Committee
- Jan 14Voted Do Pass S Government Efficiency CommitteeMinor
- Jan 12Hearing Conducted S Government Efficiency Committee
- Jan 8Second Read and Referred S Government Efficiency CommitteeMinor
- Jan 7S First ReadMinor
- 2025
- Dec 1PrefiledIntroduced
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