Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Emerging Issues Feb 2nd, 2026

House Emerging Issues Committee

Event Log

  • Josh Hurlbert — During the roll call, Josh Hurlbert was called and responded 'Aye,' indicating an aye vote.
  • Josh Hurlbert — Representative Josh Hurlbert is referenced in the committee voting context and then records his vote, saying 'Aye.'
  • Wick Thomas — Representative Thomas votes no.
  • Wick Thomas — Asked about Executive Order 14179 and its relationship to the bill.
  • Emily Weber — Representative Weber is called at the end of the roll and the vote is announced.
  • Dr. Keith Mertens — The sponsor explains that Dr. Keith Mertens, a retired North Carolina professor, helped shape the bill by sharing his AI-related dissertation and background. He notes that they discussed AI at a funeral luncheon, that Dr. Mertens later sent a 20-page dissertation, and that the sponsor ultimately told him the bill was not going anywhere at the end of session.
  • Scott Brinkman — Scott Brinkman, the House researcher, was credited with helping assemble the bill materials from the dissertation and with crafting the bill from that work.
  • Elizabeth Kaiser — Radio personality thanked for helping publicize the AI bill in the St. Louis market.
  • Dan White — Thanked for involvement with the Freedom Caucus.
  • Alexander Biscoff — AI expert in the sponsor's district thanked for helping with the bill.
  • Ben Brown — Responded that liability language needed work and explained the bill's framework concerns.
  • Kevin Hurtle — Missouri resident testifying in favor of the bill and referencing federal AI-related legislation.
  • Elizabeth Fuchs — Representative Elizabeth Fuchs is identified in the committee vote context and then responds 'Yes' when her vote is called, indicating her affirmative vote.
  • Bishop Davidson — During the roll call, Bishop Davidson was recorded as present and then voted yes.
  • Bishop Davidson — Representative Davidson is referenced in the context of the vote and then responds 'Yes' during the roll call, indicating support for the motion.
  • Wendy L. Hausman — During the roll call, Wendy L. Hausman was recorded as present and later voted yes.
  • Wendy L. Hausman — Representative Wendy L. Hausman is present in the committee vote context and then records a no vote.
  • Dave Hinman — During roll call, Dave Hinman was marked present and then recorded as voting yes.
  • Dave Hinman — Representative Dave Hinman is included in the committee voting context and then records a no vote.
  • George Hruza — George Hruza is referenced throughout a single legislative sequence: he is recorded present during roll call, identified as a sponsor of House Bills 2404 and 2172, later voted yes/aye during the roll call, and is mentioned in committee discussion related to the bill and cleanup changes. Some transcript references are garbled, but they appear to point to the same member in the same ongoing vote and bill discussion.
  • Mike Jones — During the roll call, Mike Jones was called, responded 'here' to indicate presence, and was later recorded as voting yes.
  • Mike Jones — Representative Jones is part of the committee context for the vote.
  • Mike Jones — Representative Jones votes no.
  • Mike Jones — Representative Miller is named as one of the sponsors/presenters for the public hearing segment.
  • Mike Jones — Representative Miller is named as one of the sponsors/presenters for the public hearing segment.
  • Brad Christ — Brad Christ, as chairman, called the committee to order, was present for roll call, and was later called again during the roll call vote as part of the same procedural sequence.
  • Brad Christ — Brad Christ is referenced throughout a continuous committee procedure as the chair presiding over action on a House Committee Amendment and a House Committee substitute, culminating in the roll call vote where he is called and responds 'Yes.'
  • Brad Christ — The chair is addressed during the transition from committee questions to public testimony.
  • Tara Peters — Tara Peters is present for roll call, votes yes during the roll call, is addressed during a brief discussion where she comments that the number of proposed changes reflects broad collaboration, and later appears again in the committee amendment/substitute vote context, where she is called and votes yes.
  • Elizabeth Fuchs — During roll call, Representative Elizabeth Fuchs was present and later recorded voting no.
  • Philip Oehlerking — Philip Oehlerking was called during roll call, responded present, and later voted aye during the same roll call process.
  • Philip Oehlerking — Representative Philip Oehlerking is present in the committee vote context and then votes aye.
  • Matthew Overcast — During roll call, Matthew Overcast was recorded present and later voted aye.
  • Matthew Overcast — Representative Matthew Overcast is present in the committee vote context and then responds 'Aye' when his vote is called.
  • Tiffany Price — Was called during roll call.
  • Tiffany Price — Representative Price is called in the roll.