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Silver Haired Legislature
The Silver Haired Legislature is an elected body,
made up of individuals who
are at least 60 years of age, and it promotes
conscientious legislative advocacy
for Missouri’s older adults.
Senators and Representatives are elected from the
18-county area served by NWMOAAA. They meet in
June of each year to go through the process of
determining potential legislative bills that would
benefit Northwest Missourians.
Those bills are then combined with bills that
delegates from the other nine
Missouri Area Agencies on Aging have determined to
be beneficial for their respective areas.
In
the fall, all 30 Senators and 120 Representatives
from across the state meet
for two days to conduct a model legislative
session. At that time, members
are seated
in
the Missouri Senate and House chambers, where they
debate
and vote on previously-selected legislation and
resolutions. From the docket,
five bills are chosen by the Silver Haired
Legislature as priority pieces of
legislation to be advocated for during the regular
Missouri General Assembly.
Silver Haired Delegates receive mileage
reimbursement and per diem meal
and lodging expense in conjunction with Silver
Haired Legislature functions.
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