Start of the 2025 Missouri legislative session

With the end of the year quickly approaching, so does the start of the 2025 Missouri legislative session.
As a term limit state, Missouri will see significant changes in January 2025 as many key leaders in the House and Senate will exit. Further, Missouri elected a new Governor in November, Mike Kehoe (R), who will be sworn into office on January 13th. Governor-Elect Kehoe is currently serving as our Lieutenant Governor and was formerly a State Senator from central Missouri and served as the Senate Majority Floor Leader from 2015-2018. 

The legislature will also change dramatically in January as we will see new leadership in both legislative chambers as the current Speaker of the House and current President of the Senate have both termed out of office. For 2025, Rep. Jon Patterson (R-Lee’s Summit) will take the gavel as Speaker of the House. Patterson is elevated from his current leadership post as the House Majority Floor Leader and is a medical doctor. Sen. Cindy O’Loughlin (R-Shelbina) will become the Senate President Pro-Tem, she currently holds the position of Senate Majority Floor Leader. O’Laughlin is a retired small business owner who ran a family trucking business for many years before her recent sale of the business to her son. The House and Senate will see new faces in the roles of majority and minority leaders as these positions have been vacated due to term limits.

The Missouri House of Representatives has a Republican majority of 111-52, and the Missouri Senate will have a Republican majority of 24-10.