<ROOT><BillInformation><BillNumber>HB196</BillNumber><CurrentBillString>HB 196</CurrentBillString><SubstitutedBy/><Title><ShortTitle>DIVESTMENT FROM FOREIGN ADVERSARIES</ShortTitle><LongTitle>Creates the "Foreign Adversary Divestment Act", requiring the state and local government entities to divest from investments in foreign adversaries</LongTitle></Title><ProposedEffectiveDate>2025-08-28</ProposedEffectiveDate><CurrentLRNumber>0307H.01I</CurrentLRNumber><LastAction>02/25/2025 - Public Hearing Completed (H)</LastAction><NextHouseHearing>Hearing not scheduled</NextHouseHearing><Calendar>Bill currently not on a House calendar</Calendar><Action><Link>https://house.mo.gov/bill.aspx?bill=HB196&amp;year=2025&amp;code=R </Link><Description>Prefiled (H)</Description><Guid>564469</Guid><ActivitySequence>100</ActivitySequence><PubDate>2024-12-02</PubDate></Action><Action><Link>https://house.mo.gov/bill.aspx?bill=HB196&amp;year=2025&amp;code=R </Link><Description>Read First Time (H)</Description><Guid>565850</Guid><ActivitySequence>200</ActivitySequence><PubDate>2025-01-08</PubDate><HouseJournalStartPage>61</HouseJournalStartPage><HouseJournalEndPage>61</HouseJournalEndPage><JournalLink>https://documents.house.mo.gov/BillTracking/bills251/jrnpdf/jrn001.pdf#page=61</JournalLink></Action><Action><Link>https://house.mo.gov/bill.aspx?bill=HB196&amp;year=2025&amp;code=R </Link><Description>Read Second Time (H)</Description><Guid>567304</Guid><ActivitySequence>300</ActivitySequence><PubDate>2025-01-09</PubDate><HouseJournalStartPage>228</HouseJournalStartPage><HouseJournalEndPage>228</HouseJournalEndPage><JournalLink>https://documents.house.mo.gov/BillTracking/bills251/jrnpdf/jrn002.pdf#page=228</JournalLink></Action><Action><Link>https://house.mo.gov/bill.aspx?bill=HB196&amp;year=2025&amp;code=R </Link><Description>Referred: General Laws(H)</Description><Guid>569155</Guid><ActivitySequence>400</ActivitySequence><PubDate>2025-01-30</PubDate><HouseJournalStartPage>468</HouseJournalStartPage><HouseJournalEndPage>468</HouseJournalEndPage><JournalLink>https://documents.house.mo.gov/BillTracking/bills251/jrnpdf/jrn014.pdf#page=468</JournalLink></Action><Action><Link>https://house.mo.gov/bill.aspx?bill=HB196&amp;year=2025&amp;code=R </Link><Description>Public Hearing Completed (H)</Description><Guid>571785</Guid><ActivitySequence>500</ActivitySequence><PubDate>2025-02-25</PubDate></Action><Sponsor><SponsorType>Sponsor</SponsorType><FullName>Brian Seitz</FullName><District>156</District></Sponsor><BillText><BillTextLink>https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/0307H.01I.pdf</BillTextLink><LRNumber>0307H.01I</LRNumber><DocumentName>Introduced</DocumentName><WebName>Introduced</WebName><VersionTypeCode>IN</VersionTypeCode><BillVersionSort>1</BillVersionSort></BillText><BillSummary><SummaryTextLink>https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/sumpdf/HB0196I.pdf</SummaryTextLink><LRNumber>0307H.01I</LRNumber><DocumentName>Introduced</DocumentName><VersionTypeCode>IN</VersionTypeCode><BillVersionSort>1</BillVersionSort></BillSummary><FiscalNote><FiscalNoteLink>https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/fiscal/fispdf/0307H.01I.ORG.pdf</FiscalNoteLink></FiscalNote><Hearings><CommitteeName>General Laws</CommitteeName><NoticeDate>2025-02-25</NoticeDate><NoticeTime>1900-01-01T16:00:00</NoticeTime><Location>House Hearing Room 6</Location><Comments>Added HB 696.</Comments><AltTime/></Hearings><Witness><WitnessFormsLink>https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/witnesses/HB196Testimony2-25.pdf</WitnessFormsLink><WitnessFormLinkDescription>2-25</WitnessFormLinkDescription></Witness><SubjectIndex><SubjectID>220</SubjectID><SubjectName>BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS</SubjectName></SubjectIndex><SubjectIndex><SubjectID>154</SubjectID><SubjectName>TREASURER, STATE</SubjectName></SubjectIndex></BillInformation></ROOT>
