In a late session yesturday, House members failed to pass the economic development bill by a handful of votes. Following the vote, bill supporters and the governor's staff raced to find a way to save the bill. The members will return today to try again to gain bill approval. The House bill sponsor is Kansas City Democrat Henry Rizzo:
"The city system is not working to stop prostitution," said House bill Sponsor Henry Rizzo, D-Kansas City. "Prostitutes go back to the streets as soon as they are bailed out. They even meet the policemen who arrested them."