St. Louis Senator Mary Bland is the sponsor of the Equal Rights bill. She has cancelled the last two committee meetings, and says the bill wouldn't have made it out of committee.
Sen. Mary Bland, D-Kansas City, and Rep. Deleta Williams, D-Warrensburg, have proposed legislation to ratify the ERA -- years after the deadline for ratification set by Congress.
The bill, which makes drivers with .08 blood alcohol levels guilty of a misdemeanor crime, was opposed by Sen. Betty Sims, R-St. Louis County, and Mary Bland, D-Kansas City.
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