Sen. Rita Days, D-St. Louis County, said that when constituents contacted her about the issue of adoption records, she reflected on her own mother, who learned she was adopted late in life only after her adoptive mother made a deathbed confession. Days' mother -- like Lewis -- was unable to access her birth certificate due to current law.
It wasn't long until Democrats Rita Days and Joan Bray seized the opportunity to mock the bill, supporting amendments for holidays like Groundhog's Day, Juneteenth and...
Bill Sponsor, St.Louis County Democratic Senator Rita Days said the death penalty law needs revisions to save the lives of those who are wrongly convicted.
Democratic St. Louis County Sens. Joan Bray and Rita Days took to the Senate floor to make fun of a Republican-sponsored bill officially recognizing the legislature's winter break as Christmas break.
Democratic St. Louis County Sens. Joan Bray and Rita Days took to the Senate floor to make fun of a Republican-sponsored bill officially recognizing the legislature's winter break as Christmas break.