Lakes Area State Senator Brad Hudson discusses his first term in the senate after serving the previous six years in the Missouri House.

During a visit to KRZK's "Ozarks Now" program, Hudson addressed several issues passed by the legislature and signed into law by Governor Mike Kehoe. One bill that received a lot of attention was House Bill #567, which rolled back some of the provisions in the voter approved Proposition A that was on the November Ballot. Governor Kehoe and Republican Legislators received criticism for the move. 

Hudson responded to the question on what led to this law by first stating that nothing in the law prohibits the legislature from altering a proposition which is a statute change as compared to an amendment to the constitution which directly becomes law. Secondly, Hudson said that the proposition as passed required sick leave for all employees which many legislators felt would be harmful to smaller businesses with a low number of employees. In discussing the fact that that majority of the state's voters approved Proposition A, Hudson points out that the majority of the voters in the seven county 33rd District he represents did not favor the issue. 

Hudson also discussed other laws passed during Legislative Session including final approval of the bill know as "Trey's Law" which he and Lakes Area Representative Brian Seitz helped pass that bans the use of non-disclosure agreements in cases of sexual abuse and also a provision he added to a bill to help Ozark County implement a Law Enforcement Tax their voters approved in 2022.

Hudson also discussed two new committees that were formed including one he will chair, the Select Committee on Government Modernization and Transformation, and the other one he will vice-chair, the Select Committee on Property Taxes and the State Tax Commission.

The complete interview with Hudson can be heard below: