JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri — The Missouri General Assembly has officially come to a close.
House and Senate leaders gaveled the annual session to an end Thursday in compliance with the adjournment date set in the Missouri Constitution.
The actual work ended two weeks ago. The constitution prohibited lawmakers from passing any legislation after May 17, but allowed additional time for bills to be printed and prepared for delivery to the governor.
On Thursday, the House speaker and Senate president pro tem signed bills as a verification that they had passed.
Gov. Jay Nixon now has until mid-July to decide whether to sign those bills into law or veto them.
