Chances dwindled Tuesday when the legislation’s sponsor, Republican Rep. Holly Rehder of Sikeston, asked to set it aside rather than take a vote on a significantly amended version that would have threatened existing county monitoring systems.
Rehder on Thursday requested a conference with the Senate to try to reach a compromise. But nothing came of it, and when the session ended Friday, the bill was dead for another year.
“We came closer this year than we ever have,” Rehder said in a statement to a Cape Girardeau TV station. “(Two) people overdose every day in MO. I’m not going to give up.”