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MO HB258

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/23/2013

Primary Sponsor

Pat Conway

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Origin

House of Representatives

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Designates "jumping jacks" as the official state exercise of Missouri
  • Attributes the invention of jumping jacks to General John J. Pershing, a Missouri native
  • Credits Pershing with creating the exercise as a drill for cadets during his tenure as a tactical officer at West Point in the late 1800s
  • Adds section 10.115 to Chapter 10 of Missouri Revised Statutes (RSMo)

Legislative Description

Designates the exercise commonly known as "jumping jacks" as the official state exercise

Last Action

Voted Do Pass (H)

4/4/2013

Committee Referrals

Tourism And Natural Resources2/27/2013

Full Bill Text

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