Bill requiring state investigation of antisemitic discrimination heads to Missouri Senate

By: Annelise Hanshaw

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: February 17, 2026

Words: 580

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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A requirement that public schools and universities report antisemitic discrimination to the state passed the Missouri House Monday on a 109 to 21 vote.

Combatting antisemitism is especially important to the bill’s sponsor, state Rep. George Hruza, a Republican from Huntleigh. His mother survived the Holocaust after imprisonment in the Mauthausen concentration camp, and two of his grandparents and three great grandparents were murdered in Auschwitz, he told lawmakers last year on Holocaust …

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