The Missouri House has passed a bill that would shift control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department to a state-appointed board. The bill now heads to the Missouri Senate for consideration.

The Missouri House also passed legislation barring state funds from going to diversity, equity and inclusion programs and a bill shielding companies from having to place specific cancer warnings on pesticides.

The proposed change would reverse a 2012 voter-approved measure that gave St. Louis local control of its police force for the first time since the Civil War.

The Missouri House also gave final approval to a bill to Bayer avoid lawsuits linked to Roundup weedkiller and also voted to eliminate anti-racism programs in state government.

The legislation would take away control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department from the mayor’s office to a board mainly appointed by the governor. It's a structure similar to the Civil War-era system that manages the Kansas City Police Department.

The legislation would move control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department from the mayor’s office to a board mainly appointed by the governor.