The Missouri Senate has approved legislation incentivizing the Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals to stay in their state, with the threat of the teams moving to Kansas looming. The bill needed 18 votes to pass and was approved 19-13.

The Missouri Senate passed legislation overnight incentivizing the Chiefs and Royals to stay in the state. Lawmakers convened in a special session Monday to sort out several unresolved legislative matters,

While most of their residents were sleeping, Missouri's state legislature took the next step toward funding stadium upgrades for the Kansas City Royals and Chiefs. Senate Bill 3, which included the Show Me Sports Investment Act,