“To compete with our favorite state of Kentucky, we wanted to have our bourbon industry identified as Missouri-based,” said Rep. Jeff Porter, R-Montgomery City, who sponsored the measure.

He said the new law will be “great for agro-tourism” and will help the state’s barrel producers and corn growers.

The new law also outlines several new designations in Missouri.

• May 26 will be known as the “Battle of St. Louis Day,” recognizing an American Revolution battle fought in the then-future state of Missouri.

• July 7 will be known as “Missouri Sliced Bread Day,” in honor of “the first sale of sliced bread in Chillicothe, in 1928.”

• October will be designated eczema awareness month.

• Sept. 9 will become “Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day.” That is a type of childhood cancer.

The law also changes the definition of the Holocaust contained within the Holocaust Education and Awareness Commission Act. “The definition is no longer restricted to murders occurring only within Nazi concentration camps,” according to summary of the provision.