diff --git a/scrapers/mo/bills.py b/scrapers/mo/bills.py
index 429f073099..afa486b5fb 100644
--- a/scrapers/mo/bills.py
+++ b/scrapers/mo/bills.py
@@ -371,7 +371,13 @@ def _scrape_lower_chamber(self, session):
             bill_id = f"{bill_type} {bill_num}"
 
             bill_content = self.get(bill_url)
-            ib_response = lxml.etree.fromstring(bill_content.content)
+            try:
+                ib_response = lxml.etree.fromstring(bill_content.content)
+            except lxml.etree.XMLSyntaxError:
+                self.logger.error(
+                    f"Error parsing XML for bill {bill_num} at {bill_url}"
+                )
+                continue
 
             yield from self.parse_house_bill(
                 ib_response, bill_id, bill_year, bill_code, session