Missouri House of Representatives
2004
92nd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Tom Dempsey
SPONSOR
HB974
Revises the statutes relating to the number of associate circuit court judges in each county.
HB974 -- (LR# 3441L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1115
Prohibits civil lawsuits against food manufacturers, packers, sellers, distributors, and marketers for claims arising out of weight gain, obesity, or health conditions associated with weight gain or obesity.
Approved HCS HB 1115 -- (LR# 3836L.03T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1244
Changes governance of the St. Louis International Airport.
HB1244 -- (LR# 3894L.01I)
Referred: Job Creation and Economic Development (H)
HB1315
Requires the State Board of Education to submit an annual report to the General Assembly concerning the number of retired teachers who are teaching because of critical shortages of certified teachers.
HB1315 -- (LR# 4265L.01I)
Referred: Education (H)
HB1370
Establishes the Tax Credit Accountability Act of 2004.
HB1370 -- (LR# 4248L.01I)
JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1371
Establishes the Missouri Homestead Preservation Act authorizing counties to freeze certain property assessments.
HB1371 -- (LR# 4029L.01I)
SENIOR SECURITY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1421
Establishes community college job retention training programs and authorizes a tax credit for retained jobs and job training.
HB1421 -- (LR# 3484L.01I)
JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1545
Requires board members of home rule city boards to be city residents.
HB1545 -- (LR# 4388L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (H)
HB1615
Requires auto-dealer franchisors to give notice to same line dealers one year before moving into the area.
HB1615 -- (LR# 4698L.01I)
Referred: Job Creation and Economic Development (H)
HB1629
Requires passenger seat belts on every school bus beginning with the 2004-2005 school year and creates the School Bus Seat Belt Fund to help school districts pay for the seat belts.
HB1629 -- (LR# 4795L.01I)
Referred: Education (H)
HB1642
Establishes the Life Sciences Reinvestment Act.
HB1642 -- (LR# 4268L.01I)
Referred: Job Creation and Economic Development (H)
COSPONSOR
HB777
Changes the name of Southwest Missouri State University to Missouri State University.
HCS HB 777 -- (LR# 2533L.03P)
Third Read and defeated (H)
AYES: 73
NOES: 83
PRESENT: 3

HB844
Establishes the Open Contracting Act to prohibit public agencies from imposing certain labor requirements as a condition of performing public works.
HB844 -- (LR# 3350L.01P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB914
Permits a pregnant woman to determine the final disposition of human fetal remains.
HB914 -- (LR# 3210L.02I)
HEALTH CARE POLICY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB915
Defines "next friend" for the purpose of consent to an abortion by a minor.
HB915 -- (LR# 3333L.01I)
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB951
Prohibits members of the Missouri Public Service Commission from establishing or maintaining campaign committees.
HB951 -- (LR# 2772L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB969
Establishes guidelines for corporate income tax on intangible property.
HB969 -- (LR# 3592L.01P)
SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND FISCAL OVERSIGHT
Hearing Scheduled Bill Not Heard (S)
HB978
Establishes the Small Business Regulatory Fairness Board to serve as a liaison between state agencies and small businesses.
Approved CCS#3 SS HS HCS HB 978 -- (LR# 3116S.10T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB990
Revises the regulation of residential mortgage brokers.
HB990 -- (LR# 2995L.01I)
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1041
Revises various statutes relating to teachers and other school personnel.
HCS HB 1041 -- (LR# 3702L.02C)
SENATE EDUCATION
Executive Session Held (S)
SCS HCS HB 1040 AND HCS HB 1041 VOTED DO PASS
SEE HB 1040

HB1048
Clarifies appropriations for community college district maintenance funds.
HB1048 -- (LR# 3494L.01I)
SEE COMMENTS
MOTION TO THIRD READ BILL WITHDRAWN/PLACED BACK ON
CONSENT CALENDAR

HB1056
Changes provisions concerning unmarked burial remains.
HB1056 -- (LR# 3332L.01I)
TOURISM AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1074
Makes it a crime to burn a cross with the intent to intimidate any person or group of persons.
Approved HCS HB 1074 & 1129 -- (LR# 3897S.02T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1084
Authorizes customer-specific pricing for DS-1 related retail telecommunications services.
HB1084 -- (LR# 3751L.01I)
COMMUNICATIONS, ENERGY, AND TECHNOLOGY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1102
Amends certain policies with regard to the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) testing.
HB1102 -- (LR# 4006L.01I)
EDUCATION
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1123
Prohibits the production of specialized license plates until at least 250 applications for a specific plate have been received by the Department of Revenue.
HCS HB 1123 -- (LR# 3298L.02C)
SENATE TRANSPORTATION
Executive Session Held (S)
SCS HCS HB 928 AND HCS HB 1123 AND HCS HB 1280
VOTED DO PASS CONSENT. SEE HB 928

HB1151
Prohibits individuals from engaging or participating in human cloning.
HB1151 -- (LR# 2865L.01I)
HEALTH CARE POLICY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1166
Creates a procedural prerequisite for filing lawsuits for alleged defective residential construction.
HB1166 -- (LR# 3811L.02I)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1174
Establishes a comprehensive children's mental health service system.
HB1174 -- (LR# 3955L.02I)
HEALTH CARE POLICY
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1194
Prohibits locating billboards for adult cabarets or sexually oriented businesses within one mile of any state highway and prohibits persons under 21 years of age from installing them.
HB1194 -- (LR# 3498L.01I)
TOURISM AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB1203
Requires school board approval of tax increment financing plans for areas with residential or multi-family properties.
HB1203 -- (LR# 3409L.01I)
Referred: Education (H)
HB1207
Changes the procedures for the formation of certain levee districts.
Approved SS HS HCS HB 1207 -- (LR# 3615S.06T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1210
Authorizes an income tax deduction for the value of time spent tutoring in public schools.
HB1210 -- (LR# 3270L.01I)
TAX POLICY
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1211
Revises the statutes relating to employees and employment security.
Approved SS#2 SCS HS HCS HB 1268 & 1211 -- (LR# 4224S.18T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1223
Requires the Department of Insurance to pay Missouri's annual dues for membership in the National Conference of Insurance Legislators.
HB1223 -- (LR# 3951L.02I)
Third Read and defeated (H)
AYES: 56
NOES: 98
PRESENT: 2

HB1231
Modifies the formula for the lapse of moneys in the Department of Insurance Dedicated Fund to general revenue.
HB1231 -- (LR# 3969L.01I)
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1239
Exempts motor vehicles manufactured and sold in Missouri from state sales tax.
HB1239 -- (LR# 2809L.02I)
JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1267
Provides additional regulation of tobacco product manufacturers.
HCS HB 1267 -- (LR# 4038L.01C)
HCS Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1268
Revises the statutes relating to employees and employment security.
Approved SS#2 SCS HS HCS HB 1268 & 1211 -- (LR# 4224S.18T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1290
Authorizes income tax check-off boxes for certain chronic illness charities.
Approved SCS HS HCS HB 1290 -- (LR# 3857S.11T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1293
Revises various statutes relating to special needs child adoption tax credits, pregnancy resource centers, alternatives to abortions, and the Respect Life Commission.
HB1293 -- (LR# 3938L.01I)
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1302
Modifies the calculation for the Medicaid per diem reimbursement rate for nursing homes.
HB1302 -- (LR# 3492L.02I)
Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1303
Provides for telecommunications pricing flexibility.
HB1303 -- (LR# 3749L.01I)
COMMUNICATIONS, ENERGY, AND TECHNOLOGY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1304
Revises various statutes relating to claims for damages and the payment of these claims.
Vetoed CCS SS#2 SS SCS HS HCS HB 1304 -- (LR# 3380S.19T)
Veto override failed (G)
AYES: 97
NOES: 62

HB1305
Creates notice provisions, reporting requirements, public market rates, and presumptions for the Department of Insurance and entities providing medical malpractice and professional negligence insurance.
CCS SCS HCS HB 1305 -- (LR# 4174L.10S)
Third Read and Passed (H)
AYES: 130
NOES: 26

HB1327
Establishes design-build contract requirements.
HB1327 -- (LR# 3646L.01I)
SMALL BUSINESS
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1337
States that English is the official state language.
HB1337 -- (LR# 4010L.01I)
Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1363
Requires the Secretary of State to acquire, operate, and maintain an archival office in St. Louis.
Approved HCS HB 1363 -- (LR# 4022L.03T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1367
Establishes the Missouri Homestead Preservation Act.
HB1367 -- (LR# 4176L.01I)
SENIOR SECURITY
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB1378
Expands the telemarketing no-call list to include the phone numbers of business subscribers and cell phone numbers of both business and residential subscribers who request their numbers be put on the list.
HB1378 -- (LR# 4102L.01I)
COMMUNICATIONS, ENERGY, AND TECHNOLOGY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1380
Removes the multiplier for the proration factor for career ladder entitlement under the school foundation formula.
HCS HB 1380 -- (LR# 3537L.02C)
Laid Over (H)
HB1385
Creates the crime of abuse of authority over a child.
HB1385 -- (LR# 4069L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1386
Revises the statute on persistent and predatory sexual offenders.
HB1386 -- (LR# 4071L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1392
Requires the State Highway Patrol to maintain a one page web site on the Internet which includes links to all sex offender registry web sites maintained by any county in the state.
HB1392 -- (LR# 4340L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1397
Establishes an advisory committee for workers' compensation.
HB1397 -- (LR# 4370L.02I)
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND WORKPLACE SAFETY
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1409
Requires the Department of Economic Development to authorize enterprise zones in any qualifying area, establishes the Jobs Now Program, and establishes and modifies several tax credit programs.
SCS HS HB 1409 -- (LR# 4335S.12C)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
SA 1, SA 2, SA 4, SA 5, SA 6 ADOPTED/SCS,SS/SCS,
SA 9, SSA 1/SA 9, SA 1 TO SSA 1/SA 9 PENDING

HB1426
Exempts certain graduates from state income tax.
HB1426 -- (LR# 4100L.01I)
JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Hearing Scheduled, Bill Not Heard (H)
HB1450
Makes tampering with cable television distribution capabilities a class C felony.
HB1450 -- (LR# 4409L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1453
Enacts and modifies various provisions regarding the state foster care system.
Approved CCS SS SCS HS HCS HB 1453 -- (LR# 2427L.15T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1475
Exempts the owner of property from lawsuits for an occupant's past due water and sewer service bills.
HB1475 -- (LR# 4351L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB1479
Prohibits St. Louis City from requiring peace officers to live within the city limits after they have been employed as a peace officer for four consecutive years.
HB1479 -- (LR# 4472L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB1480
Creates the Police Chiefs' and Officers' Annuity and Healthcare Fund.
HCS HB 1480 -- (LR# 3616L.06C)
HCS Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1482
Prohibits St. Louis City from requiring police officers to reside within the city after seven years of employment.
HB1482 -- (LR# 4586L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1503
Establishes the Business Use Incentives for Small Businesses Program.
HB1503 -- (LR# 4552L.01I)
JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1541
Creates a civil cause of action by licensees against minors who misrepresent their age to obtain liquor.
HB1541 -- (LR# 4523L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (H)
HB1584
Revises the crime of unlawful use of a weapon by making it a class B misdemeanor to, with criminal negligence, carry a firearm or other weapon into certain areas of an airport.
HB1584 -- (LR# 4775L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1589
Authorizes the issuance of certain revenue bonds by the University of Missouri.
HB1589 -- (LR# 4507L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Bonding Authority (H)
HB1597
Authorizes rural empowerment zones.
HB1597 -- (LR# 4030L.01I)
JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1599
Establishes the Joint Committee on Government Accountability to make a continuing study and analysis of inefficiencies in state government.
Approved SCS HS HB 1599 -- (LR# 4678S.03T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1628
Increases the maximum amount a small village may impose in business license taxes.
HB1628 -- (LR# 4893L.01I)
JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1666
Allows for a special license plate for supporters of the American Heart Association with the "Go Red For Women" emblem.
HB1666 -- (LR# 4926L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB1667
Designates the "Mel Hancock Freeway."
HB1667 -- (LR# 4907L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO NOT PASS

HB1668
Authorizes the creation of a theater, cultural arts, and entertainment district in St. Charles County.
HB1668 -- (LR# 4766L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (H)
HB1671
Authorizes the president of any public university in this state to present financial commitments on behalf of the university to fund an endowed life sciences research chair academic position.
HCS HB 1671 -- (LR# 4197L.04C)
HCS Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1702
Authorizes a tax credit for contributions to nonprofit educational assistance programs.
HCS HB 1702 -- (LR# 4997L.02C)
HCS Reported Do Pass (H)
HJR39
Proposes a constitutional amendment establishing marriage as only between a man and a woman.
HS HCS HJR 39,38,42 & 47 -- (LR# 2555L.04P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
SA 2, SSA 1/SA 2 AND SA 1 TO SSA 1/SA 2 PENDING

HJR42
Proposes a constitutional amendment establishing marriage as only between a man and a woman.
HS HCS HJR 39,38,42 & 47 -- (LR# 2555L.04P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
SA 2, SSA 1/SA 2 AND SA 1 TO SSA 1/SA 2 PENDING

HJR47
Proposes a constitutional amendment establishing marriage as only between a man and a woman.
HS HCS HJR 39,38,42 & 47 -- (LR# 2555L.04P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
SA 2, SSA 1/SA 2 AND SA 1 TO SSA 1/SA 2 PENDING

HJR50
Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the election of all supreme court, courts of appeal, circuit court, and associate circuit judges.
HJR50 -- (LR# 2575L.01I)
RULES
Public Hearing Held (H)
HJR51
Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting any state court from imposing any tax or toll road fee or requiring the General Assembly to do so.
HJR51 -- (LR# 4397L.01I)
Referred: Transportation and Motor Vehicles (H)
HJR52
Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting the General Assembly from removing certain statutory termination dates absent a two-thirds vote.
HJR52 -- (LR# 4047L.02I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
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