Missouri House of Representatives
2004
92nd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Mike Sager
SPONSOR
HB1481
Revises the Adoption Awareness Law by allowing the establishment of an advertising campaign to recruit adoptive and foster parents.
HB1481 -- (LR# 3326L.03I)
Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB1552
Defines "universally designed lifetime homes."
HB1552 -- (LR# 3481L.01I)
Referred: Senior Security (H)
HB1553
Designates the month of March as "Irish History Month."
HB1553 -- (LR# 3532L.01I)
TOURISM AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Hearing Scheduled, Bill Not Heard (H)
HB1554
Creates the Lifetime Home Fund.
HB1554 -- (LR# 3482L.01I)
Referred: Senior Security (H)
HB1555
Establishes the Missouri Uniform Communications Act for Homeland Security.
HB1555 -- (LR# 4510L.01I)
HOMELAND SECURITY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1556
Designates the month of October as "German History Month."
HB1556 -- (LR# 4315L.01I)
TOURISM AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Hearing Scheduled, Bill Not Heard (H)
HB1679
Designates St. Patrick's Day, March 17, as a state holiday.
HB1679 -- (LR# 3533L.01I)
Referred: Tourism and Cultural Affairs (H)
HB1753
Establishes scholarship programs for community college students.
HB1753 -- (LR# 4627L.01I)
Referred: Education (H)
HB1754
Revises the crime of fraudulently stopping payment on a check.
HB1754 -- (LR# 5082L.01I)
Referred: Financial Services (H)
HB1756
Makes it unlawful for an unauthorized person to use a traffic signal preemption system to control traffic.
HB1756 -- (LR# 5079L.01I)
Referred: Transportation and Motor Vehicles (H)
HB1757
Revises the crime of fraudulently stopping payment on a check.
HB1757 -- (LR# 5083L.01I)
Referred: Financial Services (H)
HB1758
Provides that teachers and administrators not be held liable for failing, suspending, or expelling a student for a proven act of plagiarism.
HB1758 -- (LR# 5081L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on General Laws
HB1759
Allows teachers and administrative staff of public schools and institutions of higher education to hold public office at the same time as their school job.
HB1759 -- (LR# 5080L.02I)
Referred: Education (H)
HB1760
Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to develop and implement an abortion reduction program to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies.
HB1760 -- (LR# 5086L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB1768
Establishes the Abstinence First Pregnancy Prevention Program.
HB1768 -- (LR# 5089L.01I)
Referred: Children and Families (H)
HJR57
Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting reduction of the Children's Health Insurance Program coverage without two-thirds legislative majority.
HJR57 -- (LR# 5015L.01I)
Referred: Rules (H)
COSPONSOR
HB786
Requires certain sexual offenders ordered to participate in treatment to successfully complete that treatment and to follow all directives of the treatment program provider.
HB786 -- (LR# 2761L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB787
Repeals the Board of Probation and Parole's authority to convert consecutive sentences to concurrent and clarifies that a convicted person is sentenced according to the law at the time of sentencing.
HB787 -- (LR# 2747L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB789
Revises the statute relating to reinstatement of noncommercial driver's licenses.
HB789 -- (LR# 2871L.01I)
Referred: Transportation and Motor Vehicles (H)
HB816
Recognizes and encourages the teaching, study, and learning of American Sign Language.
HB816 -- (LR# 2684L.01I)
Referred: Education (H)
HB818
Prohibits insurers from having an ownership interest in auto body repair shops.
HB818 -- (LR# 3224L.01I)
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB859
Authorizes an income tax credit for the real property tax paid by surviving spouses of public safety officers.
HB859 -- (LR# 2739L.01I)
TAX POLICY
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS WITH HCA 1

HB868
Requires fiduciaries of insurers to annually submit their credit scores to the Department of Insurance if the insurer uses credit reports or scoring for underwriting insurance contracts.
HB868 -- (LR# 2903L.01I)
Referred: Financial Services (H)
HB870
Revises the Sunshine Law to include public meetings using various electronic formats.
HB870 -- (LR# 3226L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB881
Authorizes an income tax deduction for any income received by active duty military service personnel in a combat zone.
HB881 -- (LR# 2982L.01I)
Reported Do Pass (H)
HB896
Establishes the Missouri State Park Board.
HB896 -- (LR# 3302L.01I)
CORRECTIONS AND STATE INSTITUTIONS
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB931
Revises various statutes relating to crime.
HCS HB 1243, 1094 & 931 -- (LR# 4055L.02C)
HCS Reported Do Pass (H)
HB934
Removes the income limitation for seniors for the $6,000 pension exemption from state income tax.
HB934 -- (LR# 3279L.02I)
TAX POLICY
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB936
Requires health insurance coverage for children's hearing aids.
HB936 -- (LR# 3242L.01I)
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB982
Allows parents or legal guardians of 16 to 18 year-olds to choose to have the compulsory school attendance and work certificate laws apply to their children.
HB982 -- (LR# 3117L.01I)
Referred: Education (H)
HB988
Increases the number of county political party committee members in Jackson County.
Approved HCS HB 988 -- (LR# 2618L.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)
HB1089
Limits the disclosure of nonpublic personal health information.
HB1089 -- (LR# 3737L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB1116
Excludes from tax increment financing projects certain transportation sales taxes in Kansas City.
HB1116 -- (LR# 3704L.01I)
JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1129
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
HB1141
Modifies the Senior Rx Program by requiring an annual adjustment of income eligibility limits based on the rate of change in the federal Consumer Price Index.
HB1141 -- (LR# 2439L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB1173
Amends the computation of state aid for schools by modifying the requirements for the summer school add-on.
HB1173 -- (LR# 3330L.01I)
EDUCATION
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1185
Provides for workers' compensation benefits.
HB1185 -- (LR# 4126L.01I)
Referred: Workforce Development and Workplace Safety (H)
HB1217
Revises the statutes relating to the St. Louis and Kansas City Police Retirement Systems.
Approved SCS HB 1217 -- (LR# 3988S.02T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1218
Provides that certain retired members of the Kansas City Police Retirement System receive an equalizing cost-of-living adjustment in addition to the member's base pension and cost-of-living adjustments.
HB1218 -- (LR# 3987L.01I)
RETIREMENT
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB1226
Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to offer a vaccination program for first responders deployed to disaster areas as a result of bioterrorism events.
HB1226 -- (LR# 4040L.01I)
HOMELAND SECURITY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1241
Provides for predetermination of prudence and ratemaking principles for infrastructure investments by utilities.
HB1241 -- (LR# 3977L.01I)
COMMUNICATIONS, ENERGY, AND TECHNOLOGY
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1264
Extends the statute of limitations to five years for arson in the first and second degree and knowingly burning or exploding property.
HB1264 -- (LR# 3896L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1266
Adds certain cancers to the list of diseases presumed incurred during the line of duty for purposes of retirement benefits for firefighters.
HB1266 -- (LR# 3692L.01I)
Referred: Retirement (H)
HB1313
Relates to pupil/teacher ratios.
HB1313 -- (LR# 3918L.01I)
Referred: Education (H)
HB1314
Changes scholarship requirements for students pursuing teacher education degrees.
HB1314 -- (LR# 3917L.01I)
Referred: Education (H)
HB1317
Allows for a special license plate for members and parents of Boy Scouts of America.
Approved HB1317 -- (LR# 3714L.02T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1330
Requires probation officers to notify law enforcement of a sex offender's new address if the offender intends to change residence and to notify the offender of the duty to register.
HB1330 -- (LR# 4297L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1340
Makes cities owning natural gas systems subject to violations of gas safety rules, rather than the penalties found in Section 386.570, RSMo.
HB1340 -- (LR# 3779L.01I)
COMMUNICATIONS, ENERGY, AND TECHNOLOGY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1372
Requires that a vehicle's license plate number match the number on the license plate renewal tags.
HB1372 -- (LR# 3885L.01I)
Referred: Transportation and Motor Vehicles (H)
HB1417
Requires that one voting member of the board of curators of certain state institutions of higher education be a student.
HB1417 -- (LR# 3118L.01I)
Referred: Education (H)
HB1428
Revises various statutes relating to medical malpractice insurance.
HB1428 -- (LR# 3712L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB1429
Increases the Medicaid reimbursement for health care providers over the next five fiscal years.
HB1429 -- (LR# 4480L.01I)
Referred: Budget (H)
HB1430
Increases, from 12% to 24% annually, the interest charges that health insurers may be assessed for late payment of claims and shortens the time within which insurers must respond to filed claims.
HB1430 -- (LR# 4481L.01I)
Referred: Financial Services (H)
HB1441
Modifies the Long-term Care Ombudsman Program.
HB1441 -- (LR# 4096L.01I)
SENIOR SECURITY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1443
Establishes the Missouri Emergency Response Personnel Strike Prevention and Arbitration Act.
HB1443 -- (LR# 4152L.01I)
Referred: Workforce Development and Workplace Safety (H)
HB1459
Requires all television stations in the state to provide real-time captioning of all local news, weather, and sports programming by January 1, 2006.
HB1459 -- (LR# 4431L.01I)
COMMUNICATIONS, ENERGY, AND TECHNOLOGY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1467
Provides for increases in the senior citizen/disabled person property tax credit and renames it the Senior Citizens' Homestead Tax Relief Act.
HCS HB 1467 & 903 -- (LR# 4567L.02C)
HCS Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1480
Creates the Police Chiefs' and Officers' Annuity and Healthcare Fund.
HCS HB 1480 -- (LR# 3616L.06C)
HCS Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1495
Establishes the Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program to provide a single, publicly financed statewide insurance program for all residents of this state.
HB1495 -- (LR# 4216L.01I)
Referred: Financial Services (H)
HB1499
Provides medical insurance benefits for certain Department of Transporation and State Highway Patrol retirees.
HB1499 -- (LR# 4441L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1502
Revises the statutes relating to the Kansas City Public School Retirement System.
Approved HB1502 -- (LR# 4604L.01T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1510
Prohibits insurers from raising the premium rates on a property insurance policy more than 25% in any calendar year.
HB1510 -- (LR# 4636L.01I)
Referred: Financial Services (H)
HB1521
Makes it unlawful to discriminate against a person based on sexual orientation.
HB1521 -- (LR# 2558L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB1525
Allows courts to suspend an individual's driver's license for up to 120 days for failing to stop for a school bus that is loading or unloading students.
HB1525 -- (LR# 4637L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1570
Restricts the ability of health insurers to change the diagnosis and treatment codes entered by providers, prohibits insurers from charging providers to participate, and requires advance notice of fee changes.
HB1570 -- (LR# 4052L.01I)
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1587
Removes certain exemptions in the telemarketing no-call list.
HB1587 -- (LR# 3596L.01I)
Referred: Communications, Energy and Technology (H)
HB1609
Requires entities emitting more than 30 pounds of mercury per year to pay a fine.
HB1609 -- (LR# 4404L.02I)
CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1725
Expands the notification rights of crime victims and witnesses.
HB1725 -- (LR# 5036L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1726
Requires the prosecuting attorney who prosecuted the original criminal case to represent the state in any court hearing to determine probation, parole, or other alternative sentencing.
HB1726 -- (LR# 5037L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1739
Modifies the Missouri Small Business Health Reinsurance Program.
HB1739 -- (LR# 4903L.01I)
SMALL BUSINESS
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1745
Requires a valid, current driver's license if used for voter identification purposes.
HB1745 -- (LR# 5048L.01I)
ELECTIONS
Hearing Scheduled, Bill Not Heard (H)
HJR30
Proposes a constitutional amendment to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution.
HJR30 -- (LR# 2435L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HJR35
Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring two-thirds majority vote on initiatives relating to the opportunity to harvest bird, fish, game, wildlife, and forestry resources.
HS HCS HJR 35 -- (LR# 3252L.04P)
SENATE AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION, PARKS AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Public Hearing Held (S)
HJR44
Proposes a constitutional amendment to allow school districts to pass bond issues by a simple majority vote.
HJR44 -- (LR# 3278L.01I)
Referred: Education (H)
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