Missouri House of Representatives
2004
92nd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Vicki Walker
SPONSOR
HB816
Recognizes and encourages the teaching, study, and learning of American Sign Language.
HB816 -- (LR# 2684L.01I)
Referred: Education (H)
HB1236
Revises the statutes relating to payday loans including language allowing the Attorney General to maintain an action to enforce compliance.
HB1236 -- (LR# 3982L.01I)
Referred: Financial Services (H)
HB1237
Creates T.J.'s Law dealing with the regulation and licensing of bail bondsmen and surety recovery agents.
HB1237 -- (LR# 3706L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1320
Excludes new taxes imposed after a tax increment financing ordinance is established from being used for tax increment financing projects.
HB1320 -- (LR# 3757L.01I)
Referred: Tax Policy (H)
HB1348
Legalizes the use of marijuana for medical purposes.
HB1348 -- (LR# 3999L.01I)
HEALTH CARE POLICY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1593
Prohibits statewide elected officials and members of the General Assembly from participating in lobbying activities within 12 months of leaving office.
HB1593 -- (LR# 4215L.02I)
Referred: Judiciary (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

HB794
Repeals the portion of sexual misconduct in the first degree which made it a crime to engage in deviate sexual intercourse with another person of the same sex.
HB794 -- (LR# 2434L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB825
Changes the name of Missouri Western State College to Missouri Western State University.
HB825 -- (LR# 2906L.01I)
Referred: Education (H)
HB853
Requires school board members to meet orientation and training requirements before filing for reelection.
HB853 -- (LR# 2897L.01I)
EDUCATION
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB856
Allows school districts to enact income and sales taxes.
HB856 -- (LR# 2899L.01I)
TAX POLICY
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

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

HB882
Makes it unlawful for an employer to deduct from an employee's wages the value of any merchandise stolen from the employer.
HB882 -- (LR# 3113L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB901
Creates the Fund for the Reduction of Alcohol-Related Problems.
HB901 -- (LR# 3280L.01I)
TAX POLICY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB902
Requires certificates of value to be filed with the county assessor's office.
HB902 -- (LR# 2922L.01I)
Referred: Tax Policy (H)
HB903
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)
HB936
Requires health insurance coverage for children's hearing aids.
HB936 -- (LR# 3242L.01I)
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB945
Changes the requirements for claiming and reporting on economic incentives.
HB945 -- (LR# 2748L.02I)
Referred: Job Creation and Economic Development (H)
HB1046
Establishes the Adult Entertainment Tax Act.
HB1046 -- (LR# 3499L.01I)
Referred: Tax Policy (H)
HB1067
Authorizes the charging of vehicle-related fees and fines to personal property tax bills.
HB1067 -- (LR# 2942L.01I)
TAX POLICY
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1072
Provides a regulatory framework for historic shipwreck protection.
HB1072 -- (LR# 2928L.02I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GENERAL LAWS
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

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)
HB1093
Establishes the rights of persons who utilize service dogs.
HCS HB 1093 -- (LR# 3268L.04P)
House requests Senate to recede (H)
AND TAKE UP AND PASS THE BILL

HB1104
Regulates the removal of a tenant's property by a landlord.
HB1104 -- (LR# 2934L.02I)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Hearing Scheduled, Bill Not Heard (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)
HB1130
Allows state employees to count accrued unused vacation time (annual leave) toward creditable service.
HB1130 -- (LR# 3776L.01I)
Referred: Budget (H)
HB1144
Establishes the Advisory Commission for Naturopathic Medicine.
HB1144 -- (LR# 3643L.01I)
Referred: Professional Registration & Licensing (H)
HB1213
Revises the list of persons disqualified from jury service.
HB1213 -- (LR# 3908L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

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

HB1251
Revises the law on prior and persistent intoxication-related traffic offenses.
HB1251 -- (LR# 3694L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
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)
HB1265
Regulates print, radio, and television advertising and phone bank usage during campaigns.
HB1265 -- (LR# 3496L.01I)
ELECTIONS
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1280
Provides for the staggering of commercial motor vehicle registrations.
HCS HB 1280 -- (LR# 3993L.02C)
SENATE TRANSPORTATION
Executive Session Held (S)
SCS HCS HB 928 AND HCS HB 1123 AND HCS HB 1280
VOTED DO PASS. SEE HB 928

HB1298
Brings the State of Missouri into compliance with the federal Violence Against Women Act.
HB1298 -- (LR# 2925L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1300
Authorizes a phased-in earned income tax credit.
HB1300 -- (LR# 4148L.01I)
Referred: Tax Policy (H)
HB1319
Revises provisions governing candidate filing dates in Kansas City.
HB1319 -- (LR# 4082L.01I)
ELECTIONS
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB1403
Creates additional regulations for amusement rides and rock climbing walls.
Approved SCS HCS HB 1403 -- (LR# 3907S.06T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
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)
HB1451
Requires all elementary school students to receive regular classroom instruction in a foreign language.
HB1451 -- (LR# 2875L.01I)
Referred: Education (H)
HB1452
Prohibits public school districts from administering any corporal punishment.
HB1452 -- (LR# 2873L.01I)
Referred: Education (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)
HB1460
Lowers the minimum age for jury service from 21 to 18.
HB1460 -- (LR# 3980L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB1466
Removes the $500 gambling loss limit and increases taxes from 20% to 21%.
HB1466 -- (LR# 4136L.01I)
Referred: Tax Policy (H)
HB1474
Specifies that state contracts for services require that only United States citizens or federally authorized persons be employed.
HB1474 -- (LR# 4540L.01I)
JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1486
Modifies the law relating to license-exempt facilities for children.
HB1486 -- (LR# 4312L.01I)
Referred: Children and Families (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)
HB1497
Prohibits the state from contracting with customer call centers that are located outside the United States or with vendors who employ people who are not authorized to work in the United States.
HB1497 -- (LR# 4085L.01I)
COMMUNICATIONS, ENERGY, AND TECHNOLOGY
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
HB1521
Makes it unlawful to discriminate against a person based on sexual orientation.
HB1521 -- (LR# 2558L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB1534
Authorizes a deferral of taxes on real property owned by citizens who are 62 years of age or older.
HB1534 -- (LR# 4344L.01I)
SENIOR SECURITY
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO NOT PASS

HB1563
Enacts the Missouri Hospital Infection Control Act of 2004.
HS HCS HB 1477 & 1563 -- (LR# 3864L.07P)
SENATE AGING, FAMILIES, MENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Executive Session Held (S)
SCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1587
Removes certain exemptions in the telemarketing no-call list.
HB1587 -- (LR# 3596L.01I)
Referred: Communications, Energy and Technology (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)
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)
HB1631
Removes an outdated reference to the State Training School for Negro Girls and other outdated institutional references.
Approved HCS HB 1631 & 1623 -- (LR# 4877L.03T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1641
Coordinates the benefits for the federal Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003.
HB1641 -- (LR# 4860L.01I)
Referred: Senior Security (H)
HB1657
Establishes the Women's Right to Know Act to raise public awareness about the existence and availability of emergency contraception.
HB1657 -- (LR# 4607L.01I)
Referred: Children and Families (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)
HCR25
Urges the Air and Land Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources to assist any applicant requesting to locate a facility in Missouri that provides asphalt roofing shingle recycling.
HCR25 -- (LR# 4461L.01I)
CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HCR26
Urges the Air and Land Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources to permit plasma-arc torch technology to be used in the state for solid waste disposal.
HCR26 -- (LR# 3609L.03I)
CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HJR30
Proposes a constitutional amendment to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution.
HJR30 -- (LR# 2435L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
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)
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)
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