Missouri House of Representatives
2004
92nd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Russ Carnahan
SPONSOR
HB1685
Provides for in-person absentee voting in all elections.
HB1685 -- (LR# 4613L.03I)
ELECTIONS
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1769
Revises the statutes relating to absentee voting and advance voting.
HB1769 -- (LR# 5091L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HCR15
Urges the State of Missouri to recognize the yellow with three red stripes heritage and freedom flag as the official flag of the Vietnamese-American community.
HCR15 -- (LR# 3599L.01I)
TOURISM AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Executive Session Held (H)
NO ACTION TAKEN

HCR18
Urges the United States Congress to reject the Commission on the United States Postal Service's recommendation to base postal services on profit seeking motives or to cut services to any community.
HCR18 -- (LR# 4314L.01I)
Referred: Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs (H)
COSPONSOR
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

HB1080
Revises the statute on penalties for failure to yield at an intersection by adding surcharges and suspensions under certain circumstances.
HB1080 -- (LR# 2867L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

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

HB1097
Revises lead abatement statutes.
HB1097 -- (LR# 2567L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON URBAN ISSUES
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

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)
HB1185
Provides for workers' compensation benefits.
HB1185 -- (LR# 4126L.01I)
Referred: Workforce Development and Workplace Safety (H)
HB1200
Allows law enforcement officers to make a vehicle stop for a seat belt violation as long as the violation is clearly visible before the stop.
HB1200 -- (LR# 2568L.02I)
TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1216
Allows the board of education for the St. Louis City school district to adopt a resolution raising the mandatory attendance age to 17.
HB1216 -- (LR# 4014L.01I)
Referred: Education (H)
HB1222
Provides additional health insurance coverage for clinical trials for cancer treatment by adding phase I and II to the currently covered phase III and IV clinical trials.
HB1222 -- (LR# 3866L.01I)
Referred: Financial Services (H)
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

HB1234
Allows the Missouri Public Service Commission to approve assistance programs for low-income customers in obtaining or maintaining access to utility service.
HB1234 -- (LR# 3780L.01I)
COMMUNICATIONS, ENERGY, AND TECHNOLOGY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1242
Requires four-year colleges or universities to accept transfer credit for college-level courses applicable to an associate of arts degree completed at a public two-year institution.
HB1242 -- (LR# 4005L.02I)
Referred: Education (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)
HB1272
Establishes the Missouri Catalog of Assistance Programs to serve as the state's single repository of information on public assistance programs.
HB1272 -- (LR# 3644L.01I)
JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1297
Increases by one-half cent the motor fuel tax to fund renewable fuel incentives.
HB1297 -- (LR# 4112L.01I)
Referred: Tax Policy (H)
HB1300
Authorizes a phased-in earned income tax credit.
HB1300 -- (LR# 4148L.01I)
Referred: Tax Policy (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
HB1358
Allows for the broader delegation of duties to dental assistants.
HB1358 -- (LR# 4305L.01I)
Referred: Professional Registration & Licensing (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

HB1376
Revises various statutes relating to controlled substances.
HB1376 -- (LR# 4433L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1404
Allows the court to issue direct payment orders to parties in child custody or dissolution proceedings for the payment of guardian ad litem fees.
HB1404 -- (LR# 4395L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

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)
HB1458
Authorizes a $10 surcharge in certain felony criminal cases to fund the Gang Resistance Education and Training Program and the After School Reading Retreat Program.
HB1458 -- (LR# 4338L.02I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Held (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)
HB1466
Removes the $500 gambling loss limit and increases taxes from 20% to 21%.
HB1466 -- (LR# 4136L.01I)
Referred: Tax Policy (H)
HB1470
Revises various statutes relating to stealing, tampering, and receiving stolen property.
HB1470 -- (LR# 4490L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Held (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)
HB1480
Creates the Police Chiefs' and Officers' Annuity and Healthcare Fund.
HCS HB 1480 -- (LR# 3616L.06C)
HCS Reported Do Pass (H)
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)
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

HB1553
Designates the month of March as "Irish History Month."
HB1553 -- (LR# 3532L.01I)
TOURISM AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Hearing Scheduled, Bill Not Heard (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)
HB1587
Removes certain exemptions in the telemarketing no-call list.
HB1587 -- (LR# 3596L.01I)
Referred: Communications, Energy and Technology (H)
HB1648
Excludes certain amounts of Social Security and military retirement benefits from income taxation.
HB1648 -- (LR# 4690L.01I)
TAX POLICY
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB1658
Changes the name of Harris-Stowe State College to Harris-Stowe State University.
HB1658 -- (LR# 4912L.01I)
Referred: Education (H)
HB1674
Freezes tuition rates from the time Missouri undergraduates enter college until they graduate.
HB1674 -- (LR# 4898L.01I)
Referred: Education (H)
HB1684
Authorizes a tax credit for taxpayers installing qualified net metering units.
HB1684 -- (LR# 4908L.01I)
Referred: Tax Policy (H)
HB1708
Creates the Missouri Military Family Relief Fund and provides for contribution designations to the fund on income tax returns.
HB1708 -- (LR# 4996L.01I)
Referred: Tax Policy (H)
HB1739
Modifies the Missouri Small Business Health Reinsurance Program.
HB1739 -- (LR# 4903L.01I)
SMALL BUSINESS
Public Hearing Held (H)
HCR38
Urges the State of Missouri to recognize the yellow with three red stripes heritage and freedom flag as the official flag of the Vietnamese-American community.
HCR38 -- (LR# 5065L.01I)
Referred: Rules (H)
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