Missouri House of Representatives
2004
92nd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Marilyn Ruestman
SPONSOR
HB1296
Allows the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts to issue provisional and temporary physical therapist licenses.
HB1296 -- (LR# 3876L.01I)
Referred: Professional Registration & Licensing (H)
HB1478
Specifies items that can be submitted in bids by employers under the Prevailing Wage Law and requires employers to certify that they are paying the specified wage.
HB1478 -- (LR# 4296L.01I)
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND WORKPLACE SAFETY
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB1527
Revises the statutes regarding the licensing of physical therapists and their assistants.
HB1527 -- (LR# 4629L.01I)
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
Executive Session Held (H)
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

HCR21
Reauthorizes the Poultry Industry Committee to continue its study of the economic and environmental impact of the poultry industry in this state.
Vetoed SCS HCR 21 -- (LR# 4220S.02C)
Delivered to Secretary of State
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

HB822
Prohibits certain local orders and ordinances related to amateur radio antenna regulation.
Approved SCS HB 822 -- (LR# 2685S.03T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
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)
HB846
Revises the statutes relating to child custody and visitation when a parent is a sexual offender.
HB846 -- (LR# 2507L.01I)
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB858
Requires the Department of Revenue to put the words "sex offender" on the license of registered sex offenders and the State Highway Patrol to provide the department with a list of offenders.
HB858 -- (LR# 3019L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB864
Repeals the authority of farm owners to register the names of their farms with the county clerk's office.
HB864 -- (LR# 2428L.01I)
Referred: Agriculture (H)
HB865
Changes certain minority teaching scholarships from renewable to nonrenewable.
HB865 -- (LR# 2477L.01I)
Referred: Education (H)
HB885
Prohibits public institutions or any entity receiving state funds from adopting discrimination policies that exceed state and federal protections against discrimination.
HB885 -- (LR# 2542L.03I)
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND WORKPLACE SAFETY
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB895
Establishes dissolution procedures for certain road districts in Jasper County.
Approved HCS HB 895 -- (LR# 2487L.04T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB896
Establishes the Missouri State Park Board.
HB896 -- (LR# 3302L.01I)
CORRECTIONS AND STATE INSTITUTIONS
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB935
Requires the State Board of Education to encourage the adoption of service-learning programs and projects among school districts.
HB935 -- (LR# 2479L.01I)
EDUCATION
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

HB970
Amends various provisions regarding licensure of dentists and dental hygienists.
Approved HB970 -- (LR# 3406L.01T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1038
Requires drivers older than 75 years of age to take the complete examination every two years.
HB1038 -- (LR# 2538L.01I)
Referred: Transportation and Motor Vehicles (H)
HB1039
Eliminates the duplicate filing of campaign finance disclosure reports with a local election authority if the report is filed electronically with the Missouri Ethics Commission.
HB1039 -- (LR# 2537L.01I)
ELECTIONS
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB1049
Revises the statutes on vessels by increasing the fees for numbering certificates, requiring certain coves to be idle no-wake coves, and by creating a fund for the State Water Patrol.
HB1049 -- (LR# 2950L.04I)
TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1052
Makes it a class A misdemeanor for any unauthorized person to possess or sell a device used to change a traffic control signal.
HB1052 -- (LR# 2813L.02I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1053
Increases the punishment for possession of child pornography, adds it to the offenses for which a sex offender must register, and adds it to crimes used in defining a persistent or predatory offender.
HB1053 -- (LR# 3689L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1055
Revises the statutes relating to sexual offenses, assault on law enforcement officers, and the payment of restitution for criminal offenses.
Approved CCS SS HCS HB 1055 -- (LR# 3722L.06T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1058
Establishes remedies available for tenant default on utility and rent payments.
HB1058 -- (LR# 3630L.01I)
SMALL BUSINESS
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1060
Makes it a class A misdemeanor for any person other than emergency personnel to possess a mobile infrared transmitter capable of changing a traffic signal.
HB1060 -- (LR# 3629L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1070
Authorizes boards of education of school districts to adopt an emergency preparedness plan to address the use of school resources in an emergency.
Approved HB1070 -- (LR# 3500L.01T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1073
Creates the crime of unlawful distribution of prescription medication without a prescription in school.
HB1073 -- (LR# 3458L.02I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
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
HB1091
Requires a countywide election after a favorable municipal election to approve gambling boats in cities located within a county.
HB1091 -- (LR# 3763L.01I)
ELECTIONS
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1096
Requires providers of telecommunications services transmiting communications over a company's telecommunications facilities to transmit the phone number of the party initiating the communication.
HB1096 -- (LR# 3747L.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)
HB1119
Revises various statutes relating to motor vehicles, driver's licenses, emergency vehicles, child restraints, manufactured homes, failure to stop at weigh stations, and rail passenger cars.
HCS HB 1105, 1062, 1111, 1113 & 1119 -- (LR# 3535L.06C)
HCS Reported Do Pass (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

HB1146
Reduces the limit on the number of small claims cases that may be filed by a party in a 30-day period or within a calendar month from eight to three.
HB1146 -- (LR# 3858L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1147
Specifies new qualifications for the board of governors of Missouri Southern State University.
HB1147 -- (LR# 3823L.01I)
Referred: Education (H)
HB1151
Prohibits individuals from engaging or participating in human cloning.
HB1151 -- (LR# 2865L.01I)
HEALTH CARE POLICY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1152
Revises the crime of making a terroristic threat and creates the crimes of threatening the use of a weapon of mass destruction and computer dissemination of information to promote a terrorist act.
HCS HB 1152 -- (LR# 2489L.04P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB1153
Increases the penalty for various drug crimes when the substance was placed in close proximity to a child under 17 years of age.
HB1153 -- (LR# 2490L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1163
Modifies the classification of counties.
HB1163 -- (LR# 3071L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (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

HB1183
Authorizes the creation of the County Law Enforcement Restitution Fund and revises the statute on probation conditions to include restitution to that fund and restorative justice methods.
HB1183 -- (LR# 4051L.01P)
SENATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Public Hearing Held (S)
HB1184
Modifies the classification of counties.
HB1184 -- (LR# 3914L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (H)
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)
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

HB1224
Removes the term "commercial" from sections dealing with interior designers.
HB1224 -- (LR# 3895L.01I)
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB1229
Limits the liability of watercraft outfitters.
HB1229 -- (LR# 4054L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB1233
Allows public entities that self-insure health care benefits to require a right of subrogation in the same manner that the Department of Social Services has with the Medicaid Program.
Approved HCS HB 1233 -- (LR# 3810L.02T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
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)
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
HB1269
Changes procedures for printing all session laws and the distribution of the Revised Statutes of Missouri.
HB1269 -- (LR# 3717L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB1275
Authorizes the conveyance of various parcels of state property.
Approved SCS HB 1071, 801, 1275 & 989 -- (LR# 3682S.03T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1302
Modifies the calculation for the Medicaid per diem reimbursement rate for nursing homes.
HB1302 -- (LR# 3492L.02I)
Reported Do Pass (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

HB1329
Allows the court to impound the vehicle or vehicles owned by a person convicted of driving while intoxicated or with excessive blood alcohol content.
HB1329 -- (LR# 2525L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1337
States that English is the official state language.
HB1337 -- (LR# 4010L.01I)
Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1346
Revises the statutes relating to claims for damages for personal injuries.
HB1346 -- (LR# 4323L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB1359
Removes excess fees for Korean War Veterans license plates.
HB1359 -- (LR# 4187L.01I)
Referred: Transportation and Motor Vehicles (H)
HB1367
Establishes the Missouri Homestead Preservation Act.
HB1367 -- (LR# 4176L.01I)
SENIOR SECURITY
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

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)
HB1387
Adds pornography and obscenity offenses to the list of offenses for which a person must register as a sexual offender.
HB1387 -- (LR# 4072L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1388
Changes failing to register as a sex offender from a class A misdemeanor to a class D felony for the first offense and a class D felony to a class C felony for the second or subsequent offense.
HB1388 -- (LR# 4073L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1389
Makes it a crime for a sexual offender to establish residency within 1,000 feet of a public or private school or child care facility.
HB1389 -- (LR# 4074L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1390
Requires persons committed to a county jail who are convicted to pay the cost per diem for each day they were in the county jail.
HB1390 -- (LR# 4081L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1391
Revises the crimes of escape from commitment and escape or attempted escape from custody to include detained, held, or committed sexually violent predators.
HB1391 -- (LR# 4179L.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)
HB1393
Creates a $1 surcharge in criminal cases payable to the sheriff for expenses of maintaining a web site of registered sex offenders and requires the sheriff to establish and maintain the web site.
HB1393 -- (LR# 4341L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1394
Revises the statutes relating to sex offender registration to allow the chief law enforcement official of a county to charge fees for registration and changes in registration.
HB1394 -- (LR# 4278L.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

HB1401
Exempts any person who drives emergency equipment from the commercial driver's license requirements.
HB1401 -- (LR# 4474L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES
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
HB1424
Establishes the Uniform Athlete Agent Act.
HB1424 -- (LR# 4145L.01I)
Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1433
Authorizes the creation of a watershed improvement district in the Upper White River Basin or any county of the third classification.
Approved HS HCS HB 1433 -- (LR# 3112L.05T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1444
Repeals the current requirement for legislative committees to have resolutions passed authorizing visits to state institutions.
Approved HB1444 -- (LR# 4504L.01T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
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
HB1464
Revises the statutes relating to the practice of dentistry by not-for-profit corporations and expands the powers of the Missouri Dental Board.
HB1464 -- (LR# 4505L.01I)
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
Public Hearing Held (H)
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)
HB1477
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

HB1496
Allows local school boards to exempt themselves from the Prevailing Wage Law by a majority vote of the board.
HB1496 -- (LR# 4465L.01I)
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND WORKPLACE SAFETY
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1498
Allows certain private vocational and technical schools to receive A+ reimbursements.
HB1498 -- (LR# 4577L.01I)
EDUCATION
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO NOT PASS

HB1512
Revises the requirements for assistant adjutants general.
HB1512 -- (LR# 4541L.01I)
Referred: Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs (H)
HB1513
Provides that all state college and university diplomas contain the words "in the year of our Lord" within the date listed on the diploma.
HB1513 -- (LR# 3913L.03I)
Referred: Education (H)
HB1546
Creates the Ground Water Protection Fund and restricts information the Department of Natural Resources can divulge about contractors.
HB1546 -- (LR# 4696L.01I)
AGRICULTURE
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1597
Authorizes rural empowerment zones.
HB1597 -- (LR# 4030L.01I)
JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1616
Revises requirements for the publication of administrative rules.
Approved HB1616 -- (LR# 4447L.01T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1622
Revises the definition of "cosmetology establishment."
Approved HB1622 -- (LR# 4769L.01T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1661
Provides that members of the School for the Deaf Board of Advisors be appointed by the Commissioner of Education.
HB1661 -- (LR# 4024L.01I)
Referred: Education (H)
HB1668
Authorizes the creation of a theater, cultural arts, and entertainment district in St. Charles County.
HB1668 -- (LR# 4766L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (H)
HB1702
Authorizes a tax credit for contributions to nonprofit educational assistance programs.
HCS HB 1702 -- (LR# 4997L.02C)
HCS Reported Do Pass (H)
HJR46
Proposes a constitutional amendment setting term limits for all statewide elected officials.
HJR46 -- (LR# 3859L.01I)
ELECTIONS
Public Hearing Held (H)
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)
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