Missouri House of Representatives
2005
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Theodore Hoskins
SPONSOR
HB146
Authorizes an income tax credit for resident taxpayers who are 65 years of age or older with an adjusted gross income of $25,000 or less
HB146 -- (LR# 0663L.01I)
WAYS AND MEANS
Public Hearing held (H)
HB147
Requires the display of only one license plate rather than two on any motor vehicle
HB147 -- (LR# 0664L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION
Public Hearing held (H)
HB316
Allows registered voters to vote absentee regardless of the reason and prohibits absentee voting for persons in federal service, interstate former residents, and intrastate new residents
HB316 -- (LR# 1130L.01I)
ELECTIONS
Public Hearing held (H)
HB639
Establishes the Betty L. Thompson Scholarship Program and authorizes an individual and business tax credit for contributions to certified nonprofit educational charitable organizations
HCS HB 639 -- (LR# 0341L.11C)
Placed on the Informal Perfection Calendar (H)
HCR18
Recognizes February 25, 2005 as National TRIO Day
HCR18 -- (LR# 1438L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON URBAN ISSUES
Public Hearing held (H)
COSPONSOR
HB113
Requires the Air Conservation Commission to suspend by January 1, 2006, any motor vehicle emisssions inspection program established under the Air Quality Attainment Act
HB113 -- (LR# 0285L.02I)
TRANSPORTATION
Public Hearing held (H)
HB277
Changes the laws regarding lead poisoning abatement projects
HB277 -- (LR# 0963L.01I)
Withdrawn (H)
HB278
Requires the Department of Mental Health to submit a cost-benefit analysis and a written plan to the appropriate House and Senate appropriations committees before closing or downsizing any facility
HB278 -- (LR# 0904L.02I)
Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB279
Prohibits any entity from preventing a student athlete from competing in or training for any Olympic event
HB279 -- (LR# 0903L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB280
Requires election judges to take voting ballots and equipment to physically disabled voters unable to enter polling places
Approved HB280 -- (LR# 1061L.01T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB294
Enacts safe staffing and quality care accountability requirements for veterans homes and mental health facilities
HB294 -- (LR# 1011L.01I)
VETERANS
Executive Session held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB295
Requires all children enrolling in kindergarten, first grade, or a Head Start program to receive a vision examination
HB295 -- (LR# 0446L.02I)
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
Public Hearing held (H)
HB318
Amends the penalties relating to lead abatement
HB318 -- (LR# 1153L.01I)
Withdrawn (H)
HB372
Requires rebates to be paid within 30 days of submission by the applicant
HB372 -- (LR# 0712L.01I)
SMALL BUSINESS
Public Hearing held (H)
HB389
Expands the crime of endangering the welfare of a minor to include producing or selling methamphetamine within the residence of a minor
HB389 -- (LR# 1007L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Executive Session held (H)
HB390
Revises unlawful transactions with a child by making it a crime to sell or rent a video game to a child when the video game has been rated mature or adults only by the Entertainment Software Rating Board
HB390 -- (LR# 1006L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB396
Changes the laws on the disposition of evidence by allowing law enforcement to collect hazardous samples without court approval, document and then destroy them, and makes them admissable
HB396 -- (LR# 0507L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB403
Requires the State of Missouri to provide Missouri National Guard personnel called into active duty with a $250,000 term life insurance death benefit
HB403 -- (LR# 1293L.01I)
Referred: Retirement (H)
HB408
Establishes the Commission on the Death Penalty and places a moratorium on all executions until January 1, 2009
HB408 -- (LR# 1309L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB413
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
Approved HB413 -- (LR# 1150L.01T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB416
Authorizes an individual income tax deduction for certain military retirement benefits received by a taxpayer
HB416 -- (LR# 1221L.01I)
WAYS AND MEANS
Public Hearing held (H)
HB436
Creates the crimes of first, second, and third degree abuse of a person receiving mental health services by health care providers
HB436 -- (LR# 0913L.02I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB438
Changes the laws regarding lead abatement
HB438 -- (LR# 1294L.03I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON URBAN ISSUES
Public Hearing held (H)
HB446
Establishes the Work for Restitution Program in the Department of Corrections and the Work for Restitution Fund
HB446 -- (LR# 0902L.01I)
CORRECTIONS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
Public Hearing held (H)
HB476
Prohibits discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation
HB476 -- (LR# 1167L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB493
Changes the laws regarding the state employee whistleblower law
HB493 -- (LR# 1308L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing held (H)
HB494
Changes the laws regarding lead abatement
HB494 -- (LR# 1459L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON URBAN ISSUES
Public Hearing held (H)
HB516
Repeals the death penalty
HB516 -- (LR# 1465L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB535
Creates the Missouri Military Family Relief Fund which will provide grants to children of Missouri veterans killed while on active duty after September 11, 2001, for tuition for postsecondary education
HB535 -- (LR# 1013L.01I)
VETERANS
Executive Session held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB546
Authorizes an income tax deduction, beginning in tax year 2006, for the cost of personally funded health insurance premiums
HB546 -- (LR# 1292L.01I)
INSURANCE POLICY
Public Hearing held (H)
HB557
Revises the procedures required in law enforcement investigations and establishes the Laboratory Oversight Committee
HB557 -- (LR# 1499L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing held (H)
HB564
Prohibits law enforcement officers from issuing a citation for a missing license plate tab if a registration check reveals the vehicle is properly registered and the owner indicates the tab has been stolen
HB564 -- (LR# 1498L.01P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB566
Limits the amount of interest a title lender can charge on loans
HB566 -- (LR# 1550L.01I)
Referred: Financial Institutions
HB585
Limits certificate of need to long-term care facilities
HB585 -- (LR# 1141L.01I)
HEALTH CARE POLICY
Executive Session held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB621
Establishes the Birth Control Protection Act and prohibits any governmental entity from interfering with the right to obtain or use contraceptives
HB621 -- (LR# 1314L.01I)
Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB637
Changes the laws regarding workers' compensation benefits for certain diseases resulting in exposure to certain occupational hazards
HB637 -- (LR# 1451L.01I)
Referred: Workforce Development and Workplace Safety (H)
HB639
Establishes the Betty L. Thompson Scholarship Program and authorizes an individual and business tax credit for contributions to certified nonprofit educational charitable organizations
HCS HB 639 -- (LR# 0341L.11C)
Placed on the Informal Perfection Calendar (H)
HB643
Changes the standard for violation of the Sunshine Law by a governmental body from knowingly to negligently
HB643 -- (LR# 1646L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB645
Authorizes, beginning January 1, 2006, a dependency deduction for stillborn children in the year of their birth
HB645 -- (LR# 1409L.01I)
Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB698
Eliminates hunting or fishing license or permit fees for active-duty military personnel or National Guard personnel and reserves
HB698 -- (LR# 0859L.02I)
CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Public Hearing held (H)
HB699
Authorizes an individual income tax deduction for income received for military service in a combat zone
HB699 -- (LR# 0857L.01I)
WAYS AND MEANS
Executive Session held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB800
Changes the laws regarding early childhood special education
HB800 -- (LR# 1967L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB802
Requires hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to implement an acuity-based patient classification system
HB802 -- (LR# 1994L.01I)
HEALTH CARE POLICY
Executive Session held (H)
HB812
Makes any contract or subcontract limiting a health care provider's ability to enter into similar contracts or agreements with other entities against public policy and void
HB812 -- (LR# 2105L.01I)
Withdrawn (H)
HB814
Gives civilian review boards the power to subpoena witnesses and records
HB814 -- (LR# 0839L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB815
Lowers the minimum age for a person to serve on jury duty from 21 to 18 years
HB815 -- (LR# 0840L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB832
Provides that any restrictive real estate convenant included in an association's governing document will be removed by the board of directors of that association
HB832 -- (LR# 2047L.01P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB837
Authorizes a tax credit for employers who hire certain high school students for summer jobs
HB837 -- (LR# 1644L.01I)
JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Public Hearing held (H)
HB861
Allows employers with group health insurance to request a statement of their claims history from their health carrier
HB861 -- (LR# 2155L.01I)
Referred: Insurance Policy
HB880
Establishes the MBE/WBE Oversight Review Committee to assist certified socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses or minority business enterprises in state contracts
HB880 -- (LR# 1832L.01P)
Second Rd/Refer: Pensions, Veteran Affairs & General Law(S)
HB921
Authorizes local governing bodies to adopt an option for making a partial payment of property taxes by December 31 with the balance due at the end of the following February
HB921 -- (LR# 2115L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (H)
HB934
Allows young adults to participate in the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan
HB934 -- (LR# 2153L.01I)
Referred: Insurance Policy
HB938
Allows victims of sexual offenses to have their name redacted from court records in the criminal case in which they are a victim prior to those records being released to any person
HB938 -- (LR# 2198L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing held (H)
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Last Updated August 25, 2005 at 12:39 pm