Bills Assigned to Committee
AGRICULTURE POLICY
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HB1027
--- Sponsor:
Behnen, Bob
--- CoSponsor:
Myers, Peter
- Requires all gasoline sold in Missouri after January 1, 2008, to be
an ethanol-blend containing at least 10% fuel ethanol
- HB1027 -- (LR# 3559L.01I)
- Approved by Governor (G)
- Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB1034
--- Sponsor:
Young, Terry
--- CoSponsor:
Dougherty, Curt
- Designates the soybean as the official state crop
- HB1034 -- (LR# 3517L.01I)
- House Committee: AGRICULTURE POLICY
- Public hearing completed (H)
HB1270
--- Sponsor:
Behnen, Bob
--- CoSponsor:
Myers, Peter
- Requires all gasoline sold in Missouri after January 1, 2008, to be
an ethanol-blend containing at least 10% fuel ethanol
- CCS SCS HCS HB 1270 & 1027 -- (LR# 3181L.14T)
- Approved by Governor (G)
- Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB1299
--- Sponsor:
Shoemyer, Wes
--- CoSponsor:
Whorton, James
- Requires notification of a landowner and local law enforcement agency
prior to a private entity entering onto property to investigate the
use of genetically modified organism agricultural products
- HB1299 -- (LR# 3034L.02I)
- Referred: Agriculture Policy (H)
HB1300
--- Sponsor:
Shoemyer, Wes
- Establishes the Missouri Seed Availability and Competition Act
regarding the use of genetically modified seed
- HB1300 -- (LR# 4200L.01I)
- Referred: Agriculture Policy (H)
HB1333
--- Sponsor:
Black, Lanie
--- CoSponsor:
Myers, Peter
- Authorizes drainage district boards to impose an annual processing
fee for assessed tracts
- HB1333 -- (LR# 3523L.01I)
- Senate Committee: SENATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Reported do pass-Placed on Third Read Consent Calendar (S)
HB1346
--- Sponsor:
Myers, Peter
--- CoSponsor:
Nance, Bob
- Authorizes a qualified investor incentive tax credit for certain
agricultural producers investing in a new generation cooperative or
new generation processing entity
- HB1346 -- (LR# 3301L.03I)
- House Committee: AGRICULTURE POLICY
- Public hearing completed (H)
HB1349
--- Sponsor:
Loehner, Tom
--- CoSponsor:
Wallace, Maynard
- Establishes the Family Farms Act which allows small farmers who have
obtained a loan for the purchase of breeding livestock a waiver of the
interest payments for the first year
- HB1349 -- (LR# 3481L.03I)
- Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB1369
--- Sponsor:
Myers, Peter
--- CoSponsor:
Richard, Ron
- Requires, by January 1, 2008, that all diesel fuel sold at the
terminal or imported for sale in Missouri for use in internal
combustion engines contain at least 2% biodiesel fuel oil by volume
- HB1369 -- (LR# 3182L.03I)
- House Committee: AGRICULTURE POLICY
- Public hearing completed (H)
HB1416
--- Sponsor:
Munzlinger, Brian
--- CoSponsor:
Myers, Peter
- Requires all gasoline sold in Missouri after January 1, 2007, to be
an ethanol-blend containing at least 10% fuel ethanol
- HB1416 -- (LR# 4469L.01I)
- Referred: Agriculture Policy (H)
HB1441
--- Sponsor:
Sutherland, Mike
--- CoSponsor:
Myers, Peter
- Establishes the Large Carnivore Act which regulates the ownership,
possession, and breeding of large carnivores
- HB1441 -- (LR# 4048L.01I)
- Senate Committee: SENATE AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION, PARKS AND NATURAL RESOURCES
- Public Hearing held (S)
HB1445
--- Sponsor:
Whorton, James
--- CoSponsor:
Myers, Peter
- Requires all diesel fuel sold after January 1, 2008, to contain at
least 2% biodiesel fuel oil by volume
- HB1445 -- (LR# 3562L.03I)
- Voted do pass (H)
HB1446
--- Sponsor:
Whorton, James
--- CoSponsor:
Villa, Thomas
- Allows the Department of Agriculture to exempt the Department of
Transportation from the requirement regarding the use of B-20
biodiesel fuel in Department of Transportation vehicles and equipment
- HB1446 -- (LR# 4593L.01P)
- Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB1523
--- Sponsor:
Cunningham, Mike
- Removes the 100-gallon requirement for vendors to claim a motor
fuel tax refund on behalf of a certified farmer
- HB1523 -- (LR# 4343L.01I)
- Referred: Agriculture Policy (H)
HB1650
--- Sponsor:
Myers, Peter
- Requires the Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority
to pay the first full year of interest charged on a linked deposit
loan for the purchase of dairy cows for a Missouri dairy operation
- HB1650 -- (LR# 4917L.01I)
- House Committee: AGRICULTURE POLICY
- Public hearing completed (H)
HB1686
--- Sponsor:
Chappelle-Nadal, Maria
--- CoSponsor:
McGhee, Michael
- Requires all pit bull owners to obtain a state permit and creates
penalties for failure to leash and muzzle a pit bull while on public
or private property not owned by the pit bull owner
- HB1686 -- (LR# 4287L.01I)
- Referred: Agriculture Policy (H)
HB1724
--- Sponsor:
Low, Beth
--- CoSponsor:
Oxford, Jeanette Mott
- Requires persons adopting a dog or cat to pay a $50 fee which is
refundable upon verification that the animal has been spayed or
neutered
- HB1724 -- (LR# 3266L.01I)
- Referred: Agriculture Policy (H)
HB1739
--- Sponsor:
Dusenberg, Gary
--- CoSponsor:
Pratt, Bryan
- Allows a vermiculture operation, which is a business raising
earthworms under a controlled environment, to receive certain
agricultural loans
- HB1739 -- (LR# 4965L.01I)
- Approved by Governor (G)
- Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB1841
--- Sponsor:
Myers, Peter
- Establishes the Governor's Advisory Council on Agricultural Science
and Technology
- HB1841 -- (LR# 5212L.01I)
- House Committee: AGRICULTURE POLICY
- Public hearing completed (H)
HB1842
--- Sponsor:
Myers, Peter
- Specifies that no ordinance of any political subdivision will regulate
seeds or other propagules and the state will not enforce any rule more
restrictive than federal rules regarding seed technologies
- HB1842 -- (LR# 5211L.01I)
- House Committee: AGRICULTURE POLICY
- Public hearing completed (H)
HB1890
--- Sponsor:
Myers, Peter
--- CoSponsor:
Lager, Brad
- Requires fuel ethanol and qualified biodiesel producers to
be residents of Missouri to qualify for certain production incentive
grants
- HB1890 -- (LR# 5306L.01I)
- House Committee: AGRICULTURE POLICY
- Public hearing completed (H)
HB1895
--- Sponsor:
Wasson, Jay
--- CoSponsor:
Viebrock, Jim
- Revises the crime of stealing any animal to include any animal
considered livestock
- HB1895 -- (LR# 5342L.01I)
- HCS voted do pass (H)
HB1951
--- Sponsor:
Smith, Jason
--- CoSponsor:
Chinn, Kathy
- Renames the Marketing Division of the Department of
Agriculture to the Agriculture Business Development Division and also
renames its fund
- HB1951 -- (LR# 5544L.01I)
- Referred: Agriculture Policy (H)
HB1954
--- Sponsor:
Dake, Charles
--- CoSponsor:
Kuessner, J. C.
- Changes the laws regarding damages to an animal facility for which
criminal penalties are imposed
- HB1954 -- (LR# 5278L.01I)
- Referred: Agriculture Policy (H)
HB1987
--- Sponsor:
Chinn, Kathy
--- CoSponsor:
Robb, Edward
- Revises the crime of stealing any animal to include any animal
considered livestock
- HB1987 -- (LR# 5444L.01I)
- Referred: Agriculture Policy (H)
HB1995
--- Sponsor:
Johnson, Robert Thane
--- CoSponsor:
Yates, Brian David
- Establishes the Missouri Energy Security Act which requires all motor
fuel sold in Missouri for use in motor vehicles equipped to operate on
gasoline to be a gasoline ethanol blend by January 1, 2010
- HB1995 -- (LR# 5578L.01I)
- Referred: Agriculture Policy (H)
HB2021
--- Sponsor:
Kelly, Van
--- CoSponsor:
Dethrow, Mike
- Requires political subdivisions which mandate the construction of a
fence for watershed protection to reimburse the owner for the cost of
constructing and maintaining the fence
- HB2021 -- (LR# 5560L.01I)
- Referred: Agriculture Policy (H)
HCR8
--- Sponsor:
Shoemyer, Wes
--- CoSponsor:
Wildberger, Edward
- Urges Congress to amend the Patent Act and Plant Variety Protection
Act regarding patented genetically-engineered seed.
- HCR8 -- (LR# 3036L.02I)
- Referred: Agriculture Policy (H)
HCR33
--- Sponsor:
Dethrow, Mike
--- CoSponsor:
Franz, Ward
- Urges the United States Department of Agriculture to continue the
voluntary National Animal Identification System Program as a voluntary
program to allow agriculture families to direct their own future
- HCR33 -- (LR# 5577L.02I)
- Rules - Reported do pass (H)
HCR44
--- Sponsor:
Deeken, Bill
- Encourages dog training programs and kennel clubs in Missouri to
provide training and education for community pet owners based on the
American Kennel Club Canine Good Citizen Program.
- HCR44 -- (LR# 5659L.01I)
- Referred: Agriculture Policy (H)
SB643
--- Sponsor:
Scott, Delbert
- Establishes the "State Fair Escrow Fund"
- SB643 -- (LR# 3466S.01P)
- Rules - Reported do pass (H)
SB744
--- Sponsor:
Klindt, David
- Exempts diesel fuel used for agricultural purposes from local sales
tax.
- SB744 -- (LR# 3378S.01I)
- House Committee: AGRICULTURE POLICY
- Public hearing completed (H)
SB1008
--- Sponsor:
Klindt, David
- Creates the Governor's Advisory Council on Agricultural Science and
Technology
- SB1008 -- (LR# 5008S.01I)
- Approved by Governor (G)
- Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
SB1017
--- Sponsor:
Clemens, Dan
- Makes the State Milk Board the official rating agency for the
enforcement of standards relating to milk production
- SB1017 -- (LR# 5039S.01I)
- Approved by Governor (G)
- Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
SB1222
--- Sponsor:
Goodman, Jack
- Creates the "Farm Mentoring and Education Fund"
- SB1222 -- (LR# 5147S.03I)
- Rules - Reported do pass (H)
SCR24
--- Sponsor:
Scott, Delbert
- Reauthorizes the Poultry Industry Committee
- SCR24 -- (LR# 4597S.01I)
- Rules - Reported do pass (H)
SCR31
--- Sponsor:
Purgason, Chuck
- Urges the United States Department of Agriculture to continue the
voluntary National Animal Identification System program
- SCR31 -- (LR# 5565S.03I)
- SEE COMMENTS
- MOTION TO ADOPT HCS WITHDRAWN

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