The proposals and documents presented to us are many. May we receive them with grace and handle them with competence. In this session and in all our work, bless us with objectivity, so that our prejudgments and our personal histories do not hinder our service of the common good. Strengthen us, that through our work for the people, we may serve You.

Although our ideas and convictions at times divide us, may our reverence for You, our respect for each other, and our commitment to all the people of our State unite us.

The Speaker appointed the following to act as an Honorary Page for the Day, to serve without compensation: Chloé Kasten.

AYES: 154

Aull	Avery	Baker 25	Baker 123	Bean
Bearden	Behnen	Bivins	Black	Bland
Bogetto	Bowman	Boykins	Bringer	Brooks
Brown 50	Burnett	Casey	Chinn	Chappelle-Nadal
Cooper 120	Cooper 158	Corcoran	Cunningham 145	Cunningham 86
Curls	Darrough	Daus	Davis	Day
Deeken	Dempsey	Denison	Dethrow	Dixon
Donnelly	Dougherty	Dusenberg	El-Amin	Emery
Ervin	Faith	Fares	Fisher	Flook
Franz	Fraser	George	Guest	Harris 23
Harris 110	Haywood	Henke	Hobbs	Hoskins
Hubbard	Hughes	Hunter	Icet	Jackson
Johnson 47	Johnson 61	Johnson 90	Jolly	Jones
Kelly	Kingery	Kratky	Kraus	Kuessner
Lager	Lampe	Lembke	LeVota	Lipke
Loehner	Low 39	Lowe 44	Marsh	May
McGhee	Meadows	Meiners	Moore	Munzlinger
Muschany	Myers	Nance	Nieves	Nolte
Oxford	Parker	Parson	Pearce	Pollock
Portwood	Pratt	Quinn	Rector	Richard
Roark	Robb	Robinson	Roorda	Rucker
Ruestman	Rupp	Salva	Sander	Sater
Schaaf	Schad	Schlottach	Schneider	Schoemehl
Self	Shoemyer	Silvey	Skaggs	Smith 14
Smith 118	Smith 150	Spreng	Stevenson	St. Onge
Storch	Sutherland	Swinger	Threlkeld	Tilley
Viebrock	Villa	Vogt	Wagner	Wallace
Walsh	Walton	Wasson	Wells	Weter
Whorton	Wildberger	Wilson 119	Wilson 130	Witte
Wood	Wright 137	Wright 159	Wright-Jones	Yaeger
Yates	Young	Zweifel	Mr Speaker

NOES: 000

PRESENT: 000

ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 006

Brown 30	Bruns	Cooper 155	Liese	Page
Phillips

VACANCIES: 003

Representatives Jones, McGhee, Meiners, Parson, Pollock, Schad, Wilson (130), Witte, Wright (137), the Reverend Charles Jackson, Jeanie Lachner, Bev McCasland, Kent Parson, Marietta Rutledge and Gregory Scott were recognized by Speaker Jetton for their volunteer service on behalf of the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

HCR 6, relating to the Vietnamese-American Flag, was taken up by Representative Burnett.

Representative Dempsey moved that HCR 6 be committed to the Committee on Veterans.

AYES: 089

Avery	Baker 123	Bean	Bearden	Behnen
Bivins	Black	Chinn	Cooper 120	Cooper 155
Cooper 158	Cunningham 145	Cunningham 86	Davis	Day
Deeken	Dempsey	Denison	Dethrow	Dixon
Dusenberg	Emery	Ervin	Faith	Fares
Fisher	Flook	Franz	Guest	Hobbs
Hunter	Icet	Jackson	Johnson 47	Jones
Kelly	Kingery	Kraus	Lager	Lembke
Loehner	May	McGhee	Moore	Munzlinger
Muschany	Myers	Nance	Nieves	Nolte
Parson	Pearce	Pollock	Portwood	Pratt
Quinn	Rector	Richard	Roark	Robb
Ruestman	Rupp	Sander	Sater	Schaaf
Schad	Schlottach	Schneider	Self	Silvey
Smith 14	Smith 118	Smith 150	Stevenson	St. Onge
Sutherland	Threlkeld	Tilley	Viebrock	Wallace
Wells	Weter	Wilson 119	Wilson 130	Wood
Wright 137	Wright 159	Yates	Mr Speaker

NOES: 060

Aull	Baker 25	Bland	Bogetto	Bowman
Boykins	Bringer	Brooks	Brown 50	Burnett
Casey	Chappelle-Nadal	Corcoran	Curls	Darrough
Daus	Donnelly	Dougherty	Fraser	George
Harris 23	Harris 110	Haywood	Henke	Hoskins
Hubbard	Hughes	Johnson 61	Johnson 90	Jolly
Kratky	Kuessner	Lampe	LeVota	Low 39
Lowe 44	Meiners	Oxford	Robinson	Roorda
Rucker	Salva	Schoemehl	Shoemyer	Skaggs
Spreng	Storch	Swinger	Villa	Vogt
Wagner	Walsh	Walton	Whorton	Wildberger
Witte	Wright-Jones	Yaeger	Young	Zweifel

PRESENT: 001

El-Amin

ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 010

Brown 30	Bruns	Liese	Lipke	Marsh
Meadows	Page	Parker	Phillips	Wasson

VACANCIES: 003

The following House Concurrent Resolutions were referred to the Committee indicated:

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HCR 12, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HCR 14, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HJR 28, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HR 203, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

WHEREAS, the Missouri House of Representatives recognizes the importance of empowering citizens to actively participate in the democratic process; and

WHEREAS, the House of Representatives has a long tradition of rendering assistance to those organizations that sponsor projects in the interest of good citizenship; and

WHEREAS, the Missouri Catholic Conference has as its purpose to promote the material and spiritual well being of all the people of the State of Missouri and to participate in the democratic processes of government:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that we, the members of the Missouri House of Representatives, Ninety-second General Assembly, hereby grant the Missouri Catholic Conference permission to use the House Chamber and the House Hearing Rooms from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 30, 2006, for the purpose of holding a citizens assembly and workshops.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HR 207, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

WHEREAS, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints enjoys a rich and vital history in the State of Missouri and is commemorating the 175th anniversary of its establishment in this State; and

WHEREAS, it is appropriate to recognize and commemorate the many inspiring and positive aspects of this history along with the efforts of Missouri leaders to reconcile past injustices, such as former-Governor Christopher "Kit" Bond, who 30 years ago in 1976 officially rescinded the unfortunate 1838 executive order affecting Missouri Mormons by Governor Lilburn W. Boggs; and

WHEREAS, the Missouri State Archives and the Columbia, Missouri Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are jointly sponsoring a two-day educational and commemorative conference entitled "The Mormon Experience in Missouri: From Conflict to Understanding" on September 8 and 9, 2006; and

WHEREAS, this conference will offer a unique educational opportunity for Missourians to learn more about an important chapter in the history of their State:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that we, the members of the Missouri House of Representatives, Ninety-third General Assembly, hereby grant permission for the House Chamber, House Lounge, hearings rooms, and third-floor rotunda area to be used when needed for "The Mormon Experience in Missouri" conference on Friday, September 8 and Saturday, September 9, 2006; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of the Missouri House of Representatives, other state officials, educators, and interested citizens be encouraged to attend this event; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives be instructed to prepare properly inscribed copies of this resolution for the Governor of the State of Missouri, United States Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond, Missouri statewide executive office holders, and representatives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HR 234, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

WHEREAS, the General Assembly has a tradition of granting the use of the House of Representatives and Senate Chambers for mock legislative workshops conducted by civic organizations; and

WHEREAS, the University Extension 4-H Development Program is an educational experience in state government for youth by allowing such youth, with the aid and supervision of extension staff and legislators, to participate in mock legislative hearings and floor discussions of current bills that are of interest to youth:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that we, the members of the Missouri House of Representatives, Ninety-second General Assembly, hereby grant the 4-H Citizenship Youth Forum permission to use the House Chamber on Wednesday, June 28, 2006, from 9:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. to conduct a mock legislative session.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HR 237, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

WHEREAS, the members of the Missouri House of Representatives enjoy a long, proud tradition of meeting their responsibilities to the citizens of this state while upholding the virtues represented by the "Glory of Missouri": Knowledge, Liberty, Equality, Law, Justice, Fraternity, Education, Progress, Honor, Truth, Virtue, Temperance, Enterprise, and Charity; and

WHEREAS, these virtues are engraved in the House Chamber of the State Capitol with the inscription: "All the foregoing human qualities bind into one theme, the Glory of Missouri because no people attain these virtues unless they are great"; and

WHEREAS, the "Glory of Missouri" Award was created to encourage the values held by the early leaders of Missouri and to recognize those standards as exemplified in our schools and communities by this state's young people, the future of Missouri:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that we, the members of the Missouri House of Representatives, Ninety-third General Assembly, hereby grant permission for the House Chamber and Third Floor Rotunda area to be used for the purpose of presenting the "Glory of Missouri" Award to the young citizens of this great state on Friday, April 21, 2006, from 10:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HR 305, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass with House Committee Amendment No. 1.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that we, the members of the Missouri House of Representatives, Ninety-third General Assembly, hereby grant permission for the House Chamber to be used for the purpose of presenting the "Glory of Missouri" Award to the young citizens of this great state on Monday, April 10, 2006, from 12:15 p.m to 2:00 p.m.

AMEND House Resolution No. 305, Page 1, Paragraph 4, Line 4, by deleting the date “April 10" and inserting in lieu thereof the date “March 27".

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HB 983, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass by Consent.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HB 1157, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass by Consent.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HB 1228, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass by Consent.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Veterans, to which was referred HB 1118, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass by Consent, and pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f) be referred to the Committee on Rules.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Veterans, to which was referred HB 1427, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass by Consent, and pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f) be referred to the Committee on Rules.

HB 1716, introduced by Representative Wright (137), relating to special advisors to police departments.

HB 1717, introduced by Representatives Flook and Yates, relating to mortgage satisfaction.

HB 1718, introduced by Representatives Yates, Dusenberg, Johnson (47) and Kraus, relating to ticket sales in certain counties.

HB 1719, introduced by Representatives Bivins, Wildberger, Dixon, Kraus, Ervin, Yaeger, Fisher, Schneider, McGhee, Moore and Sanders Brooks, relating to computation of resident individual income.

HB 1720, introduced by Representatives Bivins, Wildberger, Fraser and Munzlinger, relating to registered environmental professionals.

HB 1721, introduced by Representatives Bivins, Sander and Moore, relating to water pollution permits.

HB 1722, introduced by Representatives Sutherland, Corcoran, Harris (110), Cunningham (86), Wilson (119), Sander, Sanders Brooks, Moore, McGhee, Zweifel, Smith (118), Yaeger, Dougherty and Munzlinger, relating to park services.

HB 1723, introduced by Representatives Fraser, Oxford, Donnelly, Harris (110) and Low (39), relating to mercury emission.

HB 1724, introduced by Representatives Low (39), Oxford, Casey, Roorda, Jolly, Young, LeVota, Kuessner, Curls, Dougherty, Baker (25) and Zweifel, relating to spaying and neutering of dogs and cats.

HB 1725, introduced by Representatives Low (39), Tilley, Yaeger, Harris (110), Oxford, Zweifel, LeVota, Kuessner, Curls, Fraser, Bogetto, Wildberger and Baker (25), relating to driver's licenses.

HB 1726, introduced by Representatives Johnson (47), Villa and Daus, relating to beer and intoxicating liquor.

HB 1727, introduced by Representatives Low (39), Sanders Brooks, Oxford, Baker (25), Hughes, Robinson, Bowman, Yaeger, Meadows, George, Lowe (44), Burnett, Donnelly, Darrough, Johnson (61), Corcoran, Daus, Shoemyer, Storch, Johnson (90) and Wagner, relating to corporate tax disclosures.

HB 1728, introduced by Representatives Rector, Emery, Myers, Schlottach, Bivins, Smith (14), Viebrock, Schad and Moore, relating to the public counsel.

HB 1729, introduced by Representatives Rupp, Brown (30) and Roorda, relating to law enforcement safety fund.

HB 1730, introduced by Representatives Schlottach, Kelly, Wasson, Dixon, May, Dethrow, Whorton, Kuessner and Ruestman, relating to the department of natural resource's bonding authority.

HB 1731, introduced by Representatives Lembke, Avery, Nance, Kraus, Silvey, Nieves, Portwood, Faith, Flook, Wright (137), McGhee, Bivins, Schneider, Davis, Smith (14) and Stevenson, relating to tax increment financing.

HB 1732, introduced by Representatives Fraser, Jetton, Sater, Richard, Sutherland, Donnelly, Wright (159), Smith (14), Chappelle-Nadal, Cooper (155), Tilley, Bivins, Cooper (120), May, Wilson (119), St. Onge, Storch, Bearden, Wildberger, Munzlinger, Ruestman, Fisher, Baker (25), Henke, Witte, Oxford, George, Villa, Daus, Boykins, Wallace, Parson, Jones, Johnson (47), Pollock, Threlkeld, Schneider, Weter, Roorda, Wright (137), Hobbs, Johnson (61), Wright-Jones, Walsh, Curls, Bogetto, Schoemehl, Darrough, Rucker, Meiners, Yaeger, Jolly, Low (39), Bowman, Skaggs, Dempsey, Day, El-Amin and Walton, relating to the possession and self-administration of medications by pupils.

HB 1733, introduced by Representatives Kratky, Johnson (61), Hubbard, Vogt, Oxford, Roorda, Casey, Meadows, Wright-Jones, Jones, Bivins, Parson, Corcoran, Walsh, Yaeger, Darrough, McGhee and Wildberger, relating to police officer compensation.

HB 1734, introduced by Representatives Kratky, Darrough, Yaeger, McGhee, Bivins and Wildberger, relating to park rangers of the City of St. Louis.

HB 1735, introduced by Representatives Kratky, Henke, Skaggs, Brown (50), Darrough and Richard, relating to manufacturers of intoxicating liquor.

HB 1736, introduced by Representatives Avery, Wildberger, Lembke, Nolte, Silvey, Faith, Parker, Smith (14), Johnson (47), Wright (137), Schneider, Stevenson, Kraus, Nance, McGhee and Bivins, relating to public officers and employees.

HB 1737, introduced by Representatives Lampe, McGhee and Moore, relating to designation of next-of-kin for deceased persons.

HB 1738, introduced by Representative Tilley, relating to a sales tax for community programs.

Mr. Speaker: I am instructed by the Senate to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has taken up and passed SB 645, entitled:

An act to repeal section 100.710, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the Missouri business use incentive for large-scale development act.

Mr. Speaker: I am instructed by the Senate to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has taken up and passed SCS SBs 858 & 868, entitled:

An act to amend chapter 191, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the healthcare technology fund, with an emergency clause.

Please withdraw House Bill No. 1683. I am sorry that there were some major drafting errors in the bill. I hope to file a corrected bill at some later date. Thank you very much for your assistance in this matter.

On motion of Representative Dempsey, the House adjourned until 4:00 p.m., Monday February 13, 2006.

Budget overview of Governor's recommendations for the Department of Social Services.

Mark up for Departments of Transportation, Labor, Insurance, and Economic Development.