You cause the birds to nest beside the streams and sing among the branches of the trees. You send rain on the mountains from Your heavenly home, and You fill the earth with the fruit of Your labor. You cause grass to grow for the livestock and plants for people to use. You allow us to produce food from the earth. You made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to set. You send the darkness, and it becomes night. Yet we go off to our work, where we labor until evening ignoring the beauty of Your creation.

May we not go robotically about our day missing a sunrise or sunset, the singing of a bird, the briskness of a cold winter morning or the necessity of a moment of quiet reflection and thanksgiving. You created all things for our pleasure.

We do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will take care of itself. Our trust is in You, the living God. You will keep us safe.

HR 267, relating to Ethics Rules of Procedure, was taken up by Representative Dempsey.

AYES: 154

Aull	Baker 25	Baker 123	Bearden	Bivins
Bland	Brandom	Bringer	Brown 50	Bruns
Burnett	Casey	Chappelle-Nadal	Cooper 120	Cooper 155
Cooper 158	Corcoran	Cox	Cunningham 145	Cunningham 86
Curls	Darrough	Daus	Davis	Day
Deeken	Dempsey	Denison	Dethrow	Dixon
Donnelly	Dougherty	Dusenberg	El-Amin	Emery
Ervin	Faith	Fallert	Fares	Fisher
Flook	Frame	Franz	Funderburk	Grill
Grisamore	Guest	Harris 23	Harris 110	Haywood
Hodges	Holsman	Hoskins	Hubbard	Hughes
Hunter	Icet	Johnson	Jones 89	Jones 117
Kelly	Kingery	Kratky	Kraus	Kuessner
Lampe	Lembke	LeVota	Liese	Lipke
Loehner	Low 39	Lowe 44	Marsh	May
McClanahan	McGhee	Meadows	Meiners	Moore
Munzlinger	Muschany	Nance	Nasheed	Nieves
Nolte	Norr	Onder	Oxford	Page
Parson	Pearce	Pollock	Portwood	Pratt
Quinn 7	Quinn 9	Richard	Robb	Robinson
Roorda	Rucker	Ruestman	Ruzicka	Salva
Sander	Sater	Scavuzzo	Schaaf	Schad
Scharnhorst	Schieffer	Schlottach	Schneider	Schoeller
Schoemehl	Self	Shively	Silvey	Skaggs
Smith 14	Smith 150	Spreng	Stevenson	St. Onge
Storch	Stream	Sutherland	Swinger	Thomson
Threlkeld	Tilley	Todd	Viebrock	Villa
Vogt	Wallace	Walsh	Wasson	Wells
Weter	Whorton	Wilson 119	Wilson 130	Witte
Wood	Wright 159	Wright-Jones	Yaeger	Yates
Young	Zimmerman	Zweifel	Mr Speaker

NOES: 005

George	Komo	Talboy	Walton	Wildberger

PRESENT: 000

ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 004

Avery	Bowman	Brown 30	Hobbs

BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-fourth General Assembly, First Regular Session of the State of Missouri, the Senate concurring therein, that the House of Representatives and the Senate convene a joint session in the Hall of the House of Representatives at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, February 7, 2007, to receive a message from Pete K. Rahn, Director of the Missouri Department of Transportation; and that the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives be directed to inform the Senate of the adoption of this resolution.

On motion of Representative Dempsey, House Concurrent Resolution No. 18 was adopted.

Mr. Speaker: Your Special Committee on Healthcare Facilities, to which was referred HB 353, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass, and pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) be referred to the Committee on Rules.

Mr. Speaker: Your Special Committee on Ticket to Work, to which was referred HB 39, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that the House Committee Substitute Do Pass, and pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) be referred to the Committee on Rules.

HB 680, introduced by Representatives May, Wilson (119), Stevenson, Wallace, Dougherty, Munzlinger, McGhee, Smith (150), Moore, Wasson, Richard, Dempsey, Hobbs and Haywood, relating to the official state grass.

HB 681, introduced by Representative Bringer, relating to monetary contributions to campaigns.

HB 682, introduced by Representative Pratt, relating to the physical fitness facility emergency services AED act.

HB 683, introduced by Representatives Lampe, McGhee, Grill, Baker (25), Meadows, Komo, Harris (23), Schieffer, Hodges, Whorton, Norr, Page, Harris (110), Jetton, Scavuzzo, Yaeger, Brown (50), Oxford, Dougherty, Fallert, Frame, Johnson, El-Amin, Storch, Hughes, Low (39), Walsh, Salva, Wright-Jones, Wasson, Wright, Weter, Deeken, Fisher, Threlkeld, Tilley, Wood, Ervin, Jones (117) and Nance, relating to corporate filings with the secretary of state.

HB 684, introduced by Representatives Bruns and Richard, to authorize the conveyance of certain state properties.

HB 685, introduced by Representative Hunter, relating to the second injury fund.

HB 686, introduced by Representatives Smith (150) and Tilley, relating to nursing home administrators.

HB 687, introduced by Representatives Thomson, Pearce, May, McClanahan, McGhee, Schneider, Sander and Roorda, relating to college or university police officers.

HB 688, introduced by Representatives Pollock, Cooper (155), Wilson (119), Deeken, Wright, Bruns, Moore, Denison, Jones (117), Wood, Wells, Franz, Richard, Pearce, Hobbs, Sander, Robb and Parson, relating to regional economic development districts.

HB 689, introduced by Representatives Baker (123), Flook, Nolte and Moore, relating to teacher mentoring standards.

HB 690, introduced by Representatives Baker (123), Schoeller, Schaaf, Flook, Nolte, Meiners, Richard, Stevenson, Hoskins, Robb, Bearden and Cooper (158), relating to open enrollment.

HB 691, introduced by Representatives Harris (110), Cooper (155), Swinger, Kuessner, Casey, Meadows, Bringer, George, Grill, Bruns, Fallert, Quinn (9), Kratky, Walsh, McGhee, Robinson, Liese, Sater, Nolte, Onder, Meiners, Lembke, Silvey, Moore, Baker (123), Schad, Jones (117), Emery, Yaeger, Scavuzzo, Schieffer, Salva, Schoemehl, Sander, Pollock, Dethrow, Wilson (119), Wood, Villa, Corcoran, Shively and Spreng, relating to abortions.

HB 692, introduced by Representatives Harris (110), Yaeger, Komo, Wildberger, Spreng, Whorton and Dusenberg, relating to state purchasing.

Representative Jason Brown is no longer a member of the Local Government Committee.

Representative Thomas Todd is no longer a member of the Special Committee on Workforce Development and Workplace Safety.

Representative John Burnett has been appointed a member of the Special Committee on Workforce Development and Workplace Safety.

Representatives Jason Grill and Darrell Pollock have been appointed members of the Special Committee on Health Insurance.

Representative Fred Kratky has been appointed a member of the Special Committee on Tourism.

Representative Bryan Pratt has been appointed a member of the Local Government Committee.

Representatives Thomas Todd and Jim Avery have been appointed members of the Special Committee on Veterans.

Representatives Juanita Walton and Ron Richard have been appointed members of the Special Committee on Financial Institutions.

Representative Brian Yates has been appointed a member of the Special Committee on Tourism.

I hereby reappoint Representative Ed Emery to serve on the Southern States Energy Board.

Pursuant to Section 210.101 RSMo, I hereby reappoint Representatives Danie Moore and Jeff Grisamore to the Missouri Children's Services Commission.

Pursuant to Chapters 105.452 to 105.461, RSMo, this letter is an official report that I have invested in agriculture value-added cooperatives in which I may be eligible to receive New Generation Cooperative Incentive Tax Credits, loan guarantees or may benefit from incentive funds. I would not have more than a ten percent interest in any of the value-added cooperatives.

In order to comply with Chapters 105.452 to 105.461, please publish this report in the Journal of the House.

I wish to advise you of my employment as an Of Counsel with the law firm of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP. I have no ownership interest in this firm, and the fees earned by other attorneys in the firm do not impact my salary.

There are well over 500 attorneys in this law firm, many of which may represent parties with interest in proposed legislation. In the majority of these cases, I will not even be aware of this representation, as clients of my employer exceed ten thousand and change daily. Some attorneys in my firm may provide some legal representation to parties that may be impacted by decisions made by the Missouri General Assembly. The representations exist in several states and change rapidly, so the identification of each attorney/client relationship cannot be specific.

I am also a volunteer board member of Crittenton Children's Center of the St. Luke's Health System, which may conduct business with the State of Missouri.

To the extent that a conflict of interest exists under Missouri law, I will abstain from voting on the proposal.

On motion of Representative Dempsey, the House adjourned until 10:00 a.m., Thursday, February 1, 2007.

Dr. Abner Womack, Co-director of Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute,

Budget overviews of Governor's recommendations for Departments of Agriculture, Natural

Public and provider testimony to be heard. Witnesses will be heard in sign up order.