Lord God, Your splendor covers the heavens, Your glory fills the earth. Your brightness is like the sunlight; rays stream from Your hand, and there [in the sun like splendor] is the hiding place of Your power.

There are days when our best efforts seem to bear no fruit, when vigorous debates end in a stalemate, numerous hearings yield no movement and times when support diminishes and hope dwindles. We continue, anyway, because You LORD are the source of our strength. You give us the determination to forge ahead and complete the task. You enable us to negotiate the rugged terrain. You, ultimately, bless the work of our hand and grant us success.

May we not be hasty in word or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter before contemplating its impact. Grant us the proper words to speak at the appropriate time; until then, may our words be few.

Now, Lord God, may the meditation of our heart be pleasing to You as we enjoy Your daily provision.

The Journal of the seventeenth day was approved as printed by the following vote:

AYES: 142

Aull	Baker 25	Baker 123	Bearden	Brandom
Bringer	Brown 50	Bruns	Burnett	Casey
Chappelle-Nadal	Cooper 158	Corcoran	Cox	Cunningham 145
Cunningham 86	Curls	Davis	Day	Deeken
Dempsey	Denison	Dethrow	Dixon	Dougherty
Dusenberg	El-Amin	Emery	Ervin	Faith
Fallert	Fares	Fisher	Flook	Frame
Franz	Funderburk	George	Grill	Grisamore
Guest	Harris 110	Haywood	Hobbs	Hodges
Holsman	Hoskins	Hubbard	Hughes	Hunter
Icet	Johnson	Jones 89	Jones 117	Kelly
Kingery	Komo	Kratky	Kuessner	Lampe
Lembke	Liese	Lipke	Loehner	Marsh
May	McClanahan	McGhee	Meadows	Meiners
Munzlinger	Muschany	Nance	Nasheed	Nieves
Nolte	Norr	Onder	Oxford	Page
Parson	Pearce	Pollock	Portwood	Pratt
Quinn 7	Quinn 9	Richard	Robb	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	Swinger	Thomson	Threlkeld	Tilley
Todd	Viebrock	Villa	Vogt	Wallace
Walsh	Walton	Wells	Weter	Wildberger
Wilson 119	Wilson 130	Witte	Wood	Wright 159
Wright-Jones	Yaeger	Yates	Young	Zimmerman
Zweifel	Mr Speaker

NOES: 007

Daus	Harris 23	Kraus	LeVota	Low 39
Lowe 44	Talboy

PRESENT: 002

Darrough	Whorton

ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 012

Avery	Bivins	Bland	Bowman	Brown 30
Cooper 120	Cooper 155	Donnelly	Moore	Robinson
Sutherland	Wasson

The following House Concurrent Resolution was referred to the Committee indicated:

HB 739, introduced by Representatives Jones (117), Parson, Roorda, Sater, Self, Schneider, Cooper (155), McGhee, Robinson, Meadows, Franz, Wilson (119), Quinn (7), Schoeller, Hobbs, Witte, Wallace, Cox and Moore, relating to the public safety enhancement fund.

HB 740, introduced by Representative Pearce, to authorize the conveyance of property owned by the state in Johnson County to the City of Warrensburg.

HB 741, introduced by Representatives Pearce and Richard, relating to the Missouri economic development code.

HB 742, introduced by Representatives Nasheed, Johnson, Walton and Hoskins, relating to expungement of certain criminal records.

HB 743, introduced by Representative St. Onge, relating to penalties for motor vehicle-related offenses.

HB 745, introduced by Representative Davis, relating to the blindness, education, screening and treatment program fund.

HB 746, introduced by Representatives Franz and Yaeger, relating to police retirement.

HB 747, introduced by Representatives Kelly, Wallace, Franz, Wilson (119), Pollock and Dethrow, relating to participation in an animal identification system.

Pursuant to Section 105.461, RSMo, I am hereby filing a written letter of a possible personal interest in legislation that may be voted on during this legislative session.

As an employee on the administrative side of Lindenwood University, I deal with processing government grants, scholarships, and the majority of student loans for my assigned students from Lindenwood University. One of the main requirements of my job is to make sure that the students receive the best possible grants, scholarships, or student loans they qualify for. Possible legislation regarding grants, scholarships and student loans could impact certain aspects of my employment that could come to the Missouri House of Representatives.

In compliance with Section 105.461, RSMo, would you please publish this letter in the Missouri House of Representatives Journal. If you have any questions, please call my office and I will be more than happy to answer them for you. Thank you for your time and help in this matter.

The following members' presence was noted: Bivins, Bland, Cooper (120), Cooper (155), Moore, Sutherland and Wasson.

On motion of Representative Dempsey, the House adjourned until 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 6, 2007.

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

Public hearings to be held on: HB 173, HB 172, HB 131, HB 133, HB 218, HB 239, HB 297