Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session (2007)
Bills Indexed by Subject
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS


HCR 37 --- Sponsor: Talboy, Mike --- CoSponsor: Nasheed, Jamilah
Establishes Missouri's ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution
HJR 1 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane --- CoSponsor: Ruestman, Marilyn
Proposes a constitutional amendment restricting state court jurisdiction in the areas of taxing, spending, and budgeting
HJR 2 --- Sponsor: Kraus, Will --- CoSponsor: Yates, Brian David
Proposes a constitutional amendment reducing, beginning with the 97th General Assembly, the number of state representatives to 137
HJR 3 --- Sponsor: Dusenberg, Gary --- CoSponsor: Pratt, Bryan
Proposes a constitutional amendment replacing the Highways and Transportation Commission with a Director of Transportation
HJR 4 --- Sponsor: Kuessner, J. C. --- CoSponsor: Baker, Judy
Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring at least 60% of voters to approve amendments to the Missouri Constitution
HJR 5 --- Sponsor: Kuessner, J. C. --- CoSponsor: Roorda, Jeff
Proposes a constitutional amendment increasing the percentage of voters required for initiative petitions
HJR 6 --- Sponsor: Bruns, Mark J. --- CoSponsor: Fisher, Barney
Proposes a constitutional amendment exempting from taxation the personal property of active duty military personnel
HJR 7 --- Sponsor: Nieves, Brian D. --- CoSponsor: Deeken, Bill
Proposes a constitutional amendment establishing English as the language for all official proceedings in Missouri
HJR 8 --- Sponsor: Davis, Cynthia L. --- CoSponsor: Stevenson, Bryan P.
Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting an increase in real property taxes above the previous year's federal Consumer Price Index increase
HJR 9 --- Sponsor: Dethrow, Mike --- CoSponsor: Sander, Therese
Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds majority for voter approval of initiative petitions relating to harvesting bird, fish, wildlife, or forestry resources
HJR 10 --- Sponsor: Baker, Brian --- CoSponsor: Flook, Tim
Proposes a constitutional amendment raising the allowable level of bonded indebtedness for school districts
HJR 11 --- Sponsor: Lembke, Jim --- CoSponsor: Lembke, Jim
Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting human cloning and authorizing the General Assembly to enact laws regarding health care research
HJR 12 --- Sponsor: Emery, Edgar G. H. --- CoSponsor: Fisher, Barney
Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring all impeachments to be tried by the Senate
HJR 13 --- Sponsor: LeVota, Paul --- CoSponsor: Meadows, Tim
Proposes a constitutional amendment replacing the Highways and Transportation Commission with a Director of Transportation
HJR 14 --- Sponsor: Lembke, Jim
Proposes a constitutional amendment establishing the same term limits for the Attorney General and State Auditor as for the Governor and StateTreasurer
HJR 15 --- Sponsor: Lembke, Jim
Proposes a constitutional amendment establishing single 8-year terms for nonpartisan selection judges and requires the Governor's judicial appointments to the Supreme Court to be approved by the Senate
HJR 16 --- Sponsor: Flook, Tim --- CoSponsor: Tilley, Steven
Proposes a constitutional amendment changing the General Assembly meeting dates, dates for considering appropriation bills, and certain tabling deadlines
HJR 17 --- Sponsor: Schoemehl, Sue
Proposes a constitutional amendment allowing simple majority approval for school district bond issues
HJR 18 --- Sponsor: Davis, Cynthia L. --- CoSponsor: Jones, Timothy W.
Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring two-thirds majority vote for future constitutional amendments and modifies the process for accepting and enacting constitutional amendments
HJR 19 --- Sponsor: Jones, Timothy W. --- CoSponsor: Jetton, Rod
Proposes a constitutional amendment guaranteeing a citizen's First Amendment right to pray on public property and reaffirming a citizen's right to choose any or no religion
HJR 20 --- Sponsor: Jetton, Rod --- CoSponsor: Jetton, Rod
Proposes a constitutional amendment establishing limits on the total state general revenue appropriations
HJR 21 --- Sponsor: Cooper, Shannon
Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting political subdivisions from imposing taxes on the gross receipts of telecommunication providers at rates higher than business license tax
HJR 22 --- Sponsor: Ervin, Doug --- CoSponsor: Baker, Brian
Proposes a constitutional amendment modifying the procedures for the legislative approval of any schedule of compensation proposed by the Citizens' Commission on the Compensation of Elected Officials
HJR 23 --- Sponsor: Lembke, Jim
Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting human cloning
HJR 24 --- Sponsor: Threlkeld, Kevin --- CoSponsor: Nieves, Brian D.
Proposes a constitutional amendment replacing property tax with an alternative tax structure
HJR 25 --- Sponsor: Kingery, Gayle --- CoSponsor: Marsh, B.J.
Proposes a constitutional amendment limiting the total service in the General Assembly to 16 years
HJR 26 --- Sponsor: Quinn, John
Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing the Department of Agriculture to regulate deer and elk except privately owned deer and elk which may be regulated by legislation
HJR 27 --- Sponsor: Storch, Rachel --- CoSponsor: Daus, Michael
Proposes a constitutional amendment transferring the initial responsibility for congressional and legislative redistricting from a congressional committee to a state demographer
HJR 28 --- Sponsor: Harris, Belinda --- CoSponsor: Wildberger, Edward
Proposes a constitutional amendment allowing constitutionally chartered cities or counties to impose liens on nuisance property
HJR 29 --- Sponsor: Harris, Belinda --- CoSponsor: Wildberger, Edward
Proposes a constitutional amendment giving the power of eminent domain to the state and its political subdivisions whose officials are directly responsible to elected officials
HJR 30 --- Sponsor: Denison, Charles W. "Charlie" --- CoSponsor: Jetton, Rod
Proposes a constitutional amendment creating the Stormwater Loan Revolving Fund for financing and constructing stormwater control plans, studies, and projects
HJR 31 --- Sponsor: Lembke, Jim
Proposes a constitutional amendment repealing the nonpartisan selection of judges and replacing it with a gubernatorial appointment process for certain judges
HJR 32 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane --- CoSponsor: Davis, Cynthia L.
Proposes a constitutional amendment specifiying that certain sections of the Missouri Constitution cannot be more restrictive than the First Amendment of the United States Constitution
HJR 33 --- Sponsor: Emery, Edgar G. H. --- CoSponsor: Threlkeld, Kevin
Proposes a constitutional amendment repealing the nonpartisan selection of judges and providing for the selection of judicial nominees by the Judicial Confirmation Commission
HJR 34 --- Sponsor: Hunter, Steve
Proposes a constitutional amendment repealing the judicial retention election of state judges by voters and gives the authority to the General Assembly
HJR 35 --- Sponsor: Hunter, Steve --- CoSponsor: Nieves, Brian D.
Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring initiative petitions to be signed by 15% of the voters in all congressional districts and that the ballot measure be on the ballot at the next general election
HJR 36 --- Sponsor: Pearce, David
Proposes a constitutional amendment guaranteeing a person's right to use firearms or ammunition during a declared state of emergency
HJR 37 --- Sponsor: Baker, Judy --- CoSponsor: McClanahan, Rebecca
Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing the sale of bonds to plan, design, construct, renovate, and maintain state college and university buildings
HJR 38 --- Sponsor: Yates, Brian David
Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing the General Assembly to establish identification requirements for voting in Missouri and requiring the state to pay for the cost of one form of identification
SCR 7 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan
Relating to the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution
SJR 3 --- Sponsor: Bartle, Matt
Creates the "Missouri Savings Account" in the Constitution
SJR 4 --- Sponsor: Nodler, Gary
Makes English the language of all official proceedings in the state
SJR 5 --- Sponsor: Graham, Chuck
Requires that all appropriations by the General Assembly cannot exceed the official estimate of state revenues
SJR 6 --- Sponsor: Graham, Chuck
Modifies the procedure for division of the state into U.S. Congressional districts
SJR 7 --- Sponsor: Graham, Chuck
Requires the State Treasurer to provide an estimate of available state revenues each fiscal year
SJR 9 --- Sponsor: Crowell, Jason
Creates an exception to the prohibition against laws retrospective in operation by allowing the sexual offender registry laws to be applied retrospectively
SJR 10 --- Sponsor: Bartle, Matt
Repeals the current constitutional provisions regarding stem cell research and prohibits human cloning
SJR 11 --- Sponsor: Bartle, Matt
Requires a two-thirds majority vote of the people in order to amend the Constitution
SJR 13 --- Sponsor: Vogel, Carl
Creates a property tax exemption for personal property of active duty military personnel
SJR 14 --- Sponsor: Clemens, Dan
Creates a two year budget cycle
SJR 15 --- Sponsor: Green, Timothy P.
Increases term limits for members of the General Assembly from 8 years to 12 years in each house
SJR 16 --- Sponsor: Shoemyer, Wes
Authorizes political subdivisions to submit ballot measures increasing or decreasing revenue without further statutory authorization
SJR 18 --- Sponsor: Shoemyer, Wes
Allows counties and St. Louis City to adopt regulations affecting public health and welfare that are more restrictive than state law
SJR 21 --- Sponsor: Clemens, Dan
Lowers the number of representatives from 163 to 101 and length and number of terms for representatives and senators
SJR 22 --- Sponsor: Koster, Chris
Allows for tax relief for the purpose of promoting local economic development
SJR 23 --- Sponsor: Ridgeway, Luann
Limits reassessment of residential real property to years in which transfer of title occurs
SJR 24 --- Sponsor: Lager, Brad
Establishes limits on the total state general revenue appropriations
SJR 25 --- Sponsor: Loudon, John
Requires the official dating standard in the state to be AD, or Anno Domini, and BC, or Before Christ

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