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
Missouri House of Representatives
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