Missouri House of Representatives
2007
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Edward Robb
SPONSOR
HB132
Changes the fee for the State Auditor to register bonds
HB132
-- (LR# 0347L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (H)
HB210
Authorizes a tax credit for qualified equity investments and allows
the state to recapture credits in certain circumstances
HB210
-- (LR# 0726L.01I)
WAYS AND MEANS
Voted Do Pass (H)
HB250
Increases the amount of the Higher Education Academic Scholarship
Program, commonly known as Bright Flight, from $2,000 to $4,000 a year
HB250
-- (LR# 1045L.01I)
HIGHER EDUCATION
Voted Do Pass (H)
HB251
Provides a new method for disbursing funds among affected taxing
districts in industrial development projects in Boone County
HB251
-- (LR# 1012L.01I)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB252
Requires all entities which ship radioactive waste through or within
the state to be assessed a fee
HCS HB 252
-- (LR# 1018L.04C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB360
Changes the laws regarding the tax credit requirements for qualified
film production projects
HB360
-- (LR# 1088L.01I)
Laid Over (H)
HSA 1 FOR HA 1, HA 1 PENDING
HB361
Authorizes the governing body of Boone County to have exclusive
control over the expenditures and operation of a regional recreational
district located only in that county on land owned by the county
HB361
-- (LR# 1011L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB498
Establishes the Milton Friedman "Put Parents in Charge" Education
Program and authorizes an individual and business tax credit for
contributions to certified educational charitable organizations
HB498
-- (LR# 0408L.03I)
Referred: Special Committee on Urban Education Reform (H)
HB861
Allows students at two-year or four-year colleges or universities to
seek tuition reimbursement for college remedial courses under certain
circumstances
HB861
-- (LR# 1854L.01I)
Referred: Higher Education (H)
HB940
Establishes the Teach for Missouri Act which allows for certain
teachers who teach in provisionally or unaccredited school districts
to receive a stipend to be applied to their student loans
HB940
-- (LR# 2245L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1056
Allows yard waste to be disposed of in a municipal solid waste
disposal area if the disposal area operates as a bioreactor and its
landfill gas is used to produce electricity
HB1056
-- (LR# 2469L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Energy and Environment (H)
HB1057
Allows charter schools to operate in additional school districts and
expands the number of potential sponsors
HB1057
-- (LR# 2417L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Student Achievement (H)
HB1153
Increases the penalty for the crime of assault on a police animal
HB1153
-- (LR# 2659L.02I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1154
Lowers the limit on debt offsets from $25 to $10 of the debt owed
HB1154
-- (LR# 2668L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Government Affairs (H)
COSPONSOR
HB56
Designates a memorial bridge and several memorial highways
Approved HB56
-- (LR# 0190L.01T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB57
Allows villages to cancel an election if there will be no competition
between candidates because the number of candidates who file for
the position is equivalent to the number of persons who may serve
HB57
-- (LR# 0183L.01I)
ELECTIONS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB58
Increases the filing fee for a candidate for county office from $50
to $100
HB58
-- (LR# 0184L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB59
Requires the State Highway Patrol to create, maintain, and make
available for public inquiry on the Internet a registry of persons
convicted of methamphetamine offenses
HB59
-- (LR# 0181L.02I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB60
Creates a presumption in certain circumstances that a person using
deadly force has a reasonable fear of death or harm and allows that
person immunity in certain circumstances for use of defensive force
HCS HB 189 & 60
-- (LR# 0562L.02P)
SENATE JUDICIARY AND CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE
Executive Session Held (S)
SCS VOTED DO PASS
HB70
Exempts high school students transferring into the state from the
requirement to pass certain government and constitution courses if
they document that they completed the requirement in another state
HB70
-- (LR# 0073L.01P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB88
Authorizes the Highways and Transportation Commission to receive
electronic bids and bid bonds for highway and bridge contracts
HB88
-- (LR# 0178L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB89
Establishes travel safe zones with enhanced penalties and fines for
violations that occur in these zones where there have been an unusual
high number of fatal or disabling crashes
HB89
-- (LR# 0177L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB100
Authorizes an income tax credit for volunteer firefighters
HB100
-- (LR# 0340L.01I)
WAYS AND MEANS
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB104
Specifies that the purchase price for calculating the sales tax of a
motor vehicle excludes the cost to modify the vehicle for use by an
individual with a disability
HCS HB 104
-- (LR# 0285L.02P)
SENATE WAYS AND MEANS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB136
Prohibits the use or possession of an alcohol beverage vaporizer
HB136
-- (LR# 0692L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB164
Voids any deed restriction requiring the use of a wood shingle roof
on residential property
HB164
-- (LR# 0209L.01I)
Withdrawn (H)
HB179
Changes the distribution of money in the Gaming Commission Fund
HB179
-- (LR# 0778L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Veterans (H)
HB183
Allows any person who served in Afghanistan in Operation Enduring
Freedom to receive a special license plate designated "Afghanistan
Campaign"
HB183
-- (LR# 0292L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB189
Creates a presumption in certain circumstances that a person using
deadly force has a reasonable fear of death or harm and allows that
person immunity in certain circumstances for use of defensive force
HCS HB 189 & 60
-- (LR# 0562L.02P)
SENATE JUDICIARY AND CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE
Executive Session Held (S)
SCS VOTED DO PASS
HB190
Authorizes an advanced practice nurse to prescribe a controlled
substance listed in Schedule II, III, IV, or V under a collaborative
practice agreement
HB190
-- (LR# 0575L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GENERAL LAWS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB245
Requires commercial driver's license tests to be given in the English
language
HCS HB 245
-- (LR# 0474L.02P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB246
Prohibits a person from driving across a clearly marked solid yellow
center stripe of a roadway except when executing a lawful turn
HB246
-- (LR# 0174L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB248
Authorizes a sales tax exemption on materials used in the
construction of highways and other Department of Transportation
projects
HB248
-- (LR# 0175L.01I)
WAYS AND MEANS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB262
Makes English the language for all official proceedings in Missouri
HB262
-- (LR# 0495L.01I)
Dropped from Calendar - Rule 44 (H)
HB263
Makes English, upon voter approval, the language for all official
proceedings in Missouri
HB263
-- (LR# 0400L.01I)
Dropped from Calendar - Rule 44 (H)
HB269
Prohibits the admission of unlawfully present aliens to public
institutions of higher education
HB269
-- (LR# 0693L.01P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB298
Establishes the Missouri Blasting Safety Act to regulate various
blasting and excavation activities
Approved SCS HCS HB 298
-- (LR# 1110S.04T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB299
Prohibits the use of expiration dates and service fees on gift
certificates
HB299
-- (LR# 0986L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB301
Allows volunteer fire protection associations to enter into
mutual-aid agreements with other public and private agencies
HB301
-- (LR# 0938L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB303
Changes the laws regarding fire department boundaries and the
manufacturing, storage, and sale of fireworks
HB303
-- (LR# 0939L.01I)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Voted Do Pass (H)
HB314
Revises the definition of "practice of pharmacy" and establishes the
Well-being Committee to aid pharmacists who suffer from illness,
substance abuse, mental illness, or physical impairment
HB314
-- (LR# 1006L.01I)
Withdrawn (H)
HB338
Authorizes minimum amounts of compensation for certain corrections
employees and requires the Department of Corrections to conduct a
salary equity study of all its employees
HCS HB 338
-- (LR# 0779S.05C)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB352
Increases bonus points for nonprofit organizations bidding on state
contracts and specifies an increase in the per diem awarded to
sheltered workshops
Approved HB352
-- (LR# 1007L.02T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB353
Changes the laws regarding fraud and abuse in the Missouri
Medicaid Program
HB353
-- (LR# 1169L.01P)
SENATE HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH
Public Hearing Held (S)
HB396
Allows police or sheriffs' departments to sell or trade certain
confiscated firearms to a licensed firearms dealer and exempts federal
flight deck officers from the crime of unlawful use of weapons
HCS HB 180, 396 & 615
-- (LR# 0452L.02C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB397
Defines "utility vehicle" and enacts provisions regulating the use of
utility vehicles
HB397
-- (LR# 1026L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB406
Changes the laws regarding crime prevention and boating while
intoxicated
HCS#2 HB 406 & 726
-- (LR# 0998L.06C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB407
Establishes the Uninsured Motorist Stipulation of Benefits Act of
2007 which limits the recovery for non-economic losses by uninsured
motorists
HB407
-- (LR# 0655L.01I)
INSURANCE POLICY
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB439
Establishes certain employee rights
HB439
-- (LR# 0828L.01I)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB453
Authorizes an income tax credit for donations to food pantries and
adds cash, publicly traded stocks and bonds, and real estate as
eligible donations for the Residential Treatment Agency Tax Credit
Approved SS HCS HB 453
-- (LR# 0914S.04T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB454
Authorizes the Family Support Division to assist certain elderly
individuals who qualify for the federal Food Stamp Program in
obtaining supplemental food stamps
HB454
-- (LR# 0915L.01P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB457
Increases the amount of credit allowed under the senior citizen/
disabled person property tax credit program known as circuit breaker
and renames it the Senior Citizens' Homestead Tax Relief Act
SCS HCS HB 457
-- (LR# 1084S.03C)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB458
Changes the annual franchise tax rates and income threshold amounts
for corporations and the tax credit for financial institutions taxes
HCS HB 458
-- (LR# 1083L.03P)
SENATE WAYS AND MEANS
Public Hearing Held (S)
HB461
Changes the laws regarding the State Water Patrol
Approved HCS HB 461
-- (LR# 1134L.03T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB489
Requires school districts to identify gifted students and allows the
establishment of gifted programs
SCS HB 489
-- (LR# 1215S.05C)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB494
Prohibits a municipality from requiring an owner of a premises to pay
delinquent utility bills for his or her occupants
HB494
-- (LR# 0472L.01I)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB495
Establishes the Missouri State Park Board which is responsible for
the Historical Marker Program
HB495
-- (LR# 0473L.01I)
Rules - Reported Do Not Pass (H)
HB497
Establishes guidelines for the licensure and supervision of physician
assistants
Approved HCS HB 497
-- (LR# 1364L.02T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB536
Prohibits any entity from preventing a student athlete from competing
in or training for any Olympic event
HB536
-- (LR# 1021L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB565
Allows for electronic communication with a child for the noncustodial
parent and custodial parent during times when the child is with the
other parent
HB565
-- (LR# 1429L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB607
Requires vehicles to yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians
crossing a city or neighborhood street in Jackson County and increases
the penalty for leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident
HB607
-- (LR# 1455L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB622
Exempts driver's license applicants from proving lawful presence when
the applicant has previously held a noncommercial driver's license,
noncommercial instruction permit, or nondriver's license
HB622
-- (LR# 1313L.02I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB624
Changes the laws regarding taxation and regional economic
development districts
HCS HB 624
-- (LR# 1586L.04C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB641
Increases state employee salaries in an amount equal to the
percentage change in the federal Consumer Price Index
HB641
-- (LR# 1349L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Voted Do Pass (H)
HB658
Changes the laws regarding boating on the waters of this state
HB658
-- (LR# 1551L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on State Parks and Waterways (H)
HB661
Changes the laws regarding the public school retirement systems
HB661
-- (LR# 0768L.02I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON RETIREMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB688
Establishes the Regional Economic Development District Law
HB688
-- (LR# 1621L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB690
Allows public school students to choose to attend a public school
district other than the school district of his or her residence
HCS HB 807 & 690
-- (LR# 1866L.05C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB693
Establishes the Large Animal Veterinary Student Loan Program and
changes the laws regarding the Large Animal Veterinary Medicine Loan
Repayment Program
HCS HB 693
-- (LR# 1759L.04P)
SENATE AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION, PARKS AND TOURISM
Executive Session Held (S)
VOTED DO PASS
HB694
Makes eligibility for a driver's license for persons between the ages
of 15 and 18 contingent upon documentation that the applicant has
complied with school district standards for eligibility
HB694
-- (LR# 1446L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB704
Adds corrections officers to the list of persons included in the
crime of assault on a law enforcement officer
HB704
-- (LR# 1768L.01I)
Withdrawn (H)
HB735
Changes the laws regarding the requirements for designing,
constructing, and managing state buildings and allows the Governor to
sell state property belonging to Northwest Missouri State University
HCS#2 HB 735
-- (LR# 1301L.04C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB737
Prohibits the Supervisor of the Dvision of Alcohol and Tobacco
Control from restricting the use of certain dispensers for selling or
dispensing intoxicating liquor or nonintoxicating beer
HB737
-- (LR# 1645L.01I)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (H)
HB756
Increases the penalty for littering by requiring at least 40 hours of
community service and a $600 restitution payment
HB756
-- (LR# 1723L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB771
Establishes the Superintendent Targeted Achievement Record (STAR)
Program and requires the total compensation package of school
administrators to be reported and made available to the public
HCS HB 771
-- (LR# 1936L.02C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB800
Authorizes corporations or unincorporated associations to prosecute
their claims and defenses without the assistance of an attorney
HB800
-- (LR# 1666L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB803
Authorizes an income tax credit for donations to the Missouri
Court Appointed Special Advocates Association
HB803
-- (LR# 1852L.01I)
HEALTH CARE POLICY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB805
Changes the laws regarding small business tax credits and tax
exemptions and establishes the Small Business and Entrepreneurial
Growth Act and a Regional Economic Development Initiative
HCS HB 365, 804 & 805
-- (LR# 1225L.04P)
FISCAL REVIEW
Executive Session - No Action Taken
HB807
Allows public school students to choose to attend a public school
district other than the school district of his or her residence
HCS HB 807 & 690
-- (LR# 1866L.05C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB808
Establishes the Betty L. Thompson Scholarship Program
HB808
-- (LR# 0856L.01I)
Perfection Defeated (H)
HA 1 TO HSA 1 FOR HA 4, HSA 1 FOR HA 4, AS AMENDED
AYES: 62
NOES: 96 PRESENT: 1
HB818
Establishes the Missouri Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act and changes the laws regarding the Missouri Health
Insurance Pool and health care insurance
Approved SS#2 SCS HCS HB 818
-- (LR# 1261S.22T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
THIS BILL BECOMES EFFECTIVE AUG 28, 2007, EXCEPT
FOR SECTIONS 143.782, 143.790, 313.321-376.960,
376.964-376.989, 376.1500-376.1532, AND 379.930 -
379.952 WHICH HAVE A JAN 1, 2008 EFFECTIVE DATE
HB827
Requires a child's family support team to consider the educational
needs of the child placed in a licensed residential care facility
SCS HCS HB 827
-- (LR# 1986S.05C)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB878
Creates the Missouri Healthcare Access Fund to provide a funding
source for designated areas with healthcare shortages
HB878
-- (LR# 1851L.02I)
HEALTH CARE POLICY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1023
Establishes an advisory board within the Department of Conservation
to assist the Conservation Commission
HCS HB 1023
-- (LR# 0935L.02C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1034
Establishes the Fair Tax Act of 2007 with requires the Department of
Revenue to develop methods for replacing the state income tax with a
state sales tax
HB1034
-- (LR# 1722L.01I)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1095
Requires the development of a quality rating system for child care
facilities and early childhood programs
HB1095
-- (LR# 1947L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB1128
Designates the new bridge over the Missouri River on Interstate 29/35
in Kansas City as the "Christopher S. Bond Bridge"
HB1128
-- (LR# 2620L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1164
Prohibits a utility or affiliate from selling home generators for
electrical production unless there are no existing heating,
ventilation, or air conditioning providers in the service area
HB1164
-- (LR# 2661L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON UTILITIES
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1198
Increases the appropriation amount for small school grants
HB1198
-- (LR# 2626L.02I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1239
Allows school districts to offer open enrollment by contract if
approved by voters
HB1239
-- (LR# 2144L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1281
Establishes the St. Louis Neighborhood Schools Improvement Act which
specifies the guidelines for establishing and administering a
successor school district for the City of St. Louis School District
HB1281
-- (LR# 2715L.02I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON URBAN EDUCATION REFORM
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HJR7
Proposes a constitutional amendment establishing English as the
language for all official proceedings in Missouri
SCS HJR 7
-- (LR# 0401S.02T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
THIS BILL BECOMES EFFECTIVE 30 DAYS AFTER VOTER
APPROVAL
HJR9
Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds majority
for voter approval of initiative petitions relating to harvesting
bird, fish, wildlife, or forestry resources
HCS HJR 9
-- (LR# 1069L.02C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HJR10
Proposes a constitutional amendment raising the allowable level of
bonded indebtedness for school districts
HJR10
-- (LR# 1167L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HJR12
Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring all impeachments to be
tried by the Senate
HJR12
-- (LR# 0756L.01I)
Rules - Reported Do Not Pass (H)
HJR20
Proposes a constitutional amendment establishing limits on the total
state general revenue appropriations
HCS HJR 20
-- (LR# 1935L.04C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HJR24
Proposes a constitutional amendment replacing property tax with an
alternative tax structure
HJR24
-- (LR# 2247L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Tax Reform (H)
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