Missouri House of Representatives
2007
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Beth Low
SPONSOR
HB538
Authorizes an income tax credit for service as a poll worker
HB538
-- (LR# 1221L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB539
Requires persons adopting a dog or cat to pay a $50 fee which is
refundable upon verification that the animal has been spayed or
neutered
HB539
-- (LR# 1223L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Urban Education Reform (H)
HB540
Prohibits gubernatorial appointees from holding office in, or
contributing to, political organizations and prohibits them from
participating in political campaigns
HB540
-- (LR# 1114L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB541
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for human papillomavirus
testing as a cervical cancer screening test
HB541
-- (LR# 1115L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Health Insurance (H)
HB785
Requires window stickers instead of license plate tabs to show
current motor vehicle registration
HB785
-- (LR# 0210L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB799
Requires hospitals to compile and post daily staffing information in
patient care areas of each unit of the hospital
HB799
-- (LR# 0577L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB843
Requires a recorded roll call vote by a member of the General Assembly
other than a vote to approve the journal in order to receive a per
diem compensation for that day
HB843
-- (LR# 1595L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on General Laws (H)
HB844
Allows a temporary exemption from the proof of lawful presence
requirement when victims of domestic violence apply for a driver's
license or instruction permit
HB844
-- (LR# 1222L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB883
Requires certain corporations to file an annual tax disclosure
statement
HB883
-- (LR# 1224L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Tax Reform (H)
HB917
Establishes Christy's Law which requires all health care personnel
involved in the examination of a rape victim to inform the victim of
his or her right to be tested for a date rape drug
HB917
-- (LR# 1308L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB1129
Requires payday loan lenders to conspicuously display in the
lobby a brochure detailing the eligibility requirements for the
Missouri Food Stamp Program
HB1129
-- (LR# 1709L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Financial Institutions (H)
HB1130
Allows for the compensation of a person wrongfully convicted and
imprisoned
HB1130
-- (LR# 2657L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB1259
Establishes the Paid Sick Days Act which requires employers to
provide sick days with pay to employees
HB1259
-- (LR# 2674L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Job Creation & Eco Dev (H)
HB1268
Establishes the Missouri Global Warming Solutions Act of 2007 to
reduce carbon dioxide emissions
HB1268
-- (LR# 2658L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Energy and Environment (H)
HCR42
Supports efforts to begin investing in children now because an
investment in children and early childhood programs is an investment
in Missouri's future
HCR42
-- (LR# 1220L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Student Achievement (H)
COSPONSOR
HB48
Authorizes an income tax deduction for tuition paid to a Missouri
public institution of higher education
HB48
-- (LR# 0420L.01I)
WAYS AND MEANS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB72
Increases the resource limit for eligibility for medical assistance
HB72
-- (LR# 0076L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB90
Requires all drivers and passengers in cars or trucks to wear a seat
belt with certain exceptions
HCS HB 90
-- (LR# 0272L.02C)
Laid Over (H)
HA 1/HCS PENDING
HB258
Repeals the death penalty
HB258
-- (LR# 0749L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON URBAN ISSUES
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB321
Establishes the Office of the Missouri Surgeon General within the
Department of Health and Senior Services
HB321
-- (LR# 1051L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB349
Requires persons requesting more than 50 voter registration
applications to provide certain information to the Secretary of
State's office
HB349
-- (LR# 1017L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB398
Extends the prohibition on the disclosure of Social Security numbers
HB398
-- (LR# 1280L.01I)
Withdrawn (H)
HB410
Requires the Secretary of State to establish a toll-free number for
business inquiries and to direct the inquiries to the appropriate
state agency
HB410
-- (LR# 0913L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Job Creation & Eco Dev (H)
HB411
Establishes the Office of Trade Enforcement within the Department of
Economic Development and the Citizen's Commission on Globalization
HB411
-- (LR# 0907L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Job Creation & Eco Dev (H)
HB423
Changes the laws regarding unsecured loans of $500 or less, sometimes
referred to as "payday loans," and allows the Attorney General to
maintain an action to enforce compliance
HB423
-- (LR# 0668L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Financial Institutions (H)
HB424
Increases the resource limit for eligibility for medical assistance
HB424
-- (LR# 0620L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Health Insurance (H)
HB436
Changes the laws regarding limited liability companies
HB436
-- (LR# 1077L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB438
Establishes the Twenty-first Century Scholars Program
HB438
-- (LR# 0997L.01I)
HIGHER EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB445
Establishes the Commission on the Death Penalty and places a
moratorium on all executions until January 1, 2011
HB445
-- (LR# 1260L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB451
Requires school districts to develop policies to incorporate social
and emotional development into their educational programs
HB451
-- (LR# 1079L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB485
Limits the amount of interest a title lender can charge on loans and
requires the average interest rate being charged by credit unions to
be made available to the public
HB485
-- (LR# 1214L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Financial Institutions (H)
HB503
Establishes requirements for the licensure of midwives
HB503
-- (LR# 1207L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Professional Registration & Licens (H)
HB533
Establishes the Public Service Accountability Act which requires most
public bodies to analyze the costs and benefits of privatizing any
service valued at $25,000 or more
HB533
-- (LR# 1024L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB534
Establishes the Safe Staffing and Quality Care Accountability Act for
Veterans Homes and the Safe Staffing and Quality Care Accountability
Act for Mental Health Facilities
HB534
-- (LR# 1023L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB542
Prohibits unsolicited commercial mail to individuals older than
65 years of age who register with the Office of the Attorney General
HB542
-- (LR# 1415L.01I)
Read Second Time (H)
HB548
Requires than an applicant for elected public office must pay all
penalties he or she owes for any failure to file campaign finance
disclosure reports before being approved as a candidate
HB548
-- (LR# 1242L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB561
Prohibits insurers from using a person's credit report or credit
scoring when underwriting an insurance contract
HB561
-- (LR# 1688L.01I)
Referred: Insurance Policy (H)
HB588
Requires hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to implement an
acuity-based patient classification system
HB588
-- (LR# 1544L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON HEALTHCARE FACILITIES
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB601
Changes the laws regarding public employee labor organizations
HB601
-- (LR# 1601L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB604
Authorizes a state individual income tax credit equal to a percentage
of any earned income tax credit claimed by the taxpayer on the
individual's federal income tax return
HB604
-- (LR# 1387L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB609
Requires every school district to offer a driver's education course
available to students 15 years of age or older and prohibits cell
phone use by temporary permit or intermediate license holders
HB609
-- (LR# 0850L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Voted Do Pass (H)
HB610
Establishes the Address Confidentiality Program to protect victims of
domestic violence by establishing a designated address for victims and
their minor children
HB610
-- (LR# 1144L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (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)
HB627
Requires the installation of carbon monoxide detection devices in
certain residential properties
HB627
-- (LR# 1292L.02I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB636
Authorizes an income tax credit for military retirement benefits
HCS HB 636, 308 & 173
-- (LR# 1482L.03P)
SENATE WAYS AND MEANS
Executive Session Held (S)
VOTED DO PASS
HB676
Requires the Children's Division to develop rules to modify the
income eligibility criteria for any person receiving state-funded
child care assistance
HB676
-- (LR# 1550L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON FAMILY SERVICES
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB683
Changes the laws regarding the requirements for corporate filings
HB683
-- (LR# 1344L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB718
Requires public school students enrolled in kindergarten or
first grade to receive a comprehensive vision examination
HB718
-- (LR# 1757L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
Voted Do Pass (H)
HB733
Changes the definition of "security" in the laws regulating
securities so that the sale of variable annuities will be governed
by the Secretary of State
HB733
-- (LR# 1324L.01I)
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)
HB757
Establishes the Summer Shipp Act which specifies that law
enforcement officers cannot refuse a written report of a missing
person
HB757
-- (LR# 1330L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB786
Requires the development of caseload standards for the Department of
Health and Senior Services and the Department of Mental Health
HB786
-- (LR# 1390L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (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)
HB806
Repeals the law currently prohibiting Kansas City police officers
from participating in certain political activities
HB806
-- (LR# 1731L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (H)
HB812
Increases the penalty for knowingly signing another person's name on
an initiative petition
HB812
-- (LR# 0941L.01I)
ELECTIONS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB815
Changes the laws regarding the licensure of nurses
HB815
-- (LR# 1933L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB819
Prohibits discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation
HB819
-- (LR# 1321L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB825
Changes the laws regarding preneed funeral contracts
HB825
-- (LR# 1820L.02I)
Referred: Spec Com on Professional Registration & Licens (H)
HB869
Establishes the Easy Connection Act which allows electric customers
to sell electricity from renewable energy sources to electric
companies
HCS HB 869
-- (LR# 1981L.03C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB931
Prohibits the Department of Revenue from contracting with any
entity to mail motor vehicle registration notices and prohibits
commercial inserts and other advertising from accompanying the notice
HB931
-- (LR# 2233L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB953
Changes the laws regarding the licensing of social workers
HB953
-- (LR# 2155L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB959
Requires the Missouri Public Service Commission to implement an
energy assurance program pilot project to provide heat-related
utility services to low-income individuals
HB959
-- (LR# 1785L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Utilities (H)
HB965
Establishes the Missouri Preschool Plus Grant Program as a pilot
program to serve up to 5,000 students in early childhood education
HB965
-- (LR# 2299L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Urban Education Reform (H)
HB973
Requires the Department of Revenue to award fee office contracts with
a priority given to charitable organizations and local political
subdivisions
HB973
-- (LR# 0728L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB1017
Changes the laws regarding the Missouri individual income tax
HB1017
-- (LR# 2244L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB1018
Changes the laws regarding the availability and dispersal of
contraception information
HB1018
-- (LR# 2156L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB1019
Modifies the eligibility requirements for the Missouri Medicaid
Program
HB1019
-- (LR# 2443L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB1027
Allows the City of Kansas City to establish an administrative system
for adjudicating certain municipal code violations
HB1027
-- (LR# 2325L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (H)
HB1035
Extends medical assistance through 21 years of age for certain
foster children
HB1035
-- (LR# 2495L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB1042
Provides merger procedures for certain community improvement
districts
HB1042
-- (LR# 2083L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Job Creation & Eco Dev (H)
HB1059
Allows individuals to vote a straight party ticket with one selection
HB1059
-- (LR# 2432L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB1062
Establishes the Green Power Initiative and requires the Missouri
Public Service Commission to oversee renewable energy targets for
electric utilities
HB1062
-- (LR# 2206L.02I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1069
Requires state agencies to engage in energy conservation and state
buildings to meet the International Energy Conservation Code
HB1069
-- (LR# 2099L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Energy and Environment (H)
HB1070
Establishes the Renewable Energy Research Grant Program to
provide funding for renewable energy research projects
HB1070
-- (LR# 2100L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Energy and Environment (H)
HB1094
Allows senior citizens, 62 years of age or older, to delay paying
property taxes on their residences under certain conditions
HB1094
-- (LR# 2442L.02I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (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)
HB1099
Changes the laws regarding child care
HB1099
-- (LR# 2496L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB1103
Establishes a Minority and Women's Business Enterprise Committee to
assist certified socially and economically disadvantaged minority and
women's business enterprises in state contracts
HB1103
-- (LR# 2257L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Urban Issues (H)
HB1105
Establishes the Economic Development Grant Program for companies
to reopen a closed manufacturing factory
HB1105
-- (LR# 1639L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Job Creation & Eco Dev (H)
HB1114
Allows and strongly encourages the Missouri Medicaid Program,
prisons, and schools that serve as Medicaid providers to use
telehealth services where appropriate
HB1114
-- (LR# 2463L.02I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB1137
Requires equal pay for the same work regardless of gender and
establishes the Equal Pay Commission to study wage disparities
HB1137
-- (LR# 2354L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB1139
Establishes the Missouri Commission on Prevention and Management
of Obesity
HB1139
-- (LR# 1310L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB1141
Requires the State Board of Education to establish a Coordinated
Health Program Board to develop a program on the prevention of
student obesity, cardiovascular disease, and type II diabetes
HB1141
-- (LR# 1311L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB1143
Establishes the Emancipation Day Commission
HB1143
-- (LR# 2681L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on General Laws (H)
HB1145
Prohibits the Director of the Department of Revenue from taking a
photograph or digital image of any qualified applicant for a driver's
or nondriver's license who objects due to religious affiliation
HB1145
-- (LR# 2649L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB1176
Establishes the Renewable Energy Act which requires the Department of
Natural Resources and Missouri Public Service Commission to
establish renewable energy requirements for utilities
HB1176
-- (LR# 2098L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Utilities (H)
HB1183
Changes the laws regarding neighborhood and community
improvement districts
HB1183
-- (LR# 2673L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (H)
HB1204
Allows applicants changing information on their driver's licenses to
register to vote and requires the Department of Revenue to provide the
voter information to the Office of the Secretary of State
HB1204
-- (LR# 2717L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB1214
Establishes curriculum requirements for physical education classes
for students in sixth through twelfth grade
HB1214
-- (LR# 2692L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
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