Missouri House of Representatives
2007
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Jason R. Holsman
SPONSOR
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)
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)
HB1211
Establishes lower permissible and desirable class sizes than
currently exist in administrative rules for urban school districts
HB1211
-- (LR# 2535L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HCR47
Encourages dog training programs and kennel clubs to provide training
and education for community pet owners that result in dogs being
"Canine Good Citizens"
HCR47
-- (LR# 2665L.01I)
Referred: Agriculture Policy (H)
COSPONSOR
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)
HB277
Creates the Corrections Officer Training Fund, authorizes a $5
surcharge to fund it, and requires corrections officers and jailers
to receive at least 36 hours of training every three years
HB277
-- (LR# 0806L.01I)
Referred: Corrections and Public Institutions (H)
HB287
Allows fire protection districts to consolidate upon approval by the
voters within the fire protection districts
HB287
-- (LR# 0803L.01I)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB289
Authorizes Missouri to enter into the Agreement Among the States to
Elect the President by National Popular Vote Act
HB289
-- (LR# 0814L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB290
Expands the crime of property damage in the first degree to include
knowingly damaging another person's motor vehicle while making entry
to steal the vehicle or something within the vehicle
HB290
-- (LR# 0801L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB293
Requires the removal of all emergency lights, sirens, and decals
designating a vehicle as an emergency vehicle prior to selling or
consigning the vehicle unless it is sold to another safety agency
HB293
-- (LR# 0809L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB358
Exempts all vehicles assembled and sold in this state from state and
local sales and use tax
HB358
-- (LR# 0888L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB359
Exempts residential property owned by individuals 62 years of age or
older from certain increases in assessed valuation
HB359
-- (LR# 0833L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (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)
HB414
Allows driver's license applicants to show a DD Form 214, noting
honorable discharge, as proof of lawful presence
HB414
-- (LR# 1263L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB438
Establishes the Twenty-first Century Scholars Program
HB438
-- (LR# 0997L.01I)
HIGHER EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (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)
HB455
Exempts real property owned by individuals 65 years of age and older
with certain levels of income from increases in assessed valuation
HB455
-- (LR# 0953L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB456
Limits increases in assessed valuation on real property owned by
individuals 65 years of age and older with certain levels of income to
the percentage of increases in Social Security benefits
HB456
-- (LR# 0954L.01I)
WAYS AND MEANS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB505
Authorizes tax credits for certain owners of alternative fuel vehicle
refueling facilities, lowers the tax on E85 fuel, and prohibits the
use of franchise agreements relating to alternative fuels
HB505
-- (LR# 1219L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (H)
HB519
Expands the crime of murder in the first degree to include when a
person knowingly causes the death of a child and a heinous element
is involved, to be known as Erica and Zayquon's Law
HB519
-- (LR# 1073L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public 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)
HB535
Changes the laws regarding the regulation of state and private mental
health facilities
HB535
-- (LR# 1022L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Healthcare Facilities (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)
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)
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)
HB627
Requires the installation of carbon monoxide detection devices in
certain residential properties
HB627
-- (LR# 1292L.02I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB638
Requires the Department of Revenue to award fee office contracts with
a priority given to school districts and charitable organizations
over individuals in a competitive bid process
HB638
-- (LR# 1100L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Government Affairs (H)
HB653
Establishes the Reverend Nathaniel Cole Memorial Pursuit Reduction
Grant to provide grants to urban police departments for the purchase
of real-time pursuit management systems
HB653
-- (LR# 1761L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB661
Changes the laws regarding the public school retirement systems
HB661
-- (LR# 0768L.02I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON RETIREMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB670
Expands the DNA profiling analysis testing to include an individual
arrested for a felony or sexual offense or a juvenile adjudicated to
have committed an act that would be a felony if committed by an adult
HB670
-- (LR# 1821L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB678
Allows certain school districts in declared federal disaster areas
after the January 2007 ice storms to not make up lost time and allows
other schools to make up only a certain number of the missed days
Approved HCS HB 678
-- (LR# 1712L.04T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
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)
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)
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)
HB785
Requires window stickers instead of license plate tabs to show
current motor vehicle registration
HB785
-- (LR# 0210L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (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)
HB787
Establishes lower permissible and desirable class sizes than
currently exist in administrative rules for St. Louis School District
and districts in St. Louis County
HB787
-- (LR# 1389L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB793
Requires every applicant for a motorcycle license or endorsement
to show the successful completion of an approved motorcycle rider
training course
HB793
-- (LR# 0607L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB802
Adds the inoculation for human papilloma virus to the list of
required immunizations for school attendance
HCS HB 802
-- (LR# 2005L.07C)
Laid Over (H)
HA 2 TO HA 1, HA 1 AND HCS PENDING
HB804
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
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
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)
HB816
Authorizes an income tax dependency exemption for stillborn children
HB816
-- (LR# 1901L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
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
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)
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)
HB854
Prohibits entities that own, operate, or lease partially tax-funded
sports stadiums from denying members of the broadcast or print
media reasonable access to cover a public sporting event
HB854
-- (LR# 2142L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB892
Creates the Medal of Freedom to be awarded to any veteran who
honorably served in the armed forces at any time since 1990
under certain residency requirements
HCS HB 892
-- (LR# 1937L.02P)
SENATE PENSIONS, VETERANS' AFFAIRS, AND GENERAL LAW
Executive Session Held (S)
VOTED DO PASS
HB909
Prohibits certain concentrated animal feeding operations facilities
from being located near a state park, state historic site, or
property listed on the National Register of Historic Landmarks
HB909
-- (LR# 2305L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Agri-Business (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)
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)
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)
HB975
Requires the Governor to submit contract information and the total
cost of contracting for services as part of his or her state budget
request
HB975
-- (LR# 2077L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Government Affairs (H)
HB976
Allows any Missouri resident to participate in the Missouri
Consolidated Health Care Plan for an additional premium
HB976
-- (LR# 0298L.02I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB1012
Establishes the Law Enforcement Safety Fund and authorizes a
surcharge in certain criminal cases to fund a contribution system for
certain law enforcement employees
HB1012
-- (LR# 2308L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1015
Changes the proration factor for calculating the portion of state
school aid
HB1015
-- (LR# 1501L.02I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
HB1132
Allows an aunt or uncle of a child to petition for visitation rights
when both of the child's grandparents are deceased
HB1132
-- (LR# 1801L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (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)
HB1140
Requires school districts to provide an alternative education program
in order to be eligible for state school aid
HB1140
-- (LR# 2402L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (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)
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)
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)
HB1263
Establishes the Missouri Renewable Energy Loan Authority to provide
low-interest loans to public and private entities for financing
renewable energy products and services
HB1263
-- (LR# 2788L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Energy and Environment (H)
HB1265
Establishes a public campaign financing system for state elections
with voluntary participation
HB1265
-- (LR# 2697L.01I)
Referred: Elections (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)
HCR7
Supports the negotiations of a Taiwan-United States free trade
agreement
HCR7
-- (LR# 1238L.01I)
Withdrawn (H)
HCR53
Requests the Missouri Congressional delegation to oppose No Child
Left Behind in 2007
HCR53
-- (LR# 2784L.01I)
Withdrawn (H)
HCR55
Requests the Missouri Congressional delegation to oppose No Child
Left Behind in 2007
HCR55
-- (LR# 2807L.01I)
Offered (H)
HJR27
Proposes a constitutional amendment transferring the initial
responsibility for congressional and legislative redistricting from a
congressional committee to a state demographer
HJR27
-- (LR# 2493L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
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