Missouri House of Representatives
2007
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Connie "LaJoyce" Johnson
SPONSOR
HB509
Allows an adopted person at least 18 years of age to receive a certified copy of his or her original birth certificate
HB509 -- (LR# 0662L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB583
Changes the laws regarding the rights of victims of domestic violence and sexual assault
Approved SS SCS HCS HB 583 -- (LR# 0661S.08T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB584
Changes the laws regarding post-conviction DNA testing by limiting who may apply for post-conviction testing and requiring the DNA evidence to be retained and preserved for a certain period of time
HB584 -- (LR# 0660L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB585
Changes the laws regarding the registration of a trademark
HB585 -- (LR# 1442L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB697
Authorizes the expungement of certain arrest records and convictions for municipal ordinance violations and certain misdemeanors
HB697 -- (LR# 1600L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
COSPONSOR
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

HB152
Establishes additional protections to prevent workplace violence
HB152 -- (LR# 0745L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB204
Allows any resident of a nursing home who receives Missouri Medicaid Program benefits to retain not less than $50 per month for discretionary spending
HB204 -- (LR# 0621L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB258
Repeals the death penalty
HB258 -- (LR# 0749L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON URBAN ISSUES
Public Hearing Completed (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)
HB444
Authorizes an income tax deduction for Social Security and nonprivate retirement benefits received by the elderly, subject to income limits, and for qualified health insurance premiums
Approved SS#2 SCS HCS HB 444, 217, 225, 239, 243, 297, 402 & 172 -- (LR# 0761S.11T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
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)
HB557
Requires the Governor to order the United States flag and the Missouri state flag to be flown at half-staff when any Missouri active-duty military personnel dies during a declared war or conflict
HB557 -- (LR# 1403L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Veterans (H)
HB603
Authorizes the City of St. Louis to impose a sales tax of up to 0.5% for the operation of public safety departments
HB603 -- (LR# 1606L.01I)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Public Hearing Completed (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)
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)
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)
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)
HB671
Requires persons replacing stolen license plate tabs prior to January 1, 2009, to submit notarized affadavits and for replacing stolen tabs after January 1, 2009, persons must show a police report
HB671 -- (LR# 1893L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (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)
HB742
Authorizes the sealing of certain criminal records
HB742 -- (LR# 0746L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB758
Authorizes an income tax credit for employers who hire qualified high school students for summer jobs
HB758 -- (LR# 1853L.01P)
Second Read/Referred: Ways and Means (S)
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)
HB819
Prohibits discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation
HB819 -- (LR# 1321L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB867
Authorizes advance voting procedures and additional penalty provisions regarding elections
HB867 -- (LR# 1895L.01I)
ELECTIONS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB882
Establishes the Human Voice Contact Act requiring state agencies to ensure that a caller is provided the option to speak with a live attendant
HB882 -- (LR# 2110L.01I)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (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

HB947
Changes the laws regarding mental health facilities and group homes for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled
HB947 -- (LR# 2218L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (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)
HB964
Establishes a pilot project within the Department of Mental Health to form four assertive community treatment teams to provide comprehensive, community-based psychiatric treatment
HB964 -- (LR# 2205L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (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)
HB991
Establishes the Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit Act
HB991 -- (LR# 2472L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Public Hearing Completed (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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
HB1240
Establishes the Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program to provide a publicly financed, statewide insurance program for all residents of this state
HB1240 -- (LR# 1312L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
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Last Updated October 23, 2007 at 9:11 am