Missouri House of Representatives
2007
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Rachel Storch
SPONSOR
HB438
Establishes the Twenty-first Century Scholars Program
HB438
-- (LR# 0997L.01I)
HIGHER EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB582
Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Family Trust
HB582
-- (LR# 1483L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB731
Requires utilities to credit a customer's account $25 for every 24
hours the customer experiences an electrical outage beyond the
first 48 hours of the outage
HB731
-- (LR# 1584L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Utilities (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)
HB963
Expands the crime of bribery of a public servant
HB963
-- (LR# 0994L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1000
Eliminates the corporate income tax for the first five taxable years
of a new manufacturer's existence in Missouri
HCS HB 1000
-- (LR# 2243L.02C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1040
Requires the Department of Corrections to establish a web site listing
all victims' rights and allows vicitims to request a partition during
probation or parole hearings to shield the view of the offender
HB1040
-- (LR# 2521L.01I)
Referred: Corrections and Public Institutions (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)
COSPONSOR
HB39
Establishes the eligibility requirements of an employed disabled
person requesting medical assistance under the federal Ticket to Work
and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999
SCS HCS HB 39
-- (LR# 0458S.07C)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
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
HB101
Prohibits the use of automatic dialing announcing devices unless
certain requirements are met
HB101
-- (LR# 0484L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB102
Expands the No-Call List to include cell phone numbers, prohibits
sending unsolicited faxes and text messages, and prohibits using
automatic dialing announcing devices in certain situations
HB102
-- (LR# 0485L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Utilities (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)
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)
HB275
Requires law enforcement officers to give written notice of certain
information to victims of alleged domestic violence
HB275
-- (LR# 0280L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB307
Authorizes a tax credit for certain elderly and disabled individuals
for real property taxes paid
HB307
-- (LR# 1091L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON SENIOR CITIZEN ADVOCACY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB325
Changes the laws regarding fire department employee
residency requirements
HB325
-- (LR# 1337L.01I)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Voted Do Not Pass (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)
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)
HB365
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
HB388
Establishes the Local Community Rail Security Act of 2007
HB388
-- (LR# 1205L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB389
Changes the process for registering securities
HB389
-- (LR# 1269L.01I)
Referred: Insurance Policy (H)
HB436
Changes the laws regarding limited liability companies
HB436
-- (LR# 1077L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (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)
HB452
Authorizes an income tax credit for costs directly related to the loss
of electrical power for three or more days
HB452
-- (LR# 0751L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (H)
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)
HB490
Requires persons selling scrap metal to provide photo identification
to purchasers and requires the purchasers to maintain records of all
sales of scrap metal
HCS HB 490
-- (LR# 1168L.04C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB528
Changes the laws regarding criminal securities fraud and sets a
minimum penalty when committed against the elderly or disabled
HB528
-- (LR# 0790L.02I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (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)
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)
HB556
Authorizes additional compensation for overtime, court time, and
standby court time for sergeants of the City of St. Louis police
department
HB556
-- (LR# 1187L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
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)
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)
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)
HB630
Establishes the Qualified Beef Tax Credit Act which authorizes
a tax credit for the sale of certain qualifying beef cattle
HCS HB 630
-- (LR# 1632L.02C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (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
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)
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)
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)
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)
HB713
Allows certain small employers to obtain medical coverage through the
Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan
HB713
-- (LR# 1763L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Health Insurance (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)
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)
HB785
Requires window stickers instead of license plate tabs to show
current motor vehicle registration
HB785
-- (LR# 0210L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (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)
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)
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
HB819
Prohibits discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation
HB819
-- (LR# 1321L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (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)
HB867
Authorizes advance voting procedures and additional penalty
provisions regarding elections
HB867
-- (LR# 1895L.01I)
ELECTIONS
Public Hearing Completed (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)
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)
HB891
Authorizes a tax credit for a business employing a disabled worker
HCS HB 891
-- (LR# 1782L.02P)
SENATE WAYS AND MEANS
Reported Do Pass (S)
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
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)
HB932
Authorizes the Motherhood/Fatherhood Stay-at-home tax credit for a
parent who stays at home to provide care for a child up to 24 months
of age
HB932
-- (LR# 2011L.01I)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB933
Allows an application for a driver's license for a person deployed
with the United States armed forces to be signed by a person who
holds general power of attorney for the applicant
HB933
-- (LR# 2027L.01P)
Returned to Committee of Origin (S)
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)
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)
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)
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)
HB1031
Changes the laws regarding foster care
HB1031
-- (LR# 1868L.03I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (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)
HB1039
Requires any entity providing construction services on school property
to have a drug and alcohol testing program
HB1039
-- (LR# 2400L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (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)
HB1078
Changes the laws regarding identity theft
HB1078
-- (LR# 2264L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1079
Lowers the compulsory school attendance age from seven to six and
requires a full-day kindergarten program at all public schools
HB1079
-- (LR# 2266L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Student Achievement (H)
HB1082
Changes the laws regarding bullying in schools
HB1082
-- (LR# 2265L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (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)
HB1111
Authorizes an income tax credit for constructing a home accessible to
disabled individuals based on the universal design standards
HB1111
-- (LR# 0863L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (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)
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)
HCR40
Calls on the President of the United States and the United States
Congress to take certain actions regarding the genocide in the Darfur
region of Sudan
HCR40
-- (LR# 2618L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Urban Issues (H)
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