Missouri House of Representatives
2007
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. John L. Bowman

SPONSOR
HB409
Establishes the Revitalization and Reconstruction Commission to promote the restoration, redevelopment, and revitalization of Missouri's urban resources
HB409 -- (LR# 0905L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Job Creation & Eco Dev (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)
HB1181
Designates the portion of Interstate 44 from the city limits of St. Louis to the intersection of Kingshighway as the "Officer Michael Barwick Memorial Highway"
HB1181 -- (LR# 2647L.02I)
TRANSPORTATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HCR14
Urges Congress to address the nation's immigration problems
HCR14 -- (LR# 1546L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Immigration (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)
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

HB327
Changes the laws regarding economic development
Vetoed SS SCS HCS HB 327 -- (LR# 1217S.07T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB328
Changes the laws regarding enhanced enterprise zones
HB328 -- (LR# 1216L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
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)
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)
HB448
Authorizes a tax credit equal to 100% of the state sales tax paid on any automobile assembled and purchased in Missouri
HCS HB 448 -- (LR# 1176L.03P)
Second Read/Referred: Ways and Means (S)
HB450
Establishes the Missouri Health Profession Shortage Planning Commission to develop recommendations regarding the health profession workforce
HCS HB 450 -- (LR# 0664L.03T)
Referred: Rules Pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) (H)
HB484
Establishes the Missouri Universal Health Insurance Act to provide comprehensive and necessary health care services for Missouri residents
HB484 -- (LR# 1213L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Health Insurance (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)
HB486
Requires all food or food products sold in Missouri which are derived from a cloned animal to be labeled indicating that the food is or contains products derived from a cloned animal
HB486 -- (LR# 1211L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Agri-Business (H)
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)
HB506
Authorizes a homestead exemption for the elderly and disabled in St. Louis County
HB506 -- (LR# 0965L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (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)
HB520
Authorizes a tax credit to a taxpayer for 100% of the salary and benefits paid to an employee while on active military duty
HB520 -- (LR# 1075L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB521
Revises the Household Child Protect Act which includes household witnesses of child abuse and neglect in the list of persons required to report child abuse
HB521 -- (LR# 1072L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB522
Changes the laws regarding campaign financing and establishes campaign contribution limits
HB522 -- (LR# 1233L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB523
Requires developers to comply with tax increment financing agreements
HB523 -- (LR# 1074L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Job Creation & Eco Dev (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)
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)
HB538
Authorizes an income tax credit for service as a poll worker
HB538 -- (LR# 1221L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (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)
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)
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)
HB571
Changes the definition of "commercial aircraft" by lowering the maximum certified gross take-off weight from 7,000 to 1,000 pounds
HB571 -- (LR# 1370L.01I)
WAYS AND MEANS
HCS Voted Do Pass (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)
HB605
Prohibits membership on the Regional Taxicab Commission for certain persons and establishes a 10-member advisory committee
HB605 -- (LR# 1375L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (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)
HB619
Specifies the situations in which the Civil Air Patrol may be activated, which missions are federal or state, and who pays for the missions
Approved SCS HCS HB 619 & 118 -- (LR# 1486S.03T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
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)
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)
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)
HB767
Requires private mental health facilities and group homes for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled to meet the same requirements as state-operated facilities
HB767 -- (LR# 1545L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (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)
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)
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)
HB946
Requires the Missouri Public Service Commission to develop standards regarding vegetation, electrical service, and infrastructure
HB946 -- (LR# 2116L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Utilities (H)
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)
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)
HB1015
Changes the proration factor for calculating the portion of state school aid
HB1015 -- (LR# 1501L.02I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (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)
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)
HB1117
Requires motor vehicle inspection and emission stations to have liability insurance to cover any possible damages to a vehicle during an inspection
HB1117 -- (LR# 0463L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1118
Requires the issuance and display of a window sticker in addition to license plate tabs to demonstrate current motor vehicle registration
HB1118 -- (LR# 0837L.01I)
Withdrawn (H)
HB1119
Establishes the Identity Theft Prevention Act which specifies the procedures for a person to place a security freeze on his or her consumer report
HB1119 -- (LR# 0273L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Financial Institutions (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)
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)
HB1155
Allows the board of trustees of the Public School Retirement System of the City of St. Louis to increase benefits for retired members under certain circumstances
HB1155 -- (LR# 2625L.01I)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1215
Establishes requirements for physical education classes for students in kindergarten through fifth grade
HB1215 -- (LR# 0356L.02I)
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)
HB1255
Changes from two to five years the cycle for determining the assessed valuation of real property for the purpose of taxation in St. Louis County
HB1255 -- (LR# 2672L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB1258
Extends the expiration of the Missouri Medicaid Program to June 30, 2010
HB1258 -- (LR# 2746L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Healthcare Facilities (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)

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