Missouri House of Representatives
2007
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Thomas Villa
SPONSOR
HB319
Changes the laws regarding the Firemen's Retirement System of
St. Louis
HB319
-- (LR# 0999L.01P)
SENATE PENSIONS, VETERANS' AFFAIRS, AND GENERAL LAW
Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (S)
HB340
Removes health care providers from the mandatory exclusion from jury
duty and allows the court to excuse a health care provider from jury
service at the court's discretion
HB340
-- (LR# 0952L.02I)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Voted Do Pass (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)
HB1138
Changes the laws regarding the classification of marijuana as a
controlled substance and legalizes the use of marijuana for medical
purposes
HB1138
-- (LR# 2610L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
COSPONSOR
HB37
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
HCS HB 112,26,37,78,79 & 154
-- (LR# 0255L.10C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
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)
HB112
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
HCS HB 112,26,37,78,79 & 154
-- (LR# 0255L.10C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (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)
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)
HB436
Changes the laws regarding limited liability companies
HB436
-- (LR# 1077L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (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)
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)
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)
HB498
Establishes the Milton Friedman "Put Parents in Charge" Education
Program and authorizes an individual and business tax credit for
contributions to certified educational charitable organizations
HB498
-- (LR# 0408L.03I)
Referred: Special Committee on Urban Education Reform (H)
HB504
Exempts landlords from liability for damage to personal property that
results from enforcement of a judgment granting possession and gives
landlords the right to dispose of the property
HB504
-- (LR# 1119L.02I)
JUDICIARY
HCS Voted 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)
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)
HB612
Expands the Vietnam Veteran's Survivors Grant Program to include
Vietnam veterans who are 100% disabled as a result of injuries
sustained while serving in the military during the Vietnam War
HB612
-- (LR# 1556L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Veterans (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)
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)
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)
HB691
Establishes the Missouri Alternatives to Abortion Services Program
and the Missouri Alternatives to Abortion Public Awareness Program
HB691
-- (LR# 1780L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (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)
HB735
Changes the laws regarding the requirements for designing,
constructing, and managing state buildings and allows the Governor to
sell state property belonging to Northwest Missouri State University
HCS#2 HB 735
-- (LR# 1301L.04C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB736
Allows a festival district promotional association to obtain a license
to sell intoxicating liquor and nonintoxicating beer for consumption
at the businesses and common areas within the festival district
HB736
-- (LR# 1644L.01I)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB783
Repeals the current requirement for the Director of the Department of
Transportation to give an annual address to the General Assembly
HB783
-- (LR# 1745L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (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)
HB807
Allows public school students to choose to attend a public school
district other than the school district of his or her residence
HCS HB 807 & 690
-- (LR# 1866L.05C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB808
Establishes the Betty L. Thompson Scholarship Program
HB808
-- (LR# 0856L.01I)
Perfection Defeated (H)
HA 1 TO HSA 1 FOR HA 4, HSA 1 FOR HA 4, AS AMENDED
AYES: 62
NOES: 96 PRESENT: 1
HB819
Prohibits discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation
HB819
-- (LR# 1321L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB823
Changes the laws regarding the circuit breaker tax credit, provides
a tax credit for earned income, and exempts Social Security benefits
from taxation for certain senior citizens
HB823
-- (LR# 1906L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (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)
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)
HB910
Designates the smooth chanterelle as the official state mushroom
HB910
-- (LR# 2320L.01P)
Laid Over - Third Reading (H)
HB913
Changes the laws regarding liquor control
HCS HB 913
-- (LR# 2102L.07C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (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)
HB922
Allows any registered voter who is 70 years of age or older to vote
by absentee ballot
HB922
-- (LR# 1781L.01I)
ELECTIONS
Public Hearing Completed (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)
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)
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)
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)
HB1055
Changes the laws regarding sexual education instruction in public
schools and establishes public awareness and services
for alternatives to abortion programs
Approved HCS HB 1055
-- (LR# 2503L.04T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
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)
HB1113
Removes the legal restriction that requires a proposed transit sales
tax to pass in both St. Louis City and St. Louis County in order for
the tax to go into effect
HB1113
-- (LR# 2439L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Urban Issues (H)
HB1126
Changes the distribution of funds from the professional athletes and
entertainers tax so that 10% of the revenue is annually distributed to
the Juneteenth Heritage and Jazz Festival and Memorial
HB1126
-- (LR# 2054L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON TAX REFORM
Public Hearing Completed (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)
HB1195
Designates the mountain lion as the official state cat
HB1195
-- (LR# 2720L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Tourism (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)
HB1217
Allows qualified retired peace officers to carry concealed firearms
if they meet the criteria and possess the appropriate identification
HB1217
-- (LR# 2701L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on General Laws (H)
HB1239
Allows school districts to offer open enrollment by contract if
approved by voters
HB1239
-- (LR# 2144L.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)
HB1258
Extends the expiration of the Missouri Medicaid Program to June 30,
2010
HB1258
-- (LR# 2746L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Healthcare Facilities (H)
HJR25
Proposes a constitutional amendment limiting the total service in the
General Assembly to 16 years
HJR25
-- (LR# 2408L.01I)
ELECTIONS
Public Hearing Completed (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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Last Updated October 23, 2007 at 9:12 am