Bills Assigned to Committee
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS
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HB1344
--- Sponsor:
Portwood, Dr. Charles R.
- Changes the laws regarding the merchandising practices of secondhand
dealers, commonly known as pawn shop dealers
- HB1344 -- (LR# 3332L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB1494
--- Sponsor:
Bruns, Mark J.
--- CoSponsor:
Meadows, Tim
- Prohibits the use of expiration dates and service fees on gift
certificates
- HB1494 -- (LR# 3792L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB1675
--- Sponsor:
Scharnhorst, Dwight
- Prohibits a utility or affiliate from selling home generators for
electrical production unless there are no existing heating,
ventilation, or air conditioning providers in the service area
- HB1675 -- (LR# 3768L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB1680
--- Sponsor:
Meiners, Kate
--- CoSponsor:
Baker, Judy
- Allows mobility motor vehicle dealers to purchase new motor vehicles
and equip them for retail sale as mobility motor vehicles
- HB1680 -- (LR# 3480L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB1713
--- Sponsor:
Norr, Charlie
--- CoSponsor:
Todd, Tom
- Establishes regulations for persons offering rebates
- HB1713 -- (LR# 3958L.02I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB1718
--- Sponsor:
Brandom, Ellen
--- CoSponsor:
Tilley, Steven
- Prohibits expiration dates earlier than five years after the date of
issuance or post-purchase fees on gift certificates sold in this
state
- HB1718 -- (LR# 4376L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB1738
--- Sponsor:
Holsman, Jason R.
--- CoSponsor:
Oxford, Jeanette Mott
- Requires tobacco paraphernalia to be kept behind the checkout counter
- HB1738 -- (LR# 4027L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB1825
--- Sponsor:
Komo, Sam
--- CoSponsor:
Wildberger, Edward
- Requires government and public agencies to break up a contract into
smaller parts if the overall size of the contract for a project
prevents the use of in-state firms or contractors
- HB1825 -- (LR# 4248L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB1838
--- Sponsor:
Low, Beth
- Requires health insurers to provide coverage for human papillomavirus
screenings for cervical cancer
- HB1838 -- (LR# 3820L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB1840
--- Sponsor:
Low, Beth
- Requires certain businesses to provide four weeks of paid maternity
or paternity leave for its employees
- HB1840 -- (LR# 3816L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB1873
--- Sponsor:
Yates, Brian
- Exempts certain real estate transactions of less than $2,500 from the
requirement that they be certified funds
- HB1873 -- (LR# 4679L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB1920
--- Sponsor:
Harris, Belinda
--- CoSponsor:
Daus, Michael
- Prohibits insurance companies from acquiring any ownership interest
in an auto body repair shop or offering an incentive for a referral to
a specific auto body repair shop
- HB1920 -- (LR# 4834L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB1924
--- Sponsor:
Frame, Michael
--- CoSponsor:
Roorda, Jeff
- Requires anyone who sells gasoline or diesel fuel to conspicuously
post prior to any sales for the day the selling price for the next day
- HB1924 -- (LR# 4240L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB1966
--- Sponsor:
Ruestman, Marilyn
--- CoSponsor:
Bruns, Mark J.
- Prohibits expiration dates earlier than five years after the date of
issuance or post-purchase fees on gift certificates sold in this
state
- HB1966 -- (LR# 4381L.02I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB2063
--- Sponsor:
Walton, Juanita Head
- Allows certain organizations who sell intoxicating liquor by the
drink on the premises to obtain a special license to remain open
until 3:00 a.m. and to open on Sundays at 8:00 a.m.
- HB2063 -- (LR# 3805L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB2097
--- Sponsor:
Cox, Stanley
- Specifies that a person will be guilty of a class C felony when
stealing from a mercantile establishment under certain circumstances
- HB2097 -- (LR# 4975L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB2103
--- Sponsor:
Yates, Brian
- Authorizes sales tax exemptions and income tax deductions for amounts
expended for fitness dues or fees and fitness equipment
- HB2103 -- (LR# 4950L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB2129
--- Sponsor:
Baker, Brian
--- CoSponsor:
Ervin, Doug
- Changes the laws regarding the Small Business Regulatory Fairness
Board
- HB2129 -- (LR# 5040L.01I)
- Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB2138
--- Sponsor:
Guest, Jim
--- CoSponsor:
Nance, Bob
- Requires foreign corporations to comply with the laws of the State of
Missouri when conducting a business transaction with a company
located in this state
- HB2138 -- (LR# 4587L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB2249
--- Sponsor:
Onder, Robert F.
- Authorizes a tax credit for qualified research costs paid by a
qualified Missouri business
- HB2249 -- (LR# 4705L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB2263
--- Sponsor:
Frame, Michael
--- CoSponsor:
Wildberger, Edward
- Establishes the Consumer Report Security Freeze Act
- HB2263 -- (LR# 4596L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB2284
--- Sponsor:
Meadows, Tim
--- CoSponsor:
Page, Sam
- Requires new parking lots and parking lots being restriped after
August 28, 2008, to have a certain number of lift van accessible only
parking spaces
- HB2284 -- (LR# 5090L.02I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB2332
--- Sponsor:
Parson, Michael
- Specifies that certain agreements, provisions, covenants, or clauses
in construction contracts are unenforceable and void
- HB2332 -- (LR# 5039L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB2339
--- Sponsor:
Jones, Kenneth
- Establishes the Restroom Access Act which requires certain retail
establishments to allow customers with eligible medical conditions to
use employee toilet facilities not available to the public
- HB2339 -- (LR# 5429L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB2350
--- Sponsor:
Yaeger, Patricia M.
--- CoSponsor:
Scavuzzo, Luke
- Requires merchants to have access to certain credit and debit card
rate information
- HB2350 -- (LR# 4713L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB2362
--- Sponsor:
Jones, Timothy W.
- Changes the laws regarding unemployment compensation
- HB2362 -- (LR# 4665L.02I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB2369
--- Sponsor:
Roorda, Jeff
--- CoSponsor:
Yaeger, Patricia M.
- Establishes the Informed Growth Act, which requires an economic impact
study to be completed as part of a review of land use permit
applications for large-scale retail developments
- HB2369 -- (LR# 5417L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB2385
--- Sponsor:
Stevenson, Bryan P.
- Establishes a procedure allowing automobile repair businesses to
sell vehicles that have been abandoned by the owner at the repair
shop
- HB2385 -- (LR# 5461L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB2426
--- Sponsor:
Holsman, Jason R.
- Establishes the Missouri Children's Product Safety Act which prohibits
the manufacturing, sale, or distribution of any toy or child care
item that contains certain phthalates
- HB2426 -- (LR# 5495L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB2427
--- Sponsor:
Meadows, Tim
--- CoSponsor:
Flook, Timothy
- Establishes certain requirements that must be included in a contract
between a railroad corporation and a contract carrier that transports
railroad employees
- HB2427 -- (LR# 5459L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB2433
--- Sponsor:
Wood, Dennis
--- CoSponsor:
Wallace, Maynard
- Changes the laws regarding travel club membership contracts
- HB2433 -- (LR# 5490L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB2472
--- Sponsor:
Robb, Edward
--- CoSponsor:
Hunter, Steve
- Specifies that any aerospace and automobile manufacturing plants
locating in Missouri will not be required to utilize organized labor
for the operation of the plant
- HB2472 -- (LR# 5153L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB2484
--- Sponsor:
Low, Beth
--- CoSponsor:
Baker, Judy
- Prohibits the manufacture, sale, or distribution of any toy or child
care item containing certain phthalates
- HB2484 -- (LR# 5513L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB2485
--- Sponsor:
Low, Beth
--- CoSponsor:
Hughes, Leonard
- Requires equal pay for the same work regardless of gender and
establishes a commission to study wage disparities
- HB2485 -- (LR# 5558L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB2519
--- Sponsor:
Portwood, Dr. Charles R.
- Changes the laws regarding gift certificates and credit memos
- HB2519 -- (LR# 4949L.02I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB2543
--- Sponsor:
El-Amin, Talibdin
--- CoSponsor:
Hubbard, Rodney R.
- Changes the laws regarding scrap metal transactions
- HB2543 -- (LR# 5598L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB2555
--- Sponsor:
Pearce, David
--- CoSponsor:
Flook, Timothy
- Establishes the Entrepreneurial Development Council within the
Department of Economic Development
- HB2555 -- (LR# 5542L.01I)
- Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB2562
--- Sponsor:
Darrough, Bruce
- Prohibits employment agreements that require an employee to assign
rights in an invention to the employer under certain situations
- HB2562 -- (LR# 5552L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB2565
--- Sponsor:
Frame, Michael
--- CoSponsor:
Harris, Belinda
- Establishes the Healthy Families, Healthy Communities Act which
requires all employers to provide sick leave for employees
- HB2565 -- (LR# 5619L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HCR20
--- Sponsor:
Ervin, Doug
--- CoSponsor:
Flook, Timothy
- Supports Taiwan in its efforts to play a constructive role in the
International Community
- HCR20 -- (LR# 4733L.01I)
- Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HCR36
--- Sponsor:
Ervin, Doug
--- CoSponsor:
Cox, Stanley
- Encourages President Bush to reinstate Executive Order Number 12612
regarding the division of governmental responsibilities and the
principles of federalism
- HCR36 -- (LR# 4433L.01I)
- Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
SCR40
--- Sponsor:
Ridgeway, Luann
- Urges Congress and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to
strengthen laws regarding furniture tip-over hazards
- SCR40 -- (LR# 5488S.02I)
- Adopted (H)
- AYES: 143
- NOES: 4

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