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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