Missouri House of Representatives
2008
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Judy Baker

SPONSOR
HB1859
Establishes the Renewable Energy Research Grant Program to provide funding for renewable energy research projects
HB1859 -- (LR# 4468L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Energy and Environment (H)
HB1860
Requires sellers of newly constructed residential homes to disclose to initial purchasers the energy efficiency rating of homes based on the energy star rating system
HB1860 -- (LR# 4469L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1861
Establishes the Renewable Energy Information and Reporting Act which requires the Missouri Public Service Commission to provide an annual report on renewable energy trends and new developments
HB1861 -- (LR# 3225L.01P)
SENATE COMMERCE, ENERGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Executive Session Held (S)
VOTED DO NOT PASS

HB1862
Establishes the Missouri Alternative Energy Loan Authority to provide low-interest loans to public and private entities for financing various energy-saving products and services
HB1862 -- (LR# 4466L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1863
Requires state agencies to engage in energy conservation and state buildings to meet the International Energy Conservation Code
HB1863 -- (LR# 4467L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Energy and Environment (H)
HB2044
Designates a portion of State Route WW in Boone County as the "Carl Edwards Drive"
HB2044 -- (LR# 4427L.03I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB2045
Authorizes counties to impose, upon voter approval, a sales tax to fund county purchases of easements for farmland or natural land preservation
HB2045 -- (LR# 4465L.01I)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2046
Requires school districts to offer a driver's education course to students 15 years of age or older and allows certain students who complete the course to apply for a license at 17 years of age
HB2046 -- (LR# 4794L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB2128
Establishes the Missouri Health Policy Authority to develop and maintain a coordinated health policy agenda for the provision of health services in this state
HB2128 -- (LR# 3409L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB2306
Prohibits an individual with a temporary instruction permit or an intermediate driver's license from operating a motor vehicle while using a cell phone except under certain conditions
HB2306 -- (LR# 4962L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB2357
Requires all school districts to have physical education programs
HB2357 -- (LR# 3270L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Student Achievement (H)
HB2512
Establishes the Office of Health Professions Workforce Planning to address the shortages and uneven distribution of health care professionals in this state
HB2512 -- (LR# 4661L.03I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB2513
Establishes the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Program to provide health insurance coverage for all uninsured children in the state
HB2513 -- (LR# 4100L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Health Insurance (H)
HJR78
Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing the sale of bonds to plan, design, construct, renovate, and maintain state college and university buildings
HJR78 -- (LR# 3913L.02I)
Referred: Higher Education (H)
COSPONSOR
HB1314
Requires annual background checks on some school employees, adds certain offenses to the list for which a teacher certification may be revoked, and removes the statute of limitations for certain sex crimes
SCS HCS HB 1314 -- (LR# 3283S.08C)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB1345
Increases the cap for the income tax credits available to certain individuals for the costs of modifications to a home in order for it to be accessible for a disabled person who resides with them
HB1345 -- (LR# 3304L.01I)
Rules - Reported Do Pass - not Consent (H)
HB1361
Establishes the Children's Product Safety Act
HB1361 -- (LR# 3281L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1433
Requires purchasers of six or more disposable cell phones at one time to provide photo identification which will be reported and kept in a database by the State Highway Patrol
HB1433 -- (LR# 3787L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1434
Requires individuals or businesses convicted of knowingly accepting any state-administered or subsidized tax credit, tax abatement, or loan while employing illegal aliens to repay the amount to the state
HB1434 -- (LR# 3791L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Immigration (H)
HB1439
Re-enacts the federal overtime standards in effect prior to the passage of Proposition B (2006) regarding the minimum wage increase
HB1439 -- (LR# 3470L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB1440
Requires certain public officials to receive training regarding open meetings and open records and public information laws within a designated time frame
HB1440 -- (LR# 3414L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1461
Establishes the Uniform Debt-Management Services Act to regulate debt-management services
HB1461 -- (LR# 3433L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB1462
Changes the laws regarding unsecured loans of $500 or less, sometimes referred to as payday loans, and allows the Attorney General to maintain an action to enforce compliance
HB1462 -- (LR# 3437L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Financial Institutions (H)
HB1607
Removes villages from a certain incorporation procedure for cities and towns, increases the required number of signatures on a petition to incorporate, and dissolves villages incorporated after August 28, 2007
HB1607 -- (LR# 3548L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (H)
HB1618
Establishes the Missouri Consumer Report Security Freeze Act which allows a consumer to place a freeze on his or her consumer report
HB1618 -- (LR# 3090L.02I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1620
Authorizes certain advanced practice registered nurses to enter into collaborative agreements with physicians to administer and dispense controlled substances
HB1620 -- (LR# 3901L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1627
Renames the Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities within the Department of Mental Health to the Division of Developmental Disabilities
HB1627 -- (LR# 4089L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON HEALTH INSURANCE
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1664
Requires all new signs erected after August 28, 2008, to contain the words "Accessible Parking" instead of "Handicap Parking"
HB1664 -- (LR# 4194L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB1667
Establishes the Missouri Homeowners' Protection Act relating to residential mortgage brokers
HB1667 -- (LR# 4290L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Financial Institutions (H)
HB1679
Specifies that the purchase price for calculating the sales tax of a motor vehicle excludes the cost to modify the vehicle for use by an individual with a disability
HB1679 -- (LR# 3479L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB1680
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)
HB1692
Establishes the Missouri Preschool Plus Grant Program to serve up to 10,000 students with high quality early childhood education services for four years
HB1692 -- (LR# 4112L.01I)
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1694
Changes the laws regarding property taxation
HB1694 -- (LR# 4086L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB1695
Increases the property tax relief for senior citizens' program known as circuit breaker and extends the date for the deposit of a percentage of property tax collections into county assessment funds
SCS HCS HB 1321 & 1695 -- (LR# 3243S.07C)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB1704
Increases the appropriation amount for small school grants and allows certain schools to receive a flat amount per student
HCS HB 1704 -- (LR# 3814L.02P)
Second Read/Referred: Education (S)
HB1719
Allows individuals to vote a straight party line ticket for all members of the same political party with a single punch or mark
HB1719 -- (LR# 3170L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB1732
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
HB1732 -- (LR# 3891L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB1746
Changes the laws regarding identity theft
HB1746 -- (LR# 3879L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1748
Lowers the age for beginning school from seven to six years and requires full-day kindergarten at all public schools
HB1748 -- (LR# 3869L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (H)
HB1759
Expands the crime of bribery of a public servant
HB1759 -- (LR# 4271L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1760
Requires statewide elected officials and members of the General Assembly to report any use of a private plane, the cost of the flight, and all the passengers within 72 hours after the flight
HB1760 -- (LR# 4272L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB1761
Changes the laws regarding initiative and referendum petitions
HB1761 -- (LR# 4233L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB1762
Establishes the Twenty-First Century Scholars Program
HB1762 -- (LR# 4131L.01I)
Referred: Higher Education (H)
HB1784
Requires any American or Missouri flag flown on state property to be manufactured in the United States
Approved HB1784 -- (LR# 4504L.01T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB1816
Changes the laws regarding health care
HCS#2 HB 1933,1375,1662,1816,1940,1971,2240,2313,2423 -- (LR# 4824L.04C)
Referred: Rules Pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) (H)
HB1825
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)
HB1866
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
HB1866 -- (LR# 4478L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1868
Requires the eligibility criteria for certain health care benefits to be no more restrictive than those in effect on January 10, 2005
HB1868 -- (LR# 4159L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Healthcare Transformation
HB1889
Requires the State Highway Patrol to provide a real-time electronic log book to all pharmacies to enter sales of pseudoephedrine products
HB1889 -- (LR# 4311L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1892
Allows taxpayers who use specified types of fuel cell or solar energy to generate electricity for their residences to claim a tax deduction
HB1892 -- (LR# 4695L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (H)
HB1912
Specifies that if Missouri loses a Congressional district following the 2010 redistricting, the ninth member of the University of Missouri Board of Curators will be a student curator with voting rights
HB1912 -- (LR# 4544L.01I)
HIGHER EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1935
Establishes guidelines and specific educational requirements for surgical technologists
HB1935 -- (LR# 4707L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Professional Registration & Licens (H)
HB1940
Changes the laws regarding health care
HCS#2 HB 1933,1375,1662,1816,1940,1971,2240,2313,2423 -- (LR# 4824L.04C)
Referred: Rules Pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) (H)
HB1943
Authorizes the recorder of deeds in Jackson County to collect a $1 donation in addition to the fees charged for marriage and birth records to assist homeless families in the county
HB1943 -- (LR# 4789L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Urban Issues (H)
HB1964
Establishes the Identity Theft Prevention Act which specifies the procedures for a person to place a security freeze on his or her consumer report
HB1964 -- (LR# 3471L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Financial Institutions (H)
HB1965
Changes the laws regarding campaign contributions by subjecting all committees to contribution limits
HB1965 -- (LR# 3469L.04I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB2032
Renames the Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities within the Department of Mental Health to the Division of Developmental Disabilities
HB2032 -- (LR# 4837L.02I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB2050
Creates an alternative way of calculating the state adequacy target for school funding
HB2050 -- (LR# 4930L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2076
Renames the Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities within the Department of Mental Health to the Division of Developmental Disabilities
HB2076 -- (LR# 4715L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON HEALTH INSURANCE
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB2092
Changes the laws regarding limited liability companies
HB2092 -- (LR# 5032L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB2124
Creates the School Safety and School Violence Prevention Fund
HB2124 -- (LR# 4766L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2130
Requires health care providers to notify a patient when the patient's confidential medical information is improperly shared with a third party
HB2130 -- (LR# 4894L.02I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB2134
Requires mortgage brokers to disclose whether or not they are acting as an agent for any person they are attempting to obtain a mortgage loan for before obtaining any personal information from the borrower
HB2134 -- (LR# 4963L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Financial Institutions (H)
HB2147
Increases from $600 to $800 per household per fiscal year the maximum amount of financial assistance an eligible household can receive for heating and cooling expenses from the Utilicare Stabilization Fund
HCS HB 2147 -- (LR# 5128L.02C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass - not Consent (H)
HB2152
Changes the laws regarding schools in St. Louis under the Special Administrative Board and their academic accountability
HB2152 -- (LR# 4005L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Urban Education Reform (H)
HB2154
Expands the No-call List to include business subscribers and wireless telephone services and prohibits telephone solicitations for certain political purposes
HB2154 -- (LR# 4771L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Utilities (H)
HB2155
Transfers the powers, duties, and functions of the Office of Public Counsel to the Attorney General's Office and expands the prohibition on discussions of cases before the Public Service Commission
HB2155 -- (LR# 4772L.03I)
Referred: Special Committee on Utilities (H)
HB2175
Changes the laws regarding mortgage brokers
HB2175 -- (LR# 4881L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Financial Institutions (H)
HB2197
Changes the laws regarding the requirements of corporate filings
HB2197 -- (LR# 4166L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB2205
Creates the crimes of operation of a vehicle causing injury, operation of a vehicle causing serious injury, and operation of a vehicle causing death
HB2205 -- (LR# 4491L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2206
Requires the Department of Transportation to provide full consideration for bicyclists, pedestrians, disabled persons, and transit users in its plans, programs, and projects
HCS HB 2206 -- (LR# 4492L.02P)
SENATE TRANSPORTATION
Public Hearing Held (S)
HB2243
Establishes the Missouri Fibromyalgia Awareness Initiative Program and allows a health care professional with prescriptive authority to override certain restrictions on medications for fibromyalgia patients
HB2243 -- (LR# 4978L.02I)
HEALTH CARE POLICY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2272
Changes the laws regarding sexual education, abortions, and pregnancy prevention
HB2272 -- (LR# 5054L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB2341
Requires any leasehold interest in state-owned property being conveyed to be negotiated at no less than the prevailing fair market value
HB2341 -- (LR# 5001L.01I)
CORRECTIONS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2349
Requires the State Board of Mediation to investigate a petition filed by a labor organization alleging that an employee unit wishes to be represented by that labor organization
HB2349 -- (LR# 4471L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB2421
Allows a Kansas City festival district promotional association to obtain a license to sell alcohol for consumption within the festival district
HCS HB 2421 -- (LR# 5473L.03C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB2442
Changes the laws regarding energy efficiency and conservation
HB2442 -- (LR# 5500L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2459
Establishes design standards and requirements for the construction of an affordable housing unit
HB2459 -- (LR# 5385L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Senior Citizen Advocacy (H)
HB2478
Prohibits school buses from sitting with engines idling while loading or unloading children at a school or while waiting for children to load or unload at a school
HB2478 -- (LR# 5512L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB2484
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
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)
HB2521
Establishes the Missouri Earned Income Tax Credit Act which authorizes an individual income tax credit equal to 20% of any earned income tax credit claimed by the taxpayer on his or her federal income tax return
HB2521 -- (LR# 4134L.02I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HJR54
Proposes a constitutional amendment limiting the total service in the General Assembly to 16 years
HJR54 -- (LR# 3456L.01I)
ELECTIONS
Voted Do Pass (H)
HJR58
Proposes a constitutional amendment transferring the initial responsibility for congressional and legislative redistricting from a congressional committee to a state demographer
HJR58 -- (LR# 4270L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)

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