Missouri House of Representatives
2008
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Beth Low
SPONSOR
HB1837
Allows for the compensation of a person wrongfully convicted and
imprisoned
HB1837
-- (LR# 3827L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB1838
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for human papillomavirus
screenings for cervical cancer
HB1838
-- (LR# 3820L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB1839
Changes the laws regarding protections for children and abuse victims
HCS HB 1839
-- (LR# 3825L.04C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1840
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)
HB1841
Allows a temporary exemption from the proof of lawful presence
requirement when victims of domestic violence apply for a driver's
license or instruction permit
HB1841
-- (LR# 3823L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB1842
Establishes the Missouri Global Warming Solutions Act of 2008 to
reduce carbon dioxide emissions
HB1842
-- (LR# 3828L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Public Hearing Cancelled (H)
HB1843
Requires payday loan lenders to conspicuously display in the lobby a
brochure detailing the eligibility requirements for the Missouri Food
Stamp Program
HB1843
-- (LR# 3826L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Financial Institutions (H)
HB1844
Prohibits gubernatorial appointees from holding office in or
contributing to political parties or organizations and from taking
part in any political campaign during their term of office
HB1844
-- (LR# 3819L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB1845
Requires window stickers instead of license plate tabs to show
current motor vehicle registration
HB1845
-- (LR# 3821L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB1846
Requires hospitals to compile and post daily staffing information in
patient care areas of each unit of the hospital
HB1846
-- (LR# 3822L.01I)
Withdrawn (H)
HB1847
Prohibits a person from knowingly possessing, harboring, selling,
bartering, transferring, exchanging, or importing any wild animal for
use as a pet
HB1847
-- (LR# 3045L.01I)
Referred: Agriculture Policy (H)
HB1848
Requires persons adopting a dog or cat to pay a $50 fee which is
refundable upon verification that the animal has been spayed or
neutered
HB1848
-- (LR# 3818L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON URBAN EDUCATION REFORM
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2183
Requires hospitals to compile and post daily staffing information in
patient care areas of each unit of the hospital
HB2183
-- (LR# 4892L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Healthcare Transformation
HB2184
Requires certain corporations to file an annual tax disclosure
statement
HB2184
-- (LR# 3824L.02I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB2185
Establishes the Paid Sick Days Act which requires employers to
provide sick days with pay to employees
HB2185
-- (LR# 4547L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB2186
Creates a cause of action in tort for the wrongful injury or
death of a companion animal
HB2186
-- (LR# 3043L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB2187
Authorizes an income tax credit for service as a poll worker
HB2187
-- (LR# 3817L.02I)
Referred: Ways and Means (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)
HCR31
Supports efforts to begin investing in children now because an
investment in children and early childhood programs is an investment
in Missouri's future
HCR31
-- (LR# 3829L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HCR45
Establishes the Missouri Child Poverty Council to examine child
poverty in Missouri
HCR45
-- (LR# 5569L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
COSPONSOR
HB1361
Establishes the Children's Product Safety Act
HB1361
-- (LR# 3281L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1412
Increases the maximum amount of compensation that various officers
employed by the Kansas City Police Department may receive
HB1412
-- (LR# 3949L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (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)
HB1578
Establishes the Solar and Wind Incentive Program to allow for rebates
for the installation of solar photovoltaic systems
HB1578
-- (LR# 3617L.01I)
Referred: Conservation and Natural Resources (H)
HB1600
Specifies that a person performing midwifery services is not engaging
in the practice of medicine, osteopathy, nursing, nurse-midwifery, or
any other medical practice and does not have to be licensed
HB1600
-- (LR# 4230L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Professional Registration & Licens (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)
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)
HB1693
Establishes the Missouri Education Promise Program
HB1693
-- (LR# 4111L.01I)
Referred: Higher Education (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)
HB1716
Prohibits the violation of a person's privacy rights in order to
obtain or renew a driver's license
HB1716
-- (LR# 4280L.02P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (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)
HB1720
Requires pharmacies to dispense all valid, lawful prescriptions for
contraceptives without delay
HB1720
-- (LR# 3168L.02I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB1731
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
HB1731
-- (LR# 3892L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (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)
HB1739
Authorizes the licensure of prescribing psychologists
HB1739
-- (LR# 4098L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1744
Allows certain business subscribers to place their telephone numbers
on the state No-call List
HB1744
-- (LR# 4293L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Utilities (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)
HB1749
Requires lenders of unsecured loans of less than $500, commonly
referred to as payday loans, to notify borrowers of the balance owed
every three months
HB1749
-- (LR# 3870L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Financial Institutions (H)
HB1752
Requires the development of a quality rating system for child care
facilities and early childhood programs
HB1752
-- (LR# 3881L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB1753
Requires health benefit plans to include coverage for the treatment
of autism spectrum disorders
HB1753
-- (LR# 3884L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Health Insurance (H)
HB1754
Prohibits elected officials from registering or acting as lobbyists
for two years after leaving office
HB1754
-- (LR# 3882L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB1762
Establishes the Twenty-First Century Scholars Program
HB1762
-- (LR# 4131L.01I)
Referred: Higher Education (H)
HB1776
Prohibits discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation
HB1776
-- (LR# 3167L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on General Laws (H)
HB1777
Changes the laws regarding the crime of animal neglect
HB1777
-- (LR# 3169L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1778
Requires the Board of Probation and Parole to make periodic reviews
of certain convicted offenders serving sentences of 50 years or life
without parole
HB1778
-- (LR# 3803L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1796
Prohibits an individual or business organization from misrepresenting
their geographic location by using a fictitious or assumed business
name in a telephone directory or directory assistance database
HB1796
-- (LR# 4088L.01I)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1821
Requires electronic voting systems to provide a voter-verifiable
paper record
HB1821
-- (LR# 4215L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB1830
Changes the laws regarding the classification of marijuana as a
controlled substance and legalizes the use of marijuana for medical
purposes
HB1830
-- (LR# 4621L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1856
Changes the laws regarding the registration of a trademark
HB1856
-- (LR# 4334L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
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)
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
HB1870
Establishes the Commission on the Death Penalty and places a
moratorium on all executions until January 1, 2012
HB1870
-- (LR# 4333L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Completed (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)
HB1901
Allows any person selling raw milk or cream to an individual for his
or her own use to do so without a permit from the State Milk Board
within the Department of Agriculture
HB1901
-- (LR# 4115L.03I)
Referred: Special Committee on Agri-Business (H)
HB1939
Requires certain contractors to pay certain employees a living wage
rate under certain state contracts
HB1939
-- (LR# 4218L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB1947
Establishes lower permissible and desirable class sizes for
urban school districts including Kansas City
HB1947
-- (LR# 3462L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1985
Prohibits lenders from imposing a fine, fee, or penalty for prepaying
a loan and repeals the provision allowing a prepayment fee to be
charged on second mortgage loans
HB1985
-- (LR# 3568L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Financial Institutions (H)
HB1993
Prohibits insurers from acting in concert on certain insurance issues
HB1993
-- (LR# 4899L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Health Insurance (H)
HB2042
Authorizes, upon voter approval, an increase in the fee charged for
recorded instruments by the county recorder of deeds from $3 to $10 to
fund assistance programs for the homeless
HB2042
-- (LR# 4931L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (H)
HB2085
Requires persons requesting 50 or more voter registration
applications to provide certain information to the Office of the
Secretary of State
HB2085
-- (LR# 4335L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB2086
Prohibits any elected or appointed official or employee of the state
or any political subdivision or its staff from lobbying for one year
after leaving office or employment with a certain exception
HB2086
-- (LR# 4666L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB2087
Allows any registered voter who is eligible to vote in a particular
election to do so by absentee ballot
HB2087
-- (LR# 3203L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB2088
Allows any registered voter who is eligible to vote in a particular
election to do so by absentee ballot
HB2088
-- (LR# 3255L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB2090
Prohibits the Director of the Department of Revenue from taking a
photograph or digital image of any qualified applicant for a driver's
license who objects due to his or her religious affiliation
HB2090
-- (LR# 4140L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB2092
Changes the laws regarding limited liability companies
HB2092
-- (LR# 5032L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB2114
Changes the laws regarding the use of paper ballots at elections
HCS HB 2114
-- (LR# 4460L.06P)
SENATE FINANCIAL, GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND ELECTIONS
Public Hearing Cancelled (S)
HB2118
Authorizes the court to appoint a parenting coordinator upon the
dissolution of a marriage to assist the parties in resolving parenting
disputes
HB2118
-- (LR# 4858L.02I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON FAMILY SERVICES
HCS Voted Do Pass (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)
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)
HB2131
Changes the laws regarding the Missouri individual income tax
HB2131
-- (LR# 4711L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (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)
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)
HB2175
Changes the laws regarding mortgage brokers
HB2175
-- (LR# 4881L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Financial Institutions (H)
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)
HB2264
Changes the laws regarding child care subsidy benefits
HB2264
-- (LR# 4741L.02I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON FAMILY SERVICES
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)
HB2304
Changes the laws regarding the identification, assessment, and
education of children with autism spectrum disorder
HB2304
-- (LR# 5266L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2338
Creates the Persistence to Graduation Fund to distribute grants to
certain school districts for dropout prevention strategies
HB2338
-- (LR# 5440L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2348
Requires the development of caseload standards by the departments of
Health and Senior Services and Mental Health
HB2348
-- (LR# 4137L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (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)
HB2352
Changes the laws regarding the registration of fictitious business
names
HB2352
-- (LR# 5120L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2369
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)
HB2370
Changes the laws regarding midwives and the practice of midwifery
HB2370
-- (LR# 5314L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Professional Registration & Licens (H)
HB2422
Allows for the creation of certain energy efficiency programs under
the direction of the Missouri Public Service Commission
HB2422
-- (LR# 5474L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Utilities (H)
HB2423
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)
HB2424
Expands the State Children's Health Insurance Program to offer
insurance coverage to all children residing in this state
regardless of income
HB2424
-- (LR# 4914L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Health Insurance (H)
HB2430
Changes the laws regarding elementary and secondary education
HCS HB 2040 & 2430
-- (LR# 3926L.05C)
Dropped from Calendar - Rule 44 (H)
HB2442
Changes the laws regarding energy efficiency and conservation
HB2442
-- (LR# 5500L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2464
Raises the age of a child at which the parent's obligation to pay
child support terminates and repeals provisions terminating child
support when certain children receive failing grades in college
HB2464
-- (LR# 5373L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB2465
Provides outreach services, educational training for child care
professionals, and subsidies for early childhood programs
HB2465
-- (LR# 5302L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB2466
Decreases the number of members and changes the membership
on the Missouri Housing Development Commission
HB2466
-- (LR# 5327L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Government Affairs (H)
HB2477
Authorizes the expungement of certain criminal records including
convictions for any nonviolent crime, misdemeanor, or nonviolent
drug violation
HB2477
-- (LR# 5422L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB2488
Requires any criminal justice entity that conducts eyewitness
identification procedures to adopt written policies for using an
eyewitness to identify a suspect
HB2488
-- (LR# 5404L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (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)
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)
HB2523
Requires the Governor to annually issue a proclamation designating
March 31 as "Cesar E. Chavez Day"
HB2523
-- (LR# 5622L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Tourism (H)
HB2524
Increases the fine for a driver who fails to yield to a pedestrian
with a visual, aural, or physical disability who is using a cane or
service dog
HB2524
-- (LR# 5518L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB2533
Authorizes an income tax deduction for certain public college tuition
costs
HB2533
-- (LR# 5585L.01I)
HIGHER EDUCATION
Voted Do Pass (H)
HB2535
Creates the Missouri Juneteenth Heritage and Jazz Festival and
Memorial Fund and changes the distribution of funds from the
professional athletes and entertainers tax
HB2535
-- (LR# 4901L.02I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON URBAN ISSUES
Voted Do Pass (H)
HB2541
Establishes the Voter Caging Prohibition Act of 2008
HB2541
-- (LR# 5587L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB2585
Prohibits a health carrier from refusing to issue or renew a health
benefit plan based solely on an individual's prior donation of a
kidney
HB2585
-- (LR# 5625L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Health Insurance (H)
HB2586
Changes the laws regarding mortgage brokers
HB2586
-- (LR# 5626L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Financial Institutions (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)
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)
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