Missouri House of Representatives
2008
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Paul LeVota
SPONSOR
HB1561
Changes the laws regarding mandatory child abuse reporting
to include household witnesses of child abuse and neglect to the
list of persons required to report child abuse
HB1561
-- (LR# 3541L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB1562
Authorizes a tax credit to a taxpayer for 100% of the salary and
benefits paid to an employee while on active military duty
HB1562
-- (LR# 3540L.01I)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1563
Sets the speed limits for certain motor vehicles and the number of
consecutive hours a driver may operate a motor vehicle within the
state
HB1563
-- (LR# 3547L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB1564
Repeals the laws requiring motor vehicle safety inspections for most
vehicles effective January 1, 2009
HB1564
-- (LR# 3543L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB1565
Changes the laws regarding the payment for forensic examinations
and medical treatment of victims of sexual offenses
HB1565
-- (LR# 3228L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB1566
Prohibits any person from possessing dog fighting paraphernalia and
adds a penalty for a second or subsequent offense for persons
committing acts related to dog fighting
HB1566
-- (LR# 3223L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1661
Exempts property taxes paid by certain nonresident taxpayers from
being added-back to their adjusted gross income under certain
circumstances
HB1661
-- (LR# 3325L.02P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
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)
HB1961
Authorizes an annual salary increase for state employees based on
the cost-of-living adjustment for that calendar year, unless the
increase is disapproved by the General Assembly before July 1
HB1961
-- (LR# 3214L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1962
Revises the crime of murder in the first degree to include knowingly
causing the death of a child younger than 18 years of age when a
heinous element is involved in the commission of the crime
HB1962
-- (LR# 3539L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1963
Changes the laws regarding the telemarketing No-call List and creates
the crime of caller identification spoofing
HCS HB 1582 & 1963
-- (LR# 3895L.04C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (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)
HB2267
Requires a person who has reasonable cause to believe that a
pharmacist's or other health care professional's conduct is illegal
or could cause serious injury to make a report to specific authorities
HB2267
-- (LR# 3091L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HJR53
Proposes a constitutional amendment replacing the Highways and
Transportation Commission with a Director of Transportation
HJR53
-- (LR# 3544L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
COSPONSOR
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)
HB1582
Changes the laws regarding the telemarketing No-call List and creates
the crime of caller identification spoofing
HCS HB 1582 & 1963
-- (LR# 3895L.04C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (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)
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)
HB1633
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
HB1633
-- (LR# 3935L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Utilities (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)
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)
HB1696
Prohibits commercial inserts or other forms of advertising from
accompanying motor vehicle registration renewal notices
HB1696
-- (LR# 4114L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1697
Specifies that all bond proceeds, fees, and other revenues of the
Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority can only be used for lowering
rates, forgiving loans, issuing scholarships, and administration
HB1697
-- (LR# 4113L.01I)
Referred: Higher Education (H)
HB1698
Changes the laws regarding the Bright Flight Scholarship Program
including revising the size of awards and imposing minimum grade
point requirements
HB1698
-- (LR# 4110L.01I)
Referred: Higher Education (H)
HB1746
Changes the laws regarding identity theft
HB1746
-- (LR# 3879L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1762
Establishes the Twenty-First Century Scholars Program
HB1762
-- (LR# 4131L.01I)
Referred: Higher Education (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)
HB1817
Changes the process for registering securities
HB1817
-- (LR# 4576L.02I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1818
Revises the definition of "security" in the laws regulating
securities so that the sale of variable annuities will be governed by
the Secretary of State
HB1818
-- (LR# 4577L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GENERAL LAWS
Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (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)
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
HB1926
Exempts most new vehicles assembled and sold in Missouri from any
state or local sales or use tax
HB1926
-- (LR# 4239L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB1931
Changes the laws regarding the issuance of construction permits for
concentrated animal feeding operations
HB1931
-- (LR# 4310L.03I)
Referred: Special Committee on Agri-Business (H)
HB1932
Prohibits certain concentrated animal feeding operations facilities
from being located near a state park, state historic site, or
property listed on the National Register of Historic Landmarks
HB1932
-- (LR# 4049L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Agri-Business (H)
HB1944
Requires Social Security numbers collected in any application related
to marriage or dissolution of marriage or legal separation to be
forwarded to the appropriate state child support agency
HB1944
-- (LR# 4513L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB1948
Specifies that any municipal ordinance regulating blasting can be more
but not less stringent than the provisions of the Missouri Blasting
Safety Act
HB1948
-- (LR# 4012L.02I)
Referred: Spec Com on Professional Registration & Licens (H)
HB2030
Establishes the Public Employment Relations Act which changes the
laws regarding public employee labor organizations
HB2030
-- (LR# 3760L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB2048
Establishes the Textbook Transparency Act
Approved SCS HCS HB 2048
-- (LR# 4627S.03T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB2050
Creates an alternative way of calculating the state adequacy target
for school funding
HB2050
-- (LR# 4930L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (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)
HB2089
Requires all primary and general elections held after January 1, 2009,
for statewide offices and state representative and state senator to be
conducted using instant runoff voting procedures
HB2089
-- (LR# 3204L.01I)
Referred: Elections (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)
HB2124
Creates the School Safety and School Violence Prevention Fund
HB2124
-- (LR# 4766L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (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)
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)
HB2145
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
HB2145
-- (LR# 5061L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Utilities (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)
HB2156
Authorizes the Motherhood/Fatherhood Stay-at-Home tax credit for
certain parents who stay at home to provide care for a child up to
24 months of age
HCS HB 2156
-- (LR# 4398L.04C)
Laid Over (H)
HCS PENDING
HB2175
Changes the laws regarding mortgage brokers
HB2175
-- (LR# 4881L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Financial Institutions (H)
HB2178
Exempts any advance refund received from the federal Economic
Stimulus Act of 2008 from the Missouri individual income tax
HCS HB 2189, 2208, 2178 & 2333
-- (LR# 5154L.03C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (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
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)
HB2187
Authorizes an income tax credit for service as a poll worker
HB2187
-- (LR# 3817L.02I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB2210
Changes the laws regarding the Open Meetings and Records Law,
commonly known as the Sunshine Law
HCS HB 2210
-- (LR# 4857L.04C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB2233
Prohibits an employee or official of any political subdivision from
seeking a political appointment in exchange for anything of value to
any political subdivision
Approved HB2233
-- (LR# 3425L.02T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
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)
HB2260
Re-authorizes the tax credits for qualified research expenses,
establishes the annual cap at $10 million, limits the
qualified research activities, and requires that the credits be issued
HCS HB 2260
-- (LR# 5134L.06P)
Second Read/Referred: Ways and Means (S)
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)
HB2305
Requires the Revisor of Statutes to make all copies of laws,
resolutions, and constitutional measures available electronically to
the public and eliminates the printing of certain state documents
HB2305
-- (LR# 5098L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on General Laws (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)
HB2331
Allows the Governor to authorize the Director of the Division of
Finance to suspend certain laws and rules for financial institutions
during a state of emergency
HB2331
-- (LR# 5306L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Financial Institutions (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)
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)
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)
HB2353
Requires child care facilities to maintain the required local
licenses and permits for the operation of a child care facility in
order to have a state license to operate a child care facility
HB2353
-- (LR# 5431L.01I)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB2357
Requires all school districts to have physical education programs
HB2357
-- (LR# 3270L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Student Achievement (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)
HB2387
Requires contractors of certain public works projects to provide their
employees with an approved 10-hour federal Occupational Safety and
Health Administration Construction Safety Program
HB2387
-- (LR# 5469L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB2393
Authorizes a tax credit for mega-projects in enhanced enterprise
zones
Approved SS SCS HCS HB 2393
-- (LR# 5383S.06T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
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)
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)
HB2441
Establishes the Prostate Cancer Pilot Program to provide screening
and treatment for prostate cancer for certain uninsured or
economically challenged men
HB2441
-- (LR# 5086L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB2442
Changes the laws regarding energy efficiency and conservation
HB2442
-- (LR# 5500L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Public Hearing Completed (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)
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)
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)
HB2541
Establishes the Voter Caging Prohibition Act of 2008
HB2541
-- (LR# 5587L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB2565
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)
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)
HJR50
Proposes a constitutional amendment replacing the Highways and
Transportation Commission with a Director of Transportation
HJR50
-- (LR# 3188L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (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)
HJR71
Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing a sales tax for
funding veterans' homes, services, and programs and
constitutionally establishes the Missouri Veterans' Commission
HCS HJR 71
-- (LR# 4064L.02P)
Second Read/Referred: Ways and Means (S)
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