Missouri House of Representatives
2008
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Jeanette Mott Oxford
SPONSOR
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)
HB1986
Prohibits membership on the Regional Taxicab Commission for certain persons and establishes a 10-member advisory committee
HB1986 -- (LR# 4135L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (H)
HB1987
Changes the laws regarding actions for damages for conduct or speech at public hearings or meetings by including any action brought which results in money damages or litigation expenses
HB1987 -- (LR# 4136L.02I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB1988
Establishes lower permissible and desirable class sizes for school districts in St. Louis City and St. Louis County
HB1988 -- (LR# 4138L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (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)
HB2131
Changes the laws regarding the Missouri individual income tax
HB2131 -- (LR# 4711L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (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)
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)
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)
HCR42
Urges Congress to enact the National Health Insurance Act
HCR42 -- (LR# 4142L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Health Insurance (H)
COSPONSOR
HB1336
Removes villages from a certain incorporation procedure for cities and towns and increases the required number of signatures on a petition to incorporate
HB1336 -- (LR# 3260L.02I)
Referred: Local Government (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)
HB1442
Creates the crime of motorcycle stunt driving
HB1442 -- (LR# 3641L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1456
Authorizes Missouri to enter into the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote Act
HB1456 -- (LR# 3645L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (H)
HB1458
Creates the Reverend Nathaniel Cole Memorial Pursuit Reduction Grant to provide grants to urban police departments for the purchase of real-time pursuit management systems
HB1458 -- (LR# 3653L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Completed (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)
HB1488
Changes the laws regarding criminal securities fraud and sets a minimum penalty when it is committed against the elderly or disabled
HB1488 -- (LR# 3698L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1506
Establishes the Minority Business Enterprise and Women's Business Enterprise Oversight Review Committee to assist these business enterprises in bidding on state contracts
HB1506 -- (LR# 4002L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Urban Issues (H)
HB1507
Eliminates the payment of an intervention fee as a condition of parole
HB1507 -- (LR# 3999L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON URBAN ISSUES
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1508
Establishes the Economic Development Grant Program for companies to reopen a closed manufacturing factory
HB1508 -- (LR# 4003L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Job Creation & Eco Dev (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)
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)
HB1612
Establishes the Revitalization and Reconstruction Commission to promote the restoration, redevelopment, and revitalization of Missouri's urban resources
HB1612 -- (LR# 4038L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Job Creation & Eco Dev (H)
HB1613
Establishes the Office of Trade Enforcement within the Department of Economic Development and the Citizen's Commission on Globalization
HB1613 -- (LR# 4037L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Job Creation & Eco Dev (H)
HB1614
Establishes the Commission on the Death Penalty and places a moratorium on all executions until January 1, 2011
HB1614 -- (LR# 4006L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1615
Establishes the Prostate Cancer Pilot Program to provide screening and treatment for prostate cancer for certain uninsured or economically challenged men
HB1615 -- (LR# 4216L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB1632
Makes it an unlawful employment practice to subject an employee to an abusive work environment or to retaliate against an employee who opposes that type of environment
HB1632 -- (LR# 3936L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (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)
HB1641
Repeals the requirement that the Director of the Department of Revenue, upon order of the court, suspend the driver's license of a person who fails to appear on any moving traffic violation charge
HB1641 -- (LR# 4344L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (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)
HB1666
Establishes the Missouri Global Warming Solutions Act of 2008 to reduce carbon dioxide emissions
HB1666 -- (LR# 3918L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Motion to Do Pass Failed (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)
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)
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)
HB1709
Creates the Tobacco Use Prevention, Cessation, and Enforcement Trust Fund to be used by the Department of Health and Senior Services for a comprehensive tobacco control program
HB1709 -- (LR# 4234L.02I)
HEALTH CARE POLICY
Voted Do Pass (H)
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)
HB1738
Requires tobacco paraphernalia to be kept behind the checkout counter
HB1738 -- (LR# 4027L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB1745
Requires school districts to establish special programs or services for students who are identified as academically gifted
HCS HB 1745 -- (LR# 3867L.04C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1746
Changes the laws regarding identity theft
HB1746 -- (LR# 3879L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1747
Removes the requirement that the Director of the Department of Transportation give an annual address on the state of transportation to a joint session of the General Assembly
HB1747 -- (LR# 3864L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Voted Do Pass (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)
HB1750
Prohibits the transfer of a mental health patient from one facility to another without the consent of the patient or the patient's parent, legal guardian, or nearest known relative
HB1750 -- (LR# 3871L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Healthcare Transformation
HB1751
Changes the laws regarding bullying in schools
HB1751 -- (LR# 3872L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
HB1856
Changes the laws regarding the registration of a trademark
HB1856 -- (LR# 4334L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
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)
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)
HB1916
Increases state employee salaries in an amount equal to the percentage change in the federal Consumer Price Index
HB1916 -- (LR# 4540L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (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)
HB1965
Changes the laws regarding campaign contributions by subjecting all committees to contribution limits
HB1965 -- (LR# 3469L.04I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB1993
Prohibits insurers from acting in concert on certain insurance issues
HB1993 -- (LR# 4899L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Health Insurance (H)
HB2030
Establishes the Public Employment Relations Act which changes the laws regarding public employee labor organizations
HB2030 -- (LR# 3760L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB2031
Authorizes the expungement of certain criminal records
HB2031 -- (LR# 3767L.02I)
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)
HB2061
Establishes provisions regarding the recycling of containers
HB2061 -- (LR# 3307L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (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)
HB2117
Allows the City of St. Louis to control its police force without state intervention by passing an ordinance
HB2117 -- (LR# 4019L.01I)
Referred: Rules Pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) (H)
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)
HB2144
Authorizes the Family Support Division to assist certain elderly individuals who qualify for the federal Food Stamp Program in obtaining supplemental food stamps
HB2144 -- (LR# 4660L.01I)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (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)
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)
HB2168
Increases the penalty for the crime of selling, providing, or distributing tobacco products to any person younger than 18 years of age
HB2168 -- (LR# 4402L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB2170
Requires window stickers instead of license plate tabs to show current motor vehicle registration
HB2170 -- (LR# 4932L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB2171
Creates the Deputy Sheriff Salary Supplementation Fund consisting of money generated by a $10 increase in the sheriff's fee collected for service or process in civil cases
HB2171 -- (LR# 4974L.01I)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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)
HB2219
Adds the gifted education pupil count to the calculation of weighted average attendance for the school foundation formula
HB2219 -- (LR# 3876L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2220
Adds the gifted education pupil count to the calculation of weighted average daily attendance for the school foundation formula by counting each gifted student as an extra student
HB2220 -- (LR# 3875L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (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)
HB2248
Changes the laws regarding the use of credit information when underwriting insurance contracts and prohibits insurers from taking adverse actions based on a person's credit report or insurance score
HB2248 -- (LR# 5174L.01I)
Referred: Insurance Policy (H)
HB2262
Allows voters to cast advance ballots
HB2262 -- (LR# 4598L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB2264
Changes the laws regarding child care subsidy benefits
HB2264 -- (LR# 4741L.02I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON FAMILY SERVICES
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2265
Requires health benefit plans to include coverage for the treatment of autism spectrum disorders
HB2265 -- (LR# 3746L.01I)
HEALTH CARE POLICY
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB2272
Changes the laws regarding sexual education, abortions, and pregnancy prevention
HB2272 -- (LR# 5054L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB2284
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)
HB2297
Designates Budweiser as the official state beer
HB2297 -- (LR# 5209L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Tourism (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)
HB2312
Establishes a process for funding elections that allows candidates to voluntarily agree to campaign finance limitations in exchange for public funding
HB2312 -- (LR# 3620L.02I)
Referred: Elections (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)
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)
HB2351
Requires health carriers and health benefit plans to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders under certain conditions
HB2351 -- (LR# 5413L.01I)
HEALTH CARE POLICY
HCS Voted Do Pass (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)
HB2372
Changes the laws regarding unsolicited electronic mail tranmissions
HB2372 -- (LR# 5436L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Utilities (H)
HB2375
Repeals the death penalty in Missouri
HB2375 -- (LR# 5443L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Urban Issues (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)
HB2395
Excludes any sales tax for the operation of public safety departments and funding for local parks in the City of St. Louis from being considered levies for certain tax increment financing transactions
HB2395 -- (LR# 5472L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Job Creation & Eco Dev (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)
HB2432
Creates the Youth Smoking Prevention Trust Fund for deposit of moneys received from the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement and establishes the Commission for Youth Smoking Prevention
HB2432 -- (LR# 5482L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (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)
HB2444
Allows certain convicted felons to be eligible to receive federal Food Stamp Program benefits if they meet certain requirements
HB2444 -- (LR# 5052L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON SENIOR CITIZEN ADVOCACY
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB2447
Prohibits certain individuals from serving on the Regional Taxicab Commission and requires the establishment of an advisory committee composed of 10 representatives from the transportation industry
HB2447 -- (LR# 4095L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (H)
HB2450
Requires each licensed hospital to create a nursing advisory board to establish and implement a standardized acuity-based patient classification system for each direct-care unit
HB2450 -- (LR# 5447L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Healthcare Transformation
HB2463
Requires the installation of carbon monoxide and smoke detection devices in certain residential properties
HB2463 -- (LR# 5188L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (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)
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)
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)
HB2534
Prohibits any sales tax for the operation of public safety departments and funding for local parks in the City of St. Louis from being diverted to tax increment financing projects
HB2534 -- (LR# 5573L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Job Creation & Eco Dev (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)
HB2587
Allows public utilities to require a deposit for new residential service or continued residential service under certain circumstances
HB2587 -- (LR# 5570L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Utilities (H)
HB2588
Requires motor vehicle inspection and emission stations to have liability insurance to cover any possible damages to a vehicle during an inspection
HB2588 -- (LR# 5571L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HCR6
Urges the State of Missouri to recognize the yellow with three red stripes heritage and freedom flag as the official flag of the Vietnamese-American community
HCR6 -- (LR# 3432L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Veterans (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)
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)
HJR61
Proposes a constitutional amendment allowing constitutionally chartered cities or counties to impose liens on nuisance property
HJR61 -- (LR# 3916L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HJR62
Proposes a constitutional amendment giving the power of eminent domain to the state and its political subdivisions whose officials are directly responsible to elected officials
HJR62 -- (LR# 3917L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
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