Missouri House of Representatives
2008
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Rachel Storch
SPONSOR
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)
HB1829
Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Family Trust
HB1829 -- (LR# 3431L.01I)
HEALTH CARE POLICY
Voted Do Pass (H)
HB2113
Allows the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners to develop a test to measure the ordinary physical strength of commissioned police officers in its jurisdiction
HB2113 -- (LR# 4893L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (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)
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)
HCR48
Urges Congress to reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA backlog grant program
HCR48 -- (LR# 5185L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (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)
COSPONSOR
HB1361
Establishes the Children's Product Safety Act
HB1361 -- (LR# 3281L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (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)
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)
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)
HB1667
Establishes the Missouri Homeowners' Protection Act relating to residential mortgage brokers
HB1667 -- (LR# 4290L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Financial Institutions (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)
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)
HB1776
Prohibits discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation
HB1776 -- (LR# 3167L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on General Laws (H)
HB1856
Changes the laws regarding the registration of a trademark
HB1856 -- (LR# 4334L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (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)
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)
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)
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)
HB2058
Changes the laws regarding tax incentives for business development
Approved SS SCS HCS HB 2058 -- (LR# 4495S.16T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
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)
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)
HB2158
Establishes the Missouri Books From Birth Program to encourage preschool children to read
HB2158 -- (LR# 4616L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (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)
HB2230
Requires immunizations for certain school children for the human papillomavirus at the option of the child's parent or guardian
HB2230 -- (LR# 5095L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Health Insurance (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)
HB2303
Changes the laws regarding the Open Meetings and Records Law, commonly known as the Sunshine Law, to include meetings by a public body making a determination of the retroactive applicability of a law
HB2303 -- (LR# 5223L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
HB2377
Establishes the Seed Capital Technology Business Finance Program Act and the Proof of Concept Technology Business Finance Program Act to assist in financing business programs
HB2377 -- (LR# 5280L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2397
Requires any entity that provides construction services on the property of a public or private school or university or any state- owned building to have an approved drug and alcohol testing program
HB2397 -- (LR# 5238L.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)
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)
HB2442
Changes the laws regarding energy efficiency and conservation
HB2442 -- (LR# 5500L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Public Hearing Completed (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
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)
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)
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Last Updated October 15, 2008 at 3:13 pm