Missouri House of Representatives
2008
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Regina Walsh
SPONSOR
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)
HB1733
Changes from two to five years the cycle for determining the assessed
valuation of real property in St. Louis County
HB1733
-- (LR# 4212L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (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)
COSPONSOR
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)
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)
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)
HB1766
Requires counties to accept quarterly payments of real and
personal property taxes
HB1766
-- (LR# 3934L.01I)
WAYS AND MEANS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1767
Requires suspected illegals who cannot prove their legal status who
appear in court for any state law or municipal ordinance violation
to be held in jail until they are reported to federal authorities
HB1767
-- (LR# 3937L.01I)
Withdrawn (H)
HB1768
Requires cities to pay the difference between the amount of the
salary and any workers' compensation benefit to certain public
safety employees who suffer a traumatic job-related injury
HB1768
-- (LR# 3953L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB1769
Prohibits any person from having utilities connected in any other
person's name and requires photo identification of the person
requesting connection to utility service
HB1769
-- (LR# 3785L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Utilities (H)
HB1770
Prohibits the Department of Corrections from listing the death
of an inmate as natural causes and requires them to report the
specific illness or disease which caused the inmate's death
HB1770
-- (LR# 3954L.01I)
Referred: Corrections and Public Institutions (H)
HB1776
Prohibits discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation
HB1776
-- (LR# 3167L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on General Laws (H)
HB1783
Requires the Governor to order the United States flag and the
Missouri state flag to be flown at half-staff when any Missouri
active-duty military personnel dies during a declared war or conflict
HCS HB 1783
-- (LR# 4306L.03P)
SENATE PENSIONS, VETERANS' AFFAIRS, AND GENERAL LAW
Reported Do Pass-Placed on Third Read Consent Calendar (S)
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)
HB1785
Requires railroad corporations and companies to provide or make
available counseling to railroad workers involved in an accident which
results in a death or serious bodily injury
HB1785
-- (LR# 3972L.02I)
Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB1786
Requires the Department of Transportation to develop and implement a
pavement management system for each mile of roadway in the state
highway system to avoid a major replacement at the same time
HB1786
-- (LR# 3477L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
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)
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)
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)
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)
HB1856
Changes the laws regarding the registration of a trademark
HB1856
-- (LR# 4334L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (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
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)
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)
HB1914
Changes the laws regarding mental health care providers and services
HB1914
-- (LR# 4541L.02I)
HEALTH CARE POLICY
HCS Voted Do Pass - Consent (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)
HB1922
Changes the requirements for reporting abortions
HB1922
-- (LR# 4731L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (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)
HB1949
Requires certain surpluses in the Missouri Disaster Fund to be used to
provide grants to political subdivisions to purchase necessary
equipment for local emgency personnel to respond to a disaster
HB1949
-- (LR# 4244L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Homeland Security (H)
HB1950
Authorizes the licensure of loan officers under the newly created
Board of Loan Officers within the Department of Insurance,
Financial Institutions, and Professional Registration
HB1950
-- (LR# 4245L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Professional Registration & Licens (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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
HB2175
Changes the laws regarding mortgage brokers
HB2175
-- (LR# 4881L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Financial Institutions (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
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)
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)
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)
HB2361
Authorizes an individual income tax credit of $4,000 for each year in
which the taxpayer is licensed and employed as a full-time peace
officer
HB2361
-- (LR# 5273L.01I)
WAYS AND MEANS
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)
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)
HB2416
Changes the laws regarding dog fighting
HB2416
-- (LR# 5427L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GENERAL LAWS
HCS Voted Do Pass (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)
HB2425
Requires certain candidates to file a written declaration of candidacy
during the 10 business days in January immediately preceding the
primary election in order to be placed on the official primary ballot
HB2425
-- (LR# 5428L.01I)
Referred: Elections (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)
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)
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
HB2468
Authorizes the Missouri Public Service Commission to grant approval
to exercise any right or privilege under any franchise to certain
utility plants and systems when necessary for public service
HB2468
-- (LR# 5563L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON UTILITIES
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB2469
Changes the laws regarding preneed funeral contracts
HB2469
-- (LR# 5524L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Professional Registration & Licens (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)
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)
HJR74
Proposes a constitutional amendment imposing a fee on every
wireless telephone number from any wireless device capable of
accessing the 911 system to fund enhanced 911 services
HJR74
-- (LR# 5087L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
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