Missouri House of Representatives
2008
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Tony George
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)
HB1610
Changes the laws regarding the operation of certain vessels on any
lake in the state and the requirements for owners of boat docks on
certain lakes
HB1610
-- (LR# 3903L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON STATE PARKS AND WATERWAYS
Public Hearing Completed (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)
HB1667
Establishes the Missouri Homeowners' Protection Act relating to
residential mortgage brokers
HB1667
-- (LR# 4290L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Financial Institutions (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)
HB1734
Allows certain charitable organizations to begin selling liquor
at 9:00 a.m. instead of 11:00 a.m. on Sundays
HB1734
-- (LR# 4276L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (H)
HB1736
Changes the laws regarding illegal aliens and immigration status
HCS HB 1736 & 2320
-- (LR# 4372L.07P)
Referred: Fiscal Review (H)
HB1757
Requires any employer convicted of hiring illegal aliens to repay
double the value of any state-administered or subsidized tax credit,
tax abatement, or loan
HB1757
-- (LR# 4125L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1776
Prohibits discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation
HB1776
-- (LR# 3167L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on General Laws (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)
HB1779
Changes the laws regarding telecommunications services, natural
gas safety penalties, and excavation involving utilities
Approved SS SCS HCS HB 1779
-- (LR# 4260S.09T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB1780
Prohibits commercial inserts or other forms of advertising from
accompanying motor vehicle registration renewal notices
HB1780
-- (LR# 4099L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
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)
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)
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)
HB1825
Requires government and public agencies to break up a contract into
smaller parts if the overall size of the contract for a project
prevents the use of in-state firms or contractors
HB1825
-- (LR# 4248L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB1826
Creates the crime of impersonating a minor or someone else
HB1826
-- (LR# 4247L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1855
Increases the penalty for endangering the welfare of a child in the
first degree when shaking a child younger than five years of age to a
minimum of 15 years in prison
HB1855
-- (LR# 4050L.02I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
HCS Voted Do Pass (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)
HB1878
Allows a property owner to consider the final assessed valuation after
an appeal on real property as an offer by the taxing authority to
purchase the property
HB1878
-- (LR# 3585L.02I)
Referred: Ways and Means (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)
HB1913
Requires school districts to adopt policies for the testing of
student athletes for the unlawful use of a controlled substance,
including but not limited to anabolic steroids
HB1913
-- (LR# 4454L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (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)
HB1924
Requires anyone who sells gasoline or diesel fuel to conspicuously
post prior to any sales for the day the selling price for the next day
HB1924
-- (LR# 4240L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB1925
Exempts residential property owned by individuals 62 years of age or
older from certain increases in assessed valuation
HB1925
-- (LR# 4237L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
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)
HB1927
Authorizes the State Highway Patrol to develop and implement a
real-time electronic logbook for sales of pseudoephedrine and
requires pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to report sales
HB1927
-- (LR# 4238L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (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)
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)
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)
HB1992
Requires security guards who carry a firearm to receive appropriate
training
HB1992
-- (LR# 3804L.03I)
Withdrawn (H)
HB1998
Changes the laws regarding adoption records
HB1998
-- (LR# 4726L.01I)
Withdrawn (H)
HB2030
Establishes the Public Employment Relations Act which changes the
laws regarding public employee labor organizations
HB2030
-- (LR# 3760L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (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)
HB2116
Prohibits health carriers from designating chiropractic care as
specialty care or chiropractic physicians as specialists unless they
are certified as specialists by the Board of Chiropractic Examiners
HB2116
-- (LR# 5050L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GENERAL LAWS
Voted Do Pass (H)
HB2122
Establishes the Shawn Hornbeck Educational Reimbursement
Program
HB2122
-- (LR# 4727L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
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)
HB2131
Changes the laws regarding the Missouri individual income tax
HB2131
-- (LR# 4711L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (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
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)
HB2197
Changes the laws regarding the requirements of corporate filings
HB2197
-- (LR# 4166L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB2235
Requires the Joint Committee on Terrorism, Bioterrorism, and Homeland
Security to include the feasibility of compiling information relevant
to enforcement issues in their studies
HB2235
-- (LR# 3836L.02I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY
Voted Do Pass (H)
HB2236
Requires the Office of Administration to conduct random audits of
certain contractors and subcontractors performing publicly funded
construction projects
HB2236
-- (LR# 4243L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB2270
Requires certified law enforcement officers to review video footage
of red light cameras prior to issuing summons and requires positive
identification of the license plate of the vehicle
HB2270
-- (LR# 5119L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB2271
Requires employers of certain public safety employees to pay the
entire health benefit plan premiums for the spouses and dependent
children of employees injured or killed in the line of duty
HB2271
-- (LR# 5118L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
HB2371
Establishes the Child Predation Prevention Act of 2008 regarding
the sexual exploitation of a child and model curriculum for educating
children regarding Internet safety
HB2371
-- (LR# 5222L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB2372
Changes the laws regarding unsolicited electronic mail tranmissions
HB2372
-- (LR# 5436L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Utilities (H)
HB2392
Requires the Geographic Resources Center at the University of Missouri
to track sexual offenders who are in violation of the restriction to
not reside within 1,000 feet of a school or childcare facility
HB2392
-- (LR# 5425L.02I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB2411
Authorizes an income tax credit equal to 75% of the costs of recycling
reusable waste material from construction
HB2411
-- (LR# 5224L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB2416
Changes the laws regarding dog fighting
HB2416
-- (LR# 5427L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GENERAL LAWS
HCS Voted 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)
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)
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)
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)
HB2442
Changes the laws regarding energy efficiency and conservation
HB2442
-- (LR# 5500L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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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