Missouri House of Representatives
2008
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Michael George Corcoran
SPONSOR
HB1804
Changes the laws regarding municipalities and repeals the limits on the expenditures of excursion gambling boat revenues in certain entitites
Approved SCS HCS HB 1804 -- (LR# 4619S.04T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB2340
Changes the laws regarding domestic violence
HB2340 -- (LR# 5414L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
COSPONSOR
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)
HB1494
Prohibits the use of expiration dates and service fees on gift certificates
HB1494 -- (LR# 3792L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB1581
Re-enacts the federal overtime standards in effect prior to the passage of Proposition B (2006) regarding the minimum wage increase
HB1581 -- (LR# 3902L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
HB1776
Prohibits discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation
HB1776 -- (LR# 3167L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on General Laws (H)
HB1780
Prohibits commercial inserts or other forms of advertising from accompanying motor vehicle registration renewal notices
HB1780 -- (LR# 4099L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (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)
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)
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
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)
HB1898
Changes the laws regarding redacting certain identifying information from court records prior to disclosure to the public
HB1898 -- (LR# 4298L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1908
Allows for automated speed enforcement in construction and work zones when workers are present
HB1908 -- (LR# 4575L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1981
Authorizes a tax credit equal to 100% of the state sales tax paid on any motor vehicle assembled and purchased in Missouri
HB1981 -- (LR# 4764L.01P)
Second Read/Referred: Ways and Means (S)
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)
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)
HB2040
Changes the laws regarding elementary and secondary education
HCS HB 2040 & 2430 -- (LR# 3926L.05C)
Dropped from Calendar - Rule 44 (H)
HB2050
Creates an alternative way of calculating the state adequacy target for school funding
HB2050 -- (LR# 4930L.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)
HB2092
Changes the laws regarding limited liability companies
HB2092 -- (LR# 5032L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (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)
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)
HB2225
Adds the costs of gifted education programs back into the school foundation formula as categorical funding
HB2225 -- (LR# 4416L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (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)
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)
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)
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)
HB2376
Changes the laws regarding the identification, assessment, and education of children with autism spectrum disorder
HB2376 -- (LR# 5420L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2386
Requires all basic life support ambulances and stretcher vans to be equipped with an automated external defibrillator and be staffed by at least one individual trained in its use
HB2386 -- (LR# 5252L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (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)
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)
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)
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)
HB2547
Prohibits public school districts from using school funds to purchase alcohol
HB2547 -- (LR# 5613L.01I)
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HCR42
Urges Congress to enact the National Health Insurance Act
HCR42 -- (LR# 4142L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Health Insurance (H)
HJR54
Proposes a constitutional amendment limiting the total service in the General Assembly to 16 years
HJR54 -- (LR# 3456L.01I)
ELECTIONS
Voted Do Pass (H)
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Last Updated October 15, 2008 at 3:14 pm