Missouri House of Representatives
2008
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Timothy W. Jones
SPONSOR
HB1537
Prohibits any person required to register as a sexual offender from intentionally photographing a minor without the consent of the minor's parent or guardian
HB1537 -- (LR# 3208L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1538
Exempts certain nonresidents from the state driver's license requirements as long as they entered and are in this country legally
HB1538 -- (LR# 3413L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION
Executive Session - No Action Taken
HB1539
Protects individuals and media entities from being required to disclose news sources or certain information
HB1539 -- (LR# 3209L.01I)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1540
Changes the time restrictions for service of a summons for a proceeding before an associate circuit judge
HB1540 -- (LR# 3210L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1541
Allows the annual report of the Judicial Finance Commission to be combined with any other annual report of the Missouri Supreme Court or Office of State Courts Administrator under certain conditions
HB1541 -- (LR# 3211L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1542
Allows for a special license plate for members of the International Conference of Police Chaplains who have completed the basic certification requirements
HB1542 -- (LR# 3213L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB1543
Allows full-time students attending out-of-state colleges to renew driver's licenses by mail
HB1543 -- (LR# 3221L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1544
Requires publishers of instructional materials to provide electronic copies of the material to schools for specialized use
HB1544 -- (LR# 3212L.03I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1894
Requires delivery of a certified copy of a warrant and request for a detainer to the confined offender's facility before a prisoner can request a final disposition of any untried indictment or complaint
HB1894 -- (LR# 4164L.03I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (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)
HB2266
Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Teaching Fellows Program
HB2266 -- (LR# 5173L.01P)
Second Read/Referred: Education (S)
HB2295
Allows a lender to sell, charge a fee for, or finance as part of a loan a motor vehicle extended service contract or a home or automobile security plan
HB2295 -- (LR# 4997L.02I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
HCS Voted Do Pass (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)
HB2362
Changes the laws regarding unemployment compensation
HB2362 -- (LR# 4665L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB2458
Establishes the Children's Education Freedom Act which authorizes a 50% tax credit for taxpayers who donate to a scholarship-granting organization under certain circumstances
HB2458 -- (LR# 5276L.01I)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
COSPONSOR
HB1305
Allows individual school districts to exempt high school students transferring into the state from the requirement to pass certain government and constitution course and test requirements
SCS HCS HB 1305 -- (LR# 3147S.04C)
Removed from Consent Calendar (S)
HB1307
Requires higher education institutions which receive state funds to limit the amount charged for tuition to certain combat veterans
HB1307 -- (LR# 3150L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Veterans (H)
HB1309
Allows any family member older than 21 years of age to give written permission for a temporary instruction permit application and to occupy the seat beside the driver with a temporary permit
HCS HB 1309 -- (LR# 3048L.02P)
Removed from Consent Calendar (S)
HB1314
Requires annual background checks on some school employees, adds certain offenses to the list for which a teacher certification may be revoked, and removes the statute of limitations for certain sex crimes
SCS HCS HB 1314 -- (LR# 3283S.08C)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB1315
Establishes the Emily Brooker Higher Education Sunshine Act which defines intellectual diversity for reporting purposes at public higher education institutions
HB1315 -- (LR# 3282L.01I)
HIGHER EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1326
Authorizes an individual income tax deduction for the purchase of a hybrid motor vehicle manufactured in the United States
HCS HB 1326 -- (LR# 3101L.02P)
Second Read/Referred: Ways and Means (S)
HB1338
Prohibits any state entity from closing a state highway with a certain traffic volume for a continuous period exceeding 60 days
HB1338 -- (LR# 3230L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB1340
Allows for the phasing in of full deductibility from state income tax of all federal income tax liability
HB1340 -- (LR# 3396L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON TAX REFORM
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1349
Changes the laws regarding property tax rates
HB1349 -- (LR# 3697L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB1350
Requires health insurance coverage for infertility treatments
HB1350 -- (LR# 3412L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Health Insurance (H)
HB1358
Establishes the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
HB1358 -- (LR# 3486L.01P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB1360
Changes the laws regarding the Interstate Family Support Act
HB1360 -- (LR# 3485L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1373
Requires any American or Missouri flag flown over state buildings to be made in the United States
HB1373 -- (LR# 3397L.01I)
Referred: Corrections and Public Institutions (H)
HB1374
Requires certain school nurses to be paid on the same pay scale as teachers with equivalent work history and working hours in their district
HB1374 -- (LR# 3337L.01I)
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1377
Phases out the personal property tax on motor vehicles
HB1377 -- (LR# 3330L.02I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB1384
Changes the laws regarding identity protection and gives identity theft victims the right to have an incident report filed by their law enforcement agency and receive a copy of the report
Approved SS SCS HB 1384 & HB 2157 -- (LR# 3562S.06T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB1463
Prohibits the enrollment of unlawfully present aliens in public institutions of higher education
SCS HCS#2 HB 1463 -- (LR# 3748S.05C)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB1467
Limits the increase in assessed valuation of residential property by the percentage of increase in Social Security benefits for the elderly and disabled who own and live in their principal residence
HB1467 -- (LR# 3750L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB1471
Establishes the Predictable Property Tax Act which changes the procedures for imposing real property taxes
HB1471 -- (LR# 3264L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB1472
Changes the laws regarding the consent requirements for obtaining an abortion and creates the crime of coercing an abortion
HCS HB 1831 & 1472 -- (LR# 4449L.06P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB1549
Changes the laws regarding illegal aliens and immigration status verification
Approved CCS SS HCS HB 1549, 1771, 1395 & 2366 -- (LR# 3681L.12T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
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)
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)
HB1618
Establishes the Missouri Consumer Report Security Freeze Act which allows a consumer to place a freeze on his or her consumer report
HB1618 -- (LR# 3090L.02I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1619
Establishes the Drug Monitoring Act and requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to maintain a realtime electronic logbook on all pseudoephedrine purchases in this state
SS#2 SCS HCS HB 1619 -- (LR# 3897S.08F)
Reported to the House with... (S)
SS#2 SCS AS AMENDED

HB1626
Prohibits certain illegal aliens from receiving public assistance benefits
HCS HB 1626 -- (LR# 4129L.03P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB1644
Authorizes the phasing in of full deductibility of all federal income liability for corporations and a gradual reduction in the annual corporate income tax rate and establishes a motor fuel tax holiday
HCS HB 1644 -- (LR# 3636L.02P)
Referred: Fiscal Review (H)
HB1645
Allows full deductibility from state income tax of all federal income tax liability without a reduction for tax credits claimed
HB1645 -- (LR# 3635L.01I)
WAYS AND MEANS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1649
Restricts the driver's license of a registered sexual offender to no more than one year and revokes the license if the offender fails to register as required by law
HCS HB 1649 -- (LR# 3140L.02P)
SENATE JUDICIARY AND CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE
Executive Session Held (S)
SCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1715
Changes the laws regarding watercraft and intoxication-related traffic offenses
Approved SCS HCS HB 1715 -- (LR# 4105S.05T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB1722
Changes the laws regarding school employee liability, safety practices, and reporting acts of violence
SCS HCS HB 1722 -- (LR# 3813S.04C)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
SA 18 ADOPTED/SCS, SS/SCS, SA 21 PENDING

HB1724
Requires registered sexual offenders to provide all of their electronic mail addresses to the appropriate law enforcement agency
HB1724 -- (LR# 4015L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1739
Authorizes the licensure of prescribing psychologists
HB1739 -- (LR# 4098L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1771
Changes the laws regarding illegal aliens and immigration status verification
Approved CCS SS HCS HB 1549, 1771, 1395 & 2366 -- (LR# 3681L.12T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB1772
Allows various political entities to establish automated photo red light enforcement systems to detect red light signal violations
HB1772 -- (LR# 3139L.02I)
TRANSPORTATION
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1773
Authorizes an income tax dependency exemption for a stillborn child for the taxable year in which the child was born
HB1773 -- (LR# 4058L.01P)
SENATE WAYS AND MEANS
Executive Session Held (S)
VOTED DO PASS

HB1788
Authorizes an income tax deduction from a taxpayer's Missouri adjusted gross income for 100% of any military retirement income, regardless of age or income
HCS HB 1788 & 1882 -- (LR# 4249L.04P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB1795
Creates the crime of endangering the welfare of an unborn child and allows any healthcare provider to make a report to the appropriate law enforcement agency of suspected drug use by a pregnant woman
HB1795 -- (LR# 4545L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
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)
HB1801
Exempts landlords from liability for damage to a person's property that results from enforcement of a judgment granting possession and gives landlords the right to dispose of the property
HB1801 -- (LR# 4345L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1831
Changes the laws regarding the consent requirements for obtaining an abortion and creates the crime of coercing an abortion
HCS HB 1831 & 1472 -- (LR# 4449L.06P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB1832
Establishes the Missouri County Planning Act
SS SCS HB 1832 -- (LR# 4220S.07F)
Reported to the House with... (S)
SS AS AMENDED

HB1858
Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Human Rights Act
HB1858 -- (LR# 3880L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND WORKPLACE SAFETY
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1886
Establishes Bryce's Law which authorizes a tax credit for individuals who donate to a scholarship-granting organization if the donation is not claimed on their federal income tax return
HCS#2 HB 1886 -- (LR# 4675L.04C)
Laid Over (H)
HCS#2 PENDING

HB1891
Requires all school districts to have physical education programs
HB1891 -- (LR# 3959L.01I)
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1911
Requires the State Board of Education to issue teaching certificates to individuals who complete certification with the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence
HB1911 -- (LR# 3218L.04I)
Dropped from Calendar - Rule 44 (H)
HB1941
Adds farm-raised quail and pheasant to the list of animals considered as livestock as it applies to the crime of stealing
HB1941 -- (LR# 4778L.01I)
AGRICULTURE POLICY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1958
Creates a county jails fund to be administered by the county sheriff for the purpose of maintaining each county's jail funded by a portion of the fee charged for the collection of delinquent and back taxes
HB1958 -- (LR# 4607L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (H)
HB1978
Specifies the duties and liabilities of ski area operators and skiers regarding the risk and legal responsibility for any injury, death, or loss to person or property resulting from the inherent risks of skiing
HB1978 -- (LR# 4538L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2029
Establishes the Legislative Budget Office within the Joint Committee on Legislative Research
HB2029 -- (LR# 4438L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GENERAL LAWS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2040
Changes the laws regarding elementary and secondary education
HCS HB 2040 & 2430 -- (LR# 3926L.05C)
Dropped from Calendar - Rule 44 (H)
HB2053
Removes the duty to retreat from certain locations when a person reasonably believes deadly force is necessary to defend himself or another person from unlawful force by another person
HB2053 -- (LR# 4928L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GENERAL LAWS
Voted Do Pass (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)
HB2059
Establishes the Professional Relationships Between Teachers and School Districts Act
HCS HB 2059 -- (LR# 3324L.02P)
SENATE EDUCATION
Public Hearing Held (S)
HB2062
Changes the laws regarding members of the military and their families
SCS HCS HB 2062 & 1518 -- (LR# 4411S.06C)
Reported to the House with... (S)
SCS AS AMENDED

HB2079
Changes the laws regarding property taxation
HB2079 -- (LR# 4841L.02I)
WAYS AND MEANS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2112
Establishes the Fair Tax Act of 2008 which requires the Department of Revenue to develop methods for replacing the state income tax with a state sales tax
HCS HB 2112 -- (LR# 4496L.05C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (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)
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

HB2189
Exempts any advance refund received from the federal Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 from the Missouri individual income tax
HCS HB 2189, 2208, 2178 & 2333 -- (LR# 5154L.03C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB2208
Exempts any advance refund received from the federal Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 from the Missouri individual income tax
HCS HB 2189, 2208, 2178 & 2333 -- (LR# 5154L.03C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB2215
Increases the annual cap on the amount of tax credits the Department of Economic Development may issue for the Quality Jobs Program from $40 million to $60 million
HB2215 -- (LR# 5016L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2224
Creates the Deputy Sheriff Salary Supplementation Fund and revises continuing education requirements for peace officers
Approved CCS SS SCS HB 2224 -- (LR# 4606L.08T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB2276
Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Homestead Preservation Act and property taxation
HB2276 -- (LR# 4786L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB2290
Exempts any advance refund amount received from the federal Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 from the Missouri individual income tax
HB2290 -- (LR# 5298L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB2291
Requires St. Louis County to elect a county assessor at the general election in 2008 and every four years thereafter
HB2291 -- (LR# 5290L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Urban Issues (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)
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)
HB2330
Requires the Department of Social Services to test applicants for or recipients of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program benefits for the illegal use of controlled substances
HCS HB 2330 -- (LR# 5418L.03C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB2352
Changes the laws regarding the registration of fictitious business names
HB2352 -- (LR# 5120L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2413
Changes the laws regarding the health care market in Missouri and establishes the Insure Missouri Program to provide health insurance to certain low-income adults
HCS HB 2413, 2355, 2394 & 2398 -- (LR# 4585 .01)
Referred: Rules Pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) (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)
HB2436
Adds certain law school clinics representing indigent clients to the list of legal representatives to whom all costs and expenses related to the prosecution may be waived without a motion and court approval
HB2436 -- (LR# 5499L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB2437
Changes the laws regarding the regulatory impact report relating to environmental conditions or standards
HB2437 -- (LR# 5121L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Energy and Environment (H)
HB2438
Disqualifies waiting week credit and benefits for claimants who are discharged for providing false information on an employment application regarding criminal convictions or job qualifications
HB2438 -- (LR# 5056L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB2460
Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Human Rights Act
HCS HB 2460 -- (LR# 5562L.02C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB2471
Designates a portion of Interstate 44 in St. Louis County as the "Police Officer Nicholas K. Sloan Memorial Highway"
HB2471 -- (LR# 5540L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB2475
Changes the laws regarding the Prosecuting Attorneys and Circuit Attorneys' Retirement System
HB2475 -- (LR# 5574L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB2481
Establishes a procedure by which a school district or an initiative petition may place the issue of open enrollment by contract before the voters of the district
HB2481 -- (LR# 3721L.01I)
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2482
Allows public school students to choose to attend a public school district other than the school district of his or her residence under specified conditions
HB2482 -- (LR# 4936L.01I)
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2489
Changes the laws regarding educational personnel
HCS HB 2281, 2489 & 2537 -- (LR# 4957L.03C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (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)
HB2547
Prohibits public school districts from using school funds to purchase alcohol
HB2547 -- (LR# 5613L.01I)
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2590
Prohibits the waiver of sovereign immunity for correctional facility inmates
SCS HB 2590 -- (LR# 5644S.02C)
SENATE FINANCIAL, GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND ELECTIONS
SCS Reported Do Pass (S)
HJR41
Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting state courts from levying or imposing new or increased taxes, licenses, or fees without legislative or voter approval
SCS HCS HJR 41 -- (LR# 3616S.04C)
SENATE JUDICIARY AND CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE
SCS Reported Do Pass (S)
HJR43
Proposes a constitutional amendment altering the rollback requirement for the Hancock Amendment
SCS HCS HJR 43 -- (LR# 3299S.04C)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HJR48
Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing the General Assembly to require photo identification to vote in elections
HCS HJR 48 -- (LR# 3572L.02P)
SENATE FINANCIAL, GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND ELECTIONS
Reported Do Pass (S)
HJR55
Proposes a constitutional amendment guaranteeing a citizen's First Amendment right to pray on public property and reaffirming a citizen's right to choose any or no religion
HCS HJR 55 -- (LR# 4074L.02P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HJR57
Proposes a constitutional amendment capping the increase in any individual parcel of property at 5% per reassessment period, unless the property is transferred
HJR57 -- (LR# 3306L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
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