Missouri House of Representatives
2008
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Sam Komo

SPONSOR
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)
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)
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)
HB2237
Prohibits any person from transporting, moving, attempting to transport, concealing, harboring, or sheltering any illegal alien in this state
HB2237 -- (LR# 4011L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Immigration (H)
COSPONSOR
HB1361
Establishes the Children's Product Safety Act
HB1361 -- (LR# 3281L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1376
Establishes the Missouri Universal Red Light Enforcement Act which allows political entities to establish automated photo red light enforcement systems to detect red light signal violations
HB1376 -- (LR# 3301L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1414
Expands eligibility for the Missouri Rx Plan to retired persons 65 years of age or older with incomes of up to $25,000 for individuals and $50,000 for married couples
HB1414 -- (LR# 3430L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
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)
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)
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)
HB1633
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
HB1633 -- (LR# 3935L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Utilities (H)
HB1744
Allows certain business subscribers to place their telephone numbers on the state No-call List
HB1744 -- (LR# 4293L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Utilities (H)
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)
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)
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)
HB1819
Specifies the powers and authority the Department of Transporation has over roadways designated as scenic byways
HB1819 -- (LR# 4608L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (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)
HB1940
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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

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)
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)
HB2263
Establishes the Consumer Report Security Freeze Act
HB2263 -- (LR# 4596L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB2272
Changes the laws regarding sexual education, abortions, and pregnancy prevention
HB2272 -- (LR# 5054L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (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)
HB2337
Prohibits any condemning authority from acquiring by eminent domain any real property of a commercial gun shop, hunting preserve, or shooting range
HB2337 -- (LR# 5369L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (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)
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)
HB2370
Changes the laws regarding midwives and the practice of midwifery
HB2370 -- (LR# 5314L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Professional Registration & Licens (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)
HB2389
Authorizes counties to assess a fee on all civil case filings by the circuit court to provide funding to qualified nonprofit organizations to implement a neutral site child custody exchange program
HB2389 -- (LR# 5416L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (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)
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)
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)
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)
HB2551
Requires all inmates receiving on-site medical examination or treatment from correctional center personnel to be charged 25 cents per visit
HB2551 -- (LR# 5616L.01I)
Referred: Corrections and Public Institutions (H)

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