Missouri House of Representatives
2008
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Dwight Scharnhorst
SPONSOR
HB1548
Authorizes a sales and use tax exemption for purchases of equipment,
machinery, materials, supplies, fixtures, and shoes used in the sport
of bowling
HB1548
-- (LR# 3766L.01I)
WAYS AND MEANS
Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1675
Prohibits a utility or affiliate from selling home generators for
electrical production unless there are no existing heating,
ventilation, or air conditioning providers in the service area
HB1675
-- (LR# 3768L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB1705
Reduces the consent requirement to two-thirds of the owners when
making certain changes by amendment to a condominium's
declaration
HB1705
-- (LR# 3968L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (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
HB1893
Changes the formula for calculating a refund for credit insurance
premiums
Approved HCS HB 1893
-- (LR# 4718L.02T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB1975
Increases from three years to six years the period of time a concealed
carry endorsement is valid
HB1975
-- (LR# 4523L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GENERAL LAWS
Voted Do Pass (H)
HB2400
Establishes the Missouri Electrical Industry Licensing Board and
statewide licensure requirements for electrical contractors
HB2400
-- (LR# 5370L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Professional Registration & Licens (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)
HB2574
Changes the laws regarding tax credits for energy producers
HB2574
-- (LR# 5578L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Energy and Environment (H)
HCR10
Urges Congress to enact legislation to protect airline customers
HCR10
-- (LR# 3765L.01I)
Withdrawn (H)
COSPONSOR
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)
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)
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)
HB1383
Establishes the Business Premises Safety Act
HCS HB 1383
-- (LR# 3571L.02P)
Second Rd/Refer: Pensions, Veteran Affairs & General Law(S)
HB1385
Establishes the Consumer Report Security Freeze Act
HB1385
-- (LR# 3561L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1387
Exempts a tenant from rent payments when his or her residence is
destroyed by an act of God unless there is a contract to the contrary
HB1387
-- (LR# 3576L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1388
Prohibits a person from operating a motorcycle or motortricyle while
carrying a passenger 10 years of age or younger
HB1388
-- (LR# 3310L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1420
Requires commercial driver's license tests to be given in the English
language
HB1420
-- (LR# 3314L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1429
Prohibits a person from operating a motor vehicle on public property
while using a wireless telephone with certain exceptions
HB1429
-- (LR# 3453L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (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)
HB1473
Changes the laws regarding stealing-related offenses
HB1473
-- (LR# 3709L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1474
Allows for the conversion of manufactured homes from personal
property to real property and the reconversion of manufactured homes
from real property to personal property
SCS HCS HB 1474
-- (LR# 3708L.02C)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB1475
Authorizes a sales tax exemption for certain fees and dues paid to
health and fitness centers
HB1475
-- (LR# 3707L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB1476
Requires certificated teachers to submit documentation to the
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education every five years
showing adequate scores on certain academic assessments
HB1476
-- (LR# 3533L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON URBAN EDUCATION REFORM
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1477
Establishes the Teacher Bill of Rights Act which prohibits teacher
associations from using payroll deductions for disbursement to a
committee without written consent
HB1477
-- (LR# 3532L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND WORKPLACE SAFETY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1480
Allows the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, at the
discretion of the State Board of Education, to have authority over
public school extracurricular competitive activities
HB1480
-- (LR# 3531L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1511
Specifies that any person who steals certain wire and electrical
devices or any property located on utility property will be guilty of
a class D felony
HB1511
-- (LR# 3466L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON UTILITIES
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1512
Changes the laws regarding the sale and theft of scrap metal
HCS HB 1512
-- (LR# 3160L.08C)
RULES - PURSUANT TO RULE 25(21)(f)
HCS Voted Do Pass (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)
HB1678
Changes the laws regarding members of the military and their families
Approved SS HB 1678
-- (LR# 4102S.02T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB1679
Specifies that the purchase price for calculating the sales tax of a
motor vehicle excludes the cost to modify the vehicle for use by an
individual with a disability
HB1679
-- (LR# 3479L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB1704
Increases the appropriation amount for small school grants and allows
certain schools to receive a flat amount per student
HCS HB 1704
-- (LR# 3814L.02P)
Second Read/Referred: Education (S)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
HB1798
Establishes the Landowner Liability Protection Act
HB1798
-- (LR# 3554L.02I)
CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1805
Allows enrollees to pay the lower of the co-payment assigned by the
health maintenance organization or health insurer or the usual and
customary retail price of the prescription drug
HB1805
-- (LR# 4350L.01P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB1823
Requires all state agencies and political subdivisions to fly the
United States and Missouri flags at half-staff the day after notice
that a Missouri resident has been killed while on active duty
HB1823
-- (LR# 4605L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Veterans (H)
HB1832
Establishes the Missouri County Planning Act
SS SCS HB 1832
-- (LR# 4220S.07F)
Reported to the House with... (S)
SS AS AMENDED
HB1882
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)
HB1891
Requires all school districts to have physical education programs
HB1891
-- (LR# 3959L.01I)
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (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)
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)
HB1984
Changes the requirements for reporting abortions and creates a civil
remedy for violation of the confidentiality of certain records
HB1984
-- (LR# 4379L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON FAMILY SERVICES
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB2034
Changes the laws regarding weapons
Approved SCS HCS HB 2034
-- (LR# 4708S.08T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB2040
Changes the laws regarding elementary and secondary education
HCS HB 2040 & 2430
-- (LR# 3926L.05C)
Dropped from Calendar - Rule 44 (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)
HB2069
Establishes a statewide curfew for minors
HB2069
-- (LR# 3898L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB2073
Requires the State Highway Patrol to collect any online identifiers
used by a registered sexual offender and allows certain businesses to
use the data to check for a match with a registered offender
HB2073
-- (LR# 4714L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB2075
Establishes the Missouri Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders
HB2075
-- (LR# 4716L.02I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB2079
Changes the laws regarding property taxation
HB2079
-- (LR# 4841L.02I)
WAYS AND MEANS
Public Hearing Completed (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)
HB2136
Authorizes an income tax credit for certain donations to public
school foundations
HB2136
-- (LR# 4422L.01I)
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (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)
HB2188
Creates civil and criminal penalties for individuals committing
mortgage fraud and imposes sanctions upon certain licensed
and unlicensed persons who commit the crime
Approved SCS HCS HB 2188
-- (LR# 4918S.05T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
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)
HB2199
Lowers the Missouri individual income tax rates and increases the
federal tax deduction for the individual income tax
HB2199
-- (LR# 4314L.02I)
Referred: Ways and Means (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)
HB2238
Allows any person holding a valid turkey permit to hunt wild turkeys
without affixing a safety sticker to his or her shotgun
HB2238
-- (LR# 4554L.01I)
Referred: Conservation and Natural Resources (H)
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)
HB2265
Requires health benefit plans to include coverage for the treatment
of autism spectrum disorders
HB2265
-- (LR# 3746L.01I)
HEALTH CARE POLICY
HCS Voted Do Pass (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)
HB2301
Changes the laws to make membership in The Missouri Bar optional
instead of mandatory in order for an attorney to practice law in this
state
HB2301
-- (LR# 5151L.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)
HB2333
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)
HB2352
Changes the laws regarding the registration of fictitious business
names
HB2352
-- (LR# 5120L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (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)
HB2366
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
HB2494
Allows certain municipalities receiving services from a regional
electric cooperative to appoint members to the governing board of
the regional electric cooperative
HCS HB 2494
-- (LR# 5565L.03C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB2522
Changes the laws regarding applications for a permit to construct a
solid waste facility
HB2522
-- (LR# 5599L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Energy and Environment (H)
HB2529
Changes the laws regarding the firearm safety training requirement
for obtaining a permit to carry a concealed weapon to allow proof of
certain types of military service to satisfy the requirement
HB2529
-- (LR# 5618L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GENERAL LAWS
Public Hearing Completed (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)
HB2553
Changes the laws regarding St. Louis public schools
HB2553
-- (LR# 3896L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Student Achievement (H)
HB2555
Establishes the Entrepreneurial Development Council within the
Department of Economic Development
HB2555
-- (LR# 5542L.01I)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB2564
Establishes the Missouri Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act
regarding illegal aliens in the state
HB2564
-- (LR# 5635L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Immigration (H)
HB2567
Specifies that a person's prior plea of guilty or a finding of guilty
in an intoxication-related traffic offense must be considered when
determining his or her punishment for a similar new offense
HB2567
-- (LR# 5640L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB2582
Establishes two renewable teacher preparation scholarships to the
existing one-year nonrewable award for certain individuals who
commit to teach or currrently work with special education students
HB2582
-- (LR# 5581L.02I)
HIGHER EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
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)
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)
HJR49
Proposes a constitutional amendment increasing the number of
Governor-appointed citizens serving on the Appellate Judicial
Commission and the number of candidates nominated for vacancies
HCS HJR 49
-- (LR# 3575L.05P)
Third Read and Defeated (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)
HJR56
Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring all impeachments to be
tried by the Senate
HJR56
-- (LR# 4127L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GENERAL LAWS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
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)
HJR79
Proposes a constitutional amendment limiting the increase in real
property tax rates to the rate in effect on December 31, 2005, plus
inflation
HJR79
-- (LR# 5646L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
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