Missouri House of Representatives
2008
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Brian D. Nieves
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)
HB1321
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)
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)
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)
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)
HB1600
Specifies that a person performing midwifery services is not engaging
in the practice of medicine, osteopathy, nursing, nurse-midwifery, or
any other medical practice and does not have to be licensed
HB1600
-- (LR# 4230L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Professional Registration & Licens (H)
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
HB1651
Changes the laws regarding the firearms 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
HB1651
-- (LR# 4283L.02I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GENERAL LAWS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1652
Prohibits the Department of Agriculture from requiring participation
in the National Animal Identification System without authorization
from the General Assembly
HB1652
-- (LR# 3040L.02I)
Referred: Agriculture Policy (H)
HB1672
Imposes an excise tax on controlled substances and illicit alcoholic
beverages
HB1672
-- (LR# 3654L.02I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (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)
HB1687
Prohibits penalties for the erroneous payment of property taxes as a
result of an error by the county
HB1687
-- (LR# 4172L.01I)
Withdrawn (H)
HB1716
Prohibits the violation of a person's privacy rights in order to
obtain or renew a driver's license
HB1716
-- (LR# 4280L.02P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
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)
HB1736
Changes the laws regarding illegal aliens and immigration status
HCS HB 1736 & 2320
-- (LR# 4372L.07P)
Referred: Fiscal Review (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)
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)
HB1798
Establishes the Landowner Liability Protection Act
HB1798
-- (LR# 3554L.02I)
CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1802
Specifies that the appeal of a ruling on student eligibility for
extracurricular activities by certain schools may bypass the
administrative hearing process in certain instances
HCS HB 1802
-- (LR# 4132L.02C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1809
Establishes the Identity Theft Prevention Act which specifies the
procedures for a person to place a security freeze on his or her
consumer report
HCS HB 1809 & 2173
-- (LR# 3552L.04C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1812
Prohibits penalties and interest from being charged to a taxpayer
for the erroneous payment of property taxes as a result of an error by
an official or employee of the county
HB1812
-- (LR# 4615L.01I)
WAYS AND MEANS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
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)
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)
HB1852
Changes the laws regarding the crimes of harassment and stalking and
adds them to the list of crimes schools must report to law enforcement
HB1852
-- (LR# 4506L.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)
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
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)
HB1896
Requires the teacher in each public school classroom to open the day
with a brief period of silence with the participation of all the
pupils
HB1896
-- (LR# 4631L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1909
Allows unclaimed remains of veterans to be collected by a veterans'
service organization for the purpose of internment in a veterans'
cemetery under certain circumstances
HB1909
-- (LR# 4008L.01I)
Withdrawn (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)
HB1953
Prohibits a person from knowingly creating a mixed human-animal
embryo, a class D felony
HB1953
-- (LR# 4052L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
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)
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)
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)
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)
HB2034
Changes the laws regarding weapons
Approved SCS HCS HB 2034
-- (LR# 4708S.08T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
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)
HB2079
Changes the laws regarding property taxation
HB2079
-- (LR# 4841L.02I)
WAYS AND MEANS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2095
Revises the crime of sexual misconduct involving a child to make the
current statute provisions to be in the first degree and creates the
infraction of sexual misconduct involving a child in the second degree
HB2095
-- (LR# 4925L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2107
Allows unclaimed remains of veterans to be collected by a veterans'
service organization for the purpose of internment in a veterans'
cemetery under certain circumstances
HB2107
-- (LR# 4986L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Veterans (H)
HB2110
Prohibits any governing authority, board, commission, or the personnel
of a political subdivision from preventing the display of founding
documents with religious content in public
HCS HB 2110
-- (LR# 4423L.02C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (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)
HB2171
Creates the Deputy Sheriff Salary Supplementation Fund consisting
of money generated by a $10 increase in the sheriff's fee collected
for service or process in civil cases
HB2171
-- (LR# 4974L.01I)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
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)
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)
HB2227
Allows the court to order a person's vehicle impounded for up to one
year as part of a penalty for driving while intoxicated
HB2227
-- (LR# 4710L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB2276
Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Homestead Preservation
Act and property taxation
HB2276
-- (LR# 4786L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB2323
Establishes the Missouri Child Abuse, Rape, and Domestic Violence
Commission and the Child Abuse, Rape, and Domestic Violence Section
in the Department of Social Services to coordinate victim services
HB2323
-- (LR# 4844L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (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)
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)
HB2342
Requires the implementation of a program of random drug testing
for members of the General Assembly and recipients of benefits from
the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program
HB2342
-- (LR# 5384L.03I)
Referred: Special Committee on General Laws (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)
HB2370
Changes the laws regarding midwives and the practice of midwifery
HB2370
-- (LR# 5314L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Professional Registration & Licens (H)
HB2379
Authorizes an individual income tax deduction for membership fees
paid to a health club for health-benefit activities
HB2379
-- (LR# 5116L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Tax Reform (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)
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)
HB2467
Decreases the rates of individual income tax
HB2467
-- (LR# 4629L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (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)
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)
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)
HB2580
Authorizes a state income tax deduction for school supplies and books
purchased for home schooling a child
HB2580
-- (LR# 5631L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON TAX REFORM
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)
HJR52
Proposes a constitutional amendment abolishing the nonpartisan
Judicial Commission and establishing a bi-partisan judicial merit
selection commission for each judicial entity
HJR52
-- (LR# 3600L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GENERAL LAWS
Public Hearing Completed (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)
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)
HJR59
Proposes a constitutional amendment exempting from taxation the
personal property of residents who are on active military duty
HJR59
-- (LR# 4431L.01I)
WAYS AND MEANS
Voted Do Pass (H)
HJR68
Proposes a constitutional amendment changing the rollback requirement
for the Hancock Amendment
HJR68
-- (LR# 4938L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
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