Missouri House of Representatives
2008
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Sue Schoemehl
SPONSOR
HB2533
Authorizes an income tax deduction for certain public college tuition
costs
HB2533
-- (LR# 5585L.01I)
HIGHER EDUCATION
Voted Do Pass (H)
HJR72
Proposes a constitutional amendment allowing approval of school
district bond issues with a simple majority vote on general municipal
election days or general elections
HJR72
-- (LR# 5230L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
COSPONSOR
HB1365
Authorizes a tax credit for certain elderly and disabled individuals
and certain veterans for real property taxes paid
HB1365
-- (LR# 3100L.01I)
WAYS AND MEANS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1489
Establishes the Drug Monitoring Act to monitor the prescribing of
certain controlled substances and modifies existing record keeping
requirements for controlled substances and pseudoephedine products
HB1489
-- (LR# 3944L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public 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)
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)
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)
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)
HB1697
Specifies that all bond proceeds, fees, and other revenues of the
Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority can only be used for lowering
rates, forgiving loans, issuing scholarships, and administration
HB1697
-- (LR# 4113L.01I)
Referred: Higher Education (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)
HB1733
Changes from two to five years the cycle for determining the assessed
valuation of real property in St. Louis County
HB1733
-- (LR# 4212L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB1739
Authorizes the licensure of prescribing psychologists
HB1739
-- (LR# 4098L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1776
Prohibits discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation
HB1776
-- (LR# 3167L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on General Laws (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
HB1870
Establishes the Commission on the Death Penalty and places a
moratorium on all executions until January 1, 2012
HB1870
-- (LR# 4333L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
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)
HB1916
Increases state employee salaries in an amount equal to the
percentage change in the federal Consumer Price Index
HB1916
-- (LR# 4540L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (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)
HB2030
Establishes the Public Employment Relations Act which changes the
laws regarding public employee labor organizations
HB2030
-- (LR# 3760L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB2046
Requires school districts to offer a driver's education course to
students 15 years of age or older and allows certain students who
complete the course to apply for a license at 17 years of age
HB2046
-- (LR# 4794L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB2048
Establishes the Textbook Transparency Act
Approved SCS HCS HB 2048
-- (LR# 4627S.03T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB2086
Prohibits any elected or appointed official or employee of the state
or any political subdivision or its staff from lobbying for one year
after leaving office or employment with a certain exception
HB2086
-- (LR# 4666L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB2087
Allows any registered voter who is eligible to vote in a particular
election to do so by absentee ballot
HB2087
-- (LR# 3203L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB2088
Allows any registered voter who is eligible to vote in a particular
election to do so by absentee ballot
HB2088
-- (LR# 3255L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB2090
Prohibits the Director of the Department of Revenue from taking a
photograph or digital image of any qualified applicant for a driver's
license who objects due to his or her religious affiliation
HB2090
-- (LR# 4140L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB2118
Authorizes the court to appoint a parenting coordinator upon the
dissolution of a marriage to assist the parties in resolving parenting
disputes
HB2118
-- (LR# 4858L.02I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON FAMILY SERVICES
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
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)
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)
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)
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
HB2158
Establishes the Missouri Books From Birth Program to encourage
preschool children to read
HB2158
-- (LR# 4616L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2183
Requires hospitals to compile and post daily staffing information in
patient care areas of each unit of the hospital
HB2183
-- (LR# 4892L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Healthcare Transformation
HB2187
Authorizes an income tax credit for service as a poll worker
HB2187
-- (LR# 3817L.02I)
Referred: Ways and Means (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)
HB2220
Adds the gifted education pupil count to the calculation of weighted
average daily attendance for the school foundation formula by
counting each gifted student as an extra student
HB2220
-- (LR# 3875L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (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)
HB2304
Changes the laws regarding the identification, assessment, and
education of children with autism spectrum disorder
HB2304
-- (LR# 5266L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (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)
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)
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)
HB2371
Establishes the Child Predation Prevention Act of 2008 regarding
the sexual exploitation of a child and model curriculum for educating
children regarding Internet safety
HB2371
-- (LR# 5222L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB2375
Repeals the death penalty in Missouri
HB2375
-- (LR# 5443L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Urban Issues (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)
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)
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)
HB2450
Requires each licensed hospital to create a nursing advisory
board to establish and implement a standardized acuity-based
patient classification system for each direct-care unit
HB2450
-- (LR# 5447L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Healthcare Transformation
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)
HB2512
Establishes the Office of Health Professions Workforce Planning to
address the shortages and uneven distribution of health care
professionals in this state
HB2512
-- (LR# 4661L.03I)
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)
HB2542
Requires school districts to include on their accountability report
card information regarding their gifted education program and whether
the district has maintained the program within the last three years
HB2542
-- (LR# 5624L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2585
Prohibits a health carrier from refusing to issue or renew a health
benefit plan based solely on an individual's prior donation of a
kidney
HB2585
-- (LR# 5625L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Health Insurance (H)
HB2586
Changes the laws regarding mortgage brokers
HB2586
-- (LR# 5626L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Financial Institutions (H)
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