Missouri House of Representatives
2008
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Mark J. Bruns
SPONSOR
HB1369
Authorizes research and appropriations staff of the House and Senate to assist the Joint Committee on Corrections with inspections of correctional facilities
HB1369 -- (LR# 3630L.01I)
Referred: Budget (H)
HB1493
Changes the laws regarding crime and crime prevention
HCS HB 1493 & 1594 -- (LR# 3962L.04C)
RULES - PURSUANT TO RULE 25(21)(f)
Rules - Hearing Scheduled - Bill not Heard (H)
HB1494
Prohibits the use of expiration dates and service fees on gift certificates
HB1494 -- (LR# 3792L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB1495
Changes the laws regarding the Aviation Trust Fund and the funding for certain air traffic control towers
HB1495 -- (LR# 3865L.01I)
Withdrawn (H)
HB1496
Prohibits a person from charging excessive prices for necessities during emergencies
HB1496 -- (LR# 3832L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1501
Authorizes certain cities and counties to increase transient guest taxes from 5% to up to 8%
HB1501 -- (LR# 3946L.01I)
Withdrawn (H)
HB1502
Expands the crime of resisting or interfering with arrest, detention, or stop to include arrests on probation or parole warrants and capias or bench warrants issued by federal, state, or municipal judges
HB1502 -- (LR# 3796L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1503
Requires the appointment of a capitol police chief and authorizes capitol police officers to apply for and serve search warrants and to arrest anywhere in Cole County
HB1503 -- (LR# 3830L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1513
Makes it unlawful for any person to set fire to or to burn trash in an area proclaimed by the Governor to be in danger from fire due to emergency drought conditions
HB1513 -- (LR# 3794L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1514
Expands the authority of a peace officer as designated by the Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control to make arrests, searches, and seizures
HB1514 -- (LR# 3788L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1515
Prohibits a court from granting unsupervised visitation to any parent who is required to register as a sexual offender
HB1515 -- (LR# 3790L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1516
Changes the laws regarding protections for vulnerable adults and children and transfers the Division of Aging from the Department of Social Services to the Department of Health and Senior Services
SCS HCS HB 1516 -- (LR# 3834S.05C)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB1528
Increases the unencumbered balance requirement before moneys in the Administrative Trust Fund administered by the Office of Administration lapse to the General Revenue Fund
HB1528 -- (LR# 4078L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1529
Allows a person to seek recovery and damages resulting from the death or injury of a law enforcement officer or firefighter due to the illegal, negligent, or malicious conduct of a person or entitty
HB1529 -- (LR# 3786L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1545
Increases the cost-of-living adjustment for certain special consultants and retirees from 80% to 100% of the federal Consumer Price Index
HB1545 -- (LR# 3831L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON RETIREMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1580
Requires retailers of tobacco products to have a license issued by the Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control, pay an annual fee, and have a retail sales tax license before selling any products
HB1580 -- (LR# 4043L.02I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1630
Establishes the Line of Duty Compensation Act which authorizes a claim to be filed with the Division of Workers' Compensation on behalf of public safety workers who are killed in the line of duty
HB1630 -- (LR# 4077L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1637
Expands the crime of furnishing pornographic material to minors by including engaging in lewd communication or conversation with a minor via the Internet
HB1637 -- (LR# 3722L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1638
Expands the crime of furnishing pornographic material to minors by increasing the penalty and specifies that the offender commits the crime if he or she believes the person is a minor
HB1638 -- (LR# 3863L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1639
Changes the laws regarding the Aviation Trust Fund and air traffic control towers
HB1639 -- (LR# 4231L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION
Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1703
Revises the laws regarding prior, persistent, aggravated, and chronic intoxication-related traffic offenders and requires continuous alcohol monitoring as a condition of parole or probation for some offenders
HB1703 -- (LR# 4192L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB2257
Establishes the Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act which prohibits the sale of any cigarette that has not been tested, certified, and marked that it has met certain performance standards
HB2257 -- (LR# 3797L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Completed (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)
HJR74
Proposes a constitutional amendment imposing a fee on every wireless telephone number from any wireless device capable of accessing the 911 system to fund enhanced 911 services
HJR74 -- (LR# 5087L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
COSPONSOR
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)
HB1345
Increases the cap for the income tax credits available to certain individuals for the costs of modifications to a home in order for it to be accessible for a disabled person who resides with them
HB1345 -- (LR# 3304L.01I)
Rules - Reported Do Pass - not Consent (H)
HB1346
Establishes the Missouri Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act regarding illegal aliens in the state
HB1346 -- (LR# 3327L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Immigration (H)
HB1347
Extends the expiration date of the Missouri Senior Advocacy and Efficiency Commission
HB1347 -- (LR# 3334L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON SENIOR CITIZEN ADVOCACY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
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)
HB1367
Authorizes an income tax credit for certain volunteer firefighters
HB1367 -- (LR# 3530L.02I)
WAYS AND MEANS
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1377
Phases out the personal property tax on motor vehicles
HB1377 -- (LR# 3330L.02I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB1396
Requires the Department of Revenue to put a unique code or identifier on the driver's license, nondriver's license, or driver's permit of anyone who is required to register as a sexual offender
HB1396 -- (LR# 3190L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1397
Prohibits certain sexual offenders from being physically present within 500 feet of a child care facility
HB1397 -- (LR# 3196L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1399
Allows certain paid police officers of a paid police department to be eligible for workers' compensation benefits for an injury due to psychological stress
HB1399 -- (LR# 3194L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB1404
Expands the crime of assault of a law enforcement officer, emergency personnel, or probation and parole officer in the first, second, or third degree to include corrections officers
HB1404 -- (LR# 3558L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1415
Changes the fee for the State Auditor to register bonds
HB1415 -- (LR# 3415L.01I)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1488
Changes the laws regarding criminal securities fraud and sets a minimum penalty when it is committed against the elderly or disabled
HB1488 -- (LR# 3698L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
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)
HB1530
Allows criminal charges to be filed against a mother who intentionally used or ingested an illegal controlled substance while she was pregnant which resulted in harm to her unborn child
HB1530 -- (LR# 3660L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1531
Prohibits a municipality or utility company from requiring an owner of a premises to pay delinquent utility bills for his or her occupants
HB1531 -- (LR# 3418L.02I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON UTILITIES
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1535
Allows a deduction for cafeteria plan administrative fees from a state employee's compensation unless the employee elects not to participate in the plan
HB1535 -- (LR# 4090L.01I)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1582
Changes the laws regarding the telemarketing No-call List and creates the crime of caller identification spoofing
HCS HB 1582 & 1963 -- (LR# 3895L.04C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1583
Prohibits any person from owning or operating a sexual offender treatment facility for more than one person who is required to register unless operated by or contracted with a government body
HB1583 -- (LR# 3905L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (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

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)
HB1627
Renames the Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities within the Department of Mental Health to the Division of Developmental Disabilities
HB1627 -- (LR# 4089L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON HEALTH INSURANCE
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1636
Creates penalties for corporations, persons, and public utilities that violate any law, order, decision, decree, rule, direction, demand, or requirement relating to federally mandated natural gas safety
HB1636 -- (LR# 3899L.02I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON UTILITIES
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1659
Establishes the Gulf War Medallion Program and creates the Gulf War Veterans' Recognition Award Fund
HB1659 -- (LR# 4039L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Veterans (H)
HB1660
Establishes the Missouri Voluntary Developer Agreement Law
HB1660 -- (LR# 3912L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Job Creation & Eco Dev (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)
HB1712
Changes the laws regarding emergency services and requires most counties to establish and maintain 911addressing
HB1712 -- (LR# 3222L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
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)
HB1739
Authorizes the licensure of prescribing psychologists
HB1739 -- (LR# 4098L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1756
Changes the punishment for counterfeiting and requires the forfeiture of counterfeit goods, the materials and implements used to produce them, and the property used in the commission of the crime
HB1756 -- (LR# 3305L.01P)
SENATE JUDICIARY AND CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE
Executive Session Held (S)
VOTED DO PASS

HB1775
Authorizes state college and university police officers to enforce traffic regulations on college or university property
HB1775 -- (LR# 4557L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Voted 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)
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)
HB1855
Increases the penalty for endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree when shaking a child younger than five years of age to a minimum of 15 years in prison
HB1855 -- (LR# 4050L.02I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
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)
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)
HB1902
Changes the laws regarding the Public School Retirement System of Missouri and the Public Education Employee Retirement System of Missouri
HB1902 -- (LR# 4623L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON RETIREMENT
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1954
Increases state employee salaries in an amount equal to the percentage change in the federal Consumer Price Index at the beginning of each fiscal year
HB1954 -- (LR# 4419L.01I)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1966
Prohibits expiration dates earlier than five years after the date of issuance or post-purchase fees on gift certificates sold in this state
HB1966 -- (LR# 4381L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB1980
Expands the DNA profiling system by requiring any person 18 years of age or older who is arrested for a felony to provide a biological sample for the purpose of DNA profiling analysis
HB1980 -- (LR# 4226L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB2036
Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to equitably distribute to each area agency on aging any additional funds appropriated by the General Assembly for certain elderly services
Approved HCS HB 2036 -- (LR# 4571L.02T)
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)
HB2048
Establishes the Textbook Transparency Act
Approved SCS HCS HB 2048 -- (LR# 4627S.03T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
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)
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

HB2076
Renames the Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities within the Department of Mental Health to the Division of Developmental Disabilities
HB2076 -- (LR# 4715L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON HEALTH INSURANCE
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB2079
Changes the laws regarding property taxation
HB2079 -- (LR# 4841L.02I)
WAYS AND MEANS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2119
Specifies that any person who unlawfully distributes or delivers any controlled substance to any person which causes that person's death will be guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the first degree
HB2119 -- (LR# 4728L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2122
Establishes the Shawn Hornbeck Educational Reimbursement Program
HB2122 -- (LR# 4727L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (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)
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)
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)
HB2245
Authorizes fire protection district boards to delegate certain powers to the fire chief and to rescind that delegation upon a majority vote of the board
HB2245 -- (LR# 4770L.01I)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2271
Requires employers of certain public safety employees to pay the entire health benefit plan premiums for the spouses and dependent children of employees injured or killed in the line of duty
HB2271 -- (LR# 5118L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB2324
Allows the executive officer of any public safety agency to enter into a mutual-aid agreement for recipocal emergency aid and specifies that the Department of Public Safety will administer the state system
HB2324 -- (LR# 4800L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB2348
Requires the development of caseload standards by the departments of Health and Senior Services and Mental Health
HB2348 -- (LR# 4137L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB2368
Defines "intoxication-related traffic homicide" and expands certain intoxication-related traffic offenses to include intoxication-related traffic homicide
HB2368 -- (LR# 5455L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB2377
Establishes the Seed Capital Technology Business Finance Program Act and the Proof of Concept Technology Business Finance Program Act to assist in financing business programs
HB2377 -- (LR# 5280L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2381
Changes the laws regarding landlords and tenants
HB2381 -- (LR# 5179L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB2463
Requires the installation of carbon monoxide and smoke detection devices in certain residential properties
HB2463 -- (LR# 5188L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB2467
Decreases the rates of individual income tax
HB2467 -- (LR# 4629L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB2508
Requires the state to make a good faith attempt to locate the grandparents of a child for emergency placement and requires the grandparents to be given first preference as foster parents
HCS HB 2508 -- (LR# 5534L.05C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB2510
Specifies that a person's prior plea of or a finding of guilty in a county or municipal court for an intoxication-related traffic offense must be considered when determining punishment for a new offense
HB2510 -- (LR# 5487L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (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)
HJR71
Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing a sales tax for funding veterans' homes, services, and programs and constitutionally establishes the Missouri Veterans' Commission
HCS HJR 71 -- (LR# 4064L.02P)
Second Read/Referred: Ways and Means (S)
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