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

SPONSOR
HB1866
Requires the Department of Revenue to award fee office contracts with a priority given to school districts and charitable organizations over individuals in a competitive bid process
HB1866 -- (LR# 4478L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1867
Authorizes the City of Harrisonville to impose a sales tax of up to 0.5% for the operation of public safety departments
HB1867 -- (LR# 3173L.02I)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HCR8
Recognizes March 2008 as "Hydrocephalus Awareness Month" in Missouri
HCR8 -- (LR# 3172L.01I)
SENATE RULES, JOINT RULES, RESOLUTIONS AND ETHICS
Public Hearing Cancelled (S)
COSPONSOR
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)
HB1585
Requires the Missouri Public Service Commission to consider existing planning and zoning plans and building codes and hold a public hearing before approving the location of a proposed electric plant
HB1585 -- (LR# 4235L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Rural Community Develop (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)
HB1661
Exempts property taxes paid by certain nonresident taxpayers from being added-back to their adjusted gross income under certain circumstances
HB1661 -- (LR# 3325L.02P)
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)
HB1706
Changes the laws regarding various public employee retirement systems
SCS HCS HB 2104, HB 1574, HB 1706, HCS HB 1774, HB 2055, -- (LR# 4888S.06C)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB1707
Authorizes school districts to enter into design-build contracts for construction projects costing more than $15,000
HCS HB 1707 -- (LR# 4167L.02P)
SENATE FINANCIAL, GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND ELECTIONS
Public Hearing Held (S)
HB1714
Authorizes an income tax credit for costs of repairs or losses incurred in a federally and state-declared natural disaster area
HB1714 -- (LR# 3960L.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)
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)
HB1856
Changes the laws regarding the registration of a trademark
HB1856 -- (LR# 4334L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (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)
HB1937
Changes the laws regarding the establishment of a joint transportation development district
SCS HB 1937 -- (LR# 4539S.03C)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB1938
Requires the State Board of Education to establish a rule to mandate parental participation in three teacher conferences each year regarding their child's performance
HB1938 -- (LR# 4588L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
Public Hearing Completed (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)
HB1944
Requires Social Security numbers collected in any application related to marriage or dissolution of marriage or legal separation to be forwarded to the appropriate state child support agency
HB1944 -- (LR# 4513L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB1961
Authorizes an annual salary increase for state employees based on the cost-of-living adjustment for that calendar year, unless the increase is disapproved by the General Assembly before July 1
HB1961 -- (LR# 3214L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1964
Establishes the Identity Theft Prevention Act which specifies the procedures for a person to place a security freeze on his or her consumer report
HB1964 -- (LR# 3471L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Financial Institutions (H)
HB1965
Changes the laws regarding campaign contributions by subjecting all committees to contribution limits
HB1965 -- (LR# 3469L.04I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB1998
Changes the laws regarding adoption records
HB1998 -- (LR# 4726L.01I)
Withdrawn (H)
HB2027
Authorizes the regulation of quarries in fourth class cities for sanitary purposes
HB2027 -- (LR# 4754L.01I)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2030
Establishes the Public Employment Relations Act which changes the laws regarding public employee labor organizations
HB2030 -- (LR# 3760L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB2048
Establishes the Textbook Transparency Act
Approved SCS HCS HB 2048 -- (LR# 4627S.03T)
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)
HB2124
Creates the School Safety and School Violence Prevention Fund
HB2124 -- (LR# 4766L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (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)
HB2129
Changes the laws regarding the Small Business Regulatory Fairness Board
HB2129 -- (LR# 5040L.01I)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (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

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)
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)
HB2350
Requires merchants to have access to certain credit and debit card rate information
HB2350 -- (LR# 4713L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB2353
Requires child care facilities to maintain the required local licenses and permits for the operation of a child care facility in order to have a state license to operate a child care facility
HB2353 -- (LR# 5431L.01I)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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)
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)
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)
HB2442
Changes the laws regarding energy efficiency and conservation
HB2442 -- (LR# 5500L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Public Hearing Completed (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)
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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