February 12, 2009, House Activity Register

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Daily Activity Register
For Activities Recorded on February 12, 2009

HB27 --- Sponsor: Day, David (148) --- CoSponsor: Smith, Joe (014)

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

HB 0027 -- (LR# 0200L- 01I)

Referred: Veterans (H)

HB33 --- Sponsor: Sater, David (068) --- CoSponsor: Wright, Billy Pat (159)

Requires the State Highway Patrol to create, maintain, and make available for public inquiry on the Internet a registry of persons convicted of certain drug offenses

HB 0033 -- (LR# 0160L- 01I)

Referred: Public Safety (H)

HB42 --- Sponsor: Sater, David (068)

Modifies the requirements for eligibility and receipt of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits

HB 0042 -- (LR# 0126L- 01I)

Referred: Spec Standing Committee on Children & Families (H)

HB44 --- Sponsor: Sater, David (068) --- CoSponsor: Wallace, Maynard (143)

Requires gasoline kept, offered, or exposed for sale or sold at retail which is advertised as premium gasoline to be identified as containing or not containing ethanol

HB 0044 -- (LR# 0180L- 01I)

Committee: Agriculture Policy (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)

HB45 --- Sponsor: Sater, David (068) --- CoSponsor: Jones, Timothy W. (089)

Authorizes an income tax credit for food or cash donations to senior citizen services centers

HB 0045 -- (LR# 0096L- 01P)

Referred: Senior Citizen Advocacy (H)

HB50 --- Sponsor: Hodges, Steve (161) --- CoSponsor: Meadows, Tim (101)

Requires health insurance coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility

HB 0050 -- (LR# 0142L- 01I)

Referred: Special Standing Committee on Health Insurance (H)

HB59 --- Sponsor: Corcoran, Michael George (077) --- CoSponsor: Liese, Albert Joseph (079)

Allows voters to cast advance ballots

HB 0059 -- (LR# 0265L- 01I)

Referred: Elections (H)

HB65 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Larry (119) --- CoSponsor: Nance, Bob (036)

Allows rural empowerment zones to exist in any county with 18,000 or fewer residents and prohibits more than two rural empowerment zones in any county

HB 0065 -- (LR# 0211L- 01P)

Reported Do Pass (H)
Referred: Rules - Pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f) (H)

HB68 --- Sponsor: Bivins, Walt (097) --- CoSponsor: Nieves, Brian D. (098)

Authorizes a taxpayer 65 years of age or older who has lived in his or her home for at least two years to file a claim with the county assessor for a $5,000 reduction from the appraised value of the home

HB 0068 -- (LR# 0050L- 01I)

Referred: Ways and Means (H)

HB69 --- Sponsor: Storch, Rachel (064)

Defines "adoption resource center" and specifies that qualif centers will get a portion of the unclaimed funds for tax credits for special needs child adoption which now goes to three other agencies

SCS HB 69 -- (LR# 0046S- 04C)

Committee: Ways and Means (H)
Executive Session Completed (H)
Voted Do Pass (H)

HB76 --- Sponsor: Lampe, Sara (138) --- CoSponsor: Norr, Charlie (137)

Changes the laws regarding the identification, assessment, and education of children with autism spectrum disorder

HB 0076 -- (LR# 0486L- 01I)

Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

HB79 --- Sponsor: Lampe, Sara (138) --- CoSponsor: Norr, Charlie (137)

Requires health benefit plans to include coverage for the treatment of autism spectrum disorders

HB 0079 -- (LR# 0480L- 01I)

Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

HB84 --- Sponsor: Wood, Dennis (062) --- CoSponsor: Wasson, Jay (141)

Changes the procedure by which a substitute for a bill may be adopted

HB 0084 -- (LR# 0047L- 01I)

Referred: Special Standing Committee on General Laws (H)

HB86 --- Sponsor: Sutherland, Mike (099)

Increases the outstanding shares and surplus threshold amount used to calculate a corporation's franchise tax

HB 0086 -- (LR# 0109L- 02P)

Committee: Ways and Means (H)
Executive Session Completed (H)
Voted Do Pass (H)
Reported Do Pass (H)
Referred: Rules - Pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f) (H)

HB89 --- Sponsor: Brown, Michael R. (050) --- CoSponsor: Sater, David (068)

Requires vehicles to yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians crossing a city or neighborhood street in Jackson County and increases the penalty for leaving the scene of a vehicle accident

HCS HB 89 -- (LR# 0471L- 02T)

Referred: Special Standing Committee on Urban Issues (H)

HB110 --- Sponsor: Bivins, Walt (097) --- CoSponsor: Schaaf, Robert (028)

Exempts all sales of eyeglasses from state and local sales and use tax

HB 0110 -- (LR# 0432L- 01I)

Referred: Ways and Means (H)

HB115 --- Sponsor: Wildberger, Edward (027) --- CoSponsor: Meiners, Kate (046)

Allows any registered voter who is eligible to vote in a particular election to do so by absentee ballot

HB 0115 -- (LR# 0555L- 01I)

Referred: Elections (H)

HB125 --- Sponsor: Komo, Sam (090) --- CoSponsor: Kuessner, J. C. (152)

Specifies that certain spouses of Missouri State Employees' Retirement System members will be ineligible to receive a retirement allowance upon the dissolution of the member's marriage

HB 0125 -- (LR# 0110L- 02I)

Referred: Retirement (H)

HB128 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Mike (145)

Designates December 25 of each year to be known as Christmas and requires state agencies, public schools and colleges, and political subdivisions to use the traditional names of holidays

HCS HB 128 & 340 -- (LR# 0535L- 03P)

Referred: Tourism (H)

HB129 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Mike (145)

Requires the bank fee or overdraft charge for multiple checks drawn on the same day on an account for which there is an insufficient balance to be determined by paying the checks beginning with the smallest sum

HB 0129 -- (LR# 0566L- 01I)

Referred: Financial Institutions (H)

HB160 --- Sponsor: McGhee, Mike (122) --- CoSponsor: Pratt, Bryan (055)

Changes the laws regarding the crime of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree and adds a penalty for the possession of a controlled substance in the presence of a minor

HB 0160 -- (LR# 0556L- 01I)

Referred: Crime Prevention (H)

HB191 --- Sponsor: Flook, Tim (034) --- CoSponsor: Smith, Jason (150)

Eliminates the cap for tax credits issued under the Missouri Quality Jobs Program

SS#2 SCS HCS HB 191 -- (LR# 0837S- 11T)

SCS Reported Do Pass (S)
Referred: Governmental Accountability and Fisc Oversight (S)

HB194 --- Sponsor: Harris, Belinda (110)

Changes the laws regarding the relocation of a child by a custodial parent

HB 0194 -- (LR# 0554L- 01I)

Referred: Judiciary (H)

HB206 --- Sponsor: McGhee, Mike (122) --- CoSponsor: Nance, Bob (036)

Authorizes corporations or unincorporated associations to be represented in court by the president or vice-president of the entity for certain actions to remove a tenant

HB 0206 -- (LR# 0897L- 01I)

Referred: Small Business (H)

HB207 --- Sponsor: McGhee, Mike (122)

Prohibits a municipality or utility company from requiring an owner of a premises to pay delinquent utility bills for his or her occupants

HB 0207 -- (LR# 0894L- 01I)

Referred: Local Government (H)

HB208 --- Sponsor: McGhee, Mike (122)

Establishes in statute the Missouri State Park Board which is responsible for managing the Historical Marker Program

HB 0208 -- (LR# 0896L- 01I)

Referred: State Parks and Waterways (H)

HB248 --- Sponsor: Funderburk, Doug (012) --- CoSponsor: Sater, David (068)

Authorizes an income tax dependency exemption for a stillborn child for the taxable year in which the child was born

HB 0248 -- (LR# 0882L- 01P)

Referred: Tax Reform (H)

HB257 --- Sponsor: Schieffer, Ed (011) --- CoSponsor: Witte, Terry L. (010)

Allows a county to become a second classification county upon reaching the required assessed valuation and approval from the governing body

SCS HB 257 -- (LR# 0735S- 02T)

Referred: Local Government (H)

HB267 --- Sponsor: Parson, Michael L. (133) --- CoSponsor: Jones, Kenny (117)

Transfers the powers to adopt the county schedule of fines and participation in the Missouri Fine Collection Center from the county associate circuit judges to the county appointing authority

HB 0267 -- (LR# 0982L- 01I)

Re-referred to Committee (H)
Referred: Special Standing Committee on General Laws (H)

HB276 --- Sponsor: El-Amin, Talibdin (057) --- CoSponsor: Colona, Mike (067)

Allows certain nonviolent offenders to serve the full term of any sentence in the National Guard instead of incarceration if approved by the sentencing court

HB 0276 -- (LR# 0212L- 01I)

Referred: Corrections and Public Institutions (H)

HB278 --- Sponsor: Meiners, Kate (046) --- CoSponsor: Chappelle-Nadal, Maria (072)

Allows mobility motor vehicle dealers to purchase new motor vehicles and equip them for retail sale as mobility motor vehicles

HB 0278 -- (LR# 0689L- 02P)

Referred: Transportation (H)

HB295 --- Sponsor: Chappelle-Nadal, Maria (072) --- CoSponsor: McGhee, Mike (122)

Prohibits a public body from entering into a public works contract with a company that has been found guilty of conducting discriminatory employment practices within the preceding five years

HB 0295 -- (LR# 0811L- 01I)

Refer: Spec Stand Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety(H)

HB296 --- Sponsor: Chappelle-Nadal, Maria (072) --- CoSponsor: Oxford, Jeanette Mott (059)

Requires, subject to appropriations, an expansion of the variety of kosher foods approved under the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Special Supplemental Food Program

HB 0296 -- (LR# 0804L- 01I)

Referred: Spec Standing Committee on Children & Families (H)

HB298 --- Sponsor: Grisamore, Jeff (047) --- CoSponsor: Pratt, Bryan (055)

Requires health carriers issuing or renewing a health plan to provide individuals younger than 21 years of age insurance coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders

HB 0298 -- (LR# 1122L- 01I)

Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

HB299 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Larry (119) --- CoSponsor: Storch, Rachel (064)

Removes the limit on the amount of appropriations and the expiration date for appropriations to the Missouri Arts Council

HCS HB 299 -- (LR# 0574L- 03T)

Committee: Ways and Means (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)

HB302 --- Sponsor: Dethrow, Mike (153) --- CoSponsor: Dieckhaus, Scott (109)

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

HB 0302 -- (LR# 1018L- 01I)

Referred: Agri-Business (H)

HB310 --- Sponsor: Jones, Timothy W. (089) --- CoSponsor: Flook, Tim (034)

Changes the laws regarding liquor control

HCS HB 310 -- (LR# 1033L- 02P)

HCS Reported Do Pass (H)
Referred: Rules - Pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f) (H)

HB328 --- Sponsor: Hodges, Steve (161) --- CoSponsor: Atkins, Bert (075)

Prohibits reductions in county officials' salaries when a county changes classifications until the current official leaves office

HB 0328 -- (LR# 0951L- 01I)

Referred: Local Government (H)

HB337 --- Sponsor: El-Amin, Talibdin (057) --- CoSponsor: Wildberger, Edward (027)

Expands the crime of tampering with a witness and creates the crimes of intimidating a witness or victim in the first, second, and third degrees

HB 0337 -- (LR# 0885L- 01I)

Referred: Crime Prevention (H)

HB339 --- Sponsor: El-Amin, Talibdin (057) --- CoSponsor: Jones, Tishaura (063)

Establishes the Stop HIV/AIDS in Prison Act which requires a comprehensive policy to provide HIV testing, treatment, and prevention services to inmates

HB 0339 -- (LR# 0932L- 01I)

Referred: Corrections and Public Institutions (H)

HB340 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Mike (145)

Requires state agencies, public schools and colleges, and political subdivisions to use the traditional names of holidays

HB 0340 -- (LR# 0205L- 01I)

Referred: Tourism (H)

HB342 --- Sponsor: El-Amin, Talibdin (057) --- CoSponsor: Jones, Tishaura (063)

Establishes the Prostate Research, Imaging, and Men's Education (PRIME) Act to expand and intensify research to develop innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection

HB 0342 -- (LR# 0702L- 01I)

Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

HB357 --- Sponsor: Scharnhorst, Dwight (093) --- CoSponsor: Schoemehl, Sue (100)

Requires health carriers issuing or renewing a health plan to provide individuals younger than 21 years of age insurance coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders

HCS#2 HB 357 & 298 -- (LR# 1030L- 05C)

Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

HB360 --- Sponsor: Ervin, Doug (035)

Allows for recovery of reasonable towing and storage fees associated with towing an abandoned vehicle and the suspension of driver's licenses and vehicle registrations for failure to pay towing charges

HB 0360 -- (LR# 0172L- 01I)

Referred: Spec Stand Com on Infrastructure & Trans Fund (H)

HB367 --- Sponsor: Brandom, Ellen (160) --- CoSponsor: Munzlinger, Brian (001)

Creates the Missouri Catastrophe Fund to help protect property and casualty insurers against insolvencies caused by earthquakes

HB 0367 -- (LR# 1031L- 01I)

Referred: Insurance Policy (H)

HB372 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert (028) --- CoSponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne (155)

Requires the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration to establish uniform insurance application forms

HCS#2 HB 372 -- (LR# 0458L- 04C)

Referred: Healthcare Transformation (H)

HB397 --- Sponsor: Flook, Tim (034)

Changes the laws regarding the Police Retirement System of Kansas City

CCS SCS HCS HB 397 & HCS HB 947 -- (LR# 1227S- 04T)

Referred: Retirement (H)

HB417 --- Sponsor: Scharnhorst, Dwight (093) --- CoSponsor: Nieves, Brian D. (098)

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

HB 0417 -- (LR# 0086L- 01I)

Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

HB421 --- Sponsor: Viebrock, James (134)

Makes the use of an electronic recording device in a polling place an election offense

HB 0421 -- (LR# 1196L- 01I)

Referred: Elections (H)

HB432 --- Sponsor: Ervin, Doug (035) --- CoSponsor: Flook, Tim (034)

Authorizes a corporate income tax exemption for corporations that do not receive funds from any program administered by the Department of Economic Development

HB 0432 -- (LR# 1135L- 01I)

Committee: Ways and Means (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)

HB462 --- Sponsor: Zimmerman, Jake (083) --- CoSponsor: McNeil, Margo (078)

Allows any registered voter who is eligible to vote in a particular election to do so by absentee ballot without being required to state the reason

HB 0462 -- (LR# 1198L- 01I)

Referred: Elections (H)

HB466 --- Sponsor: Zimmerman, Jake (083) --- CoSponsor: Harris, Belinda (110)

Allows any registered voter who is eligible to vote in a particular election to do so by absentee ballot without being required to state the reason

HB 0466 -- (LR# 1197L- 01I)

Referred: Elections (H)

HB468 --- Sponsor: Nance, Bob (036) --- CoSponsor: Frame, Michael (105)

Reduces the amount of excess revenues generated by fines for moving traffic violations that municipalities must send to the Department of Revenue

HB 0468 -- (LR# 1318L- 01I)

Referred: Local Government (H)

HB481 --- Sponsor: Jones, Timothy W. (089) --- CoSponsor: Emery, Edgar G. H. (126)

Adds claims within the scope of the Missouri Human Rights Act to which public entities are protected against punitive or exemplary damages

SS HCS HB 481 -- (LR# 0946S- 04T)

Refer: Spec Stand Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety(H)

HB482 --- Sponsor: Jones, Timothy W. (089) --- CoSponsor: Ervin, Doug (035)

Allows municipal courts to create an appointed counsel fund to pay the reasonable attorney fees of an attorney appointed to represent certain defendants who are indigent and unable to pay for legal representation

HB 0482 -- (LR# 1164L- 01P)

Referred: Judiciary (H)

HB495 --- Sponsor: Parson, Michael L. (133) --- CoSponsor: Walsh, Regina (069)

Changes the laws regarding local exchange telecommunications carriers

SCS HCS HB 495 -- (LR# 1386S- 05C)

Referred: Energy and Environment (H)

HB499 --- Sponsor: Zimmerman, Jake (083) --- CoSponsor: Colona, Mike (067)

Changes the laws regarding the use of paper ballots at elections

HB 0499 -- (LR# 1035L- 01I)

Referred: Elections (H)

HB506 --- Sponsor: Funderburk, Doug (012) --- CoSponsor: Tilley, Steven (106)

Requires the Governor to issue an annual proclamation designating the third week of March as "Math, Engineering, Technology and Science (METS) Week"

SCS HB 506 -- (LR# 1384S- 02T)

Referred: Homeland Security (H)

HB515 --- Sponsor: Kingery, Gayle (154) --- CoSponsor: Dixon, Bob (140)

Requires that at least one but no more than two persons be appointed to the University of Missouri Board of Curators from each Congressional district

HB 0515 -- (LR# 1509L- 01I)

Referred: Higher Education (H)

HB516 --- Sponsor: Hummel, Jacob (108) --- CoSponsor: Carter, Chris (061)

Removes health care providers from the mandatory exclusion from jury duty and allows the court to excuse a health care provider from jury service at the court's discretion

HB 0516 -- (LR# 0557L- 01I)

Referred: Judiciary (H)

HB525 --- Sponsor: Grisamore, Jeff (047) --- CoSponsor: Ruestman, Marilyn (131)

Requires the Division of Developmental Disabilities to establish programs and services for individuals diagnosed with autism jointly with families, regional councils, and a newly established committee

HCS HB 525 -- (LR# 1398L- 03T)

Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

HB526 --- Sponsor: Grisamore, Jeff (047) --- CoSponsor: Oxford, Jeanette Mott (059)

Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop and produce "The Parents' Bill of Rights" for parent students who have an individualized education plan

HB 0526 -- (LR# 1397L- 01I)

Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

HB527 --- Sponsor: Grisamore, Jeff (047) --- CoSponsor: Grill, Jason (032)

Establishes the Mentally Retarded and Developmental Type Disability Care Provider Tax Credit Program which authorizes a tax credit for donations to providers who assist these individuals

HB 0527 -- (LR# 1221L- 01I)

Referred: Ways and Means (H)

HB528 --- Sponsor: Grisamore, Jeff (047) --- CoSponsor: Ruestman, Marilyn (131)

Changes the income tax credits available for certain individuals for the costs of modifications to a home in order for it to be accessible for a disabled person or senior citizen who resides with them

HB 0528 -- (LR# 1163L- 01I)

Referred: Ways and Means (H)

HB532 --- Sponsor: Kraus, Will (048) --- CoSponsor: Yates, Brian David (056)

Gives immunity from civil or criminal liability to persons reporting suspected child abuse to the proper authorities of a medical institution, school facility, or public or private agency

HB 0532 -- (LR# 0271L- 01I)

Referred: Spec Standing Committee on Children & Families (H)

HB533 --- Sponsor: Koenig, Andrew (088) --- CoSponsor: Funderburk, Doug (012)

Specifies that no pharmacy can be required to perform, assist, recommend, refer to, or participate in any act or service resulting in an abortion and it will be immune from liability for refusing to do so

HB 0533 -- (LR# 1401L- 01I)

Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

HB534 --- Sponsor: Koenig, Andrew (088) --- CoSponsor: Brown, Dan (149)

Requires the local offices and resident hunting and fishing permit vendors of the Department of Conservation to make a voter registration application form available to a resident permit applicant

HB 0534 -- (LR# 1381L- 01I)

Refer: Spec Stand Com on Emerging Issues in Animal Agri (H)

HB536 --- Sponsor: Dixon, Bob (140) --- CoSponsor: Lampe, Sara (138)

Authorizes the licensure of prescribing psychologists

HCS HB 536 -- (LR# 1246L- 02C)

Refer: Spec Stand Com on Pro. Registration & Licencing (H)

HB542 --- Sponsor: Walsh, Regina (069) --- CoSponsor: Hoskins, Theodore (080)

Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to recalculate the state school aid for the Riverview Gardens School District to correct an error

HCS HB 542 -- (LR# 1529L- 04C)

Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

HB545 --- Sponsor: Smith, Jason (150) --- CoSponsor: Tilley, Steven (106)

Increases the deductions for personal and dependency exemptions

HB 0545 -- (LR# 1377L- 01I)

Committee: Ways and Means (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)

HB546 --- Sponsor: Smith, Jason (150) --- CoSponsor: Stevenson, Bryan P. (128)

Allows a drug court commissioner to also serve as a family court commissioner without any additional compensation under certain circumstances

HB 0546 -- (LR# 1427L- 01P)

Referred: Judiciary (H)

HB550 --- Sponsor: Guest, Jim (005) --- CoSponsor: Ruestman, Marilyn (131)

Creates a civil penalty and a cause of action for damages for coerced subcutaneous implantation of an identification device

HCS HB 550 -- (LR# 1069L- 03C)

Referred: Real ID and Personal Privacy (H)

HB551 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert (028)

Changes the deadline for voter registration from the fourth Wednesday prior to an election to the second Wednesday prior to an election

HB 0551 -- (LR# 1523L- 01I)

Referred: Elections (H)

HB556 --- Sponsor: Guest, Jim (005)

Allows real property owners in the counties of Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, and DeKalb to petition for the creation of an exhibition center and recreational facility district

HB 0556 -- (LR# 1613L- 01I)

Referred: Rural Community Development (H)

HB569 --- Sponsor: Molendorp, Chris (123) --- CoSponsor: Wilson, Kevin (130)

Changes the laws regarding the processing of health insurance claims and requires group health insurers to offer coverage for autism spectrum disorder

HB 0569 -- (LR# 1636L- 01I)

Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

HB574 --- Sponsor: Meiners, Kate (046) --- CoSponsor: Holsman, Jason R. (045)

Allows the City of Grandview to impose, upon voter approval, a transient guest tax for the promotion of tourism

HB 0574 -- (LR# 1127L- 02I)

Referred: Local Government (H)

HB591 --- Sponsor: Sutherland, Mike (099) --- CoSponsor: Jones, Timothy W. (089)

Authorizes voters to petition for an election to lower the tax rate ceiling of a political subdivision

HCS HB 591 -- (LR# 1505L- 03C)

Committee: Ways and Means (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)

HB594 --- Sponsor: Loehner, Tom (112) --- CoSponsor: Scharnhorst, Dwight (093)

Requires the Secretary of State to design, implement, and operate a central filing system for effective financial statements for security interests in farm products

HB 0594 -- (LR# 0108L- 03I)

Referred: Agriculture Policy (H)

HB595 --- Sponsor: Schoeller, Shane (139)

Changes the laws regarding real estate liens

HB 0595 -- (LR# 1698L- 01I)

Referred: Judiciary (H)

HB596 --- Sponsor: Molendorp, Chris (123) --- CoSponsor: Largent, Scott (120)

Authorizes school districts to enter into design-build contracts for construction projects costing more than $1 million

HB 0596 -- (LR# 0761L- 01I)

Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)

HB598 --- Sponsor: Scavuzzo, Luke (124) --- CoSponsor: Silvey, Ryan (038)

Requires the Department of Revenue to award fee office contracts in a competitive bid process with priority given to school districts, charitable and nonprofit organizations, and political subdivisions

HB 0598 -- (LR# 1154L- 03I)

Referred: Special Standing Committee on General Laws (H)

HB599 --- Sponsor: Diehl, John (087)

Removes the provision prohibiting the Missouri Public Service from having jurisdiction over the rates, financing, accounting, or management of certain not-for-profit electrical cooperatives

HB 0599 -- (LR# 1722L- 01P)

Referred: Job Creation and Economic Development (H)

HB604 --- Sponsor: Wood, Dennis (062) --- CoSponsor: Viebrock, James (134)

Requires residential and commercial septage removal companies to register with the Department of Natural Resources

HB 0604 -- (LR# 1568L- 01I)

Referred: Conservation and Natural Resources (H)

HB607 --- Sponsor: Ervin, Doug (035)

Establishes the Missouri Patient Privacy Act which limits the disclosure of patient medical information

HB 0607 -- (LR# 1459L- 01I)

Referred: Special Standing Committee on Health Insurance (H)

HB608 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert (028)

Establishes the Small Business and Entrepreneurial Growth Act to provide assistance for the expansion of certain small businesses

HB 0608 -- (LR# 1767L- 01I)

Referred: Small Business (H)

HB613 --- Sponsor: Diehl, John (087) --- CoSponsor: Cox, Stanley (118)

Requires the Secretary of State to establish and implement a system for allowing members of the armed forces, their spouses, and dependents to vote using the Internet

HCS HB 613 -- (LR# 1695L- 03C)

Referred: Elections (H)

HB614 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert (028) --- CoSponsor: Meadows, Tim (101)

Prohibits health insurers from imposing any co-payment or co-insurance, or combination thereof, that exceeds 50% of the total cost of providing the health care service to an enrollee

HB 0614 -- (LR# 1666L- 01I)

Referred: Healthcare Transformation (H)

HB616 --- Sponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne (155) --- CoSponsor: Talboy, Mike (037)

Requires health carriers issuing or renewing a health plan to provide coverage for prosthetic devices, related services, and supplies

HB 0616 -- (LR# 1564L- 01I)

Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

HB617 --- Sponsor: Brown, Dan (149) --- CoSponsor: Lair, Mike (007)

Requires all owners of dogs and cats to have their animals vaccinated against rabies and to have the vaccination repeated periodically based on the animal's age or type of vaccine given or as otherwise required

HCS HB 617 -- (LR# 1320L- 03C)

Refer: Spec Stand Com on Emerging Issues in Animal Agri (H)

HB618 --- Sponsor: Brown, Dan (149) --- CoSponsor: Leara, Mike (095)

Lowers the minimum age requirement for obtaining a concealed carry endorsement from 23 years of age to 21 years of age

HB 0618 -- (LR# 1264L- 01I)

Referred: Agri-Business (H)

HB627 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert (028)

Allows combat veterans serving prior to September 11, 2001, to be eligible for the scholarship program established in the Missouri Returning Heroes' Education Act

HB 0627 -- (LR# 1623L- 01I)

Referred: Veterans (H)

HB628 --- Sponsor: Yates, Brian David (056)

Changes the laws regarding the licensure of bail bond agents

HB 0628 -- (LR# 1728L- 01I)

Refer: Spec Stand Com on Pro. Registration & Licencing (H)

HB631 --- Sponsor: Jones, Timothy W. (089) --- CoSponsor: Nance, Bob (036)

Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Teaching Fellows Program

HCS HB 631 -- (LR# 1487L- 03P)

Referred: Higher Education (H)

HB632 --- Sponsor: Guest, Jim (005) --- CoSponsor: Day, David (148)

Establishes the Missouri Right to Protection Act, an extension of the castle doctrine

HCS HB 632 -- (LR# 1648L- 02C)

Referred: Agri-Business (H)

HB642 --- Sponsor: Sutherland, Mike (099) --- CoSponsor: Englund, Vicki (085)

Requires the Department of Transportation to provide full consideration for bicyclists, pedestrians, disabled persons, and transit users in its plans, programs, and projects

HB 0642 -- (LR# 0802L- 01I)

Referred: Transportation (H)

HB644 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Kevin (130)

Changes the laws regarding the registration and licensing of motor vehicles and issuance of lien titles and certificates of ownership for vehicles, trailers, motors, aircraft, vessels, and manufactured homes

HB 0644 -- (LR# 1351L- 01T)

Referred: Transportation (H)

HB645 --- Sponsor: Munzlinger, Brian (001) --- CoSponsor: Ruzicka, Don (132)

Removes the provision prohibiting a person with a valid concealed carry endorsement or permit from carrying a concealed firearm into any higher education institution

HB 0645 -- (LR# 1265L- 02I)

Referred: Agri-Business (H)

HB651 --- Sponsor: Meadows, Tim (101) --- CoSponsor: Low, Beth (039)

Requires hospitals to compile and post daily staffing information in patient care areas of each unit of the hospital

HB 0651 -- (LR# 1347L- 01I)

Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

HB652 --- Sponsor: Pratt, Bryan (055)

Defines "certified mail" and "certified mail with retur requested" as they relate to Missouri's laws to include any parce letter carried by a delivery service that offers electronic tracking

HB 0652 -- (LR# 1609L- 01T)

Referred: Judiciary (H)

HB661 --- Sponsor: Ruzicka, Don (132) --- CoSponsor: Wilson, Larry (119)

Changes the laws regarding the disposal of tires

SS HCS HB 661 -- (LR# 1620S- 04T)

Referred: Conservation and Natural Resources (H)

HB662 --- Sponsor: Ruzicka, Don (132) --- CoSponsor: Wilson, Larry (119)

Authorizes an income tax credit for 50% of the cost of the construction of a storm shelter or $2,000, whichever is less

HB 0662 -- (LR# 1619L- 01I)

Referred: Homeland Security (H)

HB664 --- Sponsor: Smith, Jason (150) --- CoSponsor: Tilley, Steven (106)

Reduces the personal property tax annually on qualifying motor vehicles including recreational and historic motor vehicles until no personal property tax is imposed beginning January 1, 2013

HB 0664 -- (LR# 1358L- 01I)

Referred: Ways and Means (H)

HB670 --- Sponsor: Witte, Terry L. (010)

Allows a person in federal service to vote in any election by absentee ballot or in person upon submitting an affidavit

HB 0670 -- (LR# 1639L- 01I)

Read Second Time (H)

HB671 --- Sponsor: Lair, Mike (007) --- CoSponsor: Fisher, Barney (125)

Changes the laws regarding bingo

HB 0671 -- (LR# 1667L- 01I)

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HB672 --- Sponsor: Low, Beth (039) --- CoSponsor: LeVota, Paul (052)

Prohibits gubernatorial appointees from holding office in or contributing to political parties or organizations and from taking part in any political campaign during their term of office

HB 0672 -- (LR# 0614L- 01I)

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HB673 --- Sponsor: Low, Beth (039) --- CoSponsor: LeVota, Paul (052)

Requires window stickers instead of license plate tabs to show current motor vehicle registration

HB 0673 -- (LR# 0615L- 01I)

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HB674 --- Sponsor: Low, Beth (039) --- CoSponsor: El-Amin, Talibdin (057)

Allows for the compensation of a person wrongfully convicted and imprisoned

HB 0674 -- (LR# 0608L- 01I)

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HB675 --- Sponsor: Low, Beth (039) --- CoSponsor: Oxford, Jeanette Mott (059)

Requires certain corporations to file an annual tax disclosure statement

HB 0675 -- (LR# 0618L- 01I)

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HB676 --- Sponsor: Low, Beth (039) --- CoSponsor: LeVota, Paul (052)

Authorizes an income tax credit for service as a poll worker

HB 0676 -- (LR# 0623L- 01I)

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HB677 --- Sponsor: Viebrock, James (134)

Renames the Missouri Pet Spay/Neuter Fund to the Missouri Commercial Breeder Inspection Fund and requires moneys received from the special license plate be for inspecting commercial breeders

HB 0677 -- (LR# 1849L- 01I)

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HB678 --- Sponsor: Wasson, Jay (141)

Designates May 1 of each year as "Silver Star Families of America to honor the wounded soldiers of this state and the efforts of the group to honor the wounded members of the United States armed forces

HB 0678 -- (LR# 1839L- 01T)

Read Second Time (H)

HB679 --- Sponsor: Wasson, Jay (141)

Establishes a limited license for a retired dentist to practice dentistry

HB 0679 -- (LR# 1819L- 01I)

Read Second Time (H)

HB680 --- Sponsor: Shively, Tom (008) --- CoSponsor: Quinn, Paul (009)

Establishes procedures that a patent holder of genetically-modified seed must follow before entering private farmland to take plant samples

HB 0680 -- (LR# 1258L- 01I)

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HB681 --- Sponsor: Smith, Jason (150) --- CoSponsor: Richard, Ron (129)

Requires special elections to fill vacancies in the offices of Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, State Auditor, and State Teasurer

HCS HB 681 -- (LR# 1769L- 02C)

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HB682 --- Sponsor: Swinger, Terry (162) --- CoSponsor: Wallace, Maynard (143)

Allows an exception for the 2008-2009 school year regarding the laws for school make-up days due to inclement weather

HB 0682 -- (LR# 1879L- 01T)

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HB683 --- Sponsor: Schieffer, Ed (011) --- CoSponsor: Dixon, Bob (140)

Requires proof of financial responsibility to be presented to a dealer prior to the issuance of a temporary license plate

CCS SS SCS HB 683 -- (LR# 1576L- 10T)

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HB684 --- Sponsor: Gatschenberger, Chuck (013) --- CoSponsor: Kraus, Will (048)

Limits the increase in the assessed valuation on residential real property to the percentage of increase in the federal Consumer Price Index in the previous year until the residence is sold or transferred

HB 0684 -- (LR# 1731L- 01I)

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HB685 --- Sponsor: Jones, Kenny (117) --- CoSponsor: Parson, Michael L. (133)

Specifies that the State Highway Patrol, not the county sheriff, will have the authority to serve certain search warrants and will not be required to notify the county sheriff

HCS HB 685 -- (LR# 1707L- 02T)

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HB686 --- Sponsor: Bringer, Rachel (006)

Establishes a tuition and fee waiver program for certain incoming Missouri resident freshman who have been in foster care or residential care

HB 0686 -- (LR# 1805L- 01I)

Read Second Time (H)

HB687 --- Sponsor: Bringer, Rachel (006)

Changes the laws regarding campaign contributions to candidates and committees

HB 0687 -- (LR# 1802L- 01I)

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HB688 --- Sponsor: Bringer, Rachel (006)

Prohibits members of the General Assembly from accepting any tangible or intangible item, service, or anything of value from a lobbyist

HB 0688 -- (LR# 1804L- 01I)

Read Second Time (H)

HB689 --- Sponsor: Bringer, Rachel (006)

Makes criminal background checks for teachers and other school personnel valid for one year, even if they move from one district to another or there is a change in the type of teacher certification

HCS HB 689 -- (LR# 1807L- 02C)

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HB690 --- Sponsor: Funderburk, Doug (012) --- CoSponsor: Munzlinger, Brian (001)

Requires all public firearms ranges owned and operated by the State of Missouri or its agencies to allow the use of B-27 targets

HB 0690 -- (LR# 1269L- 01I)