98th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session

Representative Brandon Ellington

Representative
Brandon Ellington

District 022

Democrat

Elected:	2011
Years Served:	8
Hometown:	Kansas City
Counties:

Committees

Special Committee on Urban Issues, Vice-Chairman

Joint Committee on Corrections

Appropriations - Public Safety and Corrections

Energy and the Environment

Special Committee on Security Infrastructure of the Capitol Complex

Interim Committee on Missouri State High School Activities Association

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Biography

Representative Brandon Ellington, a Democrat, represents part of Jackson County and Independence in the Missouri House of Representatives. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in a November 2011 special election.

During his time in the House of Representatives, Rep. Ellington has served as the Chairman of the Missouri Legislative Black Caucus (2015-2017), the Vice Chairman of the Missouri Legislative Black Caucus (2013-2015), and he is currently serving as the House Minority Whip.

Rep. Ellington is actively involved in the community by working with food pantries, starting programs to initiate neighborhood cleanup, mentorship, elderly assistance and community outreach, and coaching youth basketball. He is the cofounder of Voices of the People, a member of We the People, and serves as president of I Am My Brother’s Keeper. He is also a member of Giving Yourself Real Love (G.Y.R.L.).

Rep. Ellington is dedicated to being an advocate for the underprivileged and disenfranchised. He has introduced legislation proposing full decriminalization of marijuana-related offenses in the state of Missouri and supports legislation that expunges the records of those charged with marijuana-related offenses. Rep. Ellington also supports the immediate release of those incarcerated for marijuana-related offenses, should decriminalization pass.

Rep. Ellington lives in Kansas City and was born on November 18, 1980. He is a 1999 graduate of Paseo High School in Kansas City and attended Penn Valley University and the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

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HB 33 - (0385H.01I) - Walker, Nate
Adds emergency medical technicians to the list of public safety officers eligible for survivor's and disabled employee's educational grant program

HB 35 - (0388H.02P) - Walker, Nate
Allows camping trailers more than 25 years old to be permanently registered and be issued historic trailer license plates

HB 36 - (0384H.01I) - Walker, Nate
Allows owners of vehicles to only have a rear license plate if the mounting of a front license plate poses an undue hardship to the owner or destruction to the vehicle

HB 38 - (0036L.01I) - Pace, Sharon
Requires a peace officer to attend a training course in diversity and sensitivity and a course that teaches tactics and techniques during situations of unrest and peaceful demonstrations

HB 39 - (0037L.01I) - Pace, Sharon
Requires video cameras to be worn by uniformed police officers while interacting with the public and in police vehicles primarily used for traffic stops

HB 40 - (0039L.01I) - Pace, Sharon
Requires peace officers to undergo a psychological evaluation every three years

HB 44 - (0496L.02I) - Webber, Stephen
Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to create best practice guidelines in gender pay equality for state and local government and private businesses

HB 49 - (0032L.01I) - Kirkton, Jeanne
Adds board certified psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioners or clinical nurse specialists to the list of medical professionals from whom treatment costs may be compensated

HB 51 - (0142L.04I) - Walton Gray, Rochelle
Establishes the Community Relations Training Program for Peace Officers

HB 52 - (0272L.03I) - Walton Gray, Rochelle
Establishes a Task Force on Civilian Review Boards

HB 55 - (0271L.01I) - Walton Gray, Rochelle
Requires St. Louis County, St. Louis City, and Kansas City to post on its internet website how to set up a civilian review board along with other pertinent information

HB 56 - (0282L.01I) - Walton Gray, Rochelle
Requires peace officers to complete a module to determine if they are culturally competent

HB 57 - (0123L.01I) - Walton Gray, Rochelle
Prohibits additional penalties if a person fails to appear once in a 12-month period in municipal court for a traffic or ordinance violation and prohibits an arrest warrant for two or more failures to appear

HB 59 - (0263L.01I) - Walton Gray, Rochelle
Requires certain disclosures by a person applying for a position as a peace officer

HB 62 - (0080L.02I) - Walton Gray, Rochelle
Requires any officer-involved deaths to be investigated by a law enforcement agency that does not employ a law enforcement officer involved in the death being investigated

HB 78 - (0614H.01I) - Higdon, Galen
Creates the Alcohol and Tobacco Control Trust Fund consisting of specified fees collected by the Director of Revenue to be used for the administration and regulation of the liquor control and tobacco laws

HB 82 - (0617L.01I) - Mims, Bonnaye
Requires public institutions of higher education to adopt policies on student favoritism

HB 83 - (0099L.01I) - Curtman, Paul
Requires a utility to offer to residential customers on a fixed income the opportunity to pay their utility bill on a reasonable schedule that is adjusted for their periodic receipt of income

HB 84 - (0618L.01I) - Mims, Bonnaye
Exempts rental security deposits from attachment and execution in a bankruptcy proceeding

HB 86 - (0186L.01I) - Walton Gray, Rochelle
Establishes the Sickle Cell Standing Committee to study and make recommendations regarding the impact of sickle cell disease on urban communities

HB 95 - (0111H.03C) - Miller, Rocky
Allows an insurance policyholder to petition the court for reimbursement of insurance costs as they occur during the pendency of a dissolution of marriage or legal separation

HB 106 - (0406L.01I) - Pace, Sharon
Allows misdemeanor offenses for stealing to be expunged

HB 108 - (0269H.01P) - McCaherty, John
Establishes a two-year statute of limitations for actions against a mental health professional for malpractice, negligence, error, or mistake

HB 110 - (0647H.02C) - McCaherty, John
Authorizes three new tax credits for port facilities

HB 119 - (0306H.02C) - Lichtenegger, Donna
Requires a public water system to notify the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Health and Senior Services, and its customers at least 30 days prior to a vote to cease fluoridation

HB 120 - (0731H.02P) - Davis, Charlie
Establishes the Password Privacy Protection Act

HB 152 - (0176H.01I) - Haahr, Elijah
Expands the crime of sexual trafficking of a child to include advertising a child participating in a commercial sexual act

HB 154 - (0207L.01I) - Gardner, Kimberly
Establishes the Missouri Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program to provide low-income seniors with fresh Missouri-grown produce

HB 157 - (0202L.01I) - Gardner, Kimberly
Prohibits requiring peace officers to issue a specific number of citations within a designated period of time

HB 175 - (0350L.01I) - May, Karla
Establishes the Family Education Leave Act

HB 207 - (0753L.01I) - Curtman, Paul
Prohibits political subdivisions and state agencies from using automated traffic enforcement systems, subject to approval by Missouri voters

HB 209 - (0259H.02C) - Conway, Kathie
Increases, from $200 to $400 per week, the maximum amount of compensation paid for death, personal injury, or loss of earnings or support to crime victims

HB 271 - (0684H.01P) - Hoskins, Denny
Requires certain grant agreements to describe the State Auditor's authority with respect to property, equipment, and facilities purchased with the funds from the grant

HB 272 - (0389L.03P) - Hoskins, Denny
Expands the Higher Education Academic Scholarship Program to include forgivable loans

HB 276 - (1012L.01I) - Cornejo, Robert
Allows up to $15,000 of the benefits of a life insurance policy to be exempt from attachment if used for funeral, cremation, or burial expenses

HB 296 - (0921H.02P) - Kelley, Mike
Establishes the First Informer Broadcasters Act that allows broadcasters to develop comprehensive coordinated plans for preparing for and responding to an emergency or disaster

HB 299 - (1043H.02P) - Hoskins, Denny
Changes the laws regarding sales tax

HB 308 - (0200L.02I) - Gardner, Kimberly
Requires political subdivisions receiving more than 15% of their annual general operating revenues from traffic fines to send revenues in excess of the threshold to the state school system

HB 309 - (0561H.01I) - Hubbard, Penny
Designates provisions requiring peace officers' employment records to be available to hiring law enforcement agencies as the "Tyrone L. Thompson Law"

HB 312 - (0954L.01I) - McNeil, Margo
Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to establish a grant program to extend instructional time in underperforming school districts

HB 319 - (0803H.02C) - Barnes, Jay
Changes the laws regarding the provision of telehealth services

HB 325 - (0301H.03C) - McCaherty, John
Establishes the Bring Jobs Home Act that authorizes a tax deduction for out-of-state businesses that relocate to Missouri

HB 332 - (0713H.01I) - Barnes, Jay
Reduces the threshold for the general operating revenue coming from traffic fines for cities, towns, villages, or counties from 30% to 10%

HB 336 - (0703L.01P) - McGaugh, Joe Don
Authorizes an election authority to accept voter registration applications with electronic signatures under certain conditions

HB 341 - (1056H.01P) - Dugger, Tony
Specifies that beginning January 1, 2016, certain elective county offices must file ethics reports with the Missouri Ethics Commission instead of local election authorities

HB 343 - (0961L.01P) - Lair, Mike
Establishes a committee to assess the continuation of the Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program in order to help disabled or aging individuals transition from nursing facilities to community settings

HB 361 - (1084H.01P) - Spencer, Bryan
Designates the third week of February as "Engineer Awareness Week" in Missouri

HB 377 - (0641H.03P) - Swan, Kathryn
Requires school districts to develop a system for identifying students who are at risk of not being ready for college-level work or entry-level career positions

HB 380 - (1031H.02P) - Swan, Kathryn
Requires the State Board of Education to establish minimum requirements for a career and technical education certificate

HB 384 - (1166H.01I) - Flanigan, Tom
Authorizes a period of tax amnesty

HB 391 - (0981H.01P) - Gosen, Don
Changes the notice requirements for automobile insurance cancellations or refusals

HB 400 - (0345L.01P) - Peters, Joshua
Designates the month of November each year as "Epilepsy Awareness Month"

HB 402 - (0860H.01P) - Phillips, Don
Designates the first full week before Memorial Day as "Safe Boating Week"

HB 403 - (0864H.01P) - Phillips, Don
Designates Missouri as a Purple Heart State

HB 405 - (0952L.02P) - Gannon, Elaine
Modifies provisions relating to high school equivalency examinations

HB 410 - (0881H.02P) - Kelley, Mike
Adds specified graphing calculators to the list of items that are exempt from sales tax during the annual sales tax holiday for school supplies

HB 430 - (1160L.01I) - Curtman, Paul
Establishes the Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2015 that requires state departments to indicate in certain educational and advertising materials that the materials are produced and disseminated at taxpayer expense

HB 444 - (0063H.02C) - English, Keith
Authorizes a tax deduction for volunteer firefighters

HB 457 - (1007H.02P) - Hicks, Ron
Makes CPR instruction a high school graduation requirement

HB 458 - (0537H.01I) - Allen, Sue
Changes the laws regarding bullying in schools and establishes specific components that a district must include in its antibullying policy

HB 462 - (1046H.01P) - Bahr, Kurt
Prohibits a property owners' association from preventing a property owner from placing political signs on his or her property

HB 468 - (0193L.02I) - Berry, T.J.
Extends the last year of availability of incentives for new or expanded business headquarters from 2020 to 2025

HB 478 - (1256H.02C) - Fitzwater, Paul
Specifies that school teacher and employee retirement allowances must not exceed 2.55% of the member's final average salary for each year of service if the member's service is 31 years or more

HB 501 - (1334L.01P) - Montecillo, Genise
Requires course materials relating to sexual education to contain information regarding sexual predators, online predators, and the consequences of inappropriate text messaging

HB 502 - (1199H.01I) - Kelley, Mike
Changes the laws regarding the withholding tax filing requirements for certain small businesses

HB 513 - (1312H.01I) - McCaherty, John
Modifies provisions relating to business filing fees

HB 517 - (1366H.04P) - Higdon, Galen
Specifies that mandatory gratuities imposed at restaurants are not subject to sales tax

HB 531 - (1404H.01I) - Solon, Sheila
Requires liquid nicotine products to be sold in child-safe packaging

HB 538 - (1040H.05P) - Lynch, Steve
Allows physicians to prescribe naloxone to any individual to administer, in good faith, to another individual suffering from an opiate-induced drug overdose

HB 553 - (1375H.02C) - Pietzman, Randy
Allows motorcycle license plates to be mounted horizontally or vertically centered as long as the mounting meets the sight requirement

HB 567 - (1537H.01P) - Dunn, Randy
Designates December 4 as "Alpha Phi Alpha Day" in Missouri in honor of the first black intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African-Americans

HB 609 - (1544H.01P) - Gosen, Don
Changes the laws regarding workers' compensation large deductible policies issued by an insurer

HB 629 - (1587H.01P) - Leara, Mike
Modifies provisions relating to the Police Retirement System of Kansas City and the Civilian Employees' Retirement System of the Police Department of Kansas City

HB 635 - (1545H.03P) - Burlison, Eric
Changes the laws regarding the Amber Alert System and establishes Hailey's Law

HB 636 - (1304H.02P) - Barnes, Jay
Establishes the Senior Savings Protection Act

HB 650 - (1330L.01P) - Cornejo, Robert
Allows auxiliary lighting on motorcycles, with certain restrictions

HB 657 - (1514H.02C) - Phillips, Don
Requires first-time offenders of certain dangerous felonies to serve a minimum of 50% of their sentence

HB 658 - (1381L.02P) - Ross, Robert
Allows school districts to develop policies on student recognition for participation in the Constitution Project of the Missouri Supreme Court

HB 691 - (1715H.01P) - Leara, Mike
Changes the laws regarding the Deferred Compensation Plan administered by the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System

HB 708 - (1589L.02I) - Hicks, Ron
Prohibits juveniles certified as adults to stand trial to be detained in an adult jail prior to sentencing or disposition of the case

HB 712 - (1570H.02P) - Solon, Sheila
Requires hospitals to provide notice to patients regarding whether they are being admitted or placed in observation status

HB 778 - (1035H.01P) - Ruth, Becky
Designates the 22nd week of each year as 22q awareness week

HB 787 - (1936H.01P) - Sommer, Chrissy
Revises the definition of "service dog" to include animals that provide support or therapeutic functions for individuals with psychiatric or mental disabilities

HB 808 - (1933L.01P) - Cornejo, Robert
Establishes the Missouri Palliative Care and Quality of Life Interdisciplinary Advisory Council and the Palliative Care Consumer and Professional Information and Education Program

HB 830 - (1840H.02C) - Curtman, Paul
Allows those licensed by the Department of Agriculture to grow and handle industrial hemp and creates the crime of unlicensed industrial hemp production

HB 838 - (1976H.02C) - Cross, Gary L.
Allows a tax preparer, enrolled agent, or certified public accountant to represent a client before the Administrative Hearing Commission in matters relating to an assessment or reassessment of taxes

HB 842 - (1965L.01I) - McDaniel, Andrew
Creates the Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control Fund for the enforcement of liquor and tobacco laws and directs fees from liquor licenses and permits to the fund

HB 859 - (2002H.01I) - Dunn, Randy
Designates April 15 of each year as "Jackie Robinson Day" in Missouri

HB 861 - (2018H.01P) - Fitzwater, Travis
Designates the first full week in March as "Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week"

HB 864 - (1950H.02C) - Solon, Sheila
Allows political subdivisions to require limited liability companies located within the political subdivision to file an affidavit listing the name and street address of a person who has control of property

HB 869 - (2024H.01P) - Solon, Sheila
Modifies provisions relating to the titling of motor vehicles, trailers, boats, and outboard motors

HB 926 - (2019H.02P) - Crawford, Sandy
Modifies provisions relating to mortgage loan originators

HB 994 - (2053H.16P) - Bondon, Jack
Requires a person who submits a petition for a political subdivision audit to reside or own property in the subdivision and allows for signatures to be rescinded

HB 996 - (2189H.01P) - Hoskins, Denny
Extends the Residential Treatment Agency Tax Credit Act and the Developmental Disability Care Provider Tax Credit Program to 2020

HB 1001 - (2240H.01I) - Korman, Bart
Modifies provisions to reflect the Division of Energy being placed under the Department of Economic Development

HB 1010 - (2232L.01P) - Brown, Wanda
Modifies the law relating to unemployment compensation benefits

HB 1022 - (2164H.01P) - Gosen, Don
Authorizes a return of premiums paid by insureds

HB 1023 - (2168H.03P) - Swan, Kathryn
Specifies school quality indicators that the state board of education must consider when classifying public schools

HB 1064 - (2349L.01P) - Shull, Noel J
Adds provisions relating to contractual fees charged by certain financial institutions

HB 1070 - (2374H.01P) - Davis, Charlie
Creates the office of military advocate to advocate for military services and military bases in Missouri

HB 1087 - (2284L.01P) - Bernskoetter, Mike
Increases the allowable monthly amount to be credited to each participant's state employee deferred compensation account from up to $75 to up to $100

HB 1116 - (2450H.01P) - Rehder, Holly
Designates May 7th as "ROHHAD Awareness Day" in Missouri

HB 1149 - (2462H.01P) - Lauer, Jeanie
Modifies provisions related to the Division of Youth Services

HB 1184 - (2429H.02P) - Hummel, Jacob
Changes the laws regarding the Farm-to-School Act

HCR 18 - (0402H.01I) - McCann Beatty, Gail
Recognizes July 1, 2015, as "Lucile Bluford Day" in Missouri in honor of a brave and persistent civil rights activist

HCR 26 - (0244H.01I) - Shull, Noel J
Designates the month of March for the years 2015 through 2025 as Women Veterans' Month

HCR 34 - (2162H.01I) - Rowland, Lyle
Encourages Congress to reinstate the Secure Rural Schools program at its previous funding levels and maintain funding under the Impact Aid law

HCR 38 - (2264H.02I) - Haahr, Elijah
Creates the Human Trafficking Task Force

HJR 14 - (0210L.01I) - Gardner, Kimberly
Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing appropriations from the Lottery Proceeds Fund to be used for early childhood programs

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