Missouri House of Representatives
2004
92nd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. James Whorton
SPONSOR
HB762
Limits the liability of certain cities and villages that sponsor fairs or festivals.
HB762 -- (LR# 2526L.01I)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB797
Changes the calculation and reporting of assessed valuation requirements for St. Louis County.
HB797 -- (LR# 2552L.01I)
Referred: Tax Policy (H)
HB828
Adds a $1 fee on insurance policies to fund volunteer firefighter training.
HB828 -- (LR# 2569L.01I)
Referred: Financial Services (H)
HB1054
Increases from six to 10 the number of members on the Highways and Transportation Commission.
HB1054 -- (LR# 2810L.01I)
Referred: Transportation and Motor Vehicles (H)
HB1175
Establishes marine franchise dealer standards.
SCS HCS HB 1286 & 1175 -- (LR# 3995S.04C)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB1432
Requires all diesel fuel sold or offered for sale in the State of Missouri on or after July 1, 2006, to contain at least 2% biodiesel fuel oil by volume.
HB1432 -- (LR# 4219L.01I)
AGRICULTURE
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS AS AMENDED

HCR4
Requests every state agency that issues licenses to review prohibitions for licensure and determine whether the criminal convictions are relevant to the nature of the licensure.
HCR4 -- (LR# 2816L.01I)
Referred: Professional Registration & Licensing (H)
HJR27
Proposes a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to hunt, fish, and harvest game.
HJR27 -- (LR# 2565L.01I)
CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

COSPONSOR
HB774
Extends the waste tire fee to January 1, 2008, establishes bonus points for waste tire clean-up bids, and reduces the collection fee.
HCS HB 774 -- (LR# 2511L.02P)
SENATE WAYS AND MEANS
Public Hearing Held (S)
HB816
Recognizes and encourages the teaching, study, and learning of American Sign Language.
HB816 -- (LR# 2684L.01I)
Referred: Education (H)
HB822
Prohibits certain local orders and ordinances related to amateur radio antenna regulation.
Approved SCS HB 822 -- (LR# 2685S.03T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB823
Changes the calculation and reporting of assessed valuation requirements for St. Louis County.
HB823 -- (LR# 3115L.01I)
TAX POLICY
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB847
Requires contracts for vocational agriculture teachers to be for a 12-month period.
HB847 -- (LR# 3319L.01I)
AGRICULTURE
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB857
Authorizes the construction and maintenance of toll road facilities, contingent upon passage of a constitutional amendment.
HB857 -- (LR# 3407L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB868
Requires fiduciaries of insurers to annually submit their credit scores to the Department of Insurance if the insurer uses credit reports or scoring for underwriting insurance contracts.
HB868 -- (LR# 2903L.01I)
Referred: Financial Services (H)
HB870
Revises the Sunshine Law to include public meetings using various electronic formats.
HB870 -- (LR# 3226L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB881
Authorizes an income tax deduction for any income received by active duty military service personnel in a combat zone.
HB881 -- (LR# 2982L.01I)
Reported Do Pass (H)
HB900
Requires proof of United States citizenship for those registering to vote.
HB900 -- (LR# 2595L.02I)
ELECTIONS
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB921
Requires that motor vehicle headlamps be in use during inclement weather and makes the violation an infraction with a $10 fine and no court costs.
HB921 -- (LR# 3286L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB945
Changes the requirements for claiming and reporting on economic incentives.
HB945 -- (LR# 2748L.02I)
Referred: Job Creation and Economic Development (H)
HB962
Changes certain campaign finance disclosure reporting requirements from $1,000 to $3,000.
HB962 -- (LR# 3452L.01I)
Third Read and defeated (H)
AYES: 35
NOES: 115
PRESENT: 3

HB963
Establishes requirements for written prescriptions for controlled substances.
HB963 -- (LR# 2979L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB981
Redirects one-half of the allocations for agricultural demonstration awards to projects for environmentally sound agricultural practices.
HB981 -- (LR# 2817L.01I)
AGRICULTURE
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1052
Makes it a class A misdemeanor for any unauthorized person to possess or sell a device used to change a traffic control signal.
HB1052 -- (LR# 2813L.02I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1070
Authorizes boards of education of school districts to adopt an emergency preparedness plan to address the use of school resources in an emergency.
Approved HB1070 -- (LR# 3500L.01T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1074
Makes it a crime to burn a cross with the intent to intimidate any person or group of persons.
Approved HCS HB 1074 & 1129 -- (LR# 3897S.02T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1084
Authorizes customer-specific pricing for DS-1 related retail telecommunications services.
HB1084 -- (LR# 3751L.01I)
COMMUNICATIONS, ENERGY, AND TECHNOLOGY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1085
Requires certain entities taking property under eminent domain procedures to declare the intended use of the property.
HCS HB 1085 -- (LR# 3654L.03C)
Laid Over (H)
HA 1, HA 2, HSA 1 FOR HA 4, HA 5 ADOPTED/ HS AS
AMENDED, HA 6 PENDING

HB1089
Limits the disclosure of nonpublic personal health information.
HB1089 -- (LR# 3737L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB1095
Allows members of the State Highway Patrol to become candidates for and members/directors of school boards.
HB1095 -- (LR# 3745L.01I)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB1102
Amends certain policies with regard to the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) testing.
HB1102 -- (LR# 4006L.01I)
EDUCATION
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1105
Revises various statutes relating to motor vehicles, driver's licenses, emergency vehicles, child restraints, manufactured homes, failure to stop at weigh stations, and rail passenger cars.
HCS HB 1105, 1062, 1111, 1113 & 1119 -- (LR# 3535L.06C)
HCS Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1108
Allows for a special license plate for members of the National Rifle Association.
HB1108 -- (LR# 3527L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB1109
Requires operators of motorcycles and motortricycles who are under 21 years of age to wear protective headgear.
HB1109 -- (LR# 3525L.01P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB1113
Revises various statutes relating to motor vehicles, driver's licenses, emergency vehicles, child restraints, manufactured homes, failure to stop at weigh stations, and rail passenger cars.
HCS HB 1105, 1062, 1111, 1113 & 1119 -- (LR# 3535L.06C)
HCS Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1139
Revises the statutes relating to tax credits for the adoption of special needs children.
HB1139 -- (LR# 3320L.01I)
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1140
Removes the biennial audit requirement for fire protection districts in Greene County.
HB1140 -- (LR# 3322L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (H)
HB1141
Modifies the Senior Rx Program by requiring an annual adjustment of income eligibility limits based on the rate of change in the federal Consumer Price Index.
HB1141 -- (LR# 2439L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB1142
Changes various statutes relating to annual school bus inspections, regulation of low-speed vehicles, sales of abandoned property by the City of Kansas City, all-terrain vehicles, and bumper heights.
Approved SCS HB 996 AND HB 1142 AND HCS HB 1201 AND HB 1489 -- (LR# 3208S.04T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1149
Designates a bridge over a portion of Interstate 44 in Phelps County as the "Trooper Mike L. Newton Memorial Bridge."
Approved HB1149 -- (LR# 3506L.01T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1182
Revises various statutes relating to incentive tax credits.
Approved CCS SS SCS HCS HB 1182 -- (LR# 4015S.05T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1189
Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to adopt a program to inspect and evaluate indoor air quality in schools.
HB1189 -- (LR# 3983L.01I)
Referred: Education (H)
HB1213
Revises the list of persons disqualified from jury service.
HB1213 -- (LR# 3908L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB1215
Revises the crime of escape from commitment.
Approved SCS HCS HB 1215 -- (LR# 4139L.03T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1234
Allows the Missouri Public Service Commission to approve assistance programs for low-income customers in obtaining or maintaining access to utility service.
HB1234 -- (LR# 3780L.01I)
COMMUNICATIONS, ENERGY, AND TECHNOLOGY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1236
Revises the statutes relating to payday loans including language allowing the Attorney General to maintain an action to enforce compliance.
HB1236 -- (LR# 3982L.01I)
Referred: Financial Services (H)
HB1263
Creates a check-off on state income tax return forms for contributions to the Child Advocacy Center Fund.
HB1263 -- (LR# 3613L.01I)
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB1264
Extends the statute of limitations to five years for arson in the first and second degree and knowingly burning or exploding property.
HB1264 -- (LR# 3896L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1266
Adds certain cancers to the list of diseases presumed incurred during the line of duty for purposes of retirement benefits for firefighters.
HB1266 -- (LR# 3692L.01I)
Referred: Retirement (H)
HB1271
Creates a minimum pay scale for certain corrections personnel.
HB1271 -- (LR# 4092L.01I)
CORRECTIONS AND STATE INSTITUTIONS
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1277
Creates task forces for restructuring solid and hazardous waste fees and allows in-state waste facilities receiving out-state waste to pay fees and taxes for out-of-state facilities.
SS SCS HCS HB 1277 -- (LR# 4213S.13S)
Reported to the House with... (S)
SS AS AMENDED

HB1286
Establishes marine franchise dealer standards.
SCS HCS HB 1286 & 1175 -- (LR# 3995S.04C)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB1297
Increases by one-half cent the motor fuel tax to fund renewable fuel incentives.
HB1297 -- (LR# 4112L.01I)
Referred: Tax Policy (H)
HB1317
Allows for a special license plate for members and parents of Boy Scouts of America.
Approved HB1317 -- (LR# 3714L.02T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1323
Requires the Department of Mental Health to submit a cost-benefit analysis and a written plan to the appropriate House and Senate appropriations committees before closing or downsizing any facility.
HB1323 -- (LR# 3685L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB1328
Establishes the Missouri High Voltage Electrical Industry Licensing Board.
HB1328 -- (LR# 3985L.01I)
COMMUNICATIONS, ENERGY, AND TECHNOLOGY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1366
Allows for the reimbursement of one year's registration fee paid for biennial plates when plates are returned before one year has passed.
HB1366 -- (LR# 4311L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB1416
Provides a mechanism to determine if a patent infringement has occurred with genetically engineered plants and seeds.
HB1416 -- (LR# 4407L.01I)
Referred: Agriculture (H)
HB1428
Revises various statutes relating to medical malpractice insurance.
HB1428 -- (LR# 3712L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB1429
Increases the Medicaid reimbursement for health care providers over the next five fiscal years.
HB1429 -- (LR# 4480L.01I)
Referred: Budget (H)
HB1430
Increases, from 12% to 24% annually, the interest charges that health insurers may be assessed for late payment of claims and shortens the time within which insurers must respond to filed claims.
HB1430 -- (LR# 4481L.01I)
Referred: Financial Services (H)
HB1441
Modifies the Long-term Care Ombudsman Program.
HB1441 -- (LR# 4096L.01I)
SENIOR SECURITY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1474
Specifies that state contracts for services require that only United States citizens or federally authorized persons be employed.
HB1474 -- (LR# 4540L.01I)
JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1553
Designates the month of March as "Irish History Month."
HB1553 -- (LR# 3532L.01I)
TOURISM AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Hearing Scheduled, Bill Not Heard (H)
HB1556
Designates the month of October as "German History Month."
HB1556 -- (LR# 4315L.01I)
TOURISM AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Hearing Scheduled, Bill Not Heard (H)
HB1562
Revises the senior citizen/disabled person property tax credit known as circuit breaker.
HB1562 -- (LR# 4401L.01I)
SENIOR SECURITY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1563
Enacts the Missouri Hospital Infection Control Act of 2004.
HS HCS HB 1477 & 1563 -- (LR# 3864L.07P)
SENATE AGING, FAMILIES, MENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Executive Session Held (S)
SCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1571
Requires semiannual payments of real and personal property taxes.
HB1571 -- (LR# 3815L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (H)
HB1587
Removes certain exemptions in the telemarketing no-call list.
HB1587 -- (LR# 3596L.01I)
Referred: Communications, Energy and Technology (H)
HB1631
Removes an outdated reference to the State Training School for Negro Girls and other outdated institutional references.
Approved HCS HB 1631 & 1623 -- (LR# 4877L.03T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1684
Authorizes a tax credit for taxpayers installing qualified net metering units.
HB1684 -- (LR# 4908L.01I)
Referred: Tax Policy (H)
HB1698
Requires driver's license applicants under age 18 to show high school enrollment, attendance rate greater than 85%, and minimum GPA of 1.75 or satisfactory progress in an alternative education program.
HB1698 -- (LR# 4857L.01I)
EDUCATION
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1715
Designates the "Korean War Veterans Association Memorial Highway."
HB1715 -- (LR# 4949L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB1734
Authorizes public notices to be published in certain newspapers.
HB1734 -- (LR# 5029L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GENERAL LAWS
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB1744
Eliminates the use of any automated voting equipment and requires only paper ballots for all elections.
HB1744 -- (LR# 4992L.01I)
ELECTIONS
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1745
Requires a valid, current driver's license if used for voter identification purposes.
HB1745 -- (LR# 5048L.01I)
ELECTIONS
Hearing Scheduled, Bill Not Heard (H)
HJR34
Proposes a constitutional amendment allowing the construction of toll road facilities.
HJR34 -- (LR# 3361L.01I)
Referred: Transportation and Motor Vehicles (H)
HJR35
Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring two-thirds majority vote on initiatives relating to the opportunity to harvest bird, fish, game, wildlife, and forestry resources.
HS HCS HJR 35 -- (LR# 3252L.04P)
SENATE AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION, PARKS AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Public Hearing Held (S)
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