2004 Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Bland

Missouri House of Representatives
2004
92nd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Craig C. Bland

SPONSOR

HB808

Allows parties subject to any decision of an appeals tribunal for a disputed unemployment claim to be represented by an accountant.

HB808 -- (LR# 2737L.01I)

JUDICIARY

Public Hearing Held (H)

HB809

Establishes a comprehensive children's mental health services system.

HB809 -- (LR# 2736L.01I)

HEALTH CARE POLICY

Executive Session Held (H)

HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB810

Exempts schools from the prevailing wage requirements, but allows schools to choose to be subject to the requirements.

HB810 -- (LR# 2734L.01I)

Withdrawn (H)

HB811

Reauthorizes the Task Force on Trade and Investment.

HB811 -- (LR# 2883L.01I)

Referred: Job Creation and Economic Development (H)

HB812

Allows certain Jackson County taxpayers with hardships to pay property taxes in installments.

HB812 -- (LR# 2882L.01I)

TAX POLICY

Executive Session Held (H)

VOTED DO PASS

HB813

Allows for the submission of reinstatement fees and forms to any permanent branch or full-time office of the Department of Revenue.

HB813 -- (LR# 2876L.01I)

Referred: Tax Policy (H)

HB814

Requires the Department of Transportation to study traffic congestion problems in Kansas City on U.S. Highway 71 and its intersections at 52nd, 55th, and 75th streets and develop plans to alleviate them.

HB814 -- (LR# 2878L.01I)

Referred: Transportation and Motor Vehicles (H)

HB815

Removes the $500 loss limit for riverboat casinos.

HB815 -- (LR# 3018L.01I)

Referred: Tax Policy (H)

HB886

Requires a person to be a resident of the City of Kansas City for at least one year in order to be appointed as a police officer in Kansas City.

HB886 -- (LR# 3335L.01I)

Referred: Local Government (H)

HB887

Amends the requirements for licensure of bail bond agents and requires licensure of surety recovery agents.

HB887 -- (LR# 2880L.02I)

Referred: Professional Registration & Licensing (H)

HB888

Conditions the receipt of state aid for schools on the establishment of alternative education programs.

HB888 -- (LR# 3331L.01I)

Referred: Education (H)

HB889

Extends the waste tire fee to January 1, 2011.

HB889 -- (LR# 3294L.01I)

Referred: Tax Policy (H)

HB890

Establishes a death penalty commission and places a moratorium on executions.

HB890 -- (LR# 3325L.01I)

Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)

HB891

Establishes the Missouri Minority Business Advocacy Commission.

HB891 -- (LR# 2881L.02I)

SMALL BUSINESS

Public Hearing Held (H)

HB892

HB892 -- (LR# 3317L.01I)

Referred: Transportation and Motor Vehicles (H)

HB922

Allows drivers with suspended or revoked licenses to submit reinstatement fees and forms to any permanent branch office or any full-time or temporary office of the Department of Revenue.

HB922 -- (LR# 3318L.01I)

Referred: Transportation and Motor Vehicles (H)

HB1208

Prevents private employers that receive state funds from using those funds to assist, promote, or deter union organizations.

HB1208 -- (LR# 3887L.01I)

Referred: Workforce Development and Workplace Safety (H)

HB1254

Requires used motor vehicle dealers to prominently display buyers guides for the vehicles the dealer sells and to give buyers a copy of the guide when a vehicle is sold.

HB1254 -- (LR# 4159L.01I)

Referred: Transportation and Motor Vehicles (H)

HB1255

Establishes the Emancipation Day Commission.

HB1255 -- (LR# 3898L.01I)

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON URBAN ISSUES

Executive Session Held (H)

VOTED TO RECONSIDER/HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1495

Establishes the Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program to provide a single, publicly financed statewide insurance program for all residents of this state.

HB1495 -- (LR# 4216L.01I)

Referred: Financial Services (H)
COSPONSOR

HB777

Changes the name of Southwest Missouri State University to Missouri State University.

HCS HB 777 -- (LR# 2533L.03P)

Third Read and defeated (H)

AYES: 73

NOES: 83

PRESENT: 3

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

HB1116

Excludes from tax increment financing projects certain transportation sales taxes in Kansas City.

HB1116 -- (LR# 3704L.01I)

JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Public Hearing Held (H)

HB1125

Requires that eligible state employees be paid for overtime hours worked unless the employee requests compensatory time off at the applicable overtime rate.

HB1125 -- (LR# 3095L.01I)

Referred: Budget (H)

HB1131

Revises the statutes relating to the use of credit scores by insurance companies.

HB1131 -- (LR# 3925L.01I)

Referred: Financial Services (H)

HB1154

Prohibits public or charter school employees from performing a strip search of any student.

HB1154 -- (LR# 3972L.01I)

Referred: Education (H)

HB1217

Revises the statutes relating to the St. Louis and Kansas City Police Retirement Systems.

Approved SCS HB 1217 -- (LR# 3988S.02T)

Delivered to Secretary of State

HB1218

Provides that certain retired members of the Kansas City Police Retirement System receive an equalizing cost-of-living adjustment in addition to the member's base pension and cost-of-living adjustments.

HB1218 -- (LR# 3987L.01I)

RETIREMENT

Executive Session Held (H)

VOTED DO PASS

HB1222

Provides additional health insurance coverage for clinical trials for cancer treatment by adding phase I and II to the currently covered phase III and IV clinical trials.

HB1222 -- (LR# 3866L.01I)

Referred: Financial Services (H)

HB1226

Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to offer a vaccination program for first responders deployed to disaster areas as a result of bioterrorism events.

HB1226 -- (LR# 4040L.01I)

HOMELAND SECURITY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS

Executive Session Held (H)

HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1262

Establishes employment guidelines for public projects.

HB1262 -- (LR# 3327L.01I)

Referred: Workforce Development and Workplace Safety (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)

HB1298

Brings the State of Missouri into compliance with the federal Violence Against Women Act.

HB1298 -- (LR# 2925L.01I)

CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY

Public Hearing Held (H)

HB1302

Modifies the calculation for the Medicaid per diem reimbursement rate for nursing homes.

HB1302 -- (LR# 3492L.02I)

Reported Do Pass (H)

HB1318

Modifies lead testing requirements to include all children less than six years of age who reside in or spend more than 10 hours a week in a high-risk area.

HB1318 -- (LR# 4353L.01I)

Referred: Health Care Policy (H)

HB1358

Allows for the broader delegation of duties to dental assistants.

HB1358 -- (LR# 4305L.01I)

Referred: Professional Registration & Licensing (H)

HB1403

Creates additional regulations for amusement rides and rock climbing walls.

Approved SCS HCS HB 1403 -- (LR# 3907S.06T)

Delivered to Secretary of State

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)

HB1460

Lowers the minimum age for jury service from 21 to 18.

HB1460 -- (LR# 3980L.01I)

Referred: Judiciary (H)

HB1461

Gives civilian review boards the authority to issue subpoenas, administer oaths, and examine witnesses under oath.

HB1461 -- (LR# 3979L.01I)

Referred: Judiciary (H)

HB1471

Authorizes the conveyance of the Felix Building in Jackson County to the Truman Medical Center.

HCS HB 1471 -- (LR# 4498L.02C)

SENATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Executive Session Held (S)

SCS HB 1613 AND HB 1445 AND HB 1454 AND HB 1462

AND HCS HB 1471 AND HB 1608 AND HB 1612 AND

HB 1635 VOTED DO PASS. SEE HB 1613

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)

HB1475

Exempts the owner of property from lawsuits for an occupant's past due water and sewer service bills.

HB1475 -- (LR# 4351L.01I)

Referred: Judiciary (H)

HB1498

Allows certain private vocational and technical schools to receive A+ reimbursements.

HB1498 -- (LR# 4577L.01I)

EDUCATION

Executive Session Held (H)

VOTED DO NOT PASS

HB1502

Revises the statutes relating to the Kansas City Public School Retirement System.

Approved HB1502 -- (LR# 4604L.01T)

Delivered to Secretary of State

HB1521

Makes it unlawful to discriminate against a person based on sexual orientation.

HB1521 -- (LR# 2558L.01I)

Referred: Judiciary (H)

HB1549

Permits election day voter registration at polling places.

HB1549 -- (LR# 4643L.01I)

ELECTIONS

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

HB1572

Requires the Office of Administration to implement the Oversight Review Committee's recommendations on Minority Business Enterprises and Women's Business Enterprises not domiciled in Missouri.

HB1572 -- (LR# 4573L.02I)

Reported Do Pass-Placed on Third Read Consent Calendar (S)

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

HB1641

Coordinates the benefits for the federal Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003.

HB1641 -- (LR# 4860L.01I)

Referred: Senior Security (H)

HB1657

Establishes the Women's Right to Know Act to raise public awareness about the existence and availability of emergency contraception.

HB1657 -- (LR# 4607L.01I)

Referred: Children and Families (H)

HB1658

Changes the name of Harris-Stowe State College to Harris-Stowe State University.

HB1658 -- (LR# 4912L.01I)

Referred: Education (H)

HB1700

Revises the procedures required in law enfocement investigations and establishes the Laboratory Oversight Committee.

HB1700 -- (LR# 4975L.01I)

Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)

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