Missouri House of Representatives
2004
92nd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Sam Page
SPONSOR
HB912
Designates the "George R. "Buzz" Westfall Memorial Highway."
HCS HB 912 -- (LR# 3379L.02C)
Reported Do Pass-Placed on Third Read Consent Calendar (S)
HB1522
Authorizes surgical co-management arrangements.
HB1522 -- (LR# 4589L.01I)
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1641
Coordinates the benefits for the federal Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003.
HB1641 -- (LR# 4860L.01I)
Referred: Senior Security (H)
HB1739
Modifies the Missouri Small Business Health Reinsurance Program.
HB1739 -- (LR# 4903L.01I)
SMALL BUSINESS
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1764
Exempts the failure to exhibit an insurance identification card from the definition of "moving violation" in Section 302.010, RSMo.
HB1764 -- (LR# 5070L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1767
Creates the crime of criminally negligent storage of a firearm.
HB1767 -- (LR# 5088L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HCR28
Requests the Department of Public Safety to conduct a comprehensive review of personalized handgun technologies and report their findings and recommendations to the General Assembly.
HCR28 -- (LR# 4739L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
COSPONSOR
HB772
Extends the waste tire fee to January 1, 2009, and establishes bonus points for waste tire clean-up bids.
HB772 -- (LR# 2512L.01I)
Referred: Tax Policy (H)
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)
HB916
Revises the crime of identity theft, creates a new crime of trafficking in stolen identities, and revises the crime of false impersonation.
Approved SCS HB 916 -- (LR# 3308S.02T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB970
Amends various provisions regarding licensure of dentists and dental hygienists.
Approved HB970 -- (LR# 3406L.01T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB986
Requires court-appointed attorneys who represent persons in hearings to determine the need for electroconvulsive therapy to be awarded reasonable attorney fees.
HB986 -- (LR# 3516L.02I)
JUDICIARY
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB987
Establishes a prescription monitoring program in the Department of Health and Senior Services.
HB987 -- (LR# 3455L.01I)
HEALTH CARE POLICY
Public Hearing Held (H)
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)
HB1097
Revises lead abatement statutes.
HB1097 -- (LR# 2567L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON URBAN ISSUES
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1120
Requires hospitals and birth centers to provide parents with information on shaken baby syndrome.
HB1120 -- (LR# 2536L.01I)
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1124
Requires all insurance premium rate changes of 15% or more to be approved by the Director of the Department of Insurance after a public hearing.
HB1124 -- (LR# 3623L.01I)
Referred: Financial Services (H)
HB1129
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
HB1130
Allows state employees to count accrued unused vacation time (annual leave) toward creditable service.
HB1130 -- (LR# 3776L.01I)
Referred: Budget (H)
HB1155
Requires the use of various child safety restraints in a motor vehicle based on the age, weight, and height of a child.
HB1155 -- (LR# 3915L.01I)
Referred: Transportation and Motor Vehicles (H)
HB1158
Allows taxpayers in St. Louis County to pre-pay their real property tax in equal quarterly installments.
HB1158 -- (LR# 3282L.01I)
TAX POLICY
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1200
Allows law enforcement officers to make a vehicle stop for a seat belt violation as long as the violation is clearly visible before the stop.
HB1200 -- (LR# 2568L.02I)
TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1210
Authorizes an income tax deduction for the value of time spent tutoring in public schools.
HB1210 -- (LR# 3270L.01I)
TAX POLICY
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1214
Establishes the Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Quality Assurance Act of 2004.
HB1214 -- (LR# 2506L.02I)
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1215
Revises the crime of escape from commitment.
Approved SCS HCS HB 1215 -- (LR# 4139L.03T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
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

HB1239
Exempts motor vehicles manufactured and sold in Missouri from state sales tax.
HB1239 -- (LR# 2809L.02I)
JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1241
Provides for predetermination of prudence and ratemaking principles for infrastructure investments by utilities.
HB1241 -- (LR# 3977L.01I)
COMMUNICATIONS, ENERGY, AND TECHNOLOGY
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1251
Revises the law on prior and persistent intoxication-related traffic offenses.
HB1251 -- (LR# 3694L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1272
Establishes the Missouri Catalog of Assistance Programs to serve as the state's single repository of information on public assistance programs.
HB1272 -- (LR# 3644L.01I)
JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1281
Establishes various new statutes relating to school bus transportation safety.
HB1281 -- (LR# 3219L.01I)
Referred: Transportation and Motor Vehicles (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)
HB1303
Provides for telecommunications pricing flexibility.
HB1303 -- (LR# 3749L.01I)
COMMUNICATIONS, ENERGY, AND TECHNOLOGY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1304
Revises various statutes relating to claims for damages and the payment of these claims.
Vetoed CCS SS#2 SS SCS HS HCS HB 1304 -- (LR# 3380S.19T)
Veto override failed (G)
AYES: 97
NOES: 62

HB1305
Creates notice provisions, reporting requirements, public market rates, and presumptions for the Department of Insurance and entities providing medical malpractice and professional negligence insurance.
CCS SCS HCS HB 1305 -- (LR# 4174L.10S)
Third Read and Passed (H)
AYES: 130
NOES: 26

HB1313
Relates to pupil/teacher ratios.
HB1313 -- (LR# 3918L.01I)
Referred: Education (H)
HB1314
Changes scholarship requirements for students pursuing teacher education degrees.
HB1314 -- (LR# 3917L.01I)
Referred: Education (H)
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)
HB1358
Allows for the broader delegation of duties to dental assistants.
HB1358 -- (LR# 4305L.01I)
Referred: Professional Registration & Licensing (H)
HB1363
Requires the Secretary of State to acquire, operate, and maintain an archival office in St. Louis.
Approved HCS HB 1363 -- (LR# 4022L.03T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1422
Requires dentists administering anesthesia agents to have permits.
Approved HCS HB 1422 -- (LR# 4242L.02T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1464
Revises the statutes relating to the practice of dentistry by not-for-profit corporations and expands the powers of the Missouri Dental Board.
HB1464 -- (LR# 4505L.01I)
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
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)
HB1477
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

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

HB1503
Establishes the Business Use Incentives for Small Businesses Program.
HB1503 -- (LR# 4552L.01I)
JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1517
Provides that students who are expelled for acts of violence not be counted as drop-outs for accreditation purposes for the Missouri School Improvement Program.
HB1517 -- (LR# 4630L.01I)
EDUCATION
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1558
Establishes a health benefit purchasing cooperative pilot project.
HB1558 -- (LR# 4252L.01I)
Referred: Financial Services (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

HB1570
Restricts the ability of health insurers to change the diagnosis and treatment codes entered by providers, prohibits insurers from charging providers to participate, and requires advance notice of fee changes.
HB1570 -- (LR# 4052L.01I)
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1616
Revises requirements for the publication of administrative rules.
Approved HB1616 -- (LR# 4447L.01T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1617
Makes it unlawful to obstruct a securities investigation or administrative proceeding and allows the securities commissioner to conduct investigations and promulgate rules.
Approved CCS HCS HB 1617 -- (LR# 4518L.02T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1618
Revises the statutes relating to the crimes of assault of a law enforcement officer or emergency personnel in the first, second, and third degree by adding security officers.
HB1618 -- (LR# 4752L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1622
Revises the definition of "cosmetology establishment."
Approved HB1622 -- (LR# 4769L.01T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1642
Establishes the Life Sciences Reinvestment Act.
HB1642 -- (LR# 4268L.01I)
Referred: Job Creation and Economic Development (H)
HB1654
Requires health insurance coverage for fertility treatments.
HB1654 -- (LR# 3285L.02I)
Referred: Financial Services (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)
HB1664
Revises registration procedures for business entities that must register with the Secretary of State.
Approved HB1664 -- (LR# 4519L.02T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1665
Clarifies that the Department of Insurance has the sole state authority to regulate variable annuity contracts and requires the department to adopt rules to enforce investor suitability standards.
SCS HB 1665 -- (LR# 4517S.05C)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB1669
Increases the tax deduction for long-term care insurance from 50% to 100% of premiums paid and requires certain state agencies to implement strategies to increase awareness of the tax deduction.
HB1669 -- (LR# 4906L.02I)
Referred: Tax Policy (H)
HB1671
Authorizes the president of any public university in this state to present financial commitments on behalf of the university to fund an endowed life sciences research chair academic position.
HCS HB 1671 -- (LR# 4197L.04C)
HCS Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1684
Authorizes a tax credit for taxpayers installing qualified net metering units.
HB1684 -- (LR# 4908L.01I)
Referred: Tax Policy (H)
HB1765
Requires lobbyists to file expenditure reports for each member of a legislative committee when expenditures are made on behalf of the committee.
HB1765 -- (LR# 5077L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HJR57
Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting reduction of the Children's Health Insurance Program coverage without two-thirds legislative majority.
HJR57 -- (LR# 5015L.01I)
Referred: Rules (H)
HJR58
Proposes a constitutional amendment creating the Budget Control Fund.
HJR58 -- (LR# 5078L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on General Laws
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