Missouri House of Representatives
2004
92nd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Larry Morris
SPONSOR
HB1172
Expands definitions in professional counseling sections and provides that professional counselors attend continuing education programs.
HB1172 -- (LR# 3990L.01I)
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1573
Provides for licensing of marital and family therapists.
HB1573 -- (LR# 4493L.01I)
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1591
Expands the definition of "marital and family therapy."
HB1591 -- (LR# 4804L.01I)
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1613
Authorizes the conveyance of various state property.
Approved SCS HB 1613 AND HB 1445 AND HB 1454 AND HB 1462 AND -- (LR# 4726S.02T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1681
Requires the Attorney General to furnish legal services, upon request, to any public school teacher being sued in his or her capacity as a teacher.
HB1681 -- (LR# 4940L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB1682
Requires the Attorney General to provide legal services, upon request, to any school district sued by a third party.
HB1682 -- (LR# 4939L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1683
Clarifies that sovereign immunity applies to all public school teachers while they are performing their official duties.
HB1683 -- (LR# 4941L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB1717
Excludes Social Security benefits from state income taxation.
HB1717 -- (LR# 4936L.01I)
Referred: Tax Policy (H)
HB1718
Limits civil liability for school employees administering health care services in public school districts.
HB1718 -- (LR# 5016L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB1735
Authorizes a deferral of property taxes on real property owned by citizens 65 years of age or older.
HB1735 -- (LR# 4938L.01I)
SENIOR SECURITY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HJR51
Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting any state court from imposing any tax or toll road fee or requiring the General Assembly to do so.
HJR51 -- (LR# 4397L.01I)
Referred: Transportation and Motor Vehicles (H)
HJR52
Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting the General Assembly from removing certain statutory termination dates absent a two-thirds vote.
HJR52 -- (LR# 4047L.02I)
Referred: Judiciary (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

HB786
Requires certain sexual offenders ordered to participate in treatment to successfully complete that treatment and to follow all directives of the treatment program provider.
HB786 -- (LR# 2761L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB787
Repeals the Board of Probation and Parole's authority to convert consecutive sentences to concurrent and clarifies that a convicted person is sentenced according to the law at the time of sentencing.
HB787 -- (LR# 2747L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB856
Allows school districts to enact income and sales taxes.
HB856 -- (LR# 2899L.01I)
TAX POLICY
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB893
Authorizes a tax credit for contributions to pregnancy resource centers.
HB893 -- (LR# 2767L.01I)
TAX POLICY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB959
Establishes the Higher Education Deposit Program, revises other statutes relating to banking, and revises the crime of identity theft.
Approved CCS#2 SCS HCS HB 959 -- (LR# 3502L.08T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1033
Authorizes boards of trustees of community college districts not to have an election under certain circumstances.
HB1033 -- (LR# 3483L.01I)
EDUCATION
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB1036
Clarifies that sovereign immunity applies to school districts.
HB1036 -- (LR# 3626L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1037
Establishes the Dental Carve-Out Act of 2004 to implement a process for providing dental benefits to public assistance recipients.
HB1037 -- (LR# 2483L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB1040
Establishes policies for education accountability.
SCS HCS HB 1040 AND HCS HB 1041 -- (LR# 3701S.08C)
Laid Over (H)
MOTION REFUSING TO ADOPT SCS AS AMENDED, AND
REQUESTING THE SENATE TO RECEDE OR GRANT
CONFERENCE,PENDING

HB1041
Revises various statutes relating to teachers and other school personnel.
HCS HB 1041 -- (LR# 3702L.02C)
SENATE EDUCATION
Executive Session Held (S)
SCS HCS HB 1040 AND HCS HB 1041 VOTED DO PASS
SEE HB 1040

HB1058
Establishes remedies available for tenant default on utility and rent payments.
HB1058 -- (LR# 3630L.01I)
SMALL BUSINESS
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1089
Limits the disclosure of nonpublic personal health information.
HB1089 -- (LR# 3737L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB1091
Requires a countywide election after a favorable municipal election to approve gambling boats in cities located within a county.
HB1091 -- (LR# 3763L.01I)
ELECTIONS
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1102
Amends certain policies with regard to the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) testing.
HB1102 -- (LR# 4006L.01I)
EDUCATION
Public Hearing Held (H)
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)
HB1121
Prohibits open alcohol containers in certain vehicles.
HB1121 -- (LR# 3822L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (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)
HB1151
Prohibits individuals from engaging or participating in human cloning.
HB1151 -- (LR# 2865L.01I)
HEALTH CARE POLICY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1164
Establishes valuation schedules for depreciable tangible personal property owned by businesses.
HB1164 -- (LR# 3070L.01I)
Referred: Tax Policy (H)
HB1215
Revises the crime of escape from commitment.
Approved SCS HCS HB 1215 -- (LR# 4139L.03T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1227
Extends the time period for the City of Springfield's enterprise zone.
HB1227 -- (LR# 4201L.01I)
Referred: Job Creation and Economic Development (H)
HB1233
Allows public entities that self-insure health care benefits to require a right of subrogation in the same manner that the Department of Social Services has with the Medicaid Program.
Approved HCS HB 1233 -- (LR# 3810L.02T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1242
Requires four-year colleges or universities to accept transfer credit for college-level courses applicable to an associate of arts degree completed at a public two-year institution.
HB1242 -- (LR# 4005L.02I)
Referred: Education (H)
HB1268
Revises the statutes relating to employees and employment security.
Approved SS#2 SCS HS HCS HB 1268 & 1211 -- (LR# 4224S.18T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1293
Revises various statutes relating to special needs child adoption tax credits, pregnancy resource centers, alternatives to abortions, and the Respect Life Commission.
HB1293 -- (LR# 3938L.01I)
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
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)
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

HB1331
Relates to public school facilities and outside use.
HB1331 -- (LR# 4229L.01I)
Referred: Education (H)
HB1338
Regulates travel and vacation clubs.
SCS HCS HB 1338 -- (LR# 3949S.04C)
SENATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Executive Session Held (S)
HB1380
Removes the multiplier for the proration factor for career ladder entitlement under the school foundation formula.
HCS HB 1380 -- (LR# 3537L.02C)
Laid Over (H)
HB1385
Creates the crime of abuse of authority over a child.
HB1385 -- (LR# 4069L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1386
Revises the statute on persistent and predatory sexual offenders.
HB1386 -- (LR# 4071L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1387
Adds pornography and obscenity offenses to the list of offenses for which a person must register as a sexual offender.
HB1387 -- (LR# 4072L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1388
Changes failing to register as a sex offender from a class A misdemeanor to a class D felony for the first offense and a class D felony to a class C felony for the second or subsequent offense.
HB1388 -- (LR# 4073L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1389
Makes it a crime for a sexual offender to establish residency within 1,000 feet of a public or private school or child care facility.
HB1389 -- (LR# 4074L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1390
Requires persons committed to a county jail who are convicted to pay the cost per diem for each day they were in the county jail.
HB1390 -- (LR# 4081L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1391
Revises the crimes of escape from commitment and escape or attempted escape from custody to include detained, held, or committed sexually violent predators.
HB1391 -- (LR# 4179L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1392
Requires the State Highway Patrol to maintain a one page web site on the Internet which includes links to all sex offender registry web sites maintained by any county in the state.
HB1392 -- (LR# 4340L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1393
Creates a $1 surcharge in criminal cases payable to the sheriff for expenses of maintaining a web site of registered sex offenders and requires the sheriff to establish and maintain the web site.
HB1393 -- (LR# 4341L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1394
Revises the statutes relating to sex offender registration to allow the chief law enforcement official of a county to charge fees for registration and changes in registration.
HB1394 -- (LR# 4278L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1397
Establishes an advisory committee for workers' compensation.
HB1397 -- (LR# 4370L.02I)
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND WORKPLACE SAFETY
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1402
Revises the statutes relating to the Sunshine Law.
HB1402 -- (LR# 4476L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GENERAL LAWS
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1444
Repeals the current requirement for legislative committees to have resolutions passed authorizing visits to state institutions.
Approved HB1444 -- (LR# 4504L.01T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1453
Enacts and modifies various provisions regarding the state foster care system.
Approved CCS SS SCS HS HCS HB 1453 -- (LR# 2427L.15T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1458
Authorizes a $10 surcharge in certain felony criminal cases to fund the Gang Resistance Education and Training Program and the After School Reading Retreat Program.
HB1458 -- (LR# 4338L.02I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1467
Provides for increases in the senior citizen/disabled person property tax credit and renames it the Senior Citizens' Homestead Tax Relief Act.
HCS HB 1467 & 903 -- (LR# 4567L.02C)
HCS Reported Do Pass (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)
HB1538
Opens certain juvenile court records and proceedings to the public.
HB1538 -- (LR# 4239L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB1571
Requires semiannual payments of real and personal property taxes.
HB1571 -- (LR# 3815L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (H)
HB1582
Revises statutes relating to special license plates, delinquent registrations, annual registration fees, trailer registration fees, license tabs and window stickers, and reissuance of license plates.
HB1582 -- (LR# 4737L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1583
Revises statutes relating to motor vehicle licensing and establishes new statutes relating to special license plates.
HB1583 -- (LR# 4738L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB1597
Authorizes rural empowerment zones.
HB1597 -- (LR# 4030L.01I)
JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1599
Establishes the Joint Committee on Government Accountability to make a continuing study and analysis of inefficiencies in state government.
Approved SCS HS HB 1599 -- (LR# 4678S.03T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB1629
Requires passenger seat belts on every school bus beginning with the 2004-2005 school year and creates the School Bus Seat Belt Fund to help school districts pay for the seat belts.
HB1629 -- (LR# 4795L.01I)
Referred: Education (H)
HB1667
Designates the "Mel Hancock Freeway."
HB1667 -- (LR# 4907L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO NOT PASS

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)
HB1677
Prohibits a state agency or child-placing agency from placing a child with a person who is in a sexual relationship with someone other than a spouse.
HB1677 -- (LR# 4932L.01I)
Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB1702
Authorizes a tax credit for contributions to nonprofit educational assistance programs.
HCS HB 1702 -- (LR# 4997L.02C)
HCS Reported Do Pass (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

HJR37
Proposes a constitutional amendment reducing the size of the House of Representatives to 101 members.
HJR37 -- (LR# 2787L.01I)
ELECTIONS
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO NOT PASS

HJR48
Proposes a constitutional amendment guaranteeing a citizen's right to pray.
HJR48 -- (LR# 4153L.01I)
Referred: Rules (H)
HJR49
Proposes a constitutional amendment establishing an appropriations growth limit.
HJR49 -- (LR# 3958L.01I)
BUDGET
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

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