Missouri House of Representatives
2004
92nd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Robert Wayne Cooper
SPONSOR
HB911
Requires the equal treatment of science instruction regarding
evolution and intelligent design.
HB911
-- (LR# 2770L.03I)
Referred: Special Committee on General Laws
HB1049
Revises the statutes on vessels by increasing the fees for numbering
certificates, requiring certain coves to be idle no-wake coves, and
by creating a fund for the State Water Patrol.
HB1049
-- (LR# 2950L.04I)
TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS
HB1258
Revises the statute on chemical tests to allow law enforcement
officers to administer portable chemical tests prior to the arrest of
persons suspected of operating a vessel while intoxicated.
HB1258
-- (LR# 4246L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS
HB1722
Requires the equal treatment of science instruction regarding
evolution and intelligent design.
HB1722
-- (LR# 5031L.01I)
Referred: Education (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
HB833
Authorizes an exhibition center and recreational facility district in
certain counties; a theater, cultural arts, and entertainment
district in St. Charles County; and modifies Community Comeback Act.
Approved SS SCS HCS HB 833
-- (LR# 3240S.06T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB930
Adds a Consumer Price Index adjustment to hold-harmless school
districts' school aid.
HB930
-- (LR# 3196L.01I)
Referred: Education (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
HB978
Establishes the Small Business Regulatory Fairness Board to serve as a
liaison between state agencies and small businesses.
Approved CCS#3 SS HS HCS HB 978
-- (LR# 3116S.10T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
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
HB1077
Repeals certain statutes that are expired, terminated, or no longer
effective.
HB1077
-- (LR# 3825L.01I)
JUDICIARY
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
HB1102
Amends certain policies with regard to the Missouri Assessment Program
(MAP) testing.
HB1102
-- (LR# 4006L.01I)
EDUCATION
Public Hearing Held (H)
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)
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)
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)
HB1286
Establishes marine franchise dealer standards.
SCS HCS HB 1286 & 1175
-- (LR# 3995S.04C)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
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
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
HB1307
Includes unborn children in the definition of "children" who are
eligible to participate in the Children's Health Insurance Program.
HB1307
-- (LR# 3410L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (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)
HB1359
Removes excess fees for Korean War Veterans license plates.
HB1359
-- (LR# 4187L.01I)
Referred: Transportation and Motor Vehicles (H)
HB1367
Establishes the Missouri Homestead Preservation Act.
HB1367
-- (LR# 4176L.01I)
SENIOR SECURITY
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS
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)
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
HB1417
Requires that one voting member of the board of curators of certain
state institutions of higher education be a student.
HB1417
-- (LR# 3118L.01I)
Referred: Education (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)
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
HB1496
Allows local school boards to exempt themselves from the Prevailing
Wage Law by a majority vote of the board.
HB1496
-- (LR# 4465L.01I)
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND WORKPLACE SAFETY
Executive Session Held (H)
HCS 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
HB1562
Revises the senior citizen/disabled person property tax credit known
as circuit breaker.
HB1562
-- (LR# 4401L.01I)
SENIOR SECURITY
Public Hearing Held (H)
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
HB1589
Authorizes the issuance of certain revenue bonds by the University of
Missouri.
HB1589
-- (LR# 4507L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Bonding Authority (H)
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
HB1601
Revises the statutes relating to the County Sheriff's Revolving Fund
by allowing the funds to be used to pay for the expenses associated
with the processing of concealed carry endorsements.
HB1601
-- (LR# 4845L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1605
Modifies the definition of "qualified employment" for purposes of
nursing student loan programs to include employment at hospitals in
areas of need.
HB1605
-- (LR# 4692L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
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)
HB1630
Establishes the Registered Surgical Assistant and Registered Surgical
Technologist Title Protection Act.
HB1630
-- (LR# 3508L.01I)
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
Public Hearing Held (H)
HB1666
Allows for a special license plate for supporters of the American
Heart Association with the "Go Red For Women" emblem.
HB1666
-- (LR# 4926L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES
Executive Session Held (H)
VOTED DO PASS
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)
HB1702
Authorizes a tax credit for contributions to nonprofit educational
assistance programs.
HCS HB 1702
-- (LR# 4997L.02C)
HCS Reported Do Pass (H)
HJR44
Proposes a constitutional amendment to allow school districts to pass
bond issues by a simple majority vote.
HJR44
-- (LR# 3278L.01I)
Referred: Education (H)
HJR50
Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the election of all
supreme court, courts of appeal, circuit court, and associate circuit
judges.
HJR50
-- (LR# 2575L.01I)
RULES
Public Hearing Held (H)
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