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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