Missouri House of Representatives
2005
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Beth Low
SPONSOR
HB239
Modifies the formula used for determining health insurance premium
costs for state employees in the Missouri Consolidated Health Care
Plan
HB239
-- (LR# 0651L.01I)
Referred: Retirement (H)
HB240
Establishes safe staffing and quality care accountability requirements
for veterans homes and mental health facilities
HB240
-- (LR# 0650L.01I)
Withdrawn (H)
HB871
Establishes the Woman's Right to Know Act regarding emergency
contraception
HB871
-- (LR# 2018L.01I)
Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB923
Requires health insurance coverage for the cost of human
papillomavirus testing as a cervical cancer screening test
HB923
-- (LR# 2170L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
COSPONSOR
HB114
Extends the expiration date of the Kansas City transportation sales
tax to December 31, 2015
Approved HB114
-- (LR# 0207L.01T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB158
Requires that all state service contracts awarded after August 28,
2005, must include specifications that employees of contractors or
subcontractors be citizens of the United States
HB158
-- (LR# 0672L.01I)
JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Public Hearing held (H)
HB160
Authorizes minimum pay for certain corrections personnel
HB160
-- (LR# 0675L.01I)
Referred: Corrections and Public Institutions
HB164
Changes the laws regarding unsecured loans of $500 or less,
sometimes referred to as "pay day loans," and allows the Attorney
General to maintain an action to enforce compliance
HB164
-- (LR# 0396L.01I)
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Public Hearing held (H)
HB187
Allows the Department of Social Services to establish and implement
an advertising campaign to recruit adoptive and foster parents
HB187
-- (LR# 0366L.03I)
Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB188
Revises the crime of assault of a law enforcement officer or
emergency personnel in the first, second, or third degree by adding
prosecutors and circuit attorneys and their assistants
HB188
-- (LR# 0639L.02I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing held (H)
HB192
Reimposes the waste tire fee and requires the Department of
Natural Resources to give preference to contract bids for waste
tire cleanups from Missouri vendors
SCS HCS HB 192
-- (LR# 0502S.05C)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB194
Allows a deduction from individual income tax for personal property
taxes paid by retired taxpayers and exempts certain income for certain
retired residents from income taxation
HB194
-- (LR# 0479L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB226
Authorizes an income tax credit for the purchase price of qualified
hybrid vehicles
HB226
-- (LR# 0452L.01I)
JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Public Hearing held (H)
HB252
Allows adult siblings to register with the Children's Division
adoption registry and allows biological parents to consent to the
disclosure of identifying information at the time of registry
HB252
-- (LR# 0637L.01I)
Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB277
Changes the laws regarding lead poisoning abatement projects
HB277
-- (LR# 0963L.01I)
Withdrawn (H)
HB278
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
HB278
-- (LR# 0904L.02I)
Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB280
Requires election judges to take voting ballots and equipment to
physically disabled voters unable to enter polling places
Approved HB280
-- (LR# 1061L.01T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB294
Enacts safe staffing and quality care accountability requirements for
veterans homes and mental health facilities
HB294
-- (LR# 1011L.01I)
VETERANS
Executive Session held (H)
VOTED DO PASS
HB377
Changes the laws regarding transportation including school bus
drivers, fee offices, credit for trade-ins, salvage vehicles,
repossessed titles, drivers' licenses, and memorial highways
HCS HB 591, 210, 377, 760 & 777
-- (LR# 1610L.11C)
Laid over (H)
HA 1 TO HA 1,AND HA 1, HCS PENDING
HB384
Creates the Anhydrous Ammonia Additive Fund to reimburse
distributors of anhydrous ammonia for the cost of adding red dye to
the chemical
HB384
-- (LR# 0792L.01I)
Withdrawn (H)
HB389
Expands the crime of endangering the welfare of a minor to include
producing or selling methamphetamine within the residence of a
minor
HB389
-- (LR# 1007L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Executive Session held (H)
HB403
Requires the State of Missouri to provide Missouri National Guard
personnel called into active duty with a $250,000 term life insurance
death benefit
HB403
-- (LR# 1293L.01I)
Referred: Retirement (H)
HB413
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
Approved HB413
-- (LR# 1150L.01T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB426
Establishes additional protections to prevent workplace violence
HB426
-- (LR# 1098L.01I)
Referred: Workforce Development and Workplace Safety (H)
HB427
Establishes the Workplace Domestic Violence Safety and Education
Program Act
HB427
-- (LR# 1099L.01I)
Referred: Workforce Development and Workplace Safety (H)
HB428
Authorizes a tax credit for an employer's expenses in developing
domestic violence prevention programs
HB428
-- (LR# 1100L.01I)
Referred: Workforce Development and Workplace Safety (H)
HB429
Establishes a tax credit for implementing workplace violence safety
and education programs
HB429
-- (LR# 1101L.01I)
Referred: Workforce Development and Workplace Safety (H)
HB476
Prohibits discrimination based upon a person's sexual
orientation
HB476
-- (LR# 1167L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB493
Changes the laws regarding the state employee whistleblower law
HB493
-- (LR# 1308L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing held (H)
HB494
Changes the laws regarding lead abatement
HB494
-- (LR# 1459L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON URBAN ISSUES
Public Hearing held (H)
HB516
Repeals the death penalty
HB516
-- (LR# 1465L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB520
Allows cities and counties to prohibit the carrying of concealed
firearms in any playground, park, pool, or athletic or recreational
facility they own, lease, or control
HB520
-- (LR# 1281L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB521
Creates the crime of criminally negligent storage of a firearm
HB521
-- (LR# 0868L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB535
Creates the Missouri Military Family Relief Fund which will provide
grants to children of Missouri veterans killed while on active duty
after September 11, 2001, for tuition for postsecondary education
HB535
-- (LR# 1013L.01I)
VETERANS
Executive Session held (H)
VOTED DO PASS
HB557
Revises the procedures required in law enforcement investigations
and establishes the Laboratory Oversight Committee
HB557
-- (LR# 1499L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing held (H)
HB566
Limits the amount of interest a title lender can charge on loans
HB566
-- (LR# 1550L.01I)
Referred: Financial Institutions
HB608
Repeals the laws prohibiting political activity or fund raising by
Kansas City police officers
HB608
-- (LR# 0767L.01I)
ELECTIONS
Executive Session held (H)
VOTED DO PASS
HB637
Changes the laws regarding workers' compensation benefits for
certain diseases resulting in exposure to certain occupational
hazards
HB637
-- (LR# 1451L.01I)
Referred: Workforce Development and Workplace Safety (H)
HB679
Requires the State Board of Education and local school boards to
adopt a policy that encourages effective involvement by parents
in support of the education of their children
HB679
-- (LR# 1667L.01I)
Reported do pass (H)
NO TIME LIMIT FOR DEBATE
HB683
Changes the income eligibility guidelines for receiving child care
subsidy benefits
HB683
-- (LR# 1323L.02I)
Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB704
Makes certain employers ineligible for receipt of any state aid or
financial incentives if at least 25% of their workforce earn less than
the federal poverty level
HB704
-- (LR# 1008L.02I)
Referred: Workforce Development and Workplace Safety (H)
HB732
Allows local government officials to accept certain methods of
payment for taxes and licenses
HB732
-- (LR# 1978L.01I)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Public Hearing held (H)
HB736
Provides a mechanism for persons who become ineligible for Medicaid
benefits on July 1, 2005, to be automatically enrolled in the Senior
Rx Program
HB736
-- (LR# 2010L.01I)
SENIOR CITIZEN ADVOCACY
Public Hearing held (H)
HB761
Establishes a quality rating system for child care facilities
operating in Missouri
HB761
-- (LR# 1441L.01I)
Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB766
Designates a portion of Interstate 44 in Phelps County as the "Mel
Carnahan Memorial Highway"
HB766
-- (LR# 2000L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION
Public Hearing held (H)
HB773
Requires persons arrested for the manufacture or distribution of
drugs to appear before a judge prior to being released on bond
HB773
-- (LR# 1767L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB774
Authorizes a state individual income tax credit equal to a
percentage of any earned income tax credit claimed by the taxpayer
on his or her federal income tax return
HB774
-- (LR# 0759L.01I)
WAYS AND MEANS
Public Hearing held (H)
HB785
Changes the laws regarding disciplinary action taken against licensed
nurses
HB785
-- (LR# 1974L.01I)
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
Public Hearing held (H)
HB797
Changes the procedures used in the examination and treatment of
victims of sexual offenses
HB797
-- (LR# 1997L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB800
Changes the laws regarding early childhood special education
HB800
-- (LR# 1967L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB802
Requires hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to implement
an acuity-based patient classification system
HB802
-- (LR# 1994L.01I)
HEALTH CARE POLICY
Executive Session held (H)
HB808
Prohibits the Missouri Housing Development Commission from making
grants and loans to the City of Kansas City unless certain conditions
are met
HB808
-- (LR# 2101L.01I)
Referred: Job Creation and Economic Development (H)
HB813
Establishes a Task Force on Alternative Sentencing within the
Department of Corrections
HB813
-- (LR# 1310L.01I)
Referred: Rules pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f) (H)
HB814
Gives civilian review boards the power to subpoena witnesses
and records
HB814
-- (LR# 0839L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB815
Lowers the minimum age for a person to serve on jury duty from 21
to 18 years
HB815
-- (LR# 0840L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB832
Provides that any restrictive real estate convenant included in an
association's governing document will be removed by the board
of directors of that association
HB832
-- (LR# 2047L.01P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB835
Establishes the Office of Missouri Surgeon General within the
Department of Health and Senior Services and changes the laws
regarding health care providers
HCS HB 835
-- (LR# 2091L.04C)
Returned to Committee of Origin (H)
HB837
Authorizes a tax credit for employers who hire certain high school
students for summer jobs
HB837
-- (LR# 1644L.01I)
JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Public Hearing held (H)
HB843
Defines bullying in schools and prohibits school employees,
volunteers, or students from bullying a student while on school
property
HB843
-- (LR# 1425L.02I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB856
Changes the laws regarding the licensing of marital and family
therapists
HB856
-- (LR# 2141L.01I)
Referred: Professional Registration & Licensing (H)
HB880
Establishes the MBE/WBE Oversight Review Committee to assist
certified socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses
or minority business enterprises in state contracts
HB880
-- (LR# 1832L.01P)
Second Rd/Refer: Pensions, Veteran Affairs & General Law(S)
HB921
Authorizes local governing bodies to adopt an option for making a
partial payment of property taxes by December 31 with the balance due
at the end of the following February
HB921
-- (LR# 2115L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (H)
HB942
Requires school districts to develop written policies on food choices
in its schools
HB942
-- (LR# 2183L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB943
Changes the laws regarding the transport of high-level radioactive
waste or transuranic waste
HB943
-- (LR# 2164L.01I)
Referred: Conservation and Natural Resources (H)
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Last Updated August 25, 2005 at 12:40 pm