Missouri House of Representatives
2005
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Clint Zweifel
SPONSOR
HB93
Allows certain public employees to form and participate in the actions of labor organizations
HB93 -- (LR# 0399L.01I)
Referred: Workforce Development and Workplace Safety (H)
HB436
Creates the crimes of first, second, and third degree abuse of a person receiving mental health services by health care providers
HB436 -- (LR# 0913L.02I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB513
Designates a portion of State Highway 370 in St. Louis County as the "Officer Scott Armstrong Memorial Highway"
Approved HCS HB 513 -- (LR# 1565L.03T)
Delivered to Secretary of State
HB522
Allows veterans employed in Missouri to not work on Veterans Day without fear of reprisal from their employer under certain conditions
HB522 -- (LR# 0915L.01I)
VETERANS
Executive Session held (H)
VOTED DO PASS

HB523
Prohibits the disclosure of nonpublic personal health information under certain circumstances
HB523 -- (LR# 1548L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB543
Requires employers to report the number of employees receiving public health program benefits
HB543 -- (LR# 1549L.01I)
Referred: Small Business (H)
HB544
Changes the laws regarding the senior citizen/disabled person property tax credit known as circuit breaker
HB544 -- (LR# 1458L.02I)
WAYS AND MEANS
Executive Session held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

HB545
Allows a court to assess surcharges and order suspensions against persons convicted of failing to yield the right-of-way when that violation caused an accident
HB545 -- (LR# 1457L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB611
Establishes campaign finance regulations for General Assembly leadership office committees
HB611 -- (LR# 1602L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB689
Extends the expiration date for the laws regarding the removal of nuisances in the City of Hazelwood
HB689 -- (LR# 1823L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (H)
HCR14
Urges the Missouri Congressional Delegation to recognize the unique features of the Social Security program and oppose any privatization restructuring attempts.
HCR14 -- (LR# 1143L.01I)
Relieved from committee
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 22 OF THE
CONSTITUTION AND RULE 34 RULES OF THE HOUSE

HCR19
Urges Congress to immediately repeal the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act.
HCR19 -- (LR# 1456L.01I)
Referred: Senior Citizen Advocacy
HCR27
Urges Congress to enact federal transportation legislation preserving the federal prevailing wage law that requires the use of local area wages and labor standards federal construction work.
HCR27 -- (LR# 2096L.01I)
Referred: Workforce Development and Workplace Safety (H)
COSPONSOR
HB88
Changes the laws regarding property insurance and changes the name of the Basic Property Insurance Inspection and Placement Program to the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) Plan
HB88 -- (LR# 0175L.01I)
INSURANCE POLICY
Public Hearing held (H)
HB234
Changes the laws regarding the Administrative Law Judges and Legal Advisors' Retirement Plan
HB234 -- (LR# 0998L.01I)
RETIREMENT
Public Hearing held (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

HB325
Changes the laws regarding persistent offender intoxication-related traffic convictions
HB325 -- (LR# 0552L.02I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB371
Requires that administrative law judges or legal advisors hired on or after January 1, 2006, will only be eligible to participate in the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System (MOSERS)
HB371 -- (LR# 0531L.01I)
RETIREMENT
Executive Session held (H)
HCS VOTED DO PASS

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)
HB390
Revises unlawful transactions with a child by making it a crime to sell or rent a video game to a child when the video game has been rated mature or adults only by the Entertainment Software Rating Board
HB390 -- (LR# 1006L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (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
HB420
Extends the Senior Rx Program until June 30, 2010
HB420 -- (LR# 1148L.01I)
SENIOR CITIZEN ADVOCACY
Public Hearing held (H)
HB468
Changes the laws regarding the State Treasurer's duties and the Linked Deposit Program
SCS HCS HB 468 -- (LR# 1391S.05C)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
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)
HB529
Changes the laws regarding medical malpractice liability
HB529 -- (LR# 1537L.01I)
Referred: Insurance Policy
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

HB621
Establishes the Birth Control Protection Act and prohibits any governmental entity from interfering with the right to obtain or use contraceptives
HB621 -- (LR# 1314L.01I)
Referred: Children and Families (H)
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)
HB683
Changes the income eligibility guidelines for receiving child care subsidy benefits
HB683 -- (LR# 1323L.02I)
Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB697
Changes the laws regarding motor vehicle emissions testing
HCS HB 697 -- (LR# 0696L.02P)
SENATE TRANSPORTATION
Public Hearing held (S)
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)
HB740
Requires employers to pay employees equal wages for equal work regardless of employee's gender
HB740 -- (LR# 1250L.01I)
Referred: Workforce Development and Workplace Safety (H)
HB761
Establishes a quality rating system for child care facilities operating in Missouri
HB761 -- (LR# 1441L.01I)
Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB762
Replaces the current absentee ballot process with an advance voting system
HB762 -- (LR# 1965L.01I)
ELECTIONS
Public Hearing held (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)
HB784
Requires the United States and the Missouri state flags to be flown at half-staff on September 11 of each year
HB784 -- (LR# 2070L.01I)
Reported do pass (H)
NO TIME LIMIT FOR DEBATE

HB785
Changes the laws regarding disciplinary action taken against licensed nurses
HB785 -- (LR# 1974L.01I)
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
Public Hearing held (H)
HB798
Establishes the Clean American Fuel Board and creates the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Revolving Fund
HB798 -- (LR# 1784L.01I)
AGRICULTURE POLICY
Public Hearing held (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)
HB805
Requires hospitals to compile and post daily staffing information in patient care areas of each unit of the hospital
HB805 -- (LR# 1985L.01I)
HEALTH CARE POLICY
Hearing continued (H)
HB810
Authorizes the Secretary of State to waive fees and other penalties when a corporation is dissolved for failure to file its annual report due to military service
HB810 -- (LR# 2100L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
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)
HB859
Allows residents of Missouri to participate in any current or future state program, policy, or practice permitting prescription drugs to be acquired from Canada
HCS HB 859 -- (LR# 1490L.03P)
Perfected (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)
HJR24
Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting the Governor from reducing appropriations for elementary, secondary, and higher education
HJR24 -- (LR# 2102L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
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