Bills Assigned to Committee
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
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HB974
--- Sponsor:
Davis, Cynthia
--- CoSponsor:
Cooper, Robert Wayne
- Changes the laws regarding midwives and the practice of midwifery
- HB974 -- (LR# 3343L.01I)
- Rules - Reported do pass (H)
HB1044
--- Sponsor:
Davis, Cynthia
--- CoSponsor:
Phillips, Susan C.
- Creates the presumption that a minor younger than 14 years of
age who is seeking an abortion is a victim of statutory rape in the
first degree and must be reported by the abortion provider
- HB1044 -- (LR# 3179L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB1051
--- Sponsor:
Johnson, Robert Thane
--- CoSponsor:
Low, Beth
- Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to implement a
Missouri women's health services program
- HB1051 -- (LR# 3262L.02I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB1052
--- Sponsor:
Jolly, Cathy
--- CoSponsor:
Oxford, Jeanette Mott
- Changes the income eligibility guidelines for receiving child care
subsidy benefits
- HB1052 -- (LR# 3124L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB1071
--- Sponsor:
Phillips, Susan C.
--- CoSponsor:
Faith, Sally
- Changes the laws regarding immunizations for children
- HB1071 -- (LR# 3736L.01I)
- Rules - Reported do pass (H)
HB1075
--- Sponsor:
Davis, Cynthia
--- CoSponsor:
Cunningham, Jane
- Revises the requirements for course materials and instruction in
public schools relating to contraception and sexually transmitted
diseases
- HB1075 -- (LR# 3426L.04I)
- Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB1084
--- Sponsor:
Pollock, Darrell
- Requires in-home child care providers to furnish parents of
children receiving services a background check of every person in the
home older than 17 years of age
- HB1084 -- (LR# 3189L.02I)
- Withdrawn (H)
HB1112
--- Sponsor:
Harris, Belinda
--- CoSponsor:
Meadows, Tim
- Establishes the Missouri Alternatives to Abortion Services Program
and the Missouri Alternatives to Abortion Public Awareness Program
- HB1112 -- (LR# 3569L.01I)
- HCS voted do pass (H)
HB1113
--- Sponsor:
Harris, Belinda
--- CoSponsor:
Henke, Wayne J.
- Prohibits state funds from being used for somatic cell nuclear
transfer or human embryonic stem cell research
- HB1113 -- (LR# 3570L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB1124
--- Sponsor:
Wildberger, Edward
--- CoSponsor:
Whorton, James
- Changes the laws regarding the notification requirements for the
continuation of child support when a child is attending a higher
education institution
- HB1124 -- (LR# 3494L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB1182
--- Sponsor:
Stevenson, Bryan P.
--- CoSponsor:
Schaaf, Robert
- Allows a parent, legal guardian, or other person with custodial
rights to petition a court to extend his or her child's age of
majority to 18 for all purposes under state law
- HB1182 -- (LR# 3534L.01I)
- Approved by Governor (G)
- Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB1183
--- Sponsor:
Stevenson, Bryan P.
--- CoSponsor:
Schaaf, Robert
- Changes the definition of "adult" to a person 18 years of age or older
and "child" to a person under 18 years of age in Chapter 211, RSMo,
pertaining to juvenile courts
- HB1183 -- (LR# 3692L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB1196
--- Sponsor:
Cunningham, Jane
- Requires school districts to allow parents the opportunity to withhold
permission for a child to join school-sponsored clubs or participate
in extracurricular activities
- HB1196 -- (LR# 3740L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB1221
--- Sponsor:
Cooper, Nathan
- Prohibits the use of public funds for health and social services
programs to subsidize abortion services
- HB1221 -- (LR# 4148L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB1394
--- Sponsor:
Salva, Ray
--- CoSponsor:
Pratt, Bryan
- Prohibits the disclosure of Social Security numbers on child support
checks, correspondence, and documents
- HB1394 -- (LR# 4334L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB1400
--- Sponsor:
Stevenson, Bryan P.
--- CoSponsor:
Ruestman, Marilyn
- Adds cases dealing with the placement of a child in adoption and
foster care to the types of cases given priority for expedited
proceedings
- HB1400 -- (LR# 4259L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB1444
--- Sponsor:
Sander, Therese
--- CoSponsor:
Day, David
- Prohibits the use of public funds for health and social services
programs to subsidize abortion services
- HB1444 -- (LR# 3509L.01I)
- House Committee: HEALTH CARE POLICY
- Public hearing completed (H)
HB1450
--- Sponsor:
Lembke, Jim
- Prohibits individuals from knowingly engaging or participating in
human cloning and knowingly using public funds or public facilities to
engage or attempt to engage in human cloning
- HB1450 -- (LR# 4623L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB1485
--- Sponsor:
Icet, Allen
--- CoSponsor:
Lembke, Jim
- Authorizes an income tax credit for contributions made to qualified
pregnancy resource centers and children in crisis centers
- HB1485 -- (LR# 4494L.01I)
- Approved by Governor (G)
- Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB1512
--- Sponsor:
Stevenson, Bryan P.
--- CoSponsor:
Hughes, Leonard
- Adopts the Interstate Compact for Juveniles
- HB1512 -- (LR# 4521L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB1520
--- Sponsor:
Wright-Jones, Robin
--- CoSponsor:
Johnson, Robert Thane
- Establishes the Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies
(CARE) Act and the Birth Control Protection Act and requires
implementation of a women's health services program
- HB1520 -- (LR# 4230L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB1539
--- Sponsor:
Stevenson, Bryan P.
--- CoSponsor:
Phillips, Susan C.
- Establishes the Health Care Rights of Conscience Act which allows a
health care professional to not participate in a health care service
that violates his or her conscience
- HB1539 -- (LR# 4765L.01I)
- House Committee: RULES (PURSUANT TO RULE 25(26)(F)
- Rules - Returned to the committee of origin (H)
HB1554
--- Sponsor:
Fraser, Barbara
--- CoSponsor:
Chappelle-Nadal, Maria
- Changes the types of facilities for children that are exempt from
licensure by the Department of Social Services
- HB1554 -- (LR# 3684L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB1555
--- Sponsor:
Yaeger, Patricia M.
--- CoSponsor:
Harris, Belinda
- Allows for virtual visitation with a child for the noncustodial
parent and custodial parent during times when the child is with the
other parent and allows a court to also grant its use to grandparents
- HB1555 -- (LR# 4661L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB1636
--- Sponsor:
Storch, Rachel
--- CoSponsor:
Baker, Judy
- Requires the Department of Social Services to determine if a child
who became ineligible for state medical assistance has health
insurance six months after becoming ineligible
- HB1636 -- (LR# 4855L.02I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB1653
--- Sponsor:
Walton, Juanita Head
- Modifies the requirements for the continuation of child support for
children enrolled in higher education
- HB1653 -- (LR# 4820L.01P)
- Returned to Committee of Origin (S)
HB1678
--- Sponsor:
Rupp, Scott T.
- Removes the requirement for the school district to provide early
childhood education at age three from sunset provisions applicable
to the First Steps Program
- HB1678 -- (LR# 4959L.01I)
- Voted do pass (H)
HB1714
--- Sponsor:
Flook, Timothy
--- CoSponsor:
Silvey, Ryan
- Prohibits any person who commits the crime of nonsupport of a spouse
or child from being admitted on an excursion gambling boat or casino
until the arrearage is satisfied
- HB1714 -- (LR# 4657L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB1768
--- Sponsor:
Portwood, Dr. Charles R.
- Prohibits the use of blinds on windows in licensed child care
facilities
- HB1768 -- (LR# 5086L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB1786
--- Sponsor:
Henke, Wayne J.
--- CoSponsor:
Wagner, Wes
- Prohibits abortions in this state, other than to save the life of the
mother, if a decision of the United States Supreme Court or an act of
the United States Congress prohibits abortion on demand
- HB1786 -- (LR# 4846L.02I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB1793
--- Sponsor:
Yates, Brian David
--- CoSponsor:
Kraus, Will
- Changes the eligibility criteria for adoption or foster care subsidies
- HB1793 -- (LR# 5185L.02I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB1799
--- Sponsor:
Roorda, Jeff
--- CoSponsor:
Meadows, Tim
- Prohibits human cloning and use of somatic cell nuclear transfer
technology until the Human Cloning and Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer
Technology Commission issues its final report
- HB1799 -- (LR# 4685L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB1824
--- Sponsor:
Schaaf, Robert
--- CoSponsor:
Lembke, Jim
- Prohibits the prescribing or dispensing of contraceptive drugs or
devices to minors younger than 16 years of age without parental
consent
- HB1824 -- (LR# 5130L.03I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB1828
--- Sponsor:
Emery, Edgar G. H.
--- CoSponsor:
Nieves, Brian D.
- Gives pharmacies immunity from liability for refusal to perform,
assist, recommend, refer to, or participate in any act or service in
connection with any drug or device that causes an abortion
- HB1828 -- (LR# 5021L.02I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB1917
--- Sponsor:
Lampe, Sara
--- CoSponsor:
Harris, Belinda
- Removes the relative child exemption in the laws regarding child care
licensure
- HB1917 -- (LR# 5128L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB1938
--- Sponsor:
Baker, Brian
- Makes the child support obligation for a child older than 18 years of
age who is enrolled in and attends a post-secondary school program
permissive rather than mandatory
- HB1938 -- (LR# 5310L.02I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB1947
--- Sponsor:
Chappelle-Nadal, Maria
- Requires, subject to appropriation, an expansion of the variety of
kosher foods approved under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program
for Women, Infants, and Children
- HB1947 -- (LR# 5514L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB2001
--- Sponsor:
Rupp, Scott T.
- Prohibits all abortions other than those necessary to save the life
of the mother
- HB2001 -- (LR# 5597L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB2019
--- Sponsor:
Baker, Brian
- Allows the victim of statutory rape to terminate his or her parental
rights to any child conceived as a result of statutory rape
- HB2019 -- (LR# 5610L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB2024
--- Sponsor:
Guest, Jim
--- CoSponsor:
Page, Sam
- Prohibits human cloning
- HB2024 -- (LR# 4789L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB2030
--- Sponsor:
Davis, Cynthia
--- CoSponsor:
Moore, Danielle
- Establishes the Unborn Child Pain Prevention Act regarding the
capacity of an unborn child to experience pain during an abortion
- HB2030 -- (LR# 5609L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB2083
--- Sponsor:
Low, Beth
--- CoSponsor:
Oxford, Jeanette Mott
- Adds members of the General Assembly and the staff of the Governor's
Office and Mansion as persons who abandoned newborns can be
delivered safely to under the Safe Place for Newborns Act of 2002
- HB2083 -- (LR# 5198L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB2102
--- Sponsor:
Kraus, Will
- Establishes the Needy Persons Fund
- HB2102 -- (LR# 5658L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB2103
--- Sponsor:
Stevenson, Bryan P.
--- CoSponsor:
Donnelly, Margaret
- Changes the laws regarding voluntary termination of parental
rights
- HB2103 -- (LR# 5700L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB2117
--- Sponsor:
Pollock, Darrell
--- CoSponsor:
Lembke, Jim
- Establishes the Umbilical Cord Blood Bank Services Program to collect
and provide researchers with umbilical cord blood for scientific
research on human stem cells
- HB2117 -- (LR# 5126L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB2139
--- Sponsor:
Hughes, Leonard
- Increases the length of time a father has to establish paternity
prior to an adoption from within 15 days to no later than 60 days
after the birth of the child
- HB2139 -- (LR# 5708L.02I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HB2155
--- Sponsor:
Hughes, Leonard
- Requires the Life Sciences Research Board to award grants for the
retrofitting of factory facilities for the production of supplies and
technology used in human stem cell research
- HB2155 -- (LR# 5709L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HCR26
--- Sponsor:
Dixon, Bob
--- CoSponsor:
Sander, Therese
- Expresses the gratitude of the General Assembly to faith-based and
community organizations working in their communities to improve the
lives of the citizens of this state.
- HCR26 -- (LR# 4930L.01I)
- Rules - Reported do pass (H)
HCR28
--- Sponsor:
Fraser, Barbara
--- CoSponsor:
Oxford, Jeanette Mott
- Ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States
Constitution.
- HCR28 -- (LR# 5091L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HCR45
--- Sponsor:
Cunningham, Jane
--- CoSponsor:
Phillips, Susan C.
- Urges the United States Congress to approve the Marriage Protection
Amendment to the United States Constitution which defines marriage as
a union between a man and a woman.
- HCR45 -- (LR# 5640L.02I)
- Referred: Rules pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f) (H)
HCR47
--- Sponsor:
Walton, Juanita Head
- Urges the United States Congress to support the National Women's
History Museum's efforts to secure the Pavilion Annex with a lease to
open a women's museum on the National Mall.
- HCR47 -- (LR# 5717L.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
HJR39
--- Sponsor:
Bearden, Carl
--- CoSponsor:
Dempsey, Tom
- Proposes a constitutional amendment guaranteeing a citizen's First
Amendment right to pray on public property and reaffirming a citizen's
right to choose any or no religion
- HJR39 -- (LR# 3226L.01P)
- Senate Committee: SENATE EDUCATION
- Public Hearing held (S)
SB568
--- Sponsor:
Dougherty, Patrick
- Creates the "Children's Environmental Health and Protection Advisory
Council"
- SB568 -- (LR# 3360S.01I)
- HCS voted do pass (H)
SB596
--- Sponsor:
Days, Rita D.
- Authorizes a court to appoint a standby guardian for a minor
- SB596 -- (LR# 3792S.01I)
- House Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
- Public hearing completed (H)
SB618
--- Sponsor:
Chris Koster
- Provides that electronic access cards may be issued to custodial
parents for disbursement of child support payments
- SB618 -- (LR# 3416S.01T)
- Approved by Governor (G)
- Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
SB690
--- Sponsor:
Champion, Norma
- Prohibits closing a child abuse investigation if the child dies
during the course of the investigation
- SB690 -- (LR# 3597S.01I)
- Referred: Children and Families (H)
SB878
--- Sponsor:
Champion, Norma
- Modifies provisions of criminal background checks for emergency child
placements
- SB878 -- (LR# 4470S.01I)
- Rules - Reported do pass (H)
SB1197
--- Sponsor:
Wheeler, Charles
- Allows sixteen-year olds to donate blood with parental permission
- SB1197 -- (LR# 5426S.01T)
- Approved by Governor (G)
- Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
SB1206
--- Sponsor:
Mayer, Robert
- Revises the Interstate Compact for Juveniles
- SB1206 -- (LR# 5331S.01P)
- Voted do pass (H)
SB1229
--- Sponsor:
Champion, Norma
- Creates a tax credit for children in crisis
- SB1229 -- (LR# 5458S.01I)
- Approved by Governor (G)
- Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
SCR25
--- Sponsor:
Cauthorn, John
- Supports and encourages the state and all local governments to work
in partnership with faith-based community organizations
- SCR25 -- (LR# 4312S.01I)
- Rules - Reported do pass (H)

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