Thank You, O Lord, for the holiday on Monday, as we observed Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday. We thank You for raising him up to challenge the conscience of our nation. We thank You for the growth of our culture in the areas of civil rights for all our citizens, and for the growth toward racial equality that we have seen over the last forty years.

You know, O Lord, that many of us were raised to be prejudiced against people with a different color of skin or a different religion or culture. You have spoken to us through many wise teachers and leaders, encouraging us to let go of all prejudice based on race, color or creed. We thank You for the progress we have made in our own hearts.

You, O God, are Father of all. We are brothers and sisters in the one human family. Continue to bless us in letting go of all attitudes and feelings of prejudice and racism, so that our service to the people of our State may be clean and just and worthy of You.

The Speaker appointed the following to act as an Honorary Page for the Day, to serve without compensation: Leah Marie Pratt.

AYES: 151

Aull	Avery	Baker 25	Bean	Bearden
Bivins	Black	Bland	Bogetto	Bringer
Brown 30	Brown 50	Bruns	Burnett	Casey
Chinn	Chappelle-Nadal	Cooper 120	Cooper 155	Cooper 158
Corcoran	Cunningham 145	Cunningham 86	Curls	Darrough
Daus	Davis	Day	Deeken	Dempsey
Denison	Dethrow	Dixon	Donnelly	Dougherty
Dusenberg	El-Amin	Emery	Ervin	Faith
Fares	Fisher	Flook	Franz	Fraser
George	Guest	Harris 23	Harris 110	Haywood
Henke	Hobbs	Hoskins	Hubbard	Hughes
Hunter	Icet	Jackson	Johnson 47	Johnson 61
Johnson 90	Jolly	Jones	Kelly	Kingery
Kratky	Kraus	Kuessner	Lager	Lampe
Lembke	LeVota	Lipke	Loehner	Low 39
Lowe 44	Marsh	May	McGhee	Meadows
Meiners	Moore	Munzlinger	Muschany	Myers
Nance	Nieves	Nolte	Oxford	Page
Parker	Parson	Pearce	Phillips	Pollock
Portwood	Pratt	Quinn	Rector	Richard
Roark	Robb	Robinson	Roorda	Rucker
Ruestman	Salva	Sater	Schaaf	Schad
Schlottach	Schneider	Schoemehl	Self	Shoemyer
Silvey	Skaggs	Smith 14	Smith 118	Smith 150
Spreng	St. Onge	Storch	Sutherland	Swinger
Threlkeld	Tilley	Viebrock	Villa	Vogt
Wagner	Wallace	Walsh	Walton	Wasson
Wells	Weter	Whorton	Wildberger	Wilson 119
Wilson 130	Witte	Wood	Wright 137	Wright 159
Wright-Jones	Yaeger	Yates	Young	Zweifel
Mr Speaker

NOES: 000

PRESENT: 000

ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 009

Baker 123	Behnen	Bowman	Boykins	Brooks
Liese	Rupp	Sander	Stevenson

VACANCIES: 003

The following House Joint Resolutions were read the first time and copies ordered printed:

HJR 43, introduced by Representatives Dethrow, Ervin, Wood, Wallace, Sater, Wilson (119), Munzlinger, Sander, Dusenberg, Swinger and Meadows, relating to bird, fish, game, wildlife, or forestry resources.

HJR 44, introduced by Representatives Whorton, Jackson, Fisher, Kuessner, Day, Schaaf, Corcoran, Harris (110), Threlkeld, Wilson (119), Meadows, Moore, Wright-Jones and Lampe, relating to exemption of certain personal property for active duty military personnel.

HB 1401, introduced by Representatives Sater, Phillips, Flook, Bivins, Page, Dusenberg, Fisher, Wright (159), Lipke, Smith (118), Meiners, Sander, Wood, Meadows, Wilson (119), Whorton and Hobbs, relating to whistle-blower protections for the reporting of Medicaid fraud.

HB 1402, introduced by Representative Wright (137), relating to college athletics.

HB 1404, introduced by Representative Liese, relating to disclosure of human immunodeficiency virus status.

HB 1405, introduced by Representatives Zweifel, Corcoran, Harris (23), Meadows, Threlkeld, LeVota, Kuessner, Oxford and Roorda, relating to campaign finance regulations for certain general assembly leadership offices.

HB 1406, introduced by Representatives Zweifel, Corcoran, Harris (23), Baker (25), Meiners, Roorda, Oxford, Kuessner, Harris (110), LeVota and Meadows, relating to the public assistance beneficiary employer disclosure act.

HB 1407, introduced by Representatives Zweifel, Meadows, Oxford, Roorda and Whorton, relating to securities protection for senior citizens.

HB 1408, introduced by Representatives Darrough, Zweifel, Chappelle-Nadal, Walsh, Baker (25), Dougherty, Yaeger, Lampe, Meadows, Brown (50), Spreng, Harris (110), Wildberger and Young, relating to rebates.

HB 1409, introduced by Representatives Darrough, Corcoran, Hobbs, Threlkeld, Walsh, Sater, Yaeger, Lampe, Meadows, Harris (110), Brown (50), Wildberger, Moore and Young, relating to school uniforms.

HB 1410, introduced by Representatives Darrough, Corcoran, Zweifel, Skaggs, Schoemehl, Wright-Jones, Brown (50), Harris (23), LeVota, Spreng, George and Viebrock, relating to a motor fuel tax exemption for school districts.

HB 1411, introduced by Representatives Smith (150), Wood and Kratky, relating to real estate brokers.

HB 1412, introduced by Representative Portwood, relating to duties of the board of police commissioners.

HB 1413, introduced by Representatives LeVota, Harris (23), Roorda, McGhee, Wildberger, Baker (25), Shoemyer, Low (39), Skaggs, Johnson (61), Wright-Jones, Johnson (47), Darrough, Henke and Bland, relating to the fairness for Missouri business act.

HB 1415, introduced by Representatives Nance, Yates, Wright (159), Nolte, Cooper (120), Day and Moore, relating to state liability for certain tort claims.

HB 1416, introduced by Representatives Munzlinger, Myers, Deeken, Kelly, Moore, Schad, Wright (159) and Loehner, relating to ethanol blend fuel.

HB 1417, introduced by Representatives LeVota, Wildberger, Bowman, Oxford, Lampe and Baker (25), relating to the healthy drinks for healthy children act.

HB 1418, introduced by Representatives LeVota, Wildberger, Bowman, Oxford and Roorda, relating to campaign contributions and reporting.

On motion of Representative Dempsey, the House adjourned until 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 18, 2006.

Organizational meeting. Presentations by the Departments of Agriculture, Natural Resources