Bills Assigned to Committee
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND WORKPLACE SAFETY
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HB61
--- Sponsor:
Ruestman, Marilyn
--- CoSponsor:
Day, David
- Exempts work done on a school in a noncharter county from the
prevailing hourly wage requirement if approved by the school board
- HB61 -- (LR# 0341L.01I)
- Placed on the Informal Perfection Calendar (H)
HB152
--- Sponsor:
Chappelle-Nadal, Maria
--- CoSponsor:
Oxford, Jeanette Mott
- Establishes additional protections to prevent workplace violence
- HB152 -- (LR# 0745L.01I)
- Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB342
--- Sponsor:
Munzlinger, Brian
--- CoSponsor:
Sander, Therese
- Exempts public works projects with a total cost of $750,000 or less
from the prevailing hourly rate in any county of the third
classification if approved by a majority vote of the governing body
- HB342 -- (LR# 0767L.01I)
- Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB369
--- Sponsor:
Fisher, Barney Joe
--- CoSponsor:
Hunter, Steve
- Establishes the Fairness in Public Construction Act to fulfill the
state's objectives by promoting economical, nondiscrimatory, and
efficient expenditures for publicly funded construction projects
- HB369 -- (LR# 1000L.02I)
- Dropped from Calendar - Rule 44 (H)
HB371
--- Sponsor:
Fallert, Joe
--- CoSponsor:
Walsh, Regina
- Establishes the Occupational Safety Standards Commission to
promulgate, modify, or revoke safety and health standards in the
state
- HB371 -- (LR# 1016L.01I)
- Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB373
--- Sponsor:
Wildberger, Edward
--- CoSponsor:
Meiners, Kate
- Requires cities to pay the difference between the amount of the
salary and workers' compensation benefits to certain public safety
officers who suffer a traumatic job-related injury
- HB373 -- (LR# 0685L.01I)
- Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB376
--- Sponsor:
Wildberger, Edward
--- CoSponsor:
Young, Terry
- Makes it an unlawful employment practice to subject an employee to an
abusive work environment or to retaliate against an employee who
opposes that type of environment
- HB376 -- (LR# 0675L.01I)
- Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB427
--- Sponsor:
Ruestman, Marilyn
--- CoSponsor:
Sater, David
- Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Women's Council
- HB427 -- (LR# 0721L.01I)
- HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB439
--- Sponsor:
Hunter, Steve
--- CoSponsor:
Dethrow, Mike
- Establishes certain employee rights
- HB439 -- (LR# 0828L.01I)
- Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB440
--- Sponsor:
Hunter, Steve
--- CoSponsor:
Bivins, Walt
- Requires labor unions not subject to the federal Labor Management
Reporting and Disclosure Act to publicly disclose information
concerning their finances
- HB440 -- (LR# 0827L.01I)
- House Committee: SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND WORKPLACE SAFET
- Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (H)
HB441
--- Sponsor:
Hunter, Steve
--- CoSponsor:
Ruestman, Marilyn
- Requires expenditures for political activities by labor organizations
to be made exclusively from a fund established for that purpose
- HB441 -- (LR# 0825L.01I)
- Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB450
--- Sponsor:
Baker, Judy
--- CoSponsor:
McClanahan, Rebecca Payne
- Establishes the Missouri Health Profession Shortage Planning
Commission to develop recommendations regarding the health
profession workforce
- HB450 -- (LR# 0664L.02I)
- Referred: Rules Pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) (H)
HB501
--- Sponsor:
Tilley, Steven
- Allows spouses of deployed soldiers to take certain amounts of time
off from work without pay and without fear of retribution from the
employer
- HB501 -- (LR# 1543L.01I)
- Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB517
--- Sponsor:
Hunter, Steve
- Re-enacts the federal overtime standards in effect prior to the
passage of Proposition B (2006) regarding the minimum wage
increase
- HB517 -- (LR# 1602L.01I)
- Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB533
--- Sponsor:
Walsh, Regina
--- CoSponsor:
Wildberger, Edward
- Establishes the Public Service Accountability Act which requires most
public bodies to analyze the costs and benefits of privatizing any
service valued at $25,000 or more
- HB533 -- (LR# 1024L.01I)
- Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB534
--- Sponsor:
Walsh, Regina
--- CoSponsor:
Wildberger, Edward
- Establishes the Safe Staffing and Quality Care Accountability Act for
Veterans Homes and the Safe Staffing and Quality Care Accountability
Act for Mental Health Facilities
- HB534 -- (LR# 1023L.01I)
- Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB566
--- Sponsor:
Hunter, Steve
- Specifies that the state will have priority to any moneys owed to it
before any union dues are paid to a labor organization
- HB566 -- (LR# 1493L.01I)
- Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB597
--- Sponsor:
Pratt, Bryan
- Creates qualifying standards for expert witnesses in certain cases,
allows temporary licensing of out-of-state experts, and makes some
expert testimony inadmissible and certain conduct unprofessional
- HB597 -- (LR# 1701L.01I)
- Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB598
--- Sponsor:
Flook, Timothy
--- CoSponsor:
Ervin, Doug
- Specifies that any person owning an interest in a business will not be
considered an employer for the purpose of calculating an employer's
contribution to the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund
- HB598 -- (LR# 1466L.01I)
- House Committee: SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND WORKPLACE SAFET
- Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB601
--- Sponsor:
Lowe, Jenee' M.
--- CoSponsor:
Fallert, Joe
- Changes the laws regarding public employee labor organizations
- HB601 -- (LR# 1601L.01I)
- Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB629
--- Sponsor:
Hunter, Steve
- Changes the laws regarding workers' compensation
- HB629 -- (LR# 1742L.01I)
- Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB649
--- Sponsor:
Hughes, Leonard
--- CoSponsor:
Hoskins, Theodore
- Prohibits an employer from discriminating against an individual based
on his or her credit score or credit history
- HB649 -- (LR# 1642L.01I)
- Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB685
--- Sponsor:
Hunter, Steve
- Terminates benefits under the Second Injury Fund for all claims
occurring on or after January 1, 2008
- HB685 -- (LR# 0829L.01I)
- House Committee: SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND WORKPLACE SAFET
- Public Hearing Continued (H)
HB773
--- Sponsor:
Dusenberg, Gary
--- CoSponsor:
Roorda, Jeff
- Allows certain paid police officers of a paid police department to be
eligible for workers' compensation benefits for an injury due to
psychological stress
- HB773 -- (LR# 1918L.01I)
- Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB986
--- Sponsor:
Harris, Jeff
--- CoSponsor:
LeVota, Paul
- Allows crime victims to take time off from work to attend criminal
proceedings without retribution by their employer
- HB986 -- (LR# 0419L.01I)
- Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB996
--- Sponsor:
Hobbs, Steve
--- CoSponsor:
Richard, Ron
- Abolishes the Missouri Training and Employment Council and the
commissioning of a new targeted industries study by the Department of
Economic Development
- HB996 -- (LR# 2297L.01I)
- Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB1003
--- Sponsor:
Chappelle-Nadal, Maria
--- CoSponsor:
El-Amin, Talibdin
- Prohibits a public body from entering into a public works contract
with a company that has been found guilty of conducting discriminatory
employment practices
- HB1003 -- (LR# 2136L.01I)
- Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB1022
--- Sponsor:
Thomson, Mike
--- CoSponsor:
Quinn, John
- Disqualifies waiting week credit and benefits for claimants who are
discharged for providing false information on an employment
application regarding criminal convictions or job qualifications
- HB1022 -- (LR# 2434L.02I)
- House Committee: SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND WORKPLACE SAFET
- Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (H)
HB1024
--- Sponsor:
Dixon, Bob
--- CoSponsor:
Ruestman, Marilyn
- Waives the prevailing wage requirement for counties declared a
disaster area by the federal government
- HB1024 -- (LR# 2163L.01I)
- Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB1039
--- Sponsor:
Schneider, Vicki
--- CoSponsor:
Storch, Rachel
- Requires any entity providing construction services on school property
to have a drug and alcohol testing program
- HB1039 -- (LR# 2400L.01I)
- Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB1137
--- Sponsor:
Lowe, Jenee' M.
--- CoSponsor:
Skaggs, Trent
- Requires equal pay for the same work regardless of gender and
establishes the Equal Pay Commission to study wage disparities
- HB1137 -- (LR# 2354L.01I)
- Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB1144
--- Sponsor:
Emery, Edgar G. H.
- Changes the laws regarding the standard for discriminatory
employment practices under the Missouri Human Rights Law
- HB1144 -- (LR# 2635L.01I)
- House Committee: SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND WORKPLACE SAFET
- Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1147
--- Sponsor:
Hunter, Steve
- Requires that an annual actuarial study be prepared on the Second
Injury Fund
- HB1147 -- (LR# 2669L.01I)
- Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB1149
--- Sponsor:
Hunter, Steve
- Prohibits members of the General Assembly from being employed by
any organization engaged in lobbying and from voting in certain
cases of conflict of interest
- HB1149 -- (LR# 2172L.02I)
- Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB1166
--- Sponsor:
Cooper, Nathan
--- CoSponsor:
Avery, Jim
- Requires any entity providing construction services on school
property to have a drug and alcohol testing program
- HB1166 -- (LR# 2693L.01I)
- Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB1276
--- Sponsor:
Curls, Shalonn "KiKi"
--- CoSponsor:
Bland, Craig C.
- Requires certain contractors to provide potential owners with a
disclosure form which contains information regarding the contractor
and the contractor's work history
- HB1276 -- (LR# 2324L.01I)
- Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HCR36
--- Sponsor:
Meadows, Tim
--- CoSponsor:
Lowe, Jenee' M.
- Supports the passage of the federal Employee Free Choice Act to
protect and preserve for America's workers their freedom to choose
for themselves whether or not to form a union
- HCR36 -- (LR# 2025L.01I)
- Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
SB339
--- Sponsor:
Mayer, Robert
- Creates the "Fairness in Public Construction Act"
- SB339 -- (LR# 1248S.01I)
- Approved by Governor (G)
- Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
SB520
--- Sponsor:
Engler, Kevin
- Modifies requirements for labor posters
- SB520 -- (LR# 2230S.01I)
- Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
SB668
--- Sponsor:
Loudon, John
- Modifies workers' compensation payments
- SB668 -- (LR# 2452S.01I)
- House Committee: SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND WORKPLACE SAFET
- Public Hearing Completed (H)

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