HB 39 --- Sponsor: Portwood, Dr. Charles R. --- CoSponsor: Lembke, Jim

Establishes the eligibility requirements of an employed disabled person requesting medical assistance under the federal Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999

HB 76 --- Sponsor: Smith, Joe --- CoSponsor: Moore, Danielle

Authorizes an income tax credit for donations to seriously injured veterans of the Global War on Terrorism or to the veteran's family

HB 148 --- Sponsor: Salva, Ray --- CoSponsor: Wildberger, Edward

Increases the amount of retirement income that can be deducted from income tax from $6,000 to $12,000 and adds disability allowances

HB 242 --- Sponsor: Bruns, Mark J. --- CoSponsor: Fisher, Barney

Requires the Governor to issue an annual proclamation declaring April as "Autism Awareness Month" and April 27 as "Autism Awareness Day" in Missouri

HB 307 --- Sponsor: Fares, Kathlyn --- CoSponsor: Bivins, Walt

Authorizes a tax credit for certain elderly and disabled individuals for real property taxes paid

HB 330 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert

Prohibits a person denied federal disability benefits based on a lack of disability from receiving any state benefits based on a disability

HB 352 --- Sponsor: Hobbs, Steve --- CoSponsor: Hubbard, Rodney R.

Increases bonus points for nonprofit organizations bidding on state contracts and specifies an increase in the per diem awarded to sheltered workshops

HB 397 --- Sponsor: Wells, Don --- CoSponsor: May, Bob

Defines "utility vehicle" and enacts provisions regulating the use of utility vehicles

HB 415 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane

Eliminates all sunset provisions relating to early intervention services, known as the First Steps Program

HB 418 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane

Removes the early childhood special education enabling authority from a list of sections related to the First Steps Program scheduled for sunset by August 28, 2007

HB 435 --- Sponsor: Stevenson, Bryan P. --- CoSponsor: Wallace, Maynard

Creates the crime of abuse of a vulnerable person in the first, second, and third degrees

HB 449 --- Sponsor: Schoemehl, Sue

Eliminates all sunset provisions relating to early intervention services, known as the First Steps Program

HB 506 --- Sponsor: Bivins, Walt --- CoSponsor: Muschany, T. Scott

Authorizes a homestead exemption for the elderly and disabled in St. Louis County

HB 528 --- Sponsor: Donnelly, Margaret --- CoSponsor: Lipke, Scott A.

Changes the laws regarding criminal securities fraud and sets a minimum penalty when committed against the elderly or disabled

HB 573 --- Sponsor: St. Onge, Neal C. --- CoSponsor: Sater, David

Changes the renewal period from two years to four years for disabled windshield placards

HB 623 --- Sponsor: Faith, Sally A. --- CoSponsor: Funderburk, Doug

Eliminates all sunset provisions relating to early intervention services, known as the First Steps Program

HB 646 --- Sponsor: Young, Terry --- CoSponsor: Dusenberg, Gary

Requires all new signs erected after August 28, 2007, to contain the words "Accessible Parking" instead of "Handicap Parking"

HB 657 --- Sponsor: Tilley, Steven --- CoSponsor: Scharnhorst

Expands the practice of audiology by adding the fitting, programming, and dispensing of hearing devices and adds certain educational requirements for instrument specialist licenses or permits

HB 741 --- Sponsor: Pearce, David --- CoSponsor: Richard, Ron

Changes the laws regarding the Linked Deposit Program, tax increment financing, biodiesel incentives, regional economic development districts, and the Missouri Rice Certification Act

HB 745 --- Sponsor: Davis, Cynthia L.

Transfers the Blindness Education, Screening and Treatment Program Fund from the Department of Health and Senior Services to the Department of Social Services

HB 769 --- Sponsor: Bruns, Mark J. --- CoSponsor: Bruns, Mark J.

Provides protections for vulnerable adults and children and transfers the Division of Aging from the Department of Social Services to the Department of Health and Senior Services

HB 780 --- Sponsor: Wasson, Jay

Changes the laws regarding the licensure of certain professionals in the Division of Professional Registration within the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions, and Professional Registration

HB 796 --- Sponsor: Dethrow, Mike --- CoSponsor: Wilson, Larry

Exempts any permanently disabled person 65 years of age or older from the physician's statement requirement when renewing disabled license plates or placards

HB 823 --- Sponsor: Zweifel, Clint --- CoSponsor: Quinn, Paul

Changes the laws regarding the circuit breaker tax credit, provides a tax credit for earned income, and exempts Social Security benefits from taxation for certain senior citizens

HB 891 --- Sponsor: Quinn, Paul --- CoSponsor: Hubbard, Rodney R.

Authorizes a tax credit for a business employing a disabled worker

HB 943 --- Sponsor: Sutherland, Mike

Requires a signature on all documents for a long-term care facility license application to ensure that the document is true and correct

HB 947 --- Sponsor: Walsh, Regina --- CoSponsor: Wildberger, Edward

Changes the laws regarding mental health facilities and group homes for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled

HB 951 --- Sponsor: Faith, Sally A. --- CoSponsor: Schoemehl, Sue

Changes the laws regarding early intervention services for children

HB 957 --- Sponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne

Renames the Missouri Head Injury Advisory Council to the Missouri Brain Injury Advisory Council and transfers it to the Department of Health and Senior Services from the Office of Administration

HB 1087 --- Sponsor: Portwood, Dr. Charles R.

Authorizes an income tax credit for certain individuals for the costs of modifications to a home in order for it to be accessible for a disabled person who resides with them

HB 1104 --- Sponsor: Hughes, Leonard --- CoSponsor: El-Amin, Talibdin

Authorizes an income tax credit for contributions to nonprofit special needs education support organizations

HB 1111 --- Sponsor: Baker, Judy --- CoSponsor: Storch, Rachel

Authorizes an income tax credit for constructing a home accessible to disabled individuals based on the universal design standards

HB 1112 --- Sponsor: Meiners, Kate

Allows mobility motor vehicle dealers to sell new motor vehicles that have been equipped for retail sale as mobility motor vehicles

HB 1131 --- Sponsor: Jones, Timothy W. --- CoSponsor: Pratt, Bryan

Requires publishers of instructional materials to provide electronic copies to schools for specialized uses

HB 1133 --- Sponsor: Dusenberg, Gary --- CoSponsor: Kraus, Will

Authorizes an income tax credit for 50% of real property taxes paid on the primary residence of certain disabled veterans

HB 1244 --- Sponsor: Nolte, Jerry --- CoSponsor: Scharnhorst

Limits the increase in assessed valuation of residential property by the percentage of increase in Social Security benefits for the elderly and disabled who own and live in their principal residence

HB 1250 --- Sponsor: Komo, Sam --- CoSponsor: Meadows, Tim

Prohibits any lending institution from foreclosing on a mortgage loan for up to 18 months for any veteran who has applied for disability benefits

HCR 6 --- Sponsor: Bruns, Mark J. --- CoSponsor: Fisher, Barney

Recognizes April 27th each year as "Autism Awareness Day" and the month of April each year as "Autism Awareness Month" in Missouri

HCR 24 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Kevin --- CoSponsor: Moore, Danielle

Requests a review of the special needs student assessment provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act to better serve the special needs student population

HCR 43 --- Sponsor: Page, Sam --- CoSponsor: Moore, Danielle

Endorses the "Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children's Bill of Rights".

SB 3 --- Sponsor: Gibbons, Michael R.

Enacts provisions on mental health reform

SB 8 --- Sponsor: Kennedy, Harry

Provides a tax credit for modifying a home for a disabled person

SB 11 --- Sponsor: Coleman, Maida

Creates a hot weather rule for maintenance of utility service

SB 77 --- Sponsor: Scott, Delbert

Creates a graduated increase in payments for sheltered workshops

SB 112 --- Sponsor: Rupp, Scott T.

Removes the reference to sunset of the statute that provides authority for special education of the ages 3 to 21 population

SB 131 --- Sponsor: Rupp, Scott T.

Renders the Missouri sunset provision not applicable to the early intervention program for infants and toddlers with disabilities (First Steps Program)

SB 141 --- Sponsor: Nodler, Gary

Removes the reference to sunset of the statute that provides authority for special education of the ages 3 to 21 population

SB 142 --- Sponsor: Nodler, Gary

Renders the Missouri Sunset Act not applicable with regard to the early intervention program for infants and toddlers with disabilities (First Steps Program)

SB 174 --- Sponsor: Green, Timothy P.

Modifies laws on mental health facilities and group homes for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled

SB 177 --- Sponsor: Green, Timothy P.

Provides for mandatory minimum punishment for securities fraud crimes against the elderly or disabled

SB 238 --- Sponsor: Stouffer, Bill

Requires removable windshield placards to be renewed every four years rather than two years

SB 333 --- Sponsor: Stouffer, Bill

Revises provisions relating to the renamed Missouri Brain Injury Advisory Council

SB 436 --- Sponsor: Rupp, Scott T.

Modifies provisions relating to the First Steps Program

SB 446 --- Sponsor: Goodman, Jack

Modifies provisions relating to fire safety standards in long-term care facilities

SB 464 --- Sponsor: Callahan, Victor E.

Requires all new signs erected after August 28, 2007, relating to disabled parking to contain the words "Accessible Parking" instead of "Handicap Parking"

SB 490 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert

Modifies provisions relating to citizens most at risk for exploitation

SB 517 --- Sponsor: Rupp, Scott T.

Adds certain cancers to the list of diseases which are used to compute firefighters' retirement benefits

SB 615 --- Sponsor: Callahan, Victor E.

Modifies provisions of the Homestead Preservation Exemption Tax Credit Program

SB 617 --- Sponsor: Rupp, Scott T.

Prohibits the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education from promulgating rules as to certain services under Part B of IDEA

SB 621 --- Sponsor: Engler, Kevin

Changes the name of the "Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities" to the "Division of Developmental Disabilities"

SB 695 --- Sponsor: Kennedy, Harry

Provides a tax credit for disability home modification

SCR 8 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Yvonne S.

Urges the Departments of Health and Senior Services and Mental Health to implement its recommendations to the Governor regarding fire safety regulations for residential care facilities

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated October 23, 2007 at 9:16 am