Missouri House of Representatives
2007
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Leonard Hughes
SPONSOR
HB484
Establishes the Missouri Universal Health Insurance Act to provide
comprehensive and necessary health care services for Missouri
residents
HB484
-- (LR# 1213L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Health Insurance (H)
HB485
Limits the amount of interest a title lender can charge on loans and
requires the average interest rate being charged by credit unions to
be made available to the public
HB485
-- (LR# 1214L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Financial Institutions (H)
HB486
Requires all food or food products sold in Missouri which are
derived from a cloned animal to be labeled indicating that the food is
or contains products derived from a cloned animal
HB486
-- (LR# 1211L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Agri-Business (H)
HB649
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)
HB650
Changes the laws regarding the use of credit information when
underwriting insurance contracts
HB650
-- (LR# 1641L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Health Insurance (H)
HB651
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
HB651
-- (LR# 1638L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB652
Removes the payment of an intervention fee as a condition of parole
HB652
-- (LR# 1637L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON URBAN ISSUES
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1103
Establishes a Minority and Women's Business Enterprise Committee to
assist certified socially and economically disadvantaged minority and
women's business enterprises in state contracts
HB1103
-- (LR# 2257L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Urban Issues (H)
HB1104
Authorizes an income tax credit for contributions to nonprofit special
needs education support organizations
HB1104
-- (LR# 2555L.01I)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1105
Establishes the Economic Development Grant Program for companies
to reopen a closed manufacturing factory
HB1105
-- (LR# 1639L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Job Creation & Eco Dev (H)
COSPONSOR
HB237
Changes the laws regarding unsecured loans of $500 or less, sometimes
referred to as "payday loans," and allows the Attorney General to
maintain an action to enforce compliance
HB237
-- (LR# 0624L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Financial Institutions (H)
HB411
Establishes the Office of Trade Enforcement within the Department of
Economic Development and the Citizen's Commission on Globalization
HB411
-- (LR# 0907L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Job Creation & Eco Dev (H)
HB436
Changes the laws regarding limited liability companies
HB436
-- (LR# 1077L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB438
Establishes the Twenty-first Century Scholars Program
HB438
-- (LR# 0997L.01I)
HIGHER EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB444
Authorizes an income tax deduction for Social Security and nonprivate
retirement benefits received by the elderly, subject to income limits,
and for qualified health insurance premiums
Approved SS#2 SCS HCS HB 444, 217, 225, 239, 243, 297, 402 & 172
-- (LR# 0761S.11T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB452
Authorizes an income tax credit for costs directly related to the loss
of electrical power for three or more days
HB452
-- (LR# 0751L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (H)
HB498
Establishes the Milton Friedman "Put Parents in Charge" Education
Program and authorizes an individual and business tax credit for
contributions to certified educational charitable organizations
HB498
-- (LR# 0408L.03I)
Referred: Special Committee on Urban Education Reform (H)
HB519
Expands the crime of murder in the first degree to include when a
person knowingly causes the death of a child and a heinous element
is involved, to be known as Erica and Zayquon's Law
HB519
-- (LR# 1073L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB534
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)
HB535
Changes the laws regarding the regulation of state and private mental
health facilities
HB535
-- (LR# 1022L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Healthcare Facilities (H)
HB536
Prohibits any entity from preventing a student athlete from competing
in or training for any Olympic event
HB536
-- (LR# 1021L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB559
Authorizes an individual income tax credit for the costs of receiving
human infertility treatments
HB559
-- (LR# 1412L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB560
Requires counties and certain cities to provide taxpayers the option
of paying half of their property taxes owed by June 30 of each year
HB560
-- (LR# 1410L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB565
Allows for electronic communication with a child for the noncustodial
parent and custodial parent during times when the child is with the
other parent
HB565
-- (LR# 1429L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB604
Authorizes a state individual income tax credit equal to a percentage
of any earned income tax credit claimed by the taxpayer on the
individual's federal income tax return
HB604
-- (LR# 1387L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB607
Requires vehicles to yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians
crossing a city or neighborhood street in Jackson County and increases
the penalty for leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident
HB607
-- (LR# 1455L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB622
Exempts driver's license applicants from proving lawful presence when
the applicant has previously held a noncommercial driver's license,
noncommercial instruction permit, or nondriver's license
HB622
-- (LR# 1313L.02I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB636
Authorizes an income tax credit for military retirement benefits
HCS HB 636, 308 & 173
-- (LR# 1482L.03P)
SENATE WAYS AND MEANS
Executive Session Held (S)
VOTED DO PASS
HB683
Changes the laws regarding the requirements for corporate filings
HB683
-- (LR# 1344L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB718
Requires public school students enrolled in kindergarten or
first grade to receive a comprehensive vision examination
HB718
-- (LR# 1757L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
Voted Do Pass (H)
HB737
Prohibits the Supervisor of the Dvision of Alcohol and Tobacco
Control from restricting the use of certain dispensers for selling or
dispensing intoxicating liquor or nonintoxicating beer
HB737
-- (LR# 1645L.01I)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (H)
HB756
Increases the penalty for littering by requiring at least 40 hours of
community service and a $600 restitution payment
HB756
-- (LR# 1723L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB758
Authorizes an income tax credit for employers who hire qualified high
school students for summer jobs
HB758
-- (LR# 1853L.01P)
Second Read/Referred: Ways and Means (S)
HB767
Requires private mental health facilities and group homes for the
mentally retarded and developmentally disabled to meet the same
requirements as state-operated facilities
HB767
-- (LR# 1545L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB785
Requires window stickers instead of license plate tabs to show
current motor vehicle registration
HB785
-- (LR# 0210L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB806
Repeals the law currently prohibiting Kansas City police officers
from participating in certain political activities
HB806
-- (LR# 1731L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (H)
HB807
Allows public school students to choose to attend a public school
district other than the school district of his or her residence
HCS HB 807 & 690
-- (LR# 1866L.05C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB808
Establishes the Betty L. Thompson Scholarship Program
HB808
-- (LR# 0856L.01I)
Perfection Defeated (H)
HA 1 TO HSA 1 FOR HA 4, HSA 1 FOR HA 4, AS AMENDED
AYES: 62
NOES: 96 PRESENT: 1
HB819
Prohibits discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation
HB819
-- (LR# 1321L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB844
Allows a temporary exemption from the proof of lawful presence
requirement when victims of domestic violence apply for a driver's
license or instruction permit
HB844
-- (LR# 1222L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB869
Establishes the Easy Connection Act which allows electric customers
to sell electricity from renewable energy sources to electric
companies
HCS HB 869
-- (LR# 1981L.03C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB883
Requires certain corporations to file an annual tax disclosure
statement
HB883
-- (LR# 1224L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Tax Reform (H)
HB892
Creates the Medal of Freedom to be awarded to any veteran who
honorably served in the armed forces at any time since 1990
under certain residency requirements
HCS HB 892
-- (LR# 1937L.02P)
SENATE PENSIONS, VETERANS' AFFAIRS, AND GENERAL LAW
Executive Session Held (S)
VOTED DO PASS
HB997
Expands the No-Call List to include cell phone numbers, prohibits
sending unsolicited faxes and text messages, and prohibits using
automatic dialing announcing devices in certain situations
HB997
-- (LR# 2307L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Utilities (H)
HB1017
Changes the laws regarding the Missouri individual income tax
HB1017
-- (LR# 2244L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB1018
Changes the laws regarding the availability and dispersal of
contraception information
HB1018
-- (LR# 2156L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB1019
Modifies the eligibility requirements for the Missouri Medicaid
Program
HB1019
-- (LR# 2443L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB1023
Establishes an advisory board within the Department of Conservation
to assist the Conservation Commission
HCS HB 1023
-- (LR# 0935L.02C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1035
Extends medical assistance through 21 years of age for certain
foster children
HB1035
-- (LR# 2495L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB1042
Provides merger procedures for certain community improvement
districts
HB1042
-- (LR# 2083L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Job Creation & Eco Dev (H)
HB1058
Allows tax-exempt licensees located in a building on the National
Historic Register in Kansas City and Jackson County to stay open until
6:00 a.m.
HB1058
-- (LR# 2599L.01I)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1062
Establishes the Green Power Initiative and requires the Missouri
Public Service Commission to oversee renewable energy targets for
electric utilities
HB1062
-- (LR# 2206L.02I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1071
Requires group health insurance policies which cover dependents to
continue coverage for a dependent child with a chronic illness or
condition until the child reaches 25 years of age or marries
HB1071
-- (LR# 2590L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Health Insurance (H)
HB1115
Allows individuals paying a monthly fee for online banking services to
cancel the service anytime by contacting the provider by telephone, in
writing, or online
HB1115
-- (LR# 2634L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Financial Institutions (H)
HB1128
Designates the new bridge over the Missouri River on Interstate 29/35
in Kansas City as the "Christopher S. Bond Bridge"
HB1128
-- (LR# 2620L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1129
Requires payday loan lenders to conspicuously display in the
lobby a brochure detailing the eligibility requirements for the
Missouri Food Stamp Program
HB1129
-- (LR# 1709L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Financial Institutions (H)
HB1130
Allows for the compensation of a person wrongfully convicted and
imprisoned
HB1130
-- (LR# 2657L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB1137
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)
HB1139
Establishes the Missouri Commission on Prevention and Management
of Obesity
HB1139
-- (LR# 1310L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB1140
Requires school districts to provide an alternative education program
in order to be eligible for state school aid
HB1140
-- (LR# 2402L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1141
Requires the State Board of Education to establish a Coordinated
Health Program Board to develop a program on the prevention of
student obesity, cardiovascular disease, and type II diabetes
HB1141
-- (LR# 1311L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB1143
Establishes the Emancipation Day Commission
HB1143
-- (LR# 2681L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on General Laws (H)
HB1204
Allows applicants changing information on their driver's licenses to
register to vote and requires the Department of Revenue to provide the
voter information to the Office of the Secretary of State
HB1204
-- (LR# 2717L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HJR27
Proposes a constitutional amendment transferring the initial
responsibility for congressional and legislative redistricting from a
congressional committee to a state demographer
HJR27
-- (LR# 2493L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
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Last Updated October 23, 2007 at 9:13 am