Missouri House of Representatives
2007
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Maria Chappelle-Nadal
SPONSOR
HB151
Requires, subject to appropriation, an expansion of the variety of
kosher foods approved under the Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants, and Children
HB151
-- (LR# 0754L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB152
Establishes additional protections to prevent workplace violence
HB152
-- (LR# 0745L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB548
Requires than an applicant for elected public office must pay all
penalties he or she owes for any failure to file campaign finance
disclosure reports before being approved as a candidate
HB548
-- (LR# 1242L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB549
Establishes a method of declaring a dog as dangerous or potentially
dangerous
HB549
-- (LR# 0966L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1003
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)
HB1004
Allows automobile insurers to charge different rates based on
seat belt usage
HB1004
-- (LR# 2134L.01I)
Referred: Insurance Policy (H)
HB1005
Increases resource limits for medical assistance eligibility and
requires the Department of Social Services to apply for an amendment
to the home and community-based waiver to extend eligibility
HB1005
-- (LR# 2135L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HCR40
Calls on the President of the United States and the United States
Congress to take certain actions regarding the genocide in the Darfur
region of Sudan
HCR40
-- (LR# 2618L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Urban Issues (H)
COSPONSOR
HB104
Specifies that the purchase price for calculating the sales tax of a
motor vehicle excludes the cost to modify the vehicle for use by an
individual with a disability
HCS HB 104
-- (LR# 0285L.02P)
SENATE WAYS AND MEANS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB258
Repeals the death penalty
HB258
-- (LR# 0749L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON URBAN ISSUES
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB291
Establishes the Small Business and Entrepreneurial Growth Act to
encourage the expansion of small businesses
HB291
-- (LR# 0811L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB326
Increases the period of driver's license suspension from 90 days
to 180 days for certain first-time, alcohol-related traffic offenses
HB326
-- (LR# 0082L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB351
Designates the crayfish as the official state invertebrate
Approved HB351
-- (LR# 0248L.01T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB387
Specifies that bond proceeds, fees, and other revenues of the Missouri
Higher Education Loan Authority (MoHELA) can only be used for
lowering rates, forgiving loans, and administering the program
HB387
-- (LR# 1270L.01I)
Referred: Higher Education (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)
HB445
Establishes the Commission on the Death Penalty and places a
moratorium on all executions until January 1, 2011
HB445
-- (LR# 1260L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB451
Requires school districts to develop policies to incorporate social
and emotional development into their educational programs
HB451
-- (LR# 1079L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB453
Authorizes an income tax credit for donations to food pantries and
adds cash, publicly traded stocks and bonds, and real estate as
eligible donations for the Residential Treatment Agency Tax Credit
Approved SS HCS HB 453
-- (LR# 0914S.04T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB454
Authorizes the Family Support Division to assist certain elderly
individuals who qualify for the federal Food Stamp Program in
obtaining supplemental food stamps
HB454
-- (LR# 0915L.01P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB489
Requires school districts to identify gifted students and allows the
establishment of gifted programs
SCS HB 489
-- (LR# 1215S.05C)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB496
Authorizes townships to levy a real property tax to fund community
health districts
HB496
-- (LR# 0187L.02I)
Referred: Local Government (H)
HB503
Establishes requirements for the licensure of midwives
HB503
-- (LR# 1207L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Professional Registration & Licens (H)
HB504
Exempts landlords from liability for damage to personal property that
results from enforcement of a judgment granting possession and gives
landlords the right to dispose of the property
HB504
-- (LR# 1119L.02I)
JUDICIARY
HCS Voted Do Pass (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)
HB521
Revises the Household Child Protect Act which includes household
witnesses of child abuse and neglect in the list of persons required
to report child abuse
HB521
-- (LR# 1072L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB522
Changes the laws regarding campaign financing and establishes
campaign contribution limits
HB522
-- (LR# 1233L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB533
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
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)
HB539
Requires persons adopting a dog or cat to pay a $50 fee which is
refundable upon verification that the animal has been spayed or
neutered
HB539
-- (LR# 1223L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Urban Education Reform (H)
HB541
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for human papillomavirus
testing as a cervical cancer screening test
HB541
-- (LR# 1115L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Health Insurance (H)
HB546
Exempts from jury duty any woman who is breastfeeding and
disqualifies licensed attorneys from serving on juries
HB546
-- (LR# 0550L.01I)
Dropped from Calendar - Rule 44 (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)
HB605
Prohibits membership on the Regional Taxicab Commission for
certain persons and establishes a 10-member advisory committee
HB605
-- (LR# 1375L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (H)
HB606
Changes the laws regarding actions for damages for conduct or speech
at public hearings or meetings by including actions that cause money
damages
HB606
-- (LR# 1383L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (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)
HB610
Establishes the Address Confidentiality Program to protect victims of
domestic violence by establishing a designated address for victims and
their minor children
HB610
-- (LR# 1144L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (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)
HB627
Requires the installation of carbon monoxide detection devices in
certain residential properties
HB627
-- (LR# 1292L.02I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB639
Requires all new developments to have power lines installed
underground
HB639
-- (LR# 1116L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Utilities (H)
HB646
Requires all new signs erected after August 28, 2007, to contain the
words "Accessible Parking" instead of "Handicap Parking"
HB646
-- (LR# 0698L.01I)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB647
Allows the limited use of a dog to track a deer that is shot by a
person engaged in lawful hunting
HB647
-- (LR# 0697L.01P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB653
Establishes the Reverend Nathaniel Cole Memorial Pursuit Reduction
Grant to provide grants to urban police departments for the purchase
of real-time pursuit management systems
HB653
-- (LR# 1761L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB698
Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
to recalculate the state school aid for the Riverview Gardens School
District to correct an error
HCS HB 698
-- (LR# 1705L.03C)
RULES - PURSUANT TO RULE 25(21)(f)
Rules - No Action Taken (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)
HB731
Requires utilities to credit a customer's account $25 for every 24
hours the customer experiences an electrical outage beyond the
first 48 hours of the outage
HB731
-- (LR# 1584L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Utilities (H)
HB733
Changes the definition of "security" in the laws regulating
securities so that the sale of variable annuities will be governed
by the Secretary of State
HB733
-- (LR# 1324L.01I)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (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)
HB785
Requires window stickers instead of license plate tabs to show
current motor vehicle registration
HB785
-- (LR# 0210L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB786
Requires the development of caseload standards for the Department of
Health and Senior Services and the Department of Mental Health
HB786
-- (LR# 1390L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB787
Establishes lower permissible and desirable class sizes than
currently exist in administrative rules for St. Louis School District
and districts in St. Louis County
HB787
-- (LR# 1389L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB799
Requires hospitals to compile and post daily staffing information in
patient care areas of each unit of the hospital
HB799
-- (LR# 0577L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB819
Prohibits discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation
HB819
-- (LR# 1321L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (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)
HB891
Authorizes a tax credit for a business employing a disabled worker
HCS HB 891
-- (LR# 1782L.02P)
SENATE WAYS AND MEANS
Reported Do Pass (S)
HB922
Allows any registered voter who is 70 years of age or older to vote
by absentee ballot
HB922
-- (LR# 1781L.01I)
ELECTIONS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB931
Prohibits the Department of Revenue from contracting with any
entity to mail motor vehicle registration notices and prohibits
commercial inserts and other advertising from accompanying the notice
HB931
-- (LR# 2233L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB946
Requires the Missouri Public Service Commission to develop
standards regarding vegetation, electrical service, and infrastructure
HB946
-- (LR# 2116L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Utilities (H)
HB947
Changes the laws regarding mental health facilities and group homes
for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled
HB947
-- (LR# 2218L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB952
Changes the laws regarding emergency preparedness plans,
fire alarms, and sprinkler systems in long-term care facilities
Approved SS SCS HCS HB 952 & 674
-- (LR# 2306S.11T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB953
Changes the laws regarding the licensing of social workers
HB953
-- (LR# 2155L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB959
Requires the Missouri Public Service Commission to implement an
energy assurance program pilot project to provide heat-related
utility services to low-income individuals
HB959
-- (LR# 1785L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Utilities (H)
HB964
Establishes a pilot project within the Department of Mental Health to
form four assertive community treatment teams to provide
comprehensive, community-based psychiatric treatment
HB964
-- (LR# 2205L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (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)
HB1035
Extends medical assistance through 21 years of age for certain
foster children
HB1035
-- (LR# 2495L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB1099
Changes the laws regarding child care
HB1099
-- (LR# 2496L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (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)
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)
HB1138
Changes the laws regarding the classification of marijuana as a
controlled substance and legalizes the use of marijuana for medical
purposes
HB1138
-- (LR# 2610L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1142
Creates the crime of trafficking for the purpose of illegal
immigration
HB1142
-- (LR# 1750L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Immigration (H)
HB1146
Prohibits adjustments to the rate schedules of electrical, gas, and
water corporations on the basis of regulatory costs and customer
usage
HB1146
-- (LR# 1786L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Utilities (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)
HB1268
Establishes the Missouri Global Warming Solutions Act of 2007 to
reduce carbon dioxide emissions
HB1268
-- (LR# 2658L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Energy and Environment (H)
HCR19
Urges the United States government to not escalate its involvement in
Iraq or increase troop levels
HCR19
-- (LR# 1687L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Homeland Security (H)
HCR34
Urges the passage of federal legislation based on the Gulf Coast
Civic Works Project to create jobs in New Orleans in the aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina
HCR34
-- (LR# 2365L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Urban Issues (H)
HCR47
Encourages dog training programs and kennel clubs to provide training
and education for community pet owners that result in dogs being
"Canine Good Citizens"
HCR47
-- (LR# 2665L.01I)
Referred: Agriculture Policy (H)
HJR28
Proposes a constitutional amendment allowing constitutionally
chartered cities or counties to impose liens on nuisance property
HJR28
-- (LR# 0858L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HJR29
Proposes a constitutional amendment giving the power of eminent
domain to the state and its political subdivisions whose officials are
directly responsible to elected officials
HJR29
-- (LR# 0857L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
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