Missouri House of Representatives
2007
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Bryan P. Stevenson
SPONSOR
HB215
Expands the jurisdiction of juvenile courts to include individuals who
are 17 and 18 years of age for the sole purpose of status offenses by
redefining the terms "child," "adult," and "status offense"
SCS HB 215
-- (LR# 0222S.05C)
SEE COMMENTS
MOTION TO ADOPT SCS AS AMENDED FAILED
AYES: 77
NOES: 72 PRESENT: 3
HB216
Establishes the Umbilical Cord Blood Bank Program to collect and
provide researchers with umbilical cord blood for scientific research
on human stem cells
HB216
-- (LR# 0223L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON FAMILY SERVICES
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB217
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)
HB218
Authorizes a gradual reduction in the annual corporate income tax rate
HCS HB 218
-- (LR# 0225L.02C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB219
Changes the annual franchise tax rates and income threshold amounts
for corporations
HB219
-- (LR# 0226L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB220
Makes a technical correction to Section 456.5-501, RSMo, regarding
the Missouri Uniform Trust Code
Approved HB220
-- (LR# 0866L.01T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB433
Adds property damage in any underinsured motor vehicle coverage
HB433
-- (LR# 0224L.01I)
INSURANCE POLICY
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB434
Establishes the Health Care Rights of Conscience Act which allows a
health care professional not to participate in a health care service
that violates his or her conscience
HB434
-- (LR# 0154L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB435
Creates the crime of abuse of a vulnerable person in the first,
second, and third degrees
HB435
-- (LR# 1307L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB723
Changes the laws regarding the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
HB723
-- (LR# 1444L.01I)
HEALTH CARE POLICY
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB724
Changes the prior service credit for the Prosecuting Attorneys and
Circuit Attorneys' Retirement Fund
HB724
-- (LR# 1443L.01I)
Read Second Time (H)
HB725
Requires a specified percentage of all new vehicle sales to be
alternative fueled vehicles and authorizes a surcharge and tax credits
HB725
-- (LR# 0865L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB902
Changes the laws regarding merchandising practices
HB902
-- (LR# 1960L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB903
Establishes immunity from liability for certain product retailers
HB903
-- (LR# 1958L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB904
Changes the laws regarding merchandising practices
HB904
-- (LR# 1959L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB905
Requires the registration and licensure of naturopathic physicians
HB905
-- (LR# 2238L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Professional Registration & Licens (H)
HB1021
Establishes the Reliability in Expert Testimony Standards Act
regarding expert witness testimony in judicial proceedings
HB1021
-- (LR# 2537L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1074
Changes the laws regarding initiative petition procedures
HB1074
-- (LR# 2433L.01I)
ELECTIONS
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1089
Changes the taxation laws regarding nexus determination, sales tax,
income tax, and tax credits
HCS HB 1089
-- (LR# 2596L.04C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1229
Changes the laws regarding the child abuse and neglect central
registry
HB1229
-- (LR# 2751L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB1252
Requires all retail fuel sales after January 1, 2008, to contain 10%
ethanol-blended fuel without regard to the market price of regular
fuel
HB1252
-- (LR# 2778L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Energy and Environment (H)
HCR39
Creates a Joint Interim Committee on Juvenile Justice to ensure that
children entrusted to the care of our state institutions are
receiving the best possible service and care
HCR39
-- (LR# 2595L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
COSPONSOR
HB39
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
SCS HCS HB 39
-- (LR# 0458S.07C)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB40
Changes the laws regarding the long-term care insurance tax
deduction and establishes the Missouri Long-term Care
Partnership Act
HCS HB 40, 116 & 367
-- (LR# 0478L.02P)
SENATE HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH
Public Hearing Held (S)
HB46
Changes the laws regarding the impoundment of an animal suspected of
being neglected or abused
HB46
-- (LR# 0406L.01P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB60
Creates a presumption in certain circumstances that a person using
deadly force has a reasonable fear of death or harm and allows that
person immunity in certain circumstances for use of defensive force
HCS HB 189 & 60
-- (LR# 0562L.02P)
SENATE JUDICIARY AND CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE
Executive Session Held (S)
SCS VOTED DO PASS
HB61
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)
HB97
Prohibits automated telephone solicitations relating to political
campaigns to individuals on the No-Call List
HB97
-- (LR# 0696L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON UTILITIES
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB100
Authorizes an income tax credit for volunteer firefighters
HB100
-- (LR# 0340L.01I)
WAYS AND MEANS
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB112
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
HCS HB 112,26,37,78,79 & 154
-- (LR# 0255L.10C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB352
Increases bonus points for nonprofit organizations bidding on state
contracts and specifies an increase in the per diem awarded to
sheltered workshops
Approved HB352
-- (LR# 1007L.02T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB353
Changes the laws regarding fraud and abuse in the Missouri
Medicaid Program
HB353
-- (LR# 1169L.01P)
SENATE HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH
Public Hearing Held (S)
HB369
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
HCS HB 369
-- (LR# 1000L.04C)
Dropped from Calendar - Rule 44 (H)
HB370
Prohibits the state from banning, prohibiting, or otherwise
restricting a farmer's or landowner's right to have certain
captive-reared gamebirds and waterfowl on their property
HB370
-- (LR# 1097L.01I)
AGRICULTURE POLICY
Voted Do Pass (H)
HB406
Changes the laws regarding crime prevention and boating while
intoxicated
HCS#2 HB 406 & 726
-- (LR# 0998L.06C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (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)
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)
HB461
Changes the laws regarding the State Water Patrol
Approved HCS HB 461
-- (LR# 1134L.03T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
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)
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)
HB576
Designates the bobwhite quail as the official state game bird
Approved HB576
-- (LR# 1622L.01T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB580
Allows school districts to establish a four-day school week upon a
majority vote of the school board
HB580
-- (LR# 1549L.01I)
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB583
Changes the laws regarding the rights of victims of domestic
violence and sexual assault
Approved SS SCS HCS HB 583
-- (LR# 0661S.08T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
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)
HB617
Prohibits a minor from self-consenting for a prescription for a
contraceptive drug or device unless a petition is granted from a
juvenile court
HB617
-- (LR# 0899L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (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
HB645
Changes the definition of "qualified company" so that a corporation
dissolved under Chapter 351, RSMo, and currently in a state of
dissolution cannot participate in the Missouri Quality Jobs Act
HB645
-- (LR# 1811L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Job Creation & Eco Dev (H)
HB678
Allows certain school districts in declared federal disaster areas
after the January 2007 ice storms to not make up lost time and allows
other schools to make up only a certain number of the missed days
Approved HCS HB 678
-- (LR# 1712L.04T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB680
Designates Big Bluestem as the official state grass
Approved HB680
-- (LR# 1614L.01T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB690
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)
HB714
Changes the procedure for filing and recording a written notice that a
lawsuit has been filed contesting a piece of real property, known as
lis pendens
HB714
-- (LR# 1481L.01I)
JUDICIARY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB730
Exempts school districts from the requirement to make up days of
school missed or canceled due to inclement weather occurring on or
after January 12, 2007
HB730
-- (LR# 1805L.01I)
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB735
Changes the laws regarding the requirements for designing,
constructing, and managing state buildings and allows the Governor to
sell state property belonging to Northwest Missouri State University
HCS#2 HB 735
-- (LR# 1301L.04C)
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)
HB803
Authorizes an income tax credit for donations to the Missouri
Court Appointed Special Advocates Association
HB803
-- (LR# 1852L.01I)
HEALTH CARE POLICY
Public Hearing Completed (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
HB818
Establishes the Missouri Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act and changes the laws regarding the Missouri Health
Insurance Pool and health care insurance
Approved SS#2 SCS HCS HB 818
-- (LR# 1261S.22T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
THIS BILL BECOMES EFFECTIVE AUG 28, 2007, EXCEPT
FOR SECTIONS 143.782, 143.790, 313.321-376.960,
376.964-376.989, 376.1500-376.1532, AND 379.930 -
379.952 WHICH HAVE A JAN 1, 2008 EFFECTIVE DATE
HB821
Establishes the Unborn Child Pain Prevention Act relating to the
capacity of an unborn child to experience pain during an abortion
HB821
-- (LR# 1739L.01I)
Laid Over (H)
HA 1 PENDING
HB837
Prohibits unsupervised visitation for a noncustodial parent who has
been found guilty of certain sexual offenses of if a person residing
with the noncustodial parent has been convicted of certain offenses
HB837
-- (LR# 2052L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB845
Requires the Secretary of State to mail a voter registration form to
a person who has applied for a resident hunting and fishing permit but
is not a registered voter
HCS HB 845
-- (LR# 1774L.06P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB867
Authorizes advance voting procedures and additional penalty
provisions regarding elections
HB867
-- (LR# 1895L.01I)
ELECTIONS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB989
Changes the laws regarding certain unsecured loans, commonly
known as payday loans
HB989
-- (LR# 2277L.05I)
Referred: Special Committee on Financial Institutions (H)
HB990
Prohibits abortions in this state, other than to save the life of the
mother
HB990
-- (LR# 2215L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on General Laws (H)
HB991
Establishes the Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit Act
HB991
-- (LR# 2472L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Public Hearing Completed (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)
HB1055
Changes the laws regarding sexual education instruction in public
schools and establishes public awareness and services
for alternatives to abortion programs
Approved HCS HB 1055
-- (LR# 2503L.04T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB1066
Designates a portion of Interstate 44 in Lawrence County from the
intersection of State Route H east to the intersection of State
Highway 265/39 as the "Purple Heart Memorial Highway"
HB1066
-- (LR# 2221L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB1067
Specifies that owners and medical managers of automated external
defibrillators will not be held liable for civil damages related to
their use
HB1067
-- (LR# 2326L.01I)
HEALTH CARE POLICY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1126
Changes the distribution of funds from the professional athletes and
entertainers tax so that 10% of the revenue is annually distributed to
the Juneteenth Heritage and Jazz Festival and Memorial
HB1126
-- (LR# 2054L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON TAX REFORM
Public Hearing Completed (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)
HB1142
Creates the crime of trafficking for the purpose of illegal
immigration
HB1142
-- (LR# 1750L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Immigration (H)
HB1152
Establishes the procedures for distributing funds to each agency
of the Area Agencies on Aging
HB1152
-- (LR# 2640L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Senior Citizen Advocacy (H)
HB1202
Increases the maximum motor vehicle width restriction from 96 inches
to 102 inches
HB1202
-- (LR# 2750L.02I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB1239
Allows school districts to offer open enrollment by contract if
approved by voters
HB1239
-- (LR# 2144L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1281
Establishes the St. Louis Neighborhood Schools Improvement Act which
specifies the guidelines for establishing and administering a
successor school district for the City of St. Louis School District
HB1281
-- (LR# 2715L.02I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON URBAN EDUCATION REFORM
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HCR17
Recognizes the I-49 Coalition as the official organization for the
project to upgrade U.S. Highway 71 to interstate standards
HCR17
-- (LR# 1582L.01I)
SENATE RULES, JOINT RULES, RESOLUTIONS AND ETHICS
Reported Do Pass (S)
HJR1
Proposes a constitutional amendment restricting state court
jurisdiction in the areas of taxing, spending, and budgeting
SCS HCS HJR 1
-- (LR# 0416S.05C)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HJR8
Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting an increase in
real property taxes above the previous year's federal Consumer
Price Index increase
HJR8
-- (LR# 0449L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON TAX REFORM
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HJR11
Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting human cloning and
authorizing the General Assembly to enact laws regarding health
care research
HJR11
-- (LR# 0923L.02I)
Rules - Reported Do Not Pass (H)
HJR18
Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring two-thirds majority
vote for future constitutional amendments and modifies the process
for accepting and enacting constitutional amendments
HJR18
-- (LR# 1573L.01I)
ELECTIONS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HJR19
Proposes a constitutional amendment guaranteeing a citizen's First
Amendment right to pray on public property and reaffirming a
citizen's right to choose any or no religion
HJR19
-- (LR# 1934L.02P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HJR20
Proposes a constitutional amendment establishing limits on the total
state general revenue appropriations
HCS HJR 20
-- (LR# 1935L.04C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
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