February 19, 2008, House Activity Register

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Daily Activity Register
For Activities Recorded on February 19, 2008

HB1305 --- Sponsor: Day, David (148) --- CoSponsor: Pearce, David (121)

Allows individual school districts to exempt high school students transferring into the state from the requirement to pass certain government and constitution course and test requirements

SCS HCS HB 1305 -- (LR# 3147S- 04C)

Perfected by Consent - Pursuant to House Rules (H)

HB1311 --- Sponsor: Hoskins, Theodore (080)

Requires a write-in candidate for a municipal office to meet state and municipal tax requirements and filing deadlines in order to file a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate

SCS HB 1311 -- (LR# 3341S- 02T)

Third Read and Passed (H)

AYES: 151
NOES: 0
PRESENT: 2
Reported to the Senate and First Read (S)

HB1313 --- Sponsor: Wright, Billy Pat (159) --- CoSponsor: Day, David (148)

Gives a preference in all state purchasing contracts to certain disabled veterans doing business as Missouri companies when the quality of work is equal or better and the price is the same or less

HB 1313 -- (LR# 3279L- 01T)

Third Read and Passed (H)

AYES: 142
NOES: 11
Reported to the Senate and First Read (S)

HB1340 --- Sponsor: Muschany, T. Scott (087) --- CoSponsor: Jones, Timothy W. (089)

Allows for the phasing in of full deductibility from state income tax of all federal income tax liability

HB 1340 -- (LR# 3396L- 01I)

Committee: Special Committee on Tax Reform (H)
Executive Session Completed (H)
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)

HB1341 --- Sponsor: Ruestman, Marilyn (131) --- CoSponsor: Stevenson, Bryan P. (128)

Establishes Ethan's Law which requires the owner of a for-profit, privately owned swimming pool to maintain adequate liability insurance in the event of injury or death of a patron

HCS HB 1341 -- (LR# 3266L- 06T)

Committee: Special Committee on Health Insurance (H)
Executive Session Completed (H)
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)

HB1348 --- Sponsor: Portwood, Dr. Charles R. (092) --- CoSponsor: Darrough, Bruce (075)

Repeals the requirements that the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners establish the Bertillon system of identification of criminals and employ assistance to conduct and manage the department

HB 1348 -- (LR# 3695L- 01P)

Committee: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)
Executive Session Completed (H)
Voted Do Pass - Consent (H)
Reported Do Pass by Consent (H)
Referred: Rules Pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) (H)

HB1353 --- Sponsor: Fallert, Joseph Jr. (104)

Waives the renewal fee for a school bus endorsement for an individual who is 70 years of age or older

HB 1353 -- (LR# 3671L- 01I)

Committee: Transportation (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)

HB1354 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Larry (119) --- CoSponsor: Fisher, Barney (125)

Exempts certain implements of husbandry used for spraying chemicals or spreading fertilizer for agricultural purposes from the motor vehicle titling, registration, and licensing requirements

HB 1354 -- (LR# 3407L- 01T)

Perfected by Consent - Pursuant to House Rules (H)

HB1358 --- Sponsor: Flook, Tim (034) --- CoSponsor: Kraus, Will (048)

Establishes the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

HB 1358 -- (LR# 3486L- 01P)

Committee: Judiciary (H)
Executive Session Completed (H)
Voted Do Pass - Consent (H)

HB1363 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Mike (145)

Authorizes the sales tax exemption for diesel fuel to include gasoline, kerosene, and other blended fuel if used exclusively for agricultural purposes

HB 1363 -- (LR# 3701L- 01I)

Committee: Special Committee on Agri-Business (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)

HB1364 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Mike (145)

Requires, subject to appropriations, retired State Highway Patrol officers to be paid a per diem, mileage, and travel expenses when they testify in a court proceeding at least 30 miles from their residence

HB 1364 -- (LR# 3700L- 01I)

Committee: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
Executive Session Completed (H)
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)

HB1368 --- Sponsor: Thomson, Mike (004)

Clarifies requirements for membership on the Northwest Missouri State University Board of Regents

HB 1368 -- (LR# 3769L- 01T)

Committee: Higher Education (H)
Executive Session Completed (H)
Voted Do Pass - Consent (H)

HB1380 --- Sponsor: Sater, David (068) --- CoSponsor: Wallace, Maynard (143)

Authorizes allocation of property taxes collected from the Senior Citizens' Services Fund tax to senior centers for their operational and capital needs

HCS HB 1380 -- (LR# 3416L- 02T)

Third Read and Passed (H)

AYES: 155
NOES: 1
Reported to the Senate and First Read (S)

HB1384 --- Sponsor: Cox, Stanley (118)

Gives identity theft victims the right to have an incident report filed by their local law enforcement agency

SS SCS HB 1384 & HB 2157 -- (LR# 3562S- 06T)

Committee: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
Executive Session Completed (H)
Voted Do Pass - Consent (H)
Reported Do Pass by Consent (H)
Referred: Rules Pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) (H)

HB1386 --- Sponsor: Cox, Stanley (118) --- CoSponsor: Ruestman, Marilyn (131)

Changes the laws regarding the requirements for a larger board of trustees for certain municipal health care facilities

HB 1386 -- (LR# 3569L- 01P)

Third Read and Passed (H)

AYES: 144
NOES: 7
PRESENT: 3
Reported to the Senate and First Read (S)

HB1406 --- Sponsor: Deeken, Bill (114) --- CoSponsor: Day, David (148)

Establishes David's Law which requires the Department of Transportation to establish and administer a drunk driving memorial sign program

HB 1406 -- (LR# 3162L- 01P)

Perfected by Consent - Pursuant to House Rules (H)

HB1410 --- Sponsor: Flook, Tim (034) --- CoSponsor: Pratt, Bryan (055)

Increases the maximum amount of compensation that various officers employed by the Kansas City Police Department may receive

HB 1410 -- (LR# 3724L- 01P)

HB1422 --- Sponsor: St. Onge, Neal C. (088) --- CoSponsor: Faith, Sally A. (015)

Authorizes the Highways and Transportation Commission to implement and administer a state plan to conform with the federal Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005

SCS HB 1422 -- (LR# 3482S- 03T)

Committee: Transportation (H)
Executive Session Completed (H)
Voted Do Pass - Consent (H)
Reported Do Pass by Consent (H)
Referred: Rules Pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) (H)

HB1440 --- Sponsor: Roorda, Jeff (102)

Requires certain public officials to receive training regarding open meetings and open records and public information laws within a designated time frame

HB 1440 -- (LR# 3414L- 01I)

Committee: Special Committee on Government Affairs (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)

HB1450 --- Sponsor: Roorda, Jeff (102) --- CoSponsor: McGhee, Mike (122)

Extends the expiration date for the Joint Committee on Terrorism, Bioterrorism, and Homeland Security

SCS HB 1450 -- (LR# 3656S- 02T)

Perfected by Consent - Pursuant to House Rules (H)

HB1466 --- Sponsor: Nolte, Jerry (033) --- CoSponsor: Onder, Bob (013)

Requires tax statements to be mailed to all resident taxpayers at least 45 days before the delinquent date

HB 1466 -- (LR# 3752L- 01I)

Committee: Special Committee on Government Affairs (H)
Executive Session Completed (H)
Voted Do Pass - Consent (H)
Reported Do Pass by Consent (H)
Referred: Rules Pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) (H)

HB1486 --- Sponsor: Brown, Jason (030)

Exempts motor vehicles newer than six years old from the motor vehicle safety inspection requirements when renewing or reregistering a license

HB 1486 -- (LR# 3780L- 01I)

Committee: Special Committee on General Laws (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)

HB1516 --- Sponsor: Bruns, Mark J. (113)

Changes the laws regarding 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

SCS HCS HB 1516 -- (LR# 3834S- 05C)

Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)

HB1532 --- Sponsor: Davis, Cynthia L. (019)

Allows motorcycle headlamps to be wired to modulate either the upper beam or lower beam from its maximum intensity to lesser intensity and establishes modulation standards

SCS HB 1532 -- (LR# 4017S- 03C)

Committee: Transportation (H)
Executive Session Completed (H)
Voted Do Pass - Consent (H)
Reported Do Pass by Consent (H)
Referred: Rules Pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) (H)

HB1575 --- Sponsor: Jones, Kenny (117)

Designates a portion of State Highway 87 in Moniteau County as the "Lance Corporal Leon B. Deraps Memorial Highway"

HCS HB 1575 -- (LR# 3945L- 02T)

Perfected by Consent - Pursuant to House Rules (H)

HB1590 --- Sponsor: Munzlinger, Brian (001) --- CoSponsor: Fisher, Barney (125)

Changes the laws regarding the administration of agricultural incentives and programs

HCS HB 1590 -- (LR# 4236L- 04C)

Committee: Special Committee on Agri-Business (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)

HB1608 --- Sponsor: Ervin, Doug (035)

Authorizes counties to preserve electronic images of original cancelled checks instead of the actual check

HB 1608 -- (LR# 4219L- 01T)

Committee: Special Committee on Government Affairs (H)
Executive Session Completed (H)
Voted Do Pass - Consent (H)
Reported Do Pass by Consent (H)
Referred: Rules Pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) (H)

HB1628 --- Sponsor: Cooper, Shannon (120)

Authorizes an exemption from the alternative fuel decal and tax requirement for historical vehicles powered by liquid petroleum or natural gas

HB 1628 -- (LR# 4075L- 01T)

Perfected by Consent - Pursuant to House Rules (H)

HB1639 --- Sponsor: Bruns, Mark J. (113) --- CoSponsor: Richard, Ron (129)

Changes the laws regarding the Aviation Trust Fund and air traffic control towers

HB 1639 -- (LR# 4231L- 01I)

Committee: Transportation (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)

HB1647 --- Sponsor: Viebrock, James (134)

Makes the use of an electronic recording device in a polling place an election offense

HB 1647 -- (LR# 3715L- 01I)

Committee: Elections (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)

HB1651 --- Sponsor: Dethrow, Mike (153) --- CoSponsor: Day, David (148)

Changes the laws regarding the firearms safety training requirement for obtaining a permit to carry a concealed weapon to allow proof of certain types of military service to satisfy the requirement

HB 1651 -- (LR# 4283L- 02I)

Committee: Special Committee on General Laws (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)

HB1656 --- Sponsor: Nance, Bob (036) --- CoSponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne (155)

Changes the laws regarding the assistance provided to nursing home residents who are transitioning back into their communities

SCS HB 1656 -- (LR# 4331S- 02C)

Perfected by Consent - Pursuant to House Rules (H)

HB1670 --- Sponsor: Cooper, Shannon (120)

Removes the requirement for certification by the Department of Natural Resources before a sales and use tax exemption applies to the purchase or lease of certain items used to monitor water and air pollution

HB 1670 -- (LR# 3961L- 02T)

Perfected by Consent - Pursuant to House Rules (H)

HB1671 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert (028)

Requires the Director of the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions, and Professional Registration to establish by rule uniform insurance application forms to be used by all insurers

HB 1671 -- (LR# 4351L- 01I)

Committee: Special Committee on Health Insurance (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)

HB1689 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Kevin (130)

Transfers the Governor's Council on Disability from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to the Office of Administration

SCS HB 1689 -- (LR# 4274S- 02T)

Committee: Special Committee on Health Insurance (H)
Executive Session Completed (H)
Voted Do Pass - Consent (H)

HB1690 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Kevin (130)

Allows the Director of the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions, and Professional Registration to establish rules for submitting required insurance-related filings

SCS HCS HB 1690 -- (LR# 4031S- 07T)

Committee: Special Committee on Health Insurance (H)
Executive Session Completed (H)
HCS Voted Do Pass - Consent (H)

HB1691 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Kevin (130)

Authorizes Missouri to enter into the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact

HB 1691 -- (LR# 4342L- 01I)

Committee: Special Committee on Health Insurance (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)
Executive Session Completed (H)
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)

HB1696 --- Sponsor: Zweifel, Clint (078) --- CoSponsor: Yaeger, Patricia (096)

Prohibits commercial inserts or other forms of advertising from accompanying motor vehicle registration renewal notices

HB 1696 -- (LR# 4114L- 01I)

Committee: Transportation (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)

HB1716 --- Sponsor: Guest, Jim (005) --- CoSponsor: Ruestman, Marilyn (131)

Prohibits the violation of a person's privacy rights in order to obtain or renew a driver's license

HB 1716 -- (LR# 4280L- 02P)

Re-referred to Committee (H)
Referred: Special Committee on General Laws (H)

HB1723 --- Sponsor: Franz, Ward (151)

Allows certain first and second classification counties to collect property taxes using electronic records and disbursements

HCS HB 1723 -- (LR# 4509L- 04C)

Committee: Special Committee on Government Affairs (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)

HB1773 --- Sponsor: Funderburk, Doug (012) --- CoSponsor: Sater, David (068)

Authorizes an income tax dependency exemption for a stillborn child for the taxable year in which the child was born

HB 1773 -- (LR# 4058L- 01P)

Committee: Special Committee on Tax Reform (H)
Executive Session Completed (H)
Voted Do Pass (H)

HB1774 --- Sponsor: Wallace, Maynard (143) --- CoSponsor: Lampe, Sara (138)

Changes the maximum percentage of increase in annual compensation in the final average salary for members of the Public School Retirement System of Missouri

HB 1774 -- (LR# 4530L- 01I)

Perfected by Consent - Pursuant to House Rules (H)

HB1775 --- Sponsor: Thomson, Mike (004) --- CoSponsor: Pearce, David (121)

Authorizes state college and university police officers to enforce traffic regulations on college or university property

HB 1775 -- (LR# 4557L- 01I)

Committee: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)
Executive Session Completed (H)
Voted Do Pass (H)

HB1782 --- Sponsor: Tilley, Steven (106)

Changes the laws regarding levee and drainage districts

HB 1782 -- (LR# 4566L- 01I)

Committee: Special Committee on General Laws (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)

HB1793 --- Sponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne (155) --- CoSponsor: Stevenson, Bryan P. (128)

Establishes the State Board of Health and Senior Services to advise the Department of Health and Senior Services and abolishes the State Board of Health and the State Board of Senior Services

HB 1793 -- (LR# 4330L- 01I)

Committee: Health Care Policy (H)
Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (H)

HB1802 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Kevin (130) --- CoSponsor: Kingery, Gayle (154)

Exempts hearings or proceedings concerning the rights of students to participate in school activities from the procedures for contested cases under the Administrative Hearing Law under certain conditions

HCS HB 1802 -- (LR# 4132L- 02C)

Committee: Higher Education (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)

HB1804 --- Sponsor: Corcoran, Michael George (077) --- CoSponsor: Darrough, Bruce (075)

Authorizes cities with more than 5,000 inhabitants to frame and adopt or amend a charter pursuant to Sections 19 and 20 of Article VI of the Missouri Constitution

SCS HCS HB 1804 -- (LR# 4619S- 04T)

Referred: Special Committee on Government Affairs (H)

HB1831 --- Sponsor: Onder, Bob (013) --- CoSponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne (155)

Changes the laws regarding the consent requirements for obtaining an abortion and creates the crime of coercing an abortion

HCS HB 1831 & 1472 -- (LR# 4449L- 06P)

Committee: Health Care Policy (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)

HB1850 --- Sponsor: Pratt, Bryan (055) --- CoSponsor: Yates, Brian David (056)

Establishes the Asbestos and Silica Claims Priorities Act

HB 1850 -- (LR# 4168L- 01I)

Committee: Judiciary (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)

HB1869 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Kevin (130) --- CoSponsor: Ruestman, Marilyn (131)

Requires the Missouri Revisor of Statutes to change all references of the term "junior college" to "community college" Revised Statutes of Missouri

HB 1869 -- (LR# 3675L- 01T)

Committee: Higher Education (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)

HB1904 --- Sponsor: Cox, Stanley (118)

Changes the indebtedness limitations of the State Housing Development Commission

SCS HCS HB 1904 -- (LR# 4669S- 04C)

Committee: Special Committee on Government Affairs (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)

HB1923 --- Sponsor: Jones, Kenny (117) --- CoSponsor: Pratt, Bryan (055)

Changes the laws regarding the requirements for corporate filings

HB 1923 -- (LR# 4536L- 01P)

Committee: Special Committee on General Laws (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)

HB1934 --- Sponsor: May, Bob (149) --- CoSponsor: Wallace, Maynard (143)

Removes the term limit for the Executive Director of the Missouri Ethics Commission

HB 1934 -- (LR# 4590L- 01I)

Committee: Elections (H)
Executive Session Completed (H)
Voted Do Pass (H)
Reported Do Pass (H)
Referred: Rules Pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) (H)

HB1951 --- Sponsor: Cooper, Shannon (120)

Makes the holding period for not-for-profit and for-profit corporate name reservations uniform by limiting the total duration for which a not-for-profit corporate name can be reserved to 180 days

HB 1951 -- (LR# 4853L- 01I)

Committee: Judiciary (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)
Executive Session Completed (H)
Voted Do Pass (H)

HB1983 --- Sponsor: Pratt, Bryan (055)

Allows for the conversion of other entities to domestic corporations and the conversion of domestic corporations to other entities

SCS HB 1983 -- (LR# 4780S- 03C)

Committee: Judiciary (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)
Executive Session Completed (H)
Voted Do Pass - Consent (H)

HB2036 --- Sponsor: Nance, Bob (036) --- CoSponsor: Smith, Joe (014)

Repeals the additional funding distribution requirement and allows the General Assembly to appropriate additional moneys for certain elderly services directly to programs that provide these services

HCS HB 2036 -- (LR# 4571L- 02T)

Referred: Special Committee on Senior Citizen Advocacy (H)

HB2037 --- Sponsor: St. Onge, Neal C. (088)

Repeals the provisions authorizing the creation of new special license plates and requires organizations seeking special plates to first obtain approval from the General Assembly

HB 2037 -- (LR# 4924L- 02I)

Committee: Transportation (H)
Public Hearing Completed (H)

HB2176 --- Sponsor: Harris, Jeff (023) --- CoSponsor: Page, Sam (082)

Protects certain individuals and media entities from being required to disclose news sources or certain information

HB 2176 -- (LR# 4414L- 01I)

Read Second Time (H)

HB2177 --- Sponsor: Harris, Jeff (023) --- CoSponsor: Roorda, Jeff (102)

Changes the laws regarding the Open Meetings and Records Law, commonly known as the Sunshine Law

HB 2177 -- (LR# 4415L- 02I)

Read Second Time (H)

HB2178 --- Sponsor: Holsman, Jason R. (045) --- CoSponsor: Grill, Jason (032)

Exempts any advance refund received from the federal Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 from the Missouri individual income tax

HB 2178 -- (LR# 5145L- 01I)

Read Second Time (H)

HB2179 --- Sponsor: Wildberger, Edward (027) --- CoSponsor: Wallace, Maynard (143)

Creates sanctions against those hiring unauthorized aliens

HB 2179 -- (LR# 4984L- 01I)

Read Second Time (H)

HB2180 --- Sponsor: Harris, Jeff (023)

Changes the laws regarding mental health services to include privately funded mental health facilities and group homes

HB 2180 -- (LR# 4980L- 01I)

Read Second Time (H)

HB2181 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane (086)

Allows school districts to provide teacher salaries that include hiring incentives or salary schedule modifications under certain conditions

HB 2181 -- (LR# 3537L- 01I)

Read Second Time (H)

HB2182 --- Sponsor: Franz, Ward (151)

Requires all newly established state public road to be 60 feet in total width and the traveled surface at least 20 feet in total width on each side of the centerline

HB 2182 -- (LR# 3408L- 04I)

Read Second Time (H)

HB2183 --- Sponsor: Low, Beth (039) --- CoSponsor: Norr, Charlie (137)

Requires hospitals to compile and post daily staffing information in patient care areas of each unit of the hospital

HB 2183 -- (LR# 4892L- 01I)

Read Second Time (H)

HB2184 --- Sponsor: Low, Beth (039) --- CoSponsor: Haywood, Esther (071)

Requires certain corporations to file an annual tax disclosure statement

HB 2184 -- (LR# 3824L- 02I)

Read Second Time (H)

HB2185 --- Sponsor: Low, Beth (039) --- CoSponsor: Oxford, Jeanette Mott (059)

Establishes the Paid Sick Days Act which requires employers to provide sick days with pay to employees

HB 2185 -- (LR# 4547L- 01I)

Read Second Time (H)

HB2186 --- Sponsor: Low, Beth (039) --- CoSponsor: Aull, Joe (026)

Creates a cause of action in tort for the wrongful injury or death of a companion animal

HB 2186 -- (LR# 3043L- 01I)

Read Second Time (H)

HB2187 --- Sponsor: Low, Beth (039) --- CoSponsor: Haywood, Esther (071)

Authorizes an income tax credit for service as a poll worker

HB 2187 -- (LR# 3817L- 02I)

Read Second Time (H)

HB2188 --- Sponsor: Pearce, David (121) --- CoSponsor: Cunningham, Mike (145)

Creates civil and criminal penalties for individuals committing mortgage fraud and imposes sanctions upon certain licensed and unlicensed persons who commit the crime

SCS HCS HB 2188 -- (LR# 4918S- 05T)

Read Second Time (H)

HB2189 --- Sponsor: Smith, Joe (014) --- CoSponsor: Icet, Allen (084)

Exempts any advance refund received from the federal Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 from the Missouri individual income tax

HCS HB 2189, 2208, 2178 & 2333 -- (LR# 5154L- 03C)

Read Second Time (H)

HB2190 --- Sponsor: Nasheed, Jamilah (060) --- CoSponsor: Tilley, Steven (106)

Phases out over a six-year period the state sales and use tax on the purchase of food and replaces the revenue with a sales tax on the purchase of beer, wine, and liquor

HB 2190 -- (LR# 4339L- 01I)

Read Second Time (H)

HB2191 --- Sponsor: Nasheed, Jamilah (060) --- CoSponsor: Donnelly, Margaret (073)

Clarifies that a school district may participate in the A+ Schools Program regardless of its accreditation status by the State Board of Education if the district meets all other requirements

SS SCS HB 2191 -- (LR# 5133S- 04T)

Read Second Time (H)

HB2192 --- Sponsor: Sutherland, Mike (099)

Changes the laws regarding the review of long-term care facility projects under the Certificate of Need Program

HB 2192 -- (LR# 5101L- 01I)