Missouri House of Representatives
2008
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Michael R. Brown
SPONSOR
HB1319
Authorizes a tax credit for employers who hire qualified high school
students for summer jobs
HB1319
-- (LR# 3151L.01P)
SENATE WAYS AND MEANS
Executive Session Held (S)
VOTED DO PASS
HB1320
Authorizes community improvement districts that are political
subdivisions to sponsor and operate a polytechnic institute for
science and technology within the authorizing city or county
HB1320
-- (LR# 3152L.01P)
SENATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Reported Do Pass (S)
HB1943
Authorizes the recorder of deeds in Jackson County to collect a $1
donation in addition to the fees charged for marriage and birth
records to assist homeless families in the county
HB1943
-- (LR# 4789L.02I)
Referred: Special Committee on Urban Issues (H)
COSPONSOR
HB1412
Increases the maximum amount of compensation that various officers
employed by the Kansas City Police Department may receive
HB1412
-- (LR# 3949L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB1607
Removes villages from a certain incorporation procedure for cities and
towns, increases the required number of signatures on a petition to
incorporate, and dissolves villages incorporated after August 28, 2007
HB1607
-- (LR# 3548L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (H)
HB1610
Changes the laws regarding the operation of certain vessels on any
lake in the state and the requirements for owners of boat docks on
certain lakes
HB1610
-- (LR# 3903L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON STATE PARKS AND WATERWAYS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1615
Establishes the Prostate Cancer Pilot Program to provide screening
and treatment for prostate cancer for certain uninsured or
economically challenged men
HB1615
-- (LR# 4216L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB1627
Renames the Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental
Disabilities within the Department of Mental Health to the Division of
Developmental Disabilities
HB1627
-- (LR# 4089L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON HEALTH INSURANCE
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1666
Establishes the Missouri Global Warming Solutions Act of 2008 to
reduce carbon dioxide emissions
HB1666
-- (LR# 3918L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Motion to Do Pass Failed (H)
HB1714
Authorizes an income tax credit for costs of repairs or losses
incurred in a federally and state-declared natural disaster area
HB1714
-- (LR# 3960L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB1716
Prohibits the violation of a person's privacy rights in order to
obtain or renew a driver's license
HB1716
-- (LR# 4280L.02P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB1731
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
HB1731
-- (LR# 3892L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB1739
Authorizes the licensure of prescribing psychologists
HB1739
-- (LR# 4098L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1776
Prohibits discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation
HB1776
-- (LR# 3167L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on General Laws (H)
HB1796
Prohibits an individual or business organization from misrepresenting
their geographic location by using a fictitious or assumed business
name in a telephone directory or directory assistance database
HB1796
-- (LR# 4088L.01I)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1866
Requires the Department of Revenue to award fee office contracts with
a priority given to school districts and charitable organizations
over individuals in a competitive bid process
HB1866
-- (LR# 4478L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1868
Requires the eligibility criteria for certain health care benefits to
be no more restrictive than those in effect on January 10, 2005
HB1868
-- (LR# 4159L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Healthcare Transformation
HB1870
Establishes the Commission on the Death Penalty and places a
moratorium on all executions until January 1, 2012
HB1870
-- (LR# 4333L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1886
Establishes Bryce's Law which authorizes a tax credit for individuals
who donate to a scholarship-granting organization if the donation is
not claimed on their federal income tax return
HCS#2 HB 1886
-- (LR# 4675L.04C)
Laid Over (H)
HCS#2 PENDING
HB1892
Allows taxpayers who use specified types of fuel cell or solar energy
to generate electricity for their residences to claim a tax deduction
HB1892
-- (LR# 4695L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (H)
HB1916
Increases state employee salaries in an amount equal to the
percentage change in the federal Consumer Price Index
HB1916
-- (LR# 4540L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (H)
HB1937
Changes the laws regarding the establishment of a joint transportation
development district
SCS HB 1937
-- (LR# 4539S.03C)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
HB1944
Requires Social Security numbers collected in any application related
to marriage or dissolution of marriage or legal separation to be
forwarded to the appropriate state child support agency
HB1944
-- (LR# 4513L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB1947
Establishes lower permissible and desirable class sizes for
urban school districts including Kansas City
HB1947
-- (LR# 3462L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1981
Authorizes a tax credit equal to 100% of the state sales tax paid on
any motor vehicle assembled and purchased in Missouri
HB1981
-- (LR# 4764L.01P)
Second Read/Referred: Ways and Means (S)
HB1988
Establishes lower permissible and desirable class sizes for
school districts in St. Louis City and St. Louis County
HB1988
-- (LR# 4138L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB1993
Prohibits insurers from acting in concert on certain insurance issues
HB1993
-- (LR# 4899L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Health Insurance (H)
HB2040
Changes the laws regarding elementary and secondary education
HCS HB 2040 & 2430
-- (LR# 3926L.05C)
Dropped from Calendar - Rule 44 (H)
HB2042
Authorizes, upon voter approval, an increase in the fee charged for
recorded instruments by the county recorder of deeds from $3 to $10 to
fund assistance programs for the homeless
HB2042
-- (LR# 4931L.01I)
Referred: Local Government (H)
HB2051
Authorizes the Director of the Department of Corrections to serve as
the acting Chairman of the Board of Probation and Parole or to appoint
a board member to the position until the Governor appoints someone
HB2051
-- (LR# 4994L.01P)
SENATE FINANCIAL, GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND ELECTIONS
Executive Session Held (S)
VOTED DO PASS
HB2058
Changes the laws regarding tax incentives for business development
Approved SS SCS HCS HB 2058
-- (LR# 4495S.16T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB2090
Prohibits the Director of the Department of Revenue from taking a
photograph or digital image of any qualified applicant for a driver's
license who objects due to his or her religious affiliation
HB2090
-- (LR# 4140L.01I)
Referred: Transportation (H)
HB2117
Allows the City of St. Louis to control its police force without
state intervention by passing an ordinance
HB2117
-- (LR# 4019L.01I)
Referred: Rules Pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) (H)
HB2119
Specifies that any person who unlawfully distributes or delivers any
controlled substance to any person which causes that person's death
will be guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the first degree
HB2119
-- (LR# 4728L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2124
Creates the School Safety and School Violence Prevention Fund
HB2124
-- (LR# 4766L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2131
Changes the laws regarding the Missouri individual income tax
HB2131
-- (LR# 4711L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB2152
Changes the laws regarding schools in St. Louis under the Special
Administrative Board and their academic accountability
HB2152
-- (LR# 4005L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Urban Education Reform (H)
HB2260
Re-authorizes the tax credits for qualified research expenses,
establishes the annual cap at $10 million, limits the
qualified research activities, and requires that the credits be issued
HCS HB 2260
-- (LR# 5134L.06P)
Second Read/Referred: Ways and Means (S)
HB2272
Changes the laws regarding sexual education, abortions, and
pregnancy prevention
HB2272
-- (LR# 5054L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB2304
Changes the laws regarding the identification, assessment, and
education of children with autism spectrum disorder
HB2304
-- (LR# 5266L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2305
Requires the Revisor of Statutes to make all copies of laws,
resolutions, and constitutional measures available electronically to
the public and eliminates the printing of certain state documents
HB2305
-- (LR# 5098L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on General Laws (H)
HB2323
Establishes the Missouri Child Abuse, Rape, and Domestic Violence
Commission and the Child Abuse, Rape, and Domestic Violence Section
in the Department of Social Services to coordinate victim services
HB2323
-- (LR# 4844L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB2338
Creates the Persistence to Graduation Fund to distribute grants to
certain school districts for dropout prevention strategies
HB2338
-- (LR# 5440L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
HB2348
Requires the development of caseload standards by the departments of
Health and Senior Services and Mental Health
HB2348
-- (LR# 4137L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Family Services (H)
HB2349
Requires the State Board of Mediation to investigate a petition filed
by a labor organization alleging that an employee unit wishes to be
represented by that labor organization
HB2349
-- (LR# 4471L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB2369
Establishes the Informed Growth Act, which requires an economic impact
study to be completed as part of a review of land use permit
applications for large-scale retail developments
HB2369
-- (LR# 5417L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Small Business (H)
HB2387
Requires contractors of certain public works projects to provide their
employees with an approved 10-hour federal Occupational Safety and
Health Administration Construction Safety Program
HB2387
-- (LR# 5469L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB2397
Requires any entity that provides construction services on the
property of a public or private school or university or any state-
owned building to have an approved drug and alcohol testing program
HB2397
-- (LR# 5238L.01I)
Referred: Spec Com on Workforce Dev & Workplace Safety (H)
HB2421
Allows a Kansas City festival district promotional association to
obtain a license to sell alcohol for consumption within the festival
district
HCS HB 2421
-- (LR# 5473L.03C)
Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB2430
Changes the laws regarding elementary and secondary education
HCS HB 2040 & 2430
-- (LR# 3926L.05C)
Dropped from Calendar - Rule 44 (H)
HB2441
Establishes the Prostate Cancer Pilot Program to provide screening
and treatment for prostate cancer for certain uninsured or
economically challenged men
HB2441
-- (LR# 5086L.01I)
Referred: Health Care Policy (H)
HB2442
Changes the laws regarding energy efficiency and conservation
HB2442
-- (LR# 5500L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2477
Authorizes the expungement of certain criminal records including
convictions for any nonviolent crime, misdemeanor, or nonviolent
drug violation
HB2477
-- (LR# 5422L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB2521
Establishes the Missouri Earned Income Tax Credit Act which authorizes
an individual income tax credit equal to 20% of any earned income tax
credit claimed by the taxpayer on his or her federal income tax return
HB2521
-- (LR# 4134L.02I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)
HB2523
Requires the Governor to annually issue a proclamation designating
March 31 as "Cesar E. Chavez Day"
HB2523
-- (LR# 5622L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Tourism (H)
HB2524
Increases the fine for a driver who fails to yield to a pedestrian
with a visual, aural, or physical disability who is using a cane or
service dog
HB2524
-- (LR# 5518L.01I)
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
HB2535
Creates the Missouri Juneteenth Heritage and Jazz Festival and
Memorial Fund and changes the distribution of funds from the
professional athletes and entertainers tax
HB2535
-- (LR# 4901L.02I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON URBAN ISSUES
Voted Do Pass (H)
HB2541
Establishes the Voter Caging Prohibition Act of 2008
HB2541
-- (LR# 5587L.01I)
Referred: Elections (H)
HB2547
Prohibits public school districts from using school funds to purchase
alcohol
HB2547
-- (LR# 5613L.01I)
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2566
Establishes the School Improvement District Act
HB2566
-- (LR# 5532L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Urban Education Reform (H)
HB2567
Specifies that a person's prior plea of guilty or a finding of guilty
in an intoxication-related traffic offense must be considered when
determining his or her punishment for a similar new offense
HB2567
-- (LR# 5640L.01I)
Referred: Judiciary (H)
HB2590
Prohibits the waiver of sovereign immunity for correctional facility
inmates
SCS HB 2590
-- (LR# 5644S.02C)
SENATE FINANCIAL, GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND ELECTIONS
SCS Reported Do Pass (S)
HJR55
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
HCS HJR 55
-- (LR# 4074L.02P)
Placed on Informal Calendar (S)
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