Senate Summaries on House Bills
HB 977 (Truly Agreed) - Allows fourth-class cities to establish by ordinance a citywide vote for the election of aldermen
HB 978 (Truly Agreed) - Establishes the "Vietnam War Medallion Program" and the "Vietnam War Veteran's Recognition Award Fund"
HB 983 (Truly Agreed) - Requires the United States and the Missouri state flags to be flown at half-staff on all government buildings on September 11 of each year
HB 984 (Truly Agreed) - Encourages all government buildings, businesses, and state citizens to display the POW/MIA flag on certain dates
HB 994 Exempts motorcyclists age 21 and older from wearing a helmet when operating a motorcycle or motortricycle
HB 998 Authorizes the Govenor to convey state property located in Pettis County to the Girl Scouts Heart of Missouri Council
HB 1001 (Truly Agreed) - To appropriate money to the Board of Fund Commissioners for the cost of issuing, processing and defeasing and to transfer money among certain funds.
HB 1002 (Truly Agreed) - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the State Board of Education and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the several divisions.
HB 1003 (Truly Agreed) - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Higher Education, the several divisions, programs, and institutions of higher education.
HB 1004 (Truly Agreed) - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Revenue, Department of Transportation, the several divisions and programs.
HB 1005 (Truly Agreed) - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Office of Administration, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Public Safety, and the Chief Executi
HB 1006 (Truly Agreed) - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Agriculture, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Conservation, and the several divisions.
HB 1007 (Truly Agreed) - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Economic Development, Department of Insurance, and Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.
HB 1008 (Truly Agreed) - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Public Safety and the several divisions and programs.
HB 1009 (Truly Agreed) - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Corrections and the several divisions and programs.
HB 1010 (Truly Agreed) - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Mental Health, the Board of Public Buildings, the Department of Health and Senior Services.
HB 1011 (Truly Agreed) - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, and distributions of the Department of Social Services and the several divisions and programs.
HB 1012 (Truly Agreed) - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Chief Executive's Office and Mansion, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Auditor, State Treasurer, etc.
HB 1013 (Truly Agreed) - To appropriate money for real property leases, related services, utilities, systems furniture, and structural modifications for the several departments of state government.
HB 1014 (Truly Agreed) - To appropriate money for supplemental purposes for the several department and offices of state government, and for the payment of various claims for refunds.
HB 1015 (Truly Agreed) - To appropriate money for supplemental purposes for the Department of Social Services, and to transfer money among certain funds, from the funds designated for the fiscal period ending June 30, 2006.
HB 1021 (Truly Agreed) - Relating to appropriations for certain state agencies.
HB 1022 To appropriate money for scholarships, planning, expenses, and for capital improvements including, but not limited to, major additions and renovations, new structures, and land improvements or acquisitions
HB 1026 (Truly Agreed) - Prohibits protest activities during funeral services
HB 1030 Modifies the laws regarding political subdivisions
HB 1035 Requires all new signs erected after August 28, 2006, to contain the words "Accessible Parking" instead of "Handicap Parking"
HB 1036 Requires closed captioning of electronic video instructional materials designed for elementary institutions
HB 1037 Changes the laws regarding environmental controls and plasma arc technology
HB 1045 Designates several portions of highways within Missouri after Missouri Highway Patrolmen and designates one portion of Interstate 70 as the Missouri Fire Fighters' Memorial Highway
HB 1053 (Truly Agreed) - Allows victims of certain offenses against the family access to official court records in certain circumstances
HB 1058 Alters provisions regarding school attire
HB 1059 Establishes procedures for the evaluation of credits for students transferring into an accredited public school district from an unaccredited public or nonpublic school or a home school
HB 1065 Authorizes minimum amounts of compensation for certain corrections personnel
HB 1070 Modifies Missouri's tax increment finance law
HB 1075 Revises current law requirements for the presentation of information in public schools relating to contraception, abortion, and sexually transmitted diseases
HB 1078 Establishes a tuition grant for dependants and spouses of certain military veterans
HB 1082 Modifies the laws regarding health care liens
HB 1088 Provides that when the usual and customary retail price of a prescription drug is less than the copayment applied by a HMO or insurer, the enrollee is only required to pay the usual and customary retail price
HB 1092 Creates an income tax deduction for purchases of hybrid vehicles
HB 1099 Modifies provisions on health care providers reporting ventilator-associated pneumonia
HB 1101 Allows insurance carriers to offer policies to employers based on tobacco use
HB 1105 Exempts military personnel on active duty and their spouses from being required to renew their driver's licenses while they are stationed outside the United States
HB 1118 Provides for immunity from liability for certain health care professionals deployed during a state of emergency
HB 1135 Extends the commercial zones of various communities
HB 1137 Modifies various sections pertaining to motor fuels
HB 1138 (Truly Agreed) - Changes provisions regarding military leave for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees
HB 1144 Designates Big Bluestem as the official state grass
HB 1145 Provides a tax deduction for 100% of the non-reimbursable amount a taxpayer has paid for long-term care insurance premiums
HB 1149 (Truly Agreed) - Pertains to the regulation of water
HB 1153 Modifies membership of the elevator safety board
HB 1157 Designates the bobwhite quail as the official state game bird
HB 1168 Modifies law relating to the licensing of pharmacists
HB 1169 Changes the time period corporate names can be reserved from 60 to 180 days
HB 1180 (Truly Agreed) - Exempts from certain administrative penalties school districts that demonstrate their students have to cross highways and areterials under specified conditions
HB 1182 (Truly Agreed) - Allows persons with custodial rights to petition the juvenile court to extend jurisdiction over a child until he or she reaches age 18
HB 1192 Establishes the State Fair Escrow Fund
HB 1204 (Truly Agreed) - Allows any jailer to serve an arrest warrant on a person who is already an inmate in the custody of the jailer
HB 1222 (Truly Agreed) - Allows coroners or medical examiners to appoint special deputy coroners or medical examiners in emergencies
HB 1228 Eliminates the requirement that the Missouri Women's Council must prepare a state plan and gather annual reports from numerous state departments
HB 1232 Requires certain notification by health care facilities responsible for transporting dead bodies
HB 1234 (Truly Agreed) - Revises the nursing student repayment loan program
HB 1244 Modifies minimum experience requirements for interior designer registration
HB 1245 (Truly Agreed) - Authorizes school nurses to keep on hand and administer prefilled syringes of epinephrine to any student who is having an anaphylactic reaction
HB 1249 Exempts all motor vehicles assembled and sold in Missouri from the state sales and use tax
HB 1251 Extends the termination date for a grant program regarding capital improvements for engineering colleges in the University system
HB 1256 (Truly Agreed) - Designates February 4th as the annual "Rosa Parks Day"
HB 1270 (Truly Agreed) - Requires that all gasoline sold as of January 1, 2008, in Missouri be fuel ethanol-blended gasoline
HB 1275 Establishes a virtual school program
HB 1302 Requires proof of payment of personal property taxes on certain vessels, raises vessel fees and creates Missouri State Water Patrol Fund
HB 1305 Modifies several provisions of law within several state employee retirement systems
HB 1306 Modifies various provisions regarding state employee retirement
HB 1310 Increases penalties for motorists who fail to move over when approaching stationary emergency vehicles
HB 1317 Modifies the laws relating to crime victims' rights
HB 1320 Requires the Highway Patrol to conduct background checks on gubernatorial appointees at the discretion of the Governor
HB 1322 Modifies the laws relating to DNA profiling analysis
HB 1333 Authorizes drainage district boards to set a fee for the preparation and processing of certain tax statements
HB 1339 (Truly Agreed) - Modifies licensing requirements for real estate brokers
HB 1343 (Truly Agreed) - Repeals provisions of law that required the City of Canton to provide resources and space for a circuit court in Lewis County
HB 1344 (Truly Agreed) - Modifies provisions regarding the Firemen's Retirement System of St. Louis
HB 1347 Requires students at public institutions of higher education to take courses regarding United State Constitution, the Missouri Constitution, American History, and governmental institutions
HB 1349 Creates the "Family Farms Act"
HB 1357 Modifies provisions regarding supplemental retirement benefits for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees
HB 1358 Requires the Governor to annually issue a proclamation designating May 10 as "Hepatitis C Awareness Day"
HB 1366 Modifies the definition of "volunteer fire protection association"
HB 1367 Modifies bidding preference requirements for sheltered workshops
HB 1380 (Truly Agreed) - Creates the "Missouri Public-Private Partnerships Transportation Act"
HB 1382 (Truly Agreed) - Modifies various provisions relating to specialized military license plates
HB 1392 Modifies law relating to dental hygienists and marital and family therapists
HB 1393 (Truly Agreed) - Allows the Superintendent of the State Highway Patrol to set the circumstances under which members of the patrol may be engaged in secondary employment
HB 1397 Creates the Consumer Protection Against Computer Spyware Act
HB 1411 Modifies laws relating to certain boards, commissions and councils
HB 1423 Allows the Secretary of State to regulate the sale of variable annuities
HB 1424 Allows electronic record keeping for certain county tax records
HB 1427 (Truly Agreed) - Modifies fees and reinstatement processes in the event of corporate administrative dissolution
HB 1432 Authorizes the State Board of Probation and Parole to conduct probation and parole hearings by videoconferencing
HB 1437 (Truly Agreed) - Modifies poison and radiation control provisions
HB 1440 (Truly Agreed) - Creates an income tax checkoff for donations for cervical cancer awareness and treatment
HB 1441 Creates the "Large Carnivore Act"
HB 1446 Allows the Department of Agriculture to exempt the Department of Transportation from biodiesel requirement in a variety of circumstances which are approved by the Department of Agriculture
HB 1449 (Truly Agreed) - A substitute or part-time teacher employed within one year of the teacher's retirement shall not be subject to an additional background check
HB 1456 (Truly Agreed) - Modifies law regarding unemployment security
HB 1461 Modifies the laws regarding defensive use of force
HB 1466 Changes the laws regarding the Police Retirement System of St. Louis
HB 1477 Modifies provisions on confidential medical test results
HB 1482 Modifies educational assistance benefits for Missouri National Guard members
HB 1485 (Truly Agreed) - Creates a tax credit for contributions to centers providing social services
HB 1488 (Truly Agreed) - Designates a portion of Interstate 55 in Jefferson County as the "Officer Thomas G. Smith Jr. Memorial Highway"
HB 1491 (Truly Agreed) - Requires the Family Support Division to urge Medicaid appliants to use federal veterans' benefits
HB 1494 (Truly Agreed) - Modifies licensure requirements for professional engineers and land surveyors
HB 1504 Modifies the membership of various governing bodies that administer state insurance programs and creates the "Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact"
HB 1508 Modifies provisions relating to fire protection districts, departments, and firefighters
HB 1509 (Truly Agreed) - Modifies the duties of the State Fire Marshal
HB 1511 (Truly Agreed) - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop standards for high-quality early childhood education
HB 1515 (Truly Agreed) - Requires physicians to report to provide information regarding collaborative practice arrangements
HB 1521 Modifies the Missouri Business Use Incentive for Large-Scale Development Act
HB 1532 Establishes a decentralized emission inspection program which utilizes on-board diagnostic testing on certain motor vehicles
HB 1534 Provides funding for umbilical cord blood banks and non-fetal human stem cell research
HB 1536 Modifies provisions on lead abatement and prevention of lead poisoning
HB 1551 Creates a grace period for barber shop and cosmetology licensure when the establishment changes ownership or location
HB 1552 (Truly Agreed) - Allows homeless veterans to use addresses of certain charitable organizations on applications for state or federal assistance
HB 1559 (Truly Agreed) - Modifies provisions on donation of food
HB 1577 Designates the State Milk Board as the official rating agency for the enforcement of standards relating to milk production
HB 1581 Creates a tax credit for contributions to food pantries
HB 1601 (Truly Agreed) - Enacts provisions relating to emergency medical treatment
HB 1617 (Truly Agreed) - Adds to the circumstances where a landowner does not assume liability for injuries caused on his or her land
HB 1619 Phases out franchise tax rates and threshold amounts over a period of years
HB 1623 Authorizes the Highways and Transportation Commission to receive electonic bids for highway and bridge contracts
HB 1632 Addresses various areas of telephone communication
HB 1653 Modifies requirements for continuing child support obligation for children over eighteen years of age
HB 1677 Authorizes a phased-in income tax deduction, beginning in tax year 2006, for the cost of personally funded health insurance premiums
HB 1679 Revises the laws regarding chemical tests for intoxication by requiring that drivers involved in collisions which result in death or serious physical injury be administered the test
HB 1687 (Truly Agreed) - Provides for unused drugs to be donated to charities for distribution outside the state or abroad
HB 1688 (Truly Agreed) - Prohibits certain sales tax revenue from inclusion as economic activity tax revenue for TIF projects
HB 1698 (Truly Agreed) - Modifies laws relating to sexual offenders
HB 1703 (Truly Agreed) - Provides that political subdivisions forming a business entity for the purpose of providing liability insurance are not to be considered an insurance company
HB 1707 (Truly Agreed) - Allows local registrars to be an employee of either a county or city health agency and gives the Jackson County Recorder of Deeds more discretion regarding where documents are recorded
HB 1710 Provides the Boone County governing body exclusive control over a regional recreational district located only in that county on land owned by the county
HB 1711 Changes the method in Boone County for disbursing funds among affected taxing districts in industrial development projects
HB 1715 (Truly Agreed) - Modifies the law regarding the internal operations of corporations
HB 1722 Authorizes the Director of the Department of Natural Resources to enter into agreements with private, not-for-profit organizations to provide services for state parks
HB 1728 Creates an assessment-based funding mechanism for the Office of Public Counsel similar to that currently utilized by the Public Service Commission
HB 1732 (Truly Agreed) - Broadens and alters the criteria for permissible self-administered medications in public schools
HB 1739 (Truly Agreed) - Allows a vermiculture operation, which is a business raising earthworms under a controlled environment, to receive certain agricultural loans
HB 1742 Modifies provisions relating to health care
HB 1746 Transfers the administration of certain veterans' programs and funds from the Missouri Veterans Commission to the Lieutenant Governor
HB 1759 (Truly Agreed) - Modifies requirements for licensure of athletic trainers
HB 1762 (Truly Agreed) - Exempts persons who present proof of permanent disability from the United States Veterans Administration from the four-year certification requirement for renewal of disabled license plates and allows advanced practice registered nurses to issue statements to obtain disabled
HB 1767 Modifies protection provisions relating to senior citizens, disabled persons and children
HB 1787 (Truly Agreed) - Creates the "Guard at Home" program to assist families of deployed guard members
HB 1814 Requires English to be the language of all official proceedings in the state
HB 1827 (Truly Agreed) - Modifies law with respect to how group health insurance policies are issued and administered for certain types of associations
HB 1833 Designates the crayfish as the official state invertebrate
HB 1837 (Truly Agreed) - Modifies various provisions relating to malpractice insurance
HB 1857 (Truly Agreed) - Specifies when a prosecution is commenced for a misdemeanor and a felony
HB 1858 (Truly Agreed) - Authorizes prosecuting and circuit attorneys to dismiss a complaint, information, or indictment without the consent of the court
HB 1864 Prohibits the admission of unlawfully present aliens to public institutions of higher education
HB 1865 Establishes the "Access Missouri Scholarship Program"
HB 1873 Modifies provisions for personal care assistance services
HB 1884 Modifies laws regarding real estate appraisers
HB 1885 Modifies law relating to real estate appraisers
HB 1900 (Truly Agreed) - Modifies law relating to campaign finance and lobbyist reporting requirements
HB 1905 Provides for supplemental food stamp assistance for the elderly
HB 1910 Creates the "Fairness in Public Construction Act"
HB 1930 Changes the minimum rate of interest that can be charged on delinquent real property taxes in the City of St. Louis and removes the prime rate limitation and authorizes a tax credit for the elderly
HB 1936 Modifies provisions on health care
HB 1944 (Truly Agreed) - Modifies the laws relating to eminent domain
HB 1970 Modifies various sections pertaining to property damage and liability
HB 1988 Designates the white-tailed deer as the official state game animal
HCR 1 Joint Session for the State of the State Address.
HCR 2 Joint session for the State of the Judiciary Address.
HCR 3 Joint Session for the State of the State of Transportation.
HCR 4 Recognizes April 27th of each year as "Autism Awareness Day" and the month of April each year as "Autism Awareness Month" in Missouri.
HCR 5 Declares February 6th of each year to be "Ronald Reagan Day" in Missouri.
HCR 9 Directs the Comprehensive Cancer Action Plan for Missouri, which is a nationwide model of effective cancer control strategies, be posted annually on the Missouri state website homepage.
HCR 10 Urges the United States Congress to adopt a comprehensive federal law that protects consumer information from data thieves.
HCR 12 (Truly Agreed) - Designates the tenth of May each year as "Hepatitis C Awareness Day" in Missouri.
HCR 14 Recognizes February 2006 as American Heart Month in Missouri
HCR 15 Urges the United States Congress and Department of Agriculture to waive or amend the federal Food Stamp Program to increase the availability of food assistance for low-income elderly persons
HCR 17 Concurs with the Governor that all reasonable and necessary action should be taken to prevent the planned man-made "spring rise" of the Missouri River.
HCR 18 Urges the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to establish a controlled pilot program allowing 18 to 21 year-olds to obtain a CDL for interstate commerce
HCR 23 Requests a review of the special needs student assessment provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act to better serve the special needs student population.
HCR 25 Urges the United States Congress to include in the Federal Defense Budget an allocation for the United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster III military transport plane program at Boeing St. Louis
HCR 27 Allows health care professionals licensed in other states to provide health care services during the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk in Kansas City.
HCR 31 Urges the use of the slogan "The Great River State" as a slogan for the State of Missouri.
HCR 34 Encourages the Department of Conservation to have a hand fishing season for channel, blue and flathead catfish from June 1 to July 15 starting in 2007 to allow hand fishers to take five fish by hand.
HCR 37 Expresses the support of the General Assembly for the installation of a ferryboat on the Missouri River at Chamois
HCR 41 Declares October 2006 to be "Missouri Walk and Bicycle to School Month" and October 4, 2006, to be "Missouri Walk and Bicycle to School Day" in Missouri.
HJR 28 Exempts from taxation property owned by veterans' organizations
HJR 36 Exempts from taxation the personal property of residents who are on active military duty
HJR 39 Secures a person's right to pray and acknowledge God according to personal convictions
HJR 43 Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds majority for voter approval of initiative proposals relating to hunting
HJR 55 (Truly Agreed) - Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting public officials convicted of a felony or removed for misconduct from receiving any state pension and modifies the veto power of the General Assembly over salary recommendations