Mar 4 – This Week in the MO House

FLOOR ACTIONS

• On Thursday, the House perfected by voice vote HB 108, which would change the laws regarding contributions to political action committees. The House third read and passed the following bills:
• HB 61, which would prohibit the state minimum wage from exceeding the federal minimum wage and specifi es that every employer must pay each employee receiving gratuities as compensation a wage of $3.63 per hour, by a vote of 92-60.
• HB 214, which would change the laws regarding human trafficking, by a vote of 155-0.
• HB 136, which would allow the spouse of certain active military members to be eligible for unemployment benefi ts and to receive a temporary courtesy license to practice his or her occupation or profession in this state, by a vote of 154-0.
• HCS HB 116 & 316, which would change the laws regarding the collection of money owed to the state and authorizes an amnesty from the assessment or payment of the penalties, taxes, and interest on certain unpaid tax delinquencies, by a vote of 154-0.
• HCS HB 276, 233 & 274, which would change the laws regarding unlawful picketing or protesting of a funeral, by a vote of 142-15.
• HB 76, which would change the laws regarding the corporate franchise tax, by a vote of 106-52.
• HCR 3, which would submit to Congress a proposed federal balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution, by a vote of 127-30.

Committee Actions
• On Tuesday, the House Higher Education Committee voted do pass HB 223, which would establish the Caring
for Missourians Program within the Department of Higher Education to award grants to eligible higher education
institutions to address nursing shortages.
• On Tuesday, the House Elections Committee voted do pass HB 54, which would repeal the provision that
requires a political party’s emblem to be printed on an election ballot above the party caption.
• On Wednesday, the House Health Care Policy Committee held a public hearing on HB 328, which would establish the Abortion-inducing Drugs Safety Act which places restrictions on abortion-inducing drugs.
• On Wednesday, the House Corrections Committee voted do pass HB 38, which would require certain administrative officials of jails or detention facilities to notify the Missouri Uniform Law Enforcement System within five hours of the escape of certain specified dangerous felons.
• On Thursday, the House General Laws Committee voted do pass HB 294, which would lower the age at which a
person can obtain a concealed carry endorsement from 23 to 21 years of age if the person is a member of the armed forces.
• On Thursday, the House General Laws Committee voted do pass HB 123, which would prohibit the sales tax on
firearms or ammunition from being levied at a higher rate than for any sales tax or other excise tax charged on any sporting goods or equipment or any hunting equipment.

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