Category: This Week in the MO House
May 13 – This Week in the MO House
FLOOR ACTION The following bills were Truly Agreed and Finally Passed: • HB 73, which would require certain applicants for and recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program benefits to be tested for illegal drug use and the benefit card to include a photo of the recipient or payee. • HB 213, which would [...]
May 6 – This Week in the MO House
House Bills Truly Agreed and Finally Passed: • HBs 1-13, which make up the approximately $23.2 billion FY2012 Operating Budget. • HBs 17, 18, 21 & 22, which would appropriate money for various capitol improvement projects. • HB 190, which would authorize divisions within the Department of Natural Resources to receive funds to be placed [...]
Apr 22 – This Week in the MO House
Floor Actions The House third read and passed the following bills: SB 68, which would authorize the issuance of subpoenas for the production of records by the General Assembly and establish new congressional districts. HB 828, which would change the laws regarding prevailing wages. HB 708, which would change the laws regarding violations of the [...]
Apr 15 – This Week in the MO House
Floor Actions • HB 174, which would change the composition of the Coordinating Board for Higher Education, the University of Missouri Board of Curators, and the Missouri State University Board of Governors. • HB 209, which would revise the laws regarding private nuisances when it originates from property used for farming, agriculture, crop, or animal [...]
Apr 8 – This Week in the MO House
Floor Actions The House Third Read and Passed the following bills: • HB 737, which would allow political subdivisions to revise certain tax rates and classifies certain hydroelectric power generating equipment as tangible personal property assessed at 1% of its true value in money. • HB 677, which would remove the June 30, 2012 expiration [...]
Apr 1 – This Week in the MO House
Floor Actions The House third read and passed the following bills: • HBs 1-13, which make up the FY2012 operating budget. • HB 423, which would authorize Missouri to adopt the provisions of the Health Care Compact to improve health care policy by returning the authority to regulate health care to the state legislatures. • [...]
Mar 10 – Weekly Capitol Update
SENATE APPROVES REPEALING VOTER-APPROVED DOG LAW The Missouri Senate on March 8 approved legislation to repeal most of the new regulations on dog breeding facilities that Missouri voters approved in November as Proposition B. Rural areas generally opposed Proposition B, but strong support in the metro areas helped it get 51.6 percent of the statewide [...]
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 [...]
Feb 25 – This Week in the MO House
Floor Actions • On Tuesday the House third read and passed HB 71 by a vote of 109-46. The bill would allow the City of St. Louis to establish and maintain a municipal police force completely under the city’s authority. • On Thursday the House third read and passed HBs 14 and 15, which are [...]
Feb 18 – This Week in the MO House
Floor Action • HB 71, which would allow the City of St. Louis to establish and maintain a municipal police force completely under the city’s authority, was perfected by a vote of 123-34. Committee Action • On Tuesday, the House Committee on Rural Community Development voted do pass HB 285, which would classify certain sawmills [...]
