Legislation
2011
96th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored and Co-Sponsored by Rep. Chris Kelly
SPONSORED BILLS
- Authorizes a check-off box for the Organ Donor Program Fund to be added to the individual and corporate income tax forms and allows for a separate check donation to be sent in with payment of taxes
- HB151 — (LR# 0579L.01P)
- SENATE WAYS AND MEANS
- Public Hearing Held (S)
- Decreases the individual income tax rate, eliminates corporate income tax, authorizes a sales tax on taxable services, and authorizes the Department of Revenue to establish a sales tax rebate program
- HB152 — (LR# 0639L.01I)
- Referred: Tax Reform (H)
- Changes the laws regarding background checks for school employees
- HB219 — (LR# 0880L.01I)
- ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
- HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
- Prohibits the Department of Revenue from selling or disclosing certain driver record information
- HB235 — (LR# 0365L.01I)
- Referred: Downsizing State Government (H)
- Extends the expiration date of various federal reimbursement allowances from September 30, 2011, to September 30, 2016
- HCS HB 236 — (LR# 1034L.02C)
- Referred: Rules – Pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f) (H)
- Changes 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
- SCS HCS HB 116 & 316 — (LR# 0053S.09C)
- SENATE WAYS AND MEANS AND FISCAL OVERSIGHT
- Reported Do Pass (S)
- Changes the laws regarding domestic violence and orders of protection
- HCS HB 504, 505 & 874 — (LR# 1479L.04C)
- Rules – Voted Do Pass (H)
- Increases, upon voter approval, the excise tax on cigarettes from 17 cents to 98 cents per pack of 20 cigarettes
- HB1023 — (LR# 2148L.01I)
- WAYS AND MEANS
- Public Hearing Completed (H)
- Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing the General Assembly to issue bonds to fund higher education facility improvements, construction, landscaping, and land or building purchases
- HJR9 — (LR# 0844L.01I)
- HIGHER EDUCATION
- Public Hearing Completed (H)
- CO-SPONSORED BILLS
- Authorizes the issuance of a military medallion, medal, and certificate to certain veterans who served in specified conflicts regardless of whether they are or ever were legal Missouri residents
- HB79 — (LR# 0172L.01P)
- Second Read/Referred: General Laws (S)
- Defines “small modular reactors” and allows energy produced by these reactors to be used to meet the Renewable Energy Standard percentage requirements for investor-owned electric utilities
- HB82 — (LR# 0207L.01I)
- Referred: Special Standing Committee on Renewable Energy
- Requires the Commissioner of the Office of Administration or other state purchasing agent to buy forest products, bricks, or aluminum produced in Missouri with certain exceptions
- HB147 — (LR# 0027L.01I)
- TRANSPORTATION FUNDING & PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
- HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
- Extends the expiration date of the provisions regarding the Missouri Military Family Relief Fund to December 31, 2017, and the termination date of the provisions to September 1, 2018
- SCS HB 149 — (LR# 0523S.02C)
- SENATE FINANCIAL, GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND ELECTIONS
- SCS Reported Do Pass (S)
- Changes the laws regarding unemployment compensation and makes Missouri eligible to receive extended federal unemployment benefit funds
- Approved SS SCS HCS HB 163 — (LR# 0747S.06T)
- Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
- Designates December 25 of each year as “Christmas Day”
- HB198 — (LR# 0876L.01I)
- Referred: Tourism and Natural Resources
- Changes the laws regarding unlawful picketing or protesting of a funeral
- HCS HB 276, 233 & 274 — (LR# 0951L.02P)
- Second Rd/Refer: Judiciary &Civil &Criminal Jurisprudence(S)
- Changes the laws regarding ethics, lobbying, and campaign contributions
- HB237 — (LR# 0870L.02I)
- Referred: Elections (H)
- Changes the composition of the University of Missouri Board of Curators
- HB243 — (LR# 0702L.01I)
- HIGHER EDUCATION
- Public Hearing Completed (H)
- Changes the composition of the University of Missouri Board of Curators
- HB244 — (LR# 0614L.01I)
- Referred: Higher Education (H)
- Allows voters to cast advance ballots
- HB245 — (LR# 0851L.01I)
- Referred: Elections (H)
- Authorizes an income tax deduction for 100% of tuition and fees paid for up to the last nine or 18 hours required to complete an associate or bachelor degree from a public two-year or four-year college
- HB248 — (LR# 0397L.01I)
- WAYS AND MEANS
- Public Hearing Completed (H)
- Changes the laws regarding judicial procedures
- HCS HB 253 & 398 — (LR# 0590L.04C)
- Rules – Voted Do Pass (H)
- Removes the expiration date of the provisions regarding the Basic Civil Legal Services Fund
- HB256 — (LR# 0592L.01P)
- SENATE JUDICIARY AND CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE
- Public Hearing Scheduled (S)
- MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2011, UPON ADJOURNMENT, SENATE
- LOUNGE
- Repeals and re-enacts provisions regarding the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act to be consistent with the changes adopted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
- HB260 — (LR# 0594L.01P)
- SENATE JUDICIARY AND CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE
- Public Hearing Scheduled (S)
- MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2011, UPON ADJOURNMENT, SENATE
- LOUNGE
- Establishes requirements for environmentally sustainable construction for certain state-funded buildings
- HB267 — (LR# 0395L.01I)
- SPECIAL STANDING COMMITTEE ON RENEWABLE ENERGY
- HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
- Prohibits any person or business from engaging in blasting, excavating, or mining within one mile of a business or residential area
- HB268 — (LR# 0628L.01I)
- Withdrawn (H)
- Requires the Department of Revenue to establish the necessary rules to implement the compliance provisions of the multistate Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement
- HB278 — (LR# 0683L.01I)
- TAX REFORM
- Public Hearing Completed (H)
- Increases, from $15,000 to $125,000, the amount of equity in a homestead that can be exempt from attachment in a bankruptcy proceeding when the person is 62 years of age or older
- HB279 — (LR# 0582L.03I)
- Referred: Financial Institutions (H)
- Requires window stickers to show current motor vehicle registration instead of license plate tabs
- HB291 — (LR# 0872L.03P)
- SENATE TRANSPORTATION
- Public Hearing Held (S)
- Allows the Land Reclamation Commission to deny a mining permit if the affected land is within one mile of a school, child care facility, church, nursing home, public building, or cemetery
- HB299 — (LR# 0478L.03I)
- TRANSPORTATION
- Motion to Do Pass Failed (H)
- Combines and modifies the provisions of the Revised Statutes of Missouri that have been enacted in more than one bill so that there is only one version of a statute
- HCS HB 315 — (LR# 0923L.02P)
- SENATE GENERAL LAWS
- Executive Session Held (S)
- VOTED DO PASS
- Allows a person to hand fish for catfish or carp during June and July within all Missouri waters open for hook-and-line fishing of these fish
- HB325 — (LR# 0906L.01I)
- Read Second Time (H)
- Allows, upon voter approval, a political subdivision to replace any personal property taxes levied for funding the political subdivision with a revenue-neutral increase in local sales or real property taxes
- HB335 — (LR# 0410L.01I)
- TAX REFORM
- Executive Session – No Action Taken
- Increases the excise tax on cigarettes of 17 cents per pack of 20 cigarettes by 12.5 cents per pack per year for eight years until the excise tax on cigarettes reaches $1.17 per pack
- HB343 — (LR# 0050L.01I)
- Referred: Ways and Means (H)
- Requires an insurance producer’s license to be suspended, revoked, or denied issuance or renewal if the producer fails to pay personal property taxes, county real estate taxes, or income taxes
- HB353 — (LR# 1056L.01I)
- Withdrawn (H)
- Changes the laws regarding economic development
- HCS HB 366 — (LR# 1090L.03P)
- FISCAL REVIEW
- Executive Session – No Action Taken
- Establishes the Missouri False Claims Act
- HB374 — (LR# 1146L.01I)
- JUDICIARY
- Public Hearing Completed (H)
- Changes the laws regarding assault and tampering crimes against public workers and judicial officers
- HB383 — (LR# 0432L.01I)
- CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
- Public Hearing Completed (H)
- Changes the laws regarding bullying in schools
- HB460 — (LR# 0750L.02I)
- ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
- Public Hearing Completed (H)
- Eliminates, combines, and revises certain state boards, commissions, committees, and councils; and changes the laws regarding articles of incorporation by business entities
- HCS HB 464 — (LR# 1405L.02P)
- SENATE FINANCIAL, GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND ELECTIONS
- Public Hearing Scheduled (S)
- TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2011, 1:15PM, PERSHING GALLERY
- Changes the laws regarding economic incentives for job development, retention, and training and establishes the Missouri Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act
- HCS HB 468 — (LR# 1352L.04P)
- Second Rd/Refer: Jobs,Economic Develop & Local Government(S)
- Changes the laws regarding the nonresident entertainer and professional athletic team income tax
- HCS HB 470 & 429 — (LR# 0869L.02P)
- SENATE GENERAL LAWS
- Public Hearing Scheduled (S)
- TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2011, 12:30PM, PERSHING SIDE
- GALLERY
- Changes the laws regarding complaints filed with the Missouri Commission on Human Rights and makes discrimination based upon a person’s sexual orientation an unlawful discriminatory practice
- HB477 — (LR# 0573L.01I)
- Referred: Judiciary (H)
- Allows the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint a student to the University of Missouri Board of Curators who will have full voting rights
- HB494 — (LR# 0120L.01I)
- HIGHER EDUCATION
- Public Hearing Completed (H)
- Changes the laws regarding domestic violence and orders of protection
- HCS HB 504, 505 & 874 — (LR# 1479L.04C)
- Rules – Voted Do Pass (H)
- Requires a health care provider to provide medical records within 15 business days of a request
- HB528 — (LR# 1160L.02I)
- HEALTH INSURANCE
- Public Hearing Completed (H)
- Establishes the Public Fraud Prevention Act
- HB530 — (LR# 0518L.02I)
- JUDICIARY
- Public Hearing Completed (H)
- Establishes the Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies (CARE) Act which requires hospitals and health care facilities to provide emergency contraception to sexual assault victims
- HB636 — (LR# 0863L.01I)
- CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
- Public Hearing Completed (H)
- Changes the laws regarding criminal nonsupport and allows for expungement of a person’s record under certain conditions
- HCS HB 643 — (LR# 1373L.03C)
- Rules – Reported Do Pass (H)
- Designates a portion of U. S. Highway 160 in Greene County as the “Rabbi Ernest I. Jacob Memorial Highway” and repeals the designation of “Rabbi Abrham Joshua Heschel Memorial Highway” in Greene County
- HB655 — (LR# 1611L.01I)
- Rules – Reported Do Pass – not Consent (H)
- Requires one cent from the six cent fee that is deposited into the Missouri Wine and Grape Fund to be deposited into the newly created Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control Enforcement Fund
- HB719 — (LR# 1684L.01I)
- TAX REFORM
- Public Hearing Completed (H)
- Designates April as “Child Abuse Prevention Month” and designates the “blue ribbon” as the official state symbol for child abuse prevention
- HB749 — (LR# 1737L.02T)
- Signed by the Speaker Pro Tem (H)
- Allows the Department of Revenue and the Office of Administration to jointly enter into a reciprocal agreement with the United States government or any other state for the collection and offset of debts
- HB767 — (LR# 1774L.01I)
- WAYS AND MEANS
- Public Hearing Completed (H)
- Requires any contractor who engages in the installation or service of fire sprinkler systems to register with the State Fire Marshal
- HB769 — (LR# 1718L.02I)
- PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
- Public Hearing Completed (H)
- Requires $2 from every business registration fee collected by the Secretary of State to be deposited into the Missouri Small Business Development Centers Fund
- HB783 — (LR# 1533L.03I)
- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- Voted Do Pass (H)
- Designates the second Friday in March as “Missouri School Read-In Day”
- HB795 — (LR# 1913L.01T)
- Signed by the Speaker Pro Tem (H)
- Repeals all provisions allowing for and related to the death penalty, dissolves the Capital Litigation Division, and creates the Cold Case Investigation Revolving Fund
- HB799 — (LR# 1796L.01I)
- Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
- Requires a child in the St. Louis City School District, except for a child who is intending to be home schooled, to be enrolled in a public, private, parochial, or parish school by five years of age
- HB835 — (LR# 1870L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
- Establishes the Capital Green Program to provide funding to the state for energy efficiency improvements to certain state buildings and for geothermal, wind, and solar energy resources
- HB839 — (LR# 1240L.01I)
- SPECIAL STANDING COMMITTEE ON RENEWABLE ENERGY
- HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
- Authorizes the City of St. Joseph to impose, upon voter approval, a sales tax of up to 0.5% for the operation of public safety departments
- HB843 — (LR# 1973L.01I)
- WAYS AND MEANS
- Public Hearing Completed (H)
- Changes the composition of the University of Missouri Board of Curators
- HB848 — (LR# 1903L.01I)
- HIGHER EDUCATION
- Public Hearing Completed (H)
- Requires the Department of Revenue to establish a database of emergency contact persons for an individual who is issued a driver’s license, instruction permit, or identification card
- HB854 — (LR# 1728L.02I)
- CRIME PREVENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
- Public Hearing Completed (H)
- Changes the laws regarding domestic violence
- HB866 — (LR# 1444L.01I)
- Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
- Changes the laws regarding school course materials and instruction relating to human sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases
- HB870 — (LR# 1068L.01I)
- Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)
- Changes the laws regarding domestic violence and orders of protection
- HCS HB 504, 505 & 874 — (LR# 1479L.04C)
- Rules – Voted Do Pass (H)
- Authorizes the school board of the Columbia Public School District to impose, upon voter approval, an additional annual real property tax to fund ealy childhood education programs
- HB907 — (LR# 2010L.02I)
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (H)
- Requires all fire protection districts and municipal fire departments in St. Louis County to consolidate into one fire district upon the approval of the voters of the county
- HB917 — (LR# 2040L.01I)
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Public Hearing Completed (H)
- Establishes the Ratepayer Fairness Act which allows an aluminum smelting facility to keep any special utility rate at the ratepayer class as long as it employs 200 employees
- HB957 — (LR# 2005L.01I)
- Read Second Time (H)
- Strongly supports the selection of Kirksville, Missouri, as the site for A.T. Still University’s new School of Dentistry and Oral Health
- HCR13 — (LR# 0576L.02I)
- HIGHER EDUCATION
- Public Hearing Completed (H)
- Urges the United States Congress to support a comprehensive plan for flood control on the Upper Mississippi River Basin
- HCS HCR 17 — (LR# 0884L.03C)
- Referred: Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics (S)
- Designates November 11, 2011, as “Vietnam Veterans Day” in Missouri to be observed in conjunction with Veterans Day
- HCR29 — (LR# 0942L.01I)
- Referred: Tourism and Natural Resources
- Establishes a Joint Interim Committee on State Employee Wages to address the need to increase Missouri’s ranking as 50th worst in the nation in state employee compensation
- HCR32 — (LR# 1246L.01I)
- Rules – Reported Do Pass (H)
- Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting appropriations in any fiscal year from exceeding certain limits
- HJR11 — (LR# 0407L.01I)
- DOWNSIZING STATE GOVERNMENT
- Motion to Do Pass Failed (H)
HJR29
Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the State Lottery Commission to develop and sell a Veterans Lottery Ticket to suport the Veterans Commission Capital Improvement Trust Fund HJR29 — (LR# 1569L.01P)
- SENATE WAYS AND MEANS
- Executive Session Held (S)
- VOTED DO PASS
