2012 Regular Session

Allows the Adjutant General to waive the age limit for service in the state militia and repeals a complaint procedure for the state militia

Sponsor: David Day

Provides protection for religious beliefs as to the imposition of certain health care services such as abortion, contraception, or sterilization

Sponsor: Kenny Jones

Modifies the law relating to elections, law enforcement districts, and transit authority taxes

Sponsor: Tony Dugger

Establishes procedure for resetting billboards during periods of highway construction

Sponsor: Eric Burlison

Repeals provisions and sections of law regarding unfunded and obsolete programs and establishes expiration dates for specified provisions

Sponsor: Cole McNary

Requires the termination of all administrative rules based on the time of promulgation and allows an agency to repromulgate a rule that is set to terminate

Sponsor: Jason Smith

Modifies provisions relating to the judiciary

Sponsor: John Diehl

Changes the laws regarding motor vehicles

Sponsor: Ryan Silvey

Changes the laws regarding elections

Sponsor: Tony Dugger

Changes the laws regarding elections

Sponsor: Don Ruzicka

Changes the laws regarding the maintenance of private roads and real estate appraisers and appraisal management companies

Sponsor: Sandy Crawford

Repeals the requirement that certain irrevocable standby letters of credit possess the highest rating issued by specified nationally recognized agencies to be acceptable collateral for public deposits

Sponsor: Don Wells

Allows the Adjutant General to waive the maximum age requirement for a member of the state militia

Sponsor: David Day

Changes the laws regarding transportation

Sponsor: Eric Burlison

Establishes a peer review process for services provided by a licensed architect, landscape architect, professional land surveyor, or professional engineer

Sponsor: Bart Korman

Establishes the Low-Wage Trap Elimination Act and Sam Pratt's Law and changes the laws regarding child abuse and neglect investigations and unlicensed child care providers

Sponsor: Linda Black

Establishes the Missouri Electronic Prior Authorization Committee regarding national standards for the process of obtaining prior approval from an insurer for certain services or medications

Sponsor: Todd Richardson

Modifies provisions relating to education

Sponsor: Scott Dieckhaus

Changes the laws regarding workers' compensation

Sponsor: Timothy Jones

Authorizes the Governor to convey specified state properties

Sponsor: Randy Asbury

Modifies fund transfers between retirement systems, modifies retirement for certain public officials, and sets interest paid on member contributions at T-Bill rate

Sponsor: Kenny Jones

Modifies the law governing liens

Sponsor: Chris Kelly

Enacts the "House of Worship Protection Act"

Sponsor: Robert Mayer

Changes the laws regarding the investment of certain public funds, perfection of security interests, Division of Finance examinations, and residential mortgage loan brokers

Sponsor: Todd Richardson

Authorizes the Governor to transfer certain pieces of real estate located throughout the state of Missouri

Sponsor: William Stouffer

Modifies law with respect to motor vehicles and outboard motor titles

Sponsor: Eric Burlison

Changes the age when the juvenile court will have jurisdiction over a child involving a traffic violation and authorizes Franklin County to prosecute county order violations in a county municipal court

Sponsor: Ward Franz

Modifies provisions relating to animals and agriculture

Sponsor: Mike Parson

Allows the City of Kansas City to establish a land bank agency for the management, sale, transfer, and other disposition of tax delinquent land to return it to specified effective use

Sponsor: Noel Torpey

Allows an insurance company to issue life insurance policies outside of the United States under specified conditions as well as specified unemployment insurance in connection with group life insurance

Sponsor: Don Gosen

Changes the laws regarding the "Don't Tread on Me" special license plate

Sponsor: Chuck Gatschenberger

Establishes the Sentencing and Corrections Oversight Commission and changes the laws regarding criminal offenders under the supervision of the Department of Corrections

Sponsor: Gary Fuhr

Authorizes commissioners of certain road districts, upon majority vote, to be compensated up to $100 per month for their services

Sponsor: Tony Dugger

Requires a leave to be granted to state employees and certain other employees who are members of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary when performing authorized military duties

Sponsor: John McCaherty

Designates Vietnam Veterans Day and Veterans of Operation Iraq/ Enduring Freedom Day and authorizes the presentation of specified Missouri National Guard ribbons and an Order of the Minuteman Award

Sponsor: Scott Largent

Transfers the administration of special education due process hearings from the State Board of Education to the Administrative Hearing Commission

Sponsor: Will Kraus

Modifies provisions relating to the transfer of property by certain state universities

Sponsor: Bob Dixon

Modifies provisions relating to higher education

Sponsor: Bob Dixon

Changes the laws regarding electronic payments to state agencies and departments and the electronic payment of funds received by a county health center

Sponsor: Paul Wieland

Changes the name of the Heroes at Home Program to the Show-Me Heroes Program and adds spouses of active duty United States military personnel to those eligible to receive its services

Sponsor: Charlie Davis

Changes the laws regarding unlawful discriminatory employment practices as they relate to the Missouri Human Rights Act and establishes the Whistleblower Protection Act

Sponsor: Kevin Elmer

Requires schools to implement specified criteria regarding the enrollment and educational success of foster care children

Sponsor: Scott Largent

Changes the laws regarding the Residential Treatment Agency Tax Credit Program and establishes the Developmental Disability Care Provider Tax Credit Program

Sponsor: Ward Franz

Appropriates money for real property leases and related services

Sponsor: Ryan Silvey

Appropriates money for the expenses and distributions of the departments of Economic Development; Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration; and Labor and Industrial Relations

Sponsor: Ryan Silvey

Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Office of Administration, Department of Transportation, and Department of Public Safety

Sponsor: Ryan Silvey

Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Corrections

Sponsor: Ryan Silvey

Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Revenue and Department of Transportation

Sponsor: Ryan Silvey

Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Mental Health and the Department of Health and Senior Services

Sponsor: Ryan Silvey

Allows a retiree of the Missouri Local Government Employees' Retirement System to have his or her health insurance or long-term care insurance premium deducted from his or her retirement allowance

Sponsor: Mike Leara

Prohibits a large water user from conveying water withdrawn or diverted from the Southeast Missouri Regional Water District to a location outside the district if it interferes with another major user

Sponsor: Kent Hampton

Changes the laws regarding the state's No-call List by allowing a person to place his or her cell phone number on the list and prohibiting telemarketers from sending specified communications

Sponsor: Todd Richardson

Changes the laws regarding higher education

Sponsor: Mike Thomson

Modifies the composition of Appellate Judicial Commission and number of nominees for vacancies in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals

Sponsor: Stanley Cox

Changes the laws regarding the use of gaming and tobacco settlement moneys

Sponsor: David Day

Modifies various provisions relating to road use

Sponsor: Billy Wright

Changes the laws regarding travel hardships for public school students

Sponsor: Rodney Schad

Allows motorists to purchase an additional third license plate to serve as a visible plate when a bicycle rack or other item obstructs the view of the mounted plate

Sponsor: John Lamping

Modifies the law relating to prevailing wage and project labor agreements

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Requires authorization for certain labor unions to use dues and fees to make political contributions and bars them from withholding earnings from paychecks

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Lowers the number of State Representatives from 163 to 101

Sponsor: Jason Crowell

Requires the legislative session to end in late March rather than mid-May, beginning with the 98th General Assembly

Sponsor: John Lamping

Requires political subdivisions using automated traffic enforcement systems to distribute such fines to local school districts for transportation purposes

Sponsor: Will Kraus

Requires the Department of Mental Health to develop a transition plan for services of residents of state developmental disabilities facilities to the most appropriate setting

Sponsor: Scott Rupp

Modifies provisions relating to property owned by the state

Sponsor: Stanley Cox

Bars employers from requiring employees to engage in or cease engaging in certain labor practices

Sponsor: Chuck Purgason

Modifies provisions relating to utility uses and service

Sponsor: Will Kraus

Modifies how school districts maintain vacant or unused school buildings

Sponsor: Jim Lembke

Modifies provisions relating to higher education

Sponsor: Mike Thomson

Bars employers from requiring employees to engage in or cease engaging in certain labor practices

Sponsor: Robert Mayer

Requires the Department of Social Services to take steps to mandate the use of photo identification for the food stamp program

Sponsor: Will Kraus

Modifies the laws regarding municipal annexations, the taxation of security companies, assessment of real estate, the termination of water and sewer services, and complaints about real estate appraisals

Sponsor: Jane Cunningham

Modifies certain tax credit programs

Sponsor: Chuck Purgason

Modifies provisions relating to school operations

Sponsor: Jane Cunningham

Modifies the law relating to the prevailing wage

Sponsor: Robert Mayer

Establishes photo identification requirements for voting

Sponsor: William Stouffer

Allows Buchanan County and cities, towns, or villages within Buchanan County to establish a theater, cultural arts, and entertainment district

Sponsor: Rob Schaaf

Authorizes the governing body of any county located within a metropolitan park and recreation district that has passed a sales tax to submit the issue of repealing the sales tax to the voters

Sponsor: Mark Parkinson

Changes the laws regarding bullying in schools and establishes specific components that a district must include in its antibullying policy

Sponsor: Sue Allen

Specifies that any issue to increase any tax, license, fee, or levy requiring voter approval under Article X of the Missouri Constitution must be placed on the ballot only on the general election day

Sponsor: Nick Marshall

Requires proof of identity and status as a United States natural born citizen for the office of President and Vice President to be submitted with other required certification documents to the Secretary of State

Sponsor: Lyle Rowland

Creates state and local sales and use tax exemptions for data storage centers and allows municipalities to enter into loan agreements, or sell, lease, or mortgage municipal property for a technology business facility project

Sponsor: Ronald Richard

Creates a tax credit to attract sporting events to the state

Sponsor: Eric Schmitt

Requires a school district to include in its annual school accountability report card whether it has a state-approved gifted education program or services and the number of students served

Sponsor: Scott Dieckhaus

Requires the joint election of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor beginning in the year 2016

Sponsor: John Lamping

Authorizes McDonald County to impose, upon voter approval, a surcharge on the rental of rooms and certain recreational equipment to offset the costs of providing emergency services in the county

Sponsor: Bill Lant

Specifies certain employee rights as they relate to labor organizations

Sponsor: Ward Franz

Allows scrap metal operators to purchase older inoperable motor vehicles or vehicle parts from such vehicles without receiving a title under certain conditions

Sponsor: Scott Largent

Changes the laws regarding collaborative practice arrangements between physicians and advanced practice registered nurses

Sponsor: Raymond Weter

Requires the development of caseload standards by the departments of Health and Senior Services and Mental Health

Sponsor: Jeanette Oxford

Requires each of the farmer members of the State Soil and Water Districts Commission to have soil and water conservation district board experience at the time of appointment to the commission

Sponsor: Tom Shively

Proposes a constitutional amendment restricting appropriations to the Life Sciences Research Board from being used for specified types of projects

Sponsor: Dave Hinson

Requires Senate approval for gubernatorial appointments to certain boards, commissions, and committees

Sponsor: Luann Ridgeway

Changes the laws regarding consumer credit interest rates

Sponsor: Mary Still

Requires a tax increment financing plan, project, designation, or amendment to be approved by at least two-thirds of the voters of the taxing entities that would be affected by the proposal

Sponsor: William White

Requires collectors in all counties, except for counties under township organization, to mail property tax bills thirty days before the taxes are delinquent and allows for a waiver of penalties and interest when bills are mailed late

Sponsor: Tom Dempsey

Prohibits a political subdivision from restricting a firefighter from engaging in certain political activities

Sponsor: Brad Lager

Modifies various provisions related to health and life insurance

Sponsor: Scott Rupp

Amends various provisions regarding the licensure and inspection of hospitals

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Repeals the renter's portion of the Missouri property tax credit

Sponsor: Jason Crowell

Modifies the law with respect to how municipalities and the legal system treat the lawful use of motor vehicles on public roads and modifies the commercial zone surrounding Kansas City

Sponsor: Bob Dixon

Modifies several provisions of law concerning taxation, the composition of county sport complex authorities, fire protection district regulations, and real estate appraiser licensing

Sponsor: John Diehl

Provides the process for disposition of dogs involved in the crime of dog fighting

Sponsor: John Lamping

Recognizes October 11, 2012 as the "Day of the Girl" in Missouri

Sponsor: Jeanette Oxford

Authorizes the Director of the Department of Corrections to establish, as a three-year pilot program, a mental health assessment process for certain offenders

Sponsor: Linda Black

Requires certain offenders to undergo criminal history checks in order to have their driver's licenses reinstated or have limited driving privileges granted

Sponsor: Will Kraus

Opposes the proposed United States Department of Labor regulations which would prohibit certain youth agricultural labor and employment

Sponsor: Dave Schatz

Changes the laws regarding services for individuals

Sponsor: Jeff Grisamore

Fills a vacancy in the office of United States Senator, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, State Auditor, or State Treasurer by appointment by the Governor or a special election

Sponsor: Jason Smith

Prohibits statewide elected officials and legislators elected to their first term on or after November 2, 2012, from acting, serving, or registering as a lobbyist within one year of leaving office

Sponsor: Noel Torpey

Designates the week of March 25, 2012, as "Colon Cancer Awareness Week" in Missouri

Sponsor: Rochelle Walton Gray

Proposes a constitutional amendment phasing out the state individual income tax and replaces the current sales and use tax with a sales tax on retail sales of new personal property and services

Sponsor: Douglas Funderburk

Prohibits certain taxpayers from receiving benefits under certain programs administered by the Department of Economic Development

Sponsor: Will Kraus

Requires farm employees who videotape suspected acts of animal abuse to turn over the recording to law enforcement within 24 hours

Sponsor: Mike Parson

Establishes the Sickle Cell Standing Committee to study and make recommendations regarding the impact of sickle cell disease on urban communities, examine existing services, and address any needs

Sponsor: Rochelle Walton Gray

Changes the laws regarding the electronic transmission of prescriptions and pharmacy benefit managers

Sponsor: Mike Bernskoetter

Modifies provisions relating to adoption

Sponsor: Scott Largent

Modifies provisions of evidence law relating to business records and hearsay

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

Urges Congress to support a plan for the Upper Mississippi River Basin that provides flood-control without adverse impacts on existing levees and communities

Sponsor: Edward Schieffer

Allows University of Missouri Extension Councils to form extension districts made up of cooperating counties

Sponsor: David Pearce

Modifies provisions relating to school operations

Sponsor: Jane Cunningham

Modifies provisions of the tax increment financing law and authorizes the imposition of a transient guest tax for the city of Liberty

Sponsor: John Diehl

Modifies provisions relating to financial transactions

Sponsor: Mike Parson

Allows a person who purchases a vehicle in another state with a certificate of destruction, junking certificate, or equivalent issued by the other state to apply for a salvage certificate of title

Sponsor: Randy Asbury

Allows certain political subdivisions to contract out engineering, water quality management, and maintenance services on existing water storage tanks

Sponsor: Robert Mayer

Changes the laws regarding school personnel

Sponsor: Scott Dieckhaus

Exempts motorcyclists age 21 and older from wearing a helmet when operating a motorcycle or motortricycle

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Creates the traffic offense of distracted driving

Sponsor: William Stouffer

Requires any advertisements for health care services to include specified information and prohibits it from containing any misleading or false statements

Sponsor: Caleb Jones

Modifies provisions relating to children

Sponsor: Linda Black

Encourages local school districts to educate themselves on the authority they have under state law to develop and implement policies and procedures to address the issues in their school districts

Sponsor: Lindell Shumake

Requests the State Auditor to conduct an audit of a SAFE Program provider which provides services for sexual assault victims

Sponsor: Marsha Haefner

Authorizes circuit clerks to collect a surcharge for processing garnishments

Sponsor: Kurt Schaefer

Modifies various provisions relating to natural resources, use of weapons, and utilities

Sponsor: Don Ruzicka

Authorizes the Department of Economic Development to approve certain investments under the New Markets Development Program

Sponsor: Mike Parson

Allows the Division of Facilities Management, Design, and Construction to provide waste management services for any state agency with specified exceptions

Sponsor: David Sater

Increases the amount of time for repaying the Budget Reserve Fund, when funds from the Budget Reserve Fund are appropriated due to a disaster, or the Governor's reduction of the state's expenditures

Sponsor: Shalonn Curls

Changes the laws regarding abandoned property

Sponsor: Rochelle Walton Gray

Redefines "misconduct" and "good cause" for the purposes of disqualification from unemployment benefits

Sponsor: Will Kraus

Modifies provisions relating to public accommodations and service dogs for persons with mental disabilities

Sponsor: John Lamping

Modifies the law relating to the Second Injury Fund

Sponsor: Tom Dempsey

Changes the laws regarding the licensure and inspection of hospitals

Sponsor: Keith Frederick

Changes the laws regarding elections

Sponsor: Tony Dugger

Urges religious freedom for the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Turkey

Sponsor: Eric Schmitt

Calls on Congress to disapprove the EPA's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards regulation and ensure that the EPA replaces it with a sensible regulation

Sponsor: Joseph Fallert

Changes the laws regarding insurance coverage for services provided by a licensed occupational, speech, or physical therapist

Sponsor: Dwight Scharnhorst

Encourages the Missouri Veterans Commission to work with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to address the needs of women veterans and formally honors the heroic service of women veterans

Sponsor: Rochelle Walton Gray

Recognizes the important services provided by professional school nurses and strongly urges school districts to recognize their dedication and valuable role by compensating them as specified

Sponsor: Sue Allen

Establishes the Whistleblower's Protection Act to codify the existing common law exceptions to the at-will employment doctrine making it unlawful for an employer to discharge a protected person

Sponsor: Kevin Elmer

Affirms the right of Missouri citizens to raise livestock in a manner adhering to state and local laws and ordinances as enacted on August 28, 2012, or at the commencement of operations

Sponsor: Tom Loehner

Allows telecommunications and broadband service providers or rural electric cooperatives to attach, maintain, and operate their equipment on another's pole under specified terms and conditions

Sponsor: Darrell Pollock

Changes the laws regarding school accreditation by authorizing the State Board of Education to establish an alternative governing structure for a failing school district

Sponsor: Mike Lair

Exempts, effective January 1, 2014, an animal shelter from the payment of any licensing and other fees under the provisions of the Animal Care Facilities Act

Sponsor: Noel Torpey

Specifies that the constitutions and laws of the United States and Missouri must protect the rights of an alternatives-to-abortion agency and its officers to freely engage in activities without interference

Sponsor: Chuck Gatschenberger

Changes the criteria for the exclusion of certain manufacturers and processors from the definition of "grain dealer" as it applies to the Missouri Grain Dealer Law

Sponsor: David Sater

Changes the laws regarding economic development incentives

Sponsor: Jason Barnes

Declares May 3, 2012, the Missouri Day of Prayer

Sponsor: Tom Dempsey

Requires county assessors to use a specified single nationally recognized guide to determine the value of a motor vehicle for personal property tax assessment purposes

Sponsor: Ward Franz

Use of the Chamber / Silver Haired Legislature

Sponsor: Mike Kehoe

Use of the Chamber / YMCA Youth in Government

Sponsor: Mike Kehoe

Specifies the requirements for recognition as a certified school social worker

Sponsor: Bart Korman

Modifies provisions relating to the regulation of motor vehicles

Sponsor: Charles Denison

Requires all meetings of apportionment commissions to be conducted in public and prohibits commission members from serving in the General Assembly for six years after service on commission

Sponsor: Rodney Schad

Modifies provisions regarding members and meetings of Missouri Senate and House of Representative apportionment commissions

Sponsor: Bob Dixon

Changes the laws regarding tax credits and the Missouri Quality Jobs Act

Sponsor: Jeanie Lauer

Prohibits employers from using the last four digits of an employee's Social Security number as their employee identification number

Sponsor: Ryan Silvey

Modifies the law with respect to the regulation of motor vehicles

Sponsor: Charles Denison

Modifies provisions relating to emergencies and political subdivisions

Sponsor: Raymond Weter

Changes the laws regarding real estate appraisers and real estate appraisal management companies

Sponsor: Ellen Brandom

Specifies that a recipient of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits who makes an electronic benefit transaction at any casino or gaming establishment will be ineligible for benefits for three years

Sponsor: Chrissy Sommer

Modifies provisions relating to school accreditation for failing school districts

Sponsor: David Pearce

Makes technical changes to the definitions of "adult," "minor," and "real estate" as they relate to the conveyance of real estate

Sponsor: Casey Guernsey

Urges the federal government to manage the Mississippi River to protect against devastating flood events

Sponsor: Robert Mayer

Prohibits the council of a third or fourth class city from condemning property to manage wastewater runoff without exhausting all other possible remedies

Sponsor: Kent Hampton

Specifies that any state employee performance review, if conducted, must be done by the employer or supervisor

Sponsor: Paul Fitzwater

Appropriates money for planning, expenses, and capital improvements, including additions, renovations, new structures, and land improvements or acquisitions

Sponsor: Ryan Silvey

Changes the laws regarding agriculture

Sponsor: Don Ruzicka

Specifies that a person commits the crime of child abuse if he or she knowingly causes physical injury to a child which results in abusive head trauma

Sponsor: Jeanie Riddle

Specifies that no public assistance benefits can be used by a recipient to purchase liquor or tobacco products

Sponsor: Ellen Brandom

Changes the laws regarding insurance coverage under the Missouri Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act

Sponsor: Chuck Gatschenberger

Authorizes the Department of Corrections to establish a mental health assessment pilot program for certain criminal offenders

Sponsor: Linda Black

Changes the laws regarding the responsibilities of the Office of the State Auditor

Sponsor: Nick Marshall

Changes the laws regarding state contracts and statewide student assessment results

Sponsor: Jason Smith

Changes the laws regarding the confiscation of animals

Sponsor: Jason Smith

Establishes the Abortion Ban for Sex Selection and Genetic Abnormalities Act of 2012 to prohibit an abortion solely due to the sex of the unborn child or a genetic abnormality diagnosis

Sponsor: John McCaherty

Guarantees the right to conduct and participate in rodeos in this state and prohibits a restriction on the conducting of or participating in rodeos

Sponsor: Edward Schieffer

Extends the expiration of the provisions regarding the sales tax exemption on the sale of aviation jet fuel and authorizes the City of Columbia to impose a transient guest tax

Sponsor: Denny Hoskins

Changes the laws regarding vulnerable persons, child abuse and neglect, and the crime of domestic assault

Sponsor: Caleb Jones

Specifies that a person commits the offense of refusing to submit to a chemical test when he or she refuses a law enforcement officer's request for a chemical test for blood alcohol content

Sponsor: Donald Phillips

Requires all employers and business entities to enroll and actively participate in a federal work authorization program and imposes stricter penalties for employing unauthorized aliens

Sponsor: Rick Brattin

Requires collectors in all counties, except for counties under township organization, to mail or electronically send property tax bills 30 days before the taxes are delinquent

Sponsor: Chrissy Sommer

Requires the Office of Administration to maintain public school and municipal and county government accountability information on the Missouri Accountability Portal

Sponsor: Jason Smith

Establishes the Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program to provide a publicly financed, statewide insurance program for all residents of this state

Sponsor: Michael Brown

Changes the laws regarding renewable energy

Sponsor: Zachary Wyatt

Establishes the Math and Science Tutoring Act which establishes a pilot program for tutoring certain students in any St. Louis City public school

Sponsor: Jamilah Nasheed

Changes the laws regarding motor vehicles

Sponsor: Charles Denison

Strongly urges Congress to modify the eligibility requirements for SNAP food stamp benefits which result in less benefits for our citizen households than comparable noncitizen households

Sponsor: Wanda Brown

Changes the laws regarding the sale and possession of controlled substances

Sponsor: Stanley Cox

Establishes minimum standards that a municipality in St. Louis County must meet in the provision of municipal and financial services and reports

Sponsor: John Diehl

Establishes the Night Sky Protection Act to reduce the amount of light emitted into the night sky to near natural levels for specified protected places

Sponsor: Jason Holsman

Changes the laws regarding the reporting of cruelty, abuse, or neglect of the elderly, children, or animals

Sponsor: Jeanette Oxford

Requires collection agencies to obtain a signed contract from the client prior to beginning collection services and to provide the client a copy of the contract

Sponsor: Vicki Schneider

Renames The Uniform Business Records as Evidence Law to The Records of Regularly Conducted Activity and specifies what documents are not excluded by any hearsay rule

Sponsor: Eric Burlison

Strongly urges the Department of Defense and the Missouri Congressional delegation to protect, promote, and leverage Missouri's military bases and agencies during the upcoming federal defense budget

Sponsor: Sue Allen

Establishes the Missouri Energy Efficiency Performance Standard

Sponsor: Zachary Wyatt

Requires a candidate for public office to file any required disclosure reports and to pay any assessed fees by the Missouri Ethics Commission before filing for an office or taking office

Sponsor: Jamilah Nasheed

Modifies provisions relating to behavior analysts and the Behavior Analyst Advisory Board

Sponsor: Scott Rupp

Establishes the Missouri Jobs for Education Program

Sponsor: Delus Johnson

Changes the laws regarding county collectors and a county's special road and bridge levy and establishes the STAR Bonds Financing Act

Sponsor: Timothy Jones

Changes the laws regarding the Department of Natural Resources

Sponsor: Bart Korman

Allows the Secretary of State to enter into an agreement with a nonprofit organization to print and distribute the Official State Manual

Sponsor: John Cauthorn

Establishes the Missouri and Midwest Rail Integration and Improvement Commission Act and the Missouri and Midwest Rail Integration and Improvement Commission

Sponsor: Michael Brown

Strongly urges Congress and the Administration to immediately seek long-term and short-term solutions to the rapidly rising fuel costs in this country

Sponsor: Lyle Rowland

Prohibits law enforcement agencies from establishing roadside checkpoint or road block patterns based upon a particular vehicle type, including the establishment of motorcycle-only checkpoints

Sponsor: Kurt Schaefer

Prohibits any state law from providing an animal a right, privilege, or legal status that is equivalent to or exceeds those of a human being

Sponsor: Ward Franz

Changes the laws regarding illegal aliens and immigration status verification for public assistance benefit purposes

Sponsor: Wanda Brown

Appropriates money for supplemental purposes

Sponsor: Ryan Silvey

Changes the laws regarding elections by requiring a voter to provide photo identification

Sponsor: Shane Schoeller

Authorizes a person to apply to a court for the closure of certain criminal records

Sponsor: Jamilah Nasheed

Proposes a constitutional amendment changing the number of voter signatures that are required to place an initiative petition or a referendum on a ballot

Sponsor: Tony Dugger

Proposes a constitutional amendment specifying that the right of every citizen to possess or purchase ammunition and articles for the proper functioning of arms must not be infringed or limited

Sponsor: Rick Brattin

Specifies the duties and liabilities of ski area operators and skiers regarding the risk and legal responsibility for any injury, death, or loss to person or property resulting from the inherent risks of skiing

Sponsor: Dwight Scharnhorst

Requires the issuance of a 30-day temporary nondriver's license in order for the Department of Revenue to verify the identity and citizenship of the applicant

Sponsor: Rick Brattin

Requires a safety study to be conducted before specified entities decrease the number of firefighters or first responders assigned to a fire apparatus pump operation

Sponsor: Noel Torpey

Allows for a special license plate for a person who has received the Navy Cross

Sponsor: Kevin Elmer

Changes the laws regarding political subdivisions

Sponsor: Vicki Schneider

Allows a member of the National Rifle Association to obtain a National Rifle Association special license plate

Sponsor: Eric Burlison

Repeals the provision prohibiting the operation of certain vehicles transporting passengers in intrastate and interstate commerce unless the vehicle is equipped and operated according to federal regulations

Sponsor: Chris Carter

Requires the Commissioner of Administration to procure a blanket bond or crime insurance policy to protect the state against loss from the acts or omissions of specified state-compensated persons

Sponsor: T.J. Berry

Requires an installer of modular units to be licensed by the Missouri Public Service Commission

Sponsor: Bart Korman

Designates a portion of State Highway 5 between the cities of Ava and Mansfield as the "Missouri Fox Trotting Highway"

Sponsor: Tony Dugger

Changes the laws regarding contract carriers that transport railroad employees, tools, and supplies

Sponsor: Mike McGhee

Urges Congress to address the pervasiveness of sickle cell trait and disease and the need to increase public awareness of the available programs and screenings

Sponsor: Clem Smith

Allows a person to apply for a veteran designation on his or her driver's license or identification card upon providing specified proof of service

Sponsor: Don Gosen

Changes the laws regarding landlord-tenant actions

Sponsor: Gary Cross

Designates a portion of State Route 94 in Callaway County as the "AMVETS Memorial Highway"

Sponsor: Jeanie Riddle

Designates the pedestrian and bicycle path on the Heart of America Bridge in Kansas City as the "Bob Watts Memorial Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge"

Sponsor: Jay Swearingen

Specifies that a title lender is liable for the actions of the persons employed or contracted by him or her to take possession of titled personal property upon the expiration or default of a title loan

Sponsor: Leonard Hughes

Requires a business to separately state on each sales receipt a breakdown of each tax paid by the purchaser on a retail sale

Sponsor: Mark Parkinson

Increases the excise tax on cigarettes of 17 cents per pack of 20 cigarettes by 4 cents per pack per year for four years until the excise tax on cigarettes reaches 33 cents per pack

Sponsor: Rory Ellinger

Designates a portion of State Highway 21 in Iron County as the "Staff Sergeant Norman J. Inman Memorial Highway"

Sponsor: Paul Fitzwater

Revises the laws regarding the Cass County -- The Burnt District special license plate

Sponsor: Rick Brattin

Increases, upon voter approval, the excise tax on cigarettes from 17 cents to 75% of the national average with a specified amount to be used for tobacco use prevention and cessation purposes

Sponsor: Jeanette Oxford

Proposes a constitutional amendment increasing the number and establishing term limits for members of the Missouri Conservation Commission

Sponsor: Don Ruzicka

Requires an insurer to obtain approval from the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration before changing any insurance premium rate by 15% or more

Sponsor: Joe Aull

Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the composition of the Missouri Conservation Commission to be fixed by law instead of specified in the Missouri Constitution

Sponsor: Donald Phillips

Changes the laws regarding referrals for MO HealthNet-funded home- and community-based care

Sponsor: Thomas Long

Repeals the provisions regarding nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings and requires all foreclosure proceedings to be handled judicially beginning August 28, 2012

Sponsor: Gail McCann Beatty

Requires a scrap metal dealer purchasing catalytic converters or a person refining platinum from catalytic converters to keep a record of each purchase and limits the number that he or she can buy per day

Sponsor: Mary Nichols

Changes the laws regarding the withholding tax filing requirements and income tax deductions for certain small businesses

Sponsor: Mike Kelley

Allows a person to obtain a Missouri Chapter American Red Cross specialty personalized license plate

Sponsor: Darrell Pollock

Changes the laws regarding the sales and use tax on a trade-in or exchange transaction

Sponsor: Shelley Keeney Taylor

Allows the Board of Probation and Parole to conduct a hearing with an offender by means of a videoconference and authorizes the establishment of a mental health assessment process as a pilot program

Sponsor: Paul Fitzwater

Establishes a tax amnesty program

Sponsor: Tom Flanigan

Changes the laws regarding health insurance coverage and contracts

Sponsor: Chris Molendorp

Changes the laws regarding towing companies operating tow trucks

Sponsor: Charles Denison

Prohibits a licensed pharmacy from being required to carry or maintain in inventory any specific prescription or nonprescription drug or device

Sponsor: David Sater

Modifies the laws relating to property exempt from execution or attachment

Sponsor: Jason Crowell

Modifies provisions relating to funding for site remediation in certain municipal areas

Sponsor: Ronald Richard

Authorizes a state sales and use tax exemption on all retail sales of any "Made in USA" product except a motor vehicle for a seven-day period in July 2013 and July 2014

Sponsor: Bart Korman

Establishes the Economic Development Grant Program to be used to reopen a closed manufacturing factory

Sponsor: Leonard Hughes

Strongly urges the National Park Service to draft its final General Management Plan for the Ozark National Scenic Riverways to recognize the importance the riverways provide to the state

Sponsor: Steve Cookson

Establishes the criteria to be followed by landlords and tenants of multifamily rental dwelling units regarding the control of bed bugs

Sponsor: Mike McGhee

Changes the eligibility requirements for food stamp assistance as it relates to an ineligible immigrant

Sponsor: Wanda Brown

Specifies that a person commits the crime of obstruction of justice when he or she knowingly does certain specified acts with the intent to prevent the apprehension or obstruct the prosecution of any person

Sponsor: Craig Redmon

Proposes a constitutional amendment to create term limits for all statewide elected officials

Sponsor: Brad Lager

Establishes the Missouri International Business Advertising Fund to be used exclusively for advertising the benefits of relocating an international business to Missouri

Sponsor: Delus Johnson

Requires a sewer district to notify the landowner of any delinquent charges owed and that he or she has 30 days to correct the delinquency or a lien will be placed on the property

Sponsor: Donald Phillips

Changes the laws regarding property ownership restrictions on community college districts

Sponsor: Todd Richardson

Changes the laws regarding the acknowledgment of paternity and consent to an adoption

Sponsor: Chris Kelly

Establishes the Incentives Regionalization Act to provide economic incentives to induce employers to relocate from Kansas to Missouri or from Missouri to Kansas

Sponsor: Jason Holsman

Changes the laws regarding pyramid sales schemes

Sponsor: Caleb Jones

Prohibits a higher education institution from charging a Missouri resident who is a full-time student a tuition rate that exceeds the amount charged when the student first enrolled for the next five years

Sponsor: Jason Holsman

Authorizes a claim clearinghouse to process and verify a request for an offset of an income tax refund and lottery winnings to satisfy an outstanding debt for ambulance services an individual received

Sponsor: Chuck Gatschenberger

Specifies that certain companies that provide telecommunications infrastructure will be eligible for linked deposit loans and authorizes a tax credit for the cost of Internet broadband equipment

Sponsor: Delus Johnson

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

Sponsor: Gerald Nolte

Changes the laws regarding sexual offender registration

Sponsor: Rodney Schad

Changes the selection of the circuit clerk in the 22nd Judicial Circuit in St. Louis City from being elected by the qualified voters to being appointed by a majority of the circuit judges of the circuit

Sponsor: John Diehl

Requires the Director of the Department of Revenue to enter into the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement and changes the laws regarding taxation

Sponsor: Andrew Koenig

Changes the laws regarding public safety, fire protection, and emergency services

Sponsor: Dave Hinson

Provides for funding of the capitol complex revitalization project by modifying the historic preservation tax credit program

Sponsor: Ronald Richard

Changes the laws regarding the application of a specific interest rate for specified late payments, repayments, loans, bonds, overpayments, and judgments

Sponsor: Ward Franz

Establishes the Paperless Documents and Forms Act which authorizes the Department of Revenue to use technology to allow the filing of certain forms and the sending of certain notifications

Sponsor: John McCaherty

Proposes a constitutional amendment reducing the number of members of the House of Representatives from 163 to 102 beginning with the 102nd General Assembly

Sponsor: Linda Black

Changes the laws regarding judicial procedures

Sponsor: John Diehl

Exempts the normal and customary use of state park trails and roads from the prohibition on the use of the trails and roads without written permission from the Department of Natural Resources

Sponsor: Darrell Pollock

Disqualifies certain persons receiving public assistance from engaging in gaming activities

Sponsor: Rob Schaaf

Repeals the provisions allowing certain counties to establish an alternative county highway commission

Sponsor: Bart Korman

Allows for the organization of a low-profit limited liability company or L3C

Sponsor: John Diehl

Allows for the issuance of a temporary third license plate to be placed in a vehicle's back window when the view of the rear license plate is obstructed by a bicycle rack or other item

Sponsor: Caleb Jones

Increases the size requirements for a sign posting private property as off-limits to concealed firearms

Sponsor: Mark Parkinson

Exempts the sales tax on the receipt of a motor vehicle as a fishing or golfing tournament prize if the winner of the vehicle transfers the vehicle title within seven days and the purchaser pays the sales tax

Sponsor: Scott Largent

Allows an unaccredited school district to use specified funding for early childhood education and allows for the establishment of a pilot project for awarding teacher credentials in an unaccredited district

Sponsor: Cole McNary

Establishes provisions regarding the licensure of tanning facilities by the Department of Health and Senior Services

Sponsor: Dwight Scharnhorst

Prohibits the Department of Health and Senior Services from enforcing or enacting a rule or regulation relating to lead abatement that is stricter than those required by federal law

Sponsor: Dwight Scharnhorst

Changes the laws regarding political subdivisions

Sponsor: Chuck Gatschenberger

Opposes the passage of the Egg Products Inspection Act of 2012, H.R. 3798, which would nullify existing state law and deny states the ability to enact laws to regulate egg factory production

Sponsor: Jay Houghton

Requires a student wanting to drop out of high school to attend a dropout prevention seminar

Sponsor: Jason Holsman

Authorizes a state and local sales and use tax exemption for specified farm products sold at a farmers' market

Sponsor: Delus Johnson

Requires health carriers to reimburse a physical therapist in the same amounts as paid to a licensed physical therapist for rendering the same services regardless of the setting or venue

Sponsor: Donna Lichtenegger

Requires the Department of Social Services to seek a federal waiver to mandate the use of photo identification for continued eligibility in the food stamp program administered in this state

Sponsor: Andrew Koenig

Changes the laws regarding teacher and employee tenure in the City of St. Louis School District

Sponsor: Chris Carter

Establishes a preference in governmental contracts for a person or organization who contributes to an alternatives to abortion agency or the Alternatives to Abortion Support Fund

Sponsor: Chrissy Sommer

Specifies that a school district will no longer have the authority to contract with a superintendent and requires it to be an elective office with specified exceptions

Sponsor: Dwight Scharnhorst

Establishes a public campaign financing system for state elections which allows a candidate to voluntarily agree to campaign finance limitations in exchange for public funding

Sponsor: Jason Holsman

Requires suits in inverse condemnation or involving dangerous conditions of public property against a municipal corporation to be brought only in the county where the land or any part of the land lies

Sponsor: Mike Leara

Allows certain inmates who become physically or mentally disabled, infirm, incompetent, or incapacitated to be released on parole if they are eligible for specified federal medical or financial benefits

Sponsor: Rochelle Walton Gray

Requires all food and food products sold in Missouri that are or contain genetically modified products to be labeled indicating that the food is or contains genetically modified products

Sponsor: Leonard Hughes

Prohibits an employer from requesting or requiring an employee or applicant to disclose any user name, password, or other means for accessing a personal account or service through an electronic device

Sponsor: Charlie Davis

Prohibits a public school from joining an association that governs interscholastic sports and activities unless the association sanctions the disciplines of archery, pistol, rifle, shotgun, and muzzleloading

Sponsor: Jason Barnes

Changes the laws regarding the powers of park rangers

Sponsor: Don Ruzicka

Requires the State Highway Patrol to waive any state fees associated with obtaining a concealed carry endorsement for an applicant who is a veteran

Sponsor: Steve Cookson

Requires a Missouri state employee to be compensated an amount equal to the difference between his or her military compensation and state salary when the military leave of absence exceeds 120 hours

Sponsor: Stephen Webber

Allows the State Board of Education to approve one pilot program school for accelerated reading instruction in early childhood and early elementary grades in each district with a charter school

Sponsor: Noel Torpey

Exempts motorcyclists 21 years of age and older from wearing protective headgear when operating or riding a motorcycle or motortricycle on any state highway

Sponsor: Jay Swearingen

Allows a motor vehicle dealer selling a new motor vehicle up to 30 days to deliver the manufacturer's statement of origin to a purchaser if agreed upon by the dealer and the purchaser

Sponsor: Paul Curtman

Adds an elected official or his or her staff to the list of persons protected by enhanced penalties for assault in the first, second, and third degrees

Sponsor: Clem Smith

Changes the laws regarding the Joint Committee on Education's review of the Commissioner of Education's proposed expenditures on statewide areas of critical need for learning and development

Sponsor: Joe Aull

Establishes the Missouri Supporting Families Income Tax Holiday Act which allows an exemption from state withholding taxes for state employees in a specified month determined by the Department of Revenue

Sponsor: Leonard Hughes

Establishes the Employment Advertisement Fairness Act which prohibits a person or entity from including in a job advertisement certain statements requiring an applicant to be currently employed

Sponsor: Clem Smith

Specifies that the requirement that every person operating or riding on a motorcycle on any state highway wear protective headgear will not apply from August 1 through August 21 of each year

Sponsor: Delus Johnson

Allows a teacher within the Public School Retirement System of St. Louis to retire when the teacher's age added to the number of years of credited service is not less than 80 instead of 85

Sponsor: Chris Carter

Authorizes a tax credit for the cost of labor and materials to construct or improve a data center

Sponsor: Delus Johnson

Authorizes a $20 civil court filing surcharge for certain circuits

Sponsor: Lincoln Hough

Increases the number of students the Missouri Preschool Plus Grant Program may serve and expands the list of those who may receive a grant

Sponsor: Jason Holsman

Establishes requirements for the taking of real property by adverse possession

Sponsor: Darrell Pollock

Allows a person 21 years of age or older to operate a motorcycle on any state highway without protective headgear if he or she has obtained a helmet-free endorsement from the Department of Revenue

Sponsor: Delus Johnson

Changes the laws regarding political subdivisions

Sponsor: Chuck Gatschenberger

Establishes the Daylight Saving Time Elimination Act

Sponsor: Delus Johnson

Prohibits the discussion of sexual orientation in public school instruction, material, or extracurricular activity except in scientific instruction on human reproduction

Sponsor: Steve Cookson

Requires certain tax records to be disclosed to the Missouri Ethics Commission by certain entities who make more than $25,000 in campaign contributions during a year

Sponsor: Chris Kelly

Increases the number of members of the Missouri Conservation Commission from four to seven contingent upon the passage of a constitutional amendment authorizing the change

Sponsor: Donald Phillips

Requires only persons younger than 21 years of age to wear protective headgear when operating or riding as a passenger on any motorcycle or motortricycle

Sponsor: David Day

Prohibits a state agency from awarding a state contract to a contractor or subcontractor who performs the work outside of the United States

Sponsor: Stephen Webber

Changes the laws regarding the crime of trafficking drugs in the first and second degrees

Sponsor: Chris Carter

Prohibits a sheltered workshop's board of directors from holding in reserve any general operating moneys in excess of one year's estimated annual general operating costs with specified exceptions

Sponsor: Jeff Grisamore

Requires a certificate of value to be filed with the assessor before the recorder of deeds can accept the filing of any document by which any interest in certain real property is conveyed

Sponsor: Jeanne Kirkton

Designates the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November as a public holiday known as "Election Day"

Sponsor: Stephen Webber

Requires the Board of Probation and Parole to periodically review the case history of certain convicted offenders serving sentences of more than 15 years or life without parole

Sponsor: Mike McGhee

Repeals the provisions regarding the prevailing hourly wage requirements and specifies that no person will be paid a prevailing wage with specified exceptions

Sponsor: William White

Prohibits the Missouri Housing Development Commission from requiring a prevailing wage on a project eligible for a housing tax credit if it is located in a disaster area

Sponsor: William White

Specifies that any district that becomes an urban school district as the result of the 2010 census will continue to have the same number of board members and hold elections on its current schedule

Sponsor: Vicki Schneider

Establishes the Animal Ecological Terrorism Act

Sponsor: Jason Smith

Requires that only one license plate be issued for all motor vehicles instead of the current two plates with the exception of property-carrying commercial motor vehicles

Sponsor: Jay Swearingen

Establishes a procedure by which insurers who purchase vehicles through the claims adjustment process can obtain a salvage title or junking certificate when they are unable to obtain a negotiable title

Sponsor: Bob Nance

Specifies that for purposes of qualifying for waiting week credit and unemployment compensation benefits, good cause cannot include voluntarily quitting work to accept a job with equal or lesser wages

Sponsor: Bart Korman

Prohibits the payment of any professional membership dues of any school administrator or superintendent from the incidental fund or teachers fund of a school district

Sponsor: Kurt Bahr

Requires the certification of school food service directors and menu planners in public and private schools which receive funding through the federal school lunch program

Sponsor: Joe Aull

Changes the laws regarding county and statewide emergency 911 service boards

Sponsor: Dave Hinson

Authorizes Missouri to enter into the Interstate Compact on the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote Act

Sponsor: Dwight Scharnhorst

Allows for the issuance of a temporary third license plate to be placed in a vehicle's back window when the view of the rear license plate is obstructed by a bicycle rack or other item

Sponsor: Jill Schupp

Modifies eligibility criteria for energy efficiency incentive programs offered by electric companies to low-income customers

Sponsor: Timothy Green

Specifies that it will be an unlawful employment practice to discriminate against an individual because he or she has a concealed carry endorsement or uses a firearm for a lawful purpose

Sponsor: Wanda Brown

Modifies provisons regarding the Sunshine Law

Sponsor: Kurt Schaefer

Establishes Bryce's Law which authorizes a tax credit for a person donating to a scholarship-granting organization for special needs students if it is not claimed on his or her federal income tax return

Sponsor: Dwight Scharnhorst

Creates a county drinking water supply lake authority in Christian County

Sponsor: Raymond Weter

Submits a revised Summary Statement for House Committee Substitute No. 2 for Senate Joint Resolution No. 2 to the Secretary of State

Sponsor: Shane Schoeller

Requires every applicant for a motorcycle license or endorsement to show proof that he or she has successfully completed an approved motorcycle training course

Sponsor: Chrissy Sommer

Modifies provisions relating to natural resources

Sponsor: Brad Lager

Prohibits any animal inside the State Capitol Building except for a service dog or other service animal

Sponsor: Rodney Schad

Allows the Department of Revenue to create an emergency information database for holders of instruction permits, driver's licenses, and non-driver's identification cards

Sponsor: Eileen McGeoghegan

Designates the regal fritillary as the official state butterfly

Sponsor: Charles Denison

Requires, except in a charter county, a candidate for county treasurer to file a signed affidavit stating that the candidate meets the minimum bond requirements for the office of county treasurer

Sponsor: Sandy Crawford

Authorizes the Division of Professional Registration to regulate mixed martial arts and creates rules for amateur contests

Sponsor: Brian Nieves

Changes the laws regarding domestic violence

Sponsor: Stacey Newman

Changes the laws regarding workers' compensation and the Second Injury Fund

Sponsor: Kevin Elmer

Urges the United States Congress to protect citizens from the financial hardships caused by the Federal Reserve System of paper money unbacked by gold and silver

Sponsor: John Cauthorn

Modifies the membership of the Missouri Health Insurance Pool

Sponsor: Rob Schaaf

Designates Jim the Wonder Dog as the official state historical dog

Sponsor: Joe Aull

Designates "Old Drum" as the official state historical dog

Sponsor: Denny Hoskins

Establishes a closed primary election system

Sponsor: Mark Parkinson

Proposes a constitutional amendment regarding advance voting and photo identification and allowing different requirements for certain absentee voting

Sponsor: Shane Schoeller

Requires an applicant for a new or renewal liquor license for a period of more than 30 days to pay an additional $100 transaction fee for deposit into the Alcohol and Tobacco Control Trust Fund

Sponsor: Galen Higdon

Requires the State Board of Education to limit a student's participation in and practice for extracurricular activities to during the school day and week to the extent possible

Sponsor: Steve Webb

Establishes requirements for the interstate and intrastate movement of cervids

Sponsor: Tom Shively

Urges the Department of Natural Resources to consider the need to require groundwater monitoring at all new and existing coal ash ponds and require cleanup for ponds that are leaking dangerous chemicals

Sponsor: Margo McNeil

Requires at least 10% of any drug testing of violent offenders placed on probation, parole, or conditional release to be completed by the use of hair follicle testing

Sponsor: Richard Sifton

Supports the approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline to ensure America's oil independence, improve our national security, reduce the cost of gasoline, and create new jobs

Sponsor: Jason Barnes

Requires any person who files a court challenging the issuance of a license for a commercial livestock or poultry slaughter or processing plant to post a surety bond

Sponsor: Don Wells

Changes the laws regarding sex education in schools and establishes the Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act, the Birth Control Protection Act, and a women's health services program

Sponsor: Stacey Newman

Changes the laws regarding delinquent real estate taxes or mortgage notes

Sponsor: Rochelle Walton Gray

Changes the laws regarding newspaper recycling, solid waste and safe drinking water fees, environmental control, and asbestos abatement and establishes the Renewable Energy Pilot Program for State Parks

Sponsor: Don Ruzicka

Authorizes tax increment financing in certain blighted areas that have sustained severe damage as the result of a natural disaster

Sponsor: Tom Flanigan

Changes the presidential primary election to the general municipal election day on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April of each presidential election year

Sponsor: Chrissy Sommer

Changes provisions regarding the Missouri preference in state purchasing

Sponsor: Joseph Fallert

Increases the statutory award amount for Alzheimer's disease research projects funded by the University of Missouri Board of Curators

Sponsor: William Stouffer

Modifies retirement benefits for new members of the general assembly and statewide elected officials and modifies interest paid on retirement refunds

Sponsor: Jason Crowell

Prohibits beer manufacturers and liquor wholesalers from owning certain interests in each other

Sponsor: Mike Parson

Changes the laws regarding the regulation of fireworks

Sponsor: Mike Bernskoetter

Allows a person to obtain a Pony Express special license plate

Sponsor: Delus Johnson

Changes the laws regarding child support for higher education

Sponsor: Jeanne Kirkton

Allows fourth class cities to make the offices of city collector and chief of police appointed positions without requiring approval of the voters

Sponsor: Wanda Brown

Changes the laws regarding cleaning supplies for state buildings and schools, county building codes, and energy audits of public schools

Sponsor: Zachary Wyatt

Designates the portion of State Route C that crosses over U. S. Highway 79 in Lincoln County as the "LCPL Patrick W. Schimmel Memorial Highway"

Sponsor: Edward Schieffer

Requires a homeowner and community improvement association to be organized as a nonprofit corporation and to comply with those liability insurance and alternative dispute resolution provisions

Sponsor: Mary Nichols

Urges the United States Congress to propose the Parental Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution to the states for ratification

Sponsor: Kurt Bahr

Requires a summary and a description of a research project funded by the Spinal Cord Injury Fund to be submitted before or with the request for an appropriation to the appropriate appropriations committee

Sponsor: Melissa Leach

Changes the laws regarding the security deposit of renters

Sponsor: Raymond Weter

Changes the laws regarding health care

Sponsor: Keith Frederick

Requires specified disclosures on new credit card processing service contracts

Sponsor: Bill Reiboldt

Specifies that any person who impersonates another actual person through or on a website for specified harmful purposes will be guilty of a class A misdemeanor

Sponsor: Kevin McManus

Changes the laws regarding the termination of water service

Sponsor: Vicki Schneider

Recognizes the annual Coaches vs. Cancer basketball game at St. Clair High School as the "Lee McKinney Coaches vs. Cancer Game"

Sponsor: Dave Hinson

Changes the required percentage necessary to initiate a recount of the votes cast in an election

Sponsor: Tony Dugger

Specifies that no finding of blight under Chapter 135, RSMo, can be used to meet the conditions for blight under any other state statute

Sponsor: Caleb Jones

Prohibits a vasectomy from being performed on a man unless it is to prevent the death or to avert serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function of the man

Sponsor: Stacey Newman

Modifies the composition of the University of Missouri Board of Curators

Sponsor: Kurt Schaefer

Changes the definition of "blighted area" as it relates to an enhanced enterprise zone to include areas that are identified as distressed by specified federal designations

Sponsor: Caleb Jones

Allows for the establishment of an urban agriculture zone

Sponsor: Jason Holsman

Requires all children over 15 years of age who are in the foster care system or the Division of Youth Services Program to receive a visit to a state university or community or technical college in Missouri

Sponsor: Charles Denison

Authorizes the Governor to vacate an existing easement and to grant a new easement on and over certain state-owned property for the construction of a fire station in the City of Sedalia

Sponsor: Stanley Cox

Authorizes the Governor to convey state property located in the City of Macon to the State Highways and Transportation Commission

Sponsor: Tom Shively

Designates the month of October as "Spinal Cord Injury Month" in Missouri

Sponsor: Eileen McGeoghegan

Clarifies the definition of "employment" as it relates to employment security laws regarding in-home or community-based services for clients of a county board for developmental disability services

Sponsor: Jeff Grisamore

Designates the month of November as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month in Missouri

Sponsor: Mike Kelley

Authorizes Cass County to establish a county municipal court

Sponsor: Chris Molendorp

Modifies the licensing period for certain licenses issued by the Missouri Gaming Commission

Sponsor: Mike Parson

Authorizes the Hazardous Waste Management Commission to adopt rules and regulations to ensure that Missouri is in compliance with the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

Sponsor: John Cauthorn

Authorizes the licensure of a provisionally licensed behavior analyst and assistant behavior analyst and a temporary licensed behavior analyst and assistant behavior analyst

Sponsor: Timothy Meadows

Authorizes a county to amend its budget twice during a fiscal year when there are certain specified circumstances

Sponsor: Randy Asbury

Allows insurers that purchase vehicles through the claims adjustment process to obtain salvage certificate of titles or junking certificates under certain conditions

Sponsor: Jay Wasson

Exempts certain school districts governed by a special administrative board from having to pay tuition and transportation for students who attend an accredited school under certain circumstances

Sponsor: Jim Lembke

Authorizes a corporation or unincorporated association to be represented in small claims court for certain actions by its president or vice-president for any claim of $500 or less

Sponsor: Mike McGhee

Adds the construction, reconstruction, repair, and maintenance of sidewalks to the definition of "transportation purposes" as it applies to expenditures of the transportation sales tax

Sponsor: Ward Franz

Authorizes any city, town, or village to impose, upon voter approval, a fee for the repair or replacement of residential lateral sewer service lines

Sponsor: Chuck Gatschenberger

Proposes a constitutional amendment reducing the number of members of the House of Representatives from 163 to 101

Sponsor: John McCaherty

Specifies that, beginning January 1, 2013, certain specified building codes will be deemed the official state codes

Sponsor: Timothy Meadows

Proposes a constitutional amendment regarding advance voting, required use of a government-issued photo identification to vote, and voting procedures based on physical presence or by absentee ballot

Sponsor: Stanley Cox

Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing state bonding authority for certain higher education capital improvements in the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County

Sponsor: Jamilah Nasheed

Specifies that any person who has a valid concealed carry endorsement may openly carry a firearm on or about his or her person

Sponsor: Paul Curtman

Removes the for gross negligence exception from personal liability for members of the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners for acts committed in the performance of their official duties

Sponsor: Shane Schoeller

Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing the General Assembly to issue bonds to fund higher education improvements, constructions, landscaping, and land or building purchases

Sponsor: Chris Kelly

Specifies that a school or school district cannot be required to admit any pupil from an unaccredited school district in the same or adjoining county

Sponsor: Margo McNeil

Requires any person who observes a child being subjected to sexual abuse to immediately report or cause a report to be made to the Children's Division

Sponsor: Terry Swinger

Requires health care providers to provide a mammography patient with a copy of the mammography report and information regarding the benefit of supplemental screenings for dense breast tissue patients

Sponsor: Sue Allen

Changes the laws regarding the structure and conditions for the transitional school district that has the same boundaries as the City of St. Louis

Sponsor: Jeanette Oxford

Authorizes a state and local sales and use tax exemption on items related to data storage centers and server farm facilities

Sponsor: Ryan Silvey

Designates March 27 of each year as Medical Radiation Safety Awareness Day in Missouri

Sponsor: Wayne Wallingford

Requires the words "Allow 8' For Lift Deployment" to be added to van accessible parking signs

Sponsor: Eileen McGeoghegan

Changes the laws regarding the Historic Structures Rehabilitation Tax Credit

Sponsor: Anne Zerr

Increases the fee for an alternative fuel decal and requires the moneys from the fee to be deposited into the State Highways and Transportation Department Fund instead of the Motor Fuel Tax Fund

Sponsor: Bart Korman

Modifies the Missouri Public Prompt Payment Act

Sponsor: Kevin Engler

Allows telecommunications providers and rural electric cooperatives to attach equipment to other utility poles for smart grid or broadband purposes

Sponsor: Brad Lager

Requires the State Board of Education to establish standards for agricultural vocational education that a private school may adopt to qualify to apply for a local chapter of the Future Farmers of America

Sponsor: Dave Hinson

Categorizes site consultants as executive lobbyists

Sponsor: Jim Lembke

Strongly urges the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to re-examine the flood plan, manage the rivers to avoid devastating flooding, and rebuild damaged levies

Sponsor: Kent Hampton

Requires a health insurance carrier to provide coverage for the initial device deemed necessary to treat a newborn who has been screened and assessed for a hearing impairment

Sponsor: Jeanne Kirkton

Requires that the "Year Manufactured" on an outboard motor title reflect the year the dealer purchased it from the manufacturer

Sponsor: Wanda Brown

Allows under certain circumstances outpatient-only ambulatory surgical centers to operate under a hospital license

Sponsor: Robert Mayer

Establishes the Missouri Electronic Prior Authorization Committee and pilot program

Sponsor: Maria Chappelle-Nadal

Removes the required date of by January 1, 1994, for the appointment of the Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Company Board of Trustees

Sponsor: Todd Richardson

Requires a purchaser of commodity metals to register with the scrap theft alert system maintained by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries and establishes the Commodity Metals Theft Task Force

Sponsor: Galen Higdon

Changes the laws regarding the accreditation requirements for reinsurance companies and specifies when an insurance company can take credit or reduce liability due to reinsurance

Sponsor: Chris Molendorp

Modifies the law relating to uniform military and overseas voters

Sponsor: Will Kraus

Requires the State Board of Education to contract for the analysis of statewide assessment results and requires each district to develop a policy on actions regarding employee tampering of assessment results

Sponsor: Jason Barnes

Modifies the law relating to professional conduct during Division of Finance examinations and confidentiality agreements

Sponsor: Brad Lager

Establishes a procedure by which a school district may increase its bonded indebtedness to 20% of the district's assessed valuation rather than the current limit of 15%

Sponsor: Myron Neth

Requires a professional sports team to make its financial records and ownership public if it is going to receive any state funds

Sponsor: Jeanette Oxford

Excludes the year 2012 from the requirement that a statewide presidential preference primary be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in February of each presidential election year

Sponsor: Mark Parkinson

Limits the amount of interest a title lender can charge on a loan and requires the average interest rate being charged by credit unions to be made available to the public at least quarterly

Sponsor: Leonard Hughes

Establishes the Business Premises Safety Act

Sponsor: Stanley Cox

Authorizes a tax return check-off box on individual and corporate income tax forms for the newly created Lupus Revolving Research Trust Fund

Sponsor: Tishaura Jones

Proposes a constitutional amendment which freezes the level of tax liability on residential property owned by a person who is 65 years of age or older

Sponsor: Charles Denison

Allows a voter to cast an advance ballot

Sponsor: Stacey Newman

Specifies that an insurer has the right to intervene in any civil case in which it may be obligated to provide a defense to the action or indemnity for any judgment rendered in the action

Sponsor: Don Gosen

Prohibits the use of economic incentives to attract jobs from Kansas to Missouri if Kansas does likewise or requires Missouri to exceed Kansas's economic development funding in the metropolitan area

Sponsor: T.J. Berry

Prohibits a lender from imposing a fine, fee, or penalty for the prepayment of any loan and repeals the provision allowing a prepayment fee to be charged on a second mortgage loan

Sponsor: Jeanette Oxford

Modifies the law relating to workers' compensation

Sponsor: Tom Dempsey

Proposes a constitutional amendment reducing the length of time a person must be a member of an organization before participating in the operation of a bingo game and removes the advertising restrictions

Sponsor: Jeanie Riddle

Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act

Sponsor: Anne Zerr

Grants use of the House Chamber and Rotunda for swearing in of attorneys on Friday, April 27, 2012, and Friday, October 5, 2012, from 11a.m. to 3 p.m

Sponsor: Stanley Cox

Changes the laws regarding weight limitations for vehicles hauling livestock or agricultural products on state highways and regarding vehicles hauling milk from a farm to a processing facility

Sponsor: Jason Smith

Establishes the Meth Lab Elimination Act which reclassifies some forms of methamphetamine precursor drugs from Schedule IV and V controlled substances to Schedule III requiring a prescription

Sponsor: Dave Schatz

Requires anyone participating in a caucus to be registered to vote by the fourth Wednesday before the caucus

Sponsor: Melissa Leach

Requires any entity performing or assisting in certain abortions or counseling a woman to have an abortion to file an annual report regarding moneys received under the federal Public Health Service Act

Sponsor: Stanley Cox

Requires Missouri driver's license examinations to only be administered in English

Sponsor: Mark Parkinson

Requires a city or political subdivision which intends to expand solid waste collection services into certain areas to put the intent to a vote of the people in the expanded area

Sponsor: Sheila Solon

Allows farmers to sell up to 100 gallons of raw milk or cream per day at farmers markets

Sponsor: Luann Ridgeway

Changes the laws regarding the Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit

Sponsor: Noel Torpey

Expands eligibility and increases benefits for suppliers of automobile manufacturers under the Manufacturing Jobs Program

Sponsor: Victor Callahan

Adds an exemption to the real estate agent licensing laws for any communication regarding real estate made by an unlicensed entity which is not proven to be false or misleading

Sponsor: Kurt Bahr

Establishes the Freedom to Choose Trash Collection Services Act which requires voter approval of any contract with mandated haulers of trash collection except in North Kansas City, Kansas City, and St. Louis

Sponsor: Sheila Solon

Increases the penalties and driver license suspension periods for those who fail to yield the right-of-way in certain instances

Sponsor: Kevin Engler

Specifies that certain felons must be eligible for food stamp program benefits

Sponsor: Bob Nance

Requires a landlord to disclose the presence of mold to prospective and current tenants

Sponsor: Edward Schieffer

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

Sponsor: Jason Holsman

Allows certain motor vehicles to operate on public highways with dyed fuel during any Governor-declared state emergency

Sponsor: Billy Wright

Modifies the law relating to the Second Injury Fund

Sponsor: Jason Crowell

Specifies that a state employee who works 10-hour days and 40 hours per week cannot be required to take two hours of vacation leave for paid holidays

Sponsor: Rochelle Walton Gray

Allows the board of election commissioners in Kansas City and St. Louis to establish voter centers on election days for a person to vote without going to his or her precinct voting location

Sponsor: Jamilah Nasheed

Specifies the timeframe for the resubmission of a ballot issue in certain instances and the necessary percentage of approval for it to become effective

Sponsor: Andrew Koenig

Authorizes a landlord to bring an action to remove a tenant without being represented by an attorney and to file a claim in small claims court for the ejectment of a tenant to obtain possession of a premises

Sponsor: Gary Cross

Establishes new requirements for reporting underground infrastructure under the excavation safety requirements of Chapter 319, RSMo

Sponsor: Dave Schatz

Requires a person convicted of failing to pay a fare for the use of Bi-State Development Agency facilities to reimburse the reasonable costs attributable to the enforcement, investigation, and prosecution

Sponsor: Rick Stream

Establishes the Missouri Advisory Boards and Commissions Association

Sponsor: Lindell Shumake

Requires any state employee to receive a salary increase equal to the increased cost of health insurance premiums from the previous year

Sponsor: Paul Fitzwater

Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to establish a work group to assess available resources needed for effective work experiences for youth with disabilities

Sponsor: Jeff Grisamore

Creates the Missouri Juneteenth Heritage Memorial Fund and changes the distribution of funds from the nonresident entertainer and professional athletic team income tax to provide moneys to the fund

Sponsor: Michael Brown

Grants the Girl Scouts of Missouri Heartland permission to use the House Chamber to present Gold Awards on Saturday, June 2, 2012, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Sponsor: Mary Still

Establishes the Purchasing from Disabilities Advisory Board regarding the procurement of goods and services by state agencies from persons who are disabled or have a disability

Sponsor: Jeff Grisamore

Changes the laws regarding solid waste management

Sponsor: Don Ruzicka

Allows a scrap metal operator to acquire a vehicle or parts of a vehicle that is 10 years old or older without receiving the original certificate or title

Sponsor: Mike McGhee

Authorizes the clerk of the circuit court to charge and collect a surcharge of up to $10 in cases where a garnishment is granted

Sponsor: Bill Reiboldt

Establishes Missouri's ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution

Sponsor: Margo McNeil

Eliminates a provision regarding how leases of commercial property at airports are assessed for property tax purposes

Sponsor: Will Kraus

Requires organizations wanting to sponsor certain events and activities that are held in a state park or on a historic site to obtain liability insurance

Sponsor: Dwight Scharnhorst

Authorizes Missouri to enter into the multistate Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement, eliminates all state tax credits, phases in a flat income tax rate, and increases the sales and use tax by .25%

Sponsor: Rick Brattin

Authorizes an income tax credit for certain small businesses who hire a person who is disabled or recently discharged from a correctional facility

Sponsor: Michele Kratky

Designates the month of December as "Pet Breeders Appreciation Month"

Sponsor: Bill Reiboldt

Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the approval of both a majority of voters statewide and a majority of voters in a majority of the Congressional districts for an amendment to take effect

Sponsor: Tony Dugger

Adds charitable veterans' organizations to the zoning exception regarding the establishment of a retail business selling donated goods in an area where other businesses engage in retail sales

Sponsor: Lindell Shumake

Permits county assessors to use the Kelly Blue Book or other credible resources when determining the trade-in value of a motor vehicle for personal property tax assessment purposes

Sponsor: Nick Marshall

Authorizes an income tax credit for certain costs incurred in the renovation of a taxpayer's rented dwelling or residence

Sponsor: Michele Kratky

Repeals the provisions which allow for the use of the death penalty and specifies that certain persons sentenced to death must be sentenced to life without eligibility for parole

Sponsor: Mike McGhee

Establishes protections for the religious beliefs and moral convictions of certain persons and entities regarding specified health care coverage

Sponsor: Stanley Cox

Requires all elementary and high schools to conduct an energy audit and report the results to the Office of Administration

Sponsor: Margo McNeil

Specifies that the provisions regarding the Sentencing Advisory Commission cannot be construed to allow the commission to recommend a sentence in a specific pending court case

Sponsor: Stanley Cox

Lowers the population requirement of a Department of Corrections center in the county in determining the procedure to obtain a change of venue for a misdemeanor or felony

Sponsor: Caleb Jones

Specifies that certain training requirements only apply to applications for new concealed carry endorsements

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Changes the laws regarding the requirements for the testing of persons with tuberculosis

Sponsor: Keith Frederick

Creates the crime of operating a motorized vessel with excessive blood alcohol content when a person operates a motorized vessel on any navigable waterway with a blood alcohol content of .08 of 1% or more

Sponsor: Steve Cookson

Changes the laws regarding county and statewide emergency 911 service boards

Sponsor: Dave Hinson

Allows a student who has been denied the privilege to participate in an interscholastic activity under certain conditions to petition the court for a restraining order prohibiting enforcement of the denial

Sponsor: Jason Barnes

Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects

Sponsor: Ellen Brandom

Revises the crime of unlawful use of weapons and authorizes the revocation of a concealed carry endorsement when the holder is convicted of committing a felony while in the possession of a firearm

Sponsor: Michele Kratky

Removes the exemption from sales tax on the sales of newspaper supplies and equipment and requires that revenue to be used to pay for health care costs of certain blind individuals

Sponsor: Ryan Silvey

Requires the Governor to give thirty days notice to the General Assembly before an appointed official's term ends

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

Establishes the House of Worship Act, creates the crime of disrupting a house of worship, and enhances the penalty for the crime of institutional vandalism

Sponsor: Shane Schoeller

Adds Buchanan County to the list of counties authorized to impose a civil fine for a violation of a county rule, regulation, or ordinance

Sponsor: Galen Higdon

Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting the design or construction of toll roads or facilities in the state or from entering into a public-private partnership or agreement for a new toll road

Sponsor: Jason Smith

Allows a municipality to adopt a resolution or ordinance that allows all-terrain and utility vehicles to operate on the streets and highways under its jurisdiction

Sponsor: Mike Kelley

Adds an individual with mental disabilities to the list of people who must be afforded the same rights as those without disabilities in public places and the right to be accompanied by a service dog

Sponsor: Stacey Newman

Prohibits an annual adjustment for inflation for certain solid waste management fees

Sponsor: Ronald Richard

Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish the Equal Pay Commission

Sponsor: Stacey Newman

Changes the laws regarding the distribution of certain local sales tax revenues in St. Louis County

Sponsor: Genise Montecillo

Creates the Higher Education Capital Fund to provide matching funds to public colleges and universities for capital projects under certain circumstances

Sponsor: Caleb Jones

Establishes an income tax credit for the stipend or salary paid to certain interns

Sponsor: Ellen Brandom

Establishes a closed primary

Sponsor: Jay Wasson

Amends laws relating to small loans

Sponsor: Shalonn Curls

Requires the Office of State Courts Administrator to take certain actions when a person fails to pay, or honor an agreement to repay, debt owed to a county jail

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

Specifies a form which any sheriff must accept as proof of firearms safety instructor qualification and that an applicant has passed a firearms safety course for a concealed carry endorsement

Sponsor: Wanda Brown

Rejects any policies and procedures that would be incumbent on Missouri based on the Common Core Standards Initiative required for participation in Race to the Top

Sponsor: Kurt Bahr

Authorizes the City of North Kansas City to impose, upon voter approval, a sales tax to fund public safety improvements

Sponsor: Jay Swearingen

Changes the laws regarding a student transfer in an unaccredited district that is governed by a special administrative board

Sponsor: Rick Stream

Requires Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Company to transition into a private mutual insurance company by January 1, 2014

Sponsor: Jim Lembke

Designates the first week of August each year as Animal Rescue Week in Missouri

Sponsor: Chrissy Sommer

Modifies provisions regarding the data required as to the rehospitalizations of premature infants

Sponsor: Robin Wright-Jones

Requires all custodial interrogations to be recorded by removing the current exemption when it is not feasible

Sponsor: Mike Colona

Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to establish a grant program for unaccredited and provisionally accredited districts that commit to extended school time

Sponsor: Margo McNeil

Repeals the authority of political subdivisions to regulate the open carrying of firearms and requires a local ordinance regulating the discharge of firearms to incorporate statutory justifications

Sponsor: Edward Schieffer

Eliminates the state income tax deduction for federal income tax liability beginning January 1, 2013

Sponsor: Jeanette Oxford

Modifies provisions relating to physician assistant supervision during declared emergencies

Sponsor: Jay Wasson

Modifies provisions relating to school districts classified as provisionally accredited or unaccredited by the State Board of Education

Sponsor: Shalonn Curls

Extends the provisions regarding Internet cyber crime law enforcement task forces and the Cyber Crime Investigation Fund from June 5, 2012, to August 28, 2022

Sponsor: Sue Allen

Removes the provision allowing the Board of Probation and Parole to charge an offender an intervention fee as a condition of parole

Sponsor: Leonard Hughes

Repeals the authority of political subdivisions to regulate the open carrying of firearms and requires a local ordinance regulating the discharge of firearms to incorporate statutory justifications

Sponsor: Edward Schieffer

Requests the Adjutant General of the Missouri National Guard to establish a voluntary reporting program for Missouri National Guard members and veterans who have been exposed to depleted uranium

Sponsor: Jeanette Oxford

Modifies provisions related to firearms

Sponsor: Brian Nieves

Modifies provisions pertaining to the Public Service Commission, Office of Public Counsel, and nuclear plant development cost recovery

Sponsor: Ronald Richard

Makes negligently casting flyrock onto property not under the responsibility of the person using explosives a violation of the Missouri Blasting Safety Act

Sponsor: Kevin Engler

Changes the laws regarding the regulation of public utilities

Sponsor: Darrell Pollock

Modifies provisions relating to funding for the Office of Public Counsel and temporary rate adjustments for regulated utilities

Sponsor: John Lamping

Modifies provisions relating to criminal law

Sponsor: Jolie Justus

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

Sponsor: Margo McNeil

Modifies the type of information required from applicants for a motor vehicle registration and a concealed carry endorsement

Sponsor: Shalonn Curls

Prohibits a property owners' association from preventing a property owner from placing political yard signs on his or her property

Sponsor: Kurt Bahr

Changes the laws regarding irrevocable life insurance trusts

Sponsor: Caleb Jones

Allows an individual who is 62 years of age or older to defer paying property taxes on his or her residence under certain conditions by filing a claim with the county assessor

Sponsor: Jill Schupp

Adopts an agreement to elect the president by national popular vote

Sponsor: Ronald Richard

Gives a bidding preference in a state contract for products and services manufactured, produced, or assembled by certain veteran-owned businesses headquartered in Missouri

Sponsor: Ward Franz

Clarifies the current exemptions from sales and use tax on specified items used in manufacturing, processing, compounding, mining, or producing any product

Sponsor: Douglas Funderburk

Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting a person from serving more than 16 years in the General Assembly in any proportion split between the House of Representatives and the Senate

Sponsor: Jill Schupp

Creates a tax credit for purchases of processed biomass engineered fiber fuel

Sponsor: David Pearce

Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing an additional sales and use tax to be deposited into the Veterans' Trust Fund

Sponsor: John Cauthorn

Proposes a constitutional amendment allowing a person to serve any proportion of the 16-year limit between the House of Representatives and the Senate

Sponsor: Myron Neth

Establishes the Senior's Retirement Protection Act which specifies that up to $125,000 of the value of the primary residence of certain elderly persons will be exempt from attachment or execution

Sponsor: Sheila Solon

Authorizes the governing board of any state university to convey or transfer real property, except in fee simple, without an authorizing act of the General Assembly through August 28, 2017

Sponsor: Mike Thomson

Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the State Lottery Commission to develop and sell a Veterans Lottery Ticket to support the Veterans Commission Capital Improvement Trust Fund

Sponsor: Sheila Solon

Authorizes a certification for school social workers

Sponsor: John Lamping

Establishes the Iran Energy Divestment Act which bars any person or entity that invests in the energy sector in Iran from contracting with the state and political subdivisions

Sponsor: Timothy Jones

Allows a court to accept, in lieu of a cash only bond, a guarantee from a surety who is in compliance with the general laws regulating bail bondsmen

Sponsor: Charles Denison

Designates a portion of Missouri Route 25 in Stoddard County as the "Spc. James Burnett, Jr. Memorial Highway"

Sponsor: Robert Mayer

Prohibits any person from smoking or using tobacco products in any area or on the grounds of a state correctional facility beginning July 1, 2013

Sponsor: Chris Molendorp

Modifies the law with respect to the Breast Cancer Awareness Trust Fund and the issuance of Breast Cancer Awareness special license plates

Sponsor: Robin Wright-Jones

Specifies that the termination of parental rights in the case of rape cannot extinguish or bar the ordering or enforcement of a child support obligation for a child born as a result of the rape

Sponsor: Jason Barnes

Prohibits sterilization and disposition of seized or confiscated animals until the outcome of charges against the animals' owner have been determined

Sponsor: Chuck Purgason

Changes the laws regarding the approval of a redevelopment plan involving tax increment financing in St. Louis County, St. Charles County, and Jefferson County and its cities, towns, and villages

Sponsor: Anne Zerr

Allows council members in third class cities to serve four-year terms upon passage of an ordinance or ballot proposal

Sponsor: Ryan McKenna

Calls on the United States Congress to allocate at least 40% of the Land and Water Conservation Fund moneys to the State Assistance program for state and local capital parks projects

Sponsor: Steve Cookson

Requires each school district to establish a comprehensive program for student academic progression

Sponsor: Cole McNary

Allows motorists to obtain "I HAVE A DREAM" special license plates after making an annual contribution of $25 to the Martin Luther King Jr. State Celebration Commission Fund

Sponsor: Robin Wright-Jones

Designates a portion of Highway 64/40 in St. Charles County as the "Darrell B Roegner Memorial Highway"

Sponsor: Tom Dempsey

Changes the admittance requirements for assisted-living facilities

Sponsor: Caleb Jones

Allows motorists to obtain Missouri Junior Golf Foundation specialized license plates under certain conditions

Sponsor: Kevin Engler

Extends the provisions regarding the Children in Crisis Tax Credit to August 28, 2018

Sponsor: Eric Burlison

Enacts provisions regarding safety procedures for the use of abortion-inducing drugs

Sponsor: Scott Rupp

Changes the laws regarding failure to yield the right-of-way

Sponsor: Brent Lasater

Enacts provisions regarding the prescribing and administering of abortion-inducing drugs

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Subjects 383 malpractice associations to stricter surplus and solvency regulations

Sponsor: Kevin Engler

Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring all meetings of a redistricting apportionment commission to be open to the public

Sponsor: Rodney Schad

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

Sponsor: Jill Schupp

Changes the composition of the University of Missouri Board of Curators

Sponsor: Chris Kelly

Prohibits a member of the General Assembly from being eligible to receive a retirement benefit based on his or her service unless he or she has served 16 years in the General Assembly

Sponsor: Rick Brattin

Authorizes certain circuits to increase the civil court filing surcharge from the current $15.00 up to $20.00

Sponsor: Bob Dixon

Modifies the composition of the Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors and Landscape Architects

Sponsor: Jay Wasson

Authorizes Stoddard County to change the office of the county prosecutor to a full-time position on January 1 of the year following approval by the voters

Sponsor: Kent Hampton

Specifies that a political subdivision cannot incur any indebtedness through the issuance of a conduit bond for the benefit of a for-profit entity unless specified conditions are met

Sponsor: Jason Barnes

Changes the laws regarding weapons

Sponsor: Don Wells

Authorizes an exemption for motor fuel used exclusively for watercraft in this state from the motor fuel tax

Sponsor: Rick Brattin

Modifies provisions of landlord and tenant law as they relate to bed bugs

Sponsor: Kevin Engler

Designates March 30 of each year as "Vietnam Veterans Day"

Sponsor: Paul Fitzwater

Places newly hired St. Louis City firemen into a new retirement system if the city adopts such a new system

Sponsor: Jason Crowell

Allows a city that adopts or has already adopted a local option economic development sales tax to increase the number of members on the economic development tax board

Sponsor: Joseph Keaveny

Modifies provisions relating to physician assistant supervision

Sponsor: Jay Wasson

Modifies provisions relating to solid waste management

Sponsor: Chuck Purgason

Changes the laws regarding unsecured loans of $500 or less, commonly known as payday loans

Sponsor: Don Gosen

Recognizes the Northern Chickamauga Cherokee Nation as a tribe within the State of Missouri

Sponsor: Lyle Rowland

Extends the provisions regarding Internet cyber crime law enforcement task forces and the Cyber Crime Investigation Fund

Sponsor: Stephen Webber

Prohibits a licensed insurance company from issuing any policy or certificate of long-term care insurance unless the risks and rates have been approved by the Director of the Department of Insurance

Sponsor: Paul Wieland

Allows an individual at a general election to vote a straight party line ticket by voting for all candidates of the same political party with a single punch or mark

Sponsor: Mike Colona

Increases, from no later than 15 days to no later than 60 days, after a child's birth that the father has to file an action to establish paternity prior to an adoption or file with Putative Father Registry

Sponsor: Leonard Hughes

Establishes the Missouri Works program that provides tax incentives for qualifying companies

Sponsor: Eric Schmitt

Changes the laws regarding condemnation proceedings

Sponsor: John Cauthorn

Authorizes a public body to close certain foster care licensure data and requires the Children's Division to prepare a detailed report of specific information obtained in the licensure process

Sponsor: Stanley Cox

Changes the laws regarding the notice of the relocation of a child by the custodial parent

Sponsor: Ben Harris

Exempts St. Francois County from the requirement that certain amounts of money from the county's special road and bridge tax be spent on specified purposes

Sponsor: Chuck Gatschenberger

Changes the criteria for domestic assault in the third degree to include three responses by law enforcement for alleged abuse or violation of an order of protection by the same person

Sponsor: Penny Hubbard

Changes the laws regarding the taxation and sale of billboards and wireless transmission towers

Sponsor: Ward Franz

Changes the laws regarding a defendant's liability in a tort action and establishes the Agritourism Promotion Act

Sponsor: Ward Franz

Adds certain licensed emergency medical technicians to the list of individuals who can report anyone diagnosed or assessed with a condition that may prevent the safe operation of a motor vehicle

Sponsor: Caleb Jones

Specifies that any personal identifying information that is utilized in a voluntary registry of persons with health-related ailments to assist them during an emergency is not considered a public record

Sponsor: Jacob Hummel

Requires vehicles to yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians and bicyclists crossing a city or neighborhood street in Kansas City in an appropriate crosswalk

Sponsor: Michael Brown

Requires insurer to provide coverage for eating disorders

Sponsor: David Pearce

Changes the laws regarding the licensure requirements as an emergency medical technician for a honorably discharged veteran

Sponsor: John McCaherty

Allows a person to apply for a veteran designation on his or her driver's license or identification card upon providing specified proof of service

Sponsor: Lindell Shumake

Establishes the Malcolm X Day Commission to organize activities and events in honor of the civil rights leader

Sponsor: Brandon Ellington

Authorizes a check-off box for the Missouri Veterans' Medical Research Trust Fund to be added to the individual and corporate income tax forms and allows for a separate donation to be sent in with the taxes

Sponsor: Stephen Webber

Authorizes an income tax credit for a taxpayer who uses processed biomass engineered fiber fuel

Sponsor: Mike McGhee

Changes the laws regarding the termination of water and sewer service due to delinquency of payment

Sponsor: Mike McGhee

Requires a health carrier that provides coverage for prescription eye drops to cover a refill without regard to a restriction for an early refill if it is authorized by the prescribing health care provider

Sponsor: Jane Cunningham

Requires every health carrier to file its premium rates and classification of risks with the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration

Sponsor: Jeanne Kirkton

Establishes the Sales Tax Technology Act regarding the electronic submission of sales tax data and payments

Sponsor: Ward Franz

Changes the criteria for a person applying for a license as a funeral director after August 27, 2015

Sponsor: Caleb Jones

Adds a motor vehicle owned by a licensed funeral establishment and used exclusively for funeral services to the list of vehicles that are exempt from the motor carrier provisions of Chapter 390, RSMo

Sponsor: Chris Carter

Repeals a provision requiring non-merit agencies to adopt dismissal procedures similar to merit procedures

Sponsor: John Lamping

Requires any new consulting contract for services in a foreign country to contain a provision that the consultant refrain from representing companies from that country in certain negotiations

Sponsor: Jason Barnes

Specifies that the Department of Economic Development must require applicants for economic development assistance to provide specified information

Sponsor: Mark Parkinson

Adds, subject to appropriations, prescribed, medically necessary hearing aids to the list of services covered under the MO HealthNet Program

Sponsor: Jeff Grisamore

Requires to the Department of Economic Development to develop a system to apprise local governments of the department's opinion on certain proposals for economic development incentives

Sponsor: Jason Barnes

Changes the auditing requirement for a law enforcement agency on the proceeds from federal forfeitures to only a reporting requirement

Sponsor: Gary Fuhr

Requires the governing body of any local government that issues an appropriation bond to provide insurance that repays the bond in the event of default

Sponsor: Jason Barnes

Makes the punishment for trafficking cocaine the same regardless of whether the substance is powder or crack

Sponsor: Shalonn Curls

Establishes the Veteran Workforce Act which requires the Office of Administration to develop rules and regulations ensuring a uniform hiring preference for veterans, disabled veterans, and their spouses

Sponsor: Jason Kander

Repeals provision making changes enacted by Senate Bill 7 (1st Ext. Sess. 2011) contingent on the passage of another act

Sponsor: Jolie Justus

Specifies that any district that becomes an urban school district as the result of a federal census will continue to hold elections on its current schedule

Sponsor: Chrissy Sommer

Imposes campaign contribution limits

Sponsor: Jolie Justus