2014 Regular Session

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

Sponsor: Rick Stream

Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

Sponsor: David Pearce

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

Sponsor: Rick Stream

Modifies provisions relating to nonpartisan elections

Sponsor: David Sater

Modifies provisions relating to nuisance ordinances and actions

Sponsor: Jamilah Nasheed

Preempts local laws that would modify current law governing the manner in which traditional installment loan lenders are allowed to make loans

Sponsor: Jay Wasson

Changes the laws regarding a tax credit for contributions to a maternity home, pregnancy resource center, or a food pantry

Sponsor: Kevin Engler

Modifies provisions relating to alternative nicotine or vapor products

Sponsor: Jay Wasson

Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the State Board of Education and Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Sponsor: Rick Stream

Grants use of the House Chamber for presentation of Glory Awards on Monday, April 14, 2014, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Sponsor: John Diehl

Allows political subdivisions to assign operation of a retirement plan to the Missouri Local Government Employees' Retirement system

Sponsor: Mike Kehoe

Modifies various provisions relating to health insurance

Sponsor: Mike Parson

Modifies provisions of law relating to court costs, civil fines, the Sunshine Law, immunity for law enforcement officers, judgeships, the crime of disarming of a peace officer, and court procedure

Sponsor: Bob Dixon

Modifies provisions relating to agriculture

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

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

Sponsor: Rick Stream

Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, and distributions of the Department of Social Services

Sponsor: Rick Stream

Prohibits school districts from requiring a student to use an identification device that uses radio frequency identification technology to transmit certain information

Sponsor: Ed Emery

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

Sponsor: Rick Stream

Allows physicians to prescribe certain investigational drugs, biological products, or devices to certain eligible terminally ill patients

Sponsor: James Neely

Changes the laws regarding hemp and allows the use of hemp extract to treat specified individuals with epilepsy

Sponsor: Caleb Jones

Repeals provisions which require persons who solicit on behalf of prepaid legal services to be licensed as an insurance agent

Sponsor: Bob Dixon

Designates the exercise commonly known as "jumping jacks" as the official state exercise

Sponsor: Pat Conway

Designates each March 27th as "Medical Radiation Safety Awareness Day"

Sponsor: Wayne Wallingford

Modifies insurance policy cancellation and reinstatement requirements and allows homeowner insurance companies to offer sinkhole coverage

Sponsor: Jay Wasson

Modifies provisions relating to public health

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Changes the laws regarding unclaimed property

Sponsor: Rocky Miller

Modifies provisions relating to school superintendents, school accountability report cards, career and technical education, and creates the Farm-to-School Program

Sponsor: Brad Lager

Allows the Carthage School District to transfer unrestricted funds from the incidental to the capital projects funds in the 2014-2015 school year to complete student safety-related projects

Sponsor: Ronald Richard

Modifies provisions relating to children

Sponsor: Eric Schmitt

Modifies provisions relating to educational and medical consent provided by relative caregivers

Sponsor: Jamilah Nasheed

Allows an individual with certification from the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence to obtain teacher certification in elementary education

Sponsor: Gary Romine

Specifies certain unlawful transfers or assignments of pension benefits

Sponsor: Tony Dugger

Changes the laws regarding the administration of justice

Sponsor: Caleb Jones

Establishes Duty to inform campground guests of campground policies and establishes causes for which a campground owner can remove a person from a campground and a penalty for failure to leave

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Adds dyslexia to the list of conditions that are considered qualifying needs for the purposes of Bryce's Law

Sponsor: Eric Burlison

Changes the laws regarding child care facilities

Sponsor: Scott Fitzpatrick

Changes the laws regarding agriculture

Sponsor: Casey Guernsey

Removes the expiration date on the authority of certain public higher education institutions to transfer real property, except in fee simple, without General Assembly authorization

Sponsor: Kenneth Wilson

Creates a rule for determining proper venue in cases alleging a tort in which the plaintiff was first injured in connection with any railroad operations outside the state of Missouri

Sponsor: Mike Kehoe

Changes the laws regarding tax increment financing

Sponsor: Anne Zerr

Modifies provisions relating to natural resources

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Changes the laws regarding the operation of motor vehicles

Sponsor: Kathie Conway

Requires the Air Conservation Commission to develop emissions standards through a unit-by-unit analysis of each carbon dioxide generation plant within the state

Sponsor: Todd Richardson

Reauthorizes a deduction for energy efficiency audits and projects for tax years 2014 to 2020

Sponsor: Jason Holsman

Allows a qualified first responder to administer naloxone to a person suffering from an apparent narcotic or opiate-related overdose

Sponsor: Steve Lynch

Specifies measurement standards and tax rates for compressed and liquefied natural gas as a motor fuel and removes them from the provisions regarding alternative fuel decal and tax requirements

Sponsor: John Diehl

Authorizes several highway and bridge designations

Sponsor: Dave Schatz

Establishes the Facilitating Business Rapid Response to State Declared Disasters Act and requires the issuance of permits to transport equipment and materials following a disaster where utility service has been disrupted

Sponsor: Mike Kelley

Changes provisions for license plates honoring veterans; expands WWII, Korean Conflict, & Vietnam War medallion programs to Missouri National Guard members; and creates medallion programs for Operations Iraqi Freedom, New Dawn, Desert Shield & Desert Storm

Sponsor: David Sater

Modifies the provisions regarding sheriffs and other law enforcement officers, weapons, and concealed carry permits

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

Expands library record privacy to include digital resources and materials and adds a third party contracted by a library to the list of those who cannot release a library record

Sponsor: John McCaherty

Modifies provisions regarding the publishing of the Missouri statutes by the Revisor of Statutes

Sponsor: Richard Sifton

Allows the Director of the Department of Revenue to adopt rules and regulations allowing specified motor vehicle or trailer lienholders to electronically release a lien

Sponsor: Tony Dugger

Requires the Department of Economic Development to open an office in Israel

Sponsor: Mike Parson

Specifies that an unpaid volunteer on a public works project must not be deemed to be employed on the project and cannot be entitled to the prevailing hourly rate of wages

Sponsor: Charlie Davis

Modifies the shared work unemployment compensation program

Sponsor: Bob Dixon

Expands allowable uses for aviation trust fund moneys and modifies requirements for specified limited uses

Sponsor: Mike Kehoe

Modifies the authority of the Director of the Department of Revenue to conduct diesel fuel inspections

Sponsor: Mike Parson

Allows certain financial institutions to transfer fiduciary obligations and modifies the law relating to insurance producers and holding companies

Sponsor: Maria Chappelle-Nadal

Prohibits issuance of certain incentives to business relocating from certain counties in Kansas if Kansas enacts a similar prohibition

Sponsor: Ryan Silvey

Changes the laws regarding the sale of intoxicating liquor

Sponsor: Don Gosen

Changes the laws regarding unclaimed property

Sponsor: Jason Barnes

Grants the Missouri Capitol Commission use of the House Chamber for the Centennial Kickoff Event on Monday, September 8, 2014, from noon until 8:00 p.m.

Sponsor: Mike Bernskoetter

Appropriates money for real property leases and related services

Sponsor: Rick Stream

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

Sponsor: Rick Stream

Establishes contractual provisions for entities engaged in the provision of dental services

Sponsor: Wayne Wallingford

Changes the laws regarding public utility districts

Sponsor: Bart Korman

Specifies that a Greene County emergency telephone service board is not a political subdivision unless the county commissioners adopt an order reclassifying the board as such

Sponsor: Jay Wasson

Establishes a commercial zone in the City of Columbia

Sponsor: Jeanie Riddle

Changes the laws regarding mental health facility safety

Sponsor: Jeanie Riddle

Prohibits protest activities at funeral services

Sponsor: Stanley Cox

Modifies the Missouri Public Prompt Payment Act and the law relating to public works projects

Sponsor: Wayne Wallingford

Allows for alcohol or drug use or related convictions to be considered in determining parental fitness in termination of parental rights proceedings

Sponsor: Douglas Libla

Modifies provisions relating to public assistance

Sponsor: Shalonn Curls

Specifies that the Coordinating Board for Higher Education must have responsibility for entering into agreements for interstate reciprocity regarding the delivery of postsecondardy distance education

Sponsor: Mike Thomson

Changes the laws regarding insurance

Sponsor: Don Gosen

Changes the laws regarding the burden of proof for the Director of the Department of Revenue in ascertaining the tax liability of a taxpayer

Sponsor: Denny Hoskins

Changes the laws regarding taxes based on sales

Sponsor: Andrew Koenig

Specifies that recipients of blind pension benefits with no usable vision must be exempt from the five-year vision re-examination requirement

Sponsor: Elijah Haahr

Allows any Department of Corrections employee who has accrued overtime hours to use those hours as compensatory leave time

Sponsor: John McCaherty

Authorizes the conveyance of property owned by the State of Missouri to the City of Farmington for a bird sanctuary

Sponsor: Kevin Engler

Changes the laws regarding the Kansas City police retirement systems

Sponsor: Myron Neth

Extends consumer protections against predatory business practices by contractors to owners of commercial properties

Sponsor: Mike Parson

Allows members of electric cooperatives to participate in certain meetings by mail or electronic means

Sponsor: Mike Cunningham

Modifies applicability of electronic communication of insurance documents to other provisions of law

Sponsor: Mike Parson

Changes the laws regarding insurance documents

Sponsor: Don Gosen

Changes the presidential primary election date from February to March

Sponsor: Will Kraus

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

Sponsor: Sheila Solon

Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting the Governor from reducing any payment of public debt and requiring notification to the General Assembly when he or she makes specified payment changes of appropriations

Sponsor: Todd Richardson

Modifies constitutional provisions regarding the right to keep and bear arms

Sponsor: Kurt Schaefer

Grants the YMCA Youth In Government Program use of the House Chamber on Thursday, November 13 through Saturday, November 15, 2014, and on Thursday, December 4 through Saturday December 6, 2014

Sponsor: Mike Bernskoetter

Changes the laws regarding the assignment of property tax liens

Sponsor: Noel Torpey

Requires health benefit plans cover diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders

Sponsor: David Pearce

Creates the Missouri Electrical Industry Licensing Board and licensure requirements for a statewide electrical contractor's license

Sponsor: Wayne Wallingford

Limits the release of data collected by automobile event data recorders

Sponsor: Kurt Schaefer

Modifies portions of the Uniform Commercial Code relating to secured transactions

Sponsor: Joseph Keaveny

Authorizes a tax credit for companies with an employee stock ownership plan

Sponsor: Noel Torpey

Requires a three-day waiting period for delivery of a firearm after purchase at retail and a purchaser of a firearm at retail to view a video on gun violence prior to the purchase

Sponsor: Karla May

Allows marijuana convictions to be expunged for certain persons contingent upon the passage of a constitutional amendment or other statutory enactment legalizing marijuana

Sponsor: Brandon Ellington

Requires the Coordinating Board for Higher Education to conduct a study to consider a three-year bachelors degree program in selected public higher education institutions

Sponsor: Courtney Curtis

Establishes the ENFORCE the Laws Act of 2014 that authorizes the General Assembly to file a civil action for relief upon the passage of a resolution finding that the Governor has not taken care to faithfully execute the law

Sponsor: Jeff Pogue

Changes the laws regarding sales and use tax exemptions for agricultural seed, feed, and pesticides

Sponsor: Keith English

Proposes a constitutional amendment establishing the Fair and Transparent Redistricting Act that transfers the initial responsibility for congressional and legislative redistricting to a state demographer

Sponsor: Jeanne Kirkton

Proposes a constitutional amendment legalizing marijuana use for persons 21 years or age or older

Sponsor: Brandon Ellington

Specifies that all state tax credits are subject to appropriation

Sponsor: John Wright

Establishes the 8 in 6 Program within the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Sponsor: Courtney Curtis

Changes the laws regarding workers' compensation insurance premiums

Sponsor: Rick Brattin

Changes the laws regarding federal work authorization programs

Sponsor: Courtney Curtis

Requires, in charter counties, any contract for the design, construction, or remodeling of a county building to include 1% of the cost estimate to be transferred to a public art fund

Sponsor: Keith English

Allows a person to apply for a special personalized license plate for a trailer with the exception of a commercial trailer or a semitrailer

Sponsor: Elijah Haahr

Establishes the Youth Jobs Act

Sponsor: Joshua Peters

Establishes the Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act and repeals the provisions regarding the Manufacturer Responsibility and Consumer Convenience Equipment Collection and Recovery Act

Sponsor: Mary Nichols

Changes the laws regarding school accreditation and the student transfer program for unaccredited schools and establishes interventions for underperforming school districts and schools

Sponsor: Margo McNeil

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: Courtney Curtis

Requires any county that contains an unaccredited school district to devote 10% of its annual revenue to a grant program to deliver services to the school district

Sponsor: Courtney Curtis

Disqualifies a candidate for public office if he or she has any delinquent fees owed to the Missouri Ethics Commission

Sponsor: Gina Mitten

Urges Congress to support continued production of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet program

Sponsor: Bill Otto

Repeals the authority of county commissions to enact public health orders or regulations and establish fees in carrying them out leaving the authority solely to county health center boards

Sponsor: Warren Love

Creates the Office of Public Counsel Fund to fund the office within the Missouri Public Service Commission from regulated utilities based on each utility's total gross intrastate operating revenues

Sponsor: Courtney Curtis

Recognizes every September 26th as Mesothelioma Awareness Day

Sponsor: Gina Walsh

Proposes a constitutional amendment allowing an elected public official of this state or any of its political subdivisions to be removed from office by recall petition

Sponsor: Jeff Pogue

Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to establish a comprehensive school-based mental health program for students dealing with trauma and violence

Sponsor: Joshua Peters

Proposes a constitutional amendment allowing the state to recognize a marriage between a man and a woman as well as between a same-sex couple

Sponsor: Mike Colona

Establishes the Armed Offender Docket Pilot Project within the Jackson County Circuit Court to handle all matters regarding a person accused or convicted of first degree robbery or a firearms offense

Sponsor: John Rizzo

Allows school districts to develop policies on student recognition for participation in the Constitution Project of the Missouri Supreme Court

Sponsor: Robert Ross

Requires the school board of an unaccredited or provisionally accredited district to consider whether to continue to offer school-supported sports

Sponsor: Steve Cookson

Authorizes a tax deduction for volunteer firefighters

Sponsor: Keith English

Urges the National Park Service to not take action on the Ozark National Scenic Riverways general management plan, and for the Department of the Interior to negotiate the return of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways to the state

Sponsor: Mike Cunningham

Changes the laws regarding election authorities and the filing of specified statements and disclosure reports with the Missouri Ethics Commission

Sponsor: Gail McCann Beatty

Requires all House bills and joint resolutions filed in the First Regular Session of a general assembly, unless passed or defeated, to carry over and stand filed in the Second Regular Session

Sponsor: Chrissy Sommer

Establishes the Missouri Civil Rights Trail Act to conduct a special resource study for the purpose of protecting and interpreting sites associated with the struggle for civil rights

Sponsor: Joshua Peters

Specifies that an agent or employee of an animal's owner may care for and treat any of the owner's animals without a veterinary license

Sponsor: Sonya Anderson

Requires a criminal background check prior to the sale or transfer of a firearm and requires the reporting of a lost or stolen firearm

Sponsor: Brandon Ellington

Establishes a House Interim Committee on Educational Technology Improvement

Sponsor: Courtney Curtis

Prohibits a court from awarding maintenance following the dissolution of a marriage for a period in excess of 120 months

Sponsor: Lyndall Fraker

Changes the laws regarding the duty of scrap metal operators to obtain a title for certain inoperable motor vehicles

Sponsor: Gina Mitten

Recognizes May 31, 2014, as "Missouri No Smoking/Tobacco Day" in order to increase awareness on the dangers of tobacco use

Sponsor: Kimberly Gardner

Modifies provisions relating to the MO HealthNet program

Sponsor: Gary Romine

Changes the laws regarding the licensing of child care facilities

Sponsor: Jill Schupp

Allows political subdivisions to elect to cover certain personnel as members of the Missouri Local Government Employees' Retirement System

Sponsor: Mike Leara

Requires commercial mobile service providers to report specified information to the Missouri Public Service Commission for posting on its website

Sponsor: Courtney Curtis

Establishes Laura's Law which specifies that any social host who furnishes a minor with intoxicating liquor found to be a contributing cause of resulting permanent personal injuries or death will be guilty of a class D felony

Sponsor: Noel Torpey

Changes the laws regarding the sale and possession of controlled substances

Sponsor: Lynn Morris

Allows the parent of a student with an individualized education plan that includes clinical nursing services to continue with the current service provider when the school district changes providers if the cost is the same or less

Sponsor: John Wright

Requires a military member to be treated as a nonresident for income tax purposes for each day that he or she is stationed outside Missouri

Sponsor: Sue Meredith

Modifies provisions of law relating to persons engaged in hair braiding, the practice of pharmacy, and licensure of federally employed pharmacists and hospital pharmacies

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Requires the Department of Revenue to notify affected sellers of certain decisions modifying sales tax law

Sponsor: Scott Fitzpatrick

Increases, from $2 million to $2.5 million, the maximum amount of tax credits in any fiscal year for donations to a maternity home

Sponsor: Jeanie Riddle

Establishes the 2014 Safe Patient Handling and Movement Act

Sponsor: Judy Morgan

Prohibits issuance of certain incentives to a business relocating from certain counties in Kansas if Kansas enacts a similar prohibition

Sponsor: Timothy Jones

Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education standards and assessments

Sponsor: Ed Emery

Changes, from December 31, 2015, to December 31, 2020, the expiration date for a portion of the public mass transportation sales tax in Kansas City and when the authority must be in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act

Sponsor: Gail McCann Beatty

Specifies that the General Assembly affirms its commitment to equal rights of people with cognitive disabilities to technology and information access

Sponsor: Noel Torpey

Designates the first week in August each year as "Minority Organ Donor Awareness Week" in Missouri

Sponsor: Rochelle Walton Gray

Proposes a constitutional amendment allowing a pilot program to be established by up to three cities to develop a plan for implementation of land value taxation that would increase the division of specified property into two additional subclasses

Sponsor: Jeanne Kirkton

Changes the laws regarding the minimum wage

Sponsor: John Rizzo

Authorizes the issuance of bonds for certain state and university projects

Sponsor: Mike Parson

Establishes the Controlled Substances Contaminated Property Cleanup Act

Sponsor: Charlie Norr

Designates May 19 of each year as "El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz Observation Day" in Missouri

Sponsor: Brandon Ellington

Modifies the membership of the county political party committees in Jackson County

Sponsor: Will Kraus

Designates November 2014 as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) awareness month in Missouri

Sponsor: David Pearce

Amends the current waiting period for having an abortion from 24 hours to 72 hours

Sponsor: David Sater

Recognizes July 1, 2014, as "Lucile Bluford Day" in Missouri in honor of a brave and persistent civil rights activist

Sponsor: Gail McCann Beatty

Changes the time period after which a person may bring a civil action under the Human Rights Act if the Missouri Commission on Human Rights has not completed its administrative processing

Sponsor: Caleb Jones

Requires a student to receive instruction in Braille reading and writing when an assessment demonstrates the need for the instruction

Sponsor: Jacob Hummel

Adds a board certified psychiatric-mental health clinical nurse specialist to the list of medical professionals from whom treatment costs may be compensated

Sponsor: Jeanne Kirkton

Strongly urges the United States Army to explain chemical testing which occurred in St. Louis in the 1950s and 1960s and requests the federal government to conduct a study on the health effects of such testing

Sponsor: Clem Smith

Designates the month of April each year as "Donate Life Month" in Missouri

Sponsor: Rochelle Walton Gray

Prohibits the implementation of the common core educational standards in Missouri and changes the laws regarding school accreditation

Sponsor: Caleb Jones

Requires a child care facility to be licensed in order to receive any state or federal funds

Sponsor: Marsha Haefner

Creates the State Capitol Complex Subcommittee of the Board of Public Buildings

Sponsor: Tom Dempsey

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

Sponsor: Judy Morgan

Requires the Joint Committee on Education to conduct a study of the Bright Flight Scholarship, Access Missouri Financial Assistance Program, and the A+ Schools Program

Sponsor: David Pearce

Changes the requirements for a concealed carry endorsement and adds a concealed firearms exemption

Sponsor: Chrissy Sommer

Prohibits the placing of arrested minors in holding cells with any other person who is 18 years of age or older

Sponsor: Joshua Peters

Modifies provisions relating to higher education

Sponsor: Bob Dixon

Urges the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to rely on state regulators to develop carbon dioxide emissions standards

Sponsor: Brad Lager

Establishes the offense of gun trafficking

Sponsor: Joshua Peters

Modifies the prohibition on a quality rating system for early childhood education that is not established through Missouri statute

Sponsor: Brad Lager

Authorizes all third and fourth class counties to collect a property tax to pay for road rock on county roads

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

Establishes a permanent Joint Committee on Administrative Rules to review the promulgation of rules by state agencies

Sponsor: Eric Schmitt

Enacts multiple provisions to protect the use of student data and teacher data

Sponsor: Wayne Wallingford

Requires the driver and all passengers in a car or truck to wear a safety belt with certain exceptions

Sponsor: Jill Schupp

Modifies provisions relating to agriculture

Sponsor: David Sater

Modifies the law relating to public policy exceptions to the at-will employment doctrine

Sponsor: Brad Lager

Authorizes and regulates the formation and governance of a public benefit corporation

Sponsor: Jill Schupp

Provides that public employees are ineligible for retirement benefits if found guilty of certain crimes

Sponsor: David Sater

Adds an ambulance district to the list of political subdivisions whose public funds must be secured by the deposit of certain securities

Sponsor: Warren Love

Provides that a trustee and the attorney shall be afforded the protections granted under attorney-client privilege

Sponsor: Joseph Keaveny

Modifies the time after which a person may bring a civil action under the Human Rights Act

Sponsor: Jolie Justus

Extends MO HealthNet managed care statewide for only the current managed care populations

Sponsor: David Sater

Requires every employee and volunteer of a health care facility inspected by the Department of Health and Senior Services to receive an influenza vaccination each year

Sponsor: Jill Schupp

Amends the Constitution to limit general revenue appropriations and mandate state income tax rate reductions in certain situations

Sponsor: Brad Lager

Strongly urges the United States Congress to enact legislation to increase or eliminate the cap on earnings subject to Social Security taxation

Sponsor: Mike Colona

Requires long-term care facilities to be encouraged to institute policies facilitating familial involvement in the well-being and support of its residents

Sponsor: Maria Chappelle-Nadal

Establishes the requirements for certain authorized entities to stock a supply of epinephrine auto-injectors for emergency administration

Sponsor: Jill Schupp

Modifies provisions relating to agricultural land values for property tax purposes

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

Adds a motorcycle registration surcharge of five dollars to be deposited in the motorcycle safety trust fund

Sponsor: Kurt Schaefer

Creates a permit for hobby manufacturers of fireworks

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

Modifies provisions relating to state funding for education

Sponsor: Joseph Keaveny

Modifies the gubernatorial appointment process for acting directors and the process for filling vacancies in certain state public offices

Sponsor: Bob Dixon

Restricts the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education from including certain data from neglected children and delinquent children in the aggregate data of a school district

Sponsor: Richard Sifton

Imposes campaign contribution limits and bans certain lobbyist gifts

Sponsor: Jamilah Nasheed

Specifies how courts may rule in contractual disputes involving the law of other countries and jurisdictional issues involving other countries

Sponsor: Brian Nieves

Modifies provisions relating to evidence of financial responsibility for certified commercial pesticide applicators

Sponsor: Mike Parson

Modifies the time period for fiscal notes to analyze on proposed legislation

Sponsor: Paul LeVota

Exempts persons certified by an ophthalmologist as having no usable vision and whose condition is deemed to be permanent from subsequent vision examinations for purposes of receipt of a blind pension

Sponsor: Nick Marshall

Extends the equine activity liability waiver to livestock activities

Sponsor: David Sater

Establishes the paper ballot as the official ballot and requires audits before election certification

Sponsor: Brian Nieves

Provides that Missouri join with national and state stroke awareness and prevention organizations in the month of May to observe Stroke Awareness Month

Sponsor: Rob Schaaf

Urges the United States Congress and the President of the United States to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program

Sponsor: Mike Parson

Requires course materials relating to sexual education to contain information regarding sexual predators, online predators, and the consequences of inappropriate text messaging

Sponsor: Genise Montecillo

Strongly urges the U.S. Congress to pass the Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act

Sponsor: Jeff Roorda

Modifies the notice required to public assistance recipients regarding appeals of adverse actions

Sponsor: David Sater

Modifies provisions relating to dogs

Sponsor: Brian Nieves

Provides that defendants in tort actions shall only be held severally liable and not jointly

Sponsor: Mike Parson

Establishes rights of insurers to present reservation of rights to insured without breaching insurance contract, to defend against loss prior to garnishment, and to refuse to enter contracts to limit recovery

Sponsor: Scott Rupp

Transfers Taney County from the 38th Judicial Circuit to the newly established 46th Judicial Circuit and specifies that the 38th Judicial Circuit will consist only of Christian County

Sponsor: Kevin Elmer

Modifies provisions relating to firearms

Sponsor: Brian Nieves

Modifies numerous provisions relating to elections

Sponsor: Wayne Wallingford

Modifies provisions relating to prosecutors, political subdivisions, law enforcement, courts and funerals

Sponsor: Jay Wasson

Modifies provisions relating children

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Modifies provisions relating to income taxes

Sponsor: Will Kraus

Modifies provisions relating to prosecutors, political subdivisions, law enforcement, courts, and funerals

Sponsor: Bob Dixon

Modifies provisions of law regarding the scope of practice and licensing procedures for advanced practice registered nurses

Sponsor: Wayne Wallingford

Designates "jumping jacks" as the official exercise of the state of Missouri

Sponsor: Rob Schaaf

Provides that an attorney shall not collect a contingency of more than a specified percentage of damages

Sponsor: Ronald Richard

Modifies provisions relating to reproductive health care

Sponsor: Wayne Wallingford

Modifies provisions relating to agriculture

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Authorizes the Missouri State Capitol Commission and the Office of Administration to enter into contracts for events held at the State Capitol and the Missouri State Penitentiary historic site

Sponsor: Mike Kehoe

Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting state appropriations in any fiscal year from exceeding certain limits

Sponsor: Eric Burlison

Requires a public water system to notify the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Health and Senior Services, and its customers at least 30 days prior to a vote to cease fluoridation

Sponsor: Donna Lichtenegger

Requires the cooperative development of a university resource allocation model that incorporates performance funding for public four-year institutions of higher education

Sponsor: Mike Thomson

Requires Missouri Technology Corporations to distribute money to specified early stage business development corporations for grants to newly formed businesses that have the potential for sales or development of new technologies

Sponsor: Noel Torpey

Requires certain grant agreements to describe the State Auditor's authority with respect to property, equipment, and facilities purchased with the funds from the grant

Sponsor: Denny Hoskins

Specifies that any member of the crew of a locomotive or train cannot be required to display a driver's license to any law enforcement officer in connection with the operation of a locomotive or train

Sponsor: Donald Phillips

Changes the laws regarding public safety

Sponsor: Mike Kelley

Grants the Silver Haired Legislature use of the House Chamber on Thursday, October 23, 2014, from 8 am to 4 pm and Friday, October 24, 2014, from 8 am to 1 pm

Sponsor: Mike Bernskoetter

Changes the laws regarding sales and use taxes and the motor fuel tax and authorizes a sales and use tax exemption on the sale of a used manufactured home

Sponsor: Eric Burlison

Reauthorizes the Joint Interim Committee on State Employee Wages

Sponsor: Mike Bernskoetter

Strongly urges the Army Corps of Engineers to not proceed with the Jameson Island project unless excavated soil is deposited outside the meander belt and not into the Missouri River

Sponsor: Joe McGaugh

Designates "Old Drum" as the state historical dog and "Jim the Wonder Dog" as Missouri's Wonder Dog

Sponsor: Denny Hoskins

Urges the U.S. Congress to decrease the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate water quality and the use of coal and wood as energy sources

Sponsor: Donald Phillips

Changes the requirements for disclosure of information regarding insurance holding companies

Sponsor: Don Gosen

Modifies provisions relating to criminal law

Sponsor: Jolie Justus

Allows a specified sewer corporation to contract with a water district or municipality to terminate water service for non-payment of a sewer bill

Sponsor: Douglas Funderburk

Designates the week of May 18th - 24th "Missouri Safe Boating Week"

Sponsor: Donald Phillips

Changes the laws regarding traffic regulations including evidence obtained from an automated traffic enforcement system, trucks with a gross weight over 48,000 pounds driving in the far left-hand lane of any Missouri highway, and emergency utility response permits to allow motor carriers to transport equipment following a disaster

Sponsor: Dave Hinson

Urges the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse the city of Hannibal for expenses related to a natural disaster which occurred on May 20, 2013

Sponsor: Lindell Shumake

Changes the laws regarding public safety

Sponsor: Noel Torpey

Specifies that an individual who is occupying private property under the authority of the property owner must be permitted to use deadly force in certain situations

Sponsor: Joe McGaugh

Submits to Congress a proposed federal balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution

Sponsor: Dwight Scharnhorst

Adds captive cervids to the definition of livestock

Sponsor: Brad Lager

Establishes a committee to assess the continuation of the Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program in order to help disabled or aging individuals transition from nursing facilities to community settings

Sponsor: Mike Lair

Requires both custodial parents or the guardian of a minor to be notified prior to the performance of an abortion on their minor child and 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: Rocky Miller

Allows foster children who are 16 years of age or older to contract for the purchase of automobile insurance with the consent of the Children's Division or the juvenile court

Sponsor: Jeff Grisamore

Changes the laws regarding the foreign ownership of agricultural land

Sponsor: Tony Dugger

Designates May 7 as "ROHHAD Awareness Day" in Missouri

Sponsor: Steve Hodges

Changes the laws regarding local government retirement systems

Sponsor: Mike Leara

Changes the laws regarding "all-terrain vehicles," "recreational off-highway vehicles," and "utility vehicles"

Sponsor: Glen Kolkmeyer

Changes the laws regarding a notary public

Sponsor: Gail McCann Beatty

Expands the Higher Education Academic Scholarship Program to include forgivable loans

Sponsor: Mike Thomson

Establishes guidelines for statewide student assessments

Sponsor: David Wood

Designates the month of November each year as "Epilepsy Awareness Month"

Sponsor: Joshua Peters

Urges commitment to people with cognitive disabilities to obtain technology and information access

Sponsor: Paul LeVota

Establishes a Multiple Sclerosis Task Force

Sponsor: Jay Wasson

Allows a person 60 years of age or older to renew a nondriver's identification without being physically present at the license bureau under specified conditions

Sponsor: Joshua Peters

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

Sponsor: Holly Thompson Rehder

Requires the Division of Commerce and Industrial Development to support and assist the development of biotechnological enterprises and establish an office in Israel to assist with the promotion of state exports

Sponsor: Caleb Jones

Specifies that an act by the General Assembly is not required to authorize certain grants or conveyances of an easement to use state property

Sponsor: Paul Fitzwater

Requires the State Board of Education within the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to adopt a rule regarding student data accessibility

Sponsor: Mike Lair

Increases the allowable monthly amount to be credited to each participant's state employee deferred compensation account from up to $75 to up to $100

Sponsor: Mike Bernskoetter

Restricts the storage and use as evidence of data collected through automated license plate reader systems by government entities

Sponsor: Will Kraus

Requires every health insurer and pharmacy benefit manager to use a single standardized prior authorization request form

Sponsor: Caleb Jones

Changes the associate circuit judge positions awarded to the Circuit Court of St. Louis County and the 38th Judicial Circuit in 2014 based on the judicial weighted workload model

Sponsor: Mike Colona

Changes the laws regarding the enforcement of abortion laws

Sponsor: Stanley Cox

Requires that an A+ School Program eligible student who has completed a virtual class must be accorded an attendance rate of at least 95% for the purposes of calculating and distributing state school funding

Sponsor: Vicki Englund

Changes the time period within which the Missouri Commission on Human Rights must notify a person of his or her right to bring a civil action under the Human Rights Act

Sponsor: Anne Zerr

Changes the laws regarding the sale of intoxicating liquor

Sponsor: Bryan Spencer

Requires that all fees collected under the Missouri Livestock Marketing Law not yield revenues greater than the cost of administration

Sponsor: Bill Reiboldt

Prohibits any member of the state highway patrol or local law enforcement agency or employee of the national highway traffic safety administration from collecting breath, blood, or saliva for research purposes

Sponsor: Kenneth Wilson

Changes the laws regarding public health

Sponsor: Diane Franklin

Allows owners of property in a residential subdivision to file a petition seeking to have their subdivision excluded from the fire protection district

Sponsor: Anne Zerr

Changes the definition of "livestock" to include captive cervids

Sponsor: Sandy Crawford

Revises the rule of the House of Representatives regarding conference reports

Sponsor: John Diehl

Repeals the expiration date of the provisions regarding the Large Animal Veterinarian Student Loan Program

Sponsor: Caleb Jones

Changes the laws regarding eminent domain powers of utility providers in certain counties

Sponsor: Scott Fitzpatrick

Establishes the Family Education Leave Act

Sponsor: Karla May

Limits the rate of tuition that a receiving school district can charge when receiving students from unaccredited districts

Sponsor: Clem Smith

Adopts articles of impeachment for the Governor based on his failure to discipline or dismiss executive branch employees responsible for the release of concealed carry endorsement information

Sponsor: Rick Brattin

Authorizes the county commission in all noncharter counties to issue burn bans under specified circumstances

Sponsor: Lyle Rowland

Dissolves the board of education of any school district that has lost its accreditation and specifies that new board members shall be elected within 45 days of the loss of accreditation

Sponsor: Mark Parkinson

Establishes the Competitive Energy for Missouri Jobs Act

Sponsor: Casey Guernsey

Modifies the qualification requirements for enrolling as a land surveyor-in-training

Sponsor: Brad Lager

Modifies provisions of law relating to licensing and certification for speech-language pathologists and audiologists

Sponsor: David Pearce

Adopts Articles of Impeachment for Governor Jay Nixon for the issuance of Executive Order 13-14 regarding the filing of a Missouri state combined income tax return by certain same-sex couples

Sponsor: Nick Marshall

Adopts articles of impeachment against Governor Nixon for failure to issue writs of election to fill vacancies in the General Assembly without delay as required by state law

Sponsor: Mike Moon

Allows certain non-profits to be included as minority business enterprises and women's business enterprises for public contract bidding preferences

Sponsor: Bob Dixon

Requires that one voting member of the University of Missouri Board of Curators be a student

Sponsor: Caleb Jones

Changes the laws regarding sales tax refund claims

Sponsor: Andrew Koenig

Changes the laws regarding sales tax

Sponsor: Anne Zerr

Requires unaccredited and provisionally accredited school districts to give charter schools the first option in buying or leasing vacant or unused school buildings within the district

Sponsor: Keith Frederick

Allows certain nonprofits to be included as minority business enterprises and women's business enterprises for public contract bidding preferences

Sponsor: Caleb Jones

Changes the laws regarding financial responsibility requirements for certified commercial pesticide applicators

Sponsor: Bill Reiboldt

Allows home school students to participate in Missouri State High School Activities Association activities for the public school district in which they reside

Sponsor: Elijah Haahr

Establishes rights of an insurer to present reservation of rights to insured without breaching insurance contract, to defend against loss prior to garnishment, and to refuse to enter contracts to limit recovery

Sponsor: Don Gosen

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

Sponsor: Kurt Bahr

Exempts life insurance producers of policies or annuities with face amounts of $15,000 or less for funeral or burial expenses from continuing education requirements for insurance producers

Sponsor: Chris Molendorp

Requires the fleet manager to develop and coordinate a statewide vehicle fleet cost efficiency plan to reduce government vehicle costs

Sponsor: Paul Curtman

Changes the laws regarding consent for a minor to have an abortion

Sponsor: Sonya Anderson

Modifies insurance holding company regulation and expands the power of the director of the department of insurance to examine insurance holding company systems

Sponsor: Mike Parson

Modifies provisions of the Missouri Preneed Funeral Contract Act

Sponsor: Jay Wasson

Specifies that certain capital gains income from the exchange of gold and silver is exempt from Missouri adjusted gross income and changes the laws regarding nonbank depositories

Sponsor: Paul Curtman

Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop a process that awards additional performance points on the School Improvement Program to a school district that provides full-day kindergarden to specified students

Sponsor: Genise Montecillo

Excuses a school district from specified financial requirements in fiscal years in which the school is underfunded

Sponsor: Lyle Rowland

Specifies that a person commits the crime of unlawful use of a weapon if he or she possesses a firearm while also knowingly in possession of a specified amount of a controlled substance

Sponsor: Michele Kratky

Creates the offense of distribution of a controlled substance near a child care facility

Sponsor: Sharon Pace

Requires MO HealthNet reimbursement for certain services based on the new behavior assessment and intervention codes under the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding system

Sponsor: Chris Molendorp

Repeals a number of expired, ineffective and obsolete statutes

Sponsor: Brad Lager

Changes the associate circuit judge positions awarded to the Circuit Court of St. Louis County and the 38th Judicial Circuit based on the 2014 judicial weighted workload model

Sponsor: Lynn Morris

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: Jon Carpenter

Changes the laws regarding the termination of parental rights

Sponsor: Donna Lichtenegger

Requires the Department of Higher Education to develop a procedure for dual credit course tuition and fee reimbursement for students who qualify for the A+ Program

Sponsor: David Wood

Changes the laws regarding judicial procedures

Sponsor: Stanley Cox

Authorizes the Department of Corrections to promulgate rules to administer the death penalty

Sponsor: Eric Burlison

Establishes the Partnership for Public Facilities and Infrastructure Act

Sponsor: Paul Curtman

Changes the requirements for licensure of health insurance navigators

Sponsor: Sue Allen

Establishes the Missouri Electrical Industry Licensing Board to regulate and license electrical contractors

Sponsor: Stanley Cox

Changes the laws regarding speech-language pathologists

Sponsor: Dean Dohrman

Establishes the Education Protection Act

Sponsor: Sheila Solon

Specifies that public health orders made by county health boards must be done with the agreement of the county commission

Sponsor: Warren Love

Changes the laws regarding income tax

Sponsor: Andrew Koenig

Changes the laws regarding food preparation by nonprofit organizations and the laws regarding cottage food production operations

Sponsor: Lyndall Fraker

Prohibits the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education from requiring the administration of any statewide assessment by electronic means for specfied school years

Sponsor: Kurt Bahr

Establishes the Bring Jobs Home Act that authorizes a tax credit for out-of state businesses that relocate to Missouri

Sponsor: John McCaherty

Changes the procedures in a death penalty case in which the defendant kidnapped the victim before causing the victim's death

Sponsor: Robert Ross

Changes the laws regarding a regional EMS advisory committee and regional EMS medical director

Sponsor: Glen Kolkmeyer

Specifies that the local fee office is responsible for the license process and the recipient of any processing fees when an individual applies for a motor vehicle license or renews online

Sponsor: Lyndall Fraker

Prohibits health carriers from requiring prior authorization for serious and urgent conditions and requires certain health benefit determinations to be made within 24 hours rather than two working days

Sponsor: Caleb Jones

Changes the laws regarding midwifery

Sponsor: Kurt Bahr

Requires any person who holds himself or herself out as a radiologist assistant, radiology practitioner assistant, or radiology technologist to be licensed by the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts

Sponsor: Galen Higdon

Adds alternative nicotine or vapor products to those products restricted to those 18 years of age and older and to the provisions regarding tobacco merchandising practices

Sponsor: Caleb Rowden

Exempts industrial hemp from the list of controlled substances and specifies that it is legal for anyone who has not been convicted of a drug-related crime to cultivate hemp

Sponsor: Mike Colona

Modifies various provisions of law regarding the licensure of certain professionals

Sponsor: Wayne Wallingford

Establishes the requirements for own risk and solvency assessments in connection with the business of insurance

Sponsor: Don Gosen

Specifies that any new business applying for a retail sales license must not be required to file a bond with the Department of Revenue beginning January 1, 2015

Sponsor: Keith Frederick

Authorizes a tax credit for donations to a state building and capital improvement fund and establishes a check-off for donations to the fund on income tax returns

Sponsor: Jeff Messenger

Specifies that beginning January 1, 2015, certain shareholders of S corporations may elect to reject workers compensation insurance coverage

Sponsor: Scott Fitzpatrick

Modifies provisions relating to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program

Sponsor: David Sater

Changes the laws regarding notaries public

Sponsor: Gail McCann Beatty

Allows Clay County, through the creation of a recreational and community center district, to impose a sales tax of up to .5% to be used to fund new and existing community centers

Sponsor: Myron Neth

Allows Kansas City to impose an additional court cost of up to $5 for each municipal ordinance violation case to be used for the restoration, maintenance, and upkeep of the municipal courthouse

Sponsor: Bonnaye Mims

Modifies provision relating to health care facility infection reporting

Sponsor: Rob Schaaf

Proposes a constitutional amendment changing the term limits for members of the General Assembly

Sponsor: Donna Lichtenegger

Specifies that if a plaintiff was first injured in a foreign country in connection with a railroad operations, venue must be in the county where the defendant corporation's registered agent is located

Sponsor: Lincoln Hough

Changes the laws regarding the licensure of architects, professional engineers, professional land surveyors, and professional landscape architects

Sponsor: Kevin Elmer

Changes the laws regarding the Brain Injury Fund

Sponsor: Chrissy Sommer

Changes an incorrect intersectional reference to allow municipalities to adopt an ordinance to impose court costs for automation of its municipal court and allows the City of Springfield to provide for additional court costs for a courthouse

Sponsor: Kevin Austin

Establishes the Joint Interim Committee on Health Care Workforce Development

Sponsor: Diane Franklin

Establishes the state employee mileage reimbursement rate as 90% of the federal rate

Sponsor: Dwight Scharnhorst

Imposes a temporary one cent sales and use tax for transportation purposes

Sponsor: Mike Kehoe

Establishes the Homeowners' Solar Rights Act which prohibits entities from restricting the installation of solar energy systems

Sponsor: Margo McNeil

Allows electrical corporations to recover depreciation expenses and return for electric plants placed in service

Sponsor: Jason Barnes

Requires persons certified and providing homebirth services to provide proof of malpractice insurance coverage prior to the providing services

Sponsor: Diane Franklin

Changes the requirements for pharmacy licensure

Sponsor: Eric Burlison

Requires electrical corporations to make solar rebates available to specified retail customers

Sponsor: T.J. Berry

Exempts certain items from qualifying as unclaimed property

Sponsor: Richard Sifton

Allows a school district to use a calendar based on hours of attendance, rather than hours and days of attendance, if the minimum number of hours is at least 1,080 hours of actual pupil attendance

Sponsor: Lyle Rowland

Requires persons who submit petitions for political subdivision audits to reside or own property in the subdivision and allows for signatures to be rescinded

Sponsor: Ed Emery

Establishes the Civil Justice Funding Model Act

Sponsor: Tony Dugger

Requires school districts to develop a system for identifying students who are at risk of not being ready for college-level work or entry-level career positions

Sponsor: Kathryn Swan

Allows certain incarcerated parents to petition the court to delegate visitation time and access to a family member or other person with a close and substantial relationship to the parent's minor child

Sponsor: Rochelle Walton Gray

Establishes a statutory cause of action, replacing the common law action, for damages against a health care provider for personal injury arising out of the rendering of or failure to render health services

Sponsor: Eric Burlison

Increases, beginning January 1, 2015, the income tax deduction for federal income tax liability to $10,000 for an individual and $20,000 for taxpayers filing combined returns

Sponsor: Gary Cross

Changes the laws regarding the wine and grape producers tax credit

Sponsor: Bart Korman

Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the Department of Revenue to charge a miles driven fee to be paid at the time of registering or renewing a motor vehicle registration and deposited into the State Highways and Transportation Fund

Sponsor: Bart Korman

Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the Lieutenant Governor to make certain gubernatorial appointments if the Governor fails to make an appointment within 90 days of the vacancy

Sponsor: Jay Houghton

Adds new requirements for state-funded child care providers

Sponsor: Jolie Justus

Requires the Department of Social Services to develop a pilot program which would allow eligible non-custodial parents to reduce the past-due child support they owe to the state

Sponsor: Michael Butler

Phases out the current distribution method of the St. Louis County sales tax over 10 years until all the tax revenue is distributed based upon the location in which the sales were deemed consummated

Sponsor: Mike Leara

Proposes a constitutional amendment regarding the right of every citizen to possess, purchase, or manufacture ammunition and other parts for fire arms

Sponsor: Rick Brattin

Modifies provisions relating to infrastructure system replacement surcharges for water corporations

Sponsor: Brad Lager

Prohibits hospitals, health care facilities, and health care professionals from owning, operating, or having a financial interest in health insurance entities

Sponsor: James Neely

Strongly urges the U.S. Congress to pass the Federal Reserve Transparency Act to require a complete audit of the Federal Reserve Bank

Sponsor: Paul Curtman

Requires mammography facilities to provide certain information regarding dense breast tissue to patients

Sponsor: Sue Allen

Establishes the Farm-to-School Act to connect Missouri schools and farmers in order to provide locally grown food to schools

Sponsor: Jacob Hummel

Allows retired members of MOSERS and MPERS who are rehired and reimburse the system for benefits received to recalculate credible service

Sponsor: Kurt Schaefer

Changes the laws regarding health care coverage

Sponsor: Noel Torpey

Changes the laws regarding municipal redevelopment plans, projects, and areas

Sponsor: Anne Zerr

Establishes guidelines for the regulation of occupations and professions not regulated by the Division of Professional Registration and those regulated professions that seek to substantially increase their scope of practice

Sponsor: Eric Burlison

Changes the laws regarding the sale of general obligation bonds

Sponsor: Paul Curtman

Creates the crimes of assault of an employee of a mass transit system while in the scope of his or her duties in the first, second and third degrees

Sponsor: Sharon Pace

Changes the laws regarding the provision of health care

Sponsor: Keith Frederick

Provides a process for the Parole Board to review the case histories of offenders serving more than 15 years in prison and recommend clemency or allow release on parole

Sponsor: Shalonn Curls

Proposes a constitutional amendment changing the term limits for statewide elected officials

Sponsor: Caleb Jones

Designates July 3 of each year as "Organ Donor Recognition Day"

Sponsor: Rochelle Walton Gray

Changes the laws regarding weight limitations for vehicles hauling livestock or agricultural products on state highways and the laws regarding log trucks and tractors

Sponsor: Denny Hoskins

Requires every public school to conduct educational programs and activities regarding Veterans Day and allows a district to include it as a school holiday

Sponsor: Keith English

Urges Congress to support importation of Canadian oil sands and ask for the approval of the TransCanada Keystone Coast Expansion pipeline

Sponsor: Keith English

Changes the laws regarding the confiscation of animals

Sponsor: Sonya Anderson

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

Establishes the Missouri Student Data Protection Act

Sponsor: Casey Guernsey

Requires all printing done by any state department, agency, or entity to use the Garamond font if practicable

Sponsor: Elijah Haahr

Modifies provisions relating to criminal procedure

Sponsor: Joseph Keaveny

Requests the U.S. Congress to urge the USDA and EPA to approve 2,4-D tolerant crops to allow Missouri farmers fair access to needed advancements in agriculture

Sponsor: Bill Reiboldt

Authorizes an earned income tax credit

Sponsor: Paul LeVota

Eliminates income taxes and replaces them with an expanded sales and use tax and creates a property tax relief credit

Sponsor: Ed Emery

Establishes the Sickle Cell Standing Committee to study and make recommendations regarding the impact of sickle cell disease on urban communities

Sponsor: Rochelle Walton Gray

Changes the laws regarding school accreditation

Sponsor: Jeanie Lauer

Changes the laws regarding election ballots and audits

Sponsor: Sue Entlicher

Allows the Department of Agriculture's Weights, Measures and Consumer Protection Division to inspect certain additional devices used for fueling vehicles

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

Proposes a constitutional amendment increasing the state sales tax by .25% for K-12 education with the additional revenue distributed based on the weighted average daily attendance in a district

Sponsor: Bart Korman

Proposes a constitutional amendment regarding when and the amount that a school district in a first classification charter county can become indebted

Sponsor: Jeanie Lauer

Modifies the law relating to state contracting

Sponsor: Kurt Schaefer

Requires lienholders to release liens on motor vehicles and trailers by electronic means upon satisfaction of the lien

Sponsor: Mike Cunningham

Requires all inmates receiving an on-site non-emergency medical examination or treatment from correctional center personnel to be charged 50 cents per visit

Sponsor: Rick Brattin

Provides procedures for law enforcement officers in nine counties on the Kansas-Missouri border that respond to lawful requests for aid in any of the nine specified counties

Sponsor: Will Kraus

Repeals the provision prohibiting the state from collecting fees under the Beef Commodity Merchandising Program in excess of the amount credited against the obligation to pay any federal assessments

Sponsor: Bill Reiboldt

Allows a person to comb, braid, and curl hair without a cosmetology license if he or she does not use potentially harmful chemicals

Sponsor: Jeffery Justus

Changes the laws regarding payment methods by health insurers for early intervention services under the First Steps Program

Sponsor: Sue Allen

Authorizes a tax credit for a public community college, college, or university for the amount of a donation received from an individual or business earmarked for student scholarships

Sponsor: John Wright

Modifies regulations on collection of delinquent assessments on a condominium

Sponsor: Jay Wasson

Decreases the membership of the Missouri Commission on Human Rights

Sponsor: Richard Sifton

Extends certain time periods for when child abuse and neglect investigations and determinations shall be made by the Children's Division

Sponsor: Bob Dixon

Requires a nonprofit corporation that solicits contributions or gifts from the public to provide, upon request, the name and any compensation paid by the corporation to any board member or officer

Sponsor: Nick Marshall

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

Sponsor: Sue Allen

Changes the laws regarding renewable energy

Sponsor: Bart Korman

Prohibits bicycle operation on state roadways if there is a bicycle path or trail running generally parallel and within two miles of a roadway with specified exceptions

Sponsor: Bart Korman

Allows certain persons who have lost the right to possess firearms to have their rights restored under certain circumstances

Sponsor: Joe McGaugh

Changes the laws regarding contractors who perform home exterior and roof work

Sponsor: Don Gosen

Creates the Missouri Juneteenth Heritage and Jazz Festival and Memorial Fund and changes the distribution of funds from the professional athletes and entertainers tax

Sponsor: Brandon Ellington

Modifies provisions of law relating to pharmacy licensure

Sponsor: David Sater

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

Sponsor: Sue Allen

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: Margo McNeil

Establishes a community schools grant program in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, Jackson County, and Kansas City

Sponsor: Rochelle Walton Gray

Establishes the Tricia Leann Tharp Act that requires pharmacists to receive two hours of continuing education on suicide prevention as a requirement for license renewal

Sponsor: Lynn Morris

Authorizes a community children's services fund to expend funds to provide preventative services, including transportation costs, for children

Sponsor: Courtney Curtis

Requires the Department of Higher Education to develop a program to offer information technology certification through technical course work

Sponsor: T.J. Berry

Requires the state to pay the cost of incarceration and electronic monitoring of criminal defendants found guilty of felony offenses

Sponsor: Mike Parson

Requires the election of members of the State Board of Education to be based on residence in state congressional districts

Sponsor: Dean Dohrman

Changes the requirements for the valuation of reserves for life insurance

Sponsor: Don Gosen

Provides that a surcharge may be collected in criminal proceedings filed in the Thirty-First Judicial Circuit

Sponsor: Bob Dixon

Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring members of the State Board of Education to be elected by the voters instead of being appointed by the Governor

Sponsor: Dean Dohrman

Modifies procedures in death penalty cases in which the defendant kidnapped the victim before causing the victim's death

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Exempts capital gains on gold and silver from income tax and authorizes the storage of gold and silver in private repositories

Sponsor: Ed Emery

Allows any registered voter who is eligible to vote in a particular election to do so by absentee ballot without being required to state a reason

Sponsor: Pat Conway

Modifies MO HealthNet fraud provisions as to statute of limitations

Sponsor: Bob Dixon

Use of the Chamber/Youth with Disabilities

Sponsor: Eric Schmitt

Establishes the Missouri Electrical Industry Licensing Board to regulate and license electrical contractors

Sponsor: Stanley Cox

Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring members of the State Board of Education to be elected from each congressional district

Sponsor: Bryan Spencer

Calls upon President Obama to support the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline and the permitting for oil production off the northern coast of Alaska

Sponsor: Keith English

Modifies provisions relating to pharmacy benefit managers

Sponsor: David Sater

Changes the laws regarding mandatory school hours

Sponsor: Steve Cookson

Designates a portion of U.S. Highway 54 in Audrain County as the "Officer Orville Rosenstengel Memorial Highway"

Sponsor: Jay Houghton

Modifies provisions relating to health care facility infection reporting

Sponsor: Rob Schaaf

Changes the laws regarding water resources

Sponsor: Rick Brattin

Adds making a terrorist threat to the list of offenses that school administrators must report

Sponsor: Jeanie Lauer

Changes the laws regarding taxation

Sponsor: Andrew Koenig

Designates "Old Drum" as the state historical dog and "Jim the Wonder Dog" as Missouri's Wonder Dog

Sponsor: Dean Dohrman

Allows certain licensed beer merchants to sell thirty-two ounces to seventy ounces of draft beer to customers in certain containers filled on the premises for consumption off the premises

Sponsor: Robert Cornejo

Specifies that a person who has presented documents to obtain a driver's or nondriver's license must not be required to present the documents again to obtain a renewal or replacement

Sponsor: Stanley Cox

Changes the laws regarding the Joint Committee on Missouri's Energy Future

Sponsor: Jeanie Riddle

Changes the laws regarding MO HealthNet managed care services

Sponsor: Todd Richardson

Changes the laws regarding taxation by reducing the tax on corporate business income and business income for certain tax entities

Sponsor: T.J. Berry

Allows certain Missouri counties to enter into a mutual-aid agreement with certain Kansas counties for reciprocal emergency aid

Sponsor: Kenneth Wilson

Specifies measurement standards and tax rates for compressed and liquefied natural gas as a motor fuel and removes them from the provisions regarding alternative fuel decal and tax requirements

Sponsor: Dave Schatz

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

Sponsor: Kevin Elmer

Authorizes a person to engage in the practice of specified professions without being licensed if he or she does not hold himself or herself out as being licensed

Sponsor: Nick Marshall

Repeals the provisions allowing a scrap metal operator to purchase or acquire parts or inoperable motor vehicles that are at least 10 model years old without the original or salvage title or junking certificate from the seller

Sponsor: John Rizzo

Changes the laws regarding the reimbursement of the state or local law enforcement by a defendant for the costs of searching and examining any seized electronic device

Sponsor: Dwight Scharnhorst

Proposes a constitutional amendment reducing the number of members of the House of Representatives from 163 to 120 and increasing the number of members of the Senate from 34 to 40

Sponsor: Kent Hampton

Requires, subject to appropriations, the University of Missouri to manage the Show-Me Extension for Community Health Care Outcomes (ECHO) Program

Sponsor: Diane Franklin

Creates the offense of making a threat to the security of a building or a public school

Sponsor: Stacey Newman

Modifies the authority of the State Auditor with respect to tax returns and grant agreements

Sponsor: Bob Dixon

Designates the bridge on East Stadium Drive over Interstate 435 in Jackson county as the "Len Dawson Bridge"

Sponsor: Paul LeVota

Provides that corrections officers are to receive hazardous duty pay in addition to their regular pay

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Specifies that a resident must have the right to sell directly to a buyer or purchase directly from a seller any farm-direct goods produced within the state without being subject to any state or local regulation

Sponsor: Mike Moon

Authorizes a tax credit for the establishment of full-service grocery stores in food deserts

Sponsor: Randy Dunn

Establishes family intervention orders for the treatment of an individual who abuses chemical substances

Sponsor: Lindell Shumake

Establishes the Patrick Henry No Tax Without Representation Act and authorizes a tax credit for individuals residing within a state legislative district if the Governor doesn't call a special election within 90 days when there is a vacancy in the district

Sponsor: James Neely

Changes the laws regarding weights and measures fees for alternative fueling devices

Sponsor: Glen Kolkmeyer

Specifies that there will be no local, transportation development district, or state sales and use taxes on the titling of a motor vehicle with a model year of at least 10 years prior to the year it is being titled

Sponsor: Sandy Crawford

Exempts data collected by state agencies under the federal Animal Disease Traceability Program from disclosure under the Open Meetings and Records Law or the Freedom of Information Act

Sponsor: Jay Houghton

Modifies the law relating to campaign finance

Sponsor: Scott Rupp

Modifies the law relating to campaign finance, lobbying, and public official conflicts of interest

Sponsor: John Lamping

Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to adequately fund education for any student whose care is undertaken by the state

Sponsor: Bart Korman

Increases the membership of the Highways and Transportation Commission to seven commissioners and requires new appointees to be residents of different Department of Transportation districts

Sponsor: Craig Redmon

Modifies provisions relating to self-service storage facilities

Sponsor: Richard Sifton

Authorizes the early parole of certain offenders over the age of 65

Sponsor: Mike Lair

Changes the laws regarding the crimes of invasion of privacy in the first and second degree

Sponsor: Mark Parkinson

Reduces the state sales tax by .1% if the total amount of net state revenue collected has increased in each of the three previous fiscal years

Sponsor: Scott Fitzpatrick

Requires the Air Conservation Commission to establish standards of performance for carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units

Sponsor: Brad Lager

Changes the laws regarding workers' compensation premium rates

Sponsor: Dave Schatz

Prohibits tenants who willfully damage rental property from being able to raise the defense of claim of right in cases involving certain property crimes

Sponsor: Douglas Libla

Changes the presidential primary election from February to March

Sponsor: Tony Dugger

Requires hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to report prices for most common procedures

Sponsor: Jason Holsman

Grants the Cooperative Youth Conference & Leadership Experience use of the House Chamber on Thursday, July 10, 2014, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Sponsor: Mike Bernskoetter

Designates the bridge on State Highway 5 crossing over Interstate 44 in Laclede County as the "James R. Ledbetter Memorial Bridge"

Sponsor: Sandy Crawford

Reauthorizes the Missouri Homestead Preservation credit program and modifies certain provisions relating to it

Sponsor: Jason Holsman

Designates a portion of U.S. Highway 60 in Wright County as the "Spc. Justin Blake Carter Memorial Highway for Life"

Sponsor: Tony Dugger

Authorizes the Governor to convey state property to the City of Farmington

Sponsor: Gary Romine

Changes the laws regarding certain public and metropolitan sewer districts

Sponsor: Mike Colona

Establishes a Health Care Directives Registry

Sponsor: Gina Walsh

Changes the asset limits to qualify for MO HealtNet benefits to $5,000 for a single person and $10,000 for a married couple

Sponsor: Scott Rupp

Requires a state agency in the process of letting bids on a state contract to award the contract to the bidder with the best value rather than the bidder with the lowest and best proposal

Sponsor: Paul Curtman

Allows Springfield to charge an additional $10 for each municipal ordinance violation case to pay for courthouse upkeep

Sponsor: Kevin Austin

Reauthorizes the alternative fuel tax credit for six years and adds electric vehicles recharging properties to the list of eligible properties

Sponsor: Joe McGaugh

Requires the Department of Economic Development to establish the Missouri Startup Cloud Program

Sponsor: Delus Johnson

Eliminates the deduction for federal income tax liability and raises the personal exemption from $2,100 to $21,100

Sponsor: Paul LeVota

Requests the Missouri Congressional delegation to support the efforts of the National Women's History Museum to secure a permanent home in the nation's capital at the National Mall

Sponsor: Rochelle Walton Gray

Changes the laws regarding competitive bidding to include locality of the bidder as a consideration

Sponsor: Scott Fitzpatrick

Designates a portion of State Highway U in Washington County as the "SGM Patrick R. Hurley Memorial Highway"

Sponsor: Paul Fitzwater

Authorizes a transient guest tax to fund the promotion of tourism in Perry County

Sponsor: Kevin Engler

Reauthorizes the Missouri Homestead Preservation tax credit program

Sponsor: Richard Sifton

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: Jeanne Kirkton

Establishes requirements for authorized entities to stock epinephrine (EPI) auto-injectors for use in emergencies

Sponsor: David Sater

Creates the Missouri International Business Advertising Fund to be used to attract international businesses to Missouri

Sponsor: Delus Johnson

Allows Department of Corrections employees' overtime to accrue upon completion of time worked in excess of an employee's normal shift

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

Establishes the Missouri Angel Investment Incentive Act

Sponsor: Noel Torpey

Changes the laws regarding the imposition of the death penalty or life imprisonment without eligibility for probation, parole, or release

Sponsor: Galen Higdon

Specifies that any state department or agency that experiences a reduction in funds from the federal government due to a fine or penalty imposed on it must notify the General Assembly and the Governor

Sponsor: Wanda Brown

Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to develop and maintain an electronic death registration system

Sponsor: William White

Requires a portion of sales and use taxes collected to be deposited into the State Road Fund

Sponsor: John Lamping

Limits the amount of tax credits that may be issued in a fiscal year to $200 million and reduces the rate of tax on income

Sponsor: Brad Lager

Prohibits discrimination based on a person's status as a veteran

Sponsor: Jolie Justus

Creates the "Center for the Neighborhoods Fund" in the state treasury to establish a center for the neighborhoods to conduct applied urban research and outreach programs

Sponsor: Shalonn Curls

Creates reporting requirements for managed care organizations

Sponsor: Scott Rupp

Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

Sponsor: Tom Dempsey

Requires the Senate to try all impeachments except for the impeachment of the Governor, which shall be tried by the Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court

Sponsor: Ed Emery

Allows a corporation to initiate and appear in an eviction proceeding without an attorney

Sponsor: Steve Lynch

Modifies provisions relating to school facilities

Sponsor: John Lamping

Allows for managed care organizations to offer incentives for the use of primary care of preventive care services

Sponsor: Eric Schmitt

Allows Marion County to collect a county licensing fee for lodging establishments upon voter approval

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

Modifies provisions relating to health care transparency

Sponsor: Rob Schaaf

Specifies that members of municipal planning commissions must be residents of the municipality

Sponsor: David Sater

Lowers the number of State Representatives from 163 to 102

Sponsor: John Lamping

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

Sponsor: John Lamping

Requires the General Assembly to study and revise the statutory method of funding public elementary and secondary education every ten years

Sponsor: John Lamping

Specifies that a political subdivision cannot have the authority to require the removal or relocation of infrastructure owned by a communication service provider that is lawfully located on private property

Sponsor: Robert Ross

Requires the development of a Veterans Lottery Ticket with proceeds going to the Veterans' Commission Capital Improvements Trust Fund

Sponsor: Mike Cunningham

Changes the laws regarding securities

Sponsor: Keith Frederick

Extends the expiration date of the provisions regarding the Missouri Rx Plan from August 28, 2014, to August 28, 2017

Sponsor: Tom Flanigan

Changes the laws regarding the granting of grandparent visitation

Sponsor: Rick Stream

Allows certain sewer districts to seek voter approval of a fee for a lateral sewer service line repair program

Sponsor: Scott Rupp

Establishes the Adult Health Care Consent Act that specifies a priority of persons who can make health care decisions for a person who has been certified as unable to consent to his or her own care

Sponsor: William White

Changes the laws regarding absentee voting

Sponsor: Sue Entlicher

Establishes the Foster Children's Bill of Rights

Sponsor: Caleb Jones

Allows foster children to contract for automobile insurance

Sponsor: Jolie Justus

Establishes the Preserving the Second Amendment Act that prohibits the possession of certain firearms in the City of St. Louis

Sponsor: Joshua Peters

Urges Congress to adopt the State Repeal Amendment (SRA)

Sponsor: John Lamping

Modifies provisions relating to emergency communication services

Sponsor: Wayne Wallingford

Changes the laws regarding MO HealthNet eligibility and benefits

Sponsor: Jason Barnes

Prohibits Missouri state government from recognizing, enforcing, or acting in furtherance of certain actions of the federal government

Sponsor: Brian Nieves

Protects employees from being required to disclose personal user names or passwords

Sponsor: Gina Walsh

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: Brandon Ellington

Changes the laws regarding rights-of-way of political subdivisions

Sponsor: Rocky Miller

Designates Highway A in Iron and Reynolds Counties as the "Memorial Latham Highway"

Sponsor: Paul Fitzwater

Authorizes a gaming establishment to provide a person with a line of credit

Sponsor: Dwight Scharnhorst

Establishes the Missouri Business Recruiters Act to create employment positions for business recruiters to attract out-of-state business owners and companies to Missouri

Sponsor: Delus Johnson

Specifies that a public owner, contractor, or subcontractor cannot withhold retainage on a public works project if the public owner has obtained a bond

Sponsor: Bart Korman

Creates a right to unpaid leave for employees that are affected by domestic violence

Sponsor: Jill Schupp

Changes the laws regarding utility access to a railroad right-of-way

Sponsor: Douglas Funderburk

Changes the laws regarding the disruption or failure of communications services during emergencies

Sponsor: Todd Richardson

Modifies provisions relating to municipal utility poles

Sponsor: Brad Lager

Modifies provisions relating to right-of-way of political subdivisions

Sponsor: Brad Lager

Requires health plans to offer coverage for childhood obesity and allows public and charter schools to conduct assessments of students' body mass index

Sponsor: Rob Schaaf

Provides that statewide elected officials shall participate in a defined contribution plan

Sponsor: John Lamping

Provides that members of the General Assembly shall not be eligible for retirement benefits and other employee benefits

Sponsor: John Lamping

Modifies the caps on Low-Income Housing and Historic Preservation tax credits

Sponsor: Ed Emery

Modifies provisions relating to the regulation of a corporation's rate of return on equity by the Public Service Commission

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Authorizes any public library district located in Saline County to impose a sales tax not to exceed one-half of one cent upon voter approval

Sponsor: David Pearce

Requires that members of the State Board of Education be elected instead of appointed

Sponsor: Brian Nieves

Removes the expiration date on the authority of certain public higher education institutions to transfer real property, except in fee simple, without General Assembly authorization

Sponsor: David Pearce

Proposes a constitutional amendment changing the laws regarding sessions of the General Assembly

Sponsor: Nick Marshall

Changes the laws regarding landlord-tenant actions

Sponsor: Lyle Rowland

Establishes a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

Sponsor: Rob Schaaf

Provides for the county counselor of Boone County to receive state money for performing duties related to mental health and mental heath facilities

Sponsor: Kurt Schaefer

Imposes a 2 year cooling off period before General Assembly members may become lobbyists

Sponsor: John Lamping

Establishes the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Act

Sponsor: Kevin Engler

Changes the prohibition on restricting the celebration of federal holidays to allow for the imposition and enforcement of reasonable regulations to protect the public's health and safety

Sponsor: Stephen Webber

Designates April 2014 as "Donate Life Month" in Missouri

Sponsor: Rochelle Walton Gray

Modifies how the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education provides the high school equivalency examination

Sponsor: Brian Nieves

Modifies the caps on Low-Income Housing and Historic Preservation tax credits

Sponsor: Rob Schaaf

Modifies the definition of "demand-side program" within the Missouri Energy Efficiency Investment Act to include solar rebates

Sponsor: Jason Holsman

Establishes the Missouri Lead Industry Employment, Economic Development and Environmental Remediation Task Force

Sponsor: Gary Romine

Requires ethics training for statewide elected officials, General Assembly members, and executive department directors and acting directors after taking office, appointment, or employment, and every two years

Sponsor: Jon Carpenter

Changes the laws regarding charter schools

Sponsor: Rick Stream

Requires a convicted sex offender to be told of his or her obligation to register as a sex offender both prior to release or discharge and at the time of adjudication

Sponsor: Mike Kelley

Waives the articles of organization filing fee every January for newly formed LLCs

Sponsor: Courtney Curtis

Requires the minimum annual salary of legislative assistants of the House of Representatives to begin at a level 15% below the annual salary of the hiring Representative, with cost of living adjustments

Sponsor: Courtney Curtis

Authorizes the Department of Revenue to enter into reciprocal agreements with the federal government and other states to recover debts from vendor payments and refunds

Sponsor: Richard Sifton

Specifies that a cause of action cannot be made against a sheriff, a deputy sheriff, or an administrative employee of a sheriff when acting in the furtherance of or in compliance with a court order or directive

Sponsor: Mike Lair

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

Sponsor: Rick Brattin

Requires all tax credit programs created on or after August 28, 2014 to comply with the Tax Credit Accountability Act of 2004

Sponsor: Eric Schmitt

Requires statewide elected officials, members of the General Assembly, and judges to be subject to random drug testing

Sponsor: Rick Brattin

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 computer programming coursework offered by a public school to be treated as a mathematics course for which a student may earn academic credit

Sponsor: Caleb Rowden

Requires a checklist form to be completed prior to finalizing an adoption which verifies that all documents and procedures have been submitted, followed, and reviewed by the judge

Sponsor: William White

Increases, from $200 to $400 per week, the maxium amount of compensation paid for death, personal injury, or loss of earnings or support to crime victims

Sponsor: Kathie Conway

Eliminates the various individual income tax rate brackets and imposes a tax rate of 6% on Missouri taxable income greater than 106% of the official poverty line for the taxable year

Sponsor: Paul Curtman

Changes the requirements regarding community improvement districts

Sponsor: Penny Hubbard

Establishes guidelines for the regulation of occupations and professions not regulated by the Division of Professional Registration and allows pharmacists to administer any vaccine on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's adolescent or adult immunization schedule to persons seven years of age or older if authorized by a physician

Sponsor: Andrew Koenig

Prohibits an insurer from requiring any waiting period for health insurance coverage for maternity benefits and requires coverage to begin immediately from the effective date of the health insurance policy or plan

Sponsor: Richard Sifton

Changes the laws regarding payday loan licensees

Sponsor: Kevin Engler

Requires health carriers to file their premium rates and accompanying information with the Department of Insurance for approval

Sponsor: Paul LeVota

Changes the laws regarding state income tax by exempting all income below the poverty line from tax

Sponsor: Eric Burlison

Establishes certain protections and remedies for consumers who purchase new motorcycles

Sponsor: Kurt Schaefer

Establishes the Article V Convention Act

Sponsor: Mike Moon

Requires the payment of use tax to be included in the taxes covered by a statement of no tax due required before a city or county occupation license or a state retail business license is issued or renewed

Sponsor: Vicki Englund

Allows a person on foot and without a firearm to retrieve a hunting dog on private land without permission of the owner

Sponsor: Ronald Hicks

Allows a foster parent who is a state employee to use leave time for the placement or care of a foster child and requires the state and political subdivisions to provide a leave sharing program for certain employees involved with adopting or caring for a foster child

Sponsor: Jason Barnes

Changes the laws regarding marijuana

Sponsor: Chris Kelly

Changes the laws regarding motor vehicle financial responsibility

Sponsor: Lyle Rowland

Modifies the law relating to election authorities

Sponsor: Paul LeVota

Changes the laws regarding children and families

Sponsor: Jeff Grisamore

Establishes the Show-Me Healthy Babies Program as a separate children's health insurance program for any low-income unborn child

Sponsor: Jeff Grisamore

Changes the laws regarding fines and court costs for traffic violations in a city, town, village, or county that exceed 30% of its total annual general operating revenue

Sponsor: T.J. Berry

Provides that civil actions between a landlord and tenant are appealable

Sponsor: Kurt Schaefer

Requires a person who manufactures fireworks for the sole purpose of personal use to obtain a permit from the State Fire Marshal

Sponsor: Jay Houghton

Changes the laws regarding inspections of certain nursing facilities

Sponsor: Kent Hampton

Modifies the composition of the University of Missouri Board of Curators

Sponsor: Kurt Schaefer

Allows the Department of Corrections to determine the manner of executions rather than requiring executions be by lethal gas or injection

Sponsor: Kurt Schaefer

Allows the Buchanan County counselor to impose fines for certain violations of county rules

Sponsor: Galen Higdon

Requires health carriers to file and the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration to approve the classification of risks and premium rates of all health benefit plans

Sponsor: William White

Repeals various obsolete, expired, and ineffective provisions of law

Sponsor: Craig Redmon

Modifies the laws regarding certain private nuisance actions

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

Specifies notice requirements for zoning hearings on planned developments in unincorporated St. Louis County and requires the county to create an email notification system

Sponsor: Richard Sifton

Changes the laws regarding the scope of practice and licensing procedures for advanced practice registered nurses

Sponsor: Donna Lichtenegger

Changes the vision examination requirements for Blind Pension recipients

Sponsor: John Lamping

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

Sponsor: Will Kraus

Requires members of the House of Representatives to be subject to drug testing within 60 days of the start of the legislative session

Sponsor: Clem Smith

Requires the Oversight Division of the Committee on Legislative Research to study the costs of death penalty cases

Sponsor: Joseph Keaveny

Changes the laws regarding elementary and secondary education and establishes the Statewide Achievement School District

Sponsor: Mike Cierpiot

Allows hunting privileges to be denied for up to 10 years for any person who while hunting inflicts injury resulting in death on another person

Sponsor: Anne Zerr

Requires county salary commissions to provide pay increases to sheriffs to be paid for from a fund in which certain fees received by the sheriff are deposited

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

Increases the minimum age of certain inoperable vehicles and repeals the requirement of a lien check to qualify for the exceptions to the duty of scrap metal operators to obtain certificates of title

Sponsor: Douglas Libla

Changes the laws regarding retirement benefits for new members of the General Assembly and newly elected statewide officials

Sponsor: Jason Barnes

Phases out hold-harmless school aid payments

Sponsor: Kurt Bahr

Requires the planning or zoning commission in St. Louis County to hold a hearing on a request for amendments to certain special zoning procedures

Sponsor: Marsha Haefner

Prohibits the state from enforcing certain provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

Sponsor: Brian Nieves

Extends the expiration date of the provisions regarding the tax credit on qualified film projects to November 28, 2020

Sponsor: Kathryn Swan

Changes the laws regarding unlawful employment or discriminatory practices

Sponsor: Rocky Miller

Requires state agencies to post proposed rules, summaries, and fiscal notes on their websites

Sponsor: Caleb Rowden

Modifies class one election offenses

Sponsor: Richard Sifton

Changes the laws regarding tobacco merchandising practices by including tobacco-derived products and vapor products

Sponsor: Kathie Conway

Requires all health care professionals in this state to complete cultural competency training in school and as continuing education for licensure, certification, or registration

Sponsor: Kimberly Gardner

Requires the State Board of Mediation to conduct an election to certify the exclusive bargaining representatives of an appropriate collective bargaining unit for certain public employees every two years

Sponsor: Rick Brattin

Specifies that, beginning in 2016, any change to specified business fees can only be considered during a certain time period

Sponsor: Jill Schupp

Changes the laws regarding certain nuisance ordinances and actions

Sponsor: Mike Colona

Requires the Department of Social Services to establish a pilot program to provide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants access to fresh fruit and vegetables at farmers' markets

Sponsor: Holly Thompson Rehder

Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing a property tax exemption for a military veteran who has served on active duty and is 100% disabled

Sponsor: Linda Black

Exempts honorably discharged veterans, military personnel, and their dependents from the payment of specified tuition, fees, and charges

Sponsor: Keith English

Authorizes the board of aldermen of fourth class cities to enact certain types of ordinances regulating residential rental property

Sponsor: Tommie Pierson

Establishes the Committee for Entrepreneurs within the Department of Economic Development and a grant program for certain accelerated computer programming programs

Sponsor: Courtney Curtis

Changes the laws regarding public assistance benefits

Sponsor: Casey Guernsey

Changes the procedures for the redistricting of the state Senate and House of Representatives districts