House Bills - May 15, 2016

SCS HB 1414
Houghton, Jay
TO GOVERNOR
Restrict disclosure by the state of any information collected under a voluntary government reporting program with agricultural producers of animal health or environmental protection data.
HB 1559
McCann Beatty, Gail
TO GOVERNOR
Declare July 1 the Lucile Bluford Day, for the black who sued the Missouri School of Journalism for being rejected because of her race and later became a long-time journalist at the Kansas City Call.
HCS HB 1562
Haahr, Elijah
TO GOVERNOR
Include advertising the availability of a child under age 18 for a sex act in the definition of criminal sexual trafficking of a child.
HB 1565
Engler, Kevin
TO GOVERNOR
Phase in the maximum amount of assets an elderly, blind or disabled person can have and still qualify for Medicaid from $1,000 for a eventually $5,000 with cost of living increases after the $5,000 is phased in. Double the limits for a married couple.
HB 1568
Lynch, Steve
TO GOVERNOR
Authorize administering naloxone to a person suffering an apparent heroin overdose and provide lawsuit liability protections for the first responder.
SCS HB 1577
Higdon, Galen
TO GOVERNOR
Create a legislative joint committee to make recommendations on Capitol complex. Exempt the committee from the public records and public meetings laws. Transfer control of the Transportation Department's Building from the Transportation Commission to the Board of Public Buildings that controls the Capitol complex.
SCS HCS HB 1583
Allen, Sue
TO GOVERNOR
Expand the definition of cyberbullying in a law requiring that districts have policies on bullying. Expand what has to be in the policy.
SCS HCS HB 1599
Phillips, Don
TO GOVERNOR
Establish grounds under which an adopted person who is an adult can get access to the person's original birth certificate.
SS HB 1631
Alferman, Justin
TO GOVERNOR
Require a photo ID to vote. Would require voter approval of a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to require a photo ID to vote. The state Supreme Court struck down the old law requiring a photo ID to vote, finding that the legislature did not have constitutional authority to require it.
SCS HCS HB 1646
Swan, Kathryn
TO GOVERNOR
Require passing a civics test prior to being awarded a high school graduation in a public or private school. Require the state to use the questions similar to the 100 questions given to applicants for U.S. citizenship.
SCS HCS HB 1649
Haahr, Elijah
TO GOVERNOR
Provide lawsuit immunity for a person who helps a child who has been locked in a motor vehicle and there is no way to get out and the child is in imminent danger.
SCS HB 1698
Rowden, Caleb
TO GOVERNOR
Provide a program to award grants to organizations that agree to hold conventions or similar events in Missouri.
HB 1870
Hoskins, Denny
TO GOVERNOR
Establish another five-year freeze on various user fees and agency rules not approved by the legislature. Also establish another five year period for a tax break for small businesses creating new jobs.
SS HCS HB 1891
Rehder, Holly
GOVERNOR VETOED
Require a union for government workers to get written permission to withhold from earnings. The House voted to override the governor's veto, but the override motion failed in the House by one vote.
SCS HCS HB 1941
Fitzpatrick, Scott
TO GOVERNOR
Exclude sports fantasy team games from the law restricting gambling. Regulate and tax the fantasy games.
CCS HB 1979
Rowden, Caleb
GOVERNOR SIGNED
Prohibit a statewide elected official, legislator or Senate-confirmed official from registering as a Missouri lobbyist for six months until the term of office had expired.
CCS HB 1983
Dogan, Shamed
GOVERNOR SIGNED
Prohibit a state legislator or state-elected official from working as a paid consultant for a candidate seeking a legislative or state-elected office.
SS HCS HB 2029
Hoskins, Denny
TO GOVERNOR
Impose restrictions on health plans being able to require step therapy that substitutes a drug other than the drug originally prescribed by a phyisican.
SCS HB 2125
Fitzwater, Travis
TO GOVERNOR
Allow a financial institution to offer the chance to win prizes to savings account holders under some circumstances.
SCS HCS HB 2140
Hoskins, Denny
GOVERNOR SIGNED
Extend from 2016 to 2018 the deadline for a local government to put on the ballot a measure on collecting motor vehicle sales taxes on a resident who purchased a vehicle from other than a licensed Missouri dealer. Current law required the measure be put on the ballot by November 2016 in order for a local government to continue to collect the tax. If it did not, the tax was repealed.
SS HCS HB 2379
Swan, Kathryn
TO GOVERNOR
Require schools to test students for dyslexia.
SS HCS HB 2381
Redmon, Craig
TO GOVERNOR
Make confidential any information provided to an assessor for assessing mining or quarry property. Require that quarries and mining property be assessed as agricultural property.
SS HJR 53
Dugger, Tony
ON BALLOT
Allow the legislature to require a government-issued photo ID to vote.

Senate Bills - May 15, 2016

CCS SB 572
Schmitt, Eric
TO GOVERNOR
Include non-traffic municipal ordinance violations in a law passed last year that limits how much of a city's budget can be financed by traffic violations. Lower the maximum fine for a minor traffic offense.
SB 579
Schaaf, Rob
TO GOVERNOR
Expand the law requiring hospitals to report infections. Require hospitals to develop policies involving use of antibiotics.
SCS SB 586
Wasson, Jay
VETO OVERRIDDEN
Lower the legal minimum for legislative appropriations to local public schools that the legislature has failed to meet for several years.
HCS SCS SB 588
Dixon, Bob
TO GOVERNOR
Various provisions expanding rights to seek expungement of criminal records. Raise the fee from $100 to $500, but let a judge waive the fee if the person is unable to pay. Expand offenses eligible for expungement, but exclude some serious felonies. Shorten the time after conviction before an expungement petitition can be filed. Allow only one felony expungement in a lifetime.
SCS SB 591
Parson, Mike
TO GOVERNOR
Impose restrictions on who can testify as an expert witness in a trial. Prohibit an expert witness in a criminal trial from stating an opinion as to whether the defendant had the mental capacity to be held responsible for the crime.
CCS SB 607
Sater, David
TO GOVERNOR
Require the Social Services Department to contract with a private firm to determine eligibility for various welfare programs.
CCS SB 608
Sater, David
TO GOVERNOR
Require Medicaid to charge a $8 copay fee for a hospital emergency room visit that did not involve a medical emergency. Authorize other provider fees. Allow a provider to impose a fee for a missed appointment. The final legislative version includes issues not involving Medicaid including pallative care, physical therapy, hospital construction and nurse licensing.
SCS SB 638
Riddle, Jeanie
TO GOVERNOR
Require passing a civics test prior to being awarded a high school graduation in public or private schools. Require the state to use the questions similar to the 100 questions given to applicants for U.S. citizenship.
HCS SB 656
Munzlinger, Brian
TO GOVERNOR
Allowing carrying concealed weapons without a permit or training in some locations. Expand the "stand your ground" provisions allowing use of force by a property owner against an intruder to include a person authorized to be on the property. The original bill was limited to prohibiting extra fees for costs involved with a concealed weapons permit such as costs for criminal background checks.
HCS SS SB 657
Munzlinger, Brian
TO GOVERNOR
Provide a lawsuit protection for ethanol. Exempt a gasoline distributor or refiner from any damages to a vehicle related to use of ethanol or biodiesel.
CCS SB 765
Schmitt, Eric
TO GOVERNOR
Prohibit local government from imposing a quota or minimum number of traffic tickets that a police officer must issue.
CCS SB 786
Kraus, Will
TO GOVERNOR
Give the secretary of state and state attorney general power to investigate election crimes along with local prosecutors. Limit the local prosecutor to offenses that occured within the prosecutor's jurisdiction.
CCS SB 823
Kraus, Will
TO GOVERNOR
Exempt costs for Internet access from the sales tax.
SB 844
Parson, Mike
TO GOVERNOR
Require a finding of negligence by the owner of livestock for damages caused by loose livestock.
SS SB 847
Emery, Ed
TO GOVERNOR
Restrict in a medical liability lawsuit award to the actual cost of medical treatment rather than the value of the treatment necessary because of the negligence. Subtract any insurance coverage from the actual damages award.
SCS SB 919
Schmitt, Eric
TO GOVERNOR
Let liquor dealers sell draft beer in containers provided by the customer for consumption off the premises. It's the old way beer once was sold.