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2017 Bill(s)

HB 615
Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
Status: H Urban Issues
Description: Authorize the Natural Resources Department to acquire land in Kinlock for a state park.
See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 616
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H Rules - Legislative Oversight
    Description: Establish a joint program between Lincoln University and Harris-Stowe State University to develop a plan on urban education.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 617
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H Rules - Legislative Oversight
    Description: Authorize county community service funds raised from taxes to be used for juvenile delinquency prevention programs.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 618
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H Rules - Legislative Oversight
    Description: Prohibit transfer money in the St. Louis County Community Children's Services Fund from being transfered to a state child services fund or to St. Louis County.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 673
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H Judiciary
    Description: Authorize circuit courts to issue a "certificate of exemplary conduct and good moral character" to convicted criminals, except those convicted of crimes that require registering on the sex offender registry.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HB 699
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H Judiciary
    Description: Restrict a court from accepting a guilty plea until the full consequences of conviction is explained to the defendant.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HCS HB 717
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H Perfection
    Description: Phase out electronic voting machines and replace them with paper ballots. Require electronic voting machines to produce the a paper ballot.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 718
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Place a sunset on various tax credits for corporations.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HB 1166
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Allow a convicted felon to vote while on probation or parole, unless the conviction involved an offense involving voting.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HB 1195
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Impose a fee on businesses that report emitting more than 30 pounds of mercury per year. Transfer the funds, minus costs to implement the collection, to the special health-care needs program of the Health Department.
    See: 
  • House roll call - HCS HB 1195 (03/08/2017): HCS adoption to repeal an exemption from a city minmum wage ban ordinances passed before Aug. 29, 2015. Seeks to overturn a Feb 2017 state supreme court decision upholding the St. Louis minimum wage
  • Official legislative description and status

  • Note: The descriptions of bills, amendments and roll-call votes are written by MDN journalists. MDN's database may not include committee assignments of bills made on the last day of the session since it is too late for the committee to act on the bill and, thus, the delayed assignment has no practical effect.