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2018 Bill(s)
HB 1532 Sponsor:Butler, Michael Status: H 2nd Read Description: Let a business that hires as an intern a college student majoring in science, technology, math or engineering education have up to $5,000 of its tax liability transferred to a state program supporting such internships.
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HB 1533 Sponsor:Butler, Michael Status: H 2nd Read Description: Provide a tax break for an a employer with less than 51 employees that provides funds for the education of a student working for the employer.
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HB 1534 Sponsor:Butler, Michael Status: H 2nd Read Description: Require school district establish parent/teacher involvement programs. Require at least 50 percent of a school district's staff volunteer for in-home or community-forum sessions with parents and students.
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HB 1535 Sponsor:Butler, Michael Status: H 2nd Read Description: Provide a tax credit for a contribution to a non-profit organization "whose primary purpose is the furterance of an elementary or secondary public education."
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HB 1536 Sponsor:Butler, Michael Status: H 2nd Read Description: Require police officers complete 72 hours of continuing education every three years.
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HB 1537 Sponsor:Butler, Michael Status: H 2nd Read Description: Require law enforcement agencies to report annually to the Public Safety Department complaints that had been filed against police and civil actions taken against police.
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HB 1538 Sponsor:Butler, Michael Status: WITHDRAWN Description: Expand the definition of a public nuisance in St. Louis City to include premises used for illegal drugs, prostitution, illegal gambling, etc.
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HB 1957 Sponsor:Butler, Michael Status: H 2nd Read Description: Require a school district to establish a program for gifted children if there are sufficient students. Current law allows but does not require such programs.
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HB 1958 Sponsor:Butler, Michael Status: H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Description: Declare the St. Louis sheriff's office a law enforcement agency. Make the sheriff and duputies eligible for training and licensing by the Police Officer Standards and Training Commission.
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* HB 1959 Sponsor:Butler, Michael Status: H 2nd Read Description: Require the Highway Patrol investigate any police shooting of a civilian or use of force that results in serious injury or death.
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HB 1960 Sponsor:Butler, Michael Status: H 2nd Read Description: Require a peace officer applicant undergo a psychological evaluation to determine any prejudices or biases.
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HB 1961 Sponsor:Butler, Michael Status: H 2nd Read Description: Let police a local government police civilian review board issue search warrants and compel witnesses to appear before the board.
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HB 1962 Sponsor:Butler, Michael Status: H 2nd Read Description: Expand Medicaid eligibility to 133 percent of the federal poverty level (actually 138 percent because state law exempts from income calculation the first five percent of income).
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HB 1990 Sponsor:Butler, Michael Status: H 2nd Read Description: Authorize police to have a car towed 48 hours after arrest of the person operating the car if the arrested person cannot arrange for removal of the vehicle. Current law authorizes towing for "timely removal" rather than setting a specific time period the vehicle can be left.
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HB 2132 Sponsor:Butler, Michael Status: H 2nd Read Description: Require the state attorney general to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate a police-officer involved death.
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HB 2435 Sponsor:Butler, Michael Status: H 2nd Read Description: Require the Board of Education to transfer authority of the St. Louis city school district back to the elected school board. At the time the bill was filed, a "transitional" board of appointed members continued to run the district after the state Education Board gave the district full accreditation.
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HB 2512 Sponsor:Butler, Michael Status: H 2nd Read Description: Require higher education instititutions designate a mandated reporter for campus violence and sexual assualt for each student organization receiving funding from the institution.
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HB 2714 Sponsor:Butler, Michael Status: H 2nd Read Description: Authorize a local tax to fund job training television broadcasting, upon voter approval.
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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.