Rep. Todd Richardson, R-Poplar Bluff, who shepherded the bill through the House, said the high interest rate and the halting of settlements by the state attorney general, contributed to the high cost of fixing the fund.
Rep. Todd Richardson, R-Poplar Bluff, who shepherded the bill through the House, said the high interest rate and the halting of settlements by the state attorney general, contributed to the high cost of fixing the fund.
Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, said he was in support of a bill sponsored by Rep. Todd Richardson, R-Poplar Bluff, which would prevent the Missouri Department of Revenue from keeping copies of personally identifiable information from license offices.
On Wednesday, state Rep. Todd Richardson, R-Poplar Bluff, filed legislation to explicitly bar the Department of Revenue from scanning and transmitting the information. House Speaker Tim Jones said he wants he’ll be “fast-tracking” that measure.
Wrap: Republican representative Todd Richardson's bill would make it illegal for the Department of Revenue to collect, store or transmit peoples personal documents for licenses.
And GOP lawmakers, like Rep. Todd Richardson, said this week they're afraid that could cause Missouri's health care spending to skyrocket and could force legislators to make big cuts to other parts of the budget, such as education spending. "We didn't create this problem," said Richardson, R-Poplar Bluff. "This is a problem that was created for us by a centrally-planned health care system that isn't the right solution for Missouri."Republican-controlled committees in both the House and..
But the Republican-controlled House has now voted twice to block the expansion. Representative Todd Richardson, of Poplar Bluff, says the state's health care costs would skyrocket if it made its Medicaid program bigger.
Rep. Todd Richardson, R-Poplar Bluff, is sponsoring a measure that would forbid the Department of Revenue from retaining any electronic copies of gun owners’ personal information.
Wrap: Republican Representative Todd Richardson grilled the Missouri Department of Revenue director for over an hour on the new procedures of scanning "source documents" when Missourians get a license or conceal and carry endorsement.
But Rep. Todd Richardson, R-Poplar Bluff, said he thinks the companies already do a good job of providing reliable service and he would need to see a stronger justification for the new funding.
But Republican Representative Todd Richardson said he thinks the companies have been reliable enough, and he wants to see a more concrete argument for infrastructure improvements.
"Medicaid is a system that right now doesn't work...why are we going to take an additional 300,000 Missourians, and put them into a system that nobody believes works very efficiently to begin?" said Rep. Todd Richardson, R-Poplar Bluff.
Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, and Rep. Todd Richardson, R-Poplar Bluff, were the only two of eight committee members who voted to accept an increased cap.
Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, and Rep. Todd Richardson, R-Poplar Bluff, were the only two of eight committee members who voted to accept an increased cap.
Rep. Todd Richardson, R-Poplar Bluff, however, said this legislation is a matter of privacy intrusion and said he thinks the Boston suspects could have been caught regardless.
Rep. Todd Richardson, R-Poplar Bluff, however, said this legislation is a matter of privacy intrusion and said he thinks the Boston suspects could have been caught regardless.
The new process would create three classes of people with disabilities. Rep. Todd Richardson, R-Poplar Bluff, expressed concern that the two lowest classes would result in many borderline cases, some of which do not really need the federal aid.
The bill sponsor, Rep. Todd Richardson, R-Poplar Bluff, said the bill would offer protection from the new licensing system. Richardson said the protection was no small thing, as it would stop outside parties from accessing 1.6 to 1.7 million personal documents in the next year.
The bill sponsor, Rep. Todd Richardson, R-Poplar Bluff, said the bill would offer protection from the new licensing system. Richardson said the protection was no small thing, as it would stop outside parties from accessing 1.6 to 1.7 million personal documents in the next year.
In a separate action Tuesday, the Republican-controlled House voted to add provisions to the state budget that would effectively bar the Department of Revenue from carrying out any such program using its state funding. Rep Todd Richardson, R-Poplar Bluff, said a scanning program like that would jeopardize the privacy of law-abiding residents.
In a separate action Tuesday, the Republican-controlled House voted to add provisions to the state budget that would effectively bar the Department of Revenue from carrying out any such program using its state funding. Rep Todd Richardson, R-Poplar Bluff, said a scanning program like that would jeopardize the privacy of law-abiding residents.
Rep. Todd Richardson, R-Poplar Bluff, said he filed the bill in response to a lawsuit that was filed Monday. The Stoddard County lawsuit alleges private information is being sent by the Missouri Department of Revenue to a third party and the federal government.
Rep. Todd Richardson, R-Poplar Bluff, said he filed the bill in response to a lawsuit that was filed Monday. The Stoddard County lawsuit alleges private information is being sent by the Missouri Department of Revenue to a third party and the federal government.
Rep. Todd Richardson, R-Poplar Bluff, said he thinks the companies already do a good job of providing reliable service and he would need to see a stronger justification for a the new funding.
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