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2016 Bill(s)

HB 1607
Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
Status: H Professional Registration
Description: Regulate and license music therapists. Prohibit anyone practicing as a music therapist without a license, with some exceptions.
See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HB 1608
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: H Perfection
    Description: Require Health Department certification for pain management clinics. Impose various requirements.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HB 1609
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Require tax credits be appropriated by the legislature on an annual basis.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HB 1610
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: S Education
    Description: Change a provision authorizing public school cooperation in post-secondary courses to cover two-year colleges rather than "community colleges."
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HB 1611
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: S Education
    Description: Require the state Board of Education to adopt rules for recognizing school district career counseling programs. The House added a number of unrelated education issues.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HB 1612
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: S Education
    Description: Require the state Board of Education to establish requirements for a career and technical education certificate.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HCS HB 1613
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: S Education
    Description: Require school districts to develop policies for identifying students at risk of not being ready for college work or jobs. Require counseling of students so identified.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HCS HB 1614
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: H Perfection
    Description: Establish a tax credit for making a contribution to an organization that funds various unmet health, and hygiene needs for children in school.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HCS HB 1615
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: H Perfection
    Description: Require a no-tax-due declaration by the Revenue Department to bid on government funded contracts.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HB 1616
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: H Health & Mental Health Policy
    Description: Recognize emergency medical worker licenses in other states under a multi-state agreement.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HB 1645
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: H Select Com. on Commerce
    Description: Various changes in tax breaks for production of films in Missouri. Require a statement or logo that the film was produced in Missouri. Lower the wage limit from $1 million to $250,000 above which the salary is not included in the costs for which a tax credit is provided.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SCS HCS HB 1646
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: 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.
    See: 
  • House roll call - HCS HB 1646 (02/18/2016): Require a student to pass a civics test to graduate from high school.
  • Senate roll call - SCS HCS HB 1646 (04/27/2016): 3rd reading of a bill to requiring passing a civics test to graduate from public high school.
  • House roll call - SCS HCS HB 1646 (05/10/2016): 3rd reading and final passage of the Senate version of a bill to require passage of a civics test to graduate from high school.
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HB 1667
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: H Perfection
    Description: Authorize charter schools to receive funds for early childhood education if located in a school district that is eligible for funding.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HB 1720
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Change the terminology that a school board can fix the pay for teachers from "salary schedule" to "compensation plan" and that it covers all employees, not just teachers.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HB 1785
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: H Local Government
    Description: Authorize local government, upon voter approval, to collect a sales tax for purchase of a motor vehicle from other than a Missouri licensed dealer. Add provisions prohibiting double taxation for motor vehicle purchases.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HB 1929
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Create a new license for euthanasia certified technicians. Require licensing of various veterinary licenses or euthanasia technicians to euthanize an animal.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * HB 1953
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: H Select Com. on Social Services
    Description: Prohibit donation of fetal tissue from an abortion. Require that all tissue, not just part, from an abortion be sent to a pathology lab. Expand inspection requirements of abortion facilities including unannounced inspections.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HB 2043
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: H Perfection
    Description: Establish a multistate license for varous nurse licenses that recognizes licenses from other states. Have Missouri be part of a multi-state commission on the licenses.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HB 2055
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: H Children & Families
    Description: Various changes in custody periods for children in divorce cases. Require the court to seek to equalize time spent with each parent.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HB 2221
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: H Government Oversight
    Description: Restrict a lobbyist gift to a legislator or a legislator's staffer or relative to no more than $30. Prohibit a lobbyist contributing to a legislative candidate. Prohibit a legislator being paid by a lobbying organization.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HB 2222
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: H Government Oversight
    Description: Prohibit a legislator from serving as a government consultant or lobbyist for two years after leaving office.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HB 2223
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: H Government Oversight
    Description: Allow the Ethics Commission to investigate anonymous complaints.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    * SS HCS HB 2379
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Require schools to test students for dyslexia.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HB 2396
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: H Ways & Means
    Description: Exempt from the state income tax all income generated from sources outside of Missouri.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HB 2428
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Change the term "guidance counselor" to "school counselor" in several statutes involving schools.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HB 2593
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: H Elementary & Secondary Education
    Description: Exclude voter-approved early childhood education funds in an urban school district from state funding to a charter school.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HB 2684
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Expand the powers that can be exercised by advance-practice nurses uner collaborative practice agreements with physicians. Allow more flexibility in the agreements.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HB 2696
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Establish a state savings plan for investing funds to cover the education costs for kindergarten to 12th grade.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HB 2790
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: H Select Com. on Education
    Description: Provide a one-year teaching certificate for a person with professional experience o teach at grade levels no lower than grade nine.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HJR 79
    Sponsor: Swan, Kathryn
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Impose limits on how much any one person can contribute to a political candidate.
    See: 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.