Protect our children and families - 2008

Protect our children and families - 2007

1.       HB 71 Baker, Judy
Requires all entities which ship radioactive waste through or within the state to be assessed a fee (LR# 88L.01I)

2.       HB 104 Meiners, Kate
Specifies that the purchase price for calculating the sales tax of a motor vehicle excludes the cost to modify the vehicle for use by an individual with a disability (LR# 285L.01I)

3.       HB 106 Meiners, Kate
Establishes a tuition and fee waiver program for incoming Missouri resident college freshmen who have been in foster or residential care (LR# 282L.01I)

4.       HB 108 Meiners, Kate
Allows for the extension of foster care to a child's twenty-first birthday to allow the child to participate in or finish a high school or vocational program (LR# 284L.01I)

5.       HB 145 Salva, Ray
Allows for the formation of multi-jurisdictional enforcement groups for the purpose of intensive enforcement of traffic laws (LR# 476L.01I)

6.       HB 151 Chappelle-Nadal, Maria
Requires, subject to appropriation, an expansion of the variety of kosher foods approved under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (LR# 754L.01I)

7.       HB 152 Chappelle-Nadal, Maria
Establishes additional protections to prevent workplace violence (LR# 745L.01I)

8.       HB 153 Swinger, Terry
Requires an applicant's date of birth on an application for a marriage license (LR# 52L.01I)

9.       HB 157 Talboy, Mike
Changes the laws regarding the crime of animal neglect (LR# 667L.01I)

10.    HB 254 Bringer, Rachel
Creates the crime of obstruction of justice (LR# 251L.02I)

11.    HB 266 Whorton, James
Authorizes an income tax credit for 50% of the cash donation to a family cemetery (LR# 720L.01I)

12.    HB 274 Robinson, Brad
Creates the crimes of interferring with a grave marker, receiving a stolen grave marker, and failing to report the crime of receiving a stolen grave marker (LR# 404L.01I)

13.    HB 275 Robinson, Brad
Requires law enforcement officers to give written notice of certain information to victims of alleged domestic violence (LR# 280L.01I)

14.    HB 281 Roorda, Jeff
Changes the laws on the disposition of evidence by allowing law enforcement to collect hazardous samples without court approval, document and then destroy them, and makes them admissible (LR# 804L.01I)

15.    HB 283 Roorda, Jeff
Changes the laws regarding neighborhood improvement districts (LR# 812L.01I)

16.    HB 284 Roorda, Jeff
Establishes the Missouri Urban Pursuit Reduction Grant to provide monetary assistance in the amount of a 50% match to urban police departments which purchase real-time pursuit management systems (LR# 815L.01I)

17.    HB 285 Roorda, Jeff
Prohibits a person from intentionally smelling or inhaling the fumes of or inducing or aiding another person in the use or sale of specified solvents (LR# 807L.01I)

18.    HB 286 Roorda, Jeff
Allows noncharter counties to adopt noise ordinances (LR# 788L.01I)

19.    HB 287 Roorda, Jeff
Allows fire protection districts to consolidate upon approval by the voters within the fire protection districts (LR# 803L.01I)

20.    HB 290 Roorda, Jeff
Expands the crime of property damage in the first degree to include knowingly damaging another person's motor vehicle while making entry to steal the vehicle or something within the vehicle (LR# 801L.01I)

21.    HB 292 Roorda, Jeff
Creates the crime of altering or falsifying drug or alcohol test results or selling or transporting a biological sample or adulterant to falsify test results (LR# 802L.01I)

22.    HB 293 Roorda, Jeff
Requires the removal of all emergency lights, sirens, and decals designating a vehicle as an emergency vehicle prior to selling or consigning the vehicle unless it is sold to another safety agency (LR# 809L.01I)

23.    HB 357 Frame, Michael
Authorizes the State Highway Patrol to develop and implement a real-time electronic logbook for certain Schedule V substances and requires pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to report sales (LR# 834L.01I)

24.    HB 359 Frame, Michael
Exempts residential property owned by individuals 62 years of age or older from certain increases in assessed valuation (LR# 833L.01I)

25.    HB 371 Fallert, Joseph Jr.
Establishes the Occupational Safety Standards Commission to promulgate, modify, or revoke safety and health standards in the state (LR# 1016L.01I)

26.    HB 372 Wildberger, Edward
Revises the crimes of statutory rape and sodomy in the second degree by requiring that the perpetrator be at least three years older than the victim (LR# 669L.01I)

27.    HB 373 Wildberger, Edward
Requires cities to pay the difference between the amount of the salary and workers' compensation benefits to certain public safety officers who suffer a traumatic job-related injury (LR# 685L.01I)

28.    HB 375 Wildberger, Edward
Adds certain types of cancer to the list of diseases presumed incurred during the line of duty for the purpose of retirement benefits for firefighters (LR# 679L.01I)

29.    HB 377 Wildberger, Edward
Changes the laws regarding the release of personal information to unauthorized persons (LR# 680L.01I)

30.    HB 379 Wildberger, Edward
Changes the laws regarding the notification requirements for the continuation of child support when a child is attending an institution of higher education (LR# 682L.01I)

31.    HB 380 Wildberger, Edward
Imposes a $2 surcharge on dissolution of marriage cases for deposit in the Child Advocacy Center Fund which is created to provide financial support for child advocacy centers (LR# 681L.01I)

32.    HB 381 Wildberger, Edward
Authorizes a deduction from individual income tax for real property taxes and exempts the first $50,000 from income taxation for certain residents (LR# 683L.01I)

33.    HB 382 Wildberger, Edward
Establishes "Ashley's Law" which creates the crime of transporting a child without parental consent for the purpose of committing a crime with the child as the victim or participant (LR# 672L.01I)

34.    HB 388 Zweifel, Clint
Establishes the Local Community Rail Security Act of 2007 (LR# 1205L.01I)

35.    HB 443 Roorda, Jeff
Requires all drivers and passengers in cars or trucks to wear a seat belt with certain exceptions (LR# 1492L.01I)

36.    HB 479 Darrough, Bruce
Establishes the Clean American Fuel Board and creates the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Revolving Fund (LR# 972L.01I)

37.    HB 480 Roorda, Jeff
Changes the qualifications of fire protection and ambulance district board members (LR# 1374L.01I)

38.    HB 509 Johnson, Connie "LaJoyce"
Allows an adopted person at least 18 years of age to receive a certified copy of his or her original birth certificate (LR# 662L.01I)

39.    HB 515 Salva, Ray
Allows the formation of multi-jurisdictional enforcement groups for the purpose of intensive enforcement of the traffic laws (LR# 1542L.01I)

40.    HB 519 LeVota, Paul
Expands the crime of murder in the first degree to include when a person knowingly causes the death of a child and a heinous element is involved, to be known as Erica and Zayquon's Law (LR# 1073L.01I)

41.    HB 521 LeVota, Paul
Revises the Household Child Protect Act which includes household witnesses of child abuse and neglect in the list of persons required to report child abuse (LR# 1072L.01I)

42.    HB 534 Walsh, Regina
Establishes the Safe Staffing and Quality Care Accountability Act for Veterans Homes and the Safe Staffing and Quality Care Accountability Act for Mental Health Facilities (LR# 1023L.01I)

43.    HB 535 Walsh, Regina
Changes the laws regarding the regulation of state and private mental health facilities (LR# 1022L.01I)

44.    HB 536 Walsh, Regina
Prohibits any entity from preventing a student athlete from competing in or training for any Olympic event (LR# 1021L.01I)

45.    HB 549 Chappelle-Nadal, Maria
Establishes a method of declaring a dog as dangerous or potentially dangerous (LR# 966L.01I)

46.    HB 558 Meadows, Tim
Increases the length of a driver's license suspension for failing to stop for a school bus (LR# 1309L.01I)

47.    HB 565 Brown, Michael R.
Allows for electronic communication with a child for the noncustodial parent and custodial parent during times when the child is with the other parent (LR# 1429L.01I)

48.    HB 582 Storch, Rachel
Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Family Trust (LR# 1483L.01I)

49.    HB 583 Johnson, Connie "LaJoyce"
Requires law enforcement agencies to notify a petitioner for an ex parte order of protection when the order has been served on the respondent or when no more attempts to serve are planned (LR# 661L.01I)

50.    HB 584 Johnson, Connie "LaJoyce"
Changes the laws regarding post-conviction DNA testing by limiting who may apply for post-conviction testing and requiring the DNA evidence to be retained and preserved for a certain period of time (LR# 660L.01I)

51.    HB 603 Villa, Thomas
Authorizes the City of St. Louis to impose a sales tax of up to 0.5% for the operation of public safety departments (LR# 1606L.01I)

52.    HB 607 Brown, Michael R.
Requires vehicles to yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians crossing a city or neighborhood street in Jackson County and increases the penalty for leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident (LR# 1455L.01I)

53.    HB 609 Baker, Judy
Requires every school district to offer a driver's education course available to students 15 years of age or older and prohibits cell phone use by temporary permit or intermediate license holders (LR# 850L.01I)

54.    HB 610 Baker, Judy
Establishes the Address Confidentiality Program to protect victims of domestic violence by establishing a designated address for victims and their minor children (LR# 1144L.01I)

55.    HB 612 Komo, Sam
Expands the Vietnam Veteran's Survivors Grant Program to include Vietnam veterans who are 100% disabled as a result of injuries sustained while serving in the military during the Vietnam War (LR# 1556L.01I)

56.    HB 627 McClanahan, Rebecca
Requires the installation of carbon monoxide detection devices in certain residential properties (LR# 1292L.02I)

57.    HB 632 Burnett, John P.
Allows the Board of Probation and Parole to grant parole to certain female inmates who have served 15 years of their sentence if they meet certain criteria (LR# 201L.02I)

58.    HB 639 Walsh, Regina
Requires all new developments to have power lines installed underground (LR# 1116L.01I)

59.    HB 651 Hughes, Leonard
Increases the length of time a father has to establish paternity prior to an adoption from within 15 days to no later than 60 days after the birth of the child (LR# 1638L.01I)

60.    HB 653 Roorda, Jeff
Establishes the Reverend Nathaniel Cole Memorial Pursuit Reduction Grant to provide grants to urban police departments for the purchase of real-time pursuit management systems

61.    HB 667 Bringer, Rachel
Establishes a tuition and fee waiver program for incoming Missouri resident college freshmen who have been in foster or residential care (LR# 1587L.01I)

62.    HB 668 Bringer, Rachel
Creates a rebuttable presumption that the person whose name appears in the controlled substance log book which pharmacies are required to keep and maintain is the person whose transaction is recorded (LR# 1505L.01I)

63.    HB 670 Burnett, John P.
Expands the DNA profiling analysis testing to include an individual arrested for a felony or sexual offense or a juvenile adjudicated to have committed an act that would be a felony if committed by an adult (LR# 1821L.01I)

64.    HB 691 Harris, Belinda
Establishes the Missouri Alternatives to Abortion Services Program and the Missouri Alternatives to Abortion Public Awareness Program (LR# 1780L.01I)

65.    HB 706 Skaggs, Trent
Allows an applicant for a driver's license who elects to be included on the organ donor registry to receive a 50% reduction of the license fee at the time a new driver's license is issued (LR# 1414L.01I)

66.    HB 755 Aull, Joe
Requires the certification of school food service directors in public and private schools receiving federal school lunch program funding (LR# 1500L.01I)

67.    HB 767 Aull, Joe
Requires private mental health facilities and group homes for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled to meet the same requirements as state-operated facilities (LR# 1545L.01I)

68.    HB 772 Roorda, Jeff
Adds n-acetylpseudoephedrine acetate to the list of Schedule V controlled substances (LR# 1978L.01I)

69.    HB 786 Oxford, Jeanette Mott
Requires the development of caseload standards for the Department of Health and Senior Services and the Department of Mental Health (LR# 1390L.01I)

70.    HB 799 Low, Beth
Requires hospitals to compile and post daily staffing information in patient care areas of each unit of the hospital. (LR# 577L.01I)

71.    HB 802 Page, Sam
Adds the inoculation for human papilloma virus to the list of required immunizations for school attendance (LR# 2005L.01I)

72.    HB 815 Meadows, Tim
Modifies the law relating to the professional licensing of nurses (LR# 1933L.01I)

73.    HB 823 Zweifel, Clint
Changes provisions of the "circuit breaker" tax credit, provides a tax credit for earned income, and exempts Social Security benefits from taxation for certain senior citizens (LR# 1906L.01I)

74.    HB 844 Low, Beth
Allows a temporary exemption from the proof of lawful presence requirement when victims of domestic violence apply for a driver's license or instruction permit (LR# 1222L.01I)

75.    HB 860 Baker, Judy
Modifies various provisions relating to crime victims. (LR# 2115L.01I)

76.    HB 884 Dougherty, Curt
Restricts the vibration levels for blasting in areas in Jackson County where residential properties, schools, or churches are located (LR# 2060L.01I)

77.    HB 917 Low, Beth
Establishes Christy's Law which requires all health care personnel involved in the examination of a rape victim to inform the victim of his or her right to be tested for a date rape drug (LR# 1308L.02I)

78.    HB 929 Casey, Ron
Prohibits registered sexual offenders from being on the property of certain schools or attending certain school functions without the consent of the principal or head administrator for the school (LR# 2093L.01I)

79.    HB 947 Walsh, Regina
Modifies laws on mental health facilities and group homes for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled (LR# 2218L.01I)

80.    HB 980 Harris, Jeff
Requires persons arrested for the manufacture or distribution of drugs to appear before a judge prior to being released on bond. (LR# 632L.01I)

81.    HB 981 Harris, Jeff
Modifies the elements of the crime of enticement of a child to include enticement of an individual the person knows or believes to be less than eighteen years of age (LR# 2212L.02I)

82.    HB 982 Harris, Jeff
Provides for enhanced penalties for BAC levels of .16 or higher when convicted of an intoxication-related traffic offense (LR# 2310L.01I)

83.    HB 983 Harris, Jeff
Increases the penalty for endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree when shaking a child less than five years of age (LR# 2208L.01I)

84.    HB 984 Harris, Jeff
Allows the court to order a person's vehicle impounded for up to one year as part of a penalty for driving while intoxicated (LR# 2470L.01I)

85.    HB 985 Harris, Jeff
Requires certain victims of crime to be notified if the perpetrator of the crime is committed under Chapter 552, RSMo, to a mental health facility (LR# 2209L.01I)

86.    HB 986 Harris, Jeff
Allows crime victims to take time off from work to attend criminal proceedings without retribution by their employer. (LR# 419L.01I)

  
Protect Our Children and Families - 2006

1. Create Jessica's Law (HB 1056)
      Sponsor: Rep. Jeff Roorda
   • Mandatory sentences of 30 to life with no parole for adults convicted of the rape or attempted rape of a victim under age 12.
2. Create Erica's Law (HB 1298)
      Sponsor: Rep. Paul LeVota
   • Expand first degree murder to include the heinous killing of a child
   • Requires adults residing in a household with a child to report suspected abuse
3. Increase restrictions for convicted sexual predators (HB 1066)
      Sponsor: Rep. Jeff Harris
• This bill would prohibit convicted sexual predators from being released on bond while their cases are being appealed.
4. Prohibit the sale of violent or sexually explicit video games to minors (HB 1467)
      Sponsor: Rep. Jeff Harris
5. Restrict the sale of liquid gel tablets to reduce availability for methamphetamine manufacturers (HB 1839)  
      Sponsor: Rep. Wes Shoemyer
6. Increase penalties for methamphetamine manufacturers (HB 1438)
      Sponsor: Rep. Leonard Hughes
   • Increases the penalty for possession of any methamphetamine precursor drug with the intent to manufacture amphetamine or methamphetamine to a class C felony.
7. Improve law enforcement officers' ability to collect evidence in sexual assault cases (HB 1107)
      Sponsor: Rep. Judy Baker
   • Requires Highway Patrol to develop evidence collection kits for forensic examination of victims of sexual assault and distribute to medical providers who conduct exams.
   • Allow only licensed physicians to conduct forensic exams for sexual assaults.
   • Extend the time within which medical providers must file their report of a forensic exam.
   • Prohibits medical providers from charging the victim for the exam.
   • Requires hospitals to have at least one evidentiary collection kit at all times.
   • Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to develop a treatment checklist for assault victims.
8. Establish the Healthy Drinks for Healthy Children Act of 2006 (HB 1417)
      Sponsor: Rep. Paul LeVota
   • This act establishes limits on the types of beverages that can be sold in Missouri's public schools.
9. Increase child care subsidy benefits (HB 1052)
      Sponsor: Rep. Cathy Jolly
   • This bill increases the income eligibility guidelines for receiving child care subsidy benefits to 185 percent the federal poverty limit.
10. Stiffen penalties for sex offenders (HB 1108)
       Sponsor: Rep. Kate Meiners
    • This bill requires a person who commits sexual crimes against a child younger than 12 years old to serve a minimum three year sentence in prison before being placed on probation or parole.
11. Creates the Poison Prevention Task Force (HB 1125)
       Sponsor: Rep. Ed Wildberger
    • This bill, in addition to the creation of the Poison Prevention Task Force,  requires manufacturers of toxic household products to add an aversion agent to the product to serve as a poison prevention measure.
12. Improve child support enforcement (HB 1483)
       Sponsor: Rep. Sara Lampe
    • Permits cell phone and Internet service provider records to be searched by law enforcement officers for the purposes of child support enforcement.
13. Improve Child Care Facilities' quality
(HB 1576)
   Sponsor: Rep. Margaret Donnelly
• Establishes a quality rating system for child care facilities, early childhood programs, and before and after school care programs.
14. Require the reporting of suspicious photographs
(HB 1708)
   Sponsor: Rep. Jeff Roorda
• Creates the crime of failing to report suspicious photographs involving a child.
15. Keep sexual offenders off school grounds (HB 1771)
       Sponsor: Rep. Ron Casey
    • Prohibits certain sexual offenders from entering school property or attending school activities without the consent of the principal or administrator.
16. Stiffen laws regarding distribution of controlled substances
(HB 1999)
   Sponsor: Rep. Amber Boykins
• Revises the crime of distribution of controlled substances near schools to include near child care facilities, long-term care facilities, and the residences of in-home child care providers.
17. Create electronic database to record sales of Schedule V substances (HB 2121)
       Sponsor: Rep. Michael Frame
    • Authorizes the State Highway Patrol to develop and implement a real-time electronic logbook for certain schedule V substances and requires pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to report sales.