Below you will find information regarding legislation
important to Missouri's Regional Planning Commissions. The information
provided is for the current legislative session.
| Bill |
Sponsor(s) |
Description |
| HB 1318 |
Davis |
Specifies that an employer will be immune from civil liability for providing information on an employee's job performance unless a lack of good faith is shown. |
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Bill History |
01-10-08 H Referred to House Committee on Special Committee on Workforce Dev & SFTY
02-06-08 H Not heard in committee Special Committee on Workforce Dev & SFTY |
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| HB 1335 |
Salva |
Specifies that lease or rental agreements made for public buildings or facilities are public records. |
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Bill History |
01-10-08 H Read second time
02-12-08 H Referred to House Committee on House-Judiciary |
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| HB 1336 |
Wood |
Removes villages from a certain incorporation procedure for cities and towns and increases the required number of signatures on a petition to incorporate. |
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Bill History |
01-10-08 H Read second time
02-28-08 H Referred to House Committee on House-Local Government |
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| HB 1338 |
Muschany |
Prohibits any state entity from closing a state highway with a certain traffic volume for a continuous period exceeding 60 days. |
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Bill History |
01-10-08 H Read second time |
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| HB 1349 |
Portwood |
Changes the laws regarding property tax rates. |
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Bill History |
01-24-08 H Referred to House Committee on House-Ways and Means |
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| HB 1371 |
Wilson-119 |
Allows rural empowerment zones to exist in any county with 18,000 or fewer residents and prohibits more than two rural empowerment zones in any county. |
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Bill History |
03-26-08 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate-Eco.Devo./Tourism/Local Government
04-02-08 S Hearing conducted |
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| HB 1453 |
Roorda |
Allows any county to retroactively apply planning and zoning regulations to certain subdivisions of land. |
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Bill History |
01-10-08 H Read second time
04-10-08 H Referred to House Committee on House-Local Government |
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| HB 1467 |
Nolte |
Limits the increase in assessed valuation of residential property by the percentage of increase in Social Security benefits for the elderly and disabled who own and live in their principal residence. |
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Bill History |
01-24-08 H Referred to House Committee on House-Ways and Means |
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| HB 1499 |
Cooper-120 |
Establishes the Manufacturer Responsibility and Consumer Convenience Computer Equipment Collection and Recovery Act to assist in the recycling of computer equipment. |
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Bill History |
02-27-08 H Public hearing completed |
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| HB 1568 |
Hobbs |
Establishes the Regional Economic Development Initiative which allows tax credits for donations to regional economic development organizations. |
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Bill History |
01-10-08 H Referred to House Committee on Special Committee on Job Creation & Eco Devo
02-20-08 H Public hearing completed |
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| HB 1663 |
Young |
Changes the standard for violation of the Open Meetings Law, commonly known as the Sunshine Law, by a governmental body from knowingly to negligently. |
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Bill History |
01-16-08 H Read second time
04-10-08 H Referred to House Committee on House-Judiciary |
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| HB 1712 |
Sander |
Changes the laws regarding emergency services. |
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Bill History |
01-24-08 H Referred to House Committee on House-Crime Prevention and Public Safety
04-01-08 H Public hearing completed |
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| HB 1732 |
Walsh |
Establishes the Public Service Accountability Act which requires most public bodies to analyze the costs and benefits of privatizing any service valued at $25,000 or more. |
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Bill History |
01-22-08 H Read second time
02-28-08 H Referred to House Committee on Special Committee on Workforce Dev & SFTY |
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| HB 1832 |
Cooper-120 |
Establishes the Missouri County Planning Act. |
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Bill History |
03-28-08 H Set on the House Calendar
04-08-08 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate-Eco.Devo./Tourism/Local Government
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| HB 1853 |
Bivins |
Requires any public governmental body to make and retain a verbatim audio recording of any closed meeting. |
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Bill History |
02-28-08 H Referred to House Committee on House-Judiciary |
| HB 1958 |
Silvey |
Creates a county jails fund to be administered by the county sheriff for the purpose of maintaining each county's jail funded by a portion of the fee charged for the collection of delinquent and back taxes. |
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Bill History |
02-28-08 H Referred to House Committee on House-Local Government |
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| HB 2005 |
Icet |
Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Office of Administration, Department of Transportation, and Department of Public Safety. |
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Bill History |
03-27-08 S Reported to the Senate and first read
04-10-08 S Meeting set for 8:00 AM, SCR 2 Senate-Appropriations |
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| HB 2238 |
Schad |
Allows certain persons to hunt wild turkeys without affixing a safety sticker to their shotgun. |
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Bill History |
03-27-08 H Referred to House Committee on House-Conservation and Natural Resources |
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| HJR 42 |
Davis |
Proposes a constitutional amendment freezing all real property valuations and tax rates until the sale or transfer of the property or a voter-approved rate increase. |
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Bill History |
01-17-08 H Referred to House Committee on House-Ways and Means
02-07-08 H Public hearing completed |
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| HJR 43 |
Portwood |
Proposes a constituional amendment altering the rollback requirement for the Hancock amendment. |
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Bill History |
01-24-08 H Public hearing completed
03-28-08 H Set on the House Calendar
04-03-08 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate-Ways and Means |
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| SB 711 |
Gibbons |
Modifies provisions regarding property taxation. |
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Bill History |
03-27-08 H Referred to House Committee on House-Ways and Means
04-03-08 H Public hearing completed |
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| SB 718 |
Kennedy |
Modifies provisions of certain tax credit programs administered by the Department of Economic Development. |
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Bill History |
02-25-08 H Read second time |
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| SB 729 |
Griesheimer |
Creates the Missouri County Planning Act. |
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Bill History |
01-10-08 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate-Eco.Devo./Tourism/Local Government
03-31-08 S Set on the Senate Calendar
04-14-08 S Set on the Senate Calendar |
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| SB 735 |
Bartle |
Requires mandatory review and sunset of certain tax credit programs. |
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Bill History |
01-10-08 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate-Ways and Means |
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SB 825
HB 1740 |
Justus |
Increases the fee collected by each recorder to be deposited into the Missouri Housing Trust Fund from $3 to $10. |
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Bill History |
01-14-08 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate-Ways and Means |
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| SB 949 |
Scott |
Modifies provisions of law relating to rural empowerment zones. |
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Bill History |
01-30-08 S Meeting set for 2:00 PM, Senate Lounge Senate-Eco.Devo./Tourism/Local Gover
02-06-08 S Voted do pass from committee on Senate-Eco.Devo./Tourism/Local Government |
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| SB 1005 |
Bray |
Adopts the Uniform Planned Community Act. |
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Bill History |
02-13-08 S Hearing conducted |
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| SB 1203 |
Rupp |
Allows political subdivisions to elect to cover certain personnel as members of the Missouri local government employees' retirement system. |
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Bill History |
03-12-08 S Hearing conducted
04-09-08 S Voted do pass from committee on Senate-Pensions, Veterans and General Laws |
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| SB 1204 |
Goodman |
Requires the governor to disclose information regarding tax credits and state contracts. |
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Bill History |
03-26-08 S Removed from the Consent Calendar |
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| SB 1206 |
Goodman |
Requires local governments to provide 72 hours notice for public meetings. |
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Bill History |
03-26-08 S Hearing conducted |
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| SB 1217 |
Stouffer |
Submits to the voters a one-cent sales tax proposal to assist in the reconstruction, rebuilding, construction, and conversion of Interstate 70 and Interstate 44 into an eight-lane interstate system. |
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Bill History |
02-28-08 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate-Transportation |
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| SB 1260 |
Bartle |
Requires communities establishing and licensing a geographical information system to provide information regarding costs to license the system. |
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Bill History |
03-12-08 S Not heard in committee Senate-Eco.Devo./Tourism/Local Government |
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| SJR 48 |
Stouffer |
Institutes a one percent sales and use tax for the purpose of converting Interstate 70 and Interstate 44 into an eight-lane interstate system. |
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Bill History |
02-28-08 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate-Transportation |
