Lord God, Your steadfast love never ceases; Your mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.

It is impossible to measure Your greatness and the magnitude of Your mercy. Though our plans on this earth are frail and sometimes fall short of its intended purpose, Your plans and purposes never fail. So we, with Your guidance, seek to establish a distinctive quality of life for all our constituents; one with long term positive effects.

As we have received instructions from You and seek to implement them, may Your blessings be upon our efforts throughout this week.

Blessed are You, LORD, who has given us rest according to all that You promised. Thank You for Your abiding presence.

The Speaker appointed the following to act as Honorary Pages for the Day, to serve without compensation: Chris Hillen, Gabriella Martinez, Stacy Buenemann and James Myles.

AYES: 139

Aull	Avery	Baker 25	Baker 123	Bivins
Brandom	Bringer	Brown 30	Brown 50	Bruns
Burnett	Casey	Chappelle-Nadal	Cox	Cunningham 145
Cunningham 86	Curls	Davis	Day	Deeken
Denison	Dethrow	Dixon	Dougherty	Dusenberg
Emery	Ervin	Faith	Fallert	Fares
Fisher	Flook	Frame	Franz	Grill
Grisamore	Guest	Harris 110	Haywood	Hobbs
Hodges	Holsman	Hoskins	Hughes	Icet
Johnson	Jones 89	Jones 117	Kelly	Kingery
Komo	Kraus	Kuessner	Lampe	Lembke
LeVota	Liese	Lipke	Loehner	Low 39
Lowe 44	Marsh	May	McClanahan	McGhee
Meiners	Moore	Munzlinger	Muschany	Nance
Nasheed	Nieves	Nolte	Norr	Onder
Oxford	Parson	Pearce	Pollock	Portwood
Pratt	Quinn 7	Quinn 9	Richard	Robb
Robinson	Rucker	Ruestman	Ruzicka	Salva
Sander	Sater	Scavuzzo	Schaaf	Schad
Scharnhorst	Schieffer	Schlottach	Schneider	Schoeller
Schoemehl	Self	Shively	Silvey	Skaggs
Smith 14	Smith 150	Spreng	Stevenson	St. Onge
Storch	Stream	Sutherland	Swinger	Thomson
Tilley	Todd	Viebrock	Villa	Wallace
Walsh	Walton	Wasson	Wells	Weter
Whorton	Wildberger	Wilson 119	Wilson 130	Witte
Wood	Wright 159	Wright-Jones	Yaeger	Yates
Young	Zimmerman	Zweifel	Mr Speaker

NOES: 003

Daus	Talboy	Vogt

PRESENT: 002

Darrough	George

ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 015

Bland	Bowman	Cooper 120	Cooper 155	Corcoran
Donnelly	El-Amin	Funderburk	Harris 23	Hubbard
Hunter	Meadows	Page	Roorda	Threlkeld

VACANCIES: 004

The following House Joint Resolution was read the first time and copies ordered printed:

HJR 60, introduced by Representative Cunningham (86), relating to the commissioner of education.

HB 1869, introduced by Representatives Wilson (130), Ruestman, Faith, Grill, Sater, Bivins, Dougherty, Sander, Darrough and Grisamore, relating to junior colleges.

HB 1870, introduced by Representatives Deeken, Johnson, Roorda, Talboy, Chappelle-Nadal, Daus, Bruns, Harris (110), Meadows, Dougherty, Lowe (44), Quinn (7), Sander, Tilley, Schneider, Avery, Bowman, McGhee, Schaaf, Schieffer, Nasheed, Hoskins, Low (39), Oxford, Stream, Faith, Nance, Schlottach, Brown (50), Hodges, Haywood, El-Amin, Hubbard, Villa, Norr, McClanahan, Wright-Jones, Storch, Quinn (9), Yaeger, Scavuzzo, Burnett, Hughes, Spreng, Vogt, Rucker, Walsh, Darrough, Bland, George, Walton, Skaggs, Curls, Holsman, Grisamore, Lampe, Meiners and Schoemehl, relating to the creation of a death penalty commission.

HB 1871, introduced by Representative Deeken, relating to the final disposition of dead bodies.

HB 1872, introduced by Representatives Hunter, Fisher, Bivins, Munzlinger, Robb, Moore, Sater, Sander and Emery, relating to deductions from employee paychecks.

HB 1873, introduced by Representative Yates, relating to real estate transactions.

HB 1874, introduced by Representative Cunningham (86), relating to teacher certification.

HB 1875, introduced by Representative Cunningham (86), relating to unaccredited school districts.

HB 1876, introduced by Representative Cunningham (86), relating to special education due process hearings.

HB 1877, introduced by Representative Cunningham (86), relating to special education resolution sessions.

HB 1878, introduced by Representatives Cunningham (86), George, Nieves, Portwood, Ruestman, Dougherty and Meiners, relating to real property assessment appeals.

HB 1879, introduced by Representative Sutherland, relating to prohibiting the interchange of antiepileptic drugs.

HB 1880, introduced by Representative Schaaf, relating to health insurance contracts.

HB 1881, introduced by Representative Schlottach, relating to county water supply districts.

HB 1882, introduced by Representatives Kraus, Nance, Grisamore, Deeken, Smith (14), Dougherty, Grill, Norr, Schieffer, Moore, Ruestman, Avery, McGhee, Hughes, Weter, Dusenberg, Page, Silvey, Wasson, Scharnhorst and Pearce, relating to a tax credit for military retirement benefits.

HB 1883, introduced by Representatives Nance and Nolte, relating to employee job protection.

HB 1884, introduced by Representatives Dethrow, Schlottach, Guest, Wilson (119) and Kelly, relating to the national animal identification system.

HB 1885, introduced by Representative Yates, relating to the deceptive use of a financial institution's name.

HB 1886, introduced by Representatives Scharnhorst, Self, Flook, Marsh, Lembke, Walton, Yaeger, Nasheed, Brown (50), Dixon, Jetton, Tilley, Cunningham (145), Schoeller, Fisher, Faith, Roorda, Nolte, Stream, May, Cox, Robb, Davis, Muschany, Emery, Hunter, Schaaf, Ervin, Franz, Onder, Pollock, Wilson (119), Smith (14), Bivins, Schlottach, Guest, Cooper (120), Cunningham (86), Lipke, Nieves, Casey, Meiners, Daus, Villa, Dougherty, Moore, Ruestman, Weter, McGhee, Hoskins, Sutherland, Richard, Schad, Jones (117), Parson, Day, Nance, Icet, Kelly, Jones (89), Hughes, Silvey, Hobbs and Bruns, relating to the Missouri special needs scholarship tax credit program.

Mr. Speaker: Your Special Committee on Urban Education Reform, to which was referred HB 1310, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass by Consent, and pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) be referred to the Committee on Rules.

Mr. Speaker: Your Special Committee on Urban Education Reform, to which was referred HB 1311, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass by Consent, and pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) be referred to the Committee on Rules.

Mr. Speaker: Your Special Committee on Urban Education Reform, to which was referred HB 1320, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass by Consent, and pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) be referred to the Committee on Rules.

I respectfully request withdrawal of House Bill No. 1392 due to a technical error. Your assistance is appreciated.

The following members’ presence was noted: Cooper (120), Cooper (155), El-Amin, Funderburk, Hubbard, Hunter, Meadows and Roorda.

On motion of Representative Tilley, the House adjourned until 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 29, 2008.

Budget presentation from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education continued.

Presentation of Governor's budget recommendations for Public Safety and Corrections.

Joint meeting of the House Special Committee on Veterans and the Senate Pensions,