"Bless the Lord, frosts and snows, sing praise to him and highly exalt him forever." (Daniel 3:50).

Lord God, we thank You today for those who work on our highways in the cities and counties of our State. We thank You especially for those who are clearing snow from highways at this hour, making them safe for those who must travel. We easily see and value them as servants of the people.

O God, in the midst of these and all our worries, give us the peace to concentrate on the agenda of today's work. We are servants of You, our God. Keep us aware that we are servants, also, of those who have elected us to lead.

The Speaker appointed the following to act as an Honorary Page for the Day, to serve without compensation: Brackin Kuessner.

AYES: 139

Aull	Avery	Baker 123	Bivins	Bland
Bowman	Brandom	Bringer	Brown 30	Brown 50
Burnett	Casey	Chappelle-Nadal	Cooper 120	Cooper 155
Corcoran	Cox	Cunningham 145	Cunningham 86	Curls
Davis	Day	Deeken	Denison	Dethrow
Dixon	Dougherty	Dusenberg	El-Amin	Emery
Faith	Fallert	Fares	Fisher	Flook
Frame	Franz	Funderburk	Grill	Grisamore
Guest	Harris 110	Hobbs	Hodges	Holsman
Hoskins	Hubbard	Hughes	Hunter	Icet
Jones 89	Jones 117	Kelly	Kingery	Komo
Kraus	Kuessner	Lampe	Lembke	LeVota
Liese	Lipke	Loehner	Low 39	Lowe 44
May	McClanahan	McGhee	Meadows	Meiners
Moore	Munzlinger	Muschany	Nance	Nasheed
Nieves	Nolte	Norr	Onder	Page
Parson	Pearce	Pollock	Portwood	Pratt
Quinn 7	Quinn 9	Richard	Robb	Robinson
Rucker	Ruestman	Ruzicka	Salva	Sander
Sater	Scavuzzo	Schaaf	Schad	Scharnhorst
Schieffer	Schlottach	Schoeller	Schoemehl	Self
Shively	Silvey	Skaggs	Smith 14	Smith 150
Spreng	Stevenson	St. Onge	Stream	Sutherland
Swinger	Thomson	Threlkeld	Tilley	Todd
Viebrock	Villa	Wallace	Walsh	Walton
Wasson	Wells	Weter	Wildberger	Wilson 119
Wilson 130	Witte	Wood	Wright 159	Wright-Jones
Yaeger	Yates	Zimmerman	Mr Speaker

NOES: 004

Daus	Donnelly	Talboy	Vogt

PRESENT: 002

Darrough	George

ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 014

Baker 25	Bruns	Ervin	Harris 23	Haywood
Johnson	Marsh	Oxford	Roorda	Schneider
Storch	Whorton	Young	Zweifel

VACANCIES: 004

Mr. Speaker: Your Special Committee on Healthcare Transformation, to which was referred HB 1386, 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 Retirement, to which was referred HB 1774, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that the House Committee Substitute Do Pass by Consent, and pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) be referred to the Committee on Rules.

Mr. Speaker: Your Special Committee on Senior Citizen Advocacy, to which was referred HB 1380, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that the House Committee Substitute Do Pass by Consent, and pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) be referred to the Committee on Rules.

Mr. Speaker: Your Special Committee on Senior Citizen Advocacy, to which was referred HB 1656, 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 Veterans, to which was referred HB 1313, 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 Committee on Rules, to which was referred HB 1661, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HB 2019, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HB 2020, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

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

HJR 63, introduced by Representatives Dethrow, Brown (30), Wilson (119), Sander, Munzlinger, Hobbs, Pratt, Ervin, Wallace, Hughes, Wells and Kuessner, relating to bird, fish, game, wildlife, or forestry resources.

HB 1934, introduced by Representatives May, Wallace, Deeken and Dougherty, relating to the executive director of the ethics commission.

HB 1935, introduced by Representatives May, Wildberger, Smith (150), McGhee, Portwood and Baker (25), relating to the practice of surgical technology.

HB 1936, introduced by Representative Smith (14), relating to recall of ambulance district board members.

HB 1937, introduced by Representatives Pearce, Fisher, Baker (123), Wilson (130), Cooper (120), Scavuzzo, Hunter, Emery, Richard, Brown (50), Stevenson, Meiners and Ruestman, relating to transportation development districts.

HB 1938, introduced by Representatives Baker (123), Scavuzzo, Meiners, Holsman, Ruzicka and Nasheed, relating to parent-teacher conferences.

HB 1939, introduced by Representatives Bowman, Darrough and Low (39), relating to living wages.

HB 1940, introduced by Representatives Page, Schaaf, Meadows, Frame, Komo, Talboy, McClanahan, Norr, Onder, Cooper (155), Threlkeld, Baker (25), Bland, Hughes, Skaggs and Holsman, relating to hospital patient safety.

HB 1941, introduced by Representatives Schad, Fisher, Wallace, Nance, Onder, Ruzicka, Wilson (119), Page, Schieffer, Schlottach, Weter, Sutherland, Viebrock, Loehner, Parson, Jones (117), Smith (150), Self, Pollock, Wasson, Kelly, Munzlinger, Schoeller, Sater, Jones (89), Hughes and Ruestman, relating to stealing livestock.

HB 1942, introduced by Representatives Schad, Wallace, Wells, Day, Bivins, Loehner, Munzlinger, Schieffer, Dougherty, Page, Ruzicka, Darrough and Rucker, relating to reliable electrical service by electric cooperatives.

HB 1943, introduced by Representatives Brown (50), Denison, Quinn (9), Scavuzzo, Darrough, Hoskins, Chappelle-Nadal, Nasheed, Casey, George, Todd, Bringer, Robinson, Nance, Walton, Onder, Nolte, Haywood, Lampe, Liese, Wright-Jones, Stream, Tilley, Munzlinger, Nieves, Portwood, Silvey, Talboy, Burnett, Dougherty, Hughes, Page, Storch, Johnson, Harris (110), Hodges, McGhee, Deeken, Hubbard, Wildberger, Salva, Baker (25), Schneider, Young, Oxford, Jones (117), Bland, Funderburk, El-Amin, Yaeger, Spreng, Cox, Grisamore and Wright, relating to recording fees.

HB 1944, introduced by Representatives Harris (110), Donnelly, LeVota, Curls, Lampe, Fallert, Bringer, Yaeger, Vogt, Witte, Grill, Talboy, Kuessner, Frame, Skaggs, Zimmerman, Casey, Norr, Brown (50), Scavuzzo, Robinson and McClanahan, relating to use and disclosure of Social Security numbers in certain documents.

HB 1945, introduced by Representative Franz, relating to the disbursement of child support.

HB 1947, introduced by Representatives Holsman, Lowe (44), Talboy, Hughes, Low (39), Curls, Burnett, Brown (50), Bland, Meiners and Dougherty, relating to school class size.

HB 1948, introduced by Representatives Skaggs, LeVota and Dougherty, relating to Missouri blasting safety act.

HB 1949, introduced by Representatives Komo, Walsh, Darrough, Wildberger, Hughes, Schieffer and George, relating to disaster preparedness.

HB 1950, introduced by Representatives Komo, Walsh, Darrough, Hughes, Schieffer and George, relating to loan officers.

HB 1951, introduced by Representative Cooper (120), relating to corporate name revisions.

HB 1952, introduced by Representatives Loehner, Day and May, relating to the designation of a memorial bridge.

HB 1953, introduced by Representatives Lembke, Ruestman, Harris (110), Portwood, Sander, Nieves, Moore, Davis, Schieffer, Onder and Muschany, relating to prohibiting the creation of mixed human-animal individuals.

HB 1954, introduced by Representatives Dixon, Munzlinger, Marsh, Fisher, Hoskins, Bruns, Deeken, Meiners, Dougherty and Moore, relating to state officials and employees compensation.

HB 1955, introduced by Representatives Bivins, Davis, Fisher, Sander, Ruestman, Wallace, Sater, Dougherty and Meadows, relating to sales tax exemptions.

HB 1956, introduced by Representatives Bivins and Munzlinger, relating to pesticides.

HB 1957, introduced by Representatives Hughes, Curls, Hubbard, Bland, Talboy and Cooper (120), relating to duty free zones.

HB 1958, introduced by Representatives Silvey, Nolte, Flook, Nance, Ervin, Jones (117), Talboy, Portwood, Skaggs, Muschany, Brown (30), Scharnhorst, Pratt, Kelly, Lembke, Funderburk, Komo, Holsman, Hughes and Jones (89), relating to tax collection fees.

I would like to withdraw House Bill No. 1553, relating to assistance program for the homeless. Thank you.

On motion of Representative Tilley, the House adjourned until 4:00 p.m., Monday, February 4, 2008.

Committee will hear a presentation by Mr. Chris Chung of the Missouri Partnership.