Journal of the House


Second Regular Session, 94th General Assembly




SEVENTEENTH DAY, Thursday, February 7, 2008

The House met pursuant to adjournment.


            Speaker Pro Tem Pratt in the Chair.


            Prayer by Msgr. Donald W. Lammers.


              Almighty God, You give "wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who understand". (Daniel 2:21) "In my inmost being you teach me wisdom". (Psalm 51:8)


              Yes, Lord, bless us with the gift of wisdom as we move toward the weekend, and bless us with time to reflect, to reflect upon the implications for our work of the continuing presidential race, of the message of the state of the judiciary, and of other information presented to us. Give us the ability to discern the truths revealed, to see clearly the most important truths and the influence they should have upon our work today in the coming weeks.


              We pray to You, Almighty God and Father of humankind. Amen.


            The Pledge of Allegiance to the flag was recited.


            The Journal of the sixteenth day was approved as printed.


HOUSE COURTESY RESOLUTIONS OFFERED AND ISSUED


            House Resolution No. 449 through House Resolution No. 486


HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


            Representative Smith (14) offered House Concurrent Resolution No. 21.


SECOND READING OF HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION


            HJR 65 was read the second time.


SECOND READING OF HOUSE BILLS


            HB 1996 through HB 2000, and HB 2026 through HB 2036 were read the second time.


THIRD READING OF HOUSE BILLS - APPROPRIATIONS


            HB 2019, relating to appropriations, was taken up by Representative Icet.


            On motion of Representative Icet, HB 2019 was read the third time and passed by the following vote:


AYES: 151

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aull

Baker 123

Bivins

Bland

Brandom

Bringer

Brown 30

Brown 50

Bruns

Burnett

Casey

Cooper 120

Cooper 155

Corcoran

Cox

Cunningham 145

Cunningham 86

Curls

Darrough

Daus

Davis

Day

Deeken

Denison

Dethrow

Dixon

Dusenberg

El-Amin

Emery

Ervin

Faith

Fallert

Fares

Fisher

Flook

Frame

Franz

Funderburk

George

Grill

Grisamore

Guest

Harris 23

Harris 110

Haywood

Hobbs

Hodges

Holsman

Hoskins

Hubbard

Hughes

Hunter

Icet

Johnson

Jones 89

Jones 117

Kelly

Kingery

Komo

Kraus

Kuessner

Lampe

Lembke

LeVota

Liese

Lipke

Loehner

Low 39

Lowe 44

Marsh

May

McGhee

Meadows

Meiners

Moore

Munzlinger

Muschany

Nance

Nasheed

Nieves

Nolte

Norr

Onder

Oxford

Page

Parson

Pearce

Pollock

Portwood

Pratt

Quinn 7

Quinn 9

Richard

Robb

Robinson

Roorda

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

Talboy

Thomson

Threlkeld

Tilley

Todd

Viebrock

Villa

Vogt

Wallace

Walsh

Walton

Wasson

Wells

Weter

Whorton

Wildberger

Wilson 119

Wilson 130

Witte

Wood

Wright 159

Wright-Jones

Yaeger

Young

Zimmerman

Zweifel

Mr Speaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOES: 000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRESENT: 000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 007

 

 

 

 

 

Avery

Baker 25

Chappelle-Nadal

Donnelly

Dougherty

McClanahan

Yates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VACANCIES: 005


            Speaker Pro Tem Pratt declared the bill passed.


            HB 2020, relating to appropriations, was taken up by Representative Icet.




            On motion of Representative Icet, HB 2020 was read the third time and passed by the following vote:


AYES: 149

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aull

Baker 123

Bivins

Bland

Brandom

Bringer

Brown 30

Brown 50

Bruns

Casey

Cooper 120

Cooper 155

Corcoran

Cox

Cunningham 145

Cunningham 86

Curls

Darrough

Daus

Davis

Day

Deeken

Denison

Dethrow

Dixon

Donnelly

Dusenberg

El-Amin

Emery

Ervin

Faith

Fallert

Fares

Fisher

Flook

Franz

Funderburk

George

Grill

Grisamore

Guest

Harris 23

Harris 110

Haywood

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

Marsh

May

McClanahan

McGhee

Meadows

Meiners

Moore

Munzlinger

Muschany

Nance

Nasheed

Nieves

Nolte

Norr

Onder

Oxford

Page

Parson

Pearce

Pollock

Portwood

Pratt

Quinn 7

Quinn 9

Richard

Robb

Robinson

Roorda

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

Threlkeld

Tilley

Todd

Viebrock

Villa

Vogt

Wallace

Walsh

Walton

Wasson

Wells

Weter

Whorton

Wildberger

Wilson 119

Wilson 130

Witte

Wood

Wright 159

Wright-Jones

Yaeger

Young

Zimmerman

Zweifel

Mr Speaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOES: 004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Burnett

Frame

Johnson

Talboy

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRESENT: 000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 005

 

 

 

 

 

Avery

Baker 25

Chappelle-Nadal

Dougherty

Yates

 

 

 

 

 

VACANCIES: 005


            Speaker Pro Tem Pratt declared the bill passed.



REFERRAL OF HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION


            The following House Joint Resolution was referred to the Committee indicated:


HJR 63 - Conservation and Natural Resources


REFERRAL OF HOUSE BILLS


            The following House Bills were referred to the Committee indicated:


HB 1411 - Special Committee on General Laws

HB 1609 - Health Care Policy

HB 1646 - Transportation

HB 1647 - Elections

HB 1648 - Conservation and Natural Resources

HB 1658 - Agriculture Policy

HB 1649 - Special Committee on Family Services

HB 1678 - Special Committee on Veterans

HB 1679 - Ways and Means

HB 1691 - Special Committee on Health Insurance

HB 1703 - Crime Prevention and Public Safety

HB 1715 - Special Committee on State Parks and Waterways

HB 1723 - Special Committee on Government Affairs

HB 1773 - Special Committee on Tax Reform

HB 1775 - Crime Prevention and Public Safety

HB 1776 - Special Committee on General Laws

HB 1782 - Special Committee on General Laws

HB 1787 - Special Committee on Workforce Development and Workplace Safety

HB 1793 - Health Care Policy

HB 1797 - Agriculture Policy

HB 1802 - Higher Education

HB 1810 - Special Committee on Job Creation and Economic Development

HB 1824 - Special Committee on Tourism

HB 1832 - Local Government

HB 1836 - Special Committee on Job Creation and Economic Development

HB 1849 - Local Government

HB 1850 - Judiciary

HB 1869 - Higher Education

HB 1884 - Agriculture Policy

HB 1886 - Special Committee on Student Achievement

HB 1887 - Transportation

HB 1893 - Special Committee on Financial Institutions

HB 1923 - Special Committee on General Laws

HB 1945 - Special Committee on Family Services

HB 1946 - Special Committee on Family Services

HB 1951 - Judiciary

HB 1972 - Special Committee on Retirement

HB 1973 - Special Committee on Retirement

HB 1983 - Judiciary


RE-REFERRAL OF HOUSE BILL


            The following House Bill was re-referred to the Committee indicated:


HB 1533 - Transportation


COMMITTEE REPORTS


            Committee on Agriculture Policy, Chairman Quinn (7) reporting:


            Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Agriculture Policy, to which was referred HCR 4, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass, and pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) be referred to the Committee on Rules.


HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4


              WHEREAS, the United States Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service collects and publishes information on the prices and inventories of rice; and


              WHEREAS, this information is used for estimations of farm income and determinations of government program payments to farmers; and


              WHEREAS, it is essential to the rice industry that the estimations of farm income and determinations of government program payments more accurately reflect the current market prices and stocks of rice:


              NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the Missouri House of Representatives, Ninety-Fourth General Assembly, Second Regular Session, the Senate concurring therein, hereby request that the United States Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service add the dates of June 1 and September 1 as additional reporting dates to the "Agricultural Statistics Board" calendar to more accurately reflect prices and stocks; and


              BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives be instructed to prepare a properly inscribed copy of this resolution for the United States Secretary of Agriculture, the United States Department of Agriculture's National Agriculture Statistics Service, and to each member of Missouri's Congressional delegation.


            Special Committee on Student Achievement, Chairman Muschany reporting:


            Mr. Speaker: Your Special Committee on Student Achievement, to which was referred HB 1305, 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.




            Committee on Ways and Means, Chairman Sutherland reporting:


            Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred HB 1628, 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 Ways and Means, to which was referred HB 1670, 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.


ADVANCEMENT OF HOUSE CONSENT BILLS


            Pursuant to Rule 45(b), the following bills, having remained on the House Consent Calendar for Perfection for five legislative days, were ordered perfected and printed by consent with all committee substitutes and committee amendments thereto adopted and perfected by consent: HB 1310, HB 1311, and HB 1320.


INTRODUCTION OF HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION


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


HJR 66, introduced by Representatives Walton, Lembke, Nasheed, Haywood and Johnson, relating to the judiciary.


INTRODUCTION OF HOUSE BILLS


            The following House Bills were read the first time and copies ordered printed:


HB 2037, introduced by Representative St. Onge, relating to special license plates.


HB 2038, introduced by Representative Hunter, relating to property annexation in fire protection districts.


HB 2039, introduced by Representatives Munzlinger, Dougherty, Fisher and Dethrow, relating to the removal of a dog collar.


HB 2040, introduced by Representatives Jetton, Kingery, Day, Ruzicka, Wilson (119), Thomson, Whorton, Deeken, Muschany, Cooper (120), Wilson (130), Dougherty, Smith (150), Wa