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 |
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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 |
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NOES: 000 |
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PRESENT: 000 |
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ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 007 |
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Avery |
Baker 25 |
Chappelle-Nadal |
Donnelly |
Dougherty |
McClanahan |
Yates |
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VACANCIES: 005 |
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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 |
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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 |
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NOES: 004 |
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Burnett |
Frame |
Johnson |
Talboy |
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PRESENT: 000 |
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ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 005 |
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Avery |
Baker 25 |
Chappelle-Nadal |
Dougherty |
Yates |
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VACANCIES: 005 |
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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