Let us pray for a little child, Kate Lipke, daughter of Representative Scott Lipke of Perry County; the child will have her second heart surgery tomorrow.

Almighty God, Father of all, we pray for this little child. Guide the doctors and nurses who care for her. We pray that Your healing touch provide whatever medical science is unable to provide for the complete healing of this child.

Lord God, we pray for all who suffer from illness or disease, and for those who suffer in this difficult weather.

Today, may we be especially aware of all who suffer. May Your Holy Spirit help us to see the implications of the people's suffering for our work as their Representatives.

May Your Holy Spirit be with us in all our work today and be our protection, and the protection of all who must travel later today.

The Speaker appointed the following to act as Honorary Pages for the Day, to serve without compensation: John "Jack" Shelton and Anne Shelton.

The Journal of the twenty-fourth day was approved as printed by the following vote:

AYES: 129

Aull	Avery	Bivins	Brandom	Bringer
Brown 30	Bruns	Burnett	Casey	Chappelle-Nadal
Corcoran	Cox	Cunningham 145	Curls	Davis
Day	Deeken	Denison	Dethrow	Donnelly
Dougherty	Dusenberg	Emery	Ervin	Faith
Fallert	Fares	Fisher	Frame	Franz
Funderburk	Grill	Guest	Harris 110	Hobbs
Hodges	Holsman	Hoskins	Hughes	Hunter
Icet	Johnson	Jones 89	Jones 117	Kelly
Kingery	Komo	Kraus	Kuessner	Lampe
Lembke	LeVota	Liese	Lipke	Low 39
Marsh	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
Roorda	Rucker	Ruestman	Ruzicka	Salva
Sander	Scavuzzo	Schaaf	Schad	Scharnhorst
Schieffer	Schlottach	Schneider	Schoeller	Self
Shively	Silvey	Smith 14	Smith 150	Spreng
Stevenson	St. Onge	Storch	Stream	Sutherland
Swinger	Thomson	Threlkeld	Tilley	Todd
Viebrock	Villa	Wallace	Walsh	Walton
Wasson	Wells	Weter	Whorton	Wildberger
Wilson 119	Wilson 130	Witte	Wood	Wright 159
Yates	Zimmerman	Zweifel	Mr Speaker

NOES: 003

Lowe 44	Talboy	Vogt

PRESENT: 001

Darrough

ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 025

Baker 25	Baker 123	Bland	Brown 50	Cooper 120
Cooper 155	Cunningham 86	Daus	Dixon	El-Amin
Flook	George	Grisamore	Harris 23	Haywood
Hubbard	Loehner	May	Robinson	Sater
Schoemehl	Skaggs	Wright-Jones	Yaeger	Young

VACANCIES: 005

SCS SB 724, SB 801, SB 820, SB 845, SS SCS SB 931, SCS SB 935 and SB 943 were read the second time.

HCS HJR 55, relating to religious freedom in public places, was taken up by Representative McGhee.

On motion of Representative McGhee, HCS HJR 55 was read the third time and passed by the following vote:

AYES: 132

Aull	Avery	Baker 123	Bivins	Brandom
Bringer	Brown 30	Bruns	Casey	Chappelle-Nadal
Cooper 120	Cooper 155	Corcoran	Cox	Cunningham 145
Cunningham 86	Darrough	Davis	Day	Deeken
Denison	Dethrow	Dixon	Dusenberg	El-Amin
Emery	Ervin	Faith	Fallert	Fares
Fisher	Flook	Frame	Franz	Funderburk
George	Grill	Grisamore	Guest	Harris 110
Hobbs	Hodges	Holsman	Hoskins	Hubbard
Hunter	Icet	Jones 89	Jones 117	Kelly
Kingery	Komo	Kraus	Kuessner	Lampe
Lembke	LeVota	Liese	Lipke	Marsh
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	Roorda
Rucker	Ruestman	Ruzicka	Salva	Sander
Sater	Scavuzzo	Schaaf	Schad	Scharnhorst
Schieffer	Schlottach	Schneider	Schoeller	Self
Shively	Silvey	Smith 14	Smith 150	Stevenson
St. Onge	Storch	Stream	Sutherland	Swinger
Talboy	Thomson	Threlkeld	Tilley	Todd
Viebrock	Wallace	Walsh	Walton	Wasson
Wells	Weter	Wildberger	Wilson 119	Wilson 130
Witte	Wood	Wright 159	Yates	Zimmerman
Zweifel	Mr Speaker

NOES: 011

Burnett	Curls	Daus	Hughes	Johnson
Low 39	Lowe 44	Oxford	Villa	Vogt
Wright-Jones

PRESENT: 002

Spreng	Whorton

ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 013

Baker 25	Bland	Brown 50	Donnelly	Dougherty
Harris 23	Haywood	Loehner	Robinson	Schoemehl
Skaggs	Yaeger	Young

VACANCIES: 005

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Budget, to which was referred HB 2014, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that the House Committee Substitute Do Pass, and pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) be referred to the Committee on Rules.

Mr. Speaker: Your Special Committee on Family Services, to which was referred HCR 19, 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.

WHEREAS, Missouri needs a foundational, centralized, guiding document that clarifies the state's interpretation of existing laws and practices relating to educating children who are deaf and hard of hearing; and

WHEREAS, Missouri needs to clarify standard educational principles for educators and administrators, and to provide ongoing direction to policymakers so that children who are deaf and hard of hearing will not be left behind in our educational system; and

WHEREAS, deaf and hard of hearing children have the same right and potential to become as independent and self-actualizing as their hearing peers:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-fourth General Assembly, Second Regular Session, the Senate concurring therein, hereby endorse the "Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children's Bill of Rights" as follows:

(1) Children who are deaf or hard of hearing are entitled to appropriate screening and assessment of hearing capabilities, communication, and language needs at the earliest possible age and to the continuation of screening services throughout the educational experience;

(2) Children who are deaf or hard of hearing are entitled to early intervention to provide for acquisition of solid language bases developed at the earliest possible age;

(3) Children who are deaf or hard of hearing are entitled to their parents' or guardians' full and informed participation in their educational planning;

(4) Children who are deaf or hard of hearing benefit from interaction with adult role models who are deaf or hard of hearing;

(5) Children who are deaf or hard of hearing benefit from interacting with their deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing peers;

(6) Children who are deaf or hard of hearing are entitled to qualified teachers, interpreters, and resource personnel who communicate effectively with each child in that child's preferred mode of communication;

(7) Children who are deaf or hard of hearing are entitled to placement best suited to each child's individual needs, including but not limited to social, emotional, and cultural needs, with consideration for the child's age, degree of hearing loss, academic level, mode of communication, style of learning, motivational level, and amount of family support;

(8) Children who are deaf or hard of hearing are entitled to individual considerations for free, appropriate education across a full spectrum of educational programs;

(9) Children who are deaf or hard of hearing are entitled to full support services provided by qualified professionals in their educational settings;

(10) Children who are deaf or hard of hearing are entitled to full access to all programs in their educational settings;

(11) Children who are deaf or hard of hearing are entitled to have the public fully informed concerning medical, cultural, and linguistic issues of deafness and hearing loss;

(12) Children who are deaf or hard of hearing benefit by having deaf and hard of hearing adults involved in determining the extent, content, and purpose of programs that affect their education; and

(13) Children who are deaf or hard of hearing are entitled to free and unrestricted communication with others who communicate in their same language mode. The child's preferred mode of communication should be respected in order to attain the highest education possible for that individual in an appropriate environment; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that notwithstanding any of the above principles, nothing in this resolution shall require:

(1) Individual school districts to ensure the availability of a specific number of deaf or hard of hearing peers; or

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives be instructed to prepare properly inscribed copies of this resolution for each member of the Missouri Congressional Delegation.

Mr. Speaker: Your Special Committee on Retirement, to which was referred HB 2055, 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 2056, 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 State Parks and Waterways, to which was referred HB 1715, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that the House Committee Substitute Do Pass, and pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) be referred to the Committee on Rules.

Mr. Speaker: Your Special Committee on Student Achievement, to which was referred HB 1886, 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.

Special Committee on Workforce Development and Workplace Safety, Chairman Hunter reporting:

Mr. Speaker: Your Special Committee on Workforce Development and Workplace Safety, to which was referred HB 2041, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that the House Committee Substitute Do Pass - Federal Mandate, and pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f) be referred to the Committee on Rules.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, to which was referred HCS HB 1314, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it <