Missouri Rep. Connie "LaJoyce" Johnson (D)

MO - Legislative Research

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MO - HB2596 Prohibits schools from scheduling make-up days for inclement weather on federal holidays

MO - HB2275 Changes the laws regarding forensic examinations on victims of alleged sexual offenses

MO - HB1998 Changes the laws regarding adoption records

MO - HB1856 Changes the laws regarding the registration of a trademark

MO - HB1432 Expands the crime of tampering with a judicial officer to include juvenile officers and deputy juvenile officers

MO - HB1436 Expands the DNA profiling system by requiring any person 18 years of age or older who is arrested for a felony to provide a biological sample for the purpose of DNA profiling analysis

MO - HB1504 Allows physicians to use expedited partner therapy by dispensing and prescribing medications for partners of persons with certain sexually transmitted diseases who are not their patients

MO - HB1665 Renames the portion of Interstate 70 in St. Louis City which is designated as the "Mark McGwire Highway" to the "John F. Bass Memorial Highway"

MO - HB1667 Establishes the Missouri Homeowners' Protection Act relating to residential mortgage brokers

MO - HB1739 Authorizes the licensure of prescribing psychologists

MO - HB1756 Changes the punishment for counterfeiting and requires the forfeiture of counterfeit goods, the materials and implements used to produce them, and the property used in the commission of the crime

MO - HB1766 Requires counties to accept quarterly payments of real and personal property taxes

MO - HB1768 Requires cities to pay the difference between the amount of the salary and any workers' compensation benefit to certain public safety employees who suffer a traumatic job-related injury

MO - HB1770 Prohibits the Department of Corrections from listing the death of an inmate as natural causes and requires them to report the specific illness or disease which caused the inmate's death

MO - HB1783 Requires the Governor to order the United States flag and the Missouri state flag to be flown at half-staff when any Missouri active-duty military personnel dies during a declared war or conflict

MO - HB1801 Exempts landlords from liability for damage to a person's property that results from enforcement of a judgment granting possession and gives landlords the right to dispose of the property

MO - HB1816 Establishes the Health Care Whistleblower Protection Act to protect certain health care professionals from retaliatory actions by employers for reporting violations regarding improper patient care

MO - HB1868 Requires the eligibility criteria for certain health care benefits to be no more restrictive than those in effect on January 10, 2005

MO - HB1870 Establishes the Commission on the Death Penalty and places a moratorium on all executions until January 1, 2012

MO - HB1987 Changes the laws regarding actions for damages for conduct or speech at public hearings or meetings by including any action brought which results in money damages or litigation expenses

MO - HB2113 Allows the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners to develop a test to measure the ordinary physical strength of commissioned police officers in its jurisdiction

MO - HB2124 Creates the School Safety and School Violence Prevention Fund

MO - HB2260 Re-authorizes the tax credits for qualified research expenses, establishes the annual cap at $10 million, limits the qualified research activities, and requires that the credits be issued

MO - HB2272 Changes the laws regarding sexual education, abortions, and pregnancy prevention

MO - HB2303 Changes the laws regarding the Open Meetings and Records Law, commonly known as the Sunshine Law, to include meetings by a public body making a determination of the retroactive applicability of a law

MO - HB2348 Requires the development of caseload standards by the departments of Health and Senior Services and Mental Health

MO - HB2353 Requires child care facilities to maintain the required local licenses and permits for the operation of a child care facility in order to have a state license to operate a child care facility

MO - HB2436 Adds certain law school clinics representing indigent clients to the list of legal representatives to whom all costs and expenses related to the prosecution may be waived without a motion and court approval

MO - HB2450 Requires each licensed hospital to create a nursing advisory board to establish and implement a standardized acuity-based patient classification system for each direct-care unit

MO - HB2521 Establishes the Missouri Earned Income Tax Credit Act which authorizes an individual income tax credit equal to 20% of any earned income tax credit claimed by the taxpayer on his or her federal income tax return

MO - HJR66 Proposes a constitutional amendment changing the qualifications and process for selecting judges