Missouri Rep. Galen Higdon (R)

MO - Judiciary (House)

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Member

MO - Ways and Means (House)

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Vice Chair

MO - Appropriations - Public Safety and Corrections (House)

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Member

MO - Crime Prevention and Public Safety (House)

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Member

MO - 911 Access (House)

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Member

MO - HR1452 Requests the Department of Health and Senior Services to assess chronic disease management of stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation

MO - HB719 Requires one cent from the six cent fee that is deposited into the Missouri Wine and Grape Fund to be deposited into the newly created Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control Enforcement Fund

MO - HB909 Changes the laws regarding a landowner's liability relating to an individual trespassing on the owner's land

MO - HCR50 Requests the Department of Health and Senior Services to assess chronic disease management of stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation

MO - HB109 Repeals the provisions allowing the State Treasurer to invest in any linked deposit for specified purposes only for certain time periods

MO - HB114 Requires only persons younger than 21 years of age to wear protective headgear when operating or riding as a passenger on any motorcycle or motortricycle

MO - HB123 Prohibits the sales tax on firearms or ammunition from being levied at a higher rate than for any sales tax or other excise tax charged on any sporting goods or equipment or any hunting equipment

MO - HB124 Allows an electrical company to recover from ratepayers the costs associated with early site development for certain electrical generation facilities

MO - HB125 Allows a resident of Missouri to purchase a firearm in any state and a resident of any state to purchase a firearm in Missouri if he or she conforms to certain laws

MO - HB234 Requires law enforcement agencies maintaining the Missouri Uniform Law Enforcement System to include certain child custody and visitation information when entering an order of protection

MO - HB303 Changes the laws regarding members of the military, military spouses, and veterans

MO - HB385 Extends the expiration date for an income tax credit for a contribution to a pregnancy resource center to August 28, 2023

MO - HB408 Reduces the corporate income tax rate from 6.25% to 3.125%, authorizes an additional sales tax of .494%, and eliminates the corporate franchise tax beginning January 1, 2013

MO - HB488 Requires driver's license examinations to only be administered in English and establishes a $15 fee for an applicant to take the written portion of the examination

MO - HB511 Establishes the Every Child Can Learn Act which requires all St. Louis City public schools to use a response-to-intervention tiered approach to reading instruction for certain struggling students

MO - HB549 Prohibits the use of global positioning systems or other technology to monitor the mileage traveled by any motor vehicle in order to impose any mileage tax

MO - HB599 Removes the requirement that the crime of sexual contact with a student be committed while on public school property

MO - HB604 Establishes a task force on foster care recruitment, licensing, and retention and the Missouri State Foster Care and Adoption Board and changes the laws regarding parental rights and foster care placements

MO - HB639 Requires each school district to establish a comprehensive program for student academic progression

MO - HB652 Expands the crime of assault of a law enforcement officer, corrections officer, emergency personnel, highway worker in a construction or work zone, or probation and parole officer to include a health care worker

MO - HB658 Reclassifies some forms of methamphetamine precursor drugs from Schedule IV and V controlled substances to Schedule III requiring a prescription to be known as the Meth Lab Elimination Act

MO - HB683 Changes the laws regarding the Safe Place for Newborns Act by increasing the number of days that a parent can relinquish physical custody of a newborn without being prosecuted

MO - HB692 Requires the Missouri Supreme Court when reviewing any case in which the death penalty is imposed to determine whether the sentence is excessive or disproportionate to the penalty in similar cases

MO - HB693 Revises the punishment for the crime of receiving stolen property

MO - HB708 Changes the laws regarding violations of the public policy of Missouri when decisions are based on foreign law or legal code

MO - HB743 Expands the crime of sexual contact with a student to include sexual contact made while not on public school property and adds an elected official of the district to the list of persons to whom it applies

MO - HB760 Adds a member of a fire department who works full-time as a fire investigator to the list of individuals who are exempt from the prohibition on carrying a concealed firearm under certain conditions

MO - HB778 Allows certain persons to carry concealed firearms in the State Capitol Building or at a meeting of the General Assembly if they have a valid concealed carry endorsement

MO - HB783 Requires $2 from every business registration fee collected by the Secretary of State to be deposited into the Missouri Small Business Development Centers Fund

MO - HB786 Gives preference in the awarding of a fee office contract to a tax exempt organization whose primary administrative office is in the same county or legislative district as the fee office

MO - HB790 Prohibits any person who holds a permit issued by the Water Patrol Division to host specified activities on any waters of the state from knowingly violating any term of the permit

MO - HB792 Authorizes the State Highway Patrol to sell surplus watercraft, watercraft motors, and trailers as well as vehicles

MO - HB795 Designates the second Friday in March as "Missouri School Read-In Day"

MO - HB831 Establishes the Do-Not-Offer Statewide Registry Act which requires the creation of a database of elderly Missouri residents who object to receiving direct mail marketing

MO - HB833 Specifies that a statement offering a coupon, sales price, rebate, or discount for an alcoholic beverage will be legal in advertising as long as the final retail price is not below the wholesale cost

MO - HB837 Requires all inmates receiving on-site medical examination or treatment from correctional center personnel to be charged 50 cents per visit

MO - HB842 Designates the exercise commonly known as "jumping jacks" as the official state exercise

MO - HB843 Authorizes the City of St. Joseph to impose, upon voter approval, a sales tax of up to 0.5% for the operation of public safety departments

MO - HB865 Specifies that the requirement that every person operating or riding on a motorcycle on any state highway wear protective headgear will not apply from August 1 through August 21 of each year

MO - HB874 Changes the laws regarding ex parte orders and orders of protection

MO - HB888 Requires the issuance of a 30-day temporary nondriver's license in order for the Department of Revenue to verify the identity and citizenship of the applicant

MO - HB894 Changes the laws regarding midwifery

MO - HB901 Prohibits the issuance of a tax credit under certain programs for an otherwise qualifying job under certain circumstances when the jobs are relocated from a contiguous state

MO - HB918 Establishes the Freedom to Choose Trash Collection Services Act which requires voter approval of any contact with a single-source provider of trash collection in certain cities, towns, and villages

MO - HB931 Establishes a funeral demonstration zone, creates the Family Funeral Victimization Fund, and makes it unlawful for a person to demonstrate in a funeral demonstration zone without obtaining a permit

MO - HB935 Requires out-of-state persons or groups who wish to protest a funeral in this state pay, prior to the protest, a $25,000 fee to local law enforcement agency in area where the protest will be held

MO - HB957 Establishes the Ratepayer Fairness Act which allows an aluminum smelting facility to keep any special utility rate at the ratepayer class as long as it employs 200 employees

MO - HB1008 Allows the Highways and Transportation Commission to enter into infrastructure improvement agreements to reimburse funds advanced for the benefit of a county, political subdivision, or private entity

MO - HR1826 Supports the work of Missouri's pregnancy resource centers and maternity homes in providing outstanding service to women and families

MO - HJR2 Proposes a constitutional amendment guaranteeing a citizen's right to pray and worship on public property and reaffirming a citizen's right to choose any or no religion

MO - HJR5 Proposes a constitutional amendment guaranteeing citizens the right to hunt, fish, trap, and harvest wildlife using traditionally approved devices or methods

MO - HJR26 Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting state government from recognizing, enforcing, or acting in furtherance of certain actions of the federal government

MO - HJR27 Proposes a constitutional amendment specifying that the right of every citizen to possess, purchase ammunition, and any parts or articles for the proper functioning of arms must not be infringed

MO - HJR29 Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the State Lottery Commission to develop and sell a Veterans Lottery Ticket to support the Veterans Commission Capital Improvement Trust Fund

MO - HJR31 Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting a state court from using any international law or Sharia law

MO - HJR34 Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting anyone elected to the General Assembly after November 1, 2008, from serving more than 12 years in any one house nor more than 24 years total in both houses

MO - HCR14 Designates February 6, 2011, as "Ronald Reagan Day" in Missouri in honor of the 100th anniversary of the birth of our 40th President of the United States

MO - HCR34 Urges the United States Forest Service to amend or rescind the Travel Management Rule which restricts motor vehicle access in Mark Twain National Forest

MO - HCR45 Urges the President of the United States and the United States Congress to uphold and defend the federal Defense of Marriage Act

MO - HCR48 Strongly urges the United States Congress to support the Pea Ridge Mine in the extraction of thorium and the development of refineries for thorium power plants

MO - SCR12 Urges the MO HealthNet Division to pursue the feasibility of implementing a program to assess chronic disease management of stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation