Missouri Rep. James Whorton (D)

MO - Budget (House)

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MO - Appropriations - Agriculture and Natural Resources (House)

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MO - General Laws (House)

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MO - Agriculture Policy (House)

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MO - Veterans (House)

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MO - Agri-business (House)

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MO - HB1445 Requires all diesel fuel sold after January 1, 2008, to contain at least 2% biodiesel fuel oil by volume

MO - HB1446 Allows the Department of Agriculture to exempt the Department of Transportation from the requirement regarding the use of B-20 biodiesel fuel in Department of Transportation vehicles and equipment

MO - HB976 Allows military veterans to present a valid military service record noting honorable discharge as proof of lawful presence for the purpose of obtaining a driver's permit or license

MO - HB1081 Requires purchasers of all-terrain vehicles to be treated in the same manner as motor vehicles for the purpose of transfer, titling, perfection of liens, and the collection of all taxes and fees

MO - HJR44 Proposes a constitutional amendment exempting from taxation one motor vehicle of any active-duty military personnel under certain conditions

MO - HB977 Authorizes the at-large election of board of aldermen members in certain cities of the fourth class

MO - HB978 Establishes the Vietnam War Medallion Program

MO - HB982 Changes the laws regarding disciplinary action taken against licensed nurses

MO - HB985 Establishes the Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2006 and requires certification of trade associations for the purpose of providing health insurance to their members

MO - HB987 Authorizes a physician assistant or an advanced practice nurse to prescribe a schedule V controlled substance under the collaborative practice agreement

MO - HB988 Allows a physician assistant or an advanced practice nurse to issue a physician's statement for disabled license plates and placards under the collaborative practice agreement

MO - HB1000 Adds certified nurse practitioners to the list of health care providers authorized to issue a physician's statement for the purpose of obtaining a disabled license plate

MO - HB1027 Requires all motor fuel sold in Missouri for use in gasoline-powered vehicles to contain 90% gasoline and 10% fuel ethanol

MO - HB1032 Authorizes a court to order the sale of firearms and ammunition used in the commission of a crime

MO - HB1038 Authorizes an advanced practice registered nurse to prescribe a controlled substance listed in schedule II, III, IV, or V under the collaborative practice agreement

MO - HB1046 Requires insurers providing medical malpractice insurance to health care providers to establish premiums based on the average judgment in medical malpractice cases by county

MO - HB1047 Authorizes a physician assistant or an advanced practice nurse to prescribe, administer, and dispense a controlled substance containing ephedrine and pseudoephedrine

MO - HB1067 Requires persons arrested for the manufacture or distribution of drugs to appear before a judge prior to being released on bond

MO - HB1073 Exempts motor fuel used in school buses from motor fuel tax when driven to transport students for educational purposes

MO - HB1085 Allows certain health insurance plans to be available as a state-qualified health coverage option for purposes of the federal health coverage tax credit

MO - HB1087 Creates notice and reporting requirements, public market rates, and presumptions for the Department of Insurance and entities providing medical malpractice and professional negligence insurance

MO - HB1088 Allows enrollees to pay the lower of the copayment assigned by the health maintenance organization or health insurer or the usual and customary retail price of the prescription drug

MO - HB1089 Provides insurance coverage for phase I and phase II clinical trials for cancer treatment

MO - HB1090 Establishes the Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Quality Assurance Act of 2006 and requires credentialing of sonographers and vascular technologists

MO - HB1102 Authorizes an advance practice nurse to prescribe a controlled substance listed in schedule II, III, IV, or V under the collaborative practice agreement

MO - HB1103 Creates a presumption in certain circumstances that a person using deadly force has a reasonable fear of death or harm and allows that person immunity in certain circumstances for use of defensive force

MO - HB1104 Allows rural empowerment zones to exist in any county with 12,500 or fewer residents

MO - HB1105 Exempts military personnel on active duty and their spouses from being required to renew their driver's licenses while they are stationed outside the United States

MO - HB1108 Requires a person who commits sexual crimes against children younger than 12 years of age to serve a minimum of three years in prison before being placed on probation or parole

MO - HB1115 Expands liability protection for school employees and volunteers

MO - HB1118 Allows for the deployment of health care professionals licensed, registered, or certified in this or any adjoining state in an emergency and provides them immunity from civil damages

MO - HB1121 Allows Missouri residents to deduct from their taxable income 100% of all non-reimbursed amounts paid for long-term care insurance premiums

MO - HB1122 Allows a deduction from individual income tax for real property taxes paid by retired taxpayers and exempts certain income for certain retired residents from income taxation

MO - HB1123 Changes the laws regarding workers' compensation benefits for certain diseases resulting in exposure to certain occupational hazards

MO - HB1124 Changes the laws regarding the notification requirements for the continuation of child support when a child is attending a higher education institution

MO - HB1125 Requires manufacturers of certain toxic household products to add an aversion agent to the product as a poison prevention measure and establishes the Poison Prevention Task Force to provide oversight

MO - HB1126 Imposes a $2 surcharge on dissolution of marriage cases for deposit in the Child Advocacy Center Fund which is created to provide financial support for child advocacy centers

MO - HB1127 Changes the laws regarding the release of personal information to unauthorized persons

MO - HB1128 Adds certain types of cancer to the list of diseases presumed incurred during the line of duty for the purpose of retirement benefits for firefighters

MO - HB1130 Requires professional fundraisers to maintain certain records for a period of three years

MO - HB1131 Changes the laws regarding telephone solicitations

MO - HB1137 Establishes the Clean American Fuel Board and creates the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Revolving Fund

MO - HB1149 Authorizes the Board of Fund Commissioners, in addition to the amounts authorized prior to August 28, 2005, to issue bonds for grants and loans under Article III of the Missouri Consitution

MO - HB1153 Changes the membership of the Elevator Safety Board

MO - HB1203 Expands the crime of property damage in the first degree to include knowingly damaging another person's motor vehicle while making entry to steal the vehicle or something within the vehicle

MO - HB1255 Requires operators or riders of motorcycles and motortricycles who are younger than 21 years of age to wear protective headgear

MO - HB1264 Requires developers to comply with tax increment financing agreements

MO - HB1269 Requires children enrolling in kindergarten or first grade in a public school to receive a vision examination

MO - HB1272 Changes the preference requirements for Missouri businesses in letting state purchasing contracts

MO - HB1293 Creates the Missouri Uniform Communications Act for Homeland Security, requires certain purchases to meet certain standards, and requires the Governor to submit a homeland security spending report

MO - HB1299 Requires notification of a landowner and local law enforcement agency prior to a private entity entering onto property to investigate the use of genetically modified organism agricultural products

MO - HB1336 Requires the Department of Revenue to award fee office contracts with a priority given to school districts and charitable organizations over individuals in a competitive bid process

MO - HB1345 Increases the limit in small claims court from $3,000 to $5,000

MO - HB1347 Requires students at public institutions of higher education to take certain American history and American literature courses

MO - HB1354 Increases the property tax relief for the senior citizens' program known as circuit breaker

MO - HB1365 Prohibits the Missouri Development Finance Board from granting tax credits or loan guarantees to professional athletic teams or sports authorities

MO - HB1371 Establishes the Missouri Worker's Freedom Act which prohibits employers from requiring employees to participate in communications regarding the employer's opinions on religious or political matters

MO - HB1374 Changes the restrictions regarding the liability of a landowner who invites or permits persons to use the land for recreational purposes to include state-administered recreational access programs

MO - HB1380 Establishes the Missouri Public-Private Partnerships Transportation Act to allow a private partner to finance, develop, and/or operate a toll bridge between Illinois and Missouri in St. Louis

MO - HB1390 Requires board members of ambulance districts to complete educational training on their duties

MO - HB1396 Allows for a special license plate for members of the Disabled American Veterans

MO - HB1398 Changes the laws regarding military facilities and personnel

MO - HB1399 Establishes a priority among family members for the release of any information, records, or documents regarding a person who has died

MO - HB1400 Adds cases dealing with the placement of a child in adoption and foster care to the types of cases given priority for expedited proceedings

MO - HB1401 Provides whistle-blower protections for persons reporting Medicaid fraud

MO - HB1407 Changes the process for registering securities

MO - HB1420 Changes the laws regarding the regulation of state and private mental health facilities

MO - HB1421 Establishes the Safe Staffing and Quality Care Accountability Act for Veterans Homes and the Safe Staffing and Quality Care Accountability Act for Mental Health Facilities

MO - HB1423 Changes the definition of "security" in the laws regulating securities so that the sale of variable annuities will be regulated by the Secretary of State

MO - HB1425 Designates the Table Rock Lake bridge on Highway 39 in the City of Shell Knob as the "State Senator Larry Gene Taylor Memorial Bridge"

MO - HB1426 Establishes the Wholesale Water and Sewer Authority Act which allows for the creation of a wholesale water and sewer authority as a political subdivision of the state

MO - HB1434 Changes the laws regarding the registration of a trademark

MO - HB1436 Allows an adopted person at least 18 years old to receive a certified copy of his or her original birth certificate

MO - HB1443 Changes the laws regarding criminal securities fraud and sets a minimum penalty when committed against the elderly or disabled

MO - HB1455 Changes the maximum funding allowed for the Utilicare Stabilization Fund from $5 million to $10 million

MO - HB1461 Changes the laws regarding defensive use of force

MO - HB1462 Allows residential and business cell phone numbers to be added to the telemarketing No-Call List

MO - HB1489 Makes the use of a wireless electronic recording device in a polling place an election offense

MO - HB1501 Increases the penalty for identity theft

MO - HB1524 Allows a corporation to biennially file its corporate registration report with the Secretary of State

MO - HB1533 Prohibits, prior to January 1, 2007, the use of eminent domain and the granting of tax abatements for property in a tax increment financing project for which eminent domain has been utilized

MO - HB1534 Provides funding for umbilical cord blood banks and non-fetal human stem cell research

MO - HB1546 Authorizes a sales tax exemption on the purchase of coffins, caskets, burial vaults, or other funeral merchandise

MO - HB1547 Creates the crime of aggravated fraudulent transmission of multiple commercial e-mail messages and changes the laws regarding unsolicited commercial e-mail

MO - HB1548 Allows residential and business cell phone numbers to be added to the telemarketing No-Call List

MO - HB1549 Allows a miltary veteran to submit a certificate of release or discharge from active duty instead of a birth certificate as proof of lawful presence when obtaining a driver's or nondriver's license

MO - HB1553 Establishes the Missouri Blasting Safety Act

MO - HB1557 Prohibits a person from intentionally smelling or inhaling the fumes of or inducing or aiding another person in the use or sale of specified solvents

MO - HB1566 Requires employers to pay employees equal wages for equal work regardless of employee's gender

MO - HB1576 Establishes a quality rating system for child care facilities, early childhood programs, and before and after school care programs

MO - HB1586 Prohibits consumer reporting agencies from determining a consumer's credit risk score based on the number of inquiries posted on a consumer's credit file

MO - HB1587 Requires sheriffs to immediately issue a permit to acquire handguns to anyone who possesses a valid concealed carry permit if the person had not undergone any change in status to make him or her ineligible

MO - HB1594 Exempts military retirement benefits from state income tax

MO - HB1599 Changes the laws regarding health insurance coverage for formulas and products used in the treatment of inherited metabolic diseases

MO - HB1604 Creates the crimes of obtaining or using telephone or cellular phone call logs with the intent to deceive or defraud and purchasing, selling, or obtaining call logs without a person's consent

MO - HB1605 Repeals the laws that provide certain utilities the opportunity to apply for alternate rate schedules under a variety of circumstances

MO - HB1606 Requires that all state service contracts awarded after August 28, 2006, must include specifications that employees of contractors or subcontractors be citizens of the United States

MO - HB1639 Prohibits the Governor from using his or her emergency powers to confiscate firearms or revoke a permit to carry any firearm

MO - HB1640 Requires all animal-driven vehicles to be equipped with conspicuity reflective tape across the entire length of the rear of the vehicle

MO - HB1694 Requires the State of Missouri to provide Missouri National Guard personnel called into active duty with a $250,000 term life insurance death benefit

MO - HB1704 Exempts individuals who are 65 years of age or older from the lawful presence requirements for the renewal of driver's licenses, permits, or nondriver's licenses

MO - HB1709 Requires the removal of all emergency lights, sirens, and decals designating a vehicle as an emergency vehicle prior to selling or consigning the vehicle unless it is sold to another safety agency

MO - HB1730 Requires the posting of a bond as a condition for the issuance of a permit when constructing temporary or permanent water treatment facilities using new kinds of wastewater treatment technology

MO - HB1751 Revises the laws regarding concealable firearms

MO - HB1752 Specifies that no business can prohibit the storage of firearms and other weapons in a locked employee-owned vehicle

MO - HB1754 Establishes the Associate Degree Transfer Incentive Scholarship Program to provide scholarships to Missouri students who transfer to a four-year institution of higher education

MO - HB1762 Exempts a person who presents proof of permanent disability from the United States Veterans Administration from the four-year certification requirement for renewal of disabled license plates

MO - HB1782 Establishes the Missouri Economic Development Code

MO - HB1787 Establishes the Guard at Home Program to assist the spouse of an active-duty National Guard or reservist with immediate needs and employment to prevent the family from falling into poverty

MO - HB1795 Changes the laws regarding public school retirement systems

MO - HB1817 Prohibits the Governor from using his or her emergency powers to confiscate firearms or revoke a permit to carry any firearm

MO - HB1820 Authorizes an income tax deduction for tuition paid to a Missouri public institution of higher education

MO - HB1833 Designates the crayfish as the official state invertebrate

MO - HB1834 Establishes the Advisory Council for the Education of Gifted Children to provide advice and consultation regarding educational programs and activities for gifted children

MO - HB1845 Allows the Missouri Veterans Commission to issue $1 million annually in matching grants for veterans' service officer programs

MO - HB1847 Modifies the proration factor for the school foundation formula

MO - HB1890 Requires fuel ethanol and qualified biodiesel producers to be residents of Missouri to qualify for certain production incentive grants

MO - HB1895 Revises the crime of stealing any animal to include any animal considered livestock

MO - HB1905 Authorizes the Family Support Division to assist certain elderly individuals who qualify for the federal Food Stamp Program in obtaining supplemental food stamps

MO - HB1907 Designates a portion of Interstate 44 in St. Louis County as the "Trooper Ralph Tatoian Memorial Highway"

MO - HB1944 Changes the laws regarding the use of eminent domain

MO - HB1946 Requires the City of St. Louis to report to the Children's Division when students younger than 17 years of age incur 15 or more absences

MO - HB1954 Changes the laws regarding damages to an animal facility for which criminal penalties are imposed

MO - HB1958 Requires New Madrid County to distribute the general county sales tax revenue in a certain proportion between the county and its cities, towns, and villages

MO - HB1959 Authorizes the City of St. Louis to impose a sales tax of up to 0.5% for the operation of public safety departments

MO - HB1988 Designates the white-tailed deer as the official state game animal

MO - HB2003 Establishes the Missouri Middle Class Tax Cut Act

MO - HB2024 Prohibits human cloning

MO - HB2073 Requires the development of caseload standards for the departments of Health and Senior Services and Mental Health

MO - HB2082 Requires hospitals to compile and post daily staffing information in patient care areas of each unit of the hospital

MO - HB2098 Changes the laws regarding the investigation of fraud and abuse in Missouri's Medicaid Program

MO - HJR35 Proposes a constitutional amendment exempting veterans' organizations from property tax