Missouri Rep. Jay Swearingen (D)

MO - Professional Registration and Licensing (House)

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MO - Terrorism, Bioterrorism, and Homeland Security

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MO - General Laws (House)

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MO - Financial Institutions (House)

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MO - Economic Development (House)

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MO - HB2035 Exempts motorcyclists 21 years of age and older from wearing protective headgear when operating or riding a motorcycle or motortricycle on any state highway

MO - HB2061 Requires that only one license plate be issued for all motor vehicles instead of the current two plates with the exception of property-carrying commercial motor vehicles

MO - HB1261 Designates the pedestrian and bicycle path on the Heart of America Bridge in Kansas City as the "Bob Watts Memorial Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge"

MO - HB1802 Authorizes the City of North Kansas City to impose, upon voter approval, a sales tax to fund public safety improvements

MO - HB1193 Establishes the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Act and changes the laws regarding the prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances

MO - HB1240 Prohibits an employer from using a job applicant's personal credit history as a hiring criteria except where the credit history is shown to be directly related to the position sought by the applicant

MO - HB1265 Establishes the Veteran Workforce Act which requires the Office of Administration to develop rules and regulations ensuring a uniform hiring preference for veterans, disabled veterans, and their spouses

MO - HB1273 Requires the State Board of Education to establish rules to authorize school boards to lease advertising on school buses

MO - HB1279 Establishes the Employment Advertisement Fairness Act which prohibits a person or entity from including in a job advertisement certain statements requiring an applicant to be currently employed

MO - HB1302 Establishes the Capital Green Program to provide funding to the state for energy efficiency improvements to certain state buildings and for geothermal, wind, and solar energy resources

MO - HB1320 Changes the laws regarding campaign contributions

MO - HB1339 Removes the June 30, 2012 expiration date of the provisions requiring every child enrolling in kindergarten or first grade in a public school to receive a comprehensive vision examination

MO - HB1348 Allows any public school to offer courses in ballroom, square, or country dance which must be treated as a qualified fine arts and a physical education activity for academic credit

MO - HB1350 Establishes Nathan's Law which changes the laws regarding child care facilities

MO - HB1353 Allows the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint a student to the University of Missouri Board of Curators who will have full voting rights

MO - HB1406 Changes the laws regarding the use of credit information when underwriting insurance contracts and prohibits insurers from taking adverse actions based on a person's credit report or insurance score

MO - HB1411 Establishes the Task Force on Alternative Confinement for Victims of Human Sex Trafficking within the Department of Public Safety

MO - HB1449 Prohibits the use of economic incentives to attract jobs from Kansas to Missouri if Kansas does likewise or requires Missouri to exceed Kansas's economic development funding in the metropolitan area

MO - HB1500 Changes the laws regarding complaints filed with the Missouri Commission on Human Rights and makes discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation or gender identity unlawful

MO - HB1503 Creates the crimes of assault of a utility worker or an employee of a mass transit system in the first, second, and third degrees

MO - HB1518 Authorizes the licensure of a provisionally licensed behavior analyst and assistant behavior analyst and a temporary licensed behavior analyst and assistant behavior analyst

MO - HB1520 Repeals the provisions which allow for the use of the death penalty and specifies that certain persons sentenced to death must be sentenced to life without eligibility for parole

MO - HB1564 Specifies that any personal identifying information that is utilized in a voluntary registry of persons with health-related ailments to assist them during an emergency is not considered a public record

MO - HB1568 Changes the laws regarding the disclosure of certain foster care licensure information and the provisions regarding the Safe Place for Newborns Act

MO - HB1570 Changes the laws regarding early childhood services

MO - HB1587 Requires that one voting member of the University of Missouri Board of Curators be a student

MO - HB1592 Changes the laws regarding county collectors and a county's special road and bridge levy and establishes the STAR Bonds Financing Act

MO - HB1593 Changes the laws regarding the Missouri New Markets Development Program and establishes the Missouri Angel Investment Incentive Act

MO - HB1597 Changes the laws regarding bullying in schools

MO - HB1606 Establishes the Missouri Earned Income Tax Credit Act authorizing 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 - HB1607 Establishes the Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act which requires hospitals and health care facilities to provide emergency contraception to sexual assault victims

MO - HB1615 Changes the laws regarding actions against a person for conduct or speech at a public hearing or meeting

MO - HB1632 Specifies that a state employee who works 10-hour days and 40 hours per week cannot be required to take two hours of vacation leave for paid holidays

MO - HB1651 Designates the month of October as "Spinal Cord Injury Month" in Missouri

MO - HB1652 Designates the month of May as "Fibromyalgia Month" in Missouri

MO - HB1653 Requires certain tax records to be disclosed to the Missouri Ethics Commission by certain entities who make more than $25,000 in campaign contributions during a year

MO - HB1659 Allows the City of Kansas City to establish a land bank agency for the management, sale, transfer, and other disposition of tax delinquent land to return it to specified effective use

MO - HB1660 Allows for the establishment of an urban agriculture zone

MO - HB1673 Increases the excise tax on cigarettes of 17 cents per pack of 20 cigarettes by 4 cents per pack per year for four years until the excise tax on cigarettes reaches 33 cents per pack

MO - HB1677 Authorizes a person to apply to a court for the expungement of certain criminal records

MO - HB1678 Changes the laws regarding midwifery

MO - HB1709 Establishes the Missouri Works Program

MO - HB1710 Changes the laws regarding tax credits and requires the Department of Economic Development to establish the Missouri Works Training Program

MO - HB1723 Changes the laws regarding the Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit

MO - HB1756 Changes the laws regarding ethics

MO - HB1761 Removes the 10-year statute of limitation for certain actions to recover damages regarding child abuse and sexual offenses committed against a child

MO - HB1782 Designates a portion of State Highway 21 in Iron County as the "Staff Sergeant Norman J. Inman Memorial Highway"

MO - HB1913 Requires the words "Allow 8' For Lift Deployment" to be added to van accessible parking signs

MO - HB1939 Changes the laws regarding conflicts of interest and lobbying, ethics, and campaign finance

MO - HB1957 Allows the Department of Revenue to create an emergency information database for holders of instruction permits, driver's licenses, and non-driver's identification cards

MO - HB2043 Specifies that no further Kansas City school district board elections will be held after July 1, 2013, and allows certain unaccredited school districts to be administered as a renewed school district

MO - HB2044 Establishes the Incentives Regionalization Act to provide economic incentives to induce employers to relocate from Kansas to Missouri or from Missouri to Kansas

MO - HB2077 Establishes the Missouri Yellow Dot Program within the Department of Revenue to provide emergency responders with health and emergency contact information when an individual is in an accident

MO - HB2078 Requires the Children's Division to establish rules to modify the income eligibility criteria for individuals receiving a child care subsidy benefit

MO - HB2081 Changes the laws regarding political activities of a member of the Kansas City Police Department

MO - HR1880 Recognizes various persons and groups for their leading role in restoring healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and other nature resources to abundance

MO - HJR62 Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting a person from serving more than 16 years in the General Assembly in any proportion split between the House of Representatives and the Senate

MO - HCR26 Urges the State of Missouri to recognize the yellow with three stripes heritage and freedom flag as the official flag of the Vietnamese-American community

MO - HCR29 Requests the Adjutant General of the Missouri National Guard to establish a voluntary reporting program for Missouri National Guard members and veterans who have been exposed to depleted uranium