Missouri Rep. Kurt Bahr (R)

MO - Children and Families (House)

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Vice Chair

MO - Small Business (House)

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Member

MO - Elementary and Secondary Education (House)

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Member

MO - Veterans (House)

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Member

MO - Appropriations - Transportation and Economic Development (House)

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Member

MO - HB1534 Declares the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as unauthorized by the United States Constitution and creates criminal penalties for persons enforcing or attempting to enforce the act

MO - HR1365 Urges the Turkish government to uphold and safeguard religious and human rights to its citizens and to respect the property and human rights of all religious and faith traditions

MO - HJR72 Proposes a constitutional amendment specifying that each citizen has an inherent liberty that includes being able to make decisions regarding lawful health care-related services or products

MO - HB1381 Prohibits the use of a global positioning system or other technology to monitor the mileage traveled by a motor vehicle in order to impose any mileage tax

MO - HB1380 Prohibits a property owners' association from preventing a property owner from placing political yard signs on his or her property

MO - HB1379 Allows a business subscriber to place its telephone number on the state's No-call List

MO - HCR50 Urges the United States Congress to propose the Parental Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution to the states for ratification

MO - HB1784 Adds an exemption to the real estate agent licensing laws for any communication regarding real estate made by an unlicensed entity which is not proven to be false or misleading

MO - HB1708 Prohibits the State Board of Education from adopting and the implementation of the standards for public schools developed by the Common Core Standards Initiative

MO - HB2068 Prohibits the payment of any professional membership dues of any school administrator or superintendent from the incidental fund or teachers fund of a school district

MO - HCR34 Rejects any policies and procedures that would be incumbent on Missouri based on the Common Core Standards Initiative required for participation in Race to the Top

MO - HB1141 Changes the laws regarding the "Don't Tread on Me" special license plate

MO - HB1230 Allows an employer or labor organization to obtain a political contribution through a payroll deduction if the employee or member consents to the contribution in writing annually

MO - HB1239 Exempts the residential property of individuals 70 years of age or older from increases in assessed valuation that are not from new construction or improvements and from rate increases

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

MO - HB1274 Establishes the Abortion-inducing Drugs Safety Act which places restrictions on abortion-inducing drugs

MO - HB1275 Specifies the timeframe for the resubmission of a ballot issue in certain instances and the necessary percentage of approval for it to become effective

MO - HB1276 Requires the State Board of Education and other public school entities to encourage students to explore scientific questions and to assist teaching of scientific theories of biological or chemical evolution

MO - HB1307 Authorizes a county to amend its budget to reflect any increases or decreases in revenues that could not have been estimated or anticipated when the budget was adopted

MO - HB1310 Authorizes an exemption for motor fuel used exclusively for watercraft in this state from the motor fuel tax

MO - HB1315 Requires a leave to be granted to state employees and certain other employees who are members of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary when performing authorized military duties

MO - HB1316 Changes the laws regarding public utilities and creates the Public Counsel Fund

MO - HB1319 Changes the laws regarding weapons

MO - HB1342 Changes the laws regarding the recovery of costs and attorney fees by the prevailing defendant in a civil action

MO - HB1357 Specifies that the constitutions and laws of the United States and Missouri must protect the rights of an alternatives-to-abortion agency and its officers to freely engage in activities without interference

MO - HB1365 Prohibits a felon from qualifying as a candidate for elected office in cities of the fourth classification

MO - HB1371 Changes the laws regarding collaborative practice arrangements and advanced practice registered nurses

MO - HB1390 Establishes the Family Business Growth Act which allows up to two members of an employer's family to opt out of workers' compensation insurance

MO - HB1422 Revises the laws regarding DNA profiling analysis

MO - HB1424 Authorizes the State Highway Patrol to sell surplus watercraft, watercraft motors, and trailers as well as vehicles

MO - HB1435 Repeals the provisions which allow a pregnancy resource center tax credit to be transferred and the provisions regarding its sunset on August 28, 2012

MO - HB1491 Requires a mandatory reporter of child abuse and neglect to make a report and removes the option of causing a report to be made

MO - HB1494 Requires any entity receiving state funds to publish the name and compensation of each lobbyist employed by the entity and the name and membership dues paid to any other entity

MO - HB1512 Establishes the Civil Liberties Defense Act which specifies how courts may rule in contractual disputes involving the laws of other countries and in jurisdictional issues involving other countries

MO - HB1528 Establishes the Intersection Safety Act regarding automated traffic enforcement systems

MO - HB1541 Specifies that anyone providing or participating in a medical procedure or research cannot be required to provide or participate in the activity if it violates his or her conscience or principles

MO - HB1542 Requires the Director of the Department of Revenue to enter into the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement and changes the laws regarding taxation

MO - HB1550 Establishes the Capitalism Education and Awareness Act and the Capitalism Education and Awareness Commission within the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

MO - HB1608 Repeals provisions and sections of law regarding unfunded and obsolete programs and establishes expiration dates for specified provisions

MO - HB1636 Allows certain cities, town, and villages to elect to have only certain municipal ordinance violations heard by an associate circuit court or county municipal court

MO - HB1637 Establishes the Missouri Sound Money Act of 2012 which changes the laws regarding legal tender

MO - HB1638 Repeals the authority of political subdivisions to regulate the open carrying of firearms and requires local ordinances regarding the discharge of firearms to incorporate statutory justifications

MO - HB1670 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 - HB1672 Changes the auditing requirement for a law enforcement agency on the proceeds from federal forfeitures to only a reporting requirement

MO - HB1678 Changes the laws regarding midwifery

MO - HB1683 Requires emergency dispatch operators to receive training on state laws regarding self defense and defense of others

MO - HB1687 Designates the portion of State Route C that crosses over U. S. Highway 79 in Lincoln County as the "LCPL Patrick W. Schimmel Memorial Highway"

MO - HB1693 Changes the laws regarding the approval of a redevelopment plan involving tax increment financing in St. Louis County, St. Charles County, and Jefferson County and its cities, towns, and villages

MO - HB1717 Changes the laws regarding the withholding tax filing requirements and income tax deductions for certain small businesses

MO - HB1732 Changes the laws regarding the required number of days and hours in a school calendar, the earliest opening and latest closing day of a school year, and the testing window for state assessments

MO - HB1744 Designates the month of November as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month in Missouri

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

MO - HB1785 Allows a member of the National Rifle Association to obtain a National Rifle Association special license plate

MO - HB1786 Allows a member of the National Wild Turkey Federation to obtain a National Wild Turkey Federation special license plate

MO - HB1823 Prohibits specified companies from benefitting from a tax increment financing project

MO - HB1826 Allows the Board of Probation and Parole to conduct a hearing with an offender by means of a videoconference and authorizes the establishment of a mental health assessment process as a pilot program

MO - HB1834 Establishes the Extracurricular and Interscholastic Opportunities Anti-Discrimination Act

MO - HB1835 Removes the exemption from sales tax on the sales of newspaper supplies and equipment and requires that revenue to be used to pay for health care costs of certain blind individuals

MO - HB1876 Requires the establishment of a process by which a student in an unaccredited district who is enrolled in a public school that is not A+ designated can receive reimbursement under the A+ Schools Program

MO - HB1903 Requires the Department of Social Services to seek a federal waiver to mandate the use of photo identification for continued eligibility in the food stamp program administered in this state

MO - HB1922 Establishes the Missouri Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol Health Care Plan

MO - HB1962 Changes the presidential primary election date from the first Tuesday after the first Monday in February to the general municipal day on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April

MO - HB1963 Establishes a closed primary election system

MO - HB1967 Authorizes the governing body of any county located within a metropolitan park and recreation district that has passed a sales tax to submit the issue of repealing the sales tax to the voters

MO - HB1968 Increases the size requirements for a sign posting private property as off-limits to concealed firearms

MO - HB1971 Changes the laws regarding political subdivisions

MO - HB1975 Requires a professional sports team to make its financial records and ownership public if it is going to receive any state funds

MO - HB1983 Authorizes a state sales and use tax exemption on all retail sales of any "Made in USA" product except a motor vehicle for a seven-day period in July 2013 and July 2014

MO - HB2029 Allows a motor vehicle dealer 21 days after the sale or transfer of a motor vehicle or trailer to deliver the certificate of ownership to the buyer

MO - HB2030 Specifies that any person who has a valid concealed carry endorsement may openly carry a firearm on or about his or her person

MO - HB2036 Prohibits a public school from joining an association that governs interscholastic sports and activities unless the association sanctions the disciplines of archery, pistol, rifle, shotgun, and muzzleloading

MO - HB2051 Prohibits the discussion of sexual orientation in public school instruction, material, or extracurricular activity except in scientific instruction on human reproduction

MO - HB2066 Establishes the Missouri Liberty Preservation Act which prohibits state enforcement of specified sections of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

MO - HB2082 Authorizes a person to engage in the practice of specified professions without being licensed if he or she does not hold himself or herself out as being licensed

MO - HB2083 Requires the Department of Transportation to issue emergency utility response permits for the transporting of equipment and material needed following a disaster where utility service has been disrupted

MO - HB2093 Specifies that any issue to increase any tax, license, fee, or levy requiring voter approval under Article X of the Missouri Constitution must be placed on the ballot only on the general election day

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 - HJR44 Proposes a constitutional amendment changing the composition of nonpartisan judicial commissions and increasing the number of candidates nominated to the Governor for certain judicial vacancies

MO - HJR49 Proposes a constitutional amendment specifying that the right of every citizen to possess or purchase ammunition and articles for the proper functioning of arms must not be infringed or limited

MO - HJR64 Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting any person, employer, or health care provider from being compelled to participate in any health care system

MO - HJR73 Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting the design or construction of toll roads or facilities in the state or from entering into a public-private partnership or agreement for a new toll road

MO - HJR74 Proposes a constitutional amendment relating to income, earnings, and sales taxes

MO - HJR77 Proposes a constitutional amendment repealing the provisions regarding the selection of judges and requires all judges to be elected

MO - HJR81 Proposes a constitutional amendment exempting from taxation all real and personal property of any citizen with a total service-connected disability or the surviving spouse if he or she has not remarried

MO - HJR83 Proposes a constitutional amendment allowing a law to be retrospective in its operation with respect to a new obligation, duty, or disability imposed upon sexual offenders

MO - HJR86 Proposes a constitutional amendment repealing the automatic submission of a proposal every 20 years to convene a state constitutional convention and provisions regarding the procedures of the convention

MO - HCR9 Urges the United States Congress to pass the Federal Reserve Transparency Act to require a complete audit of the Federal Reserve

MO - HCR12 Designates the Honor and Remember Flag as the State of Missouri's emblem of service and sacrifice of service men and women who have given their lives in the line of duty

MO - HCR36 Reaffirms economic development projects of mutual benefit between the United States and Israel

MO - HCR47 Strongly urges the Department of Defense and the Missouri Congressional delegation to protect, promote, and leverage Missouri's military bases and agencies during the upcoming federal defense budget