Missouri Rep. Leonard Hughes (D)

MO - Appropriations - General Administration (House)

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Member

MO - Budget (House)

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Member

MO - Fiscal Review (House)

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Member

MO - Student Achievement (House)

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Member

MO - Urban Education Reform (House)

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Vice Chair

MO - HB484 Establishes the Missouri Universal Health Insurance Act to provide comprehensive and necessary health care services for Missouri residents

MO - HB486 Requires all food or food products sold in Missouri which are derived from a cloned animal to be labeled indicating that the food is or contains products derived from a cloned animal

MO - HB652 Removes the payment of an intervention fee as a condition of parole

MO - HB650 Changes the laws regarding the use of credit information when underwriting insurance contracts

MO - HB649 Prohibits an employer from discriminating against an individual based on his or her credit score or credit history

MO - HB485 Limits the amount of interest a title lender can charge on loans and requires the average interest rate being charged by credit unions to be made available to the public

MO - HB1103 Establishes a Minority and Women's Business Enterprise Committee to assist certified socially and economically disadvantaged minority and women's business enterprises in state contracts

MO - HB651 Increases the length of time a father has to establish paternity prior to an adoption from within 15 days to no later than 60 days after the birth of the child

MO - HB1105 Establishes the Economic Development Grant Program for companies to reopen a closed manufacturing factory

MO - HB1104 Authorizes an income tax credit for contributions to nonprofit special needs education support organizations

MO - HB237 Changes the laws regarding unsecured loans of $500 or less, sometimes referred to as "payday loans," and allows the Attorney General to maintain an action to enforce compliance

MO - HB411 Establishes the Office of Trade Enforcement within the Department of Economic Development and the Citizen's Commission on Globalization

MO - HB436 Changes the laws regarding limited liability companies

MO - HB438 Establishes the Twenty-first Century Scholars Program

MO - HB444 Authorizes an income tax deduction for any Social Security benefits received, regardless of age or income

MO - HB498 Establishes the Milton Friedman "Put Parents in Charge" Education Program and authorizes an individual and business tax credit for contributions to certified educational charitable organizations

MO - HB519 Expands the crime of murder in the first degree to include when a person knowingly causes the death of a child and a heinous element is involved, to be known as Erica and Zayquon's Law

MO - HB534 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 - HB535 Changes the laws regarding the regulation of state and private mental health facilities

MO - HB536 Prohibits any entity from preventing a student athlete from competing in or training for any Olympic event

MO - HB559 Authorizes an individual income tax credit for the costs of receiving human infertility treatments

MO - HB560 Requires counties and certain cities to provide taxpayers the option of paying half of their property taxes owed by June 30 of each year

MO - HB604 Authorizes a state individual income tax credit equal to a percentage of any earned income tax credit claimed by the taxpayer on the individual's federal income tax return

MO - HB622 Exempts driver's license applicants from proving lawful presence when the applicant has previously held a noncommercial driver's license, noncommercial instruction permit, or nondriver's license

MO - HB636 Authorizes an income tax deduction for military retirement benefits

MO - HB718 Requires public school students enrolled in kindergarten or first grade to receive a comprehensive vision examination

MO - HB737 Prohibits the Supervisor of the Dvision of Alcohol and Tobacco Control from restricting the use of certain dispensers for selling or dispensing intoxicating liquor or nonintoxicating beer

MO - HB756 Increases the penalty for littering by requiring at least 40 hours of community service and a $600 restitution payment

MO - HB767 Requires private mental health facilities and group homes for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled to meet the same requirements as state-operated facilities

MO - HB806 Repeals the law currently prohibiting Kansas City police officers from participating in certain political activities

MO - HB807 Allows public school students to choose to attend a public school district other than the school district of his or her residence

MO - HB819 Prohibits discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation

MO - HB997 Expands the No-Call List to include cell phone numbers, prohibits sending unsolicited faxes and text messages, and prohibits using automatic dialing announcing devices in certain situations

MO - HB1017 Changes the laws regarding the Missouri individual income tax

MO - HB1018 Changes the laws regarding the availability and dispersal of contraception information

MO - HB1035 Extends medical assistance through 21 years of age for certain foster children

MO - HB1071 Requires group health insurance policies which cover dependents to continue coverage for a dependent child with a chronic illness or condition until the child reaches 25 years of age or marries

MO - HB1115 Allows individuals paying a monthly fee for online banking services to cancel the service anytime by contacting the provider by telephone, in writing, or online

MO - HB1137 Requires equal pay for the same work regardless of gender and establishes the Equal Pay Commission to study wage disparities

MO - HB1204 Allows applicants changing information on their driver's licenses to register to vote and requires the Department of Revenue to provide the voter information to the Office of the Secretary of State

MO - HJR27 Proposes a constitutional amendment transferring the initial responsibility for congressional and legislative redistricting from a congressional committee to a state demographer