Missouri Rep. Leonard S. Hughes (D)

MO - Appropriations - General Administration (House)

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MO - Budget (House)

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MO - Urban Issues (House)

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MO - Elementary and Secondary Education (House)

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MO - Fiscal Review (House)

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MO - HB1476 Establishes the Economic Development Grant Program to be used to reopen a manufacturing factory that has been closed

MO - HB1482 Eliminates the payment of an intervention fee as a condition of parole

MO - HB1483 Establishes the Duty Free Zones Act which authorizes the creation of tax-free or reduced-tax zones

MO - HB1474 Changes the laws regarding the use of credit information when underwriting insurance contracts

MO - HB1479 Reduces the minimum number of acres required for an eligible project area in the Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit Program

MO - HB1478 Authorizes the expungement of certain criminal records including convictions for any nonviolent crime, misdemeanor, or nonviolent drug violation

MO - HB1484 Establishes the Minority Business Enterprise and Women's Business Enterprise Oversight Review Committee to assist these business enterprises in bidding on state contracts

MO - HB1477 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 cloned animals

MO - HB1485 Increases the length of time from no later than 15 days to no later than 60 days after the birth of a child in which the father has to establish paternity prior to an adoption

MO - HB1480 Establishes the Missouri Universal Health Insurance Act and the Universal Health Insurance Program to provide comprehensive and necessary health care services for Missouri residents

MO - HB1475 Makes it an improper employment practice for an employer to refuse to hire or to discharge, reduce compensation, or modify any condition of a person's employment based on his or her credit score or history

MO - HB2380 Authorizes a state and local sales and use tax exemption for any sale of utilities at cost by a sports complex authority which is ultimately consumed in the operation of a complex leased to professional teams

MO - HB1481 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 at least quarterly

MO - HB1470 Allows voters to cast advance ballots

MO - HB1727 Changes the laws regarding ethics, lobbying, and campaign contributions

MO - HB1739 Changes the laws regarding fire protection districts and certain candidate qualifications in special districts and township organization counties

MO - HB1750 Requires certain incumbent local exchange telecommunications companies to reduce both its composite originating and terminating intrastate switched exchange access rates

MO - HB1757 Requires the Board of Probation and Parole to make periodic reviews of certain convicted offenders serving sentences of 50 years or life without the possibility of parole

MO - HB1759 Adds the counties of Andrew and Buchanan to the list of counties authorized to enact nuisance abatement ordinances regarding the condition of real property

MO - HB1760 Specifies that the common law doctrine of adverse possession will not apply in the state of Missouri and repeals certain provisions regarding adverse possession

MO - HB1761 Expands the crime of interference with lawful hunting, fishing, or trapping in the second degree to include when a person knowingly interfers with the lawful taking of wildlife

MO - HB1860 Authorizes a tax credit equal to 100% of the state sales tax paid on any motor vehicle assembled and purchased in Missouri

MO - HB1865 Requires school boards and directors of youth sports programs to work with the Missouri State High School Activities Association to develop guidelines regarding head injuries

MO - HB1914 Establishes the Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act which requires hospitals and health care facilities to provide emergency contraception to sexual assault victims

MO - HB1915 Establishes the Missouri Earned Income Tax Credit Act which authorizes 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 - HB2034 Changes the laws regarding the Missouri individual income tax

MO - HB2045 Authorizes a state and local sales and use tax exemption for new vehicles assembled and sold in Missouri on or after January 1, 2011, including motorcycles and boats

MO - HB2088 Lowers the age at which a person can obtain a concealed carry endorsement from 23 to 21 years of age

MO - HB2089 Increases the period of time a concealed carry endorsement is valid from three years to five years from the date of issuance or renewal

MO - HB2090 Prohibits any condemning authority from acquiring by eminent domain any real property where a commercial gun shop, hunting preserve, or shooting range is located

MO - HB2091 Exempts residential property owned by an individual 62 years of age or older from certain increases in assessed valuation

MO - HB2224 Establishes the Missouri Farmland Trust Act to receive donated land to preserve it as farmland and provide beginning farmers an opportunity to farm through low and variable cost leases on the land

MO - HB2342 Authorizes a state and local sales tax exemption for gratuities, whether mandatory or voluntary, provided with the receipt of property or services

MO - HCR33 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 - HCR67 Declares support for Complete Streets policies to create roads, streets, and communities where all road users can feel safe, secure, and welcome