Missouri Rep. Sylvester Taylor (D)

MO - HB51 Authorizes a $2 surcharge to be collected in all criminal cases involving a state traffic law violation to be disbursed equally for law enforcement and fire safety training

MO - HB50 Eliminates the tax on a one-time early distribution from certain annuities or retirement plans when the distribution does not exceed 20% of the total balance of the account

MO - HB109 Repeals the provisions allowing the State Treasurer to invest in any linked deposit for specified purposes only for certain time periods

MO - HB132 Changes the laws regarding unsecured loans of $500 or less, commonly known as payday loans

MO - HB175 Increases from $14,300 to $16,000 the minimum base used to calculate the senior citizens property tax credit, commonly known as circuit breaker

MO - HB196 Extends the expiration date on the provisions regarding the Missouri Rx Plan from August 28, 2011, to August 28, 2016

MO - HB197 Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to post on its web site resources relating to umbilical cord blood

MO - HB233 Changes the laws regarding unlawful picketing or protesting of a funeral

MO - HB245 Allows voters to cast advance ballots

MO - HB291 Requires window stickers to show current motor vehicle registration instead of license plate tabs

MO - HB352 Establishes the Missouri Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Initiative within the Department of Higher Education

MO - HB378 Revises the definition of "public governmental body" as it relates to the Open Meetings and Records Law, commonly known as the Sunshine Law, to include certain public officials and state employees

MO - HB380 Allows an individual who is 62 years of age or older to defer paying property taxes on his or her residence under certain conditions by filing a claim with the county assessor

MO - HB432 Changes the laws regarding ethics, lobbying, and campaign finance

MO - HB433 Changes the classification of certain human trafficking crimes and establishes fines and prison terms for the crimes

MO - HB438 Repeals the Indoor Clean Air Act and establishes new laws regarding smoking in public places

MO - HB447 Changes the laws regarding the Real Property Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act

MO - HB474 Designates the regal fritillary as the official state butterfly

MO - HB477 Changes the laws regarding complaints filed with the Missouri Commission on Human Rights and makes discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation an unlawful discriminatory practice

MO - HB511 Establishes the Every Child Can Learn Act which requires all St. Louis City public schools to use a response-to-intervention tiered approach to reading instruction for certain struggling students

MO - HB516 Prohibits any state agent from seeking the death penalty on the basis of race and permits the use of statistical evidence in certain criminal and post-conviction relief proceedings in death penalty cases

MO - HB517 Changes the laws regarding clemency in death penalty cases

MO - HB543 Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop standards for professional improvement plans for teachers and principals

MO - HB581 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 - HB582 Establishes smaller class sizes for school districts in St. Louis City and St. Louis County than the minimum and desirable standards of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

MO - HB583 Changes the laws regarding quality early childhood care

MO - HB584 Prohibits a lender from imposing a fine, fee, or penalty for the prepayment of any loan and repeals the provision allowing a prepayment fee to be charged on a second mortgage loan

MO - HB585 Changes the laws regarding actions against a person for conduct or speech at a public hearing or meeting

MO - HB588 Requires a statewide athletic organization that has a public school district as a member to publish an annual report regarding the impact of concussions and head injuries on student athletes

MO - HB604 Establishes a task force on foster care recruitment, licensing, and retention and the Missouri State Foster Care and Adoption Board and changes the laws regarding parental rights and foster care placements

MO - HB636 Establishes the Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act which requires hospitals and health care facilities to provide emergency contraception to sexual assault victims

MO - HB637 Changes the laws regarding the Missouri individual income tax

MO - HB643 Changes the laws regarding criminal nonsupport and allows for expungement of a person's record under certain conditions

MO - HB652 Expands the crime of assault of a law enforcement officer, corrections officer, emergency personnel, highway worker in a construction or work zone, or probation and parole officer to include a health care worker

MO - HB654 Designates March 26 of each year as "Veterans of Operation Iraq/Enduring Freedom Day"

MO - HB655 Designates a portion of U. S. Highway 160 in Greene County as the "Rabbi Ernest I. Jacob Memorial Highway" and repeals the designation of "Rabbi Abrham Joshua Heschel Memorial Highway" in Greene County

MO - HB658 Reclassifies some forms of methamphetamine precursor drugs from Schedule IV and V controlled substances to Schedule III requiring a prescription to be known as the Meth Lab Elimination Act

MO - HB667 Establishes two prostate cancer pilot programs to fund screening and treatment services and to provide education to men residing in the state

MO - HB673 Authorizes the presentation of a Missouri National Guard Overseas Training Ribbon, a Missouri National Guard State Partnership Program Ribbon, and the Order of Minuteman Award

MO - HB676 Prohibits a health carrier from denying coverage for a refill of prescription eye drops under certain conditions

MO - HB677 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 one comprehensive vision examination

MO - HB709 Removes the requirement that a municipality must hold an election in nonpartisan elections when there are the same number of candidates as open offices

MO - HB710 Changes the laws regarding a dissolution petition for a community improvement district

MO - HB712 Creates the Missouri Juneteenth Heritage and Jazz Festival and Memorial Fund and changes the distribution of funds from the professional athletes and entertainers tax

MO - HB719 Requires one cent from the six cent fee that is deposited into the Missouri Wine and Grape Fund to be deposited into the newly created Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control Enforcement Fund

MO - HB754 Designates the month of May each year as "Lupus Awareness Month"

MO - HB770 Adds an elected official or his or her staff to the list of persons protected by enhanced penalties for assault in the first, second, and third degrees

MO - HB783 Requires $2 from every business registration fee collected by the Secretary of State to be deposited into the Missouri Small Business Development Centers Fund

MO - HB787 Changes the laws regarding early distributions from certain annuities or retirement plans, the Missouri Higher Education Saving Program, and residential mortgage loan brokers

MO - HB794 Specifies the conditions when storm water runoff will be considered to flow to a sewer maintained by the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District for purposes of charging the property owner a storm water fee

MO - HB795 Designates the second Friday in March as "Missouri School Read-In Day"

MO - HB835 Requires a child in the St. Louis City School District, except for a child who is intending to be home schooled, to be enrolled in a public, private, parochial, or parish school by five years of age

MO - HB839 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 - HB848 Changes the composition of the University of Missouri Board of Curators

MO - HB862 Establishes the Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program to provide a publicly financed, statewide insurance program for all residents of this state

MO - HB870 Changes the laws regarding school course materials and instruction relating to human sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases

MO - HB874 Changes the laws regarding ex parte orders and orders of protection

MO - HB930 Eliminates the state income tax deduction for federal income tax liability beginning January 1, 2012

MO - HB940 Establishes the Common Interest Owners Bill of Rights Act

MO - HB957 Establishes the Ratepayer Fairness Act which allows an aluminum smelting facility to keep any special utility rate at the ratepayer class as long as it employs 200 employees

MO - HJR31 Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting a state court from using any international law or Sharia law

MO - HJR34 Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting anyone elected to the General Assembly after November 1, 2008, from serving more than 12 years in any one house nor more than 24 years total in both houses

MO - HCR15 Designates November 13, 2011, as "Buck O'Neil Day" in Missouri in honor of the first African-American coach in Major League Baseball

MO - HCR17 Urges the United States Congress to support a comprehensive plan for flood control on the Upper Mississippi River Basin

MO - HCR40 Establishes Missouri's ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution

MO - HCR43 Urges Congress to address the pervasiveness of sickle cell trait and disease and the need to increase public awareness of the available programs and screenings