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House Committee meetings
As of (03/22/2023) at 09:40 AM

Hearing Date Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Committee:Rules - Legislative Oversight
Chair:Jeff Knight (142)
Date:Wednesday, March 22, 2023 - Adjourned
Time:9:00 A.M.
Location:House Hearing Room 4

Executive Session will be held on the following bills:
HCR 11 -- ISRAEL
Sponsor: Schnelting, Adam (Rep-069)
Commends Israel for its cordial and mutually beneficial relationship with Missouri and the United States and recognizes Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Israel
* HB 136 - Hudson, Brad
Prohibit a public higher education institution from discriminating against student religious organizations.
HB 234 - Bangert, Gretchen
Authorize campaign committees to use debit and credit cards for expenditures and to receive contributions by credit cards.
HB 519 - Mayhew, Don
Change the requirement to get a refund for the motor fuel tax increased passed in 2021 (SB 262) from purchases in a fiscal year to a tax year.
HB 520 - Mayhew, Don
Allow a motor fuel purchaser designate a non-profit organization to get the motor fuel tax passed in 2021 (SB 262) which the purchaser can seek a refund.
HCS HB 733 - Boggs, Mitch
Prohibit public employers from denying consideration to an applicant soley because the applicant does not have a postsecondary degree, with exceptions.
HCS HB 1108 - Hicks, Justin
Expand sex offenders who are registered for life to include those those registered under federal law and those whose victims included minors or incapacitated persons, with exceptions.
HCS HB 1133 - Perkins, Chad
Expand when credit for time served for a criminal violation to include time in jail for charges for a crime. Current law limits time served credit to after conviction.

Committee:Rules - Regulatory Oversight
Chair:Kurtis Gregory (51)
Date:Wednesday, March 22, 2023 - Upcoming
Time:12:00 PM or upon morning recess (whichever is later)
Location:House Hearing Room 4

Executive Session will be held on the following bills:
HCS HB 930 - Bland Manlove, Ashley
Prohibit in public and private schools discrimination based on hair texture or hair styles such as braids.
HCS HB 779 - Bromley, Bob
Expands fees and functions of various Natural Resources Department agencies covering environmental protection, mining, hazardous waste and environmental protection agencies.
HB 403 - Haden, Kent
Expand the limits for a student loan program for large animal veterinary students.
* HCS HB 178 - Van Schoiack, Dean
Make it a misdemeanor crime to launch an unmanned aircraft (drone) on private properrty or files within 400 verical feet above private property without consent from the property owner or occupant. Exemptions would be
HCS HB 155 - O'Donnell, Michael
Remove an income limit on income tax deductions for some pensions and Social Security benefits. *
HCS HB 1023 - Diehl, Dane
Provide an income tax exemption for farmers who participate in crop-share agreement with beginning farmers.
HCS HB 809 - O'Donnell, Michael
Require the Education Department create a work group to develope performance standards for a course required by the Board of Education on personal finance.
HCS HB 497 - Lewis, Ed
Increase the number of limit on student-teacher scholarships to those who agree to teach in "hard-to-staff schools" or "hard-to-staff subject areas."

Committee:Special Committee on Election Contests
Chair:Dan Stacy (31)
Date:Wednesday, March 22, 2023 - Upcoming
Time:12:00 PM or upon morning recess (whichever is later)
Location:House Hearing Room 5

Executive Session will be held on the following bills:
HEC 1 -- NOTITLE
HEC 1

Committee:Special Committee on Public Policy
Chair:Terry Thompson (53)
Date:Wednesday, March 22, 2023 - Upcoming
Time:12:00 PM or upon morning recess (whichever is later)
Location:Joint Hearing Room (117)

Public Hearings will be conducted for the following bills:
* HB 267 - Buchheit-Courtway, Cyndi
Restores Missouri's preference presidential primary. Also allows poll challengers to collect and disclose after the polls close which party ballot was selected by voters. The Presidental primary was eliminated by legislation signed by the governor in 2022 (HB 1878).
* HB 347 - Veit, Rudy
Restores Missouri's preference presidential primary. Also allows poll challengers to collect and disclose which party ballot was selected by voters. The Presidental primary was eliminated by legislation signed by the governor in 2022 (HB 1878).

***Amended***
Committee:Transportation Infrastructure
Chair:Cyndi Buchheit-Courtway (115)
Date:Wednesday, March 22, 2023 - Upcoming
Time:12:00 PM or upon morning recess (whichever is later)
Location:House Hearing Room 7
Note:Removed HB 624.

Public Hearings will be conducted for the following bills:
HB 1193 - Hudson, Brad
Allow the governing body of a county to abolish an alternative form of a county highway commission. Under current law, only a vote by county residents can absolish the alternative commission.
HB 1166 - Thomas, Lisa
Designate a portion of Highway A in Miller County the "Walter W Farrow Memorial Highway."

***Amended***
Committee:Utilities
Chair:Bob Bromley (162)
Date:Wednesday, March 22, 2023 - Upcoming
Time:12:00 PM or upon morning recess (whichever is later)
Location:House Hearing Room 1
Note:Removed HB 709 and HB 991. Added HB 697 and HB 891.

Public Hearings will be conducted for the following bills:
HB 1143 - Keathley, Ben
Provide rate reductions for customers of natural gas companies, for certain conditions.
HB 697 - Hovis, Barry
Allow trustees of reorganized common sewer districts to receive attendance fees.
HB 891 - Falkner, Bill
Change the requirement for a community water system to have an annual test of every hydrant in the steme to just scheduled testing.

Committee:Workforce and Infrastructure Development
Chair:Louis Riggs (5)
Date:Wednesday, March 22, 2023 - Upcoming
Time:12:00 PM or upon morning recess (whichever is later)
Location:House Hearing Room 6
Note:Presentation by Kirk Mathews, Chief Transformation Officer of MO HealthNet Division, regarding the workforce shortage impact on healthcare.

Executive Session will be held on the following bills:
HB 960 - Baringer, Donna
Prohibit a person 16 or 17 years of age from working for a salary past 10pm on a day before a school day, unless working under direct control by a parent or legal guardian.

Committee:Corrections and Public Institutions
Chair:Rudy Veit (59)
Date:Wednesday, March 22, 2023 - Upcoming
Time:4:30 PM or upon adjournment (whichever is later)
Location:House Hearing Room 1

Public Hearings will be conducted for the following bills:
HB 513 - Mayhew, Don
Authorize the sale or transfer of a parcel of state-owned land in Rolla.

***Amended***
Committee:Emerging Issues
Chair:Bill Hardwick (121)
Date:Wednesday, March 22, 2023 - Upcoming
Time:4:30 PM or upon adjournment (whichever is later)
Location:House Hearing Room 6
Note:Added HB 282 and HB 37.

Public Hearings will be conducted for the following bills:
* HB 1169 - Jones, Holly
Impose labeling requirements on a product that could impact, change, alter or inject genetic material.
HB 912 - Christofanelli, Phil
Impose regulations and labeling requirements for the sale of products containing kratom. Prohibit local government regulation of kratom. The governor vetoed a similar bill in 2022, HB 1667.
* HB 485 - Baker, Ben
Allow possessing a concealed weapon in a church or other place of religious worship without approval. Current law allows it only if the minister or organization that controls the facility gives approval.
* HB 712 - Boyd, Mazzie
Prohibit state and local law enforcement agencies from enforcing any a federal "red flag law" for confiscation of a firearm or a prohibition of possessing a firearm. *
* HB 701 - Hardwick, Bill
Prohibit state and local law enforcement agencies from enforcing any federal "red flag law" for confiscation of a firearm or a prohibition of possessing a firearm.
Executive Session will be held on the following bills:
* HB 293 - Riley, Alex
Prohibit any public official from issuing an order limiting or prohibiting religious services or meetings, with exemptions.
* HB 282 - Schnelting, Adam
Allow concealed weapons permit owners to carry concealed weapons on public transportation systems including buses and trains, with exceptions.
* HB 37 - Billington, Hardy
Require the record required for the sale of a catalytic converter removed from another another vehicle include the vehicle identification of the vehicle from which the converter was removed.

Committee:Higher Education
Chair:Brenda Shields (11)
Date:Wednesday, March 22, 2023 - Upcoming
Time:4:30 PM or upon adjournment (whichever is later)
Location:House Hearing Room 5

Public Hearings will be conducted for the following bills:
HB 502 - Haley, Willard
Change the name designated for the first week of March from METS week to STEM week for science, technology, engineering and math.
HB 887 - Riley, Alex
Require the Education Department to establish a program on science, technology, engineering and math.
HB 1173 - Nurrenbern, Maggie
Require public higher education institutions have a policy on awarding credit for an international baccalaureate exam or diploma program.

Committee:Judiciary
Chair:David Evans (154)
Date:Wednesday, March 22, 2023 - Upcoming
Time:4:30 PM or upon adjournment (whichever is later)
Location:House Hearing Room 7

Public Hearings will be conducted for the following bills:
HB 1005 - Buchheit-Courtway, Cyndi
Impose requirements on the Children's Division for a search for the grandparent of a child removed from the parent's custody.
HB 1170 - Hudson, Brad
Require a court appoint an attorney for a child in a case involving delinquency, child abuse, negelect or parental rights termination.
HB 1271 - Unsicker, Sarah
Impose additional requirements on guardians ad litem and disqualifiction provisions.
HB 1176 - Perkins, Chad
Remove from a drug-crime law of substances with a cocaine base
HB 371 - Falkner, Bill
Allow a parent, spouse, child or personal representative of a person convicted of a misdemeanor to petition the court six months after the person died to have the criminal record be removed from the automated case management system.
HB 1204 - Evans, David
Include a "person acting as a parent" who has custody or had custody for more than six months of a child who must be appointed a guardian of a the child when guardianship is an issue before a court, in some situations.

Hearing Date Thursday, March 23, 2023
Committee:Agriculture Policy
Chair:Mike Haffner (55)
Date:Thursday, March 23, 2023 - Upcoming
Time:8:00 A.M.
Location:House Hearing Room 6

Public Hearings will be conducted for the following bills:
HB 1044 - Haffner, Mike
Extend the number of Public Service Commission from five to eleven. Require at least three PSC members be actively engaged in agriculture production.
HB 1052 - Haffner, Mike
Repeal eminent domain rights to condemn property by utilities for wind-generated or solar-generated electric power facilities.

Committee:Budget
Chair:Cody Smith (163)
Date:Thursday, March 23, 2023 - Upcoming
Time:8:00 A.M.
Location:House Hearing Room 3
Note:Markup- HCS HBs 1-13, 15.

Public Hearings will be conducted for the following bills:
HB 1 - Smith, Cody
Appropriations for payment of bond issues and other state debt.
HB 2 - Smith, Cody
Appropriations for the Education Department and public schools.
HB 3 - Smith, Cody
Appropriations for the Higher Education Department, public higher education institutions and student assistance programs.
HB 4 - Smith, Cody
Appropriations for the Transportation Department and the Revenue Department including tax refunds.
HB 5 - Smith, Cody
Appropriations for the departments of Transportation, Conservation and Public Safety.
HB 6 - Smith, Cody
Appropriations for the deparments of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Conservation.
HB 7 - Smith, Cody
Appropriations for the departments of Economic Development, Insurance and Labor.
HB 8 - Smith, Cody
Appropriations for the Department of Public Safety.
HB 9 - Smith, Cody
Appropriations for the Corrections Department.
HB 10 - Smith, Cody
Appropriations for the Health and Mental Health departments.
HB 11 - Smith, Cody
Appropriations for the Social Services Department.
HB 12 - Smith, Cody
Appropriations for statewide elected officials, legislature and judiciary.
HB 13 - Smith, Cody
Appropriations for office rent for various state departments.
HB 15 - Smith, Cody
Transfer and allocation from various funds and federal funds for the 2023 fiscal year that ends June 30, 2023.
Executive Session will be held on the following bills:
HB 1 - Smith, Cody
Appropriations for payment of bond issues and other state debt.
HB 2 - Smith, Cody
Appropriations for the Education Department and public schools.
HB 3 - Smith, Cody
Appropriations for the Higher Education Department, public higher education institutions and student assistance programs.
HB 4 - Smith, Cody
Appropriations for the Transportation Department and the Revenue Department including tax refunds.
HB 5 - Smith, Cody
Appropriations for the departments of Transportation, Conservation and Public Safety.
HB 6 - Smith, Cody
Appropriations for the deparments of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Conservation.
HB 7 - Smith, Cody
Appropriations for the departments of Economic Development, Insurance and Labor.
HB 8 - Smith, Cody
Appropriations for the Department of Public Safety.
HB 9 - Smith, Cody
Appropriations for the Corrections Department.
HB 10 - Smith, Cody
Appropriations for the Health and Mental Health departments.
HB 11 - Smith, Cody
Appropriations for the Social Services Department.
HB 12 - Smith, Cody
Appropriations for statewide elected officials, legislature and judiciary.
HB 13 - Smith, Cody
Appropriations for office rent for various state departments.
HB 15 - Smith, Cody
Transfer and allocation from various funds and federal funds for the 2023 fiscal year that ends June 30, 2023.

Committee:Crime Prevention and Public Safety
Chair:Lane Roberts (161)
Date:Thursday, March 23, 2023 - Upcoming
Time:8:00 A.M.
Location:House Hearing Room 7

Public Hearings will be conducted for the following bills:
HB 1367 - Hardwick, Bill
Add various crimes by a juvenile for which a court must hold a hearing on whether the juvenile should be tried as an adult including car jacking and armed criminal action.
HB 549 - Roberts, Lane
Expand the sex offender registry to include violent offenders.
HB 298 - Deaton, Dirk
Exempt the Highway Patrol from a requirement that state government pay plans be on a statewide basis.
Executive Session will be held on the following bills:
* HB 250 - Haley, Willard
Increase the criminal penality for trafficking higher quantities of fentanyl.
HB 571 - Allen, Bill
Allow school protection officers to carry firearms in school and on school busses.
HB 1024 - Bland Manlove, Ashley
Prohibit the sale or giving away novelty, unsafe or counterfeit cigarette lighters.

Committee:Transportation Accountability
Chair:Don Mayhew (124)
Date:Thursday, March 23, 2023 - Upcoming
Time:8:00 A.M.
Location:House Hearing Room 1

Executive Session will be held on the following bills:
HB 1366 - Mayhew, Don
Change the requirement to get a refund for the motor fuel tax increased passed in 2021 (SB 262) from purchases in a fiscal year to a tax year. Various other refund provisions.
* HB 1370 - Mayhew, Don
Give the legislature power to appropriate highways the funds raised by the motor fuel tax passed in 2021 (SB 262).

Committee:Ways and Means
Chair:Mike McGirl (118)
Date:Thursday, March 23, 2023 - Upcoming
Time:8:00 A.M.
Location:House Hearing Room 5

Public Hearings will be conducted for the following bills:
* HJR 27 - Collins, Kimberly-Ann
Give local government power to exempt from property tax increase on residential property of owners 65 years of age or older, if approved by the county.
HJR 36 - Sauls, Robert
Freeze the property tax rate for a person older than 69 years of age who does not have an income high enough for state taxes for the previous three years.

***Amended***
Committee:Rules - Administrative Oversight
Chair:Rick Francis (145)
Date:Thursday, March 23, 2023 - Upcoming
Time:8:30 A.M.
Location:House Hearing Room 4
Note:Removed HB 76.

Executive Session will be held on the following bills:
* HCS HB 119 - Shields, Brenda
Repeal a law establishing a required postconviction drug treatment program for drug offenders.
HCS HB 404 - Haden, Kent
Require the Transportation Department to remove and bury a dead animal on a highway that is obstructing traffic.
HCS HB 521 - Henderson, Mike
Various consumer protection provisions and requirements for motor vehicle finance agreements.
* HCS HB 584 - Owen, Bill
Require disclosures by a company that provides more than five financial products to businesses.
HCS HB 824 - O'Donnell, Michael
Require a financial advisor inform a client of any "international, domestic, or industry agreements relating to environmental or social goals" or any other non-financial factor in a recommendation to sell or buy an investment.
HCS HB 1109 - Thompson, Terry
Raise the cap for linked deposits by the state treasurer from $800 million to $1 billion. Linked deposits are financial deposits in specific categories such as small business and agriculture.

Committee:Fiscal Review
Chair:Dan Houx (54)
Date:Thursday, March 23, 2023 - Upcoming
Time:8:45 A.M.
Location:House Hearing Room 4
Note:Pending referral of HB 447 and HJR 33.

Executive Session will be held on the following bills:
* HCS HB 816 - Deaton, Dirk
Cut the corporate tax rate from 4 percent to 2 percent. Later lower it 1 percent depending on state revenue growth. Also reduce the state sales tax from 4 percent to 3.58 percent. Legislative staff estimate the HCS would reduce state tax revenue by more than $1 billion when fully implemented.

Committee:Professional Registration and Licensing
Chair:Jeff Coleman (32)
Date:Thursday, March 23, 2023 - Upcoming
Time:10:30 AM or upon adjournment (whichever is later)
Location:House Hearing Room 5

Executive Session will be held on the following bills:
SS SB 51 --
Sponsor: Eslinger, Karla (Sen-33)
Modifies provisions relating to physical therapists