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Courtney Allen Curtis

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Courtney Allen Curtis
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
from the 73rd district
In office
January 9, 2013 – December 5, 2018
Preceded byStacey Newman
Succeeded byRaychel Proudie
Personal details
BornApril 12, 1981
Ferguson, Missouri, US
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materUniversity of Missouri Columbia College (Missouri)
OccupationPolitician
Websitehttp://www.house.mo.gov/member.aspx?district=073

Courtney Allen Curtis (born April 12, 1981) was an American politician who served in the Missouri House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019. He represented the 73rd District, which includes such north St. Louis County municipalities as Ferguson, Berkeley, Kinloch, Woodson Terrace, St. Ann, Cool Valley, Hazelwood, Normandy, Bridgeton, and Edmundson.[1]

A native of Ferguson, Missouri, Curtis was a vocal figure during the unrest over the shooting of Michael Brown.[citation needed]

In 2018 he was sentenced to 21 months in prison for using campaign funds for personal use.[2]

Early life and career

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Early life and education

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Curtis was born on April 12, 1981, and raised in Florissant, Missouri, graduating from McCluer Senior High School in 1999. He attended Columbia College and University of Missouri,[3] where he served as president of the Collegiate 100, a chapter of the 100 Black Men.[4]

Career

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A member of the Missouri Democratic Party, Curtis represents north St. Louis County (District 73) in the Missouri House of Representatives.[5] He was elected to his first two-year term in 2012 and re-elected in 2014 and 2016. Curtis was appointed president of the Freshman Democratic Caucus and chair of the Freshman Bipartisan Issues committee. He was named Associated Students of the University of Missouri Legislator of the Year in 2013.[citation needed]

In April 2014, Curtis established North County Forever, a nonprofit organization dedicated to revitalization of the 73rd District.[6]

In March 2016, Curtis introduced a controversial bill that would have designated the St. Louis Cardinals as the official Major League Baseball club of the state of Missouri.[citation needed]

A vocal advocate for greater inclusion of minorities in Missouri construction contracts,[7][8][9] Curtis was involved in a physical altercation with fellow Democratic state representative Michael Butler of St. Louis after a heated exchange of words over Curtis's anti-union stance.[10]

Arrest and Conviction

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In 2017, he pled guilty to three counts of wire fraud regarding his unreported use of funds from his re-election campaign funds for which he used instead for personal expenses such as travel. He was fined over $77,000, but he did not pay them.[11] He then resigned. (2018)[12][13][14]

Ferguson unrest

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In the wake of the events surrounding the death of Michael Brown, Curtis called for the mayor, judges, and police leadership of Ferguson to step down.[15]

Elections

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2012

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Curtis defeated Doug Clemens in the 2012 Democratic primary election and ran unopposed in the general election.[citation needed]

2014

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Curtis ran unopposed in the 2014 primary and general elections.[citation needed]

2016

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Curtis defeated Democratic challengers Daniel Wibracht, Eileen McGeoghegan, and Lee Smith in the 2016 primary election[16][17] and ran unopposed in the general election.[citation needed]

Committee assignments

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As an incoming freshman, Curtis served on the following committees:[citation needed]

2013–2014

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  • Democrat Freshman Committee (president)
  • Freshman Bipartisan Issue Committee
  • Ways and Means Committee
  • Agri-Business Committee
  • International Trade Committee

2015–2017

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Curtis was appointed chairman of the Special Committee on Urban Issues, becoming the only Democrat to chair a committee for 2015 legislative session.[citation needed] He also served on the following committees:

  • Joint Committee on Education
  • Rules Committee
  • Legislative Oversight Committee
  • Appropriations Committee
  • Health, Mental Health, and Social Services Committee
  • Ways and Means Committee
  • Government Oversight and Accountability Committee
  • Select Committee on Local, State, Federal Relations and Miscellaneous Business[18][19]

2014 Bills

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2014 Sponsored Bills

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Bill Description Date Last Action
HB1619 Specifies that the aggregate amount of tuition charged by a receiving school district during a school year must not exceed $10,000 per pupil when a student transfers from an unaccredited district 04/30/2014 HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1624 Designates the "high five" as the official state greeting 02/05/2014 Referred: Tourism and Natural Resources(H)
HB1625 Establishes the Missouri Indoor Clean Air Act and changes the laws regarding smoking in public places 02/05/2014 Referred: Local Government(H)
HB1694 Allows any county to establish a County Youth Initiative and authorize a sales tax to provide programs to improve children's well-being and prevent juvenile delinquency 04/08/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1695 Authorizes a community children's services fund to expend funds to provide preventative services, including transportation costs, for children 04/08/2014 Motion to Do Pass Failed (H)
HB1696 Authorizes an income tax deduction for single residents who have never had a child 02/11/2014 Referred: Ways and Means(H)
HB1704 Establishes the Missouri Tuition Equity Act 02/18/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1705 Allows students at two-year or four-year colleges or universities to seek tuition reimbursement for college remedial courses under certain circumstances 02/18/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1706 Requires a student to successfully complete four units of credit in both mathematics and science to receive a high school diploma 02/11/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education(H)
HB1808 Authorizes an income tax deduction for expenses incurred in creating or forming a limited liability company or sole proprietorship 03/04/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1809 Authorizes an income tax deduction for 100% of the tuition paid for up to the last 30 hours required to complete an associate or bachelor's degree from a public two-year or four-year college 02/25/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1810 Designates June 1 as "Underrepresented Minority Contractor Appreciation Day" in Missouri 02/18/2014 Referred: Tourism and Natural Resources(H)
HB1811 Establishes the Committee for Entrepreneurs within the Department of Economic Development and a grant program for certain accelerated computer programming programs 03/04/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1812 Changes the laws regarding economic development incentives 02/18/2014 Referred: Economic Development(H)
HB1813 Establishes the Missouri Youth Funds Legislative Oversight Committee to ensure that all youth funds in the state are operated efficiently and effectively 03/11/2014 Motion to Do Pass Failed (H)
HB1814 Waives the articles of organization filing fee every January for newly formed LLCs 03/12/2014 Action Postponed (H)
HB1859 Requires the minimum annual salary of legislative assistants of the House of Representatives to begin at a level 15% below the annual salary of the hiring Representative, with cost of living adjustments 03/12/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1931 Requires the Governor to issue a proclamation for Primary Election Day and for General Municipal Election Day 02/26/2014 Referred: Elections(H)
HB1978 Requires radiation monitoring to be conducted at any solid waste disposal area located in Bridgeton 05/16/2014 Referred: Tourism and Natural Resources(H)
HB1979 Designates the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April of each year as a state holiday known as "Voter Pride and Awareness Day" or "Voter Pride Day" 03/27/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2106 Requires commercial mobile service providers to report specified information to the Missouri Public Service Commission for posting on its website 05/16/2014 Referred: Utilities(H)
HB2165 Requires the Coordinating Board for Higher Education to conduct a study to consider a three-year bachelor's degree program in selected public higher education institutions 05/16/2014 Referred: Higher Education(H)
HB2166 Prohibits a higher education institution from charging a Missouri resident who is a full-time student a tuition rate that exceeds the amount charged when the student first enrolled for the next five years 05/16/2014 Referred: Higher Education(H)
HB2167 Requires school districts and charter schools to identify students needing remedial coursework and implement a virtual school program to assist the identified students 05/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education(H)
HB2170 Establishes the 8 in 6 Program within the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 05/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education(H)
HB2195 Expands the Incentive Subsidy Program to encourage municipal courts to seek assistance from the Division of Youth Services in order to utilize community early intervention programs for youth 05/16/2014 Referred: Judiciary(H)
HB2196 Creates the Office of Public Counsel Fund to fund the office within the Missouri Public Service Commission from regulated utilities based on each utility's total gross intrastate operating revenues 05/16/2014 Referred: Utilities(H)
HB2211 Establishes a state Community Education Council and requires a community action council to be established in each school district located in St. Louis City and St. Louis County 05/16/2014 Referred: Urban Issues(H)
HB2228 Changes the laws regarding federal work authorization programs 05/16/2014 Referred: Workforce Development and Workplace Safety(H)
HB2291 Establishes the Historic Revitalization Act 05/16/2014

Referred: Economic Development(H)

HB2299 Requires any county that contains an unaccredited school district to devote 10% of its annual revenue to a grant program to deliver services to the school district 05/16/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education(H)

2014 Co-Sponsored Bills

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HB1068* Allows certain felons to be eligible for federal food stamp program benefits 01/16/2014 Referred: Government Oversight and Accountability(H)
HB1134* Specifies that in all criminal cases a $5 surcharge must be assessed as costs with specified exceptions to be credited to the Brain Injury Fund 01/09/2014 Referred: Judiciary(H)
HB1151* Allows misdemeanor offenses for stealing to be expunged 01/16/2014 Referred: Judiciary(H)
HB1152* Creates the offense of distribution of a controlled substance near a child care facility 04/24/2014 Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1153* Prohibits an employer from using a job applicant's personal credit history as a hiring criteria except where the credit history is shown to be directly related to the position sought by the applicant 04/03/2014 HCS#2 Reported Do Pass (H)
HB1317* Changes the time for a man to file an action to establish paternity or file with the putative father registry from 15 days to 60 days after the birth of the child 01/16/2014 Referred: Judiciary(H)
HB1321* Changes the time for consent for adoption to be executed from 48 hours to 72 hours after the birth of a child 02/11/2014 Reported Do Not Pass (H)
HB1322* Allows a person convicted of a drug-related felony to become eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits upon meeting certain conditions 01/16/2014 Referred: General Laws(H)
HB1323* Authorizes expungement for specified offenses and increases the surcharge on petitions for expungement from $100 to $500 01/16/2014 Referred: Judiciary(H)
HB1441* Requires each session of the General Assembly to be broadcast on the Internet via audio and video live streaming 01/28/2014 Referred: General Laws(H)
HB1442* Designates December 4 as "Alpha Phi Alpha Day" in Missouri in honor of the first black intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African-Americans 03/27/2014 Second read and referred: Senate General Laws(S)
HB1604* Allows any registered voter who is eligible to vote in a particular election to do so by absentee ballot without being required to state a reason 04/07/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1747* Allows community service in lieu of a fine for certain traffic offenses 02/12/2014 Referred: Judiciary(H)
HB1764* Prohibits publishing of the names of lottery winners without written consent 02/12/2014 Referred: General Laws(H)
HB1820* Changes the laws regarding bullying in schools 02/18/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education(H)
HB1858* Changes the laws regarding complaints filed with the Missouri Commission on Human Rights regarding discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation or gender identity 02/25/2014 Referred: Judiciary(H)
HB1907* Limits the rate of tuition that a receiving school district can charge when receiving students from unaccredited districts 04/30/2014 Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1924* Authorizes a sales tax exemption for products that are made in the USA during the sales tax holiday in July with specified exceptions 04/08/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1981* Authorizes the board of aldermen of fourth class cities to enact certain types of ordinances regulating residential rental property 03/04/2014 Referred: Local Government(H)
HB1989* Changes the laws regarding the Missouri individual income tax 03/04/2014 Referred: Ways and Means(H)
HB1991* Changes the laws regarding eligibility for MO HealthNet benefits 05/16/2014 Referred: Health Care Policy(H)
HB2028* Designates the month of November each year as "Epilepsy Awareness Month" 05/07/2014 Placed on Informal Calendar
HB2038* Creates a tax credit for an employer that hires a student majoring in the field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics for an internship 04/28/2014 Rules - Reported Do Pass (H)
HB2040* Allows a qualified first responder to administer naloxone to a person suffering from an apparent narcotic or opiate-related overdose 07/07/2014 Approved by Governor (G)
HB2086* Expands income eligibility under the MO HealthNet Program to 138% of the federal poverty level and changes various provisions regarding the delivery of health care to improve health care outcomes 05/16/2014 Referred: Government Oversight and Accountability(H)
HB2096* Changes the laws regarding the licensing of child care facilities 05/16/2014 Referred: Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities(H)
HB2097* Establishes Nathan's Law that changes the laws regarding the licensing of child care facilities 05/16/2014 Referred: Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities(H)
HB2134* Repeals the authority of a school district board to retain counsel and requires the Attorney General to furnish whatever legal services are necessary to exercise its powers upon the request of the board 03/26/2014 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education(H)
HB2156* Requires the Department of Higher Education to develop a program to offer information technology certification through technical course work 04/08/2014 Voted Do Pass (H)
HB2162* Establishes the 2014 Safe Patient Handling and Movement Act 05/16/2014 Referred: Health Care Policy(H)
HB2254* Changes the laws regarding sales and use tax exemptions for agricultural seed, feed, and pesticides 05/16/2014 Referred: Agriculture Policy(H)
HCR3* Requests the United States Congress to transfer authority for the remediation of the West Lake Landfill radioactive wastes from the EPA to the Corps of Engineers Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program 05/16/2014 Referred: General Laws(H)
HCR39* Establishes Missouri's ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution 05/16/2014 Referred: Judiciary(H)
HJR85* Proposes a constitutional amendment allowing the state to recognize a marriage between a man and a woman as well as between a same-sex couple 05/16/2014 Referred: Judiciary(H)
HB1113* Allows a person 60 years of age or older to renew a nondriver's identification without being physically present at the license bureau under specified conditions 05/06/2014 Voted Do Pass (H)
HB1112* Establishes the End Racial Profiling Act of 2014 01/16/2014 Referred: General Laws(H)
HB1380* Removes the words "mental retardation" and "mentally retarded" from the statutes, except for references to a clinical diagnosis 04/24/2014 Public Hearing Scheduled (S)
HB1381* Establishes the Joint Committee on Children's Services Oversight to review laws and policies, study problems, develop a comprehensive policy, and review contracted services 05/01/2014 Action Postponed (H)
HB1382* Authorizes expungement of juvenile records of persons adjudicated as delinquent in certain circumstances 01/28/2014 Referred: Judiciary(H)
HB1383* Grants in-state tuition eligibility for active duty military personnel and national guard 01/28/2014 Referred: Higher Education(H)
HB1384* Requires the General Assembly to provide live video and audio broadcasting of all legislative sessions of its chamber to the public 01/28/2014 Referred: General Laws(H)
HB1431* Establishes state offenses for acts against officers of the state which are similar to federal offenses for acts against federal officers 01/22/2014 Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety(H)
HCR10* Commemorates the twenty-second anniversary of the Khojaly Tragedy in Azerbaijan 02/12/2014 Public Hearing Completed (H)

2015 Sponsored Bills

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Bill Description Date Last Action
HB729 Requires a runoff election for county executive, prosecuting attorney, and county assessor in St. Louis County if no candidate receives at least 50% of the votes cast 05/15/2015 Referred: Elections
HB898 Designates June 1 as "Underrepresented Minority Contractor Appreciation Day" in Missouri 05/15/2015 Referred: Trade and Tourism
HB899 Requires the Governor to issue an executive order to implement the remedies recommended in the 2014 Disparity Study regarding utilization levels of minorities and women-based enterprises in state awarded contracts 05/15/2015 Referred: Special Committee on Urban Issues
HB900 Changes the laws regarding economic development incentives 05/15/2015 Referred: Economic Development and Business Attraction and Retention
HB901 Requires the Department of Economic Development to create a job training program for individuals with low to moderate income to help them find employment on state-funded projects 03/31/2015 Referred: Economic Development and Business Attraction and Retention
HB902 Requires school districts and charter schools to identify students needing remedial coursework and implement a virtual school program to assist the identified students 05/15/2015 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB903 Establishes the Committee for Entrepreneurs within the Department of Economic Development and a grant program for certain accelerated computer programming programs 5/15/2015 Referred: Economic Development and Business Attraction and Retention
HB904 Establishes the 8 in 6 Program within the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 5/15/2015 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB905 Prohibits a higher education institution from charging a Missouri resident who is a full-time student a tuition rate that exceeds the amount charged when the student first enrolled for the next five years 4/21/2015 Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB906 Requires any county that contains an unaccredited school district to devote 10% of its annual revenue to a grant program to deliver services to the school district 5/15/2015 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB907 Requires courts to sentence defendants to community service for certain offenses 5/15/2015 Referred: Civil and Criminal Proceedings
HB908 Expands the Incentive Subsidy Program to encourage municipal and juvenile courts to seek assistance from the Division of Youth Services in order to utilize community early intervention programs for youth 5/15/2015 Referred: Civil and Criminal Proceedings
HB909 Establishes the Missouri Youth Funds Legislative Oversight Committee to ensure that all youth funds in the state are operated efficiently and effectively 5/15/2015 Referred: Economic Development and Business Attraction and Retention
HB944 Creates and modifies provisions relating to prosecuting attorneys 5/15/2015 Referred: Civil and Criminal Proceedings
HB945 Modifies provisions related to law enforcement officers 5/15/2015 Referred: Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
HB1059 Creates a funding source for grants and programs that benefit children and establishes provisions to ensure youth funds in the state are operated efficiently and effectively 5/15/2015 Referred: Children and Families
HB1140 Modifies provisions relating to officers of the court 5/15/2015 Referred: Civil and Criminal Proceedings
HB1141 Allows an arrest record to be eligible for expungement if the DOJ or US Attorney General issues a report with findings that a law enforcement agency engaged in unconstitutional practices or racial profiling 5/15/2015 Referred: Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
HB1320 Enacts provisions relating to youth opportunities 5/15/2015 Referred: Special Committee on Urban Issues
HB1321 Allows the Missouri Highway Patrol or other accredited police department to take over operations of a police department that failed to follow recommendations provided by the DOJ or US AG in a report 4/13/2015 Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1322 Establishes the Joint Committee on Police Department Oversight 4/13/2015 Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1349 Prohibits the executive branch from extending existing bonds or issuing new bonds without legislative or voter approval 5/15/2015 Referred: Government Oversight and Accountability
HB1363 Establishes the Missouri Youth funds legislative oversight committee 5/15/2015 Referred: Special Committee on Urban Issues
HB1364 Authorizes a community children's services fund to expend funds to provide preventative services, including transportation costs, for children 5/15/2015 Referred: Special Committee on Urban Issues
HCR41 Specifies that the General Assembly agrees with the United States Department of Justice report findings as a result of an investigation conducted following the death of Michael Brown 5/15/2015 Referred: Government Oversight and Accountability
HB582 Prohibits certain employers from requiring certain persons to become members of a labor organization as a condition or continuation of employment 2/11/2015 Perfected (H)

2016 Sponsored Bills

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Bill Description Date Last Action
HB2170 Modifies provisions of law relating to labor organizations 5/13/2016 Referred: Workforce Standards Development (H)
HB2171 Requires state certification of minority business enterprises and establishes a job training program for persons of low and moderate income 3/16/2016 Referred: Workforce Standards and Development (H)
HB2172 Requires any project labor agreement on a stadium project not submitted to a public vote to be entered into by the governing body of the political subdivision in which the project 5/13/2016 Referred: Workforce Standards and Development
HB2173 Changes the laws regarding earnings taxes to exempt certain taxpayers if public funds are used for a convention center or stadium without voter approval 5/13/2016 Referred: Ways and Means
HB2174 Modifies provisions relating to law enforcement officers and arrest records 4/12/2016 Referred: Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
HB2175 Requires a runoff election for county executive, prosecuting attorney, and county assessor in St. Louis County if no candidate receives at least fifty percent of the votes cast and establishes cert 4/12/2016 Referred: Elections
HB2176 Contains various provisions relating to tuition rates and tax credits for students at public institutions of higher education 4/12/2016 Referred: Higher Education
HB2177 Establishes the Historic Revitalization Act 5/13/2016 Referred: Economic Development and Business Attraction and Retention
HB2189 Requires ethical reforms related to testing of elementary and secondary education students 5/13/2016 Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education
HB2206 Changes the laws regarding nonprofit hospitals 5/13/2016 Referred: Health and Mental Health Policy
HB2207 Changes the laws regarding youth 5/13/2016 Referred: Special Committee on Urban Issues
HB2276 Removes the union lobbying exemption 3/15/2016 HCS Reported Do Pass (H)
HB2277 Creates the Office of Public Counsel to fund the office within the Missouri Public Service Commission from regulated utilities based on each utility's total gross intrastate operating revenues 5/13/2016 Referred: Utility Infrastructure
HB2327 Establishes the Urban Education Institute 5/3/2016 Second read and referred: Senate Education
HB2357 Changes the laws regarding certain Children's Services Funds 4/18/2016 Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2392 Establishes the Labor Organization Minority Discrimination Interim Committee 4/4/2016 Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB2408 Requires voter approval for political subdivision expenditures on public works projects projected to cost more than twenty million dollars 5/13/2016 Referred: Local Government
HB2409 Consolidates all the school districts in St. Louis County 5/13/2016 Referred: Local Government
HB2410 Requires all fire protection districts and municipal fire departments in St. Louis County to consolidate into one fire district upon the approval of the voters in the county 5/13/2016 Referred: Local Government
HB2630 Establishes a job training program for persons of low and moderate income 5/11/2016 Reported Do Pass (H)
HB2640 Prohibits a community children's services fund from transferring any funds to the state or certain cities 5/13/2016 Referred: Children and Families
HB2641 Allows Children's Services Funds to be used to fund juvenile delinquency prevention programs 3/3/2016 Referred: Children and Families
HB2642 Designates Lincoln University as Missouri's flagship institution 5/13/2016 Referred: Children and Families
HB2649 Authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to acquire certain property in Kinloch, Missouri for the establishment of a state park 5/13/2016 Referred: Conservation and Natural Resources
HB2740 Establishes a Joint Committee On University of Missouri System Accountability" 5/13/2016 Referred: Higher Education
HB2798 Requires law enforcement officers employed in St. Louis County to reside in St. Louis County 5/13/2016 Referred: Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
HB2799 Requires employees of St. Louis County to reside within St. Louis County. 5/13/2016 Referred: Local Government
HB2829 Establishes the "Municipalities Financial Recovery Act" 5/13/2016 Referred: Local Government
HB2830 Authorizes an earnings tax for St. Louis County 5/13/2016 Referred: Ways and Means
HB2831 Designates the St. Louis Cardinals as the official baseball team of Missouri 5/13/2016 Referred: Trade and Tourism
HCR80 Disapproves of Barnes-Jewish Hospital moving out of certain neighborhoods in St. Louis 5/13/2016 Referred: Trade Tourism
HCR83 Urges the department of elementary and secondary education to promote a culture in which educators feel free to discuss issues and work together to achieve a quality education for each student 4/4/2016 Public Hearing Completed (H)
HCR95 Urges the City of St. Louis to develop a strategy to wean itself off the earnings tax and a plan to invest in North City 5/13/2016 Referred: Special Committee on Urban Issues
HCR105 Designates Lincoln University as Missouri's flagship institution 5/13/2016 Referred: Higher Education
HJR87 Proposes a constitutional amendment removing prohibitions related to school district boundaries and affairs 5/13/2016 Referred: Higher Education
HB1605* Authorizes an earned income tax credit in Missouri 5/12/2016 Second read and referred: Senate Ways and Means
HB1801* Prohibits an employer from requiring an employee or prospective employee to consent to a request for a credit report unless the employer is a financial institution or the report is required by law 3/10/2016 Reported Do Pass (H)
HB2625* Allows for the use of medical marijuana to treat serious conditions 5/13/2016 Referred: Emerging Issues
HCR74* Urges the United States government to condemn the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners 4/27/2016 Referred: Government Oversight and Accountability

2017 Sponsored Bills

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Bill Description Date Last Action
HB615 Authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to acquire certain property in Kinloch, Missouri for the establishment of a state park 4/3/2017 Motion to Do Pass Failed (H)
HB616 Establishes the Urban Education Institute 4/13/2017 Referred: Rules - Legislative Oversight
HB617 Allows children's services funds to be used to fund juvenile delinquency prevention programs 2/7/2017 Referred: Rules - Legislative Oversight
HB618 Prohibits a community children's services fund from transferring any funds to the state or certain cities 4/13/2017 Referred: Rules - Legislative Oversight
HB673 Establishes safeguards concerning discriminatory practices against persons who have been convicted of certain offenses 3/8/2017 Referred: Judiciary
HB699 Requires the court to disclose certain consequences prior to accepting a guilty plea 4/18/2017 Public Hearing Completed (H)
HB1166 Changes the law regarding the right of suffrage for former felons 5/12/2017 Referred: Select Committee on Local, State, Federal Relations and Miscellaneous Business
HB1195 Requires certain air pollution sources that emit mercury to pay an annual fee 5/12/2017 Referred: Select Committee on Local, State, Federal Relations and Miscellaneous Business
HCR19* Authorizes the issuance of public bonds for half of the financing of a new conservatory building at UMKC 5/22/2017 Delivered to Governor

*= Co-Sponsored Bills

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