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11/27/2012 - State Auditor uncovers issues within Missouri State Lottery Commission:
9/26/2012: Radio Story - Rep. Jay Barnes proposed a bill to improve the DED before it was audited and will continue to do so.
11/13/2012 - State officials threaten to subpoena the director of the Missouri Department of Revenue:
Representative Jay Barnes says if the director does not show up to the next meeting, the House will subpoena her.
9/26/2012 - Lawmaker said he tried to improve DED before audit :
Representative Jay Barnes says there's plenty of blame to spread regarding the Mamtek scandal, but Moberly doesn't deserve the brunt of it.
6/SESSION/ALONGSIDE A SIMILAR BILL ALSO KNOWN AS NATHAN'S LAW. NATHAN'S LAW WAS NAMED AFTER NATHAN BLECHA, AN INFANT WHO DIED JUNE 26, 200 - Missouri Government News for the Week of May 7, 2012:
While legislation is not required to establish an investigative committee, Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, said passing the legislation would make it known that lawmakers were dedicated to investigating the issue.
5/2/2012 - House Education Committee passes Senate charter school bill:
Before the vote, representatives discussed their concerns about the bill. Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, said he was concerned that the bill would eliminate due process for people being denied a charter. The bill removes the judicial review process for denying sponsorship for a charter and allows the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to decide whether a charter will be denied.
5/16/2012 - Senate approves measure capping historic preservation tax credits:
The House Speaker called it "unacceptable" and the bill's original sponsor Republican Representative Jay Barnes says he won't touch it now.
4/30/2012 - House Committee approves bill creating a committee to study the future of Missouri Employers Mutual:
The chair of the Committee Republican Jay Barnes says more time is needed before deciding to privatize the company or make it more public.
4/3/2012 - House debates bill that would limit teen tanning.:
After surviving Melanoma himself, Republican Jefferson City Representative Jay Barnes says there is no reason a 13-year-old should go to a tanning salon.
4/25/2012 - Missouri House Endorses New Economic Development Requirements Following Mamtek Failure:
Bill sponsor Republican Representative Jay Barnes says it's time to make the process more transparent.
4/18/2012 - House and Senate both approve bills regulating unlicensed child care providers:
Schupp and Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, contributed to the bill with three amendments and a substitute amendment. The amendments detailed both the fines and their exemptions.
3/5/2012 - Public officials could face increased due diligence standards:
The bill would require key officials and creators of start-up companies to pay for and undergo criminal background checks. Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, said local governments deserve to know this information in order to better evaluate whether they wanted to invest in a economic development project.
2/8/2012 - A new child care bill evokes emotional testimony:
Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, provided one rebuttal to the bill.  He expressed the concern that just from the filing of a criminal charge, a provider could lose their business forever.  Barnes asked if there was any requirement for a hearing before the department would take any action against the business.
2/22/2012 - Seven female Missouri legislators express outrage at lack of recognition during contraception debate:
Republican representatives, such as Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, said they believe the president's bill would allow unwarranted government intervention into individual decisions.
2/20/2012 - Representatives file bills to prevent future economic development failures :
Representative Jay Barnes is the chairman of the committee.
2/20/2012 - Missouri House moves toward preventing future economic development failures:
Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, who filed the bills, said the legislation serves the purpose of trying to prevent the failure of future economic development projects. The legislation largely follows recommendations put forth by the House Government Oversight Committee. The recommendations include mandating higher standards of due diligence from the Department of Economic Development and local economic development officials while looking into f..
2/15/2012 - Indoor tanning for minors in Missouri could be a thing of the past.:
Wrap: Jefferson City Republican Representative Jay Barnes proposed a bill prohibiting anyone under the age of fifteen to use a tanning bed.
2/15/2012 - Missouri Representatives and physicians support bills restricting teen tanning:
The first bill, sponsored by Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, would ban the use of tanning beds to children under the age of 15. A substitute put forth by the House Health Care Committee would make the punishment for a first offense a $250 fine and a $500 fine for a second offense, as opposed to a class C misdemeanor, which the original bill proposed. 
2/13/2012 - Missouri House commitee releases Mamtek investigation results:
to a company. The suggestions were put forth by the House Government Oversight Committee, whose chairman, Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, released a draft report Monday of the House investigation into the failed artificial sweetener plant. The report's recommendations serve the purpose of proposing ways of stopping economic development projects
1/25/2012 - The only doctor in the Senate vows to kill prescription drug monitoring program:
Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, testified against the bill, saying he is worried about the possibility of creating another "pot of information" that could be stolen. Frederick said this has not been an issue in the other states that have used this program.
1/23/2012 - Government money may go to private schools:
Among those supporting the measure is Jefferson City Republican Representative Jay Barnes.
1/23/2012 - State funding for religious institutions proposed in Missouri Senate:
One senator calls the current amendment discriminatory and a relic of anti-Catholicism and anti-immigration sentiment from the 1800s. Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, said the current Missouri Constitution infringes upon the freedom of parents to choose which schools their children attend. Barnes doesn't see the resolution as supporting religious institutions but as giving students additional educational resources.
1/19/2012 - House Commmittee Hears Testimony from Mamtek Lawyer:
After the hearing ended, Representative Jay Barnes said there were a number of areas where this could have been prevented.
- Senate moves on economic development measures:
The bill also has the unintended consequence of killing a bill that was supposed to increase due diligence standards for public officials involved in economic development projects. The original bill, sponsored by Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, was born out of the failure of an artificial sweetener plant in Moberly after a China-based company had promised to bring over 600 jobs to the state.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of November 26, 2012:
"She's refused to show up three times, and instead what she does is send persons within the department that can answer some factual questions but won't give any answers on how policy might be improved, and that's just unacceptable," said Rep. Jay Barnes R-Jefferson City.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of November 19, 2012:
"She's refused to show up three times, and instead what she does is send persons within the department that can answer some factual questions but won't give any answers on how policy might be improved, and that's just unacceptable," said Rep. Jay Barnes R-Jefferson City.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of November 12, 2012:
"She's refused to show up three times, and instead what she does is send persons within the department that can answer some factual questions but won't give any answers on how policy might be improved, and that's just unacceptable," said Rep. Jay Barnes R-Jefferson City.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of October 1, 2012:
Rep. Jay Barnes said Wednesday he will keep filing legislation that imposes stricter due diligence requirements for economic development projects, such as the failed Mamtek sweetener plant in Moberly.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of September 24, 2012:
Rep. Jay Barnes said Wednesday he will keep filing legislation that imposes stricter due diligence requirements for economic development projects, such as the failed Mamtek sweetener plant in Moberly.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of April 30, 2012:
While legislation is not required to establish an investigative committee, Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, said passing the legislation would make it known that lawmakers were dedicated to investigating the issue.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of April 23, 2012:
Bill sponsor Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, said it's time to hold companies accountable.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of April 16, 2012:
Before the indictment was handed down, two lawmakers in charge of presenting legislation to deal with MEM both said they were not concerned with the federal indictment. Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, and Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, both said the public firm should become a private company, a move that could potentially hurt MEM's future profits.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of April 9, 2012:
Before the indictment was handed down, two lawmakers in charge of presenting legislation to deal with MEM both said they were not concerned with the federal indictment. Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, and Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, both said the public firm should become a private company, a move that could potentially hurt MEM's future profits.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of April 2, 2012:
Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, said he supports the bill, after surviving Melanoma himself. He proposed an amendment that would make tanning illegal for minors younger than 15-years-old. Businesses that allow the use of tanning devices for anyone younger than 15 would be fined $250 for the first offense and $500 for subsequent offenses. The amendment was approved by the House on Tuesday.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of March 12, 2012:
The packaged legislation combines a series of bills put forth by Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, suggesting additions to Missouri law in order to prevent future project failures.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of March 5, 2012:
The packaged legislation combines a series of bills put forth by Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, suggesting additions to Missouri law in order to prevent future project failures.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of February 27, 2012:
Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, who chairs the committee and led the House investigation into the collapse of Mamtek, advised opposition to act with "due speed" if they wanted to discuss changes with the committee members.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of February 20, 2012:
Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, is the chairman of the House committee and sponsored five of the seven bills.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of February 13, 2012:
The first bill, sponsored by Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, would ban the use of tanning beds to children under the age of 15. A substitute put forth by the House Health Care Committee would make the punishment for a first offense a $250 fine and a $500 fine for a second offense, as opposed to a class C misdemeanor, which the original bill proposed.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of February 6, 2012:
Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, provided one concern. He is concerned about providers losing their businesses just from the filing of a criminal charge.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of January 23, 2012:
Committee Chairman Jay Barnes, R-Cole County, said there were areas where this could have been prevented.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of January 16, 2012:
Committee Chairman Jay Barnes, R-Cole County, said there were areas where this could have been prevented.
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