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2014 Bill(s)

HB 1269
Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
Status: H Ways & Means
Description: Impose a flat six percent income tax (the current level for those with taxable incomes above $9,000). Exempt from the income tax anyone making below 107 percent of the "official poverty line" (about $11,000) if that means the federal poverty guideline or level).
See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 1619
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H Education
    Description: Impose a $10,000 limit on how much a school district can charge an unaccredited school district for a student that has transferred to the accredited district.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • * HB 1624
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H Tourism
    Description: Designate "high five" as the official Missouri greeting.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 1625
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H Local Government
    Description: Prohibit smoking in public places.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HB 1694
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H Urban Issues
    Description: Let any county adopt a sales tax for youth programs upon voter approval.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 1695
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H Urban Issues
    Description: Expand the purposes for which a community children's fund can be spend to include substance abuse, emotional abuse and juvenile delinquency prevention programs.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 1696
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H Ways & Means
    Description: Provide an extra income tax deduction for an unmarried taxpayer claiming to never having a child.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    * HB 1704
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H Higher Education
    Description: Prohibit public universities from charging out of state tuition for a child of a foreigner who was in a Missouri school for at least two years. Prohibit universities basing admission solely on immigration status.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 1705
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H Higher Education
    Description: Provide a reimbursement for remedial course tuition for courses required to prepare the student for a first-college level in the subject at a public university.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 1706
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H Education
    Description: Require at least four units of credit in math and another four units in science to graduate from high school.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HB 1808
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H Ways & Means
    Description: Provide an income tax deduction for the costs of forming a limited liability company or sole proprietorship.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 1809
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H Ways & Means
    Description: Provide an income tax deduction for the up to 30 credit hours to graduate from college for a student who has not been enrolled for at least three years.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 1810
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H Tourism
    Description: Designate June 1 Underrepresented Minority Contractor Appreciation Day.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 1811
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H Economic Development
    Description: Establish a committee on grant applications for accelerated technology education programs, subject to appropriation.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 1812
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H Economic Development
    Description: Require some legislative bills include components to encourage small business if the bill contains economic development language.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 1813
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H Children, Families & Disabilities
    Description: Create a Youth Funds Legislative Oversight Committee.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 1814
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H Small Business
    Description: Exempt limited liability corporations from the business filing fee.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 1859
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H Administration
    Description: Establish a minimum salary for legislative assistants.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 1931
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H Elections
    Description: Require the governor to issue a proclamation on Primary Election Day and General Election Day.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 1978
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Require the Natural Resources Department to establish radioactive monitoring of trash dumps in Bridgeton in St. Louis County.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HB 1979
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H Tourism
    Description: Establish a Voter Pride Day on the April election day.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 2106
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Require mobile phone service providers to report to the Public Service Commission the details of all their plans offered to consumers and require the PSC to post that information on its website.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 2165
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Require the Higher Education Department to study the feasibility of a three-year bachelor's degree program.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HB 2166
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Freeze the tuition rate charged a student for five years after initial enrollment. Require 33 percent of tuition increase revenue be used for faculty improvement.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HB 2167
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Require a school district to identify students needing remedial course work and require the district to develop a virtual program for the students.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HB 2170
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Establish an education program in which eight years of school and higher education are condensed into six years. Require the state to pay part of the online course cost.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HB 2195
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Authorize the Youth Services Division to encourage municipal courts to use community early intervention programs to keep youth out of the formal justice system.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HB 2196
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Require the Public Service Commission to levy an assessment on utilities to fund the Public Counsel's office which represents consumers in utility cases.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HB 2211
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Establish a state Community Education Council in the Education Department. Establish Community Action Councils inSt. Louis City and St. Louis County school districts.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HB 2228
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Repeal a requirement that a business getting a government contract participate in the federal requirement to verify the legal status of the business workers.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HB 2291
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Establish, subject to appropriation a fund for historic revitalization. Provide loans to students who agree to remain in a revialized area for five years.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HB 2299
    Sponsor: Curtis, Courtney
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Require a county with an unaccredited school district in the county use ten percent of its budget for services to the district(s).
    See: Official legislative description and status


    Note: The descriptions of bills, amendments and roll-call votes are written by MDN journalists. MDN's database may not include committee assignments of bills made on the last day of the session since it is too late for the committee to act on the bill and, thus, the delayed assignment has no practical effect.