Missouri Legislative Update
Missouri Legislative Update

This program brings you right into the heart of the Missouri Legislature, featuring news interviews with your lawmakers and stories on issues concerning Missouri. New programs are posted throughout the legislative session.

2008
January 2008 – Senate and House Opening Day Ceremonies; Senate and House Opening Day Press Conferences/Reactions; lawmakers’ reactions to the State of the State address; Senate Appropriations Committee; Senate Agriculture, Conservation, Parks and Natural Resources Committee; House Health Care Transformation Committee; Senate Interim Committee on Funding for County Sheriff Offices; House Bill 1423-Iginition Interlock Devices (Drinking and Driving); Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration at the Capitol; and Lewis and Clark Monument.
February 2008 - Property Tax Reform in the Senate; Kansas Tax Bill in the House; Campaign Finance in the Senate; House Rules Change; Autism Scholarship Legislation in the House; Veterans' Education in the Senate; Intellectual Diversity in the House; Missouri Quality Jobs Tax Credits in the Senate; Alternative Energy Tax Deduction in the House; Pharmacies and Abortion in the House; Pharmacies and Meth in the Senate; House Reveals New Famous Missourian Bust; and Senate Debates New State Desert.
This month on Missouri Legislative Update, the General Assembly works on bills that would tackle illegal immigration in the state, address the growing problem of cyberbulling, and examine the pay scale for teachers and nurses in Missouri. Runtime 29:30
In the July edition of Missouri Legislative Update, the governor signs Senate and House bills that affect Missourians across the state, lawmakers turn in their gavels for sandbags to help battle against the flooding, and the Capitol grounds receive a new monument to commemorate the historic journey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.

2007
January 2007 – Senate and House Opening Day ceremonies; Senate and House majority and minority press conference; House social security taxes; House military pensions; House Democrats redistricting proposal; Senate Appropriations Committee hearing; House budget; House healthcare appropriations; Senate rules debate; and Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration at the Capitol.
February 2007 - Lawmakers reaction to the governor's state of the state address; immigration reform; tax cuts; higher education/MOHELA; Ticket to Work Program; legislation drafted to protect sexual assault and domestic violence victims; Medicaid fraud; local control; mandatory seat belt legislation; Highway 70 & 44 expansion; Utilicare; English as official state language; and the World Series Trophy Tour.
March 2007 House and Senate mid-session report; Senate MOHELA; House budget; Senate Mo Health Net; House Real ID Act; Senate Green Power Initiative; Senate controlled animal feeding operations (CAFOs); House scholarship fund; Senate underage drinking bill; House drivers education bill; House alternative teachers legislation; and Mary Wilson of The Supremes visits the state capitol.
 April 2007 – Senate and House Missouri HealthNet coverage; House budget and life sciences debate; MOHELA in the Senate; Senate President Pro Tem’s legislation over mental health and protecting crime victims; debate over sprinklers in nursing homes in the House; loss limits, pro-life legislation, and midwifery in the Senate; intellectual diversity in the House; Senate CAFO bill; and U.S. Senator Kit Bond’s visit. This month on Missouri Legislative Update we feature legislation lawmakers worked on in the last weeks of session as well as bills that have already been sent to the governor. We also say goodbye to three members of the General Assembly and we’ll show you how the House and Senate ended the legislative session.
June-July 2007 — Senate President Pro Tem fly around with the governor; Speaker of the House fly around with the governor; series of bill signings; new Senate Appropriations Committee chairman; Blue Ribbon Panel on Autism; Perseverance, the Journey of Three Bills through the General Assembly; seatbelt legislation in the House; virtual schools; and new state symbols.
August-September 2007 — Special and Veto Session information; Special Session-Economic Development (House and Senate); Special Session-Transportation (House and Senate); 2007 Transportation Summit; 9-1-1 Commission (House); Senate Interim Committees; Special Elections and New Leadership Positions (House and Senate); Rep. Brown Returns from Iraq; Hall of Famous Missourian Inductee-Bob Barker; and Tour of Missouri.

2006
January 2006 - Opening Day-93rd General Assembly-2nd Regular Session, President Pro Tem Michael Gibbons speech; Republican/Democratic press conferences; State of the State address; tracking major issues in the General Assembly; key legislative issues in the Senate-eminent domain, Medicaid, sexual offenders; Ulticare; mental health appropriations; education appropriations; new House committee-Energy and Environment; Sen. Jack Goodman interview; and Newt Gingrich visits the Senate.
February 2006 - Funeral protest bill; Move Over legislation; MoHELA; 2/3 classroom funding; Ticket To Work; Stand Your Ground legislation; Missouri Voters Protection Act; Medicaid Fraud Committee; new House committees; House Elections; and State Crop-Soybean.
March 2006 - Legislative Spring Recess; budget; emissions/inspections legislation; sex offenders legislation; abortion ban legislation; Ticket To Work; labor bill; MoHELA; long term care insurance; eminent domain; Shield Law; energy bill; ethanol; and national forest sale.
 April 2006 - Disability rights rally on Capitol lawn; Medicaid fraud; Missouri Voter Protection Act; new scholarship/MoHELA plan; eminent domain; Castle Doctrine; compensation for wrongfully convicted; House Immigration Committee; video service franchises; virtual classrooms; ethanol; 2nd Senatorial District seat; Caruthersville tornado; and noodling. May 2006 - End of session Republican/Democratic press conferences; budget; MoHELA/Senate resolution; ethics; voter photo ID; eminent domain; virtual schools; sexual offender legislation; highway safety; and ethanol.
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Missouri Legislative Update - July 2008
Missouri Legislative Update - May 2008
Missouri Legislative Update - April 2008
Missouri Legislative Update - March 2008
Missouri Legislative Update - February 2008
Missouri Legislative Update - January 2008