All Senate Bills First Read in the House

SB 491 - Justus - Modifies provisions relating to criminal law
5/13/2014 - Governor took no action, sent to Secretary of State/Article III, Sec. 31

SB 492 - Pearce - Modifies provisions relating to the authorization for funding and administrative processes in higher education
6/19/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 493 - Pearce - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
9/10/2014 - S adopted motion to override Governor's veto

SB 498 - Schaefer - Modifies provisions relating to health insurance
5/16/2014 - H Calendar S Bills for Third Reading w/HCS (Fiscal Review 5-12)

SB 499 - Keaveny - Modifies provision of law relating to qualified spousal trusts, mediation provisions in trusts, and no-contest clauses
5/1/2014 - Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 500 - Keaveny - Modifies provisions of law relating to qualified spousal trusts, and no-contest clauses and mediation provisions in wills and trusts
6/23/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 504 - Munzlinger - Requires state agencies to post proposed rules, summaries, and fiscal notes on their websites
7/2/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 506 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions relating to agriculture
9/10/2014 - H defeated motion to override Governor's veto

SB 507 - Dixon - Modifies the gubernatorial appointment process for acting directors and the process for filling vacancies in certain state public offices
5/16/2014 - H Calendar S Bills for Third Reading w/HCS

SB 508 - Parson - Modifies various provisions relating to health insurance
9/10/2014 - No motion to override Governor's veto

SB 509 - Kraus - Modifies provisions relating to income taxes
5/6/2014 - Legislature voted to override Governor's veto

SB 510 - Kraus - Redefines "misconduct" and "good cause" for the purposes of disqualification from unemployment benefits
7/14/2014 - Governor took no action, sent to Secretary of State/Article III, Sec. 31

SB 520 - Sater - Modifies the law relating to leave time for state employees who are adoptive and foster parents
4/15/2014 - Voted Do Pass H Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities Committee

SB 523 - Emery - Prohibits school districts from requiring a student to use an identification device that uses radio frequency identification technology to transmit certain information
9/10/2014 - Legislature voted to override Governor's veto

SB 524 - Cunningham - Modifies provisions relating to health and welfare
4/30/2014 - Referred to H Rules Committee

SB 525 - Cunningham - Modifies provisions relating to food preparation and production
7/2/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 526 - Cunningham - Requires the Division of Workers' Compensation to develop and maintain a workers' compensation claims database
5/16/2014 - S Calendar S Bills with H Amendments--SCS for SB 526-Cunningham, with HA 1, HA 2, HA 3, as amended, HA 4, as amended, HA 5 & HA 6

SB 527 - Wallingford - Designates each March 27th as "Medical Radiation Safety Awareness Day"
7/10/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 528 - Wallingford - Modifies various provisions of law regarding the licensure of certain professionals
4/22/2014 - Referred to H Rules Committee

SB 529 - Wallingford - Modifies the Missouri Public Prompt Payment Act and the law relating to public works projects
6/20/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 530 - Libla - Allows for alcohol or drug use or related convictions to be considered in determining parental fitness in termination of parental rights proceedings
6/20/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 532 - Nasheed - Modifies provisions relating to educational and medical consent provided by relative caregivers
7/9/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 537 - Parson - Modifies insurance holding company regulation and expands the power of the director of the department of insurance to examine insurance holding company systems
4/28/2014 - Executive Session Completed - No Action Taken

SB 561 - Munzlinger - Creates a permit for hobby manufacturers of fireworks
5/16/2014 - Referred H Tourism & Natural Resources Committee

SB 564 - Chappelle-Nadal - Requires long-term care facilities to be encouraged to institute policies facilitating familial involvement in the well-being and support of its residents
5/16/2014 - Referred H Health Care Policy Committee

SB 567 - Chappelle-Nadal - Modifies provisions relating to public health
7/10/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 575 - Dixon - Modifies and repeals a number of existing, expired or obsolete committees as well as creating the new Joint Committee on the Justice System
9/10/2014 - No motion to override Governor's veto

SB 584 - Dixon - Modifies provisions relating to taxation
9/10/2014 - No motion to override Governor's veto

SB 591 - Sater - Modifies provisions relating to agriculture
5/16/2014 - H Calendar S Bills for Third Reading w/HCS (Fiscal Review 5-13)

SB 593 - Sater - Modifies provisions relating to nonpartisan elections
9/10/2014 - Legislature voted to override Governor's veto

SB 599 - Kraus - Restricts the storage and use as evidence of data collected through automated license plate reader systems by government entities
5/5/2014 - Hearing Conducted H Government Oversight and Accountability Committee

SB 600 - Sater - Changes provisions for license plates honoring veterans; expands WWII, Korean Conflict, & Vietnam War medallion programs to Missouri National Guard members; and creates medallion programs for Operations Iraqi Freedom, New Dawn, Desert Shield & Desert Storm
7/3/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 601 - Holsman - Reauthorizes a deduction for energy efficiency audits and projects for tax years 2014 to 2020
7/7/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 605 - Dixon - Modifies provisions relating to higher education
5/16/2014 - H Calendar S Bills for Third Reading w/HCS (In Fiscal Review 5-8)

SB 606 - Dixon - Repeals provisions which require persons who solicit on behalf of prepaid legal services to be licensed as an insurance agent
7/10/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 607 - Dixon - Modifies provisions relating to sales taxes
5/16/2014 - S Calendar S Bills with H Amendments--SB 607-Dixon, with HCS, as amended

SB 609 - Parson - Modifies applicability of electronic communication of insurance documents to other provisions of law
6/5/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 610 - Parson - Extends consumer protections against predatory business practices by contractors to owners of commercial properties
6/5/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 612 - Schaaf - Modifies provisions relating to taxation
9/10/2014 - No motion to override Governor's veto

SB 613 - Nieves - Modifies provisions relating to firearms
5/16/2014 - H Calendar S Bills for Third Reading

SB 614 - Dixon - Modifies the county description of Jefferson County in provisions of law which allow the county to prosecute certain violations in a county municipal court and provisions of law regarding judicial personnel
5/16/2014 - In Conference--SB 614-Dixon, with HCS, as amended

SB 615 - Dixon - Modifies provisions of law relating to court costs, civil fines, the Sunshine Law, immunity for law enforcement officers, judgeships, the crime of disarming of a peace officer, and court procedure
9/10/2014 - No motion to override Governor's veto

SB 621 - Dixon - Modifies various provisions of law regarding the publication of the statutes, garnishments, criminal procedure, judicial resources, court surcharges, law enforcement liability, and crime prevention
7/8/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 623 - Nieves - Establishes the paper ballot as the official ballot and requires audits before election certification
5/16/2014 - H Calendar S Bills for Third Reading (In Fiscal Review 5-7)

SB 628 - Schaaf - Removes the expiration date on the authority of certain public higher education institutions to transfer real property, except in fee simple, without General Assembly authorization
5/16/2014 - H Calendar S Bills for Third Reading

SB 630 - Wallingford - Modifies numerous provisions relating to elections
5/16/2014 - H Calendar S Bills for Third Reading w/HCS

SB 631 - Wallingford - Modifies the law relating to the authorizing of local sales taxes and community center districts, annexation elections, absentee voting, military voting procedures, and initiative petitions
5/12/2014 - Referred to H Rules Committee

SB 635 - Silvey - Prohibits issuance of certain incentives to business relocating from certain counties in Kansas if Kansas enacts a similar prohibition
7/1/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 638 - Romine - Raises the cap on issuance of certain benevolent tax credits
5/16/2014 - S Calendar S Bills with H Amendments--SCS for SBs 638 & 647-Romine, with HA 1 & HA 2

SB 639 - Brown - Requires mammography facilities to provide to patients certain information regarding breast density
7/1/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 642 - Romine - Modifies provisions relating to proposed surface mining operations
7/7/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 643 - Sifton - Modifies provisions regarding the publishing of the Missouri statutes by the Revisor of Statutes
7/2/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 649 - Lager - Modifies provisions relating to right-of-way of political subdivisions
3/20/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 650 - Lager - Modifies provisions relating to wireless communications infrastructure deployment
3/20/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 651 - Lager - Modifies provisions relating to communications services
3/20/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 652 - Lager - Modifies provisions relating to utility access to railroad right-of-way
5/16/2014 - H Calendar S Bills for Third Reading

SB 653 - Lager - Modifies provisions relating to municipal utility poles
3/20/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 655 - Kraus - Modifies provisions relating to property
7/8/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 656 - Kraus - Modifies provisions relating to firearms and corporate security advisors
9/10/2014 - Legislature voted to override Governor's veto

SB 660 - Wallingford - Modifies provisions relating to reproductive health care
5/16/2014 - S Calendar S Bills with H Amendments--SB 660-Wallingford, with HCS, as amended

SB 662 - Kraus - Modifies provisions relating to taxation
9/10/2014 - H defeated motion to override Governor's veto

SB 664 - Brown - Modifies provisions relating to natural resources
7/7/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 667 - Schmitt - Modifies the gubernatorial appointment process for acting directors and members of boards and commissions
5/16/2014 - Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 668 - Silvey - Requires health benefit plans to establish equal out of pocket costs for covered oral and intravenously administered chemotherapy medications
3/19/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 672 - Parson - Modifies provisions relating to businesses, political subdivisions, fire sprinklers, garnishments, asphalt shingles, and real estate appraisers
7/8/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 673 - Kehoe - Modifies the duration of unemployment compensation, the method to pay federal advances, and raises the fund trigger causing contribution rate reductions
9/10/2014 - H defeated motion to override Governor's veto

SB 674 - Kehoe - Authorizes the Missouri State Capitol Commission and the Office of Administration to enter into contracts for events held at the State Capitol and the Missouri State Penitentiary historic site
5/16/2014 - H Calendar S Bills for Third Reading

SB 675 - Kehoe - Allows political subdivisions to assign operation of a retirement plan to the Missouri Local Government Employees' Retirement system
9/10/2014 - No motion to override Governor's veto

SB 680 - Curls - Modifies provisions relating to public assistance
6/20/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 689 - Schmitt - Expands the types of packages in which malt liquor may be sold pursuant to a permit for the sale of malt liquor in the original package
7/1/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 690 - Wasson - Specifies that a Greene County emergency telephone service board is not a political subdivision unless the county commissioners adopt an order reclassifying the board as such
6/23/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 691 - Wasson - Modifies insurance policy cancellation and reinstatement requirements and allows homeowner insurance companies to offer sinkhole coverage
7/10/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 692 - Wasson - Regulates contracts between insurers and providers of optometric and ophthalmic services
5/12/2014 - Motion to Do Pass FAILED H Insurance Policy Committee

SB 693 - Parson - Modifies provisions relating to taxation
9/10/2014 - No motion to override Governor's veto

SB 694 - Cunningham - Modifies the law relating to payday loans
9/10/2014 - No motion to override Governor's veto

SB 695 - Keaveny - Authorizes the addition of a child by modifying an existing administrative child support order
5/16/2014 - H Calendar S Bills for Third Reading

SB 696 - Schaefer - Modifies provisions relating to motor vehicles
5/16/2014 - S Calendar S Bills with H Amendments--SB 696-Schaefer, with HCS, as amended

SB 699 - Pearce - Grants the Coordinating Board for Higher Education responsibility to enter into agreements for interstate reciprocity regarding the delivery of postsecondary distance education
5/16/2014 - Referred H Higher Education Committee

SB 701 - Lager - Modifies provisions relating to school superintendents, school accountability report cards, career and technical education, and creates the Farm-to-School Program
7/9/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 704 - Lager - Modifies the qualification requirements for enrolling as a land surveyor-in-training
4/30/2014 - Hearing Conducted H Professional Registration and Licensing Committee

SB 706 - Cunningham - Prohibits bad faith assertions of patent infringement
7/8/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 707 - Wasson - Modifies the definitions of "all-terrain vehicle," "recreational off-highway vehicle," and "utility vehicle"
5/16/2014 - S Calendar S Bills with H Amendments--SS for SCS for SB 707-Wasson, with HCS, as amended

SB 708 - Sifton - Allows emergency workers to request, receive and submit absentee ballots in the event of a declared state of emergency
5/16/2014 - H Calendar S Bills for Third Reading

SRB 714 - Lager - Repeals a number of expired, ineffective and obsolete statutes
4/24/2014 - Hearing Scheduled But NOT Heard H Downsizing State Government Committee

SB 716 - Brown - Modifies provisions relating to public health
7/10/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 717 - Brown - Modifies provisions of law relating to persons engaged in hair braiding, the practice of pharmacy, and licensure of federally employed pharmacists and hospital pharmacies
5/16/2014 - S Calendar S Bills with H Amendments--SB 717-Brown, Part I of HA 1

SB 718 - Richard - Allows for volunteer labor on public works projects
5/16/2014 - H Calendar S Bills for Third Reading

SB 719 - Kehoe - Modifies the laws relating to school purchases
7/9/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 720 - Justus - Adds new requirements for state-funded child care providers
4/15/2014 - Voted Do Pass H Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities Committee

SB 723 - Parson - Raises the cap on the amount of revenue bonds that may be issued by the Board of Public Buildings
7/9/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 727 - Chappelle-Nadal - Modifies provisions relating to farmers' market and SNAP benefits
9/10/2014 - Legislature voted to override Governor's veto

SB 729 - Romine - Modifies provisions relating to taxation and economic development
7/7/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 731 - Nasheed - Modifies provisions relating to nuisance ordinances and actions
9/10/2014 - Legislature voted to override Governor's veto

SB 734 - Cunningham - Allows members of electric cooperatives to participate in certain meetings by mail or electronic means
6/5/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 735 - Brown - Establishes Duty to inform campground guests of campground policies and establishes causes for which a campground owner can remove a person from a campground and a penalty for failure to leave
7/8/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 741 - Parson - Authorizes gaming establishment to provide lines of credit
7/14/2014 - Governor took no action, sent to Secretary of State/Article III, Sec. 31

SB 745 - Munzlinger - Modifies the provisions regarding sheriffs and other law enforcement officers, weapons, and concealed carry permits
7/2/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 754 - Sater - Modifies provisions relating to health care
7/10/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 758 - Justus - Changes the term "free health clinic" to "community health clinic" and modifies its definition for the purposes of the State Legal Expense Fund
5/16/2014 - H Calendar S Bills for Third Reading w/HCS

SB 766 - Keaveny - Modifies portions of the Uniform Commercial Code relating to secured transactions
5/16/2014 - H Calendar S Bills for Third Reading

SB 767 - Schmitt - Allows the creation of a voluntary registry of persons with health-related ailments to assist individuals in case of a disaster or emergency
7/3/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 773 - Dempsey - Allows first responders to drive ground ambulances in certain emergency situations
7/3/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 774 - Dempsey - Modifies provisions relating to tax increment financing
5/13/2014 - Referred to H Rules Committee

SB 777 - Nieves - Modifies provisions relating to taxation, penalties for ordinance violations, economic development, and motor vehicle sales
5/16/2014 - S Calendar S Bills with H Amendments--SCS for SB 777-Nieves, with HCS#2, as amended

SB 782 - Romine - Allows an individual with certification from the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence to obtain teacher certification in elementary education
7/9/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 785 - Kehoe - Expands one time temporary boating safety identification card opportunity to include Missouri residents
7/2/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 786 - Schmitt - Modifies provisions relating to intoxicating liquor manufactured for personal or family use and licenses to sell liquor on boats
5/16/2014 - H Calendar S Bills for Third Reading w/HCS

SB 794 - Chappelle-Nadal - Allows certain financial institutions to transfer fiduciary obligations and modifies the law relating to insurance producers and holding companies
7/1/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 795 - Lager - Modifies the prohibition on a quality rating system for early childhood education that is not established through Missouri statute
5/16/2014 - Referred H Elementary and Secondary Education Committee

SB 796 - Parson - Establishes a procedure to obtain a marriage license for the incarcerated or military persons who are out of the state
7/2/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 808 - Wasson - Modifies provisions of law relating to the licensure and scope of practice for certain professions
7/10/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 809 - Wasson - Modifies provisions of law regarding licensing of architects, professional engineers, professional land surveyors, and professional landscape architects
7/1/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 812 - Parson - Requires the Department of Economic Development to open an office in Israel
7/2/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 818 - Kehoe - Expands allowable uses for aviation trust fund moneys and modifies requirements for specified limited uses
7/1/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 824 - Dixon - Modifies provisions relating to prosecutors, political subdivisions, law enforcement, courts, and funerals
5/16/2014 - H Calendar S Bills for Third Reading w/HCS (Fiscal Review 5-13)

SB 829 - Kraus - Modifies provisions relating to burden of proof in tax liability cases
9/10/2014 - Legislature voted to override Governor's veto

SB 841 - Wasson - Modifies provisions relating to alternative nicotine or vapor products
9/10/2014 - Legislature voted to override Governor's veto

SB 842 - Parson - Modifies the authority of the Director of the Department of Revenue to conduct diesel fuel inspections
7/1/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 844 - Dixon - Modifies the shared work unemployment compensation program
7/1/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 852 - Schmitt - Modifies provisions relating to emergency service providers, corporate security advisors, child abuse, the Department of Mental Health, and funerals
7/3/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 854 - Wasson - Modifies provisions relating to prosecutors, political subdivisions, law enforcement, courts and funerals
5/16/2014 - H Calendar S Bills for Third Reading w/HCS (Fiscal Review 5-13)

SB 859 - Brown - Modifies provisions relating to agriculture
5/16/2014 - S Calendar S Bills with H Amendments--SB 859-Brown, with HCS

SB 860 - Cunningham - Modifies provisions relating to taxation
9/10/2014 - H defeated motion to override Governor's veto

SB 866 - Wasson - Preempts local laws that would modify current law governing the manner in which traditional installment loan lenders are allowed to make loans
9/10/2014 - Legislature voted to override Governor's veto

SB 869 - Schmitt - Modifies provisions relating to children
7/9/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 873 - Brown - Modifies provisions relating children
5/16/2014 - H Calendar S Bills for Third Reading w/HCS (Fiscal Review 5-13)

SB 874 - Wasson - Modifies regulatory examination of health maintenance organizations and title insurance law
5/16/2014 - H Calendar S Bills for Third Reading w/HCS

SB 884 - Wallingford - Establishes contractual provisions for entities engaged in the provision of dental services
6/23/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 890 - Kehoe - Creates a rule for determining proper venue in cases alleging a tort in which the plaintiff was first injured in connection with any railroad operations outside the state of Missouri
7/8/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 891 - Kehoe - Repeals provisions of law mandating that a funeral procession be identified by an identifying insignia
5/16/2014 - Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 892 - Kraus - Changes the presidential primary election date from February to March
6/4/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 896 - Wallingford - Modifies provisions relating to county governance
7/1/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 907 - Richard - Allows the Carthage School District to transfer unrestricted funds from the incidental to the capital projects funds in the 2014-2015 school year to complete student safety-related projects
7/9/2014 - Signed by Governor

SB 958 - Nieves - Creates an exemption for sales of aircraft to nonresidents
5/6/2014 - Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard H Ways and Means Committee

SB 964 - Lager - Adds captive cervids to the definition of livestock
5/7/2014 - Hearing Cancelled H Agri-Business Committee

SB 992 - Dempsey - Creates the State Capitol Complex Subcommittee of the Board of Public Buildings
5/16/2014 - S Calendar S Bills with H Amendments--SB 992-Dempsey, with HCS

SCR 17 - Wallingford - Establishes the Joint Committee on Solid Waste Management District Operations
5/16/2014 - H adopted

SCR 19 - Romine - Establishes the Missouri Lead Industry Employment, Economic Development and Environmental Remediation Task Force
3/12/2014 - H adopted

SCR 20 - Walsh - Recognizes every September 26th as Mesothelioma Awareness Day
5/16/2014 - H Calendar Senate Concurrent Resolutions - Third Reading

SCR 21 - Pearce - Urges the Air Force not to eliminate or reduce the A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft fleet
5/16/2014 - Referred H Veterans Committee

SCR 22 - Cunningham - Urges the National Park Service to not take action on the Ozark National Scenic Riverways general management plan, and for the Department of the Interior to negotiate the return of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways to the state
5/16/2014 - H adopted

SCR 28 - Pearce - Supports the Taiwan Relations Act and the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement
5/16/2014 - Referred H International Trade Committee

SCR 29 - Wallingford - Establishes a Juvenile Justice Task Force
5/6/2014 - H adopted

SCR 31 - Parson - Urges the United States Congress and the President of the United States to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program
5/16/2014 - H adopted

SCR 32 - Schaaf - Provides that Missouri join with national and state stroke awareness and prevention organizations in the month of May to observe Stroke Awareness Month
5/16/2014 - H adopted

SCR 33 - Wallingford - Recognizes the month of February as "Oral Health Awareness Month" and supports health policies which promote oral health
4/30/2014 - HCS Voted Do Pass H Special Standing Committee on Emerging Issues in Health Care Committee

SCR 34 - LeVota - Urges the National Football League to award an upcoming Super Bowl to Kansas City
5/16/2014 - H adopted

SCR 36 - Wasson - Establishes a Multiple Sclerosis Task Force
5/6/2014 - H adopted

SCR 37 - Kehoe - Recognizes the first Tuesday of every September as American Red Cross Blood Donation Day
5/16/2014 - Referred H Tourism & Natural Resources Committee

SCR 39 - Parson - Authorizes the issuance of bonds for certain state and university projects
5/16/2014 - Referred H Budget Committee

SCR 40 - Lager - Urges the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to rely on state regulators to develop carbon dioxide emissions standards
5/16/2014 - Referred H Transportation Committee

SCR 41 - Pearce - Designates November 2014 as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) awareness month in Missouri
5/16/2014 - Referred H Health Care Policy Committee

SCR 43 - Sater - Designates the Vietnam Veterans Memorial which is to be built on the College of the Ozarks Campus in Point Lookout, Missouri as the official Vietnam War Memorial of the State of Missouri
5/16/2014 - H adopted

SJR 27 - Schaaf - Provides that the people shall be secure in their electronic communications and data
5/30/2014 - Delivered to Secretary of State

SJR 30 - Dixon - Modifies the gubernatorial appointment process
5/16/2014 - H Calendar S Joint Resolutions for Third Reading w/HCS (Fiscal Review 5-15)

SJR 36 - Schaefer - Modifies constitutional provisions regarding the right to keep and bear arms
5/30/2014 - Delivered to Secretary of State

SJR 45 - Silvey - Prohibits the Governor from controlling the rate of expenditures of, and withholding funds from, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the payment of public debt
4/8/2014 - Hearing Conducted H General Laws Committee