Representing Missouri House District 102
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Designates the month of November as "Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month" and the last week in October as "Respiratory Syncytial Virus Awareness Week" in Missouri
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Specifies that parental liberty regarding the upbringing, education, and care of his or her children is a fundamental right which cannot be infringed on without demonstrating a governmental interest of the highest order
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Changes the laws regarding midwifery
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Establishes procedures for approving changes to redevelopment projects in St. Louis County, St. Charles County, and Jefferson County
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Specifies that any issue to increase any tax, license, fee, or levy requiring voter approval under Article X of the Missouri Constitution must be placed on the ballot only on the general election day
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Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to hold public meetings in each congressional district on the Common Core State Standards
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Changes the laws regarding travel hardships of public school students
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Modifies provisions relating to breast-feeding
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Modifies the real property tax increment allocation redevelopment act
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Prohibits the State Board of Education from adopting and implementing the standards for public schools developed by the Common Core Standards Initiative
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Establishes a hybrid plan and a defined contribution program for employees and elected officials becoming employed after January 1, 2014
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Establishes the Civil Liberties Defense Act and specifies how a court may rule in contractual disputes involving the law of other countries and jurisdictional issues involving other countries
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Proposes a constitutional amendment specifying that each citizen has an inherent liberty that includes being able to make decisions regarding lawful health care related services or products
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Authorizes the General Assembly to remove any department director or deputy director if it determines that the removal is necessary for the betterment of the public service
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Repeals the provisions designating Department of Revenue employees as peace officers
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Prohibits school districts from requiring a student to use an identification device that uses radio frequency identification technology to transmit certain information
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Changes the laws regarding membership and contributions to public school retirement systems in Missouri
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Establishes the Employee Reclassifcation Act, which requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to concisely define independent contractor and the procedures for changing an individual's classification to an employee
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Prohibits the use of a global positioning system or other technology to monitor the mileage traveled by a motor vehicle in order to impose any mileage tax
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Specifies that the State Board of Education and other public school entities must encourage students to explore scientific questions and assist teaching strengths and weakneses of scientific theories of biological or chemical evolution
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Grants TeenPac use of the House Chamber for a mock legislative session on 3/8/13
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Changes the laws regarding the deductions of certain net profits and caps the aggregate amount the Department of Economic Development may issue for all tax credits
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Excludes a representative of the Department of Revenue or his or her designee from the definition of "peace officer", "law enforcement officer", or "public safety official" as they are used in the Revised Statutes of Missouri
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Allows an employer to receive fees and expenses from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations if an employer prevails in a suit or appeal based on an audit reclassifying a person or entity from an independent contractor to an employee
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Specifies that there is a legal presumption, absent contrary evidence, that funds paid to a limited liability company are funds paid to an independent contractor and not to an employee
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Prohibits a property owners' association from preventing a property owner from placing political yard signs on his or her property