Representing Missouri House District 74
Primary Sponsor
Changes the eligibility requirements for medical assistance under the MO HealthNet program
Cosponsor
Requires all food or food products sold in Missouri that are derived from a cloned animal to be labeled indicating that the food is or contains products derived from cloned animals
Cosponsor
Changes the laws regarding the possession of less than 35 grams of marijuana and the possession of marijuana drug paraphernalia
Cosponsor
Requires members of the House of Representatives to be subject to drug testing within 60 days of the start of the legislative session
Cosponsor
Changes the laws regarding school course materials and instruction relating to human sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases
Cosponsor
Changes the laws regarding the use of credit information when underwriting insurance contracts and prohibits insurers from taking adverse actions based on a person's credit report or insurance score
Cosponsor
Establishes the Task Force on Alternative Confinement for Victims of Human Sex Trafficking within the Department of Public Safety
Primary Sponsor
Creates the crime of distribution of a controlled substance near a child care facility
Cosponsor
Designates April 2013 as "Donate Life Month" in Missouri
Cosponsor
Changes the eligibility requirements for medical assistance under the MO HealthNet program
Primary Sponsor
Creates the crimes of assault of an employee of a mass transit system in the first, second, and third degree
Cosponsor
Designates the "William Lacy 'Bill' Clay, Sr. Highway" in St. Louis County
Primary Sponsor
Prohibits an employer from using a job applicant's personal credit history as a hiring criteria except where the credit history is shown to be directly related to the position sought by the applicant
Primary Sponsor
Allows a debtor facing nonjudicial foreclosure of real estate under a power of sale to elect to participate in dispute resolution or convert to judicial foreclosure
Cosponsor
Designates the week of March 24, 2013, as "Colon Cancer Awareness Week" in Missouri
Cosponsor
Requests the Missouri Congressional delegation to support the efforts of the National Women's History Museum to secure a permanent home in the nation's capital at the National Mall
Cosponsor
Prohibits all drivers, regardless of age, from text messaging while operating a moving vehicle unless the device being used is equipped with technology allowing for voice-recognition hands-free texting
Cosponsor
Designates July 3 of each year as "Organ Donor Recognition Day"