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Latest Action: 02/05/2008 - Public Hearing Completed (H) Bill Text
HB 1417 - SMALL CLAIMS COURT ACTIONS - Nance, Bob
Increases the limit in small claims court from $3,000 to $5,000
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Referred: Judiciary (H) Bill Text
HB 1451 - TRIAL DE NOVO PETITIONS - Roorda, Jeff
Allows a person to petition the circuit court for a trial de novo as an alternative to seeking judicial review of an agency decision
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - S Formal Calendar H Bills for Third Reading--HCS for HJR 41, with SCS (Rupp) Bill Text
HJR 41 - STATE COURT JURISDICTION - Cunningham, Jane
Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting state courts from levying or imposing new or increased taxes, licenses, or fees without legislative or voter approval
Latest Action: 04/17/2008 - Third Read and Defeated (H) Bill Text
HJR 49 - APPELLATE JUDICIAL COMMISSION - Cox, Stanley
Proposes a constitutional amendment increasing the number of Governor-appointed citizens serving on the Appellate Judicial Commission and the number of candidates nominated for vacancies
Latest Action: 01/17/2008 - Referred: Special Committee on General Laws (H) Bill Text
HJR 51 - JUDICIAL RETIREMENT - Lembke, Jim
Proposes a constitutional amendment abolishing the Commission on Retirement, Removal, and Discipline and makes the service of judges past retirement age not subject to a petition or appeal process
Latest Action: 01/10/2008 - Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee Bill TextSB 734 - This act adds a circuit judge position within the thirty-first judicial circuit, starting January 1, 2009, to be known as division six. The Governor shall appoint a judge to the position, and the election for the position shall take place at the 2009 general election. This act is similar to SB 23 (2007). ALEXA PEARSON
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Voted Do Pass S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee Bill TextSB 757 - This act provides that beginning January 1, 2010, all circuit, associate circuit, and appellate judgeships in this state shall be nonpartisan offices, and no such judge shall be identified by political party. Currently, except in jurisdictions that have adopted the provisions of Sections 25(a) to (g) Article V of the Constitution of Missouri, elections for circuit and associate circuit judges are held on the general election date. This act provides that beginning January 1, 2010, elections for such judges shall be held on the primary election date. The names of each judicial candidate shall be included on all ballots in said election, including each political party's primary ballots, but shall be designated as "nonpartisan." In any primary election at which no judicial candidate receives a majority vote, the two candidates receiving the highest and next highest number of votes shall be certified to a runoff election, which shall be held at the next general election. Such [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/10/2008 - Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee Bill TextSB 769 - This act provides that beginning August 28, 2008, there shall be an additional circuit judge position in the 45th circuit. The two judges in this circuit will sit in divisions numbered one and two. The judge who sits in this circuit on August 27, 2008, shall sit in division one until a successor is elected in 2012. The circuit judge in division two shall be elected in 2010. ALEXA PEARSON
Latest Action: 02/05/2008 - Public Hearing Completed (H) Bill Text
HB 1540 - SERVICE OF SUMMONS - Jones, Timothy W.
Changes the time restrictions for service of a summons for a proceeding before an associate circuit judge
Latest Action: 02/05/2008 - Public Hearing Completed (H) Bill Text
HB 1541 - ANNUAL JUDICIAL REPORTS - Jones, Timothy W.
Allows the annual report of the Judicial Finance Commission to be combined with any other annual report of the Missouri Supreme Court or Office of State Courts Administrator under certain conditions
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Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H) Bill Text
HB 2525 - INTOXICATION-RELATED TRAFFIC OFFENSE - Pratt, Bryan
Specifies that a person's prior conviction, plea of, or finding of guilty in a municipal court for an intoxication-related offense must be considered when determining punishment for a new offense
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H) Bill Text
HB 2488 - EYEWITNESS IDENTIFICATION - Talboy, Mike
Requires any criminal justice entity that conducts eyewitness identification procedures to adopt written policies for using an eyewitness to identify a suspect
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Withdrawn (H) Bill Text
HB 2476 - WITHDRAWN - Stevenson, Bryan P.
Abolishes ex parte orders of protection
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Judiciary (H) Bill Text
HB 2477 - EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS - Hughes, Leonard
Authorizes the expungement of certain criminal records including convictions for any nonviolent crime, misdemeanor, or nonviolent drug violation
Latest Action: 04/08/2008 - Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (H) Bill Text
HB 2446 - SMALL CLAIMS COURT JUDGMENTS - Tilley, Steven
Authorizes small claims court judgments to become liens on real estate
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Judiciary (H) Bill Text
HB 2431 - COMPLAINTS AGAINST JUDGES - Walton, Juanita Head
Requires complaints sent to the Commission on Retirement, Removal, and Discipline of Judges to also be referred to the House of Representatives
Latest Action: 04/03/2008 - Referred: Special Committee on Urban Issues (H) Bill Text
HB 2375 - DEATH PENALTY - Hubbard, Rodney R.
Repeals the death penalty in Missouri
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Referred: Special Committee on General Laws (H) Bill Text
HJR 73 - APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES - Emery, Edgar G. H.
Proposes a constitutional amendment repealing the nonpartisan selection of judges and providing for the selection of judicial nominees by the Judicial Confirmation Commission
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee Bill TextSB 1218 - Current law provides that the presiding judge of each judicial circuit with an average total inmate population of more than 2,500 in the previous two years may appoint a circuit court marshal. This act lowers the average inmate population within each circuit to 1,500 before such appointments are authorized. This act is identical to HB 1308 (2008). ALEXA PEARSON
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Judiciary (H) Bill Text
HB 2176 - DISCLOSURE OF NEWS SOURCES - Harris, Jeff
Protects certain individuals and media entities from being required to disclose news sources or certain information
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