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2017 Bill(s)
HCS HB 354 Sponsor:Bahr, Kurt Status: H Rules - Legislative Oversight Description: Prohibit state local government from infringing on a parent's right over the parent's child unless there is a compelling government interest. Seeks to include the state in the requirement.
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HB 355 Sponsor:Bahr, Kurt Status: S 3rd Read Description: Prohibit a home owners' association from prohibiting political signs.
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HB 356 Sponsor:Bahr, Kurt Status: H Perfection Description: Require the Revenue Department classify a taxpayer as an independent contractor under a law dealing with employment taxes if the taxpayer is so classified by the federal government.
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HB 357 Sponsor:Bahr, Kurt Status: H Elementary & Secondary Education Description: Restrict how a smaller school district can use state funds allocated under a program for school districts with less than 351 students.
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HB 358 Sponsor:Bahr, Kurt Status: H Perfection Description: Require the Education Department to post on its website video of state Education Board meetings.
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HB 359 Sponsor:Bahr, Kurt Status: H Government Oversight Description: Impose additional restrictions on administrative rules. Prohibit rules that violate legislative intent. Expand authority of the Joint Committee on Administrative rules to reject a rule that is not efficient or creates new classifications of groups affected.
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HCS HB 431 Sponsor:Bahr, Kurt Status: H Perfection Description: Various changes in the sex offender registry law. Establish a limit on how long an offender must register based on the severity of the offense. Add circumstances under which a person can petition a court to be take off the registry include offenses in which there was no force or threat of force to an adult victim, sex with an animal, international marriage brokers, etc.
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HB 455 Sponsor:Bahr, Kurt Status: H Health & Mental Health Policy Description: Require the Social Services Department to seek a federal waiver to Expand Medicaid coverage to include "structured family caregiving" under payment for home and community based services.
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HB 793 Sponsor:Bahr, Kurt Status: H Elementary & Secondary Education Description: Restrict release by a schoo district of information that identifies a student being home school without written consent.
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HB 948 Sponsor:Bahr, Kurt Status: H Elementary & Secondary Education Description: Require the Education Department to adopt a policy that lets a public school students get one sicence unit credit for a computer science course.
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HB 1161 Sponsor:Bahr, Kurt Status: H 2nd Read Description: Various changes in student assessment provisions. Require the contact information of individual Education Department work groups on assessment standards be given to various top legislative leaders and the governor. Establish provisions for removing a work group member. Require an independent evluation of biennial reports on assessments.
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HJR 12 Sponsor:Bahr, Kurt Status: H 2nd Read Description: Reduce the size of the House from 163 members to 136. Put four House districts in each of the 34 Senate districts.
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HJR 13 Sponsor:Bahr, Kurt Status: H Elections Description: Impose a 12-year limit for county and city elected positions.
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HJR 14 Sponsor:Bahr, Kurt Status: H 2nd Read Description: Change legislative term limits to allow allow 16 years in either one or both chambers. The current constitutional provision limits service to eight years in any one chamber.
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