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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.
See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 355
    Sponsor: Bahr, Kurt
    Status: S 3rd Read
    Description: Prohibit a home owners' association from prohibiting political signs.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • 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.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • 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.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 358
    Sponsor: Bahr, Kurt
    Status: H Perfection
    Description: Require the Education Department to post on its website video of state Education Board meetings.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • 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.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    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.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • 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.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • 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.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    * HB 868
    Sponsor: Bahr, Kurt
    Status: H Elementary & Secondary Education
    Description: Provide a tax credit for a contribution to an organization providing assistance for a student's education at a public or private school.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    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.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • 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.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    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.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HJR 13
    Sponsor: Bahr, Kurt
    Status: H Elections
    Description: Impose a 12-year limit for county and city elected positions.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • 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.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

  • Note: The descriptions of bills, amendments and roll-call votes are written by MDN journalists. MDN's database may not include committee assignments of bills made on the last day of the session since it is too late for the committee to act on the bill and, thus, the delayed assignment has no practical effect.