Bill Sponsor Republican Representative Todd Richardson says voters in Missouri's two biggest metropolitan areas will now get the chance to decide on these issues.
Wrap: Republican Representative Todd Richardson says this legislation would provide workers compensation, while also protecting employers from lawsuits filed against them.
Republicans, however, argue that workers' comp is a more efficient method of compensating employees since cases do not have to go through the court system. The House bill handler, Rep. Todd Richardson, R-Poplar Bluff, said the bill does limit employees in this way.
Wrap: A bill sponsored by Butler Republican Representative Todd Richardson would make cell phone changes to the current No Call List laws of Missouri. The legislation was debated in a General Laws House Committee session.
"It demonstrates that this becoming more and more prevalent," said Rep. Todd Richardson, R-Poplar Bluff. "The telemarketers are becoming more and more aggressive about looking for cell phone numbers and putting them into their databases."