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1997 Bill(s)

* HB 83
Sponsor: Bray, Joan
Status: H Judiciary
Description: Limit schools from censoring school newspapers & stations.
See: Official legislative description and status

* HB 84
Sponsor: Bray, Joan
Status: H Education
Description: Stronger rights for teachers in termination cases.
See: Official legislative description and status

* HB 85
Sponsor: Bray, Joan
Status: H Utilities Regulation
Description: Require PSC OK for locating new electric transmission lines.
See: Official legislative description and status

HB 184
Sponsor: Bray, Joan
Status: H Judiciary
Description: Extend deadline for filing discrimination law suit. Time limit begins after Human Rights Commission is done.
See: Official legislative description and status

* HB 185
Sponsor: Bray, Joan
Status: H Judiciary
Description: Limit right of employer to fire an employee. Allow worker to sue if company violates its own policies.
See: Official legislative description and status

* HB 238
Sponsor: Bray, Joan
Status: H Perf
Description: Commission to study environmental hazards in minority areas. To study if minority areas have above-normal hazards.
See: Official legislative description and status

* HB 312
Sponsor: Bray, Joan
Status: H Civil and Administrative Law
Description: Expands definitions covered by human rights law. Drug addicts, in some cases. Adds household definition.
See: Official legislative description and status

* HB 350
Sponsor: Bray, Joan
Status: H Environment and Energy
Description: Allow Air Conservation rules stricter than federal law provides. Now, cannot be stricter.
See: Official legislative description and status

* HB 407
Sponsor: Bray, Joan
Status: H Elections
Description: Public funding of partisan political campaigns.
See: Official legislative description and status

HB 410
Sponsor: Bray, Joan
Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
Description: Expand what financially stressed school can do with property sales. Allow money be put into capital projects fund.
See: Official legislative description and status

HB 515
Sponsor: Bray, Joan
Status: H Municipal
Description: Change membership of the Bi-state board in St. Louis. Which oversees the region's transportation services.
See: Official legislative description and status

HB 540
Sponsor: Bray, Joan
Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
Description: Guardian not required to use own finances for minor ward. Now, absence of requirement pertains only to adult ward.
See: Official legislative description and status

HB 654
Sponsor: Bray, Joan
Status: H Perf: DEFEATED
Description: Crime to lie about your identity to get a credit card.
See: Official legislative description and status

* HB 677
Sponsor: Bray, Joan
Status: H Transportation
Description: Crime to drive without passangers in passanger-only lanes designated by the Transportation Department.
See: Official legislative description and status

* HB 678
Sponsor: Bray, Joan
Status: H Elections
Description: Several additional requirements for initiative petitions. Paid circulators must so dislcose. Full text on petition.
See: Official legislative description and status

* HB 822
Sponsor: Bray, Joan
Status: H Critical Issues
Description: Allow public funds for abortions to save mother's life, if health endangered, in case of rape, or abnormality.
See: Official legislative description and status

* HB 849
Sponsor: Bray, Joan
Status: H Labor
Description: Let employee inspect his own personnel file.
See: 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.