Legislation

Last updated: 02/07/08

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Updates 02/07/08

 

HB 1388  

Cox

Prohibits persons from operating a motorcycle or motortricyle while carrying a passenger ten years of age or younger.

 

Last Action:

1-10-08 H Read second time

 

 

HB 1393  

Dusenberg

Requires only persons younger than 21 years of age to wear protective headgear when operating or riding as a passenger on any motorcycle or motortricycle.

 

Last Action:

2- 6-08 H Voted do pass as substitute from committee on Special Committee on Homeland Security

 

 

HB 1428  

Kraus

Changes the laws relating to mitigation of damages when the plaintiff was not wearing a safety belt.

 

Last Action:

1-10-08 H Read second time

 

 

HB 1442  

Roorda

Creates the crime of motorcycle stunt driving.

 

Last Action:

1-10-08 H Read second time

 

 

HB 1447  

Roorda

Allows noncharter counties to adopt noise ordinances.

 

Last Action:

1-10-08 H Referred to House Committee on House-Local Government

 

 

HB 1459  

Faith

Requires every applicant for a motorcycle license or endorsement to show proof that he or she has successfully completed an approved motorcycle training course.

 

Remarks:

Will support with changes

 

Last Action:

1-10-08 H Read second time

 

 

HB 1492  

Smith-14

Raises the legal driving age from sixteen years of age to eighteen years of age.

 

Last Action:

1-10-08 H Read second time

 

 

HB 1532  

Davis

Allows motorcycle headlamps to be wired to modulate either the upper beam or lower beam from its maximum intensity to lesser intensity and establishes modulation standards.

 

Last Action:

2-12-08 H Meeting set for 8:00 AM, HR 1, House-Transportation

 

 

HB 1533  

Davis

Creates an affirmative defense for motorcycle riders who enter or cross and intersection controlled by a traffic control signal against a red light under certain circumstances.

 

Last Action:

2-12-08 H Meeting set for 8:00 AM, HR 1, House-Transportation

 

 

HB 1605  

Bringer

Allows an applicant to present a photocopy of his or her birth certificate, along with another form of approved identification, in order to prove lawful presence for driver's license purposes.

 

Last Action:

1-14-08 H Read second time

 

 

HB 1800  

Smith-14

Adds additional restrictions on teenage drivers who have an intermediate license.

 

Last Action:

1-24-08 H Read second time

 

 

HB 1910  

Ervin

Creates an exemption from the procedural requirements of section 304.130 for regulations relating solely to speed limits.

 

Last Action:

1-31-08 H Read second time

 

 

HB 1926  

Frame

Exempts all vehicles assembled and sold in this state from state and local sales and use tax.

 

Last Action:

1-31-08 H Read second time

 

 

HB 1996  

Pratt

Provides that operating a motorcycle, in and of itself, is not evidence of comparative fault and cannot be a basis for assigning fault by a claims adjuster.

 

Last Action:

2- 7-08 H Read second time

 

 

SB 761  

Stouffer

Modifies various laws relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles.

 

Last Action:

2-11-08 S Set on the Senate Calendar

 

 

SB 884  

Graham

Modifies Missouri's seat belt law by making it applicable to all passengers and allows for primary enforcement.

 

Last Action:

1-15-08 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate-Transportation

 

 

SB 909  

Engler

Modifies requirements pertaining to petition circulators.

 

Last Action:

2- 4-08 S Voted do pass as substitute from committee on Senate-Financial/Gov. Org. and Elections

 

 

SB 955  

Shields

Allows motor vehicle owners to receive refunds for unused registration fees under certain conditions.

 

Last Action:

1-30-08 S Voted do pass from committee on Senate-Transportation

 

 

SB 1053  

Dempsey

Imposes additional penalties for intoxication-related traffic offenses.

 

Last Action:

1-31-08 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate-Judiciary, Civil & Criminal Jurisprude

 

 

SB 1055  

Goodman

Reinstates the Motorist Insurance Identification Database program which expired on June 30, 2007.

 

Last Action:

1-31-08 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate-Small Bus./Insurance/Industrial Relat.

 

 

SB 1067  

Ridgeway

Exempts persons 21 years of age or older from wearing protective headgear except when operating or riding motorcycles upon interstate highways.

 

Last Action:

2-13-08 S Meeting set for 8:00 AM, SCR 1, Senate-Transportation

 

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