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15 April 2011

Neth: Bills En Route To Senate, Getting To Know The Speaker

Third Read and Passed (sent to Senate)

HCS HJR 3- Right to raise livestock.

HCS HB 840- Gives business incentives to create an air trade center in St.Louis.

HCR 37- This resolution gives recognition of every third week of June as Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Week.

HCS #2 HB 609- Creates the "Show-Me Health Exchange" should the National Health Care Act go into effect in 2014.

HCS HB 111- This bill relates to changes in judicial procedures and touches on a variety of issues.

HCS HBs 223 & 231- HCS HB 223 establishes the Nursing Education Incentive Program and authorizes a nonrenewable advanced placement grant to any recipient of financial aid under the A+ Schools or Access Missouri programs.

HCS HB 430- This bill deals with the laws regarding special license plates, municipal streets, traffic light change interval times, and household goods motor carrier regulations.

HB 591- This bill authorizes the Missouri Dental Board to issue a limited teaching license to a dentist employed as an instructor in an accredited dental school located in this state.

HCS HB 407- Would prohibit a person from preparing or issuing a certificate of insurance form unless it has been filed with the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions, and Professional Registration.

HB 211- This would prohibit the Department of Health and Senior Services from enforcing or enacting a rule or regulation relating to lead abatement that is stricter than those required by federal law.

HB 257- Would repeal the provisions regarding the Sentencing Advisory Commission. Sentencing should be based on the case at hand and not the average sentencing of other cases.

HCS HB 697- Bill would specify that any administrative rule proposed, adopted, or amended by a state agency after August 28, 2011, must automatically terminate six years after its effective date.

HB 305- This bill establishes the 2011 State Employee Retirement Incentive Program.

HCS HB 555- This bill deals with the laws regarding individuals with disabilities and is a huge deal for the Developmental Disability community.

HCS HB 464-Would eliminate, combine, and revise certain state boards, commissions, committees, and councils; and change the laws regarding articles of incorporation by business entities.

HBs 300, 334, 387- These bills provide clear guidelines and procedures surrounding brain injuries sustained by our young athletes during training and competition.

Getting To Know... Speaker of the House - Steve Tilley


State Representative Steve Tilley (District 106) represents part of Perry, St. Francois and St. Genevieve counties. He was elected to the House in 2004, and in 2009, he was elected Majority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives for the 94th Legislative Session. In 2011, he was elected Speaker of the House for the 96th Legislative Session.

The Speaker of the House is arguably the most important position in the Missouri House of Representatives. He is voted into the position by the all the House members, but usually, the position of Speaker is decided upon by the majority party in a secret vote prior to the formal election. The Speaker of the House decides when the bills are allowed to be heard in committees and in which committee they will be heard. If approved in committee, he then decides if that bill will be placed on the House Calendar to be heard on the House Floor. There are other specific things he is responsible for, but needless to say, Speaker of the House is a very powerful position.

Representative Tilley is an Optometrist and is a member of the Perryville Optimist Club, Missouri Right to Life, National Rifle Association, Missouri Optometric Association, American Optometric Association, N.F.I.B., the Missouri Chamber of Commerce, Perryville Elks Lodge, and is also a CHAMPS mentor.

A 1989 Missouri graduate of Perryville High School, Representative Tilley received his Bachelor of Science from Southeast Missouri State University in 1994 and his Doctorate of Optometry from the University of Missouri-St. Louis School of Optometry in 1998. He was born on June 11, 1971, in Wiesbaden, West Germany. The Speaker of the House currently lives in Perryville with his wife Kellie and two children Kourtney and Korrin. He and his family attend Immanuel Lutheran Church of Perryville.

I have had the opportunity to get to know the Speaker and respect his leadership skills and efforts on behalf of the state.

Community Calendar


Tomorrow! - 30th Annual Easter Egg Hunt

May 7 - Farmers Market: Opening Day!

Visit the Jesse James Bank Museum Monday - Saturday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.


It is an honor and privilege to serve the people of the 34th District and the State of Missouri. Let me know how I can better represent you.

For a better Missouri,
Myron

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