Missouri House of Representatives

The House of Representatives from Missouri (Missouri House of Representatives ) is the lower house of the Missouri General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Missouri.

The Houses of Parliament is composed of 163 deputies, representing an electoral district respectively. Each of these units includes a fixed average rate of 31,000 inhabitants. The conference hall of the House of Representatives is located together with the State Senate in Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City the capital.

Composition of the Board

Important members of the Chamber

Standing Committees

There are annually recurring committees that hold hearings and legislation are archived by the deputies. Once recorded, then the legislation by the Missouri Speaker of the House will be transmitted to the Following Committees. This is usually assigned to the committee, whose main goal then is the setting up of the law content. However, there is often more appropriate committees to which the bill could be transferred and it is ultimately the decision of the speaker, select one of this. Public policies can also play a role, as the Speaker, he or she shall refrain simply can assign a bill to a committee with an unfriendly chairman or deputy. Furthermore, however, may also prefer a sympathetic committee if he or she wishes to be adopt the draft law.

Due to the current party structure of each committee is intended to reflect as accurately as possible the current party structure of the whole chamber. Each party shall elect from among its members from those who are supposed to be active in the Standing Committee, the Chairman of each committee is selected by the Speaker of the House.

List of Standing Committees

• Administration and Accounts
• Agriculture Policy
• Conservation and Natural Resources
• Corrections and Public Institutions
• Crime Prevention and Public Safety
• Elections

• Elementary and Secondary Education
• Ethics
• Fiscal Review
• Health Care Policy
• Higher Education
• Insurance Policy

• Judiciary
• Local Government
• Rules
• Transportation
• Ways and Means

Special Committees

Special Committees are new to the House of Representatives from Missouri. 2007 replaced the former Speaker Rod Jetton some of the Standing Committees, which were previously in the chamber the norm, instead he built the following Special Committees. This Ausschüsses are more specialized in certain topics. So most of these committees adopt on average less bills than the Standing Committees.

Another difference between the Special and Standing Committees is that the minority party (minority party ) selects which MPs are sitting by her election committee in the Standing Committee. The members of the Special Committee are, however, exclusively selected by the Speaker of the House. The party continuous splitting of the Standing Committees and Special is provided due to the existing chamber statutes, which should reflect an accurate party common splitting of the whole House of Representatives from Missouri.

List of Special Committees

• Special Committee on Agri -Business
• Special Committee on Energy and Environment
• Special Committee on Family Services
• Special Committee on Financial Institutions
• Special Committee on General Laws
• Special Committee on Government Affairs
• Special Committee on Health Insurance
• Special Committee on Health Care Facilities
• Special Committee on Homeland Security
• Special Committee on Immigration
• Special Committee on Job Creation and Economic Development
• Special Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing
• Special Committee on Retirement

• Special Committee on Rural Community Development
• Special Committee on Senior Citizen Advocacy
• Special Committee on Small Business
• Special Committee on State Parks and Waterways
• Special Committee on Student Achievement
• Special Committee on Tax Reform
• Special Committee on Ticket to Work
• Special Committee on Tourism
• Special Committee on Urban Education Reform
• Special Committee on Urban Issues
• Special Committee on Utilities
• Special Committee on Veterans
• Special Committee on Workforce Development and Workplace Safety

Budget Committee and Subcommittees

Traditionally, the General Assembly have been initiated all approval documents of the House of Representatives rather than by the Senate in Missouri. So the chairman of the House Budget Committee recognized the adoption of the statement of expenditure for the state of Missouri. This plan, which exceeded the $ 20 billion mark in 2007, may differ greatly from the budget recommendations of the Governor. It was issued in late January by the state for the state.

The budget legislation is awarded to the House Budget Committee that then assigns each bill to its respective committees. After the sub-committees make their recommendations, runs through the whole Budget Committee ( Budget Committee), the entire approval package, makes his desired changes and send the bill to the full chamber for inspection.

List of Budget Committee

• House Budget Committee
• Appropriations Subcommittee - Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Appropriations Subcommittee - Education
• Appropriations Subcommittee - General Administration
• Appropriations Subcommittee - Health, Mental Health and Social Services
• Appropriations Subcommittee - Public Safety and Corrections
• Appropriations Subcommittee - Transportation and Economic Development

Joint Committee

The Joint Committee control the deputies of both chambers, the House of Representatives and the Senate. These committees may be permanent and view your running expenses, or be temporarily and intend to propose legislation to address a unique matters. The Presidency usually this Committee rotates annually between members of the House of Representatives and the Senate to prevent injustice to a chamber.

List of Joint Committees

• Joint Committee on Restructuring Fees of The Clean Water and Stormwater Programs
• Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
• Joint Committee on Capital Improvements and Leases Oversight
• Joint Committee on Corrections
• Joint Committee on Court Automation
• Joint Committee on Economic Development, Policy, and Planning
• Joint Committee on Education
• Joint Committee on Gaming and Wagering
• Joint Committee on Government Accountability
• Joint Committee on Legislative Research
• Joint Committee on Legislative Research, Oversight Subcommittee
• Joint Committee on Public Employee Retirement
• Joint Committee on Tax Policy
• Joint Committee on Terrorism, Bioterrorism, and Homeland Security
• Joint Committee on Transportation Oversight
• Joint Committee on Wetlands
• Missouri Job Training Joint Legislative Oversight Committee

Term Limits

Missouri voters approved a constitutional amendment in 1992, which limits the term of office of deputies in the House of Representatives. A deputy may act from then on no more than four two -year terms in the House of Representatives. The first time that this restriction was applied, was 2002.

Content

From March 2008, each deputy received an annual salary of $ 31,351.44 in the House of Representatives from Missouri.