Chris Kelly: Biography
2010
Legislative committees on which served:
Budget
Elections
Ethics
Judiciary
Joint Committee on Capital Improvements & Leases Oversight
Joint Committee on MO Health Net
Joint Committee on Oversight of Federal Stimulus & Stabilization Funds
Special Standing Committee on Emerging Issues in Animal Agriculture
Sponsored and co-sponsored legislation that passed:
HB1557 Ashland Guest Tax (passed as part of HB1442)
Authorizes the city of Ashland to impose, upon voter approval, a transient guest tax of between 2% and 5% per occupied room per night for the promotion of tourism.
HB2070 Emergency Dispatching Services
Broadens the allowable use of Fire and Emergency Dispatching funds.
HB2080 Availability of HPV Information to Parents (passed as part of HB1375)
Changes the laws regarding the treatment and prevention of certain sexually transmitted diseases.
HB1311/1341 Health Insurance Coverage for Autism Spectrum Disorders Establishes provisions regarding health insurance coverage for individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders
HB1692/1811 Real Estate, Cemeteries, and Child Support
Changes the laws regarding courts and judges, adoptions, reports of child abuse and neglect, child support, and judicial proceedings.
HB1848 Joint Committee on Urban Farming
Establishes the Joint Committee on Urban Farming to study and make recommendations regarding the impact of urban farm cooperatives, vertical farming, and sustainable living communities in Missouri.
HB1965 State Government Operations
Repeals various expired provisions of law, changes the laws regarding the publication of the Official Manual of the State of Missouri and state laws and resolutions, and the criteria to qualify for certain state programs.
2009
Legislative committees on which served:
• Budget (ranking member)
• Elections
• Ethics
• Special Standing Committee on Emerging Issues in Animal Agriculture
• Joint Committee on Missouri HealthNet
Passed legislation:
Funding for “Caring for Missourians” was appropriated through Fiscal Year 2010 Federal one-time stabilization funds as part of an Appropriations Bill.
HB918
Authorizes the Governor to convey state property located in Boone County, known as the Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center, to the Curators of the University of Missouri
Approved HB918 -- (LR# 2297L.01T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB359
Allows the Highways and Transportation Commission to enter into more than three design-build highway project contracts
Approved SS SCS HCS HB 359 -- (LR# 1170S.06T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
HB400
Allows certain veterans to park free in metered parking spaces under certain circumstances
Approved HB400 -- (LR# 1291L.01T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)
2008
Elected as Missouri State Representative in the 24th Legislative District
2000-2006
Associate Court Judge, 13th Judicial District - Boone County
1994-2000
Chairman, Missouri Labor and Industrial Relations Commission
1983-1994
Missouri House of Representatives:- Budget Chair, 1991-1994
- Budget Vice Chair 1985-1991
- Committee Member: Legislative Research, Budget Control, Revenue and Economics, Elections, Insurance, Joint Committee on Desegregation (Chair), Joint Committee on the 1993 Flood (Chair)
- Led the effort in the Missouri House to establish the Katy Trail
- Brought MO Employers Mutual Insurance to Columbia
- Sponsored Federal Reimbursement Allowance Legislation that brought billions of federal healthcare dollars to Missouri
- Sponsored durable power of attorney for healthcare
- Championed campaign finance reform
1977-1982
Boone County Clerk1972-1977
Central Missouri Counties' Human Development Corporation- Associate Director (1975-1977)
- Cole County Director (1972-1975)
Education
- B.A. Marist College (1968)
- J.D. University of Missouri (1988)
Personal
- Married for 36 years, two children, one grandson
- Member, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish