Creates a Director of Planning for the Department of Transportation, an employee appointed by the Governor and approved by the House Transportation Committee. It increases the Governor's influence over transportation projects and lets the legislature choose projects to be built with hundreds of millions of gas tax dollars.

Provides $2,400 tax credit for corporations that hire those who have been unemployed for at least 4 weeks. However, the legislation was amended to cut the capital gains taxes by 25% on investment earnings in 2010 and 50% in following years.

Requires assessors to take foreclosures into account when setting tax values.

Levies additional $200 fines against "super speeders", drivers caught traveling 85 mph or faster on highways and interstates or 75 mph or higher on two -lane roads. Money collected from fees will help to fund trauma care network.

Allows district attorneys to seek life without the possibility of parole sentences in murder cases. District attorneys now may seek life without parole only when they pursue the death penalty or when a defendant has a prior violent felony conviction.

Reorganizes the Department of Human Resources and creates a new Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, which will assume the role of the current Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases. Additionally, this legislation puts public health under the Department of Community Health, which administers Medicaid programs.

Provides an $1,800 tax credit to first time home buyers and will be spread out over three years.