Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 1/13/2005


SB 2 - Loudon - Modifies laws relating to abortion
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 3 - Loudon - Allows the full amount of adoption tax credites to be issued regardless of whether the adoption is an in-state or out-of-state adoption
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 5 - Klindt - Ensures adequate electric service to areas to be annexed
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 7 - Dougherty - Modifies various provisions relating to lead poisoning
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 8 - Dougherty - Creates the "Children's Environmental Health and Protection Advisory Council"
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 9 - Dougherty - Amends the offense of distributing a controlled substance near schools to include long-term and child care facilities
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 10 - Cauthorn - Requires pseudoephedrine products to be sold by a pharmacist or technician
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 13 - Kennedy - Authorizes tax check-off for contributions to Missouri Military Family Relief Fund
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 14 - Kennedy - Recognizes "registered nurse first assistants" and authorizes the Board of Nursing to certify such practitioners
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 15 - Kennedy - Provides a tax credit for modifying a home for a disabled person
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 17 - Coleman - Allows defendants to assert legal or equitable defenses, setoffs, or counterclaims in unlawful detainer actions
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 18 - Coleman - Exempts military pensions from state income tax
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 20 - Shields - Creates a tax credit for teachers' related out-of-pocket expenses
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 22 - Griesheimer - Changes motor vehicle emission requirements
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 23 - Griesheimer - Creates criminal use of property by operating audiovisual recording devices while in a movie
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 26 - Champion - Increases the resource limits for public assistance eligibility for single and married persons
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 27 - Champion - Creates new requirements when selling pseudoephedrine products at pharmacies
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 28 - Dolan - Modifies language regarding anti-kickback penalties and certain pharmaceutical companies and establishes the "Well-Being committee" to aid pharmacies
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 29 - Dolan - Prohibits conditional granting of permits or licenses upon billboard removal without just compensation
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 30 - Dolan - Makes the installation of airbags that do not meet federal safety standards a Class D felony
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 31 - Bartle - Allows the Department of Transportation to construct toll roads under certain conditions
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 32 - Bartle - Regulates sexually oriented businesses
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 34 - Clemens - Amends the definition of employer and employment as it pertains to unemployment compensation
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 38 - Nodler - Adds highway designations within Newton and Jasper County
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 39 - Bray - Closes the drug benefit coverage gap that was created due to the enactment of the Medicare Act of 2003
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 40 - Bray - Prohibits any governmental entity from interfering with the right to obtain or use contraceptives
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 41 - Bray - Creates the crime of negligent storage of a firearm
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 42 - Days - Modifies provisions regarding early childhood special education
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 43 - Days - Modifies laws regarding the use of credit scores by insurance companies
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 44 - Wheeler - Creates a tax deduction for organ donation
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 47 - Crowell - Modifies the state sales tax holiday law
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 48 - Crowell - Freezes tuition rates from the time Missouri undergraduates enter college until they graduate
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 51 - Taylor - Changes the penalty for offenses concerning unauthorized recordings
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 52 - Loudon - Prohibits recovery of noneconomic damages for injuries incurred during certain motor vehicle violations
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 53 - Loudon - Requires appointment of St. Louis City circuit clerk
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 55 - Klindt - Makes information collected in the course of an insurance compliance audit privileged information
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 57 - Klindt - Exempts certain employees from holding a title insurance license
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 58 - Dougherty - Modifies recording fees and their use
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 59 - Dougherty - Prohibits use of genetic information and testing for insurance purposes
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 60 - Dougherty - Increases the foster care reimbursement and the adoption subsidy rates over a four-year period
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 61 - Cauthorn - Specifies that sales at prison stores are subject to tax
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 63 - Cauthorn - Exempts pension and retirement income of seniors from state income tax
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 64 - Kennedy - Creates the Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Quality Assurance Act
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 65 - Coleman - Allows courts to order convicted persons to pay costs associated with prostitution-related arrests
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 66 - Coleman - Establishes a tuition grant program for children of deceased military members
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 67 - Coleman - Changes the definition of "prostitution-related offense"
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 68 - Shields - Creates a sales tax exemption for certain college athletic events
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 70 - Shields - Modifies the BUILD tax credit program, tax increment financing, the quality jobs program, the local economic development sales tax, and health insurance claims history
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 72 - Griesheimer - Requires insurance companies to provide coverage for computerized prosthetic devices
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 73 - Champion - Allows county law enforcement agencies to have sexual offender registry websites
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 74 - Champion - Creates new provisions with respect to the Department of Health and Senior Services
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 75 - Champion - Closes the drug benefit coverage gap that was created due to the enactment of the Medicare Act of 2003
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 76 - Dolan - Imposes additional surcharges and driver's license suspensions on any person failing to yield the right-of-way
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 79 - Bartle - Increases the gambling boat admission fees
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 80 - Bartle - Dedicates at least 10% of future TIF increments to schools affected by the TIF
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 81 - Bartle - Removes the line 1(b) calculation in the school foundation formula
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 82 - Bray - Requires applicants for Medicaid and CHIPs to identify the proposed beneficiary's employer
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 83 - Bray - Enacts various changes to medical malpractice liability
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 84 - Bray - Modifies paperwork requirements in the formation of a new political party
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 85 - Crowell - Establishes the Classroom Trust Fund
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 86 - Crowell - Changes the deadline for filing exceptions to a condemnation commissioners' report
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 87 - Klindt - Prohibits A+ reimbursements from being issued to any four-year institution of higher learning
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 88 - Klindt - Exempts certain food sales from food inspection laws
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 89 - Dougherty - Allows foster children to receive a tuition and fee waiver to state-funded colleges or universities
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 90 - Dougherty - Authorizes advanced practice nurses to prescribe certain controlled substances
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 91 - Dougherty - Allows certain private vocational, technical schools and certain proprietary schools to receive A+ reimbursements
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 92 - Cauthorn - Allows members of the NRA to obtain specialized license plates
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 93 - Cauthorn - Creates the crime of endangering a corrections employee
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 94 - Cauthorn - Creates the Respect Life license plate and establishes a fund to promote alternatives to abortion
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 95 - Coleman - Modifies various provisions relating to lead abatement
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 96 - Coleman - Makes damage to a motor vehicle while breaking in with intent to steal first degree property damage
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 99 - Champion - Modifies the procedure of the Joint Committee on Economic Development policy and planning
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 100 - Champion - Revises licensing requirements for speech language pathologists and audiologists
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 102 - Bartle - Certain school districts shall be reimbursed fully for costs associated with offering certain special educational services
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 103 - Bartle - Allows school districts to convene a committee of their board in order to rule on pupil residency waiver requests
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 105 - Bray - Permits underage culinary students to taste, but not consume, certain alcoholic beverages as required by a curriculum
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 106 - Bray - Modifies law regarding residential property insurance
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 107 - Bray - The Office of Administration may only contract with telemarketers who operate in the United States
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 108 - Dougherty - Modifies the taxes for community services for children
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 109 - Dougherty - Alters provisions regarding teacher tenure
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 110 - Dougherty - Requires health insurance reimbursement of certain licensed professional counselors at same rate as psychologists
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 111 - Cauthorn - Broadens disqualifying misconduct in employment law and allows some individuals to waive the protections of the workers' compensation law for religious reasons
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 113 - Coleman - Extends powers to civilian review boards that investigate allegations of misconduct by local law enforcement officers
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 115 - Bartle - Alters provisions regarding pupil enrollment hearings
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 116 - Bartle - Establishes the Classroom Trust Fund
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 118 - Bray - Alters provisions regarding teacher termination hearings
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 119 - Bray - Revises employment practices relating to gender
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 120 - Bray - Establishes the Public Employee Due Process Act
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 121 - Bray - Requires safe staffing and quality care in all veterans homes and mental health facilities
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 122 - Nodler - Creates the Energy Efficiency Implementation Act
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 123 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to corporate stock issuance and sales of corporate assets and allows not-for-profit corporations to apply for reinstatement after forfeiture for failing to file an annual report
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 124 - Nodler - Provides discretion to the Public Service Commission to permit recovery of costs by electrical corporations
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 125 - Taylor - Exempts school bus fuel from state sales tax
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 128 - Coleman - Requires consumers be notified of products containing radio frequency identification tags at the time of purchase
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 131 - Loudon - Allows insurance companies to invest capital, reserves, and surplus in preferred or guaranteed stocks
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 132 - Ridgeway - Includes cell-phone users on the state's telemarketing no-call list
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 133 - Loudon - Requires Office of Administration to include certain products in the cafeteria plan for state employees
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 134 - Wheeler - Allows people to seek injunction or other relief for a code violation for abatement of a nuisance in Kansas City
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 135 - Wheeler - Modifies law with respect to the Missouri Abandoned Housing Act
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 136 - Champion - Permits certain school districts a waiver from DESE allowing the district to choose its own accreditation standards
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 137 - Taylor - Prohibits insurers from owning auto repair shops and prohibits the use of referral fees for using such shops
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 138 - Wheeler - Extends the Kansas City mass transportation sales tax indefinitely
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 139 - Wheeler - Allows neighborhood organizations to bring an action for injuctive relief to stop a nuisance
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 140 - Days - Requires state employees health care plan premiums to be based on the employee's salary
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 141 - Nodler - Exempts dealers who sell only emergency vehicles from certain dealer licensure requirements
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 142 - Gross - Exempts contractors from paying sales taxes on materials used in Department of Transportation projects
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 143 - Gross - Extends the pharmacy providers tax
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 144 - Gross - Modifies number of judges and commissioners in various judicial circuits
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 145 - Dougherty - Prohibits use of posted inquiries in calculating credit risk scores
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 146 - Dougherty - Allows the Department of Health to investigate complaints of air quality in public schools
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 147 - Cauthorn - Allows Missouri Qualified Biodiesel Producer Incentive Fund to be subject to appropriations
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 148 - Nodler - Modifies the Land Reclamation Act
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 149 - Nodler - Establishes hearing for restatement and back-pay award
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 150 - Green - Creates the Public Service Accountability Act
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 151 - Green - Prohibits state senators and representatives from receiving state health insurance
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 152 - Wilson - Creates a trust fund and Commission for Youth Smoking Prevention
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 153 - Graham - Modifies the law relating to ombudsman volunteers
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 154 - Bray - Modifies the law relating to the establishment of paternity
1/13/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 175 - Koster - Creates a scholarship program for children of deceased veterans
1/13/2005 -- S First Read

SB 176 - Vogel - Provides for elections in Cole County and the City of Poplar Bluff
1/13/2005 -- S First Read

SB 177 - Shields - Modifies a number of provisions regarding professional registration
1/13/2005 -- S First Read

SB 178 - Shields - Modifies provisions regarding licensing of podiatrists
1/13/2005 -- S First Read

SB 179 - Griesheimer - Allows for utility companies to recover costs through alternate rate plans
1/13/2005 -- S First Read

SB 180 - Loudon - Makes February 6th of each year "Ronald Reagan Day" in Missouri
1/13/2005 -- S First Read

SB 181 - Loudon - Designates the New Mississippi River Bridge connecting Missouri to Illinois in downtown St. Louis as the "Ronald Wilson Reagan Memorial Bridge"
1/13/2005 -- S First Read

SB 182 - Scott - Requires liquefied petroleum gas dealers to maintain liability insurance
1/13/2005 -- S First Read

SB 183 - Scott - Merges the Administrative Law Judge retirement system into the state employees' retirement system
1/13/2005 -- S First Read

SB 184 - Coleman - Imposes a surcharge on certain felony court proceedings to fund certain school-related programs
1/13/2005 -- S First Read

SCR 2 - Cauthorn - Expresses the gratitude and support of the Senate to faith-based and community organizations
1/13/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

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