Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 3/1/2005


SB 6 - Klindt - Establishes the Missouri Alternative and Renewable Energy Technology Commission
3/1/2005 -- H First Read

SB 21 - Shields - Modifies laws of adoption and creates the "Putative Father Registry" fund
3/1/2005 -- H Second Read

SB 38 - Nodler - Adds highway designations within Newton and Jasper County
3/1/2005 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 66 - Coleman - Establishes a tuition grant program for children of deceased military members
3/1/2005 -- SCS SBs 66 and 175 Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee(0052S.03C)

SB 71 - Griesheimer - Changes which state employees may receive paid leave for volunteering as a disaster service volunteer
3/1/2005 -- H Second Read

SB 98 - Champion - Changes the names of various higher education institutions
3/1/2005 -- Taken up for Third Reading
3/1/2005 -- HA 6 H offered & defeated (Henke)
3/1/2005 -- HA 7 H offered & defeated (Robb)
3/1/2005 -- HA 8 H offered & defeated (Yates)
3/1/2005 -- Laid Over
3/1/2005 -- Taken up for Third Reading
3/1/2005 -- H Third Read and Passed
3/1/2005 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

SB 122 - Nodler - Creates the Energy Efficiency Implementation Act
3/1/2005 -- H First Read

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
3/1/2005 -- H Second Read

SB 131 - Loudon - Allows insurance companies to invest capital, reserves, and surplus in preferred or guaranteed stocks
3/1/2005 -- H First Read

SB 138 - Wheeler - Extends the Kansas City mass transportation sales tax indefinitely
3/1/2005 -- H Second Read

SB 147 - Cauthorn - Allows Missouri Qualified Biodiesel Producer Incentive Fund to be subject to appropriations
3/1/2005 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee
3/1/2005 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 149 - Nodler - Establishes hearing for restatement and back-pay award
3/1/2005 -- H Second Read

SB 156 - Shields - Modifies powers of port authorities with respect to property ownership and development
3/1/2005 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 161 - Gross - Establishes the "Founding Documents Protection Act"
3/1/2005 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee-Consent (0662S.04C)
3/1/2005 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 162 - Gross - Removes references to the Committee on Radiation Control from Chapter 192, RSMo
3/1/2005 -- H Second Read

SB 165 - Bartle - Changes the procedure for appeal of a Public Service Commission order
3/1/2005 -- H Second Read

SB 171 - Purgason - Repeals plank requirement for owners of tractors and other farm equipment
3/1/2005 -- H Second Read

SB 173 - Scott - Creates a graduated increase in payments to sheltered workshops and alters bidding preferences for products and services from sheltered workshops
3/1/2005 -- SA 1 S offered & defeated (Graham)--(0851S01.03S)
3/1/2005 -- SA 2 S offered & defeated (Graham)--(0851S01.04S)
3/1/2005 -- SA 3 S offered & defeated (Graham)--(0851S01.02S)
3/1/2005 -- Perfected

SB 175 - Koster - Creates a scholarship program for children of deceased veterans
3/1/2005 -- Bill Combined w/SB66

SB 185 - Loudon - Establishes the Open Contracting Act for state and local public works projects
3/1/2005 -- SA 1 S offered (Callahan)--(0778S01.01F)
3/1/2005 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 192 - Engler - Allows for the disposal of hazardous materials in certain circumstances
3/1/2005 -- Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee-Consent
3/1/2005 -- Reported from S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 209 - Koster - Designates a portion of Highway 58 in Johnson County as the "Veterans Memorial Parkway"
3/1/2005 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 210 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions affecting political subdivisions
3/1/2005 -- SS for SCS S offered (Griesheimer) (0883S.09F)
3/1/2005 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Griesheimer)--(0883S09.06S)
3/1/2005 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Griesheimer)--(0883S09.13S)
3/1/2005 -- SA 3 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Green)--(0883S09.15S)
3/1/2005 -- SA 4 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Callahan)--(0883S09.08S)
3/1/2005 -- SA 5 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Gross)--(0883S09.17S)
3/1/2005 -- SA 6 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Nodler)--(0883S09.05S)
3/1/2005 -- SA 7 to SS for SS S offered & adopted (Cauthorn)--(0883S09.16S)
3/1/2005 -- SA 8 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Graham)--(0883S09.09S)
3/1/2005 -- SA 9 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Shields)--(0883S09.07S)
3/1/2005 -- SA 10 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Dolan)--(0883S09.18S)
3/1/2005 -- SA 11 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Coleman)--(0883S09.01F)
3/1/2005 -- SA 12 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Gross)--(0883S09.04S)
3/1/2005 -- SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
3/1/2005 -- Perfected

SB 211 - Loudon - Extends certain rights with regard to sales commissions
3/1/2005 -- H First Read

SB 218 - Klindt - Allows incumbent local exchange companies (ILECs) to be regulated under a price cap
3/1/2005 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee (1152S.02C)

SB 227 - Engler - Designates a portion of state highway M as the "Highway Patrolman Robert Kolilis Memorial Highway"
3/1/2005 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 233 - Stouffer - Designates certain bridges and highways and requires future highway designations to go through a new process
3/1/2005 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 236 - Klindt - Provides for cost recovery for course materials for private applicators of pesticide
3/1/2005 -- Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee-Consent
3/1/2005 -- Reported from S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 237 - Klindt - Modifies various telecommunications regulations
3/1/2005 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee (0985S.04C)
3/1/2005 -- Reported from S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 238 - Gross - Requires all revenue derived from a certain sales tax to be deposited in the Community Children's Sales Tax Trust Fund
3/1/2005 -- Reported from S Ways & Means Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 242 - Scott - Requires deputies and associated assistants to the coroner to register with the Missouri Coroners' and Medical Examiners' Association
3/1/2005 -- H First Read

SB 247 - Dolan - Modifies law with respect to professional engineers license plates
3/1/2005 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 266 - Gibbons - Alters the definition of "teacher" in the teacher tenure act
3/1/2005 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee-Consent (0810S.03C)
3/1/2005 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 267 - Gibbons - Amends provisions relating to property tax reassessment
3/1/2005 -- Reported from S Ways & Means Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 268 - Gibbons - Authorizes a property tax increase for Missouri history museum subdistricts
3/1/2005 -- Reported from S Ways & Means Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 269 - Shields - Amends provisions of the entertainer and athlete tax relating to allocation of funds
3/1/2005 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 286 - Nodler - The Coordinating Board shall hold out-of-state public higher education institutions to criteria similar to those required of public in-state higher education institutions
3/1/2005 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee-Consent
3/1/2005 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 290 - Engler - Allows vehicle owners to register their motor vehicles quadrennially and limits inspections to one time
3/1/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 298 - Coleman - Alters provisions regarding the superintendent and teachers of the St. Louis public school system
3/1/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee-Consent

SB 299 - Coleman - Removes school principals from certain sections of the Metropolitan school district's teacher tenure statute
3/1/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 304 - Ridgeway - Changes provisions regarding military leave for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees
3/1/2005 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee-Consent
3/1/2005 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 306 - Purgason - Raises the amount school board members may accept for performing services for (or selling property to) their district
3/1/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 312 - Dolan - Expands the Transportation Commission to include two additional members representing air, mass transit, freight and river interests
3/1/2005 -- SCS S adopted
3/1/2005 -- Perfected

SB 313 - Dolan - Modifies law with respect to highway work zones and creates the crime of "endangerment of a highway worker"
3/1/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 317 - Mayer - Changes provisions regarding the state highway patrol retirement system
3/1/2005 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee-Consent
3/1/2005 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 336 - Dougherty - Allows certain private vocational, technical schools and certain proprietary schools to receive A+ reimbursements
3/1/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 354 - Griesheimer - Allows the State Highways Commission to revoke motor carrier registrations under certain circumstances
3/1/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 374 - Loudon - Designates a portion of State Highway 370 as the "Officer Scott Armstrong Memorial Highway"
3/1/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 484 - Stouffer - Allows fire protection districts to charge people who live outside the district for emergency services provided within the district
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 485 - Days - Allows senior and disabled persons to defer increases in property tax payments
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 486 - Engler - Removes the eight-year transfer provision to the judicial retirement system
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 487 - Engler - Requires littering offenders to perform community service and assesses two points against litterer's license
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 488 - Engler - Exempts salvage vehicles with cosmetic damage from highway patrol examination inspections for purposes of titling
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 489 - Loudon - Creates requirements for those who sell animals for research purposes only
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 490 - Koster - Allows Warrensburg to annex areas along a road up to 2.5 miles from existing boundaries of the city
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 491 - Klindt - Modifies fee for statewide court automation fund and sets expiration dates for other funds
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 492 - Kennedy - Requires drug testing for contractors and employees working at or near a school
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 493 - Kennedy - Creates licensure requirements for private investigators
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 494 - Bray - Modifies provisions concerning exoneration through the use of DNA testing
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 495 - Mayer - Notification given to a crime victim must utilize the statewide automated crime victim notification system
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 496 - Mayer - Removes the Corrections Officer Certification Commission's ability to make decisions concerning jailers
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 497 - Mayer - Transfers Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division of the State Highway Patrol to the Department of Public Safety
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 498 - Mayer - Amends sales and use tax exemption for aircraft sales to not-for-profit organizations
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 499 - Mayer - Provides that judgments entered by an associate circuit court which shall constitute a lien
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 500 - Gibbons - Provides for family cost participation in the Part C early intervention system
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 501 - Gibbons - Creates the "Office of Comprehensive Child Mental Health"
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 502 - Gibbons - Authorizes the Governor to convey land to Manchester United Methodist Church in exchange for another parcel of land
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 503 - Cauthorn - Provides the opportunity for environmental audits
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 504 - Dougherty - Creates the office of Inspector General within the Office of Administration
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 505 - Dougherty - Creates penalties for imposing certain fees by a credit card issuer
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 506 - Dougherty - Providees consumer protection for computerized personal information
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 507 - Graham - Raises from $250 to $1,000 the value of property for which the auditor in certain counties is required to inventory
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 508 - Wheeler - Allows for detachment of territory within water districts prior to new infrastructure development
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 509 - Dolan - Creates tax credit for a percentage of the adjusted purchase price paid for a qualified equity investment
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 510 - Koster - Modifies some indebtedness programs for employers
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 511 - Callahan - Provides when a prosecution for a misdemeanor, infraction, or felony is commenced
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 512 - Callahan - Removes language stating that a person commits the crime of tampering with a witness "in an official proceeding"
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 513 - Callahan - Repeals provisions requiring prosecutors to pay certain court costs
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 514 - Ridgeway - Prohibits any action against a state or local public employee for acknowledging God
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 515 - Taylor - Requires summer school programs be run by the school district in order for the district to double count its summer school attendance
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 516 - Griesheimer - Eliminates a provision in Section 99.847 allowing districts to receive reimbursement for emergency services
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 517 - Shields - Provides the requirements for seeking a surrogate to make health care decisions when the patient is incapacitated
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 518 - Kennedy - Creates the Assistive Technology Trust Fund for assistive technology
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 519 - Callahan - Requires expenditures made by the Jackson County Sports Authority for over $5,000 to be competitively bid
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 520 - Callahan - Requires a person arrested and confined without a warrant be discharged from custody within 48 hours unless charged
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 521 - Crowell - Expands the membership of the Community Service Commission to include the Lieutenant Governor
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 522 - Ridgeway - Provides for an informal dispute resolution for long-term care facilities to contest inspections or complaint investigations
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 523 - Cauthorn - Establishes a distant dental hygientist learning program
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 524 - Coleman - Regulates the licensing of naturopathic physicians
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 525 - Coleman - Requires health benefit plans to provide coverage for diagnostic testing services for chronic kidney disease patients
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 526 - Scott - Establishes a minimum length of time to hold contributions in the Missouri Higher Education Savings Program
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 527 - Wilson - Requires hospitals to implement a nurse-to-patient ration system
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 528 - Bray - Establishes the Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 529 - Vogel - Amends provisions relating to the assessment and collection of various taxes for telecommunications companies
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 530 - Vogel - Waives the additional fee for military specialized license plates
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 531 - Klindt - Authorizes certain non-ABA approved law school graduates and members of the General Assembly to sit for the bar exam
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 532 - Ridgeway - Creates the Medical Ownership Program, a medicaid coverage program dealing with managed health savings accounts
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 533 - Shields - Additional penalty for persons placed on the employee disqualification list
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 534 - Bartle - Modifies procedure for replacement of absent municipal judges
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 535 - Vogel - Creates a sales and use tax exemption for certain items used to fulfill obligations with the federal government
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 536 - Bartle - Modifies law regarding landlord disposition of tenant property
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 537 - Bartle - Requires cash bond to be posted in certain landlord and tenant actions
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 538 - Bartle - Modifies civil procedure requirements for various landlord/tenant actions
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 539 - Purgason - Modifies provisions in various health care and social services programs
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 540 - Bray - Requires amount of taxes paid to another state for property taxes to be added back in income tax calculation
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 541 - Callahan - Exempts attorneys' fees from calculation in project costs in Jackson County for tax increment financing
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 542 - Callahan - Prohibits certain convicted criminals from qualifying for public office
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 543 - Callahan - Places term limits on the county executive and members of the legislature in Jackson County
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 544 - Gross - Permits the use of municipal grant funds for parks and recreational purposes
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 545 - Loudon - Creates the "Quality Jobs Act" for the state of Missouri
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 546 - Loudon - Creates a sales and use tax refund for certain vehicles
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 547 - Loudon - Grants courts power to appoint trustees to disburse funds for health care when a patient is in a persistent vegetative state
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 548 - Loudon - Replaces all state administrative departments' hearings with a new Office of Administration Hearings
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 549 - Green - Prohibits certain relatives of elected officials from registering as a lobbyist or serving as fee agents
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 550 - Mayer - Creates a tax credit for donations to certain religious and charitable organizations
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 551 - Mayer - Adds a definition for emergency as it relates to removal of a child from the home
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 552 - Mayer - Allows the medical malpractice Joint Underwriting Association to issue various types of medical malpractice policies and refund surcharges
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 553 - Mayer - Includes llamas, alpaca, and buffalo in the definition of livestock
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 554 - Griesheimer - Creates licensing for business brokers
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 555 - Shields - Provides financial assistance to physically disabled persons for personal care assistance services through eligible vendors
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SB 556 - Gibbons - Creates the Medicaid Reform Commission
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

SCR 6 - Ridgeway - Supports the negotiations of a Taiwan-United States free trade agreement
3/1/2005 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

SCR 7 - Loudon - Urges Congress to consider establishing the Chiropractic Center for Military Research at Logan College of Chiropractic
3/1/2005 -- S offered

HB 347 - Pratt - Creates a process to resolve disputes arising out of alleged construction defect for residential property
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

HB 468 - Richard - Modifies the linked deposit program and other duties of the State Treasurer
3/1/2005 -- S First Read

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