Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 3/2/2005


SB 1 - Loudon - Amends various provisions of workers' compensation law
3/2/2005 -- HA 1 to HCS H offered & adopted (Pratt)
3/2/2005 -- HA 2 to HCS H offered & adopted (Smith 118)
3/2/2005 -- HA 3 to HCS H offered & adopted (Pratt)
3/2/2005 -- HA 4 to HCS H offered (Cooper 155)
3/2/2005 -- HA 1 to HA 4 to HCS H offered & adopted (Page)
3/2/2005 -- HA 4 to HCS, as amended, H adopted
3/2/2005 -- HA 5 to HCS H offered & adopted (Hunter)
3/2/2005 -- HA 6 to HCS H offered & Ruled out of order (Burnett)
3/2/2005 -- HA 7 to HCS H offered & defeated (Meadows)
3/2/2005 -- HA 8 to HCS H offered (Jolly)
3/2/2005 -- Laid Over
3/2/2005 -- HA 8 to HCS H adopted
3/2/2005 -- HA 9 to HCS H offered & adopted (Stevenson)
3/2/2005 -- HA 10 to HCS H offered & adopted (Parson)
3/2/2005 -- HA 11 to HCS H offered & adopted (Flook)
3/2/2005 -- HA 12 to HCS H offered & adopted (Cooper 120)
3/2/2005 -- HA 13 to HCS H offered (Portwood)
3/2/2005 -- HA 1 to HA 13 to HCS H offered & adopted (Wright 137)
3/2/2005 -- HA 13 to HCS, as amended, H defeated
3/2/2005 -- HA 14 to HCS H offered & Ruled out of order (Darrough)
3/2/2005 -- HA 15 to HCS H offered & defeated (Harris 23)
3/2/2005 -- HA 16 to HCS H offered & defeated (Bowman)
3/2/2005 -- HA 17 to HCS H offered & defeated (Walsh)
3/2/2005 -- HCS, as amended, H adopted
3/2/2005 -- H Third Read and Passed

SB 6 - Klindt - Establishes the Missouri Alternative and Renewable Energy Technology Commission
3/2/2005 -- H Second Read

SB 28 - Dolan - Modifies language regarding anti-kickback penalties and certain pharmaceutical companies and establishes the "Well-Being committee" to aid pharmacies
3/2/2005 -- Committee Vote Reconsidered
3/2/2005 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee-Consent (0046S.05C)

SB 49 - Crowell - Prohibits immunizations containing mercury preservatives after January 1, 2007
3/2/2005 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SBs 74 and 49

SB 59 - Dougherty - Prohibits use of genetic information and testing for insurance purposes
3/2/2005 -- Hearing Cancelled 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
3/2/2005 -- Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 62 - Cauthorn - Protects hand fishing
3/2/2005 -- Hearing Recessed S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 74 - Champion - Creates new provisions with respect to the Department of Health and Senior Services
3/2/2005 -- SCS SBs 74 and 49 Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee (0224S.04C)

SB 88 - Klindt - Exempts certain food sales from food inspection laws
3/2/2005 -- Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 90 - Dougherty - Authorizes advanced practice nurses to prescribe certain controlled substances
3/2/2005 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee (0332S.04C)

SB 98 - Champion - Changes the names of various higher education institutions
3/2/2005 -- Reported Duly Enrolled S Rules Committee
3/2/2005 -- Signed by Senate President
3/2/2005 -- Signed by House Speaker
3/2/2005 -- Delivered to Governor

SB 122 - Nodler - Creates the Energy Efficiency Implementation Act
3/2/2005 -- H Second Read

SB 131 - Loudon - Allows insurance companies to invest capital, reserves, and surplus in preferred or guaranteed stocks
3/2/2005 -- H Second Read

SB 147 - Cauthorn - Allows Missouri Qualified Biodiesel Producer Incentive Fund to be subject to appropriations
3/2/2005 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 151 - Green - Prohibits state senators and representatives from receiving state health insurance
3/2/2005 -- Voted Do Not Pass S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 152 - Wilson - Creates a trust fund and Commission for Youth Smoking Prevention
3/2/2005 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee (0762S.02C)

SB 172 - Purgason - Repeals HS/HCS/HB 1433 (2004) authorizing the creation of watershed improvement districts
3/2/2005 -- Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 173 - Scott - Creates a graduated increase in payments to sheltered workshops and alters bidding preferences for products and services from sheltered workshops
3/2/2005 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee
3/2/2005 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 179 - Griesheimer - Allows for utility companies to recover costs through alternate rate plans
3/2/2005 -- SS for SCS S offered (Griesheimer) (0983S.05F)
3/2/2005 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered (Bray)--(0983S05.01F)
3/2/2005 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
3/2/2005 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S defeated
3/2/2005 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Kennedy)--(0983S05.03S)
3/2/2005 -- SA 3 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Shields)--(0983S05.01S)
3/2/2005 -- SA 4 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Bray)--(0983S05.02F)
3/2/2005 -- SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
3/2/2005 -- Perfected

SB 182 - Scott - Requires liquefied petroleum gas dealers to maintain liability insurance
3/2/2005 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee-Consent (0892S.02C)

SB 210 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions affecting political subdivisions
3/2/2005 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 211 - Loudon - Extends certain rights with regard to sales commissions
3/2/2005 -- H Second Read

SB 228 - Ridgeway - Requires health carriers to reimburse out-of-network chiropractors the same as other out-of-network providers
3/2/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 242 - Scott - Requires deputies and associated assistants to the coroner to register with the Missouri Coroners' and Medical Examiners' Association
3/2/2005 -- H Second Read

SB 261 - Loudon - Creates certain requirements for the operation of the Missouri health insurance plan
3/2/2005 -- Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee-Consent

SB 284 - Cauthorn - Creates the Dairy Herd Development Revolving Fund
3/2/2005 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee (0756S.06C)

SB 288 - Klindt - Authorizes the Governor to convey land in Nodaway County to the Delta Nu Teke Association
3/2/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 312 - Dolan - Expands the Transportation Commission to include two additional members representing air, mass transit, freight and river interests
3/2/2005 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 321 - Shields - Establishes the Dental Carve-Out Act of 2005 to implement a process of providing dental benefits to public assistance recipients
3/2/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 326 - Nodler - Amends various provisions of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement
3/2/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 345 - Vogel - Creates provisions for transfer of ownership of a company and the employer's obligation for the unemployment experience
3/2/2005 -- Hearing Cancelled Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 347 - Clemens - Modifies education requirements for professional counselors
3/2/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 353 - Gibbons - Extends expiration date of the Missouri senior RX program
3/2/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 364 - Purgason - Authorizes the Board of Governors of Southwest Missouri State University to convey land in Howell and Greene County
3/2/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 367 - Cauthorn - Changes requirement for payment of overtime hours for nonexempt state employees
3/2/2005 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee-Consent

SB 424 - Callahan - Enhances penalties for chronic and aggravated drunk offenders and creates crime of aggravated vehicular manslaughter
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 425 - Callahan - Modifies provisions relating to passing bad checks
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 426 - Callahan - Requires the director of the Department of Revenue to expunge certain suspensions from noncommercial driving records
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 427 - Callahan - Applies preferential treatment to Missouri business bidders in highway bidding process
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 428 - Callahan - Requires insurance companies to discount insurance premiums by ten percent to senior citizens
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 429 - Callahan - Creates a one hundred dollar tax credit for canine adoption
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 430 - Callahan - Amends the definition of gambling device
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 431 - Callahan - Permits sales tax on food for the City of Independence
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 432 - Stouffer - Keeps animal identification information confidential
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 433 - Stouffer - Established the MO Health Care Stablilization Fund to assist health care providers with excess liability coverage
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 434 - Cauthorn - Transfers appeal authority to the administrative hearing commission
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 435 - Wilson - Enacts various reforms to combat fraudulent real estate practices
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 436 - Bray - Allows senior citizens to defer property tax payment
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 437 - Bray - Regulates international matchmaking organizations
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 438 - Bartle - Makes production of meth in the home of a minor child endangerment in the first degree
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 439 - Bartle - Modifies the statute on endangerment of a child in the second degree
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 440 - Ridgeway - Amends provisions for the exemption from sales and use tax of electricity used in manufacturing
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 441 - Ridgeway - Established administrative procedure to suspend drivers' and motor vehicle license for failing to pay towing fees
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 442 - Ridgeway - Modifies penalties and definitions for the crime of financial exploitation of the elderly and disabled
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 443 - Taylor - Prohibits title agencies from commingling certain funds and imposes other requirements on title insurers
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 444 - Taylor - Requires housing contractors to establish escrow accounts to satisfy potential mechanics' liens
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 445 - Taylor - Increases the fee for a certificate of number when registering watercraft
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 446 - Crowell - Imposes a four-year ban on certain persons being employed by public four-year higher education institutions
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 447 - Crowell - Removes the eight-year transfer provision under MOSERS between various state retirement systems
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 448 - Crowell - Allows sheriffs to agree as to which county's jail will house a defendant after a change of venue
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 449 - Crowell - Permits an income tax deduction for amount of retirement or pension income taxed by another state
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 450 - Dolan - Authorizes the Governor to convey various pieces of state property
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 451 - Dolan - Requires prosecuting attorneys to impanel adult abuse fatality review panels
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 452 - Dolan - Repeals law prohibiting interested investment and bond counsel firms from involvement in bond issuance
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 453 - Loudon - Modifies nuisance law
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 454 - Loudon - Students may receive foreign language credit in public education institutions for sign language classes
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 455 - Loudon - Makes revisions to laws concerning charter schools
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 456 - Nodler - Creates new provisions for the interaction of agencies and small business regarding rules
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 457 - Wheeler - Modifies the law relating to ombudsman volunteers
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 458 - Wheeler - Requires pharmacists to fill prescriptions against religious beliefs unless an employer can accommodate a request not to do so
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 459 - Green - Creates a tax deduction for small businesses and farmers that provide health insurance for employees
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 460 - Koster - Increases the penalties for those who engage in fraudulant actions with respect to an insurance transaction
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 461 - Koster - Modifies provisions about probation and parole officers
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 462 - Klindt - Modifies acquisition of sewer or water corporations by public utilities
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 463 - Gross - Modifies applicabliity of sunshine law to certain non-profit organizations
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 464 - Vogel - Modifies the duties and powers of the Missouri Penitentiary Redevelopment Commission
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 465 - Vogel - Modifies law regarding possessed titles, motor vehicle dealer surety bonds, and motor vehicle time sales law
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 466 - Vogel - Provides temporary retirement and medical incentives for employees currently eligible to retire under MOSERS
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 467 - Griesheimer - Modifies sections relating to solid waste
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 468 - Griesheimer - Allows for the creation or reorganized common sewer districts
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 469 - Griesheimer - Consolidates tax collection in counties having township organization by eliminating township collectors
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 470 - Engler - Creates the Missouri Blasting Safety Act
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 471 - Engler - Requires the state highway to certify heavy tow truck operators
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 472 - Coleman - Modifies advanced voting and privacy of persons applying to vote by advanced ballot
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 473 - Kennedy - Provides an inflation increase in the per-pupil amount of state aid for hold-harmless school districts
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 474 - Kennedy - Requires state tax commissioners to be state licensed real estate appraisers
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 475 - Kennedy - Alters the foundation formula by adding a condition to the hold-harmless calculation
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 476 - Scott - Modifies authority of Division of Finance over banks and other financial institutions
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 477 - Scott - Prevents certain people from receiving a license to conduct gaming activities or operate excursion gambling boats
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 479 - Scott - Modifies requirement of financial statement for official of certain political subdivisions
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 480 - Shields - Encourages effective involvement by parents and families in support of their children's education
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 481 - Shields - Alters policies regarding public school special education services
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 482 - Cauthorn - Modifies air contaminant source fees
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 483 - Cauthorn - Provides a time frame for addressing non-compliance issues with the Department of Natural Resources
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SCR 2 - Cauthorn - Expresses the gratitude and support of the Senate to faith-based and community organizations
3/2/2005 -- S adopted
3/2/2005 -- H First Read

SCR 3 - Crowell - Recognizing February 14th as Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day in Missouri
3/2/2005 -- SA 1 S offered & adopted (Crowell)--(1435L01.01F)
3/2/2005 -- S adopted, as amended

SCR 7 - Loudon - Urges Congress to consider establishing the Chiropractic Center for Military Research at Logan College of Chiropractic
3/2/2005 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

SJR 3 - Cauthorn - Resubmits the conservation sales tax to the voters every ten years
3/2/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SJR 20 - Shields - Proposes a constitutional amendment to elevate the allowable level of bonded indebtedness for school districts from 15 percent to 20 percent
3/2/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

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