Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 3/8/2005


SB 1 - Loudon - Amends various provisions of workers' compensation law
3/8/2005 -- S conferees appointed: Loudon, Gibbons, Crowell, Callahan, Green

SB 2 - Loudon - Modifies laws relating to abortion
3/8/2005 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 5 - Klindt - Ensures adequate electric service to areas to be annexed
3/8/2005 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee (0469S.03C)
3/8/2005 -- Reported from S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 32 - Bartle - Regulates sexually oriented businesses
3/8/2005 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee
3/8/2005 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 38 - Nodler - Adds highway designations within Newton and Jasper County
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 42 - Days - Modifies provisions regarding early childhood special education
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 50 - Taylor - Requires proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote
3/8/2005 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 57 - Klindt - Exempts certain employees from holding a title insurance license
3/8/2005 -- SCS S adopted
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 68 - Shields - Creates a sales tax exemption for certain college athletic events
3/8/2005 -- Reported from S Ways & Means Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 73 - Champion - Allows county law enforcement agencies to have sexual offender registry websites
3/8/2005 -- SCS S adopted
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 88 - Klindt - Exempts certain food sales from food inspection laws
3/8/2005 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 103 - Bartle - Allows school districts to convene a committee of their board in order to rule on pupil residency waiver requests
3/8/2005 -- SCS S adopted
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 142 - Gross - Exempts contractors from paying sales taxes on materials used in Department of Transportation projects
3/8/2005 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee

SB 147 - Cauthorn - Allows Missouri Qualified Biodiesel Producer Incentive Fund to be subject to appropriations
3/8/2005 -- H Second Read

SB 152 - Wilson - Creates a trust fund and Commission for Youth Smoking Prevention
3/8/2005 -- Reported from S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 155 - Mayer - Requires certain identifying information to be expunged by the Division of Family Services
3/8/2005 -- Committee Vote Reconsidered
3/8/2005 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee - Consent (0716S.05C)
3/8/2005 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS#2 - Consent

SB 156 - Shields - Modifies powers of port authorities with respect to property ownership and development
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 160 - Bartle - Prohibits human cloning
3/8/2005 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

SB 161 - Gross - Establishes the "Founding Documents Protection Act"
3/8/2005 -- SCS S adopted
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 168 - Dolan - Creates a process to resolve disputes arising out of alleged construction defects in residential property
3/8/2005 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 173 - Scott - Creates a graduated increase in payments to sheltered workshops and alters bidding preferences for products and services from sheltered workshops
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/8/2005 -- H First Read

SB 177 - Shields - Modifies a number of provisions regarding professional registration
3/8/2005 -- H Second Read

SB 179 - Griesheimer - Allows for utility companies to recover costs through alternate rate plans
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/8/2005 -- H First Read

SB 182 - Scott - Requires liquefied petroleum gas dealers to maintain liability insurance
3/8/2005 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 192 - Engler - Allows for the disposal of hazardous materials in certain circumstances
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 209 - Koster - Designates a portion of Highway 58 in Johnson County as the "Veterans Memorial Parkway"
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 210 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions affecting political subdivisions
3/8/2005 -- H Second Read

SB 221 - Dolan - Modifies several provisions of law relating to motor vehicles including primary seat belt enforcement
3/8/2005 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee
3/8/2005 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 222 - Callahan - Places various reporting requirements upon manufacturers of tobacco products
3/8/2005 -- SCS S adopted
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 227 - Engler - Designates a portion of state highway M as the "Highway Patrolman Robert Kolilis Memorial Highway"
3/8/2005 -- SCS S adopted
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 233 - Stouffer - Designates certain bridges and highways and requires future highway designations to go through a new process
3/8/2005 -- SCS S adopted
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 237 - Klindt - Modifies various telecommunications regulations
3/8/2005 -- SS for SCS S offered (Klindt) (0985S.05F)
3/8/2005 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered (Klindt)--(0985S05.05S)
3/8/2005 -- SSA 1 for SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered (Griesheimer)--(0985S05.01F)
3/8/2005 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 238 - Gross - Requires all revenue derived from a certain sales tax to be deposited in the Community Children's Sales Tax Trust Fund
3/8/2005 -- SCS S adopted
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 246 - Days - Allows state to issue bonds for grants and loans pursuant to several sections of Article III of the Missouri Constitution
3/8/2005 -- SCS S adopted
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 247 - Dolan - Modifies law with respect to professional engineers license plates
3/8/2005 -- SCS S adopted
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 252 - Koster - Creates the Missouri Military Preparedness and Enhancement Commission
3/8/2005 -- H Second Read

SB 257 - Koster - Authorizes the Cass County Commission to seek a board of election commissioners
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 258 - Koster - Allows the Cass and Cooper County Commissions to submit the question of establishing a health center after a majority vote
3/8/2005 -- SCS S adopted
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 259 - Koster - Prohibits the Cass County Commissioner and the County Highway Engineer on the county planning board from voting
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 260 - Koster - Designates the presiding commissioner in Cass County as the county budget officer
3/8/2005 -- SCS S adopted
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 261 - Loudon - Creates certain requirements for the operation of the Missouri health insurance plan
3/8/2005 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 262 - Griesheimer - Changes provisions relating to alcohol
3/8/2005 -- SCS S adopted
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 266 - Gibbons - Alters the definition of "teacher" in the teacher tenure act
3/8/2005 -- SCS S adopted
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 267 - Gibbons - Amends provisions relating to property tax reassessment
3/8/2005 -- SCS S adopted
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 268 - Gibbons - Authorizes a property tax increase for Missouri history museum subdistricts
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 279 - Taylor - Adds demand drafts to certain transfer and presentment warranties in the Uniform Commercial Code
3/8/2005 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 280 - Taylor - Changes laws regarding cosmetologists and barbers
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 285 - Clemens - Certain school districts may resume participation in the career ladder program at the same matching level for which the district qualified during its last year of participation
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

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
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 291 - Mayer - Modifies prevailing wage law
3/8/2005 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 298 - Coleman - Alters provisions regarding the superintendent and teachers of the St. Louis public school system
3/8/2005 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee - Consent
3/8/2005 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 299 - Coleman - Removes school principals from certain sections of the Metropolitan school district's teacher tenure statute
3/8/2005 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee - Consent
3/8/2005 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 302 - Coleman - Changes the election date for certain St. Louis school board members
3/8/2005 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 304 - Ridgeway - Changes provisions regarding military leave for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 306 - Purgason - Raises the amount school board members may accept for performing services for (or selling property to) their district
3/8/2005 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee - Consent
3/8/2005 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 312 - Dolan - Expands the Transportation Commission to include two additional members representing air, mass transit, freight and river interests
3/8/2005 -- H Second Read

SB 317 - Mayer - Changes provisions regarding the state highway patrol retirement system
3/8/2005 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 319 - Koster - Regulates unemployment benefits, the transfer of companies for the purpose of calculating the contribution rate for unemployment, and sets out provisions for alcohol and controlled substance tests
3/8/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 324 - Scott - Modifies the Missouri higher education savings program
3/8/2005 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 327 - Scott - Makes various changes with respect to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle laws
3/8/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 340 - Kennedy - Authorizes St. Louis to adopt ordinances to use automated traffic control systems
3/8/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 342 - Bartle - Authorizes municipal courts to contract with certain entities for probation services
3/8/2005 -- H Second Read

SB 374 - Loudon - Designates a portion of State Highway 370 as the "Officer Scott Armstrong Memorial Highway"
3/8/2005 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent (1655S.02C)

SB 375 - Loudon - A state worker with ten years of service under MOSERS will be credited for all of the years that person served in the military
3/8/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 390 - Taylor - Allows vehicle dealers to provide disclaimers and disclosures by referring to the Internet and a toll-free number
3/8/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 396 - Crowell - Extends sunset on transfer of jet fuel tax to the aviation trust fund and increases air control tower funding
3/8/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 401 - Kennedy - Repeals the three-child limit in police pension systems
3/8/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 417 - Engler - Extends voting rights to a student curator or governing board member of various higher education institutions
3/8/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 422 - Bartle - Requires expunged records to be confidential
3/8/2005 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 423 - Bartle - Creates new provisions and makes modifications to the DNA profiling system
3/8/2005 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 462 - Klindt - Modifies acquisition of sewer or water corporations by public utilities
3/8/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 463 - Gross - Modifies applicabliity of sunshine law to certain non-profit organizations
3/8/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 480 - Shields - Encourages effective involvement by parents and families in support of their children's education
3/8/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 481 - Shields - Alters policies regarding public school special education services
3/8/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 500 - Gibbons - Provides for family cost participation in the Part C early intervention system
3/8/2005 -- Hearing Cancelled S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 501 - Gibbons - Creates the "Office of Comprehensive Child Mental Health"
3/8/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee
3/8/2005 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee-Consent (1915S.03C)
3/8/2005 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 556 - Gibbons - Creates the Medicaid Reform Commission
3/8/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SCR 9 - Bray - Opposes restructuring the Social Security Trust Fund
3/8/2005 -- S offered

SCR 10 - Scott - Urges PSC to adopt rules governing the application process telecommunication providers can be certified as "eligible telecomunications carriers"
3/8/2005 -- S offered

SJR 4 - Cauthorn - Allows a school district to provide transportation for private school pupils
3/8/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SJR 15 - Coleman - Creates the "Education First Trust Fund"
3/8/2005 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Education 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
3/8/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

HB 14 - Lager - To appropriate money for supplemental purposes for the several departments and offices of state government.
3/8/2005 -- S First Read

HB 393 - Byrd - Changes the laws affecting claims for damages and their payment and establishes venue in all tort actions
3/8/2005 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

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