Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 1/17/2006


SB 572 - Coleman - Creates an educational grant for children and spouses of veterans killed in combat
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 580 - Shields - Requires collaboration between certain departments in order to achieve a more efficient and effective educational system
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee - Consent

SB 590 - Nodler - Renders several alterations to the state's higher education policy
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 629 - Gross - Exempts contractors from paying sales taxes on materials used in Department of Transportation projects and modifies sales tax exemption for certain motor vehicles
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 644 - Shields - Alters provisions regarding public school funding
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 650 - Champion - Specifies terms of office and eligibility criteria for the governing board of Missouri State University
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee - Consent

SB 654 - Nodler - Establishes the "Associate Degree Transfer Incentive Scholarship Program"
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 655 - Nodler - Allows the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority to provide primary school loans
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee - Consent

SB 666 - Engler - Modifies provisions regarding fire protection
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 667 - Engler - Designates several portions of highways within Missouri after Missouri highway patrolmen
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee - Consent

SB 704 - Engler - Designates two bridges within Van Buren after Sgt. Dewayne Graham Jr. of the Missouri State Highway Patrol
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee - Consent

SB 748 - Vogel - Provides temporary retirement and medical incentives for certain employees currently eligible to retire under MOSERS
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 791 - Mayer - Modifies provisions within the Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol employees' retirement system
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 821 - Griesheimer - Modifies the definition of "salvage vehicle"
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 822 - Gross - Extends FRA, Pharmacy Tax, Nursing Facility reimbursement allowance, and Medicaid managed care reimbursement allowance sunsets
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 823 - Klindt - Makes information collected in the course of an insurance compliance audit privileged information
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 824 - Klindt - Establishes procedure for insurers intervening in civil actions to determine coverage issues
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 825 - Koster - Creates the "Kansas and Missouri Regional Investment District Compact" to promote public transit projects within the Kansas City metropolitan area
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 826 - Mayer - Modifies law regarding the Scenic Byway Program
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 827 - Dougherty - Creates a commission to study the death penalty in Missouri and prohibits use of the death penalty for a time period
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 828 - Scott - Repeals the sunset provision for dental hygienists
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 829 - Dougherty - Repeals a portion of the law which allows certain utilities to apply for alternate rate schedules
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 830 - Ridgeway - Changes provisions regarding military leave for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 831 - Kennedy - Alters the school funding formula provision that reduces current-year funding for districts with decreases in summer school attendance
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 832 - Griesheimer - Modifies Missouri's tax increment finance law
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 833 - Nodler - Repeals the prohibition on including students' attendance records, grades, class rank or other information on high school diplomas
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 834 - Nodler - Alters various provisions of the state's special education policy
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 835 - Engler - Establishes the requirements for a written drug prescription
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 836 - Engler - Modifies continuing child support obligation for children over eighteen years of age
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 837 - Loudon - Modifies the membership of various governing bodies that administer state insurance programs
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 838 - Loudon - Allows life insurance companies to exclude coverage for suicide deaths under certain circumstances
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 839 - Loudon - Establishes the "Uninsured Motorist Stipulation of Benefits Act of 2006" which limits the recovery for non-economic damages by uninsured motorists
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 840 - Stouffer - Modifies the highway and bridge naming process and allows the Highway Commission to dispose of excess real property under certain conditions
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 841 - Ridgeway - Authorizes peer review committees for certain emergency medical services
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 842 - Ridgeway - Amends provisions for the exemption from sales and use tax of electricity used in manufacturing
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 843 - Graham - Establishes renewable energy resources use requirements
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 844 - Graham - Authorizes individuals to bring civil actions alleging Medicaid fraud
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 845 - Kennedy - Modifies fees and reinstatement processes in the event of corporate administrative dissolution
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 846 - Dougherty - Sets the maximum penalty for violating any Public Service Commission order relating to federal natural gas safety standards
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 847 - Bartle - Modifies the jurisdiction of small claims courts
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 855 - Callahan - WITHDRAWN
1/17/2006 -- Bill Withdrawn

SB 857 - Nodler - Grants additional authority to the Coordinating Board for Higher Education
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 875 - Barnitz - Modifies requirements for corporate filings
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 876 - Loudon - Establishes a tuition grant for dependants and spouses of certain military veterans
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 877 - Kennedy - Provides a tax credit for modifying a home for a disabled person
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 878 - Champion - Modifies provisions relating to child protection
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 879 - Bray - Prohibits the Transportation Department from closing a twelve-mile portion of U.S. Highway 40 in the St. Louis area
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 880 - Bray - Repeals a portion of the law that provides certain utilities the opportunity to apply for alternate rate schedules under a variety of circumstances
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 881 - Engler - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property to St. Francois County
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 882 - Engler - Regulates various blasting and excavation activities
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 883 - Engler - Revises the filing fees paid by certain insurance organizations for filing documents with the Department of Insurance
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 884 - Callahan - Modifies Missouri's tax increment finance law
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 885 - Cauthorn - Modifies laws relating to bail bond agents
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 886 - Goodman - Modifies provisions regarding the termination of alimony and maintenance payments
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 887 - Green - Removes certain limits on campaign contributions
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 888 - Koster - Substantially revises the current law regarding the regulation of title insurance
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 889 - Shields - Allows volunteer, out-of-state health care providers to be deployed during emergencies
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SCR 22 - Champion - Authorizes the Missouri Department of Transportation to create individual highway signs detailing the name and date of workers, emergency workers, and highway patrol officers injured or killed on Missouri highways.
1/17/2006 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

SJR 26 - Ridgeway - Exempts property owned by veterans' organizations from taxation
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

HB 1015 - Icet - To appropriate money for supplemental purposes for the Department of Social Services, and to transfer money among certain funds, from the funds designated for the fiscal period ending June 30, 2006.
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

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