Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 2/21/2006

SB 578 - Shields - Prohibits protest activities during funeral services
2/21/2006 -- Motion to dissolve Conference Committee S adopted
2/21/2006 -- S requests H recede and take up and pass bill
2/21/2006 -- H recedes
2/21/2006 -- H Third Read and Passed - EC adopted
2/21/2006 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed (w/EC)

SB 583 - Griesheimer - Establishes a decentralized emission inspection program which utilizes on-board diagnostic testing on certain motor vehicles
2/21/2006 -- SA 1 to SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Griesheimer)--(3160S14.05S)
2/21/2006 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
2/21/2006 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Days)--(3160S09.03S)
2/21/2006 -- SA 3 to SS for SCS S offered & withdrawn (Gross)--(3160S14.03S)
2/21/2006 -- SA 4 to SS for SCS S offered & withdrawn (Gross)--(3160S14.02S)
2/21/2006 -- SA 5 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Gross)--(3160S14.09S)
2/21/2006 -- SA 6 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Shields)--(3160S14.01F)
2/21/2006 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 604 - Callahan - Increases income tax exemption for retirement and pension income
2/21/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 637 - Cauthorn - Changes the laws regarding midwives and the practice of midwifery
2/21/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee (3351S.07C)

SB 655 - Nodler - Allows the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority to provide primary school loans
2/21/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee (3404S.05C)

SB 667 - Engler - Designates several portions of highways within Missouri after Missouri highway patrolmen
2/21/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass (SCS/SBs 667, 704, 941, 956 & 987) S Transportation Committee - Consent (3694S.03C)

SB 704 - Engler - Designates two bridges within Van Buren after Sgt. Dewayne Graham Jr. of the Missouri State Highway Patrol
2/21/2006 -- Bill Combined w/ SCS/SBs 667, 704, 941, 956 & 987

SB 736 - Crowell - Allows public school districts to offer a class or classes in which the Bible is incorporated
2/21/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 759 - Engler - Requires motor vehicle buyers to submit proof of insurance to dealers before obtaining temporary license plates
2/21/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 780 - Klindt - Creates an assessment-based funding mechanism for the Office of Public Counsel similar to that currently utilized by the Public Service Commission
2/21/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 806 - Gross - Establishes the "Founding Documents Protection Act"
2/21/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee-Consent (3984S.02C)

SB 816 - Griesheimer - Creates a gross receipts tax on video service providers
2/21/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee (3909S.11C)

SB 826 - Mayer - Modifies law regarding the Scenic Byway Program
2/21/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 833 - Nodler - Repeals the prohibition on including students' attendance records, grades, class rank or other information on high school diplomas
2/21/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee

SRB 848 - Bartle - Repeals certain sections of law which have expired, sunset, terminated, or are ineffective
2/21/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee (3911L.03C)

SB 850 - Alter - Includes certain juvenile court employees in the county employees' retirement system
2/21/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee (4401S.02C)

SB 876 - Loudon - Establishes a tuition grant for dependants and spouses of certain military veterans
2/21/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee (4484S.02C)

SB 898 - Koster - Modifies provisions regarding members of the military and their families
2/21/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 901 - Shields - Establishes the "Joint Committee on Health"
2/21/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee - Consent

SB 912 - Goodman - Establishes a virtual school program
2/21/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 916 - Koster - Modifies various laws relating to the safe operation of motor vehicles to ensure the safety of highway workers, emergency workers, children, and other motorists
2/21/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee (4376S.04C)

SB 941 - Clemens - Designates a portion of I-44 in Greene County as the "Corporal John A. "Jay" Sampietro Jr. MO State Highway Patrol Memorial Highway"
2/21/2006 -- Bill Combined w/ SCS/SBs 667, 704, 941, 956 & 987

SB 956 - Purgason - Designates a portion of U.S. Highway 60 in Texas County as the "Trooper D. Kevin Floyd Memorial Highway"
2/21/2006 -- Bill Combined w/ SCS/SBs 667, 704, 941, 956 & 987

SB 962 - Ridgeway - Creates the "Missouri Student Success Scholarships Tax Credit Program"
2/21/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 964 - Crowell - Modifies provisions regarding the appointment and duties of assistant adjutants general
2/21/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee - Consent

SB 969 - Stouffer - Modifies several provisions relating to transportation and laws pertaining to motor vehicles
2/21/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 976 - Gibbons - Assesses fees for the transportation of radioactive waste through or within the state
2/21/2006 -- Hearing Cancelled S Transportation Committee

SB 981 - Goodman - Allows a Highway Patrol member to accept other employment under a general order issued by the Superintendent
2/21/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 987 - Green - Designates a portion of I-44 in St. Louis County as the "Trooper Ralph Tatoian Memorial Highway"
2/21/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee - Consent
2/21/2006 -- Bill Combined w/ SCS/SBs 667, 704, 941, 956 & 987

SB 990 - Vogel - Designates various sections of state highways after law enforcement
2/21/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee - Consent

SB 1020 - Vogel - Requires anyone who manufactures, installs, or repairs fuel storage tanks or piping for such tanks to maintain evidence of financial responsibility to cover the costs of corrective action after a fuel release
2/21/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 1030 - Bartle - Criminalizes selling and purchasing phone call logs
2/21/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 1031 - Klindt - Sets the maximum penalty for violating any order by the Public Service Commission relating to federal natural gas safety standards
2/21/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 1039 - Bray - Eliminates the annual state of the state transportation address given by the Director of the Department of Transportation to the General Assembly
2/21/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 1040 - Barnitz - Modifies provisions relating to eminent domain, tax increment financing, and urban redevelopment
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1041 - Gibbons - Creates the crime of "knowingly receiving, selling, or obtaining personal health information"
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1042 - Kennedy - Prohibits increases in assessed value of homestead property that are greater than twenty percent during reassessment
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1043 - Coleman - Restricts predatory lending
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1044 - Alter - Creates the crime of "failing to lower a tinted window upon the approach of a law enforcement officer"
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 1045 - Goodman - Provides that the statute of limitations for recovery of lands does not extend to lands held by public utilities
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1046 - Days - Creates the "Emancipation Day Commission"
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1047 - Loudon - Requires the Department of Public Safety to create a grant program for certain law enforcement task forces
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1048 - Shields - Allows a motor vehicle owner to receive refunds for unused registration fees, provided the unused portion is in an amount of five dollars or greater, when the owner sells the motor vehicle and does not replace it with another
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 1049 - Shields - Establishes the "Disabled Employee's Health Assistance Program (DEHAP)"
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1050 - Bartle - Modifies provisions regarding bond remittance in certain landlord and tenant actions
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1051 - Bartle - Modifies provisions regarding court dates, issuance of summons, and writs of possession or restitution in certain landlord and tenant actions
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1052 - Nodler - Creates a time limit for claims made for damages to underground facilities in the event that such damage was incurred during excavation as well as a time limit for payment of such claims
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1053 - Days - Enacts a long-term care public-private partnership program
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1054 - Cauthorn - Requires motor vehicle owners to deposit old license plates with the Department of Revenue as part of a recycling program to benefit certain nonprofit organizations
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 1055 - Cauthorn - Modifies Missouri law regarding overtime for state workers
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 1056 - Griesheimer - Modifies the method of how community improvement districts may impose sales taxes
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1057 - Loudon - Includes physical therapists in the definition of health practitioner for the purposes of liens
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 1058 - Loudon - Modifies several provisions of law relating to judicial procedures and personnel, for example, the act repeals the requirement that second-hand junk dealers keep a register for copper wire and cable sales
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 1059 - Kennedy - Designates a portion of I-55 in St. Louis County as the "Officer Thomas G. Smith Jr. Memorial Highway"
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 1060 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions regarding the tax contribution designation for the Missouri Military Family Relief Fund
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1061 - Mayer - Creates the "Faith-Based Organization Liaison Act"
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1062 - Scott - Allows videotaped depositions of mentally retarded persons to be admissible in certain criminal proceedings
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1063 - Scott - Authorizes volunteer transportation services for the elderly
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 1064 - Stouffer - Prohibits condition of issuing certain types of permits on removing outdoor advertising and allows Highways and Transportation Commission to void billboard permits under certain conditions
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1065 - Vogel - Provides that certain members of MOSERS may purchase their last two years of service to attain retirement eligibility
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1066 - Klindt - Provides certain telecommunication companies the opportunity to request a waiver from the requirement that tariffs be filed to reduce rates for any service in which the current rate exceeds the maximum allowable price
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 1067 - Bartle - Creates the "Office of Enterprise Technology"
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1068 - Purgason - Allows retailers to pay sales tax on behalf of customers
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1069 - Engler - Authorizes certain public entities to enter into agreements to modify payment terms for bonds based on changes in the purchase price of commodities
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1070 - Bray - Prohibits certain employees of the Public Service Commission from being employed by a public utility within two years of completing employment with the Commission
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 1071 - Loudon - Creates the "Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact"
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 1072 - Loudon - Repeals the abandoned manufactured home statutes
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1073 - Gross - Extends the sunset clause on Motorist Insurance Identification Database Program from June 30, 2007, to June 30, 2012
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 1074 - Loudon - Amends the Workers' Compensation Law
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 1075 - Loudon - Amends the law governing workers' compensation deductible surcharge collection
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 1076 - Goodman - Prohibits health care professionals from billing for anatomic pathology services not personally rendered
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 1077 - Bray - Creates new penalties for signing false names on petitions
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1078 - Bray - Changes the complaint process for alleging excessive utility rates
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 1079 - Coleman - Enhances the penalties for motorists who fail to properly yield for school buses that are loading and unloading children when injuries or deaths result
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 1080 - Coleman - Authorizes the Governor to convey the Midtown State Office Building to St. Louis University
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1081 - Clemens - Authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to require a bond as a condition of issuing permits for facilities that utilize innovative technologies for wastewater treatment facilities
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 1082 - Shields - Modifies law relating to medical fees for workers' compensation
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 1083 - Bray - Requires the Ethics Commission to post certain expenditure information for and against candidates on its website
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1084 - Gibbons - Extends the sunset date for the Healthcare for Uninsured Children Program and non-Medicaid eligible personal care services
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1085 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions regarding the self-administeration of medication by students
2/21/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 1086 - Kennedy - Grants the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners the authority to establish police officer salaries without prior authorization from the General Assembly
2/21/2006 -- S First Read

SCR 29 - Graham - Expresses opposition to the proposed sale of national forest land in the Mark Twain National Forest
2/21/2006 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

SR 2112 - Vogel - Allows the Missouri Youth Leadership Forum for Students with Disabilities to use the Senate Chamber
2/21/2006 -- S offered
2/21/2006 -- S adopted

HCR 17 - Quinn - Concurs with the Governor that all reasonable and necessary action should be taken to prevent the planned man-made "spring rise" of the Missouri River.
2/21/2006 -- Reported to Senate
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