Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 3/16/2006


SB 561 - Gross - Limits the amount of expenditures from gaming boat admission fees revenue
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Veterans Committee

SB 575 - Scott - Modifies provisions on donation of unused prescription drugs
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Health Care Policy Committee

SB 584 - Champion - Bans bus drivers who are convicted of intoxication-related traffic offenses from possessing a school bus endorsement
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 590 - Nodler - Renders several alterations to the state's higher education policy
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Higher Education Committee

SB 612 - Engler - Authorizes the conveyance of property owned by the state in St. Francois County to the Farmington American Legion Post 416
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Corrections & Public Institutions Committee

SB 614 - Stouffer - Creates an income tax credit for contributions to residential treatment agencies
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Ways & Means Committee

SB 616 - Stouffer - Prescribes requirements for assisted living facilities
3/16/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/16/2006 -- H First Read

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
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Ways & Means Committee

SB 630 - Gross - Modifies eligibility requirements for the Homestead Preservation Tax Credit
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Senior Citizen Advocacy Committee

SB 642 - Scott - Creates a graduated increase in payments to sheltered workshops
3/16/2006 -- Reported from S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee to Floor

SB 644 - Shields - Alters provisions regarding public school funding
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Special Committee on Student Achievement and Finance Committee

SB 645 - Griesheimer - Modifies the Missouri Business Use Incentive for Large-Scale Development Act
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Job Creation & Economic Development Committee

SB 648 - Champion - Replaces the term "lunatic asylum" with "mental health facility" in statute about fire escapes and stairs
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Special Committee on Health Care Facilities Committee

SB 650 - Champion - Specifies terms of office and eligibility criteria for the governing board of Missouri State University
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Higher Education Committee

SB 666 - Engler - Modifies provisions regarding fire protection
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

SB 677 - Gross - Removes references to the Committee on Radiation Control from Chapter 192, RSMo
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Health Care Policy Committee

SB 678 - Gross - Repeals the quarterly tax collections report requirement for temporary tax collection
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Ways & Means Committee

SB 682 - Cauthorn - Exempts pension and retirement income of seniors from income taxation
3/16/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee

SB 696 - Nodler - Modifies laws relating to economic development projects
3/16/2006 -- Reported from S Ways & Means Committee to Floor

SB 701 - Crowell - Modifies educational assistance benefits for Missouri National Guard members
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Veterans Committee

SB 712 - Scott - Authorizes the Governor to convey various pieces of state property
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Corrections & Public Institutions Committee

SB 744 - Klindt - Exempts motor fuel used for agricultural purposes from local sales tax
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Agriculture Policy Committee

SB 747 - Klindt - Requires used car dealers to complete educational seminars in order to obtain a license
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 749 - Engler - Modifies minimum experience requirements for interior designer registration
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Professional Registration & Licensing Committee

SB 751 - Stouffer - Allows the City of Corder to sell property purchased from the school district for any purpose after twenty-five years
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 765 - Dougherty - Enacts provisions relating to emergency medical treatment
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Health Care Policy Committee

SB 766 - Vogel - Modifies the definition of "state agency" with regard to income tax set offs
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Ways & Means Committee

SB 773 - Cauthorn - Changes various sections pertaining to agriculture
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Special Committee on Agri-Business Committee

SB 802 - Shields - Defines the terms "owner", "registered voter" and "voter" when used in provisions about certain sewer districts
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 803 - Griesheimer - Grants the Highway Patrol authority to investigate excursion gambling boat activities
3/16/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee (3943S.02C)

SB 805 - Gross - Modifies provisions relating to taxation
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Ways & Means Committee

SB 809 - Graham - Provides municipalities the option of adopting the zoning regulations of the county in lieu of their own
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 818 - Scott - Amends requirements for filing financial interest statements
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Elections Committee

SB 819 - Scott - Modifies licensure requirements for professional engineers and land surveyors
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Professional Registration & Licensing Committee

SB 828 - Scott - Repeals the sunset provision for dental hygienists
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Professional Registration & Licensing Committee

SB 837 - Loudon - Modifies the membership of various governing bodies that administer state insurance programs
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Insurance Policy 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
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 841 - Ridgeway - Authorizes peer review committees for certain emergency medical services
3/16/2006 -- Reported from S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 863 - Engler - Modifies the definition of "volunteer fire protection association"
3/16/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee
3/16/2006 -- Voted Do Pass H Local Government Committee - Consent

SB 872 - Gibbons - Enacts various provisions relating to the safe operation of motor vehicles to ensure the safety of highway workers, emergency workers and other motorists
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 881 - Engler - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property to St. Francois County
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Corrections & Public Institutions Committee

SB 882 - Engler - Regulates various blasting and excavation activities
3/16/2006 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 893 - Scott - Modifies provisions relating to emergency services and fire protection
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 895 - Engler - Synchronizes the penalties, administrative orders, civil actions and other remedies available to the Director of the Department of Insurance throughout the insurance code; modifies law with respect to certain types of service contracts; and revises filing fees
3/16/2006 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 905 - Engler - Requires medical malpractice insurers to file information with the Department of Insurance, and give notice prior to refusing to renew a policy of medical malpractice insurance
3/16/2006 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 906 - Engler - Modifies various provisions relating to lead abatement
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Special Committee on Urban Issues Committee

SB 908 - Stouffer - Authorizes the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission to make electronic bids for highway and bridge contracts
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 912 - Goodman - Establishes a virtual school program
3/16/2006 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 915 - Koster - Sets targets for renewable energy use
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Utilities 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
3/16/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/16/2006 -- H First Read

SB 919 - Scott - Repeals the statute permitting the city council of a third-class city to prohibit the carrying of concealed weapons
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Special Committee on General Laws Committee

SB 932 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to county officials
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 933 - Scott - Transfers the duty of appointing railroad policemen from the Highway Patrol to the Director of the Department of Public Safety
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

SB 936 - Vogel - Allows county library boards to issue bonds for up to 5% of the value of property within the district instead of 1%
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 969 - Stouffer - Modifies several provisions relating to transportation and laws pertaining to motor vehicles
3/16/2006 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 1001 - Griesheimer - Modifies lawful presence requirements for driver's licenses, modifies graduated driver's license law and allows the Highway Commission to revoke licenses and registrations of motor carriers in certain circumstances
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 1002 - Mayer - Allows the imposition of an additional fee for drainage districts
3/16/2006 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 1006 - Goodman - Provides an income tax credit for volunteer firefighters
3/16/2006 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1041 - Gibbons - Creates the crime of "knowingly receiving, selling, or obtaining personal health information"
3/16/2006 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 1049 - Shields - Establishes the "Disabled Employee's Health Assistance Program (DEHAP)"
3/16/2006 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor w/SCS

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
3/16/2006 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor

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
3/16/2006 -- Reported from S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor

SB 1072 - Loudon - Repeals the abandoned manufactured home statutes
3/16/2006 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor

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
3/16/2006 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 1104 - Cauthorn - Defines a qualified Missouri biodiesel producer as a facility that is owned by at least 51% of Missouri agricultural producers
3/16/2006 -- Reported from S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 1138 - Vogel - Allows the Director of Revenue to require certain tax returns be filed electronically
3/16/2006 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1140 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions relating to the taxation of real property
3/16/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1229 - Champion - Creates a tax credit for children in crisis
3/16/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee (5458S.03C)

SB 1254 - Shields - Modifies laws relating to reporting requirements, expenditures and campaign contributions
3/16/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/16/2006 -- H First Read

SCR 21 - Ridgeway - Expresses support for Taiwan to have an observer status in the World Health Organization
3/16/2006 -- Referred H Rules Committee

SCR 27 - Crowell - Urges the Missouri Congressional Delegation to support legislation calling for federal approval of extension of the Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
3/16/2006 -- S adopted
3/16/2006 -- Reported to the House

SCR 30 - Scott - Supports formation of a task force to develop a more balanced plan that incorporates the recreational, environmental and aesthetic values of the Lake of the Ozarks
3/16/2006 -- SCA 1 S adopted
3/16/2006 -- S adopted, as amended
3/16/2006 -- Reported to the House

SJR 31 - Ridgeway - Elevates the allowable level of bonded indebtedness for school districts from 15% to 20%
3/16/2006 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor

HB 1001 - Icet - To appropriate money to the Board of Fund Commissioners for the cost of issuing, processing and defeasing and to transfer money among certain funds.
3/16/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1002 - Icet - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the State Board of Education and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the several divisions.
3/16/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1003 - Icet - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Higher Education, the several divisions, programs, and institutions of higher education.
3/16/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1004 - Icet - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Revenue, Department of Transportation, the several divisions and programs.
3/16/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1005 - Icet - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Office of Administration, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Public Safety, and the Chief Executi
3/16/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1249 - Spreng - Exempts all motor vehicles assembled and sold in Missouri from the state sales and use tax
3/16/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

HB 1688 - Johnson - Prohibits certain sales tax revenue from inclusion as economic activity tax revenue for TIF projects
3/16/2006 -- S Third and Passed - Consent
3/16/2006 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed
3/16/2006 -- Signed by House Speaker
3/16/2006 -- Signed by Senate President
3/16/2006 -- Delivered to Governor
3/16/2006 -- Signed by Governor

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