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Senate Action for 3/28/2006

SB 568 - Dougherty - Creates the "Children's Environmental Health and Protection Advisory Council": 3/28/2006 -- SCS S adopted; 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 582 - Griesheimer - Modifies existing tax base determination for municipal taxation of telecommunication businesses: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read (w/EC)

SB 644 - Shields - Alters provisions regarding public school funding: 3/28/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Student Achievement and Finance Committee; 3/28/2006 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Student Achievement and Finance Committee

SB 673 - Graham - Requires that one voting member of the governing boards of certain state institutions of higher education be a student: 3/28/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 697 - Nodler - Modifies the law relating to transportation and motor vehicles: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 725 - Bray - Alters provisions regarding alcoholic beverages: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 726 - Bray - Modifies paperwork requirements in the formation of a new political party: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 744 - Klindt - Exempts motor fuel used for agricultural purposes from local sales tax: 3/28/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Agriculture Policy Committee

SB 756 - Clemens - Modifies requirements for licensing and registration of certain professionals: 3/28/2006 -- SCS S adopted; 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 769 - Mayer - Permits school districts meeting certain criteria to make a one-time additional fund transfer and to reduce their school terms: 3/28/2006 -- SCS S adopted; 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read (w/EC)

SB 773 - Cauthorn - Changes various sections pertaining to agriculture: 3/28/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Agri-Business Committee

SB 785 - Alter - Allows any jailer to serve an arrest warrant on a person who is already an inmate in the custody of the jailer: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 790 - Clemens - Requires public high school students to satisfactorily complete four year-long courses in personal finance education: 3/28/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 804 - Gross - Allows for substituted service upon an insured defendant's automobile insurance company: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 818 - Scott - Amends requirements for filing financial interest statements: 3/28/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Elections Committee

SB 822 - Gross - Extends FRA, Pharmacy Tax, Nursing Facility reimbursement allowance, and Medicaid managed care reimbursement allowance sunsets: 3/28/2006 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 834 - Nodler - Alters various provisions of the state's special education policy: 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 837 - Loudon - Modifies the membership of various governing bodies that administer state insurance programs: 3/28/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Insurance Policy Committee

SB 844 - Graham - Authorizes individuals to bring civil actions alleging Medicaid fraud: 3/28/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee; 3/28/2006 -- Bill Combined w/ SCS/SBs 1210, 1244 & 844

SB 845 - Kennedy - Modifies fees and reinstatement processes in the event of corporate administrative dissolution: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 870 - Mayer - Transfers responsibility for existing appropriation payments from the Office of Administration to other state agencies: 3/28/2006 -- H First Read (w/EC)

SB 878 - Champion - Modifies provisions relating to child protection: 3/28/2006 -- SCS S adopted; 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 884 - Callahan - Modifies Missouri's tax increment finance law: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 925 - Cauthorn - Makes various technical changes to sections pertaining to hazardous waste: 3/28/2006 -- SCS S adopted; 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 931 - Scott - Gives property owners one vote per acre when electing directors for a transportation development district: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 947 - Shields - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop standards for high-quality early childhood education: 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 951 - Cauthorn - Requires cities to send excess revenues derived from traffic violations to the Department of Revenue if such fines and court costs exceed 35% of the city's annual general operating revenue: 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 952 - Goodman - Designates the Table Rock Lake bridge on Highway 39 in Barry County near the census-designated place of Shell Knob as the "State Senator Larry Gene Taylor Memorial Bridge": 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 968 - Green - Creates more requirements for fire protection districts, departments, and volunteer associations: 3/28/2006 -- SCS S adopted; 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 974 - Shields - Extends date for the Department of Mental Health to complete mental health services plans for persons on waitlists: 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 977 - Bartle - Authorizes the director of the POST Commission to promulgate rules and modifies 911 telecommunications training: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 980 - Clemens - Modifies the student loan program for nursing students: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 981 - Goodman - Allows a Highway Patrol member to accept other employment under a general order issued by the Superintendent: 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 1004 - Days - Removes the special education statute from the sunset provision of the First Steps Program: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 1008 - Klindt - Creates the "Governor's Advisory Council on Agricultural Science and Technology": 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 1016 - Gross - Requires county commissions to set tax rates by September 20: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read (w/EC)

SB 1017 - Clemens - Modifies several agricultural programs: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - 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: 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 1026 - Cauthorn - Authorizes the Lieutenant Governor to administer certain veterans' programs and funds: 3/28/2006 -- SCS S adopted; 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

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: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 1045 - Goodman - Provides that the statute of limitations for recovery of lands does not extend to lands held by public utilities: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

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: 3/28/2006 -- SCS S adopted; 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

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: 3/28/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 1056 - Griesheimer - Modifies the method of how community improvement districts may impose sales taxes: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 1057 - Loudon - Includes physical therapists in the definition of health practitioner for the purposes of liens: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1059 - Kennedy - Designates a portion of I-55 in St. Louis County as the "Officer Thomas G. Smith Jr. Memorial Highway": 3/28/2006 -- SCS S adopted; 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 1060 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions regarding the tax contribution designation for the Missouri Military Family Relief Fund: 3/28/2006 -- SCS S adopted; 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

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: 3/28/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 1084 - Gibbons - Extends the sunset date for the Healthcare for Uninsured Children Program and non-Medicaid eligible personal care services: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 1085 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions regarding the self-administeration of medication by students: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

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: 3/28/2006 -- SCS S adopted; 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted - Consent

SB 1091 - Ridgeway - Establishes the "Missouri Prescription Drug Price Website": 3/28/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee; 3/28/2006 -- Bill Combined w/ SCS/SBs 1239 & 1091

SB 1092 - Klindt - Prohibits political subdivisions from regulating the content, cost or distribution of information over a broadband Internet connection by imposing fees, licenses or taxes: 3/28/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 1094 - Champion - Allows Springfield to dissolve a special business district: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1096 - Bray - Creates the "Local Community Rail Security Act of 2006": 3/28/2006 -- Hearing Cancelled S Transportation Committee

SB 1101 - Griesheimer - Allows the City of Sullivan and the portion of the Sullivan C-2 School District located in Franklin County to levy a transient guest tax: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1114 - Goodman - Requires the State Board of Education to annually establish a target school start date: 3/28/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee (4761S.05C)

SB 1117 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions of the Missouri Rx Plan Advisory Commission: 3/28/2006 -- SCS S adopted; 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1122 - Shields - Allows certain state universities to convey or transfer, except in fee simple, the title or interest in real property: 3/28/2006 -- SCS S adopted; 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1124 - Shields - Modifies the law related to professional licensing: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 1127 - Purgason - Requires certain commercial motor vehicles used to haul gravel, sand, dirt, rock or other similar materials to display the owner's name, address and registration number on the rear of the vehicle: 3/28/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 1130 - Green - Repeals the statute that allows fourth-class cities to pay members of certain city boards up to $200 per month: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1139 - Gibbons - Designates the portion of Highway 21 from the intersection of Lindbergh Avenue to the intersection of Gravois Road in St. Louis County as the "Sergeant William McEntee Memorial Highway": 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 1143 - Mayer - Modifies numerous penalties for violations of motor vehicle licensing, registration, and equipment statutes: 3/28/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 1145 - Mayer - Creates the "Guard at Home Program" to assist families of deployed guard members: 3/28/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1146 - Ridgeway - Modifies the process for review of an administrative agency's decisions: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 1155 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions of the technical advisory committee on the quality of patient care and nursing practices: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1164 - Graham - Provides that teacher training programs shall include instruction in main streaming children with special needs as well as instruction regarding the IEP process: 3/28/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 1165 - Klindt - Extends the fees imposed under the water pollution statutes until December 31, 2009: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 1166 - Klindt - Repeals the Motor Vehicle Safety Inspection Program effective January 1, 2007, except for school buses: 3/28/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 1175 - Stouffer - Allows the City of Excelsior Springs to issue bonds and impose a sales tax for the development of a community center: 3/28/2006 -- SCS S adopted; 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1176 - Stouffer - Requires the Department of Revenue to issue motor vehicle owners a pamphlet summarizing any new motor vehicle laws passed by the Missouri General Assembly within the last two years whenever the motor vehicle owner applies for or renews his or her registration: 3/28/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 1177 - Callahan - Allows a local registrar to be an employee of either a county or city health agency: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1181 - Griesheimer - Modifies several provisions of law relating to motor vehicle dealers and the registration process: 3/28/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 1188 - Gibbons - Maintains the prohibition on selling motor fuel below cost but removes language that speaks to the intent of such marketing: 3/28/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 1189 - Gibbons - Creates the "Holocaust Education and Awareness Commission": 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 1203 - Dougherty - Promotes energy efficiency and the development and use of renewable energy: 3/28/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 1206 - Mayer - Revises the Interstate Compact for Juveniles: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1207 - Mayer - Allows New Madrid County to impose an additional sales tax, which proceeds shall be shared among the county and the cities, towns and villages within the county: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1208 - Koster - Modifies law allowing corporations to amend their articles of incorporation: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 1210 - Koster - Authorizes individuals to sue for Medicaid fraud, and modifies various provisions relating to the reporting and investigation of such fraud: 3/28/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass (SCS/SBs 1210, 1244 & 844) S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee (5340S.03C)

SB 1216 - Goodman - Modifies the law relating to travel clubs: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1221 - Goodman - Modifies laws relating to crime: 3/28/2006 -- SCS S adopted; 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 1228 - Purgason - Modifies provisions regarding LAGERS benefits within the City of Lebanon: 3/28/2006 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1236 - Engler - Modifies laws pertaining to dam and reservoir safety: 3/28/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee (5486S.03C)

SB 1239 - Gibbons - Enacts the "Affordable Prescription Drugs for All Missourians Act": 3/28/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass (SCS/SBs 1239 & 1091) S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee (5476S.03C)

SB 1244 - Loudon - Modifies various provisions relating to the reporting and investigation of Medicaid fraud, and creates a private civil cause of action for actions alleging fraud: 3/28/2006 -- Bill Combined w/ SCS/SBs 1210, 1244 & 844

SB 1247 - Vogel - Extends the sunset clause on the Motorist Insurance Identification Database Program from June 30, 2007, to June 30, 2012: 3/28/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2006 -- H First Read

SB 1253 - Mayer - Establishes a maximum speed limit of 45 mph on county gravel, dirt and other unsurfaced roads regardless if such roads are posted with signs or not: 3/28/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

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: 3/28/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee; 3/28/2006 -- Voted Do Pass w/HCA 1 H Rules Committee; 3/28/2006 -- Reported Do Pass w/HCA 1 H Rules Committee

HB 984 - Meadows - Encourages all government buildings, businesses, and state citizens to display the POW/MIA flag on certain dates: 3/28/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 998 - Smith - Authorizes the Govenor to convey state property located in Pettis County to the Girl Scouts Heart of Missouri Council: 3/28/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1058 - Cunningham - Alters provisions regarding school attire: 3/28/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 1101 - Schaaf - Allows insurance carriers to offer policies to employers based on tobacco use: 3/28/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

HB 1105 - Wilson - Exempts military personnel on active duty and their spouses from being required to renew their driver's licenses while they are stationed outside the United States: 3/28/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee - Consent

HB 1222 - Cooper - Allows coroners or medical examiners to appoint special deputy coroners or medical examiners in emergencies: 3/28/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

HB 1245 - Sater - Authorizes school nurses to keep on hand and administer prefilled syringes of epinephrine to any student who is having an anaphylactic reaction: 3/28/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 1306 - Smith - Modifies various provisions regarding state employee retirement: 3/28/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

HB 1333 - Black - Authorizes drainage district boards to set a fee for the preparation and processing of certain tax statements: 3/28/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 1358 - Portwood - Requires the Governor to annually issue a proclamation designating May 10 as "Hepatitis C Awareness Day": 3/28/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

HB 1432 - Moore - Authorizes the State Board of Probation and Parole to conduct probation and parole hearings by videoconferencing: 3/28/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1437 - Threlkeld - Modifies poison and radiation control provisions: 3/28/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1491 - Walton - Requires the Family Support Division to urge Medicaid appliants to use federal veterans' benefits: 3/28/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

HB 1601 - Weter - Enacts provisions relating to emergency medical treatment: 3/28/2006 -- S First Read (w/EC)

HB 1687 - Wright - Provides for unused drugs to be donated to charities for distribution outside the state or abroad: 3/28/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1722 - Sutherland - Authorizes the Director of the Department of Natural Resources to enter into agreements with private, not-for-profit organizations to provide services for state parks: 3/28/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1732 - Fraser - Broadens and alters the criteria for permissible self-administered medications in public schools: 3/28/2006 -- S First Read

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