Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 3/7/2006

SB 561 - Gross - Limits the amount of expenditures from gaming boat admission fees revenue
3/7/2006 -- H First Read

SB 566 - Dougherty - Gives advanced practice registered nurses prescription authority
3/7/2006 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 580 - Shields - Requires collaboration between certain departments in order to achieve a more efficient and effective educational system
3/7/2006 -- H Second Read

SB 588 - Bartle - Modifies the laws regarding sexual offenders
3/7/2006 -- SS for SCS S offered (Bartle)--(3083S.09F)
3/7/2006 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered (Loudon)-- (3083S09.04S)
3/7/2006 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
3/7/2006 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S withdrawn
3/7/2006 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Loudon)--(3083S09.14S)
3/7/2006 -- SA 3 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Bartle)--(3083S09.10S)
3/7/2006 -- SA 4 to SS for SCS S offered (Bray)--(3083S09.01F)
3/7/2006 -- SA 1 to SA 4 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Bray)--(3083S09.02F)
3/7/2006 -- SSA 1 for SA 4 to SS for SCS S offered & withdrawn (Bray)--(3083S09.03F)
3/7/2006 -- SA 4 to SS for SCS S withdrawn
3/7/2006 -- SA 5 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Bray)--(3083S09.18S)
3/7/2006 -- SA 6 to SS for SCS S offered & Ruled out of order (Coleman)--(3083S09.09S)
3/7/2006 -- SA 7 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Coleman)--(3083S09.08S)
3/7/2006 -- SA 8 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Bray)--(3083S09.15S)
3/7/2006 -- SA 9 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Loudon)--(3083S09.06S)
3/7/2006 -- SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted--(3083S.09F)
3/7/2006 -- Perfected

SB 643 - Scott - Establishes the "State Fair Escrow Fund"
3/7/2006 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 646 - Griesheimer - Allows for the formation of and conversion to reorganized common sewer districts
3/7/2006 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 650 - Champion - Specifies terms of office and eligibility criteria for the governing board of Missouri State University
3/7/2006 -- H Second Read

SB 655 - Nodler - Allows the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority to provide primary school loans
3/7/2006 -- S Education Committee voted unanimously to pass bill (SCS SB 655) consent (3404S.05C)

SB 665 - Engler - Increases the penalties for poaching
3/7/2006 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 697 - Nodler - Modifies the law relating to transportation and motor vehicles
3/7/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee - Consent

SB 736 - Crowell - Allows public school districts to offer a class or classes in which the Bible is incorporated
3/7/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee (3211S.03C)

SB 751 - Stouffer - Allows the City of Corder to sell property purchased from the school district for any purpose after twenty-five years
3/7/2006 -- H First Read

SB 752 - Graham - Specifically allows license plates to be encased in transparent covers
3/7/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee - Consent

SB 766 - Vogel - Modifies the definition of "state agency" with regard to income tax set offs
3/7/2006 -- 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
3/7/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee - Consent (3313S.04C)

SB 788 - Klindt - Creates an advisory council to monitor the activity of the Propane Inspection Program
3/7/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 809 - Graham - Provides municipalities the option of adopting the zoning regulations of the county in lieu of their own
3/7/2006 -- H First Read

SB 816 - Griesheimer - Creates a gross receipts tax on video service providers
3/7/2006 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 821 - Griesheimer - Modifies the definition of "salvage vehicle"
3/7/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee - Consent

SB 837 - Loudon - Modifies the membership of various governing bodies that administer state insurance programs
3/7/2006 -- H Second Read

SB 840 - Stouffer - Modifies the highway and bridge naming process and allows the Highway Commission to dispose of excess real property under certain conditions
3/7/2006 -- H Second Read

SRB 848 - Bartle - Repeals certain sections of law which have expired, sunset, terminated, or are ineffective
3/7/2006 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 863 - Engler - Modifies the definition of "volunteer fire protection association"
3/7/2006 -- H First Read

SB 893 - Scott - Modifies provisions relating to emergency services and fire protection
3/7/2006 -- H First Read

SB 906 - Engler - Modifies various provisions relating to lead abatement
3/7/2006 -- H Second Read

SB 908 - Stouffer - Authorizes the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission to make electronic bids for highway and bridge contracts
3/7/2006 -- H Second Read

SB 912 - Goodman - Establishes a virtual school program
3/7/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee (4591S.02C)

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
3/7/2006 -- SS for SCS S offered (Koster)--(4376S.05F)
3/7/2006 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered (Cauthorn)--(4376S05.01S)
3/7/2006 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 919 - Scott - Repeals the statute permitting the city council of a third-class city to prohibit the carrying of concealed weapons
3/7/2006 -- H First Read

SB 932 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to county officials
3/7/2006 -- H Second Read

SB 933 - Scott - Transfers the duty of appointing railroad policemen from the Highway Patrol to the Director of the Department of Public Safety
3/7/2006 -- H Second Read

SB 934 - Engler - Creates a grace period for cosmetology and barber shop licensure when the establishment changes ownership or location
3/7/2006 -- H Second Read

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%
3/7/2006 -- H First Read

SB 961 - Ridgeway - Makes certain indemnity agreements in motor carrier transportation contracts void and unenforceable
3/7/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee (4753S.02C)

SB 969 - Stouffer - Modifies several provisions relating to transportation and laws pertaining to motor vehicles
3/7/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee (4853S.05C)

SB 976 - Gibbons - Assesses fees for the transportation of radioactive waste through or within the state
3/7/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee (4204S.06C)

SB 983 - Mayer - Requires each school district to adopt as a goal the expenditure of at least two-thirds of its current operational expenditures on classroom instruction
3/7/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 1027 - Mayer - Allows common household goods common carriers to request rate adjustments from the State Highways and Transportation Commission and repeals exemption for household good movers who restrict their operations to certain areas
3/7/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee - Consent (4721S.02C)

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
3/7/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee - Consent

SB 1041 - Gibbons - Creates the crime of "knowingly receiving, selling, or obtaining personal health information"
3/7/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee (5118S.03C)

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
3/7/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee - Consent (5059S.02C)

SB 1059 - Kennedy - Designates a portion of I-55 in St. Louis County as the "Officer Thomas G. Smith Jr. Memorial Highway"
3/7/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee - Consent (4925S.02C)

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
3/7/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 1104 - Cauthorn - Defines a qualified Missouri biodiesel producer as a facility that is owned by at least 51% of Missouri agricultural producers
3/7/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 1108 - Engler - Modifies provisions on personal care assistance services
3/7/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1109 - Griesheimer - Allows persons 65 years of age and older to use previously issued licenses as proof of lawful presence
3/7/2006 -- Hearing Scheduled S Transportation Committee
3/7/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee - Consent (5351S.02C)

SB 1123 - Shields - Directs the Department of Social Services to establish Coordinated Care and Administrative Service Organization pilot programs
3/7/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

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"
3/7/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee
3/7/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee - Consent

SB 1150 - Bartle - Modifies the types of orders or judgments that may be appealed through the prosecuting or circuit attorney
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1168 - Bray - Prohibits certain activities relating to human trafficking and prostitution
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1186 - Engler - Creates a tax credit for qualified equity investments
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1187 - Gibbons - Repeals and reduces certain committees and commissions and sets a sunset date for other committees and commissions
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1188 - Gibbons - Maintains the prohibition on selling motor fuel below cost but removes language that speaks to the intent of such marketing
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 1189 - Gibbons - Creates the "Holocaust Education and Awareness Commission"
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1190 - Loudon - Allows certain colleges and universities located in St. Louis to sponsor charter schools that are located in St. Louis only
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 1191 - Loudon - Prohibits railroad carriers from operating remote control locomotives on the rails of this state
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 1192 - Wheeler - Creates provisions relating to the duty of pharmacies to fill prescriptions
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1193 - Wheeler - Allows the General Assembly to appropriate state funds to the Missouri Housing Development Commission for certain housing purposes
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1194 - Wheeler - Modifies provisions relating to the authority of certain county collectors
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1195 - Wheeler - Modifies provisions relating to land trust conveyances
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1196 - Wheeler - Increases the fee collected by each recorder to be deposited into the Missouri Housing Trust Fund from $3 to $5
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1197 - Wheeler - Allows sixteen-year olds to donate blood with parental permission
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 1198 - Scott - Sets penalties for anyone setting fires in an area that has been proclaimed to be in extraordinary danger from fire
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1199 - Scott - Modifies definition of ambulatory surgical center to include certain abortion clinics
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 1200 - Scott - Transfers collection of surplus lines tax from the Department of Insurance to the Department of Revenue
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 1201 - Dougherty - Raises the Medicaid-eligibility level for old age assistance and permanently disabled recipients
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1202 - Dougherty - Allows the City of St. Louis to impose a sales tax to provide services to children age twenty-one and younger
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1203 - Dougherty - Promotes energy efficiency and the development and use of renewable energy
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 1204 - Dougherty - Modifies provisions relating to parentage of a child
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1205 - Dougherty - Repeals timely filed discounts for sales tax and income tax withholding to fund the Utilicare Fund
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1206 - Mayer - Revises the Interstate Compact for Juveniles
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

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
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1208 - Koster - Modifies law allowing corporations to amend their articles of incorporation
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1209 - Koster - Divides the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit into two circuits
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1210 - Koster - Authorizes individuals to sue for Medicaid fraud, and modifies various provisions relating to the reporting and investigation of such fraud
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1211 - Coleman - Allows private, not-for-profit colleges or universities to appoint and employ college or university police officers
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 1212 - Coleman - Allows the City of St. Louis to impose a sales tax for public safety
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1213 - Coleman - Regulates the licensing of naturopathic practitioners
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1214 - Goodman - Exempts votes by political party committees to select a candidate for a special election from the Sunshine Law
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1215 - Goodman - Revises the standard for selling property held by the Department of Transportation from "best available cash price" to "fair market price"
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 1216 - Goodman - Modifies the law relating to travel clubs
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 1217 - Goodman - Modifies bidding and notice requirements for public projects
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 1218 - Goodman - Imposes a fee on insurance policies to be used for emergency management
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 1219 - Goodman - Modifies law relating to the licensing of nursing home administrators
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 1220 - Goodman - Establishes a "health facilities construction plan review fee"
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 1221 - Goodman - Modifies laws relating to crime
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1222 - Goodman - Creates the "Farm Mentoring and Education Fund"
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 1223 - Scott - Creates the "Missouri Targeted Development Program"
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1224 - Ridgeway - Creates a statewide consortium to be known as the "Umbilical Cord Blood Tissue Bank"
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 1225 - Ridgeway - Transfers administration of the domestic violence shelter tax credit from the Department of Public Safety to the Department of Social Services
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 1226 - Ridgeway - Alters provisions regarding teacher certification
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 1227 - Bray - Modifies the law relating to the establishment of paternity
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1228 - Purgason - Modifies provisions regarding LAGERS benefits within the City of Lebanon
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1229 - Champion - Creates a tax credit for children in crisis
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1230 - Dougherty - Modifies provisions on child care subsidies
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 1231 - Dougherty - Creates new Medicaid cancer benefits
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1232 - Bartle - Regulates sexually-oriented businesses
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1233 - Bartle - Amends campaign finance limits
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1234 - Bartle - Alters provisions regarding the Missouri School Improvement Program
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 1235 - Engler - Repeals the provision prohibiting Jefferson County fire protection districts from implementing residential construction regulatory systems
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1236 - Engler - Modifies laws pertaining to dam and reservoir safety
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 1237 - Callahan - Authorizes an additional surcharge on cases involving certain municipal ordinance violations in Kansas City
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1238 - Callahan - Establishes the "Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2006"
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 1239 - Gibbons - Enacts the "Affordable Prescription Drugs for All Missourians Act"
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1240 - Koster - Establishes the "Missouri Alternatives to Abortion Services Program"
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 1241 - Koster - Modifies laws on mental health facilities and group homes for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 1242 - Cauthorn - Modifies process by which lists of impaired waters of the state are made
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 1243 - Loudon - Creates licensure requirements for electrical contractors
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

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
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1245 - Goodman - Modifies and enacts new provisions pertaining to health care facilities
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 1246 - Bray - Eliminates the premium tax deduction for examination fees paid by insurance companies
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 1247 - Vogel - Extends the sunset clause on the Motorist Insurance Identification Database Program from June 30, 2007, to June 30, 2012
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SJR 40 - Bartle - Preserves an individual's right to hunt and fish
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SJR 41 - Mayer - Adds the crime of manufacturing methamphetamine to the list of offenses that are not bailable
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SJR 42 - Nodler - Authorizes legislative appropriation authority for administrative expenses of the Highways and Transportation Commission and the Conservation Commission
3/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

HB 983 - Meadows - Requires the United States and the Missouri state flags to be flown at half-staff on all government buildings on September 11 of each year
3/7/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1014 - Icet - To appropriate money for supplemental purposes for the several department and offices of state government, and for the payment of various claims for refunds.
3/7/2006 -- H refuses to concur in SCS
3/7/2006 -- H requests S recede or grant conference
3/7/2006 -- S refuses to recede and grants conference
3/7/2006 -- S conferees appointed: Gross, Nodler, Champion, Dougherty, Green
3/7/2006 -- H conferees appointed: Icet, Robb, Sater, Shoemyer, Donnelly

HB 1118 - Dempsey - Provides for immunity from liability for certain health care professionals deployed during a state of emergency
3/7/2006 -- S First Read
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