Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 3/9/2006


SB 558 - Gibbons - Removes the termination date for experimental tariffs put in place by the Public Service Commission and gas corporations for schools
3/9/2006 -- Referred H Utilities Committee

SB 559 - Gibbons - Considers any municipality, governmental unit, or public corporation created under the laws of any state or the United States a person
3/9/2006 -- Referred H Utilities Committee

SB 577 - Scott - Limits the number of excursion gambling boat licenses that may be issued
3/9/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 580 - Shields - Requires collaboration between certain departments in order to achieve a more efficient and effective educational system
3/9/2006 -- Referred H Elementary and Secondary Education Committee

SB 588 - Bartle - Modifies the laws regarding sexual offenders
3/9/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
3/9/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
3/9/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/9/2006 -- H First Read

SB 617 - Koster - Prescribes departmental requirements before closing or downsizing state-funded mental health facilities
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 618 - Koster - Provides that electronic access cards may be issued to custodial parents for disbursement of child support payments
3/9/2006 -- Referred H Children and Families Committee

SB 622 - Green - Creates an income tax deduction for small businesses and farmers that provide health insurance coverage for employees
3/9/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee

SB 644 - Shields - Alters provisions regarding public school funding
3/9/2006 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 655 - Nodler - Allows the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority to provide primary school loans
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 697 - Nodler - Modifies the law relating to transportation and motor vehicles
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 711 - Cauthorn - Penalizes animal pounds for sterilizing hunting dogs prior to offering them for adoption
3/9/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee (3643S.03C)

SB 726 - Bray - Modifies paperwork requirements in the formation of a new political party
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 752 - Graham - Specifically allows license plates to be encased in transparent covers
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 756 - Clemens - Modifies requirements for licensing and registration of certain professionals
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 769 - Mayer - Permits school districts meeting certain criteria to make a one-time additional fund transfer and to reduce their school terms
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 778 - Ridgeway - Requires proof of payment of personal property taxes on certain vessels, raises vessel fees and creates the "Missouri State Water Patrol Fund"
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Ways & Means Committee to Floor

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
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 798 - Nodler - Authorizes the Missouri Board of Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors and Landscape Architects to impose civil penalties
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 817 - Scott - Replaces Missouri's workers' compensation residual market plan with Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Company
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee to Floor

SB 821 - Griesheimer - Modifies the definition of "salvage vehicle"
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 863 - Engler - Modifies the definition of "volunteer fire protection association"
3/9/2006 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 870 - Mayer - Transfers responsibility for existing appropriation payments from the Office of Administration to other state agencies
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 877 - Kennedy - Provides a tax credit for modifying a home for a disabled person
3/9/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee - Consent (4496S.04C)
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Ways & Means Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 884 - Callahan - Modifies Missouri's tax increment finance law
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 892 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to financial institutions
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS (corrected report)

SB 894 - Nodler - Renders multiple alterations to the state's education policy
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 900 - Shields - Modifies provisions on the Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Fund
3/9/2006 -- Referred H Health Care Policy Committee

SB 925 - Cauthorn - Makes various technical changes to sections pertaining to hazardous waste
3/9/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee - Consent (4110S.02C)

SB 931 - Scott - Gives property owners one vote per acre when electing directors for a transportation development district
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 934 - Engler - Creates a grace period for cosmetology and barber shop licensure when the establishment changes ownership or location
3/9/2006 -- Referred H Professional Registration & Licensing Committee

SB 968 - Green - Creates more requirements for fire protection districts, departments, and volunteer associations
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 976 - Gibbons - Assesses fees for the transportation of radioactive waste through or within the state
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 977 - Bartle - Authorizes the director of the POST Commission to promulgate rules and modifies 911 telecommunications training
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 1002 - Mayer - Allows the imposition of an additional fee for drainage districts
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 1003 - Mayer - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS#2 - Consent

SB 1004 - Days - Removes the special education statute from the sunset provision of the First Steps Program
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 1014 - Scott - Modifies law relating to election administration
3/9/2006 -- SS for SCS S offered (Scott)--(4947S.10F)
3/9/2006 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1016 - Gross - Requires county commissions to set tax rates by September 20
3/9/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee - Consent
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Ways & Means Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 1026 - Cauthorn - Authorizes the Lieutenant Governor to administer certain veterans' programs and funds
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

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
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 1037 - Mayer - Extends the expiration date for the public drinking water primacy fees until September 1, 2011
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee to Floor

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
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor - Consent

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
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 1056 - Griesheimer - Modifies the method of how community improvement districts may impose sales taxes
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 1059 - Kennedy - Designates a portion of I-55 in St. Louis County as the "Officer Thomas G. Smith Jr. Memorial Highway"
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 1060 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions regarding the tax contribution designation for the Missouri Military Family Relief Fund
3/9/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee - Consent

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
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 1068 - Purgason - Allows retailers to pay sales tax on behalf of customers
3/9/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1080 - Coleman - Authorizes the Governor to convey the Midtown State Office Building to St. Louis University
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

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
3/9/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 1107 - Cauthorn - Permits hand fishing for the months of June and July
3/9/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 1109 - Griesheimer - Allows persons 65 years of age and older to use previously issued licenses as proof of lawful presence
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 1136 - Vogel - Requires licensees to renew sales tax licenses every two years
3/9/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1138 - Vogel - Allows the Director of Revenue to require certain tax returns be filed electronically
3/9/2006 -- Hearing Cancelled S Ways & Means 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"
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 1229 - Champion - Creates a tax credit for children in crisis
3/9/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1248 - Crowell - Enacts provisions to ban abortion in Missouri
3/9/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 1249 - Alter - Establishes the "Missouri Science Education Act"
3/9/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 1250 - Alter - Enacts multiple provisions regarding illegal aliens
3/9/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1251 - Shields - Modifies laws on the Metabolic Formula Distribution Program
3/9/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 1252 - Scott - Modifies laws on child support
3/9/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

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
3/9/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 1254 - Shields - Modifies laws relating to reporting requirements, expenditures and campaign contributions
3/9/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1255 - Dougherty - Establishes the reorganization of the state health care system
3/9/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

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.
3/9/2006 -- Referred H Transportation 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
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor

SCR 29 - Graham - Expresses opposition to the proposed sale of national forest land in the Mark Twain National Forest
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor

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
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor w/SCA 1

SCR 31 - Purgason - Urges the United States Department of Agriculture to continue the voluntary National Animal Identification System program
3/9/2006 -- S offered

SCR 32 - Days - Urges United States Congress to include an allocation in the federal budget for a military transport plan program at Boeing St. Louis
3/9/2006 -- S offered

SR 2363 - Gross - Proposed Rule Change - Rule 103
3/9/2006 -- S offered

HB 1070 - Johnson - Modifies Missouri's tax increment finance law
3/9/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1078 - Cunningham - Establishes a tuition grant for dependants and spouses of certain military veterans
3/9/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1456 - Roark - Modifies law regarding unemployment security
3/9/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1688 - Johnson - Prohibits certain sales tax revenue from inclusion as economic activity tax revenue for TIF projects
3/9/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee - Consent
3/9/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee - Consent
3/9/2006 -- Reported from S Ways & Means Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1742 - Portwood - Modifies provisions relating to health care
3/9/2006 -- S First Read (w/EC)

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