Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 4/18/2006


SB 567 - Dougherty - Modifies provisions relating to health insurance
4/18/2006 -- H Second Read

SB 587 - Bartle - Extends the August 28, 2006, expiration date for the surcharge on certain criminal cases to August 28, 2013
4/18/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Judiciary Committee

SB 590 - Nodler - Renders several alterations to the state's higher education policy
4/18/2006 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Higher Education Committee

SB 602 - Callahan - Establishes a procedure for annexation of certain territory of the Kansas City School District to the Independence School District
4/18/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

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
4/18/2006 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 638 - Coleman - Requires notification of any radio frequency identification tag
4/18/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 643 - Scott - Establishes the "State Fair Escrow Fund"
4/18/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Agriculture Policy Committee

SB 655 - Nodler - Allows the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority to provide primary school loans
4/18/2006 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 666 - Engler - Modifies provisions regarding fire protection
4/18/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H (rules) Committee
4/18/2006 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 687 - Scott - Provides for each child enrolled in kindergarten or first grade to receive a comprehensive vision examination
4/18/2006 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 689 - Scott - Modifies lobbyist reporting requirements and campaign finance disclosure for public officials
4/18/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Elections Committee

SB 718 - Crowell - Modifies the authority of certain boards, commissions, and authorities to grant loans
4/18/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Financial Institutions Committee
4/18/2006 -- Voted Do Pass H Financial Institutions Committee

SB 727 - Bray - Allows the hiring of retired teachers to work between 550 and 800 hours without losing their retirement benefits
4/18/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 735 - Crowell - Modifies procedures for filing documents with the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission
4/18/2006 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Workforce Development & Workplace Safety Committee

SB 770 - Mayer - Modifies the law relating to the county law enforcement restitution fund
4/18/2006 -- SA 1 S offered & adopted (Mayer)--(3781S01.04S)
4/18/2006 -- SA 2 S offered & adopted (Bray)--(3781S01.06S)
4/18/2006 -- Perfected
4/18/2006 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 773 - Cauthorn - Changes various sections pertaining to agriculture
4/18/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/18/2006 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 774 - Bartle - Provides funding for umbilical cord blood banks and non-fetal human stem cell research
4/18/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 779 - Engler - Modifies requirements for labor posters
4/18/2006 -- Voted Do Pass H Workforce Development & Workplace Safety Committee

SB 788 - Klindt - Creates an advisory council to monitor the activity of the Propane Inspection Program
4/18/2006 -- H Second Read

SB 804 - Gross - Allows for substituted service upon an insured defendant's automobile insurance company
4/18/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Judiciary Committee

SB 820 - Koster - Increases the maximum amount that may be appropriated to the Governmental Emergency Fund
4/18/2006 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Shields)--(4222S03.05S)
4/18/2006 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
4/18/2006 -- Perfected

SB 837 - Loudon - Modifies the membership of various governing bodies that administer state insurance programs
4/18/2006 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee - Consent

SB 873 - Gibbons - Makes changes to laws regarding criminal background checks
4/18/2006 -- SA 1 S offered & withdrawn (Gibbons)--(3944S01.02S)
4/18/2006 -- Perfected
4/18/2006 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee
4/18/2006 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 874 - Shields - Repeals the law currently prohibiting Kansas City police officers from participating in some political activities
4/18/2006 -- H Second Read

SB 878 - Champion - Modifies provisions relating to child protection
4/18/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/18/2006 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 882 - Engler - Regulates various blasting and excavation activities
4/18/2006 -- H Second Read

SB 892 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to financial institutions
4/18/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Financial Institutions Committee
4/18/2006 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Financial Institutions 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
4/18/2006 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 904 - Griesheimer - Modifies the requirements for management, design and construction of state buildings
4/18/2006 -- H Second Read

SB 912 - Goodman - Establishes a virtual school program
4/18/2006 -- H Second Read

SB 913 - Vogel - Excludes amusement devices from the definitions of the terms "gambling" and "gambling device"
4/18/2006 -- SCS S adopted
4/18/2006 -- Perfected
4/18/2006 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 924 - Klindt - Establishes the "Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act"
4/18/2006 -- SCS S adopted
4/18/2006 -- Perfected
4/18/2006 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 943 - Bray - Establishes the "Prevention First Act"
4/18/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 953 - Engler - Substantially revises the title insurance code and modifies provisions relating to motor vehicle extended service contracts
4/18/2006 -- H Second Read
4/18/2006 -- Referred H Insurance Policy Committee

SB 961 - Ridgeway - Makes certain indemnity agreements in motor carrier transportation contracts void and unenforceable
4/18/2006 -- H Second Read

SB 965 - Bartle - Modifies poison control provisions
4/18/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/18/2006 -- HCS Voted Do Pass - Not Consent H Rules Committee

SB 976 - Gibbons - Assesses fees for the transportation of radioactive waste through or within the state
4/18/2006 -- H Second Read

SB 1008 - Klindt - Creates the "Governor's Advisory Council on Agricultural Science and Technology"
4/18/2006 -- Voted Do Pass H Agriculture Policy Committee
4/18/2006 -- Reported Do Pass H Agriculture Policy Committee
4/18/2006 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 1009 - Klindt - Defines the scope of regulation for Missouri seed law
4/18/2006 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
4/18/2006 -- SS S offered (Klindt)--(5009S.02F)
4/18/2006 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1017 - Clemens - Modifies several agricultural programs
4/18/2006 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Agriculture Policy Committee
4/18/2006 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Agriculture Policy Committee
4/18/2006 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 1019 - Alter - Specifies the Amber Alert System aids in identifying and locating abducted children rather than adults
4/18/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1023 - Gibbons - Modifies the laws relating to DNA Profiling Analysis and resulting restitution
4/18/2006 -- H Second Read

SB 1026 - Cauthorn - Authorizes the Lieutenant Governor to administer certain veterans' programs and funds
4/18/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/18/2006 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 1032 - Cauthorn - Amends the law relating to physician assistants
4/18/2006 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
4/18/2006 -- SCS S adopted
4/18/2006 -- Perfected

SB 1037 - Mayer - Extends the expiration date for the public drinking water primacy fees until September 1, 2011
4/18/2006 -- H Second Read

SB 1041 - Gibbons - Creates the crime of "knowingly receiving, selling, or obtaining personal health information"
4/18/2006 -- H Second 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
4/18/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/18/2006 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Rules 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
4/18/2006 -- Hearing Cancelled S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence 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
4/18/2006 -- H Second Read

SB 1072 - Loudon - Repeals the abandoned manufactured home statutes
4/18/2006 -- Perfected

SB 1076 - Goodman - Prohibits health care professionals from billing for anatomic pathology services not personally rendered
4/18/2006 -- Perfected
4/18/2006 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules 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
4/18/2006 -- H Second Read

SB 1102 - Alter - Modifies provisions relating to Jefferson County ordinances
4/18/2006 -- H Second Read

SB 1103 - Goodman - Prohibits practitioners from soliciting payment for anatomic pathology services unless certain conditions are met, allows HMOs to offer high-deductible policies, and limits application of rates of payments between HMOs and providers under certain circumstances
4/18/2006 -- H Second Read

SB 1107 - Cauthorn - Permits hand fishing for the months of June and July
4/18/2006 -- H Second Read

SB 1116 - Stouffer - Provides that certain disputes shall be referred by the Office of Administration to approved mediators for dispute resolution
4/18/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1140 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions relating to the taxation of real property
4/18/2006 -- SCS S adopted
4/18/2006 -- Perfected
4/18/2006 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 1169 - Bray - Exempts from certain administrative penalties school districts that demonstrate their students have to cross highways and arterials under specified conditions
4/18/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 1185 - Engler - Reorganizes duties within state agencies
4/18/2006 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & withdrawn (Gross)--(5418S04.02S)
4/18/2006 -- SA 2 to SCS S offered & adopted (Gross)
4/18/2006 -- SA 3 to SCS S offered & adopted (Loudon)
4/18/2006 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
4/18/2006 -- Perfected
4/18/2006 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee
4/18/2006 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 1210 - Koster - Authorizes individuals to sue for Medicaid fraud, and modifies various provisions relating to the reporting and investigation of such fraud
4/18/2006 -- H Second Read

SB 1221 - Goodman - Modifies laws relating to crime
4/18/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee
4/18/2006 -- Voted Do Pass H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

SB 1222 - Goodman - Creates the "Farm Mentoring and Education Fund"
4/18/2006 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Purgason)--(5147S04.02S)
4/18/2006 -- SA 2 to SCS S offered & adopted (Goodman)--(5147S04.04S)
4/18/2006 -- SA 3 to SCS S offered & adopted (Goodman)--(5417S04.05S)
4/18/2006 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
4/18/2006 -- Perfected
4/18/2006 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 1229 - Champion - Creates a tax credit for children in crisis
4/18/2006 -- H Second Read

SB 1236 - Engler - Modifies laws pertaining to dam and reservoir safety
4/18/2006 -- SS for SCS S offered (Engler)--(5486S.04F)
4/18/2006 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Engler)--(5486S04.01S)
4/18/2006 -- SCS. as amended, S adopted
4/18/2006 -- Perfected

SB 1250 - Alter - Enacts multiple provisions regarding illegal aliens
4/18/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee (5422S.05C)

SB 1251 - Shields - Modifies laws on the Metabolic Formula Distribution Program
4/18/2006 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SCR 24 - Scott - Reauthorizes the Poultry Industry Committee
4/18/2006 -- H Second Read

SCR 28 - Days - Designates a state office building in Jefferson City as the "George Washington Carver State Office Building"
4/18/2006 -- H Second Read

SCR 31 - Purgason - Urges the United States Department of Agriculture to continue the voluntary National Animal Identification System program
4/18/2006 -- S adopted
4/18/2006 -- Reported to the House

SJR 26 - Ridgeway - Exempts property owned by veterans' organizations from taxation
4/18/2006 -- H Second Read

SJR 31 - Ridgeway - Elevates the allowable level of bonded indebtedness for school districts from 15% to 20%
4/18/2006 -- H Second Read

HB 994 - Dusenberg - Exempts motorcyclists age 21 and older from wearing a helmet when operating a motorcycle or motortricycle
4/18/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

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.
4/18/2006 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor w/SCS

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.
4/18/2006 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor w/SCS

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.
4/18/2006 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor w/SCS

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.
4/18/2006 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor w/SCS

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
4/18/2006 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1006 - Icet - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Agriculture, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Conservation, and the several divisions.
4/18/2006 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1007 - Icet - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Economic Development, Department of Insurance, and Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.
4/18/2006 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1008 - Icet - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Public Safety and the several divisions and programs.
4/18/2006 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1009 - Icet - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Corrections and the several divisions and programs.
4/18/2006 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1010 - Icet - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Mental Health, the Board of Public Buildings, the Department of Health and Senior Services.
4/18/2006 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1011 - Icet - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, and distributions of the Department of Social Services and the several divisions and programs.
4/18/2006 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1012 - Icet - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Chief Executive's Office and Mansion, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Auditor, State Treasurer, etc.
4/18/2006 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1013 - Icet - To appropriate money for real property leases, related services, utilities, systems furniture, and structural modifications for the several departments of state government.
4/18/2006 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1035 - Young - Requires all new signs erected after August 28, 2006, to contain the words "Accessible Parking" instead of "Handicap Parking"
4/18/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee

HB 1045 - Kuessner - Designates several portions of highways within Missouri after Missouri Highway Patrolmen and designates one portion of Interstate 70 as the Missouri Fire Fighters' Memorial Highway
4/18/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 1065 - Tilley - Authorizes minimum amounts of compensation for certain corrections personnel
4/18/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 1182 - Stevenson - Allows persons with custodial rights to petition the juvenile court to extend jurisdiction over a child until he or she reaches age 18
4/18/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1270 - Behnen - Requires that all gasoline sold as of January 1, 2008, in Missouri be fuel ethanol-blended gasoline
4/18/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

HB 1305 - Smith - Modifies several provisions of law within several state employee retirement systems
4/18/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

HB 1317 - Lipke - Modifies the laws relating to crime victims' rights
4/18/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1349 - Loehner - Creates the "Family Farms Act"
4/18/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 1397 - Pratt - Creates the Consumer Protection Against Computer Spyware Act
4/18/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1461 - Ruestman - Modifies the laws regarding defensive use of force
4/18/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1482 - Jackson - Modifies educational assistance benefits for Missouri National Guard members
4/18/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

HB 1485 - Icet - Creates a tax credit for contributions to centers providing social services
4/18/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

HB 1532 - Lembke - Establishes a decentralized emission inspection program which utilizes on-board diagnostic testing on certain motor vehicles
4/18/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee
4/18/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee (4128S.03C)

HB 1632 - Cooper - Addresses various areas of telephone communication
4/18/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

HB 1698 - Lipke - Modifies laws relating to sexual offenders
4/18/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1827 - Wasson - Modifies law with respect to how group health insurance policies are issued and administered for certain types of associations
4/18/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

HB 1865 - Bearden - Establishes the "Access Missouri Scholarship Program"
4/18/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 1873 - Lembke - Modifies provisions for personal care assistance services
4/18/2006 -- S First Read (w/EC)

HB 1905 - Jetton - Provides for supplemental food stamp assistance for the elderly
4/18/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

HB 1944 - Hobbs - Modifies the laws relating to eminent domain
4/18/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

HCR 4 - Bruns - Recognizes April 27th of each year as "Autism Awareness Day" and the month of April each year as "Autism Awareness Month" in Missouri.
4/18/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

HCR 25 - Bowman Sr. - Urges the United States Congress to include in the Federal Defense Budget an allocation for the United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster III military transport plane program at Boeing St. Louis
4/18/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

HJR 43 - Dethrow - Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds majority for voter approval of initiative proposals relating to hunting
4/18/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

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