Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 4/3/2006


SB 567 - Dougherty - Modifies provisions relating to health insurance
4/3/2006 -- Reported from S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 587 - Bartle - Extends the August 28, 2006, expiration date for the surcharge on certain criminal cases to August 28, 2013
4/3/2006 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 736 - Crowell - Allows public school districts to offer a class or classes in which the Bible is incorporated
4/3/2006 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 770 - Mayer - Modifies the law relating to the county law enforcement restitution fund
4/3/2006 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

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"
4/3/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee
4/3/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 788 - Klindt - Creates an advisory council to monitor the activity of the Propane Inspection Program
4/3/2006 -- Reported from S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 816 - Griesheimer - Creates a gross receipts tax on video service providers
4/3/2006 -- SS S withdrawn
4/3/2006 -- SS#2 for SCS S offered (Griesheimer)--(3909S.19F)
4/3/2006 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 862 - Engler - Allows the use of "environmental covenants"
4/3/2006 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 874 - Shields - Repeals the law currently prohibiting Kansas City police officers from participating in some political activities
4/3/2006 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor

SB 904 - Griesheimer - Modifies the requirements for management, design and construction of state buildings
4/3/2006 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections 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
4/3/2006 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee
4/3/2006 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 913 - Vogel - Excludes amusement devices from the definitions of the terms "gambling" and "gambling device"
4/3/2006 -- Reported from S Ways & Means Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 924 - Klindt - Establishes the "Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act"
4/3/2006 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 961 - Ridgeway - Makes certain indemnity agreements in motor carrier transportation contracts void and unenforceable
4/3/2006 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 965 - Bartle - Modifies poison control provisions
4/3/2006 -- Referred H Health Care Policy Committee

SB 977 - Bartle - Authorizes the director of the POST Commission to promulgate rules and modifies 911 telecommunications training
4/3/2006 -- Referred H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

SB 1023 - Gibbons - Modifies the laws relating to DNA Profiling Analysis and resulting restitution
4/3/2006 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

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
4/3/2006 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 1032 - Cauthorn - Amends the law relating to physician assistants
4/3/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee (5044S.02C)

SB 1038 - Mayer - Expands the ability currently available to the Department of Natural Resources to enter into cooperative agreements with particular organizations
4/3/2006 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee to Floor

SB 1067 - Bartle - Creates the "Office of Enterprise Technology"
4/3/2006 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

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
4/3/2006 -- Referred H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

SB 1099 - Clemens - Creates licensing standards for clinical science practitioners
4/3/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1102 - Alter - Modifies provisions relating to Jefferson County ordinances
4/3/2006 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor

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
4/3/2006 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee to Floor

SB 1113 - Goodman - Directs the courts to be guided by the Federal Trade Commission's guidelines on merchandising practices
4/3/2006 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1114 - Goodman - Requires the State Board of Education to annually establish a target school start date
4/3/2006 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 1135 - Scott - Modifies various provisions of law relating to investments by insurance companies
4/3/2006 -- Voted Do Pass 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
4/3/2006 -- Reported from S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor

SB 1210 - Koster - Authorizes individuals to sue for Medicaid fraud, and modifies various provisions relating to the reporting and investigation of such fraud
4/3/2006 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 1222 - Goodman - Creates the "Farm Mentoring and Education Fund"
4/3/2006 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee to Floor

SB 1229 - Champion - Creates a tax credit for children in crisis
4/3/2006 -- Reported from S Ways & Means Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 1236 - Engler - Modifies laws pertaining to dam and reservoir safety
4/3/2006 -- Reported from S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 1239 - Gibbons - Enacts the "Affordable Prescription Drugs for All Missourians Act"
4/3/2006 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 1256 - Gross - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, and distributions for several departments and offices of state government
4/3/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

SCR 31 - Purgason - Urges the United States Department of Agriculture to continue the voluntary National Animal Identification System program
4/3/2006 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor

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
4/3/2006 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor

SCR 34 - Loudon - Urges the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission and the Illinois Department of Transportation to designate the new bridge connecting Missouri and Illinois as the Ronald Wilson Reagan Memorial Bridge
4/3/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

SR 2363 - Gross - Proposed Rule Change - Rule 103
4/3/2006 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor

HB 977 - Whorton - Allows fourth-class cities to establish by ordinance a citywide vote for the election of aldermen
4/3/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government 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
4/3/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 984 - Meadows - Encourages all government buildings, businesses, and state citizens to display the POW/MIA flag on certain dates
4/3/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee
4/3/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee-Consent

HB 1026 - Rucker - Prohibits protest activities during funeral services
4/3/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1030 - Johnson - Modifies the laws regarding political subdivisions
4/3/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 1037 - Sander - Changes the laws regarding environmental controls and plasma arc technology
4/3/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1059 - Cunningham - Establishes procedures for the evaluation of credits for students transferring into an accredited public school district from an unaccredited public or nonpublic school or a home school
4/3/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 1099 - Schaaf - Modifies provisions on health care providers reporting ventilator-associated pneumonia
4/3/2006 -- S First Read (w/EC)

HB 1144 - May - Designates Big Bluestem as the official state grass
4/3/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1145 - Portwood - Provides a tax deduction for 100% of the non-reimbursable amount a taxpayer has paid for long-term care insurance premiums
4/3/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

HB 1149 - Bivins - Pertains to the regulation of water
4/3/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1153 - Emery - Modifies membership of the elevator safety board
4/3/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 1157 - Cooper - Designates the bobwhite quail as the official state game bird
4/3/2006 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1180 - Corcoran - Exempts from certain administrative penalties school districts that demonstrate their students have to cross highways and areterials under specified conditions
4/3/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 1192 - Smith - Establishes the State Fair Escrow Fund
4/3/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

HB 1228 - Ruestman - Eliminates the requirement that the Missouri Women's Council must prepare a state plan and gather annual reports from numerous state departments
4/3/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 1244 - Ruestman - Modifies minimum experience requirements for interior designer registration
4/3/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1256 - Haywood - Designates February 4th as the annual "Rosa Parks Day"
4/3/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1275 - Baker - Establishes a virtual school program
4/3/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 1302 - Cooper - Requires proof of payment of personal property taxes on certain vessels, raises vessel fees and creates Missouri State Water Patrol Fund
4/3/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

HB 1339 - Wood - Modifies licensing requirements for real estate brokers
4/3/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 1380 - St. Onge - Creates the "Missouri Public-Private Partnerships Transportation Act"
4/3/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 1392 - Behnen - Modifies law relating to dental hygienists and marital and family therapists
4/3/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 1432 - Moore - Authorizes the State Board of Probation and Parole to conduct probation and parole hearings by videoconferencing
4/3/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee - Consent

HB 1440 - Sutherland - Creates an income tax checkoff for donations for cervical cancer awareness and treatment
4/3/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1446 - Whorton - Allows the Department of Agriculture to exempt the Department of Transportation from biodiesel requirement in a variety of circumstances which are approved by the Department of Agriculture
4/3/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1449 - Wright - A substitute or part-time teacher employed within one year of the teacher's retirement shall not be subject to an additional background check
4/3/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1466 - Daus - Changes the laws regarding the Police Retirement System of St. Louis
4/3/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

HB 1477 - Schaaf - Modifies provisions on confidential medical test results
4/3/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1494 - Emery - Modifies licensure requirements for professional engineers and land surveyors
4/3/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1504 - Yates - Modifies the membership of various governing bodies that administer state insurance programs and creates the "Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact"
4/3/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1508 - Bruns - Modifies provisions relating to fire protection districts, departments, and firefighters
4/3/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1509 - Bruns - Modifies the duties of the State Fire Marshal
4/3/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1515 - Behnen - Requires physicians to report to provide information regarding collaborative practice arrangements
4/3/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1521 - Richard - Modifies the Missouri Business Use Incentive for Large-Scale Development Act
4/3/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 1551 - Tilley - Creates a grace period for barber shop and cosmetology licensure when the establishment changes ownership or location
4/3/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1559 - Cunningham - Modifies provisions on donation of food
4/3/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1577 - Pollock - Designates the State Milk Board as the official rating agency for the enforcement of standards relating to milk production
4/3/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1617 - McGhee - Adds to the circumstances where a landowner does not assume liability for injuries caused on his or her land
4/3/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1715 - Pratt - Modifies the law regarding the internal operations of corporations
4/3/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1739 - Dusenberg - Allows a vermiculture operation, which is a business raising earthworms under a controlled environment, to receive certain agricultural loans
4/3/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1759 - Wasson - Modifies requirements for licensure of athletic trainers
4/3/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1762 - Wilson - Exempts persons who present proof of permanent disability from the United States Veterans Administration from the four-year certification requirement for renewal of disabled license plates and allows advanced practice registered nurses to issue statements to obtain disabled
4/3/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1833 - Wood - Designates the crayfish as the official state invertebrate
4/3/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1857 - Lipke - Specifies when a prosecution is commenced for a misdemeanor and a felony
4/3/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1858 - Lipke - Authorizes prosecuting and circuit attorneys to dismiss a complaint, information, or indictment without the consent of the court
4/3/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1988 - Wagner - Designates the white-tailed deer as the official state game animal
4/3/2006 -- S First Read

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