Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 1/29/2007


SB 8 - Kennedy - Provides a tax credit for modifying a home for a disabled person
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 30 - Nodler - Expands the sales tax exemption for common carriers
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 35 - Days - Authorizes a court to appoint a standby guardian for a minor
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 40 - Ridgeway - Creates various tax incentives for certain energy uses
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 55 - Koster - Modifies the law on the establishment of paternity
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 88 - Bartle - Creates the "Office of Enterprise Technology"
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 145 - Bray - Modifies the law relating to the establishment of paternity
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 155 - Engler - Regulates various blasting and excavation activities
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 156 - Engler - Modifies various provisions pertaining to agriculture and the Department of Agriculture
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 158 - Engler - Bars entities from discriminating between licensed professional counselors
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 159 - Engler - Modifies complaint procedures and record retention requirements for complaints against professional licensed counselors and social workers
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 199 - Stouffer - Exempts contractors from paying sales taxes on materials used in Department of Transportation projects
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 207 - Gross - Exempts contractors from paying sales taxes on materials used in Department of Transportation projects
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 209 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions of the Municipal Telecommunications Business License Tax Simplification Act
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 224 - Rupp - Allows married taxpayers filing joint returns to deduct a portion of contributions to the Missouri Higher Education Savings Program from income
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 234 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to juvenile courts and officers
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 235 - Shields - Modifies certain provisions relating to the Missouri State Water Patrol
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 246 - Goodman - Modifies provisions regarding the termination of alimony and maintenance payments
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 250 - Ridgeway - Modifies certain provisions relating to the Water Patrol
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 259 - Engler - Allows real estate agents to contribute to a buyer or seller's account to fund education
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 278 - Koster - Requires certain sex offenders to serve a mandatory minimum prison term of at least three years
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 343 - Justus - Adds a definition for "unknown father" as it relates to adoption, guardianship and termination of parental rights proceedings
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 375 - Koster - Establishes the "Missouri Alternatives to Abortion Services Program" and the "Missouri Alternatives to Abortion Public Awareness Program"
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 376 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions relating to the financial impact of tourism
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 377 - McKenna - Increases driver's license suspension periods for motorists who fail to stop for school buses that are loading or unloading children
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 378 - Goodman - Prohibits certain persons, including dangerous felons, from possessing an explosive weapon
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 379 - Loudon - Requires the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Board to offer all qualified employees the option of receiving health care coverage through a high deductible health plan and the establishment of a health savings account
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Health and Mental Health Committee

SB 380 - Koster - Provides for immunity from liability for certain health care professionals deployed during a state of emergency
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 381 - Koster - Establishes regulations for discount medical plan organizations that issue health discount medical plans
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 382 - Koster - Increases the maximum amount that may be appropriated to the Governmental Emergency Fund
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 383 - Koster - Modifies provisions regarding creditable prior service within the prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement system
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 384 - Coleman - Modifies procedure for replacing stolen license plate tabs and allows license plates to be encased in transparent covers
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 385 - Gibbons - Repeals and reduces certain committees and commissions and sets a sunset date for other committees and commissions
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 386 - Mayer - Regulates various blasting and excavation activities
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 387 - Mayer - Creates the "Missouri Rice Certification Act"
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 388 - Mayer - Creates the "Missouri Environmental Covenants Law"
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 389 - Nodler - Modifies several provisions regarding the state's higher education system
1/29/2007 -- S First Read

SB 390 - Koster - Creates the "Electrical Corporation Responsibility Act"
1/29/2007 -- S First Read

SB 391 - Days - Authorizes the issuance of an additional $40 million in bonds for certain water-related grants and loans
1/29/2007 -- S First Read

SB 392 - Shoemyer - Requires state employee salaries to be annually adjusted by the Consumer Price Index
1/29/2007 -- S First Read

SB 393 - McKenna - Establishes a consolidation process for fire protection districts located wholly in a county of the first classification
1/29/2007 -- S First Read

SB 394 - McKenna - Establishes the "Missouri Urban Pursuit Reduction Grant" to provide certain monetary assistance to urban police departments
1/29/2007 -- S First Read

SB 395 - McKenna - Designates a portion of State Route M between Old Lemay Ferry Road and Moss Hollow Road in the city of Barnhart as the "Officer Stephen Strehl Memorial Highway"
1/29/2007 -- S First Read

SB 396 - McKenna - Designates a portion of U.S. Highway 61/67 between Wolf Hollow Road and State Route M in the city of Barnhart as the "1922 Sulphur Springs Rail Disaster Memorial Highway"
1/29/2007 -- S First Read

SB 397 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions relating to applications for long-term care facilities
1/29/2007 -- S First Read

SJR 9 - Crowell - Creates an exception to the prohibition against laws retrospective in operation by allowing the sexual offender registry laws to be applied retrospectively
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SJR 17 - Coleman - Creates an exception to the prohibition against laws retrospective in operation by allowing the sexual offender registry laws to be applied retrospectively
1/29/2007 -- S First Read

HCR 13 - McGhee - Disapproves the recommendations of the Missouri Citizens' Commission on Compensation of Elected Officials
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

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