Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 2/22/2007

SB 2 - Gibbons - Creates the crime of knowingly receiving, selling, or obtaining personal health information
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Health and Mental Health Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 3 - Gibbons - Enacts provisions on mental health reform
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Health and Mental Health Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 16 - Scott - Provides that each child enrolled in kindergarten or first grade is to receive a comprehensive vision examination
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 21 - Griesheimer - Allows for the formation of and conversion to reorganized common sewer districts
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 45 - Mayer - Modifies various provisions relating to transportation and motor vehicles
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 46 - Mayer - Creates the "Faith-Based Organization Liaison Act"
2/22/2007 -- SCS S adopted
2/22/2007 -- Perfected

SB 54 - Koster - Modifies provisions relating to renewable energy, alternative fuel, and environmental regulation
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 62 - Goodman - Modifies the laws on the use of force and firearms
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 64 - Goodman - Authorizes school districts to set school opening date up to a certain date prior to Labor Day and provides for exemption to make-up days requirement based on inclement weather
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 67 - Rupp - Modifies certain provisions relating to missing and endangered persons
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 127 - Mayer - Modifies provisions within the Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol Employees' Retirement System
2/22/2007 -- H First Read

SB 128 - Stouffer - Transfers the authority to approve blood alcohol and other chemical testing methods and devices from the Department of Health and Senior Services to the Department of Transportation
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 135 - Nodler - Allows the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority to provide primary school loans
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 155 - Engler - Regulates various blasting and excavation activities
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 161 - Shields - Modifies provisions relating to education
2/22/2007 -- SS#2 for SCS S offered & adopted (Shields)--(0508S.04F)
2/22/2007 -- Perfected

SB 162 - Vogel - Modifies the definition of "state agency" with regard to income tax set offs
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Ways & Means Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 163 - Mayer - Modifies various provisions with regards to the Basic Civil Legal Services Fund
2/22/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor

SB 169 - Rupp - Creates a tax credit for qualified equity investments
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Ways & Means Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 172 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions regarding supplemental retirement benefits for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 184 - Green - Creates certain registration requirements for fire protection districts, departments, and volunteer associations
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 195 - Crowell - Modifies the law relating to the licensing of pharmacists
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor

SB 197 - Loudon - Modifies law with respect to motor vehicle extended service contracts and enacts similar provisions relating to other types of service contracts
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 198 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to crime in or near parks, cooperative agreements with state parks, certain historic shipwrecks, and certain hunting activities on private land
2/22/2007 -- H First Read

SB 204 - Stouffer - Requires all diesel fuel sold at retail in Missouri after April 1, 2009, to be a biodiesel-blended fuel
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 218 - Graham - Provides the county governing body more control when a regional recreational district is located only in that county and changes the requirements for directors of Community Improvement District Boards
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 233 - Crowell - Authorizes a sales tax to fund certain services
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 235 - Shields - Modifies certain provisions relating to the Missouri State Water Patrol
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 236 - Shields - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop standards for high-quality mentoring for beginning teachers and principals
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 239 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 255 - Loudon - Reinstates federal standards for overtime wages
2/22/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor

SB 257 - Engler - Modifies the treatment of firearms during state emergencies
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 264 - Green - Alters the process for annexing property to a street light maintenance district
2/22/2007 -- H First Read

SB 268 - Coleman - Modifies provisions regarding benefits and actuarial valuations required for the St. Louis City Police Retirement System
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor

SB 282 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions of certain Department of Economic Development Programs
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 284 - Griesheimer - Authorizes statewide video service franchise agreements
2/22/2007 -- H Second Read
2/22/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Utilities Committee

SB 288 - Engler - Authorizes the Governor to convey certain state properties
2/22/2007 -- H First Read (w/EC)

SB 292 - Mayer - Revises the Interstate Compact for Juveniles
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee to Floor

SB 298 - Engler - Modifies the election process of hospital district directors in Iron County
2/22/2007 -- H First Read

SB 300 - Bartle - Modifies the laws regulating sexually oriented businesses
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

SB 308 - Crowell - Modifies licensing standards and practice of certain professionals
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 313 - Scott - Modifies various provisions relating to regulation of manufactured homes by the Public Service Commission
2/22/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee (1161S.03C)

SB 322 - Engler - Modifies various provisions relating to construction-related activities such as changing the requirements for designing and constructing state buildings and expanding commercial zones in certain areas of the state
2/22/2007 -- H First Read

SB 325 - Loudon - Modifies various insurance law provisions
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 328 - Engler - Modifies various provisions relating to certain renewable fuel incentives and solid waste laws
2/22/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 339 - Mayer - Creates the "Fairness in Public Construction Act"
2/22/2007 -- H First Read

SB 357 - Green - Creates the "Marie Van Dillen Act" relating to emergency services
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 376 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions relating to the financial impact of tourism
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

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"
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 397 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions relating to applications for long-term care facilities
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 401 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to purchases of creditable prior service by members of Missouri State Employees' Retirement System and MoDOT and Patrol Employees’ Retirement System
2/22/2007 -- H First Read

SB 402 - Crowell - Modifies provisions regarding retirement plan election options within Missouri State Employees' Retirement System
2/22/2007 -- H First Read

SB 403 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to orders for division of benefits under Missouri State Employees' Retirement System
2/22/2007 -- H First Read

SB 404 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to the reemployment of retired members of Missouri State Employees' Retirement System
2/22/2007 -- H First Read

SB 407 - Shoemyer - Allows public water supply districts to enter into contracts with other water districts and municipalities to supply water
2/22/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee - Consent

SB 420 - Gibbons - Provides that no more than four, rather than three, members of the Clean Water Commission may be from the same political party
2/22/2007 -- H First Read (w/EC)

SB 430 - Shields - Creates the "Smart Start Scholarship Program"
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Ways & Means Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 435 - Rupp - Requires captioning of electronic video instructional material
2/22/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 456 - Gross - Grants additional payment to school districts in certain situations
2/22/2007 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 458 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions concerning the sale of motor fuel
2/22/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 543 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to license plates and exempts certain motor vehicles from state safety inspection
2/22/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 544 - Shoemyer - Requires motor vehicle owners to deposit old license plates with the Department of Revenue as part of a recycling program to benefit certain nonprofit organizations
2/22/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 545 - Lager - Provides for immunity from liability for certain product retailers
2/22/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 546 - Bray - Enacts the Prevention First Act
2/22/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 547 - Griesheimer - Creates an exception to the intermediate driver's license passenger restriction for students
2/22/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 548 - Justus - Creates the "Missouri Earned Income Tax Credit"
2/22/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 549 - Scott - Adds emergency personnel killed while performing their duties to the list of individuals who are exempt from the formalized highway naming process
2/22/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 550 - Scott - Modifies and updates various superannuated statutes relating to the Missouri Highway Patrol
2/22/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 551 - Coleman - Repeals the statute authorizing the creation of the transitional school district in the city of St. Louis
2/22/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 552 - Bartle - Prohibits the Public Service Commission and political subdivisions from regulating voice over internet protocol (VOIP) service
2/22/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 553 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to the DNA profiling system
2/22/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 554 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions relating to the taxation of real property
2/22/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 555 - Gibbons - Prohibits the use or possession of alcoholic beverage vaporizers and modifies provisions relating to underage drinking
2/22/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 556 - Loudon - Establishes the "Missouri Health Insurance Exchange", the "Direct Payment Stop Loss Fund", and creates administrative procedure to collect unpaid medical claims
2/22/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Health and Mental Health Committee

SB 557 - Loudon - Modifies provisions relating to the DNA profiling system
2/22/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 558 - Loudon - Increases the penalty for stealing a debit card from a class A misdemeanor to a class C felony
2/22/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 559 - Shields - Allows levee districts to have ten years after the lapse of the corporate charter in which to reinstate and extend the time of the corporate existence
2/22/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 560 - Shields - Criminalizes residential mortgage fraud
2/22/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 561 - Engler - Alters provisions regarding teacher termination hearings
2/22/2007 -- S First Read

SB 562 - Rupp - Removes requirement that counties receive prior permission from a municipality in order to implement tax increment finance projects within such municipality
2/22/2007 -- S First Read

SB 563 - Lager - Allows electric utilities to manage vegetation within specified areas to ensure reliable service
2/22/2007 -- S First Read

SB 564 - Smith - Modifies which entities may sponsor a charter school
2/22/2007 -- S First Read

SB 565 - Smith - Adopts an agreement to elect the President by national popular vote
2/22/2007 -- S First Read

SB 566 - Kennedy - Requires publishers of instructional materials to provide electronic copies of such materials for specialized uses
2/22/2007 -- S First Read

SB 567 - Coleman - Modifies the Cold Weather Rule by extending the forecast period during which service may not be disconnected if the temperature is predicted to fall below 32 degrees
2/22/2007 -- S First Read

SB 568 - Loudon - Creates licensure requirements for electrical contractors
2/22/2007 -- S First Read

SB 569 - Graham - Bars lobbying firms from employing elected officials
2/22/2007 -- S First Read

SB 570 - Clemens - Creates the Joint Committee on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)
2/22/2007 -- S First Read

SB 571 - Mayer - Modifies criteria for calculating the biodiesel production monthly incentive payment
2/22/2007 -- S First Read

SB 572 - Vogel - Allows the curators of the University of Missouri to close certain financial records relating to donor or potential donors
2/22/2007 -- S First Read

SB 573 - Green - Provides that at least 5 percent of the total investments of Missouri State Employees' Retirement System, Public School Retirement System and Public Education Employee Retirement System shall be invested in Missouri-based companies
2/22/2007 -- S First Read

SB 574 - Green - Modifies the continuing educational training requirements for 911 telecommunicators
2/22/2007 -- S First Read

SB 575 - Justus - Requires rape victims to be informed of their right to request a drug test for the presence of a date rape drug
2/22/2007 -- S First Read

SB 576 - Bray - Implements the provisions of the streamlined sales and use tax agreement
2/22/2007 -- S First Read

SB 577 - Shields - Enacts the "Missouri Health Improvement Act of 2007"
2/22/2007 -- S First Read

SCR 19 - Coleman - Urges Congress to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to assure federal funding for the Missouri MC+ for Kids Program
2/22/2007 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

SJR 23 - Ridgeway - Limits reassessment of residential real property to years in which transfer of title occurs
2/22/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

HB 14 - Icet - To appropriate money for supplemental purposes for several departments , and to transfer money among certain funds, from the funds designated for the fiscal period ending June 30, 2007
2/22/2007 -- S First Read

HB 327 - Richard - Modifies provisions of certain Department of Economic Development programs
2/22/2007 -- S First Read

HB 444 - Jetton - Exempts Social Security benefits from income taxation
2/22/2007 -- S First Read

HJR 1 - Cunningham - Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting any court of this state from ordering the General Assembly or executive from increasing taxes or creating new taxes
2/22/2007 -- S First Read
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