Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 2/7/2007


SB 9 - Kennedy - Modifies the amount of time for which an owner is liable for an occupant's sewer or water bill in St. Louis City
2/7/2007 -- Removed S Consent Calendar

SB 21 - Griesheimer - Allows for the formation of and conversion to reorganized common sewer districts
2/7/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee - Consent (0256S.03C)

SB 22 - Griesheimer - Modifies laws relating to political subdivisions
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 39 - Ridgeway - Allows common household goods carriers to request rate adjustments, makes certain indemnity agreements in motor carrier transportation contracts unenforceable, and subjects intrastate household good movers to motor carrier regulations in certain areas
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 45 - Mayer - Modifies various provisions relating to transportation and motor vehicles
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 47 - Engler - Modifies provisions regarding fire protection
2/7/2007 -- Removed S Consent Calendar

SB 50 - Stouffer - Amends various provisions relating to commercial drivers licenses
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 82 - Griesheimer - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of motor vehicles
2/7/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee (0319S.02C)

SB 91 - Nodler - Exempts dealers who sell only emergency vehicles from certain dealer licensure requirements
2/7/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee - Consent (0326S.02C)

SB 102 - Stouffer - Increases the weight limit for certain motor vehicles equipped with idle reduction technology
2/7/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee - Consent

SB 103 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions that relate to the registration of motor vehicles
2/7/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee - Consent (0171S.03C)

SB 104 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to regulation of motor vehicles
2/7/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee - Consent (0317S.03C)

SB 127 - Mayer - Modifies provisions within the Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol Employees' Retirement System
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee
2/7/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee - Consent

SB 129 - Stouffer - Modifies how local governments can regulate outdoor advertising and modifies provisions relating to sexually oriented billboards
2/7/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee (0039S.03C)

SB 130 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of billboards
2/7/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee - Consent

SB 133 - Rupp - Alters provisions regarding expedited due process hearings
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 135 - Nodler - Allows the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority to provide primary school loans
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Education Committee

SB 140 - Rupp - Provides local boards of education the authority to identify a designee to bind the school district in a settlement agreement reached during the resolution session of a special education due process hearing
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 160 - Rupp - Alters provisions regarding higher education scholarships
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 193 - Griesheimer - Creates the "Missouri County Planning Act"
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 200 - Stouffer - Authorizes the Highways and Transportation Commission to take the necessary steps to implement and administer a state plan to conform with the Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 205 - Stouffer - Assesses fee on certain transporters that ship or transport radioactive waste within the state
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Cancelled S Transportation Committee

SB 211 - Goodman - Modifies requirements for decreasing county officials' salaries
2/7/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee - Consent

SB 226 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to the administration of intoxication-related traffic offenses
2/7/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee - Consent (1107S.02C)

SB 237 - Shields - Allows Kansas City to establish an administrative adjudication system for adjudicating certain municipal code violations
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 238 - Stouffer - Requires removable windshield placards to be renewed every four years rather than two years
2/7/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee - Consent

SB 239 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 240 - Stouffer - Modifies numerous provisions relating to transportation and motor vehicles
2/7/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee - Consent

SB 244 - Mayer - Extends the termination date for certain alternative retirement provisions in the teacher and school employee retirement systems
2/7/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee - Consent

SB 264 - Green - Alters the process for annexing property to a street light maintenance district
2/7/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee - Consent

SB 268 - Coleman - Modifies provisions regarding benefits and actuarial valuations required for the St. Louis City Police Retirement System
2/7/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 282 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions of certain Department of Economic Development Programs
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 283 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions of the Enhanced Enterprise Zone Tax Benefit Program
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 284 - Griesheimer - Authorizes statewide video service franchise agreements
2/7/2007 -- SA 1 to SA 5 to SS for SCS S withdrawn
2/7/2007 -- SA 2 to SA 5 to SS for SCS S offered & withdrawn (Gross)--(0368S05.22S)
2/7/2007 -- SA 3 to SA 5 to SS for SCS S offered (Bray)--(0368S05.21S)
2/7/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 287 - Crowell - Modifies several provisions relating to the distribution of proceeds in the Gaming Commission Fund
2/7/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 288 - Engler - Authorizes the Governor to convey certain state properties
2/7/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee - Consent (1319S.02C)

SB 298 - Engler - Modifies the election process of hospital district directors in Iron County
2/7/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee - Consent

SB 311 - Scott - Modifies several provisions of law relating to transportation development districts
2/7/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee - Consent (1525S.02C)

SB 320 - Clemens - Creates the "Large Animal Veterinary Student Loan Program" and modifies the Large Animal Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

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
2/7/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee - Consent

SB 330 - Engler - Requires each county to have at least one full-time deputy circuit clerk
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 331 - Stouffer - Eliminates the annual State of the State Transportation Address given by the Director of the Department of Transportation to the General Assembly
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 349 - Clemens - Expands the area in which local log trucks and local log truck tractors can operate
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 352 - Clemens - Adds vehicles driven by conservation agents to the list of vehicles considered "emergency vehicles"
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 363 - Bartle - Limits certain types of vessels from being operated within 300 feet of docks and piers and allows the Commissioner of the Water Patrol to establish an equitable pay plan
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 384 - Coleman - Modifies procedure for replacing stolen license plate tabs and allows license plates to be encased in transparent covers
2/7/2007 -- Removed S Consent Calendar

SB 389 - Nodler - Modifies several provisions regarding the state's higher education system
2/7/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee (1654S.10C)

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"
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

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
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee
2/7/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee - Consent

SB 402 - Crowell - Modifies provisions regarding retirement plan election options within Missouri State Employees' Retirement System
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee
2/7/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee - Consent

SB 403 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to orders for division of benefits under Missouri State Employees' Retirement System
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee
2/7/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee - Consent

SB 404 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to the reemployment of retired members of Missouri State Employees' Retirement System
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee
2/7/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee - Consent

SB 406 - Crowell - Modifies multiple provisions regarding several employee benefit plans
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee
2/7/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee - Consent

SB 431 - Clemens - Bars sex offenders from winning the lottery
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 432 - Nodler - Modifies provisions on the presentation of information in public schools relating to contraception and sexually transmitted diseases
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 433 - Callahan - Changes laws relating to unemployment compensation for veterans
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 434 - Rupp - Adds a circuit judge position within the Forty-Fifth Judicial Circuit
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 435 - Rupp - Requires captioning of electronic video instructional material
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 436 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to the First Steps Program
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 437 - Ridgeway - Modifies fee disclosure requirements for rental cars
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 438 - Ridgeway - Gives the boards of election commissioners the discretion to waive residency requirements for their employees
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 439 - Days - Creates a commission to study the death penalty in Missouri and prohibits use of the death penalty for a time period
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 440 - Days - Changes the "Missouri Minority Business Advocacy Committee" to the "Missouri Minority and Women Business Advocacy Committee"
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 441 - Stouffer - Expands the definition of "eligible donation" for the Residential Treatment Agency Tax Credit Program
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 442 - Stouffer - Amends the requirements for management, design and construction of state buildings
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 443 - Smith - Creates the "Teach for Missouri Act"
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 444 - Goodman - Directs the Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority to pay certain loan interests and administer dairy business planning grants
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 445 - Goodman - Exempts church bus drivers who transport children from the child passenger restraint system requirements of Section 307.179
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 446 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to fire safety standards in long-term care facilities
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Health and Mental Health Committee

SB 447 - Goodman - Repeals superannuated provision of law from the Missouri Revised Statutes pertaining to the Housing Development Fund
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 448 - Coleman - Establishes recall elections for school board members
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 449 - Callahan - Increases the income tax exemption for retirement and pension incomes
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 450 - Callahan - Modifies income taxation of married couples with taxable incomes of less than $100,000
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 451 - Goodman - Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to regulate automotive lubricants
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 452 - Bartle - Ensures media access near the playing area at certain sports stadiums
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 453 - Scott - Creates the "Missouri Propane Safety Act"
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 454 - Nodler - Modifies the definition of "eligible job enhancement business" for the purposes of linked deposit loans
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 455 - Gross - Requires the balance of all state funds in excess of 200 percent be transferred to the state General Revenue Fund every two years
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 456 - Gross - Grants additional payment to school districts in certain situations
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 457 - Purgason - Modifies provisions relating to the transfer of concealable weapons and removes the permitting requirements for such weapons
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 458 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions concerning the sale of motor fuel
2/7/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 459 - Shoemyer - Relating to bail bond agents
2/7/2007 -- S First Read

SB 460 - Callahan - Requires the Governor to submit contract information as part of the budget
2/7/2007 -- S First Read

SB 461 - Callahan - Provides for state enforcement of federal immigration laws
2/7/2007 -- S First Read

SB 462 - Callahan - Limits the sale of noncompliant cigarettes
2/7/2007 -- S First Read

SB 463 - Callahan - Establishes the "Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2007"
2/7/2007 -- S First Read

SB 464 - Callahan - Requires all new signs erected after August 28, 2007, relating to disabled parking to contain the words "Accessible Parking" instead of "Handicap Parking"
2/7/2007 -- S First Read

SB 465 - Callahan - Authorizes individuals to sue for Medicaid fraud and modifies various provisions relating to the reporting and investigating of such fraud
2/7/2007 -- S First Read

SB 466 - Scott - Allows lenders to charge for motor vehicle extended service contracts and home and auto security plans
2/7/2007 -- S First Read

SB 467 - Goodman - Prohibits health care professionals from billing for anatomic pathology services not personally rendered
2/7/2007 -- S First Read

SB 468 - Coleman - Eliminates mandatory minimum sentencing for certain felons
2/7/2007 -- S First Read

SB 469 - Justus - Authorizes the Governor to convey certain state property located in Jackson County to the city of Kansas City
2/7/2007 -- S First Read

SB 470 - Graham - Creates a tax credit for contributions to organizations for the preservation of Missouri's civil war sites
2/7/2007 -- S First Read

SB 471 - Clemens - Directs the Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority to pay certain interest on applicable linked deposit loans
2/7/2007 -- S First Read

SB 472 - Clemens - Creates a tax credit for qualifying sales of beef animals
2/7/2007 -- S First Read

SB 473 - Clemens - Modifies the definition of livestock for which it is a crime to steal and modifies the penalties for such offenders
2/7/2007 -- S First Read

SCR 7 - Bray - Relating to the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

SCR 9 - Crowell - Urges the Missouri Congressional Delegation to support legislation to extend the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

SCR 10 - Koster - Recognizes the area from Manhattan, Kansas, to Columbia, Missouri, as the "KC Animal Health Corridor"
2/7/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

SCR 13 - Justus - Urges the United States Government to not escalate its involvement in Iraq or increase troop levels
2/7/2007 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

HB 15 - Icet - To appropriate money for supplemental purposes for the department of Social Services, and to transfer money amoung certain funds, from the funds designated for the fiscal period ending June 30, 2007
2/7/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed
2/7/2007 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

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