Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 3/1/2007

SB 4 - Gross - Extends the Federal Reimbursement Allowance, Pharmacy Tax, Nursing Facility Reimbursement Allowance, and Medicaid Managed Care Reimbursement Allowance sunsets
3/1/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 30 - Nodler - Expands the sales tax exemption for common carriers
3/1/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 31 - Nodler - Authorizes the Missouri Board of Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors and Landscape Architects to impose civil penalties
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor

SB 40 - Ridgeway - Creates various tax incentives for certain energy uses
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Ways & Means Committee to Floor

SB 46 - Mayer - Creates the "Faith-Based Organization Liaison Act"
3/1/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 47 - Engler - Modifies provisions regarding fire protection
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 49 - Engler - Modifies the state do-not-call list and requires political phone calls to include a "paid for by" statement
3/1/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 62 - Goodman - Modifies the laws on the use of force and firearms
3/1/2007 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 79 - Scott - Creates the "State Fair Escrow Fund"
3/1/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 82 - Griesheimer - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of motor vehicles
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 107 - Wilson - Creates the crime of distribution of a controlled substance near a park
3/1/2007 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 112 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to special education
3/1/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor

SB 129 - Stouffer - Modifies how local governments can regulate outdoor advertising and modifies provisions relating to sexually oriented billboards
3/1/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 131 - Rupp - Renders the Missouri sunset provision not applicable to the early intervention program for infants and toddlers with disabilities (First Steps Program)
3/1/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor

SB 139 - Bray - Eliminates the annual State of the State Transportation Address given by the Director of the Department of Transportation to the General Assembly
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 160 - Rupp - Alters provisions regarding higher education scholarships
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 161 - Shields - Modifies provisions relating to education
3/1/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
3/1/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed

SB 164 - Scott - Modifies various statutes to implement the Governor's executive order that created the Department of Insurance, Financial and Professional Regulation
3/1/2007 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 166 - Griesheimer - Modifies various provisions relating to tourism
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 195 - Crowell - Modifies the law relating to the licensing of pharmacists
3/1/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed

SB 197 - Loudon - Modifies law with respect to motor vehicle extended service contracts and enacts similar provisions relating to other types of service contracts
3/1/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed

SB 199 - Stouffer - Exempts contractors from paying sales taxes on materials used in Department of Transportation projects
3/1/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
3/1/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed

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
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 215 - Loudon - Allows for the formation of captive insurance companies within Missouri under certain conditions
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 235 - Shields - Modifies certain provisions relating to the Missouri State Water Patrol
3/1/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
3/1/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed

SB 242 - Nodler - Amends various provisions of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 244 - Mayer - Extends the termination date for certain alternative retirement provisions in the teacher and school employee retirement systems
3/1/2007 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 250 - Ridgeway - Modifies certain provisions relating to the Water Patrol
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor

SB 255 - Loudon - Reinstates federal standards for overtime wages
3/1/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 257 - Engler - Modifies the treatment of firearms during state emergencies
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

SB 260 - Koster - Modifies provisions on child care subsidies
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 297 - Loudon - Prohibits persons from selling vehicle protection products in Missouri unless certain conditions are met
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 299 - Purgason - Modifies various provisions relating to liquor control
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 303 - Loudon - Changes the laws regarding midwives and the practice of midwifery
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor

SB 309 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to the realm of surplus lines insurance
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 315 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to cleanup of hazardous waste spills, liability for crop damage, and the voluntary permitting of certain agricultural operations
3/1/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 320 - Clemens - Creates the "Large Animal Veterinary Student Loan Program" and modifies the Large Animal Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 323 - Graham - Modifies provisions relating to the Community Children's Services Fund and the foster parent's bill of rights
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 328 - Engler - Modifies various provisions relating to certain renewable fuel incentives and solid waste laws
3/1/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee - Consent (1407S.02C)
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 332 - Stouffer - Transfers the administration of the Crime Victims' Compensation Fund from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to the Department of Public Safety
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 334 - Griesheimer - Modifies the provisions relating to brand extensions for beer products
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 339 - Mayer - Creates the "Fairness in Public Construction Act"
3/1/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Workforce Development & Workplace Safety Committee
3/1/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Workforce Development & Workplace Safety Committee
3/1/2007 -- Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on Workforce Development & Workplace Safety Committee
3/1/2007 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 341 - Goodman - Prohibits vessels from displaying spotlights that hinder the night vision of other vessel operators, requires vessels to be operated at slow no-wake speed within 100 feet of emergency vessels and defines the term "skiing" for purposes of watercraft law
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 345 - Shoemyer - Allows counties to impose a property tax to fund cemetery maintenance
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 352 - Clemens - Adds vehicles driven by conservation agents to the list of vehicles considered "emergency vehicles"
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 360 - Goodman - Removes the requirement that city managers of third-class cities must be city residents
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

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
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor

SB 364 - Koster - Prohibits counties from enacting public health ordinances addressing farming activities and exempts farms and farming activities from suits of trespass in certain circumstances
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 370 - Scott - Modifies provisions relating to abortion
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 384 - Coleman - Modifies procedure for replacing stolen license plate tabs and allows license plates to be encased in transparent covers
3/1/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
3/1/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted

SB 391 - Days - Authorizes the issuance of an additional $40 million in bonds for certain water-related grants and loans
3/1/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 393 - McKenna - Establishes a consolidation process for fire protection districts located wholly in a county of the first classification
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor

SB 407 - Shoemyer - Allows public water supply districts to enter into contracts with other water districts and municipalities to supply water
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 416 - Goodman - Modifies the law with regard to lands held by certain utilities and Public Service Commission approval of certain territorial agreements for water and electric service areas
3/1/2007 -- Committee Vote Reconsidered
3/1/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee - Consent
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 418 - Champion - Increases the monthly personal needs payment under the Supplemental Nursing Care Program
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 419 - Kennedy - Modifies various provisions relating to natural resources
3/1/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 423 - Green - Requires the Public Service Commission to develop and enforce certain standards for electric utility service
3/1/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 435 - Rupp - Requires captioning of electronic video instructional material
3/1/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 440 - Days - Changes the "Missouri Minority Business Advocacy Committee" to the "Missouri Minority and Women Business Advocacy Committee"
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 444 - Goodman - Directs the Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority to pay certain loan interests and administer dairy business planning grants
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee to Floor

SB 458 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions concerning the sale of motor fuel
3/1/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 476 - Crowell - Authorizes the Board of Trustees of Missouri State Employees' Retirement System to invest certain state funds in order to fund retiree health care benefits and to assist with other state benefit programs as requested
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor

SB 492 - Crowell - Modifies several provisions regarding public employee retirement plans
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor

SB 498 - Scott - Modifies reciprocity requirements for professional counselor licenses
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 543 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to license plates and exempts certain motor vehicles from state safety inspection
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 547 - Griesheimer - Creates an exception to the intermediate driver's license passenger restriction for students
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor - Consent

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
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 570 - Clemens - Creates the Joint Committee on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee to Floor

SB 615 - Callahan - Modifies provisions of the Homestead Preservation Exemption Tax Credit Program
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 616 - McKenna - Modifies provisions relating to liquor control
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 617 - Rupp - Prohibits the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education from promulgating rules as to certain services under Part B of Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 618 - Rupp - Establishes the "Milton Friedman 'Put Parents in Charge' Education Program"
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 619 - Rupp - Allows political corporations to enter into certain financial agreements
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 620 - Rupp - Provides a dependency exemption for stillbirths
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 621 - Engler - Changes the name of the "Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities" to the "Division of Developmental Disabilities"
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

SB 622 - Engler - Requires construction employees to take drug tests before working on projects on school and state property
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 623 - Coleman - Modifies provisions regarding certain teacher and state employee retirement systems
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 624 - Coleman - Allows the city of St. Louis to impose a sales tax for public safety purposes
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 625 - Coleman - Modifies the definition of "weighted average daily attendance" in calculating state aid
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 626 - Ridgeway - Enacts various provisions affecting illegal aliens
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 627 - Ridgeway - Prohibits the use of language interpreters in connection with the commercial driver's license examination process
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 628 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions relating to vested members of the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 629 - Smith - Exempts landlords from liability to personal property when executing an order for possession of premises
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 630 - Justus - Establishes the educational rights for foster care students
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

SB 631 - Barnitz - Creates the "Entrepreneurial Development Council" within the Department of Economic Development
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 632 - Barnitz - Modifies property posting provisions
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 633 - Loudon - Exempts military pensions and retirement incomes from income taxation
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 634 - Loudon - Prohibits the substitution of anti-epileptic drugs
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

SB 635 - Loudon - Substantially revises the current law regarding the regulation of title insurance
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 636 - Loudon - Creates the crime of aggravated child kidnapping punishable by death or life imprisonment without probation, parole, or release
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 637 - Bray - Requires employers to provide sick leave for employees
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 638 - Bray - Changes the amount of time for which the board of aldermen of a fourth-class city can lengthen the term of the mayor by ordinance
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 639 - Bray - Modifies law regarding residential property insurance
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 640 - Bray - Requires the issuance of a "no contact" order under certain circumstances with sexual offense cases
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 641 - Bray - Creates a collective bargaining process for public employees
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 642 - Bray - Modifies various tax provisions
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 643 - Clemens - Creates a tax credit for implementation of odor abatement best management practices for certain livestock operations
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 644 - Griesheimer - Establishes new requirements for direct wine sales
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 645 - Wilson - Modifies the length of the school term for the 2006-2007 school year
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 646 - Wilson - Modifies the definition of "bullying" in a public school's "anti-bullying" policy to include cyberbullying
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 647 - Shoemyer - Provides low-interest loans for locally owned businesses
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 648 - Vogel - Allows the Department of Corrections to disburse federal and other funds
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 649 - Smith - Creates requirements and provides incentives for environmentally sustainable building design and construction
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 650 - Gibbons - Prohibits solicitation of personal information via deceptive websites or deceptive e-mail
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 651 - Loudon - Criminalizes selecting a human embryo for implantation through in vitro fertilization based on the gender of such embryo and genetic engineering of humans
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 652 - Coleman - Modifies provisions regarding elementary and secondary education
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 653 - Kennedy - Revises the eligibility requirements for the Uninsured Women's Health Program
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 654 - Kennedy - Allows the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners to delegate some of its powers to hearing officers
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 655 - Lager - Modifies laws regarding merchandising practices
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 656 - Lager - Modifies laws regarding merchandising practices
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 657 - Crowell - Modifies licensing requirements for nurses
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 658 - Stouffer - Establishes the "Outside the Hospital Do-Not-Resuscitate Act"
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 659 - Stouffer - Modifies laws regarding the final disposition of a dead human body
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 660 - Mayer - Modifies various provisions relating to crime
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 661 - Callahan - Creates tax incentives for secondary mining uses
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 662 - Barnitz - Modifies overtime pay for state employees
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 663 - Barnitz - Requires the board of education to promulgate a rule to allow spouses of military members to receive a provisional teacher's license
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 664 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to the Board of Nursing Home Administrators
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 665 - Scott - Requires yearly audits of the Second Injury Fund
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 666 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to the renewal of various licenses for Military personnel
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 667 - Scott - Modifies the Missouri Higher Education Savings Plan
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 668 - Loudon - Modifies workers' compensation payments
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 669 - Loudon - Modifies provisions relating to official state standards
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 670 - Loudon - Provides that the Department of Health and Senior Services shall not require by rule any immunizations that are not specified under current law
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 671 - Justus - Provides changes to the Kansas and Missouri Regional Investment District Compact
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 672 - Vogel - Allows for seizure and forfeiture of contraband cigarettes
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 673 - Bray - Requires the State Treasurer to authorize payments of state agencies and requires settlements to be paid out of the Legal Expense Fund
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 674 - Bray - Requires electric service providers to allow net metering
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 675 - Goodman - Modifies the offense of misappropriations of funds of elderly nursing home residents
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 676 - Goodman - Criminalizes prenatal drug or alcohol use
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 677 - Goodman - Creates the Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 678 - Goodman - Authorizes a transient guest tax to promote tourism for the city of Kimberling City
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 679 - Goodman - Authorizes a transient guest tax to promote tourism for the city of Hollister
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 680 - Koster - Regulates pharmacy benefits managers
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 681 - Koster - Requires certain municipalities to receive prior county approval for Tax Increment Financing projects or create a certain form of Tax Increment Financing commission
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 682 - Koster - Prohibits TIF projects which would result in predominately residential use development
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 683 - Koster - Creates certain record-keeping requirements for purchasers of scrap metal
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 684 - Koster - Requires a two-thirds majority vote for TIF approval in certain situations
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 685 - Engler - Creates the crime of murder of a criminal justice official and expands the crime of assault of a law enforcement officer, emergency personnel, or probation or parole officer to include corrections personnel
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 686 - Bartle - Expands the crime of resisting or interfering with arrest, detention, or stop
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 687 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions of corporate franchise, income, and sales and use tax regarding nexus for tax purposes
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 688 - Gibbons - Creates a legislative task force on improving urban education
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 689 - Smith - Creates the "Missouri Public Charter School State Board"
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 690 - Smith - Creates the "Metropolitan School District Improvement Act"
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 691 - Gross - Requires taxpayers to list all tangible personal property subject to tax in the county of residence
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 692 - Ridgeway - Authorizes additional school districts to create charter schools and modifies entities that may sponsor a charter school
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 693 - Ridgeway - Exempts Social Security benefits from income taxation
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 694 - Shields - Provides for continued health care benefits for the surviving spouse and dependents of public safety officers killed or disabled in the line of duty
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 695 - Kennedy - Provides a tax credit for disability home modification
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 696 - Wilson - Modifies the eligibility requirements for food stamp assistance
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 697 - Ridgeway - Modifies several provisions regarding the rights and duties of foster parents
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 698 - Ridgeway - Establishes the Betty L. Thompson Scholarship Program
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 699 - Lager - Provides low-interest loans for alternative energy operations
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 700 - Purgason - Creates a tax credit for safety upgrade costs for gas stations
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 701 - Goodman - Creates licensing requirements for prescribing psychologists
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 702 - Bray - Requires buildings constructed by or for the state to meet the minimum certification level offered by the U.S. Green Building Council
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 703 - Bray - Modifies laws relating to ethics
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 704 - Bray - Establishes the implementation of a health care quality report card
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 705 - Mayer - Modifies laws relating to emergency management
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 706 - Mayer - Modifies provisions of sales and use tax law and the Quality Jobs Act
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 707 - Gibbons - Makes it an unfair trade practice for a life insurance company to deny, refuse to renew, or cancel a life insurance policy based upon the insured's past or future lawful travel destinations
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 708 - Shoemyer - Authorizes issuance of bonds to finance certain educational facility projects and modifies provisions regarding the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 709 - Shoemyer - Prohibits automobile insurers from requiring the use of specific repair shops
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SB 710 - Coleman - Modifies laws relating to elections
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SCR 5 - Shields - Recognizes November 21, 2007, as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Day (COPD) and November as COPD month in Missouri
3/1/2007 -- Reported to the House

SCR 22 - Shoemyer - Encourages the Missouri Department of Conservation to have a regulated statewide hand fishing season for channel, blue, and flathead catfish from June first to July thirteenth beginning in 2007
3/1/2007 -- S offered

SCR 23 - Bray - Urges the United States Congress to enact the United States Health Insurance Act sponsored by U.S. Representative John Conyers
3/1/2007 -- S offered

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
3/1/2007 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

SJR 24 - Lager - Establishes limits on the total state general revenue appropriations
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SJR 25 - Loudon - Requires the official dating standard in the state to be AD, or Anno Domini, and BC, or Before Christ
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SJR 26 - Bray - Modifies redistricting procedures
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SJR 27 - Ridgeway - Exempts business personal property from property taxation
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

SJR 28 - Scott - Requires photo identification to vote in elections
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

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
3/1/2007 -- SCS S adopted
3/1/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed

HB 39 - Portwood - Establishes a medical assistance program for the employed disabled
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Health and Mental Health Committee

HB 189 - Jones - Modifies the provisions relating to the use of defensive use of force
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 269 - Nolte - Bars illegal immigrants from attending public universities
3/1/2007 -- S First Read

HB 300 - Bruns - Establishes the Volunteer Firefighter Job Protection Act
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 327 - Richard - Modifies provisions of certain Department of Economic Development programs
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 352 - Hobbs - Modifies provisions relating to Sheltered Workshops
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

HB 353 - Schaaf - Modifies various provisions relating to the reporting and investigation of Medicaid fraud
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Health and Mental Health Committee

HB 444 - Jetton - Exempts Social Security benefits from income taxation
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

HB 453 - Jetton - Creates an income tax credit for contributions to food pantries and modifies provisions of the Residential Treatment Agency Tax Credit Program
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

HB 454 - Jetton - Provides for supplemental food stamp assistance for the elderly
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

HB 545 - Wasson - Changes the laws regarding the licensing of pharmacists
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HCR 15 - Threlkeld - Recognizes November 2007 as "COPD Awareness Month" and November 21, 2007, as "COPD Awareness Day" in Missouri
3/1/2007 -- Reported to the Senate

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
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HJR 7 - Nieves - Makes English the language of all official proceedings in the state
3/1/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee
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