Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 3/15/2007

SB 22 - Griesheimer - Modifies laws relating to political subdivisions
3/15/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
3/15/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted
3/15/2007 -- H First Read

SB 25 - Champion - Modifies provisions relating to children's services
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Family Services

SB 40 - Ridgeway - Creates various tax incentives for certain energy uses
3/15/2007 -- SS S offered (Ridgeway)--(0214S.04F)

SB 47 - Engler - Modifies provisions regarding fire protection
3/15/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/15/2007 -- H First Read

SB 62 - Goodman - Modifies the laws on the use of force and firearms
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on General Laws

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
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Student Achievement Committee

SB 81 - Griesheimer - Allows the city of Sullivan and the portion of the Sullivan C-2 School District located in Franklin County to levy a transient guest tax
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 84 - Champion - Modifies provisions relating to child placements and protection
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Family Services

SB 86 - Champion - Modifies provisions of the Children in Crisis Tax Credit Program
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Ways & Means Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 91 - Nodler - Exempts dealers who sell only emergency vehicles from certain dealer licensure requirements
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 92 - Nodler - Creates a time limit for claims for damage to underground facilities caused by excavation
3/15/2007 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 102 - Stouffer - Increases the weight limit for certain motor vehicles equipped with idle reduction technology
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 103 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions that relate to the registration of motor vehicles
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 104 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to regulation of motor vehicles
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 115 - Scott - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property in Pettis County to the Girl Scouts-Heart of Missouri Council, Inc.
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Corrections & Public Institutions Committee

SB 127 - Mayer - Modifies provisions within the Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol Employees' Retirement System
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Retirement

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
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 152 - Engler - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property located in St. Francois County to the city of Park Hills
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Corrections & Public Institutions Committee

SB 153 - Engler - Establishes a consistent set of administrative, civil and criminal enforcement tools for all of Missouri's insurance laws and regulations of bail bond agents
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 156 - Engler - Modifies various provisions pertaining to agriculture and the Department of Agriculture
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Agriculture Policy Committee

SB 158 - Engler - Bars entities from discriminating between licensed professional counselors
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee

SB 159 - Engler - Modifies complaint procedures and record retention requirements for complaints against professional licensed counselors and social workers
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee

SB 160 - Rupp - Alters provisions regarding higher education scholarships
3/15/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 166 - Griesheimer - Modifies various provisions relating to tourism
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Tourism

SB 168 - Mayer - Codifies the employment-at-will doctrine
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 172 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions regarding supplemental retirement benefits for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Retirement

SB 195 - Crowell - Modifies the law relating to the licensing of pharmacists
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on General Laws

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
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on State Parks and Waterways 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
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 215 - Loudon - Allows for the formation of captive insurance companies within Missouri under certain conditions
3/15/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
3/15/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/15/2007 -- H First Read

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
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Government Affairs

SB 223 - Rupp - Modifies the required time frame in which the Air Conservation Commission must set fees for air pollution emissions
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 233 - Crowell - Authorizes a sales tax to fund certain services
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Tax Reform Committee

SB 237 - Shields - Allows Kansas City to establish an administrative adjudication system for adjudicating certain municipal code violations
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 238 - Stouffer - Requires removable windshield placards to be renewed every four years rather than two years
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 240 - Stouffer - Modifies numerous provisions relating to transportation and motor vehicles
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 244 - Mayer - Extends the termination date for certain alternative retirement provisions in the teacher and school employee retirement systems
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Retirement

SB 252 - Ridgeway - Exempts motorcyclists age 21 and older from wearing a helmet when operating a motorcycle or motortricycle
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor

SB 257 - Engler - Modifies the treatment of firearms during state emergencies
3/15/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/15/2007 -- H First Read

SB 270 - Scott - Modifies provisions relating to the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

SB 271 - Scott - Amends requirements for filing financial interest statements
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 272 - Scott - Modifies various provisions relating to professional licensing
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee

SB 281 - Griesheimer - Establishes inactive license status and continuing education requirements for landscape architects
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee

SB 284 - Griesheimer - Authorizes statewide video service franchise agreements
3/15/2007 -- S concurs in HCS, as amended
3/15/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/15/2007 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed
3/15/2007 -- Reported Duly Enrolled S Rules Committee
3/15/2007 -- Signed by Senate President
3/15/2007 -- Signed by House Speaker
3/15/2007 -- Delivered to Governor

SB 288 - Engler - Authorizes the Governor to convey certain state properties
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Corrections & Public Institutions Committee

SB 298 - Engler - Modifies the election process of hospital district directors in Iron County
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Healthcare Facilities

SB 302 - Loudon - Modifies provisions relating to commercial real estate liens and mechanic liens
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 306 - Crowell - Requires the Office of Administration to provide senators and representatives with access to the dome of the state capitol
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 308 - Crowell - Modifies licensing standards and practice of certain professionals
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee

SB 315 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to cleanup of hazardous waste spills, liability for crop damage, and the voluntary permitting of certain agricultural operations
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Agri-Business

SB 320 - Clemens - Creates the "Large Animal Veterinary Student Loan Program" and modifies the Large Animal Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program
3/15/2007 -- SS for SCS S offered (Clemens)--(0540S.06F)
3/15/2007 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered (Loudon)--(8035S07.01S)
3/15/2007 -- SA 1 to SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Loudon)--(0540S06.02S)
3/15/2007 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS, as amended, S defeated
3/15/2007 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & Ruled out of order (Smith)--(0540S06.01S)
3/15/2007 -- SS for SCS S adopted
3/15/2007 -- Perfected

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
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 328 - Engler - Modifies various provisions relating to certain renewable fuel incentives and solid waste laws
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor w/SCS - 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
3/15/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 338 - Mayer - Provides that no attorney shall be prohibited from providing uncompensated legal services for needy persons
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 339 - Mayer - Creates the "Fairness in Public Construction Act"
3/15/2007 -- Reported Duly Enrolled S Rules Committee
3/15/2007 -- Signed by Senate President
3/15/2007 -- Signed by House Speaker
3/15/2007 -- Delivered to Governor

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
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 352 - Clemens - Adds vehicles driven by conservation agents to the list of vehicles considered "emergency vehicles"
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on General Laws

SB 360 - Goodman - Removes the requirement that city managers of third-class cities must be city residents
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 376 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions relating to the financial impact of tourism
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Tourism

SB 390 - Koster - Creates the "Electrical Corporation Responsibility Act"
3/15/2007 -- 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
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS - 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"
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 397 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions relating to applications for long-term care facilities
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Healthcare Facilities

SB 398 - Crowell - Makes a technical correction in the Missouri Uniform Trust Code
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor - 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
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Retirement

SB 402 - Crowell - Modifies provisions regarding retirement plan election options within Missouri State Employees' Retirement System
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Retirement

SB 403 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to orders for division of benefits under Missouri State Employees' Retirement System
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Retirement

SB 404 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to the reemployment of retired members of Missouri State Employees' Retirement System
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Retirement

SB 406 - Crowell - Modifies multiple provisions regarding several employee benefit plans
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Retirement

SB 407 - Shoemyer - Allows public water supply districts to enter into contracts with other water districts and municipalities to supply water
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Government Affairs

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
3/15/2007 -- H Second Read
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Utilities

SB 418 - Champion - Increases the monthly personal needs payment under the Supplemental Nursing Care Program
3/15/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
3/15/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/15/2007 -- H First Read

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
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Conservation and Natural Resources Committee

SB 423 - Green - Requires the Public Service Commission to develop and enforce certain standards for electric utility service
3/15/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 428 - Purgason - Modifies various provisions relating to agriculture
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 433 - Callahan - Changes laws relating to unemployment compensation for veterans
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor

SB 458 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions concerning the sale of motor fuel
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor

SB 477 - Days - Modifies certain requirements for peace officers established by the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 480 - Ridgeway - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop mentoring standards for beginning teachers and principals and creates an alternative mechanism for teacher certification
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 481 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions regarding the rendering of final decisions and hearing of appeals by certain administrative commissions
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 485 - Coleman - Prohibits the advertising or conducting of live musical performances under certain deceptive circumstances
3/15/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee (2050S.02C)

SB 496 - Koster - Revises the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
3/15/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee (1352S.03C)

SB 511 - Scott - Gives advanced practice registered nurses prescriptive authority for scheduled drugs
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 513 - Clemens - Allows nurses working in any area of need to qualify for the Professional and Practical Nursing Student Loan Program
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 520 - Engler - Modifies requirements for labor posters
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 523 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to the Board of Pharmacy
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 530 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions relating to the Alzheimer's Demonstration Project
3/15/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee - Consent (1527S.02C)
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 531 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions relating to the administrative duties of the Missouri State Highway Patrol
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 536 - Lager - Authorizes the Public Service Commission to assess a penalty up to $25,000 for violating any order relating to federal natural gas safety standards
3/15/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 542 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to the licensing of optometrists
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 543 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to license plates and exempts certain motor vehicles from state safety inspection
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 552 - Bartle - Prohibits the Public Service Commission and political subdivisions from regulating voice over internet protocol (VOIP) service
3/15/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 563 - Lager - Allows electric utilities to manage vegetation within specified areas to ensure reliable service
3/15/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee (2328S.02C)

SB 577 - Shields - Enacts the "Missouri Health Improvement Act of 2007"
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Health and Mental Health Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 582 - Shoemyer - Modifies provisions of law relating to sales tax
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Ways & Means Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 592 - Scott - Modifies ethics filings
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 605 - Coleman - Modifies the "coupling provision" of Section 94.660, which currently requires both the city of St. Louis and St. Louis County to approve a transportation sales tax before a transportation sales tax can go into effect in either jurisdiction
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

SRB 613 - Goodman - Repeals certain laws that have expired, sunset, terminated, or are ineffective
3/15/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee
3/15/2007 -- Voted Do Pass w/ SCA #1 S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee (0822L01.03L)
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor w/SCA 1

SB 627 - Ridgeway - Prohibits the use of language interpreters in connection with the commercial driver's license examination process
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor - Consent

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
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 648 - Vogel - Allows the Department of Corrections to disburse federal and other funds
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 664 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to the Board of Nursing Home Administrators
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 666 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to the renewal of various licenses for Military personnel
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 698 - Ridgeway - Establishes the Betty L. Thompson Scholarship Program
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor w/SCS

SCR 18 - Gibbons - Authorizes the General Assembly to employ an independent auditor to audit the State Auditor's Office
3/15/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Government Affairs

SCR 25 - Scott - Encourages the Conservation Commission to develop a partnership with the Secretary of State to send voter registration information to certain individuals who are not registered to vote
3/15/2007 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

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
3/15/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/15/2007 -- H First Read

SJR 24 - Lager - Establishes limits on the total state general revenue appropriations
3/15/2007 -- Hearing Cancelled S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight 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
3/15/2007 -- Signed by House Speaker
3/15/2007 -- Signed by Senate President
3/15/2007 -- Delivered to Governor

HB 62 - Ruestman - Designates the Department of Agriculture's building at 1616 Missouri Boulevard in Jefferson City as the "George Washington Carver Building"
3/15/2007 -- S First Read

HB 74 - Wilson - Allows rural empowerment zones to exist in any county with 16,000 or fewer residents
3/15/2007 -- S First Read

HB 75 - Sutherland - Authorizes the Director of the Department of Natural Resources to enter into agreements with private, not-for-profit organizations to provide services for state parks
3/15/2007 -- S First Read

HB 125 - Franz - Modifies provisions relating to the collection of taxes
3/15/2007 -- S First Read

HB 155 - Dusenberg - Exempts motorcyclists age 21 and older from wearing a helmet when operating a motorcycle or motortricycle
3/15/2007 -- S First Read

HB 268 - Moore - Authorizes the Governor to convey an easement over, on, and under state property located in Callaway County to the City of Fulton
3/15/2007 -- S First Read

HB 426 - Parson - Creates the "Missouri Propane Safety Act"
3/15/2007 -- S First Read

HB 453 - Jetton - Creates an income tax credit for contributions to food pantries and modifies provisions of the Residential Treatment Agency Tax Credit Program
3/15/2007 -- Reported from S Ways & Means Committee to Floor

HB 458 - Sutherland - Phases out the corporate franchise tax
3/15/2007 -- S First Read

HB 467 - Cox - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property in Pettis County to the Girl Scouts-Heart of Missouri Council, Incorporated
3/15/2007 -- S First Read (w/EC)

HB 469 - Wallace - Modifies provisions regarding school safety and liability for school personnel
3/15/2007 -- S First Read

HB 489 - Baker - Modifies various provisions regarding education
3/15/2007 -- S First Read

HB 526 - Pratt - Changes the laws regarding certain appeals to the Administrative Hearing Commission
3/15/2007 -- S First Read

HB 665 - Ervin - Modifies various provisions relating to county documents
3/15/2007 -- S First Read

HB 680 - May - Designates Big Bluestem as the official state grass
3/15/2007 -- S First Read

HB 686 - Smith - Expands the rule-making authority of the Board of Nursing Home Administrators
3/15/2007 -- S First Read

HB 693 - Quinn - Establishes the Large Animal Veterinary Student Loan Program and changes the laws regarding the Large Animal Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program
3/15/2007 -- S First Read

HB 754 - Kelly - Allows the Department of Corrections to disburse federal and other funds
3/15/2007 -- S First Read

HB 774 - Jones - Provides that certain persons and entities shall not be required to disclose news sources or certain information
3/15/2007 -- S First Read

HB 780 - Wasson - Modifies various provisions relating to professional licensing
3/15/2007 -- S First Read

HB 875 - Franz - Modifies multiple provisions relating to employee benefit plans
3/15/2007 -- S First Read
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