Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 3/29/2007

SB 3 - Gibbons - Enacts provisions on mental health reform
3/29/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
3/29/2007 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

SB 19 - Shields - Allows motor vehicle owners to receive refunds for unused registration fees under certain conditions
3/29/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on General Laws

SB 30 - Nodler - Expands the sales tax exemption for common carriers
3/29/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Tax Reform Committee

SB 45 - Mayer - Modifies various provisions relating to transportation and motor vehicles
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

SB 46 - Mayer - Creates the "Faith-Based Organization Liaison Act"
3/29/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Family Services Committee

SB 47 - Engler - Modifies provisions regarding fire protection
3/29/2007 -- Referred H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

SB 53 - Koster - Uses money from the state General Revenue Fund to supplement the expense of law enforcement activities of county sheriffs' departments
3/29/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 54 - Koster - Modifies provisions relating to renewable energy, alternative fuel, and environmental regulation
3/29/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Energy and Environment Committee

SB 66 - Rupp - Modifies various provisions of law relating to investments by insurance companies, enforcement powers of the Department of Insurance, and revises title insurance code
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

SB 67 - Rupp - Modifies certain provisions relating to missing and endangered persons
3/29/2007 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 79 - Scott - Creates the "State Fair Escrow Fund"
3/29/2007 -- Referred H Agriculture Policy Committee

SB 82 - Griesheimer - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of motor vehicles
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

SB 86 - Champion - Modifies provisions of the Children in Crisis Tax Credit Program
3/29/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 112 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to special education
3/29/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
3/29/2007 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

SB 127 - Mayer - Modifies provisions within the Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol Employees' Retirement System
3/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Retirement Committee
3/29/2007 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Retirement Committee - Consent

SB 137 - Bray - Allows the hiring of a retired teacher to work up to full-time without losing their retirement benefits
3/29/2007 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Bray)--(0437S03.01F)
3/29/2007 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

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
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

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
3/29/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 156 - Engler - Modifies various provisions pertaining to agriculture and the Department of Agriculture
3/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Agriculture Policy Committee

SB 158 - Engler - Bars entities from discriminating between licensed professional counselors
3/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee
3/29/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Professional Registration and LicensingCommittee - Consent

SB 159 - Engler - Modifies complaint procedures and record retention requirements for complaints against professional licensed counselors and social workers
3/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee
3/29/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Professional Registration and LicensingCommittee - Consent

SB 168 - Mayer - Codifies the employment-at-will doctrine
3/29/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 172 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions regarding supplemental retirement benefits for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees
3/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Retirement Committee
3/29/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Retirement Committee - Consent

SB 197 - Loudon - Modifies law with respect to motor vehicle extended service contracts and enacts similar provisions relating to other types of service contracts
3/29/2007 -- Referred H Insurance Policy Committee

SB 205 - Stouffer - Assesses fee on certain transporters that ship or transport radioactive waste within the state
3/29/2007 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 212 - Goodman - Establishes the "Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act"
3/29/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor

SB 215 - Loudon - Allows for the formation of captive insurance companies within Missouri under certain conditions
3/29/2007 -- Referred H Insurance Policy Committee

SB 232 - Crowell - Designates a portion of Missouri Route 74/34 within Cape Girardeau County as the "John Oliver Jr. Parkway" and a portion of U.S. Highway 60 contained in Stoddard County as the "Sergeant Carl Dewayne Graham Jr. Memorial Highway"
3/29/2007 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 239 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles
3/29/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
3/29/2007 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted
3/29/2007 -- H First Read (w/EC)

SB 244 - Mayer - Extends the termination date for certain alternative retirement provisions in the teacher and school employee retirement systems
3/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Retirement Committee
3/29/2007 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Retirement Committee

SB 252 - Ridgeway - Exempts motorcyclists age 21 and older from wearing a helmet when operating a motorcycle or motortricycle
3/29/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 255 - Loudon - Reinstates federal standards for overtime wages
3/29/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on General Laws Committee

SB 257 - Engler - Modifies the treatment of firearms during state emergencies
3/29/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on General Laws Committee

SB 272 - Scott - Modifies various provisions relating to professional licensing
3/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee
3/29/2007 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Professional Registration and LicensingCommittee - Consent

SB 281 - Griesheimer - Establishes inactive license status and continuing education requirements for landscape architects
3/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee
3/29/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Professional Registration and LicensingCommittee - Consent

SB 302 - Loudon - Modifies provisions relating to commercial real estate liens and mechanic liens
3/29/2007 -- SCS S adopted
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

SB 306 - Crowell - Requires the Office of Administration to provide senators and representatives with access to the dome of the state capitol
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

SB 308 - Crowell - Modifies licensing standards and practice of certain professionals
3/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee
3/29/2007 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Professional Registration and LicensingCommittee

SB 309 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to the realm of surplus lines insurance
3/29/2007 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 313 - Scott - Modifies various provisions relating to regulation of manufactured homes by the Public Service Commission
3/29/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 320 - Clemens - Creates the "Large Animal Veterinary Student Loan Program" and modifies the Large Animal Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

SB 325 - Loudon - Modifies various insurance law provisions
3/29/2007 -- Referred H Insurance Policy Committee

SB 328 - Engler - Modifies various provisions relating to certain renewable fuel incentives and solid waste laws
3/29/2007 -- SCS S adopted
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

SB 338 - Mayer - Provides that no attorney shall be prohibited from providing uncompensated legal services for needy persons
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

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
3/29/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 384 - Coleman - Modifies procedure for replacing stolen license plate tabs and allows license plates to be encased in transparent covers
3/29/2007 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 391 - Days - Authorizes the issuance of an additional $40 million in bonds for certain water-related grants and loans
3/29/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 393 - McKenna - Establishes a consolidation process for fire protection districts located wholly in a county of the first classification
3/29/2007 -- SCS S adopted
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

SB 398 - Crowell - Makes a technical correction in the Missouri Uniform Trust Code
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

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
3/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Retirement Committee
3/29/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Retirement Committee

SB 402 - Crowell - Modifies provisions regarding retirement plan election options within Missouri State Employees' Retirement System
3/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Retirement Committee
3/29/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Retirement Committee

SB 403 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to orders for division of benefits under Missouri State Employees' Retirement System
3/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Retirement Committee
3/29/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Retirement Committee

SB 404 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to the reemployment of retired members of Missouri State Employees' Retirement System
3/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Retirement Committee
3/29/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Retirement Committee

SB 406 - Crowell - Modifies multiple provisions regarding several employee benefit plans
3/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Retirement Committee
3/29/2007 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Retirement Committee

SB 417 - Goodman - Creates the "Farm Mentoring and Education Fund"
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

SB 419 - Kennedy - Modifies various provisions relating to natural resources
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

SB 428 - Purgason - Modifies various provisions relating to agriculture
3/29/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 433 - Callahan - Changes laws relating to unemployment compensation for veterans
3/29/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 437 - Ridgeway - Modifies fee disclosure requirements for rental cars
3/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 453 - Scott - Creates the "Missouri Propane Safety Act"
3/29/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 458 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions concerning the sale of motor fuel
3/29/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 477 - Days - Modifies certain requirements for peace officers established by the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission
3/29/2007 -- SCS S adopted
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

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
3/29/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 481 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions regarding the rendering of final decisions and hearing of appeals by certain administrative commissions
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

SB 496 - Koster - Revises the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
3/29/2007 -- Reported from S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 499 - Engler - Allows fuel ethanol produced from qualified biomass to be eligible for certain fuel ethanol production subsidies
3/29/2007 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 511 - Scott - Gives advanced practice registered nurses prescriptive authority for scheduled drugs
3/29/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 513 - Clemens - Allows nurses working in any area of need to qualify for the Professional and Practical Nursing Student Loan Program
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

SB 520 - Engler - Modifies requirements for labor posters
3/29/2007 -- SCS S adopted
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

SB 521 - Lager - Removes weight limitation on certain farm use vehicles so that any commercial motor vehicle operated in intrastate commerce bearing a class F plate will be exempt from specified commercial motor vehicle laws
3/29/2007 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 523 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to the Board of Pharmacy
3/29/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 530 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions relating to the Alzheimer's Demonstration Project
3/29/2007 -- SCS S adopted
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

SB 531 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions relating to the administrative duties of the Missouri State Highway Patrol
3/29/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

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
3/29/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee (1899S.03C)

SB 537 - Lager - Amends the law relating to physician assistants
3/29/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor

SB 542 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to the licensing of optometrists
3/29/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 552 - Bartle - Prohibits the Public Service Commission and political subdivisions from regulating voice over internet protocol (VOIP) service
3/29/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 555 - Gibbons - Prohibits the use or possession of alcoholic beverage vaporizers and modifies provisions relating to underage drinking
3/29/2007 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 563 - Lager - Allows electric utilities to manage vegetation within specified areas to ensure reliable service
3/29/2007 -- Reported from S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 572 - Vogel - Allows the curators of the University of Missouri to close certain financial records relating to donor or potential donors
3/29/2007 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor

SB 577 - Shields - Enacts the "Missouri Health Improvement Act of 2007"
3/29/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 582 - Shoemyer - Modifies provisions of law relating to sales tax
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

SB 591 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to credit union membership expansion
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

SB 592 - Scott - Modifies ethics filings
3/29/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 593 - Scott - Modifies ethics complaint requirements
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

SB 599 - Engler - Creates a military medal of freedom for certain veterans who served in a Middle East war or conflict after 1990
3/29/2007 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor w/SCS

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
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

SB 611 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to the public defender system
3/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee
3/29/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee (2363S.03C)
3/29/2007 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor w/SCS

SRB 613 - Goodman - Repeals certain laws that have expired, sunset, terminated, or are ineffective
3/29/2007 -- SSA 1 for SCA 1 S offered & adopted (Goodman)--(0822L01.02S)
3/29/2007 -- SA 1 S offered & withdrawn (Barnitz)--(0822L01.03S)
3/29/2007 -- SA 2 S offered & adopted (Goodman)--(0822L01.04L)
3/29/2007 -- Perfected

SB 627 - Ridgeway - Prohibits the use of language interpreters in connection with the commercial driver's license examination process
3/29/2007 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor

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
3/29/2007 -- SCS S adopted
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

SB 648 - Vogel - Allows the Department of Corrections to disburse federal and other funds
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

SB 650 - Gibbons - Prohibits solicitation of personal information via deceptive websites or deceptive e-mail
3/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 654 - Kennedy - Allows the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners to delegate some of its powers to hearing officers
3/29/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor

SB 660 - Mayer - Modifies various provisions relating to crime
3/29/2007 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 664 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to the Board of Nursing Home Administrators
3/29/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 666 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to the renewal of various licenses for Military personnel
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

SB 668 - Loudon - Modifies workers' compensation payments
3/29/2007 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 674 - Bray - Requires electric service providers to allow net metering
3/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 698 - Ridgeway - Establishes the Betty L. Thompson Scholarship Program
3/29/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 699 - Lager - Provides low-interest loans for alternative energy operations
3/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SCR 5 - Shields - Recognizes November 21, 2007, as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Day (COPD) and November as COPD month in Missouri
3/29/2007 -- Referred H Rules Committee

SJR 8 - Ridgeway - Elevates the allowable level of bonded indebtedness for school districts from 15 percent to 20 percent
3/29/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/29/2007 -- H First Read

SJR 9 - Crowell - Creates an exception to the prohibition against laws retrospective in operation by allowing the sexual offender registry laws to be applied retrospectively
3/29/2007 -- Referred H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

HB 1 - Icet - To appropriate money to the Board of Fund Commissioners for the cost of issuing, processing and defeasing and to transfer money among certain funds.
3/29/2007 -- S First Read

HB 2 - Icet - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the State Board of Education and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the several divisions.
3/29/2007 -- S First Read

HB 3 - Icet - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Higher Education, the several divisions, programs, and institutions of higher education.
3/29/2007 -- S First Read

HB 4 - Icet - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Revenue, Department of Transportation, the several divisions and programs.
3/29/2007 -- S First Read

HB 5 - Icet - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Office of Administration, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Public Safety, and the Chief Executi
3/29/2007 -- S First Read

HB 6 - Icet - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Agriculture, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Conservation, and the several divisions.
3/29/2007 -- S First Read

HB 7 - Icet - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Economic Development, Department of Insurance, and Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.
3/29/2007 -- S First Read

HB 8 - Icet - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Public Safety and the several divisions and programs.
3/29/2007 -- S First Read

HB 9 - Icet - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Corrections and the several divisions and programs.
3/29/2007 -- S First Read

HB 10 - Icet - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distibutions of the Department of Mental Health, the Board of Public Buildings, the Department of Health and Senior Services.
3/29/2007 -- S First Read

HB 11 - Icet - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, and distributions of the Department of Social Services and the several divisions and programs.
3/29/2007 -- S First Read

HB 12 - Icet - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Chief Executive's Office and Mansion, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Auditor, State Treasurer, etc.
3/29/2007 -- S First Read

HB 13 - Icet - To appropriate money for real property leases, related services, utilities, systems furniture, and structural modifications for the several departments of state government.
3/29/2007 -- S First Read

HB 327 - Richard - Modifies provisions of certain Department of Economic Development programs
3/29/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 453 - Jetton - Creates an income tax credit for contributions to food pantries and modifies provisions of the Residential Treatment Agency Tax Credit Program
3/29/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee
3/29/2007 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor

HJR 7 - Nieves - Makes English the language of all official proceedings in the state
3/29/2007 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor w/SCS
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