Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 3/8/2007

SB 5 - Loudon - Modifies the laws on child pornography
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 16 - Scott - Provides that each child enrolled in kindergarten or first grade is to receive a comprehensive vision examination
3/8/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor

SB 17 - Shields - Repeals the motor vehicle safety inspection program and modifies enforcement of the seat belt law
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 20 - Griesheimer - Modifies the laws relating to tax increment financing
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 45 - Mayer - Modifies various provisions relating to transportation and motor vehicles
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 53 - Koster - Uses money from the state General Revenue Fund to supplement the expense of law enforcement activities of county sheriffs' departments
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 62 - Goodman - Modifies the laws on the use of force and firearms
3/8/2007 -- H Second Read

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
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 67 - Rupp - Modifies certain provisions relating to missing and endangered persons
3/8/2007 -- H First Read

SB 85 - Champion - Establishes a drug monitoring program and modifies existing record keeping for controlled substances and pseudoephedrine products
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 86 - Champion - Modifies provisions of the Children in Crisis Tax Credit Program
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Ways & Means Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 103 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions that relate to the registration of motor vehicles
3/8/2007 -- H First Read

SB 107 - Wilson - Creates the crime of distribution of a controlled substance near a park
3/8/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 132 - Rupp - Allows the state Board of Education to invest in government securities offered at a discount or at less than par value
3/8/2007 -- H First Read

SB 133 - Rupp - Alters provisions regarding expedited due process hearings
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 135 - Nodler - Allows the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority to provide primary school loans
3/8/2007 -- H First Read

SB 137 - Bray - Allows the hiring of a retired teacher to work up to full-time without losing their retirement benefits
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 138 - Bray - Modifies paperwork requirements in the formation of a new political party
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor - Consent

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
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 150 - Mayer - Limits investment firm and law firm support in bond elections
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 156 - Engler - Modifies various provisions pertaining to agriculture and the Department of Agriculture
3/8/2007 -- H First Read

SB 158 - Engler - Bars entities from discriminating between licensed professional counselors
3/8/2007 -- H First Read

SB 159 - Engler - Modifies complaint procedures and record retention requirements for complaints against professional licensed counselors and social workers
3/8/2007 -- H First Read

SB 162 - Vogel - Modifies the definition of "state agency" with regard to income tax set offs
3/8/2007 -- H First Read

SB 164 - Scott - Modifies various statutes to implement the Governor's executive order that created the Department of Insurance, Financial and Professional Regulation
3/8/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor

SB 169 - Rupp - Creates a tax credit for qualified equity investments
3/8/2007 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S withdrawn
3/8/2007 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Kennedy)--(0824S04.06S)
3/8/2007 -- SA 3 to SS for SCS S offered (Crowell)--(0824S04.02S)
3/8/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 171 - Nodler - Changes the name of the board overseeing architects, engineers and land surveyors
3/8/2007 -- H First Read

SB 172 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions regarding supplemental retirement benefits for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees
3/8/2007 -- H First Read

SB 184 - Green - Creates certain registration requirements for fire protection districts, departments, and volunteer associations
3/8/2007 -- H First Read

SB 185 - Green - Establishes the "Drunk Driving Memorial Sign Program"
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 213 - McKenna - Modifies provisions relating to Jefferson County ordinances
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor

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
3/8/2007 -- H First Read

SB 220 - McKenna - Creates financial incentive programs for the reduction of waste associated with building construction and demolition
3/8/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee (1117S.04C)

SB 223 - Rupp - Modifies the required time frame in which the Air Conservation Commission must set fees for air pollution emissions
3/8/2007 -- H First Read

SB 233 - Crowell - Authorizes a sales tax to fund certain services
3/8/2007 -- H First Read

SB 236 - Shields - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop standards for high-quality mentoring for beginning teachers and principals
3/8/2007 -- H First Read

SB 237 - Shields - Allows Kansas City to establish an administrative adjudication system for adjudicating certain municipal code violations
3/8/2007 -- H First Read

SB 254 - Nodler - Creates the "Missouri Legacy Fund" to provide college financial assistance
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 269 - Scott - Reorganizes State Emergency Management Agency within the Department of Public Safety
3/8/2007 -- H First Read

SB 270 - Scott - Modifies provisions relating to the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission
3/8/2007 -- H First Read

SB 271 - Scott - Amends requirements for filing financial interest statements
3/8/2007 -- H First Read

SB 272 - Scott - Modifies various provisions relating to professional licensing
3/8/2007 -- H First Read

SB 281 - Griesheimer - Establishes inactive license status and continuing education requirements for landscape architects
3/8/2007 -- H First Read

SB 284 - Griesheimer - Authorizes statewide video service franchise agreements
3/8/2007 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on Utilities Committee
3/8/2007 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 304 - Loudon - Creates the "Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact"
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 308 - Crowell - Modifies licensing standards and practice of certain professionals
3/8/2007 -- H First Read

SB 313 - Scott - Modifies various provisions relating to regulation of manufactured homes by the Public Service Commission
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 325 - Loudon - Modifies various insurance law provisions
3/8/2007 -- H First Read

SB 333 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions relating to the Department of Health and Senior Services
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 365 - Koster - Allows cities to impose a property tax to fund the construction, operation and maintenance of a community health center
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 368 - Barnitz - Modifies requirements for corporate filings
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 369 - Scott - Modifies requirements for certain law enforcement personnel
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 376 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions relating to the financial impact of tourism
3/8/2007 -- H First Read

SB 385 - Gibbons - Repeals and reduces certain committees and commissions and sets a sunset date for other committees and commissions
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor w/sCS

SB 390 - Koster - Creates the "Electrical Corporation Responsibility Act"
3/8/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 391 - Days - Authorizes the issuance of an additional $40 million in bonds for certain water-related grants and loans
3/8/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee (1791S.03C)
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 397 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions relating to applications for long-term care facilities
3/8/2007 -- H First Read

SB 400 - Crowell - Modifies provisions of the Film Production Tax Credit Program
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Ways & Means Committee to Floor

SB 417 - Goodman - Creates the "Farm Mentoring and Education Fund"
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee to Floor

SB 419 - Kennedy - Modifies various provisions relating to natural resources
3/8/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee - Consent
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 426 - Justus - Allows the Supreme Court to direct the Judicial Finance Commission to consolidate its annual report with certain other reports
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 429 - Gibbons - Modifies various provisions relating to crime
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 430 - Shields - Creates the "Smart Start Scholarship Program"
3/8/2007 -- SS for SCS S offered (Shields)--(1285S.07F)
3/8/2007 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered (Green)--(1285S07.02S)
3/8/2007 -- SA 1 to SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Bartle)--(1285S04.15S)
3/8/2007 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
3/8/2007 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Purgason)--(1285S07.18S)
3/8/2007 -- SA 3 to SS for SCS S offered (Smith)--(1285S07.15S)
3/8/2007 -- SA 1 to SA 3 to SS for SCS S offered (Bartle)--(1285S07.01F)
3/8/2007 -- Bill placed on Informal Calendar

SB 453 - Scott - Creates the "Missouri Propane Safety Act"
3/8/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee (1252S.07C)
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 456 - Gross - Grants additional payment to school districts in certain situations
3/8/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor

SB 469 - Justus - Authorizes the Governor to convey certain state property located in Jackson County to the city of Kansas City
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent
3/8/2007 -- Removed S Consent Calendar

SB 478 - Gross - Limits amount of expenditures of revenue from gaming boat admission fees
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Ways & Means Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 482 - Gibbons - Expands the definition of marital and family therapy to include the diagnosis of behavior and intrapersonal or interpersonal dysfunctions
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 485 - Coleman - Prohibits the advertising or conducting of live musical performances under certain deceptive circumstances
3/8/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 488 - Clemens - Changes the names of a division, an advisory commission, and several funds within the Department of Agriculture
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 497 - Scott - Modifies provisions relating to county officials
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 502 - Koster - Authorizes the Governor to convey an easement over property in Johnson County to the city of Warrensburg
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 509 - Scott - Modifies the reciprocity requirements for marital and family counselors
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 510 - Scott - Requires endowed care cemeteries to supply a trust fund report as a prerequisite for license renewal
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 516 - Goodman - Modifies several provisions of law relating to judicial procedures and personnel
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 525 - Scott - Modifies funeral director and embalmer licenses
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 526 - Scott - Modifies licensing standards for real estate appraisers
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 534 - Nodler - Modifies the law relating to concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and the penalties for offenses perpetrated by these operations
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee to Floor

SB 550 - Scott - Modifies and updates various superannuated statutes relating to the Missouri Highway Patrol
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 559 - Shields - Allows levee districts to have ten years after the lapse of the corporate charter in which to reinstate and extend the time of the corporate existence
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 563 - Lager - Allows electric utilities to manage vegetation within specified areas to ensure reliable service
3/8/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 591 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to credit union membership expansion
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 593 - Scott - Modifies ethics complaint requirements
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 594 - Scott - Modifies law relating to ethics
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 671 - Justus - Provides changes to the Kansas and Missouri Regional Investment District Compact
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 690 - Smith - Creates the "Metropolitan School District Improvement Act"
3/8/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 691 - Gross - Requires taxpayers to list all tangible personal property subject to tax in the county of residence
3/8/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 692 - Ridgeway - Authorizes additional school districts to create charter schools and modifies entities that may sponsor a charter school
3/8/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 693 - Ridgeway - Exempts Social Security benefits from income taxation
3/8/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

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
3/8/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 695 - Kennedy - Provides a tax credit for disability home modification
3/8/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 696 - Wilson - Modifies the eligibility requirements for food stamp assistance
3/8/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

SB 697 - Ridgeway - Modifies several provisions regarding the rights and duties of foster parents
3/8/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

SB 698 - Ridgeway - Establishes the Betty L. Thompson Scholarship Program
3/8/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 699 - Lager - Provides low-interest loans for alternative energy operations
3/8/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 700 - Purgason - Creates a tax credit for safety upgrade costs for gas stations
3/8/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 701 - Goodman - Creates licensing requirements for prescribing psychologists
3/8/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

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
3/8/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 703 - Bray - Modifies laws relating to ethics
3/8/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 704 - Bray - Establishes the implementation of a health care quality report card
3/8/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Health and Mental Health Committee

SB 705 - Mayer - Modifies laws relating to emergency management
3/8/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Health and Mental Health Committee

SB 706 - Mayer - Modifies provisions of sales and use tax law and the Quality Jobs Act
3/8/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

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
3/8/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 708 - Shoemyer - Authorizes issuance of bonds to finance certain educational facility projects and modifies provisions regarding the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority
3/8/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 709 - Shoemyer - Prohibits automobile insurers from requiring the use of specific repair shops
3/8/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 710 - Coleman - Modifies laws relating to elections
3/8/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SCR 18 - Gibbons - Authorizes the General Assembly to employ an independent auditor to audit the State Auditor's Office
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor

SCR 24 - Bray - Urges United States Congress to enact the "United States National Health Insurance Act"
3/8/2007 -- S offered

SJR 8 - Ridgeway - Elevates the allowable level of bonded indebtedness for school districts from 15 percent to 20 percent
3/8/2007 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor

SJR 25 - Loudon - Requires the official dating standard in the state to be AD, or Anno Domini, and BC, or Before Christ
3/8/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SJR 26 - Bray - Modifies redistricting procedures
3/8/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SJR 27 - Ridgeway - Exempts business personal property from property taxation
3/8/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SJR 28 - Scott - Requires photo identification to vote in elections
3/8/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 16 - Icet - To appropriate money for supplemental purposes for the several departments and offices of state government,and to transfer money among certain funds, from funds designated for period ending 6-30-07
3/8/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 40 - Portwood - Establishes a long-term care insurance public-private parternship program
3/8/2007 -- S First Read

HB 46 - Viebrock - Prohibits impoundment of certain farm animals except in certain conditions and adds notification requirements for owners of impounded animals
3/8/2007 -- S First Read

HB 135 - Pearce - Modifies laws regarding military and veterans' affairs
3/8/2007 -- S First Read

HB 166 - Hoskins - Requires write-in candidates to meet state and municipal tax requirements and filing deadlines in order to file a declaration of intent
3/8/2007 -- S First Read

HB 205 - Marsh - Modifies various provisions relating to the promotion of tourism
3/8/2007 -- S First Read

HB 220 - Stevenson - Makes a technical correction to Section 456.5-501 of the Missouri Uniform Trust Code
3/8/2007 -- S First Read

HB 221 - Yates - Modifies law with respect to motor vehicle extended service contracts and enacts similar provisions relating to other types of service contracts
3/8/2007 -- S First Read

HB 255 - Bruns - Amends the law relating to the Office of Administration
3/8/2007 -- S First Read

HB 264 - Cunningham - Allows the state Board of Education to invest in government securities offered at a discount or at less than par value
3/8/2007 -- S First Read

HB 269 - Nolte - Bars illegal immigrants from attending public universities
3/8/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

HB 272 - Viebrock - Designates the three-toed box turtle as the official reptile of the State of Missouri
3/8/2007 -- S First Read

HB 319 - Villa - Modifies several provisions regarding the Fireman's Retirement System of St. Louis
3/8/2007 -- S First Read

HB 344 - Munzlinger - Modifies liability for crop damage or destruction
3/8/2007 -- S First Read

HB 346 - Munzlinger - Directs the Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority to pay certain loan interest, administer dairy business grants, and increase the amount of certain agricultural tax credits issued
3/8/2007 -- S First Read

HB 351 - Wood - Designates the crayfish as the official state invertebrate of the State of Missouri
3/8/2007 -- S First Read

HB 405 - Moore - Modifies provisions relating to the administrative duties of the Missouri State Highway Patrol
3/8/2007 -- S First Read

HB 459 - Sutherland - Requires land transfers between municipalities to be filed with the county assessor
3/8/2007 -- S First Read

HB 488 - Wasson - Creates a tax credit for the use of idle reduction technology
3/8/2007 -- S First Read

HB 576 - Cooper - Designates the bobwhite quail as the official state game bird of the State of Missouri
3/8/2007 -- S First Read

HB 608 - Smith - Exempts real and personal property owned by veterans' organizations from property taxes
3/8/2007 -- S First Read

HB 620 - Muschany - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to create mentoring standards for beginning teachers and principals and creates an alternative mechanism for teacher certification
3/8/2007 -- S First Read

HB 636 - Day - Creates an individual income tax credit equal to the amount of the tax that would be due military retirement benefits received by a taxpayer
3/8/2007 -- S First Read

HB 732 - Parson - Adds emergency personnel killed while performing their duties to the list of individuals who are exempt from the formalized highway naming process set forth in Section 227.299, RSMo
3/8/2007 -- S First Read
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