Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 4/10/2007


SB 21 - Griesheimer - Allows for the formation of and conversion to reorganized common sewer districts
4/10/2007 -- SS for SCS S offered (Griesheimer)--(0256S.04F)
4/10/2007 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Days)--(0256S04.01S)
4/10/2007 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Gross)--(0256S04.02S)
4/10/2007 -- SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
4/10/2007 -- Perfected
4/10/2007 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 25 - Champion - Modifies provisions relating to children's services
4/10/2007 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on Family Services Committee
4/10/2007 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 46 - Mayer - Creates the "Faith-Based Organization Liaison Act"
4/10/2007 -- Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on Family Services Committee
4/10/2007 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 47 - Engler - Modifies provisions regarding fire protection
4/10/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

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
4/10/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/10/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules 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
4/10/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/10/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 84 - Champion - Modifies provisions relating to child placements and protection
4/10/2007 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on Family Services Committee
4/10/2007 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 85 - Champion - Establishes a drug monitoring program and modifies existing record keeping for controlled substances and pseudoephedrine products
4/10/2007 -- SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Champion)--(0496S.11F)
4/10/2007 -- Perfected
4/10/2007 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee
4/10/2007 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 166 - Griesheimer - Modifies various provisions relating to tourism
4/10/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/10/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee-Consent

SB 172 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions regarding supplemental retirement benefits for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees
4/10/2007 -- Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on Retirement Committee - Consent
4/10/2007 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 195 - Crowell - Modifies the law relating to the licensing of pharmacists
4/10/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/10/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 233 - Crowell - Authorizes a sales tax to fund certain services
4/10/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/10/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 257 - Engler - Modifies the treatment of firearms during state emergencies
4/10/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/10/2007 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 270 - Scott - Modifies provisions relating to the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission
4/10/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/10/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee-Consent

SB 288 - Engler - Authorizes the Governor to convey certain state properties
4/10/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/10/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee-Consent

SB 298 - Engler - Modifies the election process of hospital district directors in Iron County
4/10/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/10/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee - Consent

SB 302 - Loudon - Modifies provisions relating to commercial real estate liens and mechanic liens
4/10/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/10/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee - Consent

SB 303 - Loudon - Changes the laws regarding midwives and the practice of midwifery
4/10/2007 -- SS S offered & adopted (Loudon)--(1258S.04F)
4/10/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 313 - Scott - Modifies various provisions relating to regulation of manufactured homes by the Public Service Commission
4/10/2007 -- SCS S adopted
4/10/2007 -- Perfected
4/10/2007 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 322 - Engler - Modifies various provisions relating to construction-related activities such as changing the requirements for designing and constructing state buildings and expanding commercial zones in certain areas of the state
4/10/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/10/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee-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
4/10/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/10/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee - Consent

SB 358 - Engler - Modifies several provisions of law relating to the regulation of motor vehicles
4/10/2007 -- Corrected Committee Report
4/10/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor

SB 376 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions relating to the financial impact of tourism
4/10/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/10/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 397 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions relating to applications for long-term care facilities
4/10/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/10/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee - Consent

SB 406 - Crowell - Modifies multiple provisions regarding several employee benefit plans
4/10/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee

SB 429 - Gibbons - Modifies various provisions relating to crime
4/10/2007 -- SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Gibbons)--(0635S.07F)
4/10/2007 -- Perfected
4/10/2007 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 433 - Callahan - Changes laws relating to unemployment compensation for veterans
4/10/2007 -- Perfected
4/10/2007 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 591 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to credit union membership expansion
4/10/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Financial Institutions 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
4/10/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

SR 830 - Vogel - Use of Senate Chamber - Missouri Youth Leadership Forum for Students with Disabilities - July 24, 2007.
4/10/2007 -- S offered
4/10/2007 -- S adopted

HB 28 - Cunningham - Allows common carriers of household goods to request rate adjustments from the State Highways and Transportation Commission and repeals exemption for household carriers under Chapter 390, RSMo
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 39 - Portwood - Establishes a medical assistance program for the employed disabled
4/10/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Health and Mental Health Committee (0458S.07C)

HB 42 - Portwood - Repeals the provision requiring the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners to establish the Bertillon system of identification of criminals and employ assistance to conduct and manage the department and allows the board to use hearing officers
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 46 - Viebrock - Prohibits impoundment of certain farm animals except in certain conditions and adds notification requirements for owners of impounded animals
4/10/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

HB 56 - Sater - Designates a memorial bridge after Senator Bond and designates several memorial highways.
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

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
4/10/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

HB 104 - Meiners - Exempts the cost of modifying a vehicle for a disabled person from sales tax on the purchase price of such vehicle
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

HB 131 - Cooper - Modifies various sales tax provisions and creates a tax credit for certain eligible expenses incurred by freight line companies
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

HB 165 - Cooper - Enacts the 2007 Municipal Telecommunications Business License Tax Simplification Act
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

HB 181 - Sander - Requires captioning of electronic video instructional material
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

HB 182 - Bruns - Establishes the Outside the Hospital Do-Not-Resuscitate Act to permit the execution of do-not-resuscitate orders for use by emergency medical providers for patients receiving treatment outside a hospital
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

HB 184 - Dempsey - Requires city or county reimbursement to the community children's services fund in an amount equal to the portion of tax revenues used for tax increment finance projects that would have been allocated to the fund
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 224 - Franz - Restricts the driver's license of a convicted sexual offender to no more than one year and revokes the license if the offender fails to register as required by law
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 233 - Tilley - Modifies the definition of the "practice of chiropractic"
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 245 - St. Onge - Requires commercial driver's license tests to be given in the English language
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

HB 265 - Cunningham - Modifies provisions relating to education
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 267 - Jones - Modifies provisions relating to education
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 272 - Viebrock - Designates the three-toed box turtle as the official reptile of the State of Missouri
4/10/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

HB 338 - Tilley - Authorizes minimum amounts of compensation for certain corrections personnel
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 344 - Munzlinger - Modifies liability for crop damage or destruction
4/10/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

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
4/10/2007 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

HB 351 - Wood - Designates the crayfish as the official state invertebrate of the State of Missouri
4/10/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

HB 364 - Ervin - Creates an income tax deduction for qualified health insurance premium payments
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Health and Mental Health Committee

HB 428 - Cox - Creates the State Fair Escrow Fund for expenses associated with the Missouri State Fair and off-season events
4/10/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

HB 431 - Pratt - Modifies laws relating to business organizations and merchandising practices
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 448 - Spreng - Creates a tax credit equal to sales tax paid for motor vehicles assembled and sold in the state
4/10/2007 -- 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
4/10/2007 -- SA 1 to SA 2 to SS S offered & defeated (Graham)--(0914S04.11S)
4/10/2007 -- SA 2 to SS S defeated
4/10/2007 -- SS S adopted
4/10/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed

HB 454 - Jetton - Provides for supplemental food stamp assistance for the elderly
4/10/2007 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

HB 462 - Munzlinger - Modifies various provisions relating to firearms
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 482 - Walton - Modifies the provisions relating to the counterfeiting of goods
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 497 - Sater - Amends the law relating to physician assistants
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 527 - Cooper - Limits the time period for the reservation of a corporate name to 180 days
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 551 - Dempsey - Provides additional workers' compensation benefits for public safety workers killed in the line of duty
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

HB 554 - Cooper - Bars entities from discriminating between licensed professional counselors
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 555 - Cooper - Modifies complaint procedures and record retention requirements for complaints against professional licensed counselors and social workers
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 574 - St. Onge - Modifies procedures for enforcing alcohol-related traffic offenses and allows the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners to delegate powers to hearing officers
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 579 - Dempsey - Provides immunity from liability for health care professionals deployed during a state of emergency
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 583 - Johnson - Modifies provisions relating to crime victims
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 596 - St. Onge - Modifies various provisions relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 619 - Aull - Specifies situations in which the Civil Air Patrol may be activated, which missions are considered federal or state, and who shall pay for such missions
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 680 - May - Designates Big Bluestem as the official state grass
4/10/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

HB 693 - Quinn - Establishes the Large Animal Veterinary Student Loan Program and changes the laws regarding the Large Animal Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program
4/10/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

HB 741 - Pearce - Establishes the Missouri Economic Development Code and the Regional Economic Development District Law
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 744 - St. Onge - Changes the laws regarding outdoor advertising and commercial drivers' licenses
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 791 - Wilson - Requires health carriers to provide certain claims and financial data for the previous three years when requested by an employer
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

HB 795 - Flook - Allows for the creation of theater, cultural arts, and entertainment districts in certain cities and counties, defines transect-based zoning, and authorizes certain taxes in certain political subdivisions
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 820 - Moore - Requires the selection of an execution team and creates legal protections for the team members
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 851 - Onder - Provides for state enforcement of federal immigration laws
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

HB 894 - Hoskins - Modifies certain provisions relating to elections
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 915 - Dougherty - Exempts veterans', service, and fraternal organizations from paying taxes on bingo card sales
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

HB 987 - Wasson - Modifies licensing standards for real estate appraisers
4/10/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HJR 19 - Bearden - Proposes a constitutional amendment guaranteeing a citizen's First Amendment right to free religious expression
4/10/2007 -- S First Read

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