Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 1/16/2008


SB 715 - Loudon - Establishes the safe schools fund and allows local school districts to utilize such moneys for a variety of safety-related expenses
1/16/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 718 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions of certain tax credit programs administered by the Department of Economic Development
1/16/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 726 - Shields - Modifies provisions relating to child care
1/16/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 740 - Nodler - Changes the applicable local government entity from "county" to "political subdivision" for certain federal storm water requirements
1/16/2008 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 753 - Mayer - Designates certain stretches of highway after law enforcement or military personnel
1/16/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 760 - Stouffer - Authorizes the State 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
1/16/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 761 - Stouffer - Modifies various laws relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles
1/16/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 765 - Goodman - Modifies the process for incorporating a village
1/16/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 774 - Shoemyer - Regulates the use of utility vehicles upon the highways of Missouri
1/16/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 785 - Coleman - Allows the City of St. Louis to control its police force without state intervention by passing an ordinance
1/16/2008 -- Hearing Cancelled S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 801 - Ridgeway - Increases the maximum amount of compensation which the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners may pay officers
1/16/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 804 - Crowell - Allows the state auditor to audit any school district in the same manner as any agency of the state
1/16/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 897 - Wilson - Increases the fee collected by each recorder of deeds to fund the county homeless person assistance program from $3 to $10, upon voter approval, if such a program has been created
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 898 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 899 - Dempsey - Allows members of the public and certain electronic and computer businesses to access online identifying information of registered sex offenders in order to use the information to protect children from online sexual predators
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 900 - Vogel - Modifies provisions relating to the imposition of transient guest taxes by certain local governments
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 901 - Loudon - Modifies workers' compensation payments to dependents
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 902 - Loudon - Prohibits persons from selling vehicle protection products in Missouri unless certain conditions are met
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 903 - Griesheimer - Modifies law with respect to the regulation of household good movers
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 904 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions pertaining to the Underground Facility Safety and Damage Prevention Act
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 905 - Loudon - Establishes the Regional Railroad Authorities Act
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 906 - Vogel - Designates a portion of state highway 87 in Moniteau County as the "Lance Corporal Leon B. Deraps Memorial Highway"
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 907 - Engler - Modifies provisions pertaining to motor fuel storage tanks and equipment
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 908 - Engler - Requires electronic publication and access to the "Blue Book" in lieu of physical publication and distribution
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 909 - Engler - Modifies requirements pertaining to petition circulators
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 910 - Graham - Requires certain health clubs to have at least one automated external defibrillator
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

SB 911 - Engler - Modifies the number of school days to be made up due to inclement weather
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 912 - Engler - Creates the crime of murder of a criminal justice official and expands the crime of assault of a law enforcement officer, emergency personnel, or probation or parole officer to include corrections personnel
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 913 - Bray - Creates statutory warranties for home buyers and homeowners and also prevents home solicitors from engaging in certain deceptive practices
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 914 - Bray - Creates the Healthy Pet Act
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 915 - Ridgeway - Authorizes peer review committees for certain emergency medical services
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

SB 916 - Goodman - Requires hospitals to report adverse health events to a patient safety organization for review
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Health and Mental Health Committee

SB 917 - Goodman - Creates licensing requirements for prescribing psychologists
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 918 - Goodman - Prohibits certain requirements for immunosuppresive drugs under the MO HealthNet Program without the consent of the physician and patient
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

SB 919 - Rupp - Assesses fee on shippers that transport radioactive waste within Missouri
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 920 - Rupp - Requires real-time captioning for certain television programming
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 921 - Goodman - Adds coverage under the state legal expense fund for certain heath care professionals providing uncompensated service at summer camps
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 922 - Goodman - Modifies the crime of making a false declaration
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 923 - Shoemyer - Modifies the membership of the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee by adding a licensed optometrist
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Health and Mental Health Committee

SB 924 - Koster - Creates a state and local sales tax exemption for sales of motor vehicles assembled and sold in this state
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 925 - Days - Modifies provisions relating to school district procedures.
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 926 - Green - Modifies various laws relating to ethics
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 927 - Green - Amends law relating to the hiring of unqualified employees on public projects
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 928 - Green - Removes the requirement that the Public Service Commission issue an annual report on the economic impact of certain telecommunications laws
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 929 - Green - Bars employers from misclassifying employees as independent contractors
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 930 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 931 - Purgason - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 932 - Loudon - Modifies provisions relating to law enforcement
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 933 - Loudon - Makes modifications to the crimes of sexual misconduct involving a child and furnishing pornographic material to a minor
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 934 - Dempsey - Prohibits remuneration on a per-signature basis for initiative petition circulators
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 935 - Griesheimer - Creates the "Deputy Sheriff Salary Supplementation Fund", consisting of money generated by a $10 fee collected for serving civil summons and subpoena
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 936 - Griesheimer - Allow motorists to operate vehicles without current registrations for the purpose of resetting emissions readiness monitors in order to pass emissions inspection retests
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 937 - Shoemyer - Allows utility vehicles to be operated upon Missouri highways
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 938 - Shoemyer - Department of Corrections custody personnel shall be eligible for a specific pay parameter based on the hazards of such jobs, years of service, and a twenty-four-hour seven-day-a-week staffing requirement
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 939 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to levee and drainage districts
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 940 - McKenna - Modifies laws affecting limited liability companies, limited partnerships, and nonprofit companies
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 941 - Clemens - Modifies the definition of livestock for which it is a crime to steal, makes stealing certain quail or pheasants a crime, and modifies the penalties for such offenders
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 942 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 943 - Clemens - Allows cities to annex land within airport zones in Greene County if cities agree to enforce Springfield's airport zoning ordinance
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 944 - Engler - Modifies the fees the Auditor receives for registering bonds
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 945 - Green - Requires certain water corporations to disclose additional information in its annual report to the Public Service Commission
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 946 - Dempsey - Creates the Tobacco Use Prevention, Cessation and Enforcement fund to fund a comprehensive tobacco control program
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

SB 947 - Kennedy - Increases the cap on amount of aviation generated revenue that may be deposited in state aviation trust fund and expands purposes for which moneys in the aviation trust fund may be used
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 948 - Justus - Clarifies the duty of pharmacies to fill prescriptions
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 949 - Scott - Modifies provisions of law relating to rural empowerment zones
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 950 - Scott - Modifies various provisions relating to manufactured housing
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 951 - Scott - Modifies the law relating to emergency response within financial institutions
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 952 - Scott - Modifies the licensing requirements and practice of certified public accountants and accounting firms
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 953 - Scott - Modifies certain bases for a public governmental body to close a record or meeting, and modifies who may be present in a closed meeting of a public governmental body
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 954 - Scott - Prohibits remuneration on a per-signature basis for initiative petition circulators and imposes a residency requirement
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 955 - Shields - Allows motor vehicle owners to receive refunds for unused registration fees under certain conditions
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 956 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions relating to public water supply districts
1/16/2008 -- S First Read--SB 956-Kennedy

SB 957 - Goodman - Repeals the requirement that rental and leasing facilities provide personal property lists for certain property
1/16/2008 -- S First Read--SB 957-Goodman

SB 958 - Goodman - Allows rural electric cooperatives to manage vegetation within specified areas to ensure reliable service
1/16/2008 -- S First Read--SB 958-Goodman

SB 959 - Goodman - Requires court personnel to redact Social Security numbers from certain court records prior to disclosure to the public
1/16/2008 -- S First Read--SB 959-Goodman

SB 960 - Goodman - Adds a circuit judge to the thirty-ninth judicial circuit
1/16/2008 -- S First Read--SB 960-Goodman

SRB 961 - Goodman - Repeals existing provisions of law that have expired, sunset, terminated or become ineffective
1/16/2008 -- S First Read--SRB 961-Goodman

SB 962 - Champion - Creates the State Board of Health and Senior Services and repeals the current State Board of Health and the State Board of Senior Services
1/16/2008 -- S First Read--SB 962-Champion

SB 963 - Stouffer - Requires law enforcement agencies to establish rotation lists of towing truck companies to be called for removing disabled vehicles
1/16/2008 -- S First Read--SB 963-Stouffer

SB 964 - Smith - Creates the Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday and provides financial assistance for voluntary energy audits
1/16/2008 -- S First Read--SB 964-Smith

SB 965 - Crowell - Requires completion of American history and literature classes in order to graduate from a public higher education institution
1/16/2008 -- S First Read--SB 965-Crowell

SB 966 - Dempsey - Provides additional workers' compensation benefits for public safety workers killed in the line of duty
1/16/2008 -- S First Read--SB 966-Dempsey and Koster

SB 967 - Mayer - Allows Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority to originate federally guaranteed student loans under certain conditions.
1/16/2008 -- S First Read--SB 967-Mayer

SB 968 - Shields - Provides that nonpartisan commissions that select judges for gubernatorial appointment shall be subject to the Missouri Sunshine Act and shall not close meetings, records or votes relating to personnel matters
1/16/2008 -- S First Read--SB 968-Shields

SB 969 - Scott - Removes the six year term limit of the executive director of the Ethics Commission
1/16/2008 -- S First Read--SB 969-Scott

SB 970 - Scott - Amends requirements for filing financial interest statements
1/16/2008 -- S First Read--SB 970-Scott

SJR 29 - Loudon - Requires the official dating standard in the state to be A.D., or Anno Domini, and B.C., or Before Christ
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SJR 30 - Coleman - Creates an exception to the prohibition against laws retrospective in operation by allowing the sexual offender registry laws to be applied retrospectively
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SJR 31 - Bartle - Proposes constitutional change to allow Department of Transportation to construct and maintain toll roads
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SJR 32 - Bartle - Creates the Missouri Savings Account in the Constitution
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SJR 33 - Ridgeway - Limits reassessment of residential real property to years in which transfer of title occurs
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SJR 34 - Crowell - Creates an exception to the prohibition against laws retrospective in operation by allowing the sexual offender registry laws to be applied retrospectively
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SJR 35 - Shoemyer - Allows counties and St. Louis City to adopt regulations affecting public health and welfare that are more restrictive than state law
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SJR 36 - Graham - Requires that all appropriations by the general assembly cannot exceed the official estimate of state revenues
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SJR 37 - Graham - Requires the state treasurer to provide an estimate of available state revenues each fiscal year
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SJR 38 - Clemens - Creates a two year budget cycle
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SJR 39 - Clemens - Modifies the length and number of terms for Representatives and Senators
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SJR 40 - McKenna - Creates a state-wide sales and use tax to fund the Missouri Highway Patrol
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SJR 41 - Rupp - Prohibits state courts from levying or imposing new or increased taxes, licenses, or fees without legislative or voter approval
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SJR 42 - Griesheimer - Allows special laws to be adopted by the General Assembly when regulating the affairs of counties, cities, towns, or villages, or other political subdivisions within such local governments
1/16/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SR 1524 - Shields - Establishes the rates of pay for Senate employees
1/16/2008 -- S adopted

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