Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 1/24/2008


SB 712 - Gibbons - Allows consumers to place security freezes on their credit reports and creates requirements for merchandise rebates
1/24/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 720 - Coleman - Modifies provisions relating to utilities
1/24/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee (3054S.02C)

SB 840 - Engler - Modifies the state do-not-call list and creates "paid for by" requirements for political phone calls
1/24/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass (w/SCS/SBs 840 & 857) S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee (3393S.02C)

SB 857 - Rupp - Expands the state no-call list to include automated calls and requires a "paid for by" statement on political phone calls
1/24/2008 -- Bill Combined w/SCS/SBs 840 & 857

SB 882 - Green - Allows consumers to request that a security freeze be placed on the issuance of their credit reports or credit scores by credit reporting agencies
1/24/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 904 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions pertaining to the Underground Facility Safety and Damage Prevention Act
1/24/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 980 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions regarding supplemental and disability retirement benefits for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 981 - Purgason - Designates the plant spotted knapweed as a noxious weed
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 982 - Purgason - Modifies laws relating to dogs
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 983 - Purgason - Requires public higher education institutions to annually report on steps taken to ensure intellectual diversity
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 984 - Shoemyer - Modifies provisions of the Bright Flight Scholarship Program
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 985 - Shoemyer - Modifies the crime of making a false declaration
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 986 - Shoemyer - Requires motor vehicle physical damage appraisers to give consumers written estimates for labor and parts for motor vehicle repairs
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 987 - Shoemyer - Modifies the membership of the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee by adding a licensed podiatrist and a licensed nurse
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Health and Mental Health Committee

SB 988 - Shoemyer - Exempts Veterans, service, and fraternal organizations from bingo and pull tab taxes
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 989 - Wilson - Creates an income tax credit for poll workers
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 990 - Champion - Allowing nursing home residents under MO HealthNet to retain fifty dollars per month discretionary spending
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

SB 991 - Loudon - Establishes the ice cream cone as the official state dessert
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 992 - Loudon - Limits increases in assessed value of residential real property due to reassessment until a transfer of ownership occurs
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 993 - Crowell - Creates the Missouri Special Needs Scholarship Tax Credit Program
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 994 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to compensation for education personnel
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 995 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to liability for school employees and volunteers
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 996 - Crowell - Allows certain health insurance pool members to transfer any current or unused accumulated credits or offsets to their affiliates.
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 997 - Crowell - Removes certain limitations from investments made by boards of trustees of police and firemen's retirement systems
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 998 - Crowell - Prohibits convicted felons whose civil rights have been restored from participating in jury service
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 999 - Scott - Allows the Attorney General to bring an action for unlawful merchandising practices when the name of a financial institution is deceptively used
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1000 - Justus - Establishes educational rights for foster care students and requires a full school day of education for certain children
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

SB 1001 - Justus - Allows a Kansas City festival district's promotional association to obtain a license to sell alcohol for consumption
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1002 - Justus - Modifies the penalties for certain zoning violations
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1003 - Bray - Modifies requirements pertaining to petition circulators
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1004 - Bray - Requires the state board of education to classify a charter school as "unaccredited" based on annual performance review scores
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 1005 - Bray - Adopts the Uniform Planned Community Act
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1006 - Koster - Modifies provisions on child care subsidies
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1007 - Loudon - Modifies minimum wage and overtime laws
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 1008 - Loudon - Modifies various provisions relating to health insurance and automobile insurance
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 1009 - Loudon - Modifies the current legal requirement that funds conveyed to settlement agents in real estate closings be certified funds
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1010 - Nodler - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property in Jasper County and Camden County
1/24/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1010-Nodler

SB 1011 - Griesheimer - Modifies various provisions relating to liquor control
1/24/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1011-Griesheimer

SB 1012 - Wilson - Establishes the Duty Free Zone Act
1/24/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1012-Wilson and Coleman

SB 1013 - Wilson - Creates the Missouri Senior Cadet Program for mentoring of kindergarten through eighth grade students
1/24/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1013-Wilson and Smith

SB 1014 - Wilson - Creates the Volunteer and Parents Incentive Program for public elementary and secondary schools
1/24/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1014-Wilson

SB 1015 - Mayer - Requires health insurance premiums of state employees to be run through a cafeteria plan
1/24/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1015-Mayer

SB 1016 - Mayer - Provides that a portion of the tort victims' compensation fund shall be transferred to the basic civil legal services fund
1/24/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1016-Mayer

SB 1017 - Mayer - Requires reports to school districts of certain property located within school district boundaries
1/24/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1017-Mayer

SB 1018 - Rupp - Allows municipalities in St. Charles County to adopt ordinances for the well-being of the community and enforce such ordinances with a fine not to exceed $1,000 or three months of imprisonment
1/24/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1018-Rupp

SB 1019 - Bray - Prohibits discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation
1/24/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1019-Bray, et al

SB 1020 - Bray - Implements the provisions of the streamlined sales and use tax agreement
1/24/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1020-Bray, et al

SB 1021 - Loudon - Changes the laws regarding midwives and the practice of midwifery
1/24/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1021-Loudon, et al

SB 1022 - Coleman - Makes statutory penalties and attorney fees associated with a vexatious refusal to pay claim mandatory rather than discretionary
1/24/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1022-Coleman

SB 1023 - Coleman - Establishes recall elections for school board members
1/24/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1023-Coleman

SJR 44 - Loudon - Limits increases in assessed value of residential real property caused by reassessment to the rate of inflation until a transfer of ownership occurs
1/24/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

HB 2015 - Icet - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes for the Department of Social Services Utilicare program
1/24/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
1/24/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee
1/24/2008 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor

HB 2021 - Icet - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes for the Department of Conservation
1/24/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
1/24/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee
1/24/2008 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor

HB 2022 - Icet - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes for the Department of Public Safety
1/24/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
1/24/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee
1/24/2008 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor

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