Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 1/30/2008


SB 716 - Loudon - Requires the official dating standard in the state to be A.D., or Anno Domini, and B.C., or Before Christ
1/30/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 726 - Shields - Modifies provisions relating to child care
1/30/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee (3388S.04C)

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
1/30/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee (3493S.03C)

SB 762 - Wilson - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
1/30/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 785 - Coleman - Allows the City of St. Louis to control its police force without state intervention by passing an ordinance
1/30/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 806 - Engler - Requires all government buildings to fly the U.S. and Missouri flags at half-staff when any Missouri resident is killed in combat
1/30/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee (3487S.05C)

SB 809 - Stouffer - Imposes various billboard standards to billboards adjacent to Interstate 70 and Interstate 44 during period of interstate construction
1/30/2008 -- Hearing Cancelled S Transportation Committee

SB 814 - Wilson - Decreases acreage requirements for eligibility under the Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit Act
1/30/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 820 - Rupp - Allows a county, after meeting the required assessed valuation, to become a second class county upon a vote of the governing body to change classifications
1/30/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 822 - Shoemyer - Allows cities, towns, villages and counties to impose a property tax to fund cemetery maintenance
1/30/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 830 - Coleman - Limits the tuition that may be charged by a higher education institution to certain combat veterans
1/30/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee (3061S.02C)

SB 833 - Bartle - Allows school districts to pay stipends to math and science teachers and allows licensing of teachers with a math or science degree
1/30/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 841 - Stouffer - Modifies law with respect to certain motor vehicle weight regulations
1/30/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee

SB 845 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions
1/30/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 856 - Engler - Creates the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal specialized license plate and exempts permanent nonexpiring license plates from reissuance program
1/30/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee

SB 872 - Stouffer - Provides that certain billboards erected prior to August 28, 2002, but which fail to comply with new legal standards on that date shall be considered as legal conforming out of standard signs under Missouri law
1/30/2008 -- Hearing Cancelled S Transportation Committee

SB 881 - Green - Establishes the drunk driving memorial sign program
1/30/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 890 - Green - Prohibits commercial inserts or other forms of advertising from accompanying motor vehicle registration notices
1/30/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 911 - Engler - Modifies the number of school days to be made up due to inclement weather
1/30/2008 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Education 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
1/30/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee (4385S.05C)

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
1/30/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation 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
1/30/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 949 - Scott - Modifies provisions of law relating to rural empowerment zones
1/30/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 955 - Shields - Allows motor vehicle owners to receive refunds for unused registration fees under certain conditions
1/30/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee

SB 978 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions relating to boards overseeing emergency services
1/30/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 980 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions regarding supplemental and disability retirement benefits for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees
1/30/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 994 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to compensation for education personnel
1/30/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 997 - Crowell - Removes certain limitations from investments made by boards of trustees of police and firemen's retirement systems
1/30/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1024 - Scott - Modifies provisions relating to liability for tort claims against the state, state entities, and state employees
1/30/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1025 - Scott - Modifies laws regarding the right to control the final disposition of a dead human body
1/30/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1026 - Scott - Designates a portion of State Highway 13 as the "Rick Seiner Memorial Highway"
1/30/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 1027 - Smith - Modifies enrollment provisions for charter schools whose mission includes drop-out prevention or recovery
1/30/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 1028 - Justus - Requires reporting of taxpayer information regarding the utilization of state tax credits
1/30/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1029 - Rupp - Establishes the Market Conduct Surveillance Act
1/30/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 1030 - Rupp - Repeals certain provisions dealing with employee health and welfare
1/30/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 1031 - Koster - Increases the penalty for parental kidnapping when the child is taken for certain periods of time
1/30/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1032 - Dempsey - Modifies provisions relating to dangerous animal registration
1/30/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 1033 - Griesheimer - Prohibits water or sewer line easements from being considered transfers of title of real property to counties and other political subdivisions
1/30/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1034 - Mayer - Modifies record-keeping requirements for purchasers of scrap metal and creates penalties for unlawful purchases of certain scrap metals
1/30/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1035 - Scott - Limits civil actions against motor vehicle dealers for unlawful merchandising practices to only motor vehicle dealers directly involved in the retail transaction
1/30/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1036 - Coleman - Creates an educational grant for children and spouses of veterans who are killed in combat
1/30/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1037 - Shields - Modifies recalculation of the state adequacy target amount under the elementary and secondary education school funding formula
1/30/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 1038 - Shields - Repeals campaign contribution limits and modifies reporting requirements
1/30/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1045 - Dempsey - WITHDRAWN
1/30/2008 -- Bill Withdrawn

SB 1048 - Kennedy - Modifies the law regarding trademark application and registration
1/30/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1048-Kennedy

SB 1049 - Kennedy - Expands sales tax exemption purchases of tangible personal property used in the repair and maintenance of aircraft
1/30/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1049-Kennedy

SB 1050 - Crowell - Establishes the Asbestos and Silica Claims Priorities Act
1/30/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1050-Crowell

SB 1051 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to the review of long-term care facility projects under the certificate of need program
1/30/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1051-Crowell

SB 1052 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to the allocation and use of gaming revenues
1/30/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1052-Rupp

SB 1053 - Dempsey - Imposes additional penalties for intoxication-related traffic offenses
1/30/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1053-Dempsey

SB 1054 - Dempsey - Modifies provisions relating to juvenile courts and juvenile court jurisdiction
1/30/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1054-Dempsey

SB 1055 - Goodman - Reinstates the Motorist Insurance Identification Database program which expired on June 30, 2007
1/30/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1055-Goodman

SB 1056 - Justus - Modifies the membership on the Missouri Housing Development Commission
1/30/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1056-Justus and Bray

SB 1057 - Scott - Modifies procedure for forming transportation development districts within multiple counties
1/30/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1057-Scott

SB 1058 - Mayer - Enacts provisions regarding the coercion of abortions
1/30/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1058-Mayer

SCR 29 - Mayer - Requests the U.S. Department of Agriculture to add June 1st and September 1st as additional rice reporting dates on the Agricultural Statistics Board calendar
1/30/2008 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

SJR 29 - Loudon - Requires the official dating standard in the state to be A.D., or Anno Domini, and B.C., or Before Christ
1/30/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

HB 2021 - Icet - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes for the Department of Conservation
1/30/2008 -- Signed by Governor

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