Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 2/20/2008

SB 718 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions of certain tax credit programs administered by the Department of Economic Development
2/20/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
2/20/2008 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor

SB 724 - Scott - Gives advanced practice registered nurses prescriptive authority for scheduled drugs
2/20/2008 -- H First Read

SB 728 - Shields - Designates a portion of U.S. Highway 169 as the "Deputy Charles M. Cook Memorial Highway"
2/20/2008 -- Bill Combined w/SCS/SBs 753, 728, 906 & 1026

SB 729 - Griesheimer - Creates the Missouri County Planning Act
2/20/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee (3235S.03C)

SB 753 - Mayer - Designates certain stretches of highway after law enforcement or military personnel
2/20/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass w/SCS/SBs 753, 728, 906, & 1026 S Transportation Committee-Consent (3323S.06C)

SB 762 - Wilson - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
2/20/2008 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 770 - Rupp - Creates the Missouri Scholarship for Students with Developmental Disabilities Program
2/20/2008 -- Bill Combined w/(SCS/SBs 993 & 770)

SB 801 - Ridgeway - Increases the maximum amount of compensation which the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners may pay officers
2/20/2008 -- H First Read

SB 809 - Stouffer - Imposes various billboard standards to billboards adjacent to Interstate 70 and Interstate 44 during period of interstate construction
2/20/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee (3492S.02C)

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
2/20/2008 -- H First Read

SB 841 - Stouffer - Modifies law with respect to certain motor vehicle weight regulations
2/20/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent

SB 845 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions
2/20/2008 -- H First Read

SB 846 - Rupp - Modifies the A+ Schools Program and the Kids' Chance Scholarship Program
2/20/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee (3520S.02C)

SB 856 - Engler - Creates the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal specialized license plate and exempts permanent nonexpiring license plates from reissuance program
2/20/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent

SB 870 - Loudon - Modifies a provision of law relating to the practice of midwifery
2/20/2008 -- Bill Combined w/(SCS/SBs 1021 & 870)

SB 873 - Graham - Provides for a voting student curator on the University of Missouri board of curators if Missouri loses a congressional district based on the 2010 census
2/20/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee (3851S.04C)

SB 881 - Green - Establishes the drunk driving memorial sign program
2/20/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee

SB 884 - Graham - Modifies Missouri's seat belt law by making it applicable to all passengers and allows for primary enforcement
2/20/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 885 - Graham - Modifies provisions relating to the Community Children's Services Fund
2/20/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 886 - Justus - Allows any municipality to adopt ordinances, orders, or regulations to control dangerous dogs, provided that no such ordinances, orders, or regulations are specific to breed
2/20/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 896 - Stouffer - Modifies the methods in which certain special road districts may form, expand or dissolve within fourth class counties
2/20/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee - Consent

SB 906 - Vogel - Designates a portion of state highway 87 in Moniteau County as the "Lance Corporal Leon B. Deraps Memorial Highway"
2/20/2008 -- Bill Combined w/SCS/SBs 753, 728, 906, & 1026

SB 907 - Engler - Modifies provisions pertaining to motor fuel storage tanks and equipment
2/20/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 919 - Rupp - Assesses fee on shippers that transport radioactive waste within Missouri
2/20/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee

SB 931 - Purgason - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs
2/20/2008 -- H First Read

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
2/20/2008 -- H First Read

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
2/20/2008 -- Committee Vote Reconsidered
2/20/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent

SB 942 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs
2/20/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee - Consent (3956S.04C)

SB 943 - Clemens - Allows cities to annex land within airport zones in Greene County if cities agree to enforce Springfield's airport zoning ordinance
2/20/2008 -- H First Read

SB 955 - Shields - Allows motor vehicle owners to receive refunds for unused registration fees under certain conditions
2/20/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent

SB 958 - Goodman - Allows rural electric cooperatives to manage vegetation within specified areas to ensure reliable service
2/20/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 967 - Mayer - Allows Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority to originate federally guaranteed student loans under certain conditions.
2/20/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 984 - Shoemyer - Modifies provisions of the Bright Flight Scholarship Program
2/20/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 991 - Loudon - Establishes the ice cream cone as the official state dessert
2/20/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee - Consent

SB 993 - Crowell - Creates the Missouri Special Needs Scholarship Tax Credit Program
2/20/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass (w/SCS/SBs 993 & 770) S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee (4227S.03C)

SB 995 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to liability for school employees and volunteers
2/20/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 1012 - Wilson - Establishes the Duty Free Zone Act
2/20/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1021 - Loudon - Changes the laws regarding midwives and the practice of midwifery
2/20/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass (w/SCS/SBs 1021 & 870) S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee (4656S.05C)

SB 1026 - Scott - Designates a portion of State Highway 13 as the "Rick Seiner Memorial Highway"
2/20/2008 -- Bill Combined w/SCS/SBs 753, 728, 906 & 1026

SB 1038 - Shields - Repeals campaign contribution limits and modifies reporting requirements
2/20/2008 -- SA 1 S offered & defeated (Smith)--(4464S01.07S)
2/20/2008 -- SA 2 S offered & defeated (Days)--(4464S01.01F)
2/20/2008 -- SA 3 S offered & defeated (Graham)--(4464S01.10S)
2/20/2008 -- SA 4 S offered (Barnitz)--(4464S01.02F)
2/20/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
2/20/2008 -- SA 1 to SA 4 S offered & defeated (Barnitz)--(4464S01.03F)
2/20/2008 -- SA 4 S defeated
2/20/2008 -- SA 5 S offered (Graham)--(4464S01.17S)
2/20/2008 -- SA 1 to SA 5 S offered & defeated (Smith)--(4464S01.23S)
2/20/2008 -- SA 5 S defeated
2/20/2008 -- SA 6 S offered & defeated (Shoemyer)--(4464S01.22S)
2/20/2008 -- SA 7 S offered & defeated (Smith)--(4464S01.24S)
2/20/2008 -- SA 8 S offered & adopted (Green)--(4464S01.26S)
2/20/2008 -- SA 9 S offered & defeated (Green)--(4464S01.27S)
2/20/2008 -- SA 10 S offered & adopted (Graham)--(4464S01.20S)
2/20/2008 -- SA 11 S offered & defeated (Coleman)--(4464S01.25S)
2/20/2008 -- Perfected, as amended
2/20/2008 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 1039 - Clemens - Modifies minimum volunteer ambulance staffing requirements and requires Christian County to appoint an emergency services board upon voter approval of a county sales tax for central dispatching of emergency services
2/20/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee - Consent (4804S.02C)

SB 1042 - McKenna - Modifies provisions relating to teacher and school employee retirement systems
2/20/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1044 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions regarding minimum ambulance staffing for ambulances staffed with volunteers
2/20/2008 -- Hearing Cancelled S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1046 - Mayer - Codifies the employment-at-will doctrine
2/20/2008 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1067 - Ridgeway - Exempts persons 21 years of age or older from wearing protective headgear except when operating or riding motorcycles upon interstate highways
2/20/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee

SB 1070 - Kennedy - Allows the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners to develop a physical strength test for police officers
2/20/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1099 - Graham - Designates a portion of Missouri Route WW in Boone County as "Carl Edwards Drive"
2/20/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 1145 - Scott - Allows counties without a charter form of government to adopt certain noise ordinances
2/20/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1146 - Clemens - Creates a property tax credit for certain expenses incurred by freight line companies
2/20/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1147 - Koster - Modifies the law on the establishment of paternity
2/20/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1148 - Koster - Requires automobile insurers to provide premium discounts for installing anti-theft mechanisms
2/20/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1149 - Engler - Creates a procedure for when there is a lack of candidates for a fire protection district board of directors election
2/20/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1150 - Barnitz - Extends the sunset provisions for fees to be credited to the technology trust fund
2/20/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1151 - Barnitz - Restricts corporate name reservation
2/20/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 1152 - Crowell - Creates the Minimum Salary Fund for Teachers to provide minimum salary supplements to public school teachers
2/20/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 1153 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to several public employee retirement systems
2/20/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1154 - Crowell - Allows teacher and school retirement systems to indemnify and protect trustees and employees
2/20/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1155 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to the investment of funds for teacher and school employee retirement systems
2/20/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1156 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to teacher and school employee retirement systems
2/20/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1157 - Green - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property located in St. Louis County
2/20/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1158 - Mayer - Creates the Professional Relationships Between Teachers and School Districts Act
2/20/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 1159 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions relating to forensic examinations of sexual offense victims
2/20/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1160 - Lager - Authorizes the Public Service Commission to assess a penalty up to $25,000 for violating any order relating to federal natural gas safety standards
2/20/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 1161 - Lager - Provides low interest loans for alternative energy generation
2/20/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 1162 - Clemens - Licenses clinical laboratory science personnel
2/20/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1162-Clemens

SB 1163 - Rupp - Modifies the school bus endorsement criminal background check procedure
2/20/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1163-Rupp

SB 1164 - Loudon - Modifies workers' compensation payments to dependents
2/20/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1164-Loudon

SB 1165 - Crowell - Provides that certain persons may not be required to disclose news sources or information
2/20/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1165-Crowell

SB 1166 - Dempsey - Provides for cost of living increases for Department of Mental Health contracted community providers
2/20/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1166-Dempsey

SB 1167 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions of law relating to members of the military and their families
2/20/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1167-Stouffer

SCR 31 - Barnitz - Expresses support for the Chamois ferryboat project and urges various agencies to assist in securing moneys for the location and construction of the ferryboat
2/20/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

SCR 32 - Purgason - Urges Congress to withdraw the United States from any further participation in the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America and any other multilateral activity which seeks to advance the creation of North America Union
2/20/2008 -- S Offered--SCR 32-Purgason

SJR 46 - Purgason - Increases term limits for members of the General Assembly from eight years to twelve years in each house
2/20/2008 -- S First Read--SJR 46-Purgason

SJR 47 - Wilson - Authorizes the creation of tax free zones
2/20/2008 -- S First Read--SJR 47-Wilson and Coleman

HB 1305 - Day - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
2/20/2008 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1305

HB 1320 - Brown - Allows community improvement districts, which are political subdivisions, to sponsor and operate a polytechnic institute for science and technology within the city or county that authorized the district
2/20/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1320-Brown (50)

HB 1354 - Wilson - Exempts self-propelled sprayers that are used for spraying chemicals or spreading fertilizer from complying with titling, registration and license plate display laws
2/20/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1354-Wilson (119), et al

HB 1575 - Jones - Designates a portion of State Highway 87 in Moniteau County as the "Lance Corporal Leon B. Deraps Memorial Highway"
2/20/2008 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1575

HB 1628 - Cooper - Exempts historical vehicles powered by liquid petroleum or natural gas from the alternative fuel decal requirement and tax
2/20/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1628-Cooper (120)

HB 1656 - Nance - Modifies provisions regarding long-term care facilities
2/20/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1656-Nance and Cooper (120)

HB 1670 - Cooper - Removes the requirement for certification by the Department of Natural Resources before a sales and use tax exemption applies to the purchase or lease of certain items used to monitor water and air pollution
2/20/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1670-Cooper (120)

HB 2019 - Icet - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes for the University of Missouri, for the purchase of equipment, planning, expenses for capital improvements, from funds designated for perion ending 5-30-08
2/20/2008 -- Signed by House Speaker
2/20/2008 -- Signed by Senate President
2/20/2008 -- Delivered to Governor

HCR 4 - Wright - 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
2/20/2008 -- Reported to the Senate
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