Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 3/4/2008


SB 712 - Gibbons - Allows consumers to place security freezes on their credit reports and creates requirements for merchandise rebates
3/4/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 714 - Loudon - Modifies various provisions relating to sexual offenses
3/4/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 716 - Loudon - Requires the official dating standard in the state to be A.D., or Anno Domini, and B.C., or Before Christ
3/4/2008 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor

SB 717 - Kennedy - Increases the amount of tax credits available for taxpayers who modify their home for disabled persons residing with such taxpayers
3/4/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 729 - Griesheimer - Creates the Missouri County Planning Act
3/4/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 749 - Ridgeway - Creates various tax incentives for certain energy uses
3/4/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 756 - Engler - Changes the name of the Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities to the Division of Developmental Disabilities
3/4/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
3/4/2008 -- Taken up for Perfection
3/4/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 764 - Wilson - Modifies the eligibility requirements for food stamp assistance
3/4/2008 -- SA 1 S offered (Purgason)--(3495S01.01S)
3/4/2008 -- SA 1 to SA 1 S offered & adopted (Goodman)--(3495S01.02S)
3/4/2008 -- SA 1, as amended, S adopted
3/4/2008 -- SA 2 S offered (Purgason)--(3495S01.03S)
3/4/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 767 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to the public defender system and the number of judges in various circuits
3/4/2008 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 768 - Rupp - Creates the Missouri Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Office of Autism Services
3/4/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 776 - Justus - Modifies provisions on child care subsidies
3/4/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 809 - Stouffer - Imposes various billboard standards to billboards adjacent to Interstate 70 and Interstate 44 during period of interstate construction
3/4/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 811 - Stouffer - Creates a tax credit for the use of idle reduction technology
3/4/2008 -- Reported from S Ways & Means Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 815 - Goodman - Creates the Farm Mentoring and Education Authority to administer agricultural education programs to incubate new farms
3/4/2008 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee to Floor

SB 818 - Rupp - Modifies various provisions relating to stalking and harassment
3/4/2008 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 822 - Shoemyer - Allows cities, towns, villages and counties to impose a property tax to fund cemetery maintenance
3/4/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 843 - Wilson - Creates a trust fund and commission for youth smoking prevention
3/4/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

SB 846 - Rupp - Modifies the A+ Schools Program and the Kids' Chance Scholarship Program
3/4/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 865 - Rupp - Prohibits life insurers from taking underwriting actions or charging different rates based upon a person's past or future lawful travel destinations unless such action is based upon sound actuarial principles
3/4/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

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
3/4/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 898 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs
3/4/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 909 - Engler - Modifies requirements pertaining to petition circulators
3/4/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 915 - Ridgeway - Authorizes peer review committees for certain emergency medical services
3/4/2008 -- Reported from S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee to Floor

SB 916 - Goodman - Requires hospitals to report adverse health events to a patient safety organization for review
3/4/2008 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Health and Mental Health Committee

SB 930 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles
3/4/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 946 - Dempsey - Creates the Tobacco Use Prevention, Cessation and Enforcement fund to fund a comprehensive tobacco control program
3/4/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee (4386S.02C)

SB 957 - Goodman - Repeals the requirement that rental and leasing facilities provide personal property lists for certain property
3/4/2008 -- Reported from S Ways & Means Committee to Floor

SB 966 - Dempsey - Provides additional workers' compensation benefits for public safety workers killed in the line of duty
3/4/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 982 - Purgason - Modifies laws relating to dogs
3/4/2008 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 990 - Champion - Allowing nursing home residents under MO HealthNet to retain fifty dollars per month discretionary spending
3/4/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee
3/4/2008 -- Reported from S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee to Floor

SB 993 - Crowell - Creates the Missouri Special Needs Scholarship Tax Credit Program
3/4/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 996 - Crowell - Allows certain health insurance pool members to transfer any current or unused accumulated credits or offsets to their affiliates.
3/4/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1000 - Justus - Establishes educational rights for foster care students and requires a full school day of education for certain children
3/4/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

SB 1007 - Loudon - Modifies minimum wage and overtime laws
3/4/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1034 - Mayer - Modifies record-keeping requirements for purchasers of scrap metal and creates penalties for unlawful purchases of certain scrap metals
3/4/2008 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered (Shoemyer)--(4360S08.04S)
3/4/2008 -- SSA 1 for SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Mayer)--(4360S08.03S)
3/4/2008 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
3/4/2008 -- Perfected

SB 1040 - Clemens - Modifies requirements relating to the issuance of grants and loans by the Department of Natural Resources for storm water control
3/4/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee (4435S.04C)

SB 1059 - Engler - Creates civil and criminal penalties for mortgage fraud and imposes sanctions upon certain licensed professionals and unlicensed individuals who commit the crime
3/4/2008 -- Reported from S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 1077 - Goodman - Modifies law that limit indemnity agreements in construction work contracts
3/4/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 1093 - Loudon - Creates licensure requirements for electrical contractors
3/4/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee
3/4/2008 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee to Floor

SB 1103 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions regarding the Family Care Safety Registry
3/4/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee
3/4/2008 -- Reported from S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee to Floor

SB 1110 - Clemens - Prevents the disclosure of unemployment records
3/4/2008 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCA #1 S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee (4942S.01.01S)

SB 1112 - Clemens - Modifies provisions relating to unemployment compensation
3/4/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 1127 - Rupp - Establishes the Office of Autism Services
3/4/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

SB 1138 - McKenna - Requires Occupational Safety and Health Administration training for employees on public works projects
3/4/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 1164 - Loudon - Modifies workers' compensation payments to dependents
3/4/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 1166 - Dempsey - Provides for cost of living increases for Department of Mental Health contracted community providers
3/4/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Health and Mental Health Committee

SB 1168 - Dempsey - Revises the formula for computing a refund for credit insurance
3/4/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 1183 - Bray - Modifies the membership on the Missouri Housing Development Commission
3/4/2008 -- Re-referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 1234 - Shields - Modifies provisions of the enhanced enterprise tax benefit program
3/4/2008 -- Re-referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1241 - Nodler - Modifies workers' compensation payments to dependents
3/4/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations 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
3/4/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SJR 45 - Clemens - Modifies requirements relating to the issuance of grants and loans by the Department of Natural Resources for storm water control
3/4/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

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
3/4/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee - Consent

HB 1371 - Wilson - Authorizes the designation of rural empowerment zones in any county with eighteen thousand residents or less
3/4/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1371-Wilson (119), et al

HB 1406 - Deeken - Establishes the drunk driving memorial sign program
3/4/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

HB 1575 - Jones - Designates a portion of State Highway 87 in Moniteau County as the "Lance Corporal Leon B. Deraps Memorial Highway"
3/4/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee - Consent

HB 1595 - Swinger - Creates a tax credit for the construction of storm shelters
3/4/2008 -- S First Read--HCS for HBs 1595 & 1668

HB 1678 - Day - Modifies various laws relating to members of the military and their families
3/4/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1678-Day, et al

HB 2014 - Icet - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes for several departments, offices of state government,for purchase of equipment,payment of various claims for refunds,for persons,firms,and corporations
3/4/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 2020 - Icet - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes for the several departments and offices of state government,for the purchase of equipment,planning,expenses for the fiscal period ending 5-30-2008
3/4/2008 -- Signed by House Speaker
3/4/2008 -- Signed by Senate President
3/4/2008 -- Delivered to Governor

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