Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 4/1/2008

SB 738 - Nodler - Modifies penalties for persistent violations of air or water pollution laws, prohibits certain county solid waste laws, and requires energy efficiency disclosures for new home sales
4/1/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee (3345S.03C)

SB 753 - Mayer - Designates certain stretches of highway after law enforcement or military personnel
4/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Transportation Committee
4/1/2008 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Transportation Committee - Consent
4/1/2008 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Transportation Committee - Consent
4/1/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 759 - Stouffer - Requires all diesel fuel sold at retail in Missouri after a certain date to be a biodiesel-blended fuel
4/1/2008 -- Referred H 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
4/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Transportation Committee
4/1/2008 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Transportation Committee - Consent
4/1/2008 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Transportation Committee - Consent
4/1/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 764 - Wilson - Modifies the eligibility requirements for food stamp assistance
4/1/2008 -- SA 2 S withdrawn
4/1/2008 -- Defeated on Perfection Vote

SB 789 - Griesheimer - Requires insurance companies to provide coverage for computerized prosthetic devices
4/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 790 - Champion - Creates a "Crime Laboratory Review Commission" to independently review the operations of crime laboratories in the state of Missouri that receive state-administered funding
4/1/2008 -- H First Read

SB 797 - Bray - Modifies the laws relating to elections
4/1/2008 -- H First Read

SB 801 - Ridgeway - Increases the maximum amount of compensation which the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners may pay officers
4/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on General Laws Committee
4/1/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on General Laws Committee - Consent

SB 805 - Mayer - Modifies the definition of the term "agricultural and horticultural property" for property tax purposes
4/1/2008 -- H First Read

SB 830 - Coleman - Limits the tuition that may be charged by a higher education institution to certain combat veterans
4/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Veterans Committee
4/1/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Veterans Committee

SB 838 - Engler - Allows fuel ethanol produced from qualified biomass to be eligible for certain fuel ethanol production subsidies
4/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 841 - Stouffer - Modifies law with respect to certain motor vehicle weight regulations
4/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Transportation Committee
4/1/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Transportation Committee - Consent
4/1/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Transportation Committee - Consent
4/1/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 846 - Rupp - Modifies the A+ Schools Program and the Kids' Chance Scholarship Program
4/1/2008 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Graham)--(3520S02.07S)
4/1/2008 -- SA 2 to SCS S offered (Graham)--(3520S02.08S)
4/1/2008 -- SSA 1 for SA 2 to SCS S offered & withdrawn (Rupp)--(3520S02.01F)
4/1/2008 -- SA 2 to SCS S withdrawn
4/1/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 858 - Rupp - Modifies the law relating to illegal immigrants
4/1/2008 -- SS for SCS S offered (Rupp)--(3595S.09F)
4/1/2008 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Green)--(3595S09.03S)
4/1/2008 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Koster)--(3595S09.11S)
4/1/2008 -- SA 3 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Smith)--(3595S09.07S)
4/1/2008 -- SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
4/1/2008 -- Perfected
4/1/2008 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee
4/1/2008 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 863 - Rupp - Allows married taxpayers filing joint returns to deduct a portion of contributions to the Missouri Higher Education Savings Program from income and provides similar tax treatment for other qualified tuition savings programs
4/1/2008 -- H First Read

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
4/1/2008 -- SCS S adopted
4/1/2008 -- Perfected
4/1/2008 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 877 - Mayer - Establishes the Missouri Catastrophe Fund to help protect property and casualty insurers against insolvencies caused by earthquakes
4/1/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 918 - Goodman - Prohibits certain requirements for immunosuppresive drugs under the MO HealthNet Program without the consent of the physician and patient
4/1/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee (4181S.03C)

SB 930 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles
4/1/2008 -- SCS S adopted
4/1/2008 -- Perfected
4/1/2008 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee
4/1/2008 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight 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
4/1/2008 -- Hearing Scheduled H Transportation Committee--Bill NOT Heard

SB 956 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions relating to public water supply districts
4/1/2008 -- H First Read

SB 958 - Goodman - Allows rural electric cooperatives to manage vegetation within specified areas to ensure reliable service
4/1/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on Utilities Committee

SB 967 - Mayer - Allows Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority to originate federally guaranteed student loans under certain conditions.
4/1/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted
4/1/2008 -- H First Read (w/EC)

SB 970 - Scott - Amends requirements for filing financial interest statements
4/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Elections Committee
4/1/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Elections Committee

SB 978 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions relating to boards overseeing emergency services
4/1/2008 -- Hearing Scheduled H Elections Committee--Bill NOT Heard

SB 979 - Vogel - Terminates eligibility for surviving spouse of public safety officer income tax credit upon remarriage
4/1/2008 -- H First Read

SB 980 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions regarding supplemental and disability retirement benefits for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees
4/1/2008 -- H First Read

SB 1000 - Justus - Establishes educational rights for foster care students and requires a full school day of education for certain children
4/1/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1007 - Loudon - Modifies minimum wage and overtime laws
4/1/2008 -- SA 1 S offered & defeated (Loudon)--(4119S01.01S)
4/1/2008 -- SA 2 S offered (Green)--(4119S01.06S)
4/1/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1016 - Mayer - Provides that a portion of the tort victims' compensation fund shall be transferred to the basic civil legal services fund
4/1/2008 -- H First Read

SB 1021 - Loudon - Changes the laws regarding midwives and the practice of midwifery
4/1/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1033 - Griesheimer - Prohibits water or sewer line easements from being considered transfers of title of real property to counties and other political subdivisions
4/1/2008 -- H First Read

SB 1040 - Clemens - Modifies requirements relating to the issuance of grants and loans by the Department of Natural Resources for storm water control
4/1/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1044 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions regarding minimum ambulance staffing for ambulances staffed with volunteers
4/1/2008 -- H First Read

SB 1052 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to the allocation and use of gaming revenues
4/1/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1054 - Dempsey - Modifies provisions relating to juvenile courts and juvenile court jurisdiction
4/1/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1067 - Ridgeway - Exempts persons 21 years of age or older from wearing protective headgear except when operating or riding motorcycles upon interstate highways
4/1/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1073 - Dempsey - Creates a state and local sales and use tax exemption for defense articles sold to foreign governments
4/1/2008 -- H First Read

SB 1081 - Nodler - Modifies provisions regarding quality assurance and safety in the Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Community Programs
4/1/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1089 - Justus - Allows the City of Grandview to impose a transient guest tax
4/1/2008 -- H First Read

SB 1094 - Loudon - Prescribes requirements for the interchange of anti-epileptic drugs
4/1/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1099 - Graham - Designates a portion of Missouri Route WW in Boone County as "Carl Edwards Drive"
4/1/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1106 - Scott - Modifies provisions relating to child abuse investigations
4/1/2008 -- Hearing Cancelled S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

SB 1107 - Scott - Modifies various provisions relating to the Water Patrol and watercraft regulations
4/1/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
4/1/2008 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Engler)--(4840S06.06S)
4/1/2008 -- SA 2 to SCS S offered (Shields)--(4848S06.01S)
4/1/2008 -- SA 1 to SA 2 to SCS S offered & adopted (Bartle)--(4848S06.10S)
4/1/2008 -- SA 2 to SCS, as amended, S adopted
4/1/2008 -- SA 3 to SCS S offered & adopted (Purgason)--(4840S06.09S)
4/1/2008 -- SA 4 to SCS S offered & defeated (Green)--(4840S06.12S)
4/1/2008 -- SA 5 to SCS S offered & adopted (Loudon)--(4840S06.11S)
4/1/2008 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
4/1/2008 -- Perfected

SB 1122 - Ridgeway - Mandates insurance coverage for the treatment of autism and requires the offering of group insurance coverage for prosthetic devices
4/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 1131 - Wilson - Excludes tax revenues, derived from certain transportation sales taxes imposed by the City of Kansas City, from tax increment finance economic activity taxes used to pay redevelopment costs
4/1/2008 -- H First Read

SB 1135 - Callahan - Changes the law regarding street grading in cities with over 300,000 inhabitants
4/1/2008 -- H First Read

SB 1138 - McKenna - Requires Occupational Safety and Health Administration training for employees on public works projects
4/1/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1140 - Vogel - Modifies the law relating to the Office of Administration
4/1/2008 -- H First Read (w/EC)

SB 1141 - Vogel - Modifies provisions governing the transition periods for statewide elected officials
4/1/2008 -- H First Read

SB 1149 - Engler - Creates a procedure for when there is a lack of candidates for a fire protection district board of directors election
4/1/2008 -- H First Read

SB 1151 - Barnitz - Restricts corporate name reservation
4/1/2008 -- H First Read

SB 1164 - Loudon - Modifies workers' compensation payments to dependents
4/1/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 1169 - Champion - Establishes a school-based influenza vaccination pilot program
4/1/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee (5189S.03C)

SB 1173 - Stouffer - Provides for transfer of long-term care beds to certain new health care facilities
4/1/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee (5217S.03C)

SB 1175 - Goodman - Modifies various provisions of law relating to the Missouri Housing Development Commission
4/1/2008 -- H First Read

SB 1177 - Barnitz - Designates licensed professional counselors as mental health professionals in certain circumstances
4/1/2008 -- H First Read

SB 1178 - Barnitz - Modifies property posting provisions
4/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee
4/1/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 1187 - Purgason - Removes the ninety-nine member cap on the Water Patrol membership
4/1/2008 -- H First Read

SB 1188 - Shields - Modifies provisions of the qualified research expense tax credit program
4/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee
4/1/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1190 - Nodler - Authorizes the division of professional registration to reduce licensure fees by emergency rule under certain circumstances
4/1/2008 -- H First Read

SB 1205 - Goodman - Creates a sales and use tax exemption for utilities, machinery and equipment purchased by certain businesses
4/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1220 - Lager - Modifies provisions of various state tax credit programs
4/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1234 - Shields - Modifies provisions of the enhanced enterprise tax benefit program
4/1/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1258 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to protections for senior citizens, disabled persons, and children
4/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

SB 1275 - Vogel - Allows the Director of Revenue to require certain tax returns be filed electronically
4/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1283 - Dempsey - Creates the Missouri Health Transformation Act
4/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Health and Mental Health Committee

SB 1288 - Shields - Modifies lobbyist reporting requirements
4/1/2008 -- H First Read

SJR 45 - Clemens - Modifies requirements relating to the issuance of grants and loans by the Department of Natural Resources for storm water control
4/1/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 1619 - Jones - Modifies provisions relating to drug monitoring
4/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

HB 1628 - Cooper - Exempts historical vehicles powered by liquid petroleum or natural gas from the alternative fuel decal requirement and tax
4/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

HB 1661 - LeVota - Requires property taxes paid by certain nonresident taxpayers to be added-back to adjusted gross income
4/1/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee

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
4/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

HB 2007 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses and distributions of the Departments of Economic Development; Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration; and Labor and Industrial
4/1/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 2008 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Public Safety
4/1/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 2009 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Corrections
4/1/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 2010 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Mental Health, Board of Public Buildings, and Department of Health and Senior Services
4/1/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 2011 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, and distributions of the Department of Social Services
4/1/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 2012 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of statewide elected officials, the Judiciary, Office of the State Public Defender, and General Assembly
4/1/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 2013 - Icet - Appropriates money for real property leases and related services
4/1/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

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
4/1/2008 -- H refuses to adopt SCS
4/1/2008 -- H requests S recede or grant conference
4/1/2008 -- S refuses to recede and grants conference
4/1/2008 -- H conferees appointed: Icet, Robb, Stevenson, Storch, Curls
4/1/2008 -- S conferees appointed: Nodler, Mayer, Purgason, Bray, Green

HJR 43 - Portwood - Requires rollbacks of current levies due to increases in assessed value
4/1/2008 -- S First Read--HCS for HJR 43
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