Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 4/15/2008


SB 711 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions regarding property taxation
4/15/2008 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Ways & Means Committee
4/15/2008 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Ways & Means Committee
4/15/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 761 - Stouffer - Modifies various laws relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles
4/15/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Transportation Committee

SB 789 - Griesheimer - Requires insurance companies to provide coverage for computerized prosthetic devices
4/15/2008 -- Bill Combined w/(SCS/SBs 1122 & 789)

SB 797 - Bray - Modifies the laws relating to elections
4/15/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
4/15/2008 -- Rules - Voted Do Pass - Consent
4/15/2008 -- Rules - Reported Do Pass - Consent

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
4/15/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
4/15/2008 -- Rules - Voted Do Pass
4/15/2008 -- Rules - Reported Do Pass

SB 838 - Engler - Allows fuel ethanol produced from qualified biomass to be eligible for certain fuel ethanol production subsidies
4/15/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee (3289S.02C)

SB 850 - Justus - Requires the board of optometry to give notice of its meetings
4/15/2008 -- Rules Voted Do Pass - Consent
4/15/2008 -- Rules - Reported Do Pass - Consent

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
4/15/2008 -- Referred H Higher Education Committee

SB 930 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles
4/15/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Transportation Committee

SB 931 - Purgason - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs
4/15/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Agri-Business Committee

SB 939 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to levee and drainage districts
4/15/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on General Laws Committee
4/15/2008 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on General Laws Committee

SB 958 - Goodman - Allows rural electric cooperatives to manage vegetation within specified areas to ensure reliable service
4/15/2008 -- Rules - Voted Do Pass w/HCS
4/15/2008 -- Rules - Reported Do Pass w/HCS

SB 978 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions relating to boards overseeing emergency services
4/15/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
4/15/2008 -- Rules - Voted Do Pass - Consent
4/15/2008 -- Rules - Reported Do Pass - Consent

SB 1016 - Mayer - Provides that a portion of the tort victims' compensation fund shall be transferred to the basic civil legal services fund
4/15/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
4/15/2008 -- Rules - Voted Do Pass - Consent
4/15/2008 -- Rules - Reported Do Pass - Consent

SB 1033 - Griesheimer - Prohibits water or sewer line easements from being considered transfers of title of real property to counties and other political subdivisions
4/15/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
4/15/2008 -- Rules - Voted Do Pass - Consent
4/15/2008 -- Rules - Reported Do Pass - Consent

SB 1038 - Shields - Repeals campaign contribution limits and modifies reporting requirements
4/15/2008 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Elections Committee

SB 1068 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to pharmacies and pharmacists
4/15/2008 -- Rules - Heairng Conducted
4/15/2008 -- Rules - Voted Do Pass
4/15/2008 -- Rules - Reported Do Pass

SB 1074 - Dempsey - Modifies liens for certain design professionals
4/15/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
4/15/2008 -- Rules - Voted Do Pass w/HCS
4/15/2008 -- Rules - Reported Do Pass w/HCS

SB 1081 - Nodler - Modifies provisions regarding quality assurance and safety in the Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Community Programs
4/15/2008 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 1105 - Coleman - Creates an income tax check-off for contributions to the breast cancer awareness trust fund
4/15/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Tax Reform Committee
4/15/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Tax Reform Committee
4/15/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on Tax Reform Committee
4/15/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 1116 - Days - Authorizes the issuance of an additional $40 million in bonds for certain water-related grants and loans
4/15/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Energy and Environment Committee

SB 1122 - Ridgeway - Mandates insurance coverage for the treatment of autism and requires the offering of group insurance coverage for prosthetic devices
4/15/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass (w/SCS/SBs 1122 & 789) S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee (5022S.02C)

SB 1139 - Dempsey - Revises the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
4/15/2008 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 1175 - Goodman - Modifies various provisions of law relating to the Missouri Housing Development Commission
4/15/2008 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on Government Affairs Committee
4/15/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 1234 - Shields - Modifies provisions of the enhanced enterprise tax benefit program
4/15/2008 -- SS for SCS S withdrawn
4/15/2008 -- SS#2 for SCS S offered (Shields)--(5349S.08F)
4/15/2008 -- SA 1 to SS#2 for SCS S offered (Callahan)--(5349S08.01F)
4/15/2008 -- SSA 1 for SA 1 to SS#2 for SCS S offered (Callahan)--(5349S08.02F)
4/15/2008 -- SA 1 to SSA 1 for SA 1 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & withdrawn (Callahan)--(5349S08.12S)
4/15/2008 -- SA 2 to SSA 1 for SA 1 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & withdrawn (Callahan)--(5349S08.15S)
4/15/2008 -- SA 3 to SSA 1 for SA 1 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & adopted (Callahan)--(5349S08.16S)
4/15/2008 -- SSA 1 for SA 1 to SS#2 for SCS, as amended, S adopted
4/15/2008 -- SA 2 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & withdrawn (Callahan)--(5349S08.03F)
4/15/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
4/15/2008 -- SA 3 to SS#2 for SCS S offered (Crowell)--(5349S08.27S)
4/15/2008 -- SSA 1 for SA 3 to SS#2 for SCS S offered (Shields)--(5349S08.07S)
4/15/2008 -- SA 1 to SSA 1 for SA 3 S offered & withdrawn (Shields)--(5349S08.29S)
4/15/2008 -- SA 2 to SSA 1 for SA 3 S offered (Shields)--(5349S08.31S)
4/15/2008 -- SA 3 to SS#2 for SCS S withdrawn
4/15/2008 -- SA 4 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & defeated (Crowell)--(5349S08.23S)
4/15/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1235 - Justus - Modifies provisions related to a trustee's powers under the Missouri Uniform Trust Code
4/15/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
4/15/2008 -- Rules Voted Do Pass - Consent
4/15/2008 -- Rules - Reported Do Pass - Consent

SB 1258 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to protections for senior citizens, disabled persons, and children
4/15/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee (5322S.02C)

SB 1279 - Clemens - Creates criteria for when certain dairy products shall be considered misbranded
4/15/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 1288 - Shields - Modifies lobbyist reporting requirements
4/15/2008 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Elections Committee

HB 1313 - Wright - Requires the state and political subdivisions to favor service disabled veteran businesses when letting contracts
4/15/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee - Consent
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1348 - Portwood - Repeals the requirements that the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners establish the Bertillon system of identification of criminals and employ assistance to conduct and manage the department
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1380 - Sater - Authorizes allocation of property taxes to senior center
4/15/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee
4/15/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee - Consent
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1386 - Cox - Modifies the requirements for a larger Board of Trustees for certain municipal health facilities
4/15/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Health and Mental Health Committee

HB 1469 - Pratt - Modifies the law regarding certain environmental appeals transferred to the Administrative Hearing Commission
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1546 - Schaaf - Modifies provisions relating to infection incident rates reporting and control
4/15/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Health and Mental Health Committee

HB 1550 - Stevenson - Modifies provisions relating to courts
4/15/2008 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1550

HB 1570 - Franz - Adds services of guardian ad litems to the priority list of services for which moneys in the family services and justice fund shall be spent
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 1574 - Jones - Increases the death benefit of an active member of the Sheriffs' Retirement System
4/15/2008 -- Bill Combined w/(SCS/HCS/HB 2104, HB 1574, HB 1706, HCS/HB 1774, HB 2055 & HCS/HB 2056)

HB 1619 - Jones - Modifies provisions relating to drug monitoring
4/15/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee (3897S.05C)

HB 1640 - Schoeller - Provides for exceptions to the requirement for issuing a new birth certificate following adoption
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 1656 - Nance - Modifies provisions regarding long-term care facilities
4/15/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee
4/15/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee - Consent - (4331S.02C)
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 1706 - Baker - Allows retired members of PSRS and PEERS to work up to full time for up to two years without losing benefits
4/15/2008 -- Bill Combined w/(SCS/HCS/HB 2104, HB 1574, HB 1706, HCS/HB 1774, HB 2055 & HCS/HB 2056)

HB 1710 - Flook - Modifies provisions regarding supplemental and disability retirement for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees
4/15/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee - Consent
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1774 - Wallace - Increases the maximum percentage of increase in annual compensation for certain members of the Public School Retirement System
4/15/2008 -- Bill Combined w/(SCS/HCS/HB 2104, HB 1574, HB 1706, HCS/HB 1774, HB 2055 & HCS/HB 2056)

HB 1783 - Meadows - Requires all government buildings to fly the U.S. and Missouri flags at half-staff when any Missouri resident is killed in combat
4/15/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee - Consent
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1784 - Meadows - Requires any American or Missouri flag flown on state property to be manufactured in the United States
4/15/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee - Consent
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1790 - Cooper - Modifies provisions relating to municipal health care facilities and hospital designations
4/15/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Health and Mental Health Committee

HB 1805 - Schaaf - Allows enrollees to pay the usual and customary retail price of a prescription drug when the co-payment assigned by the health maintenance organization or health insurer exceeds such retail price
4/15/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Health and Mental Health Committee

HB 1824 - Schlottach - Establishes the ice cream cone as the official state dessert
4/15/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee - Consent
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor - Consent
4/15/2008 -- Removed S Consent Calendar

HB 1849 - Pratt - Modifies the penalties for certain zoning violations
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1881 - Schlottach - Changes the length of the term of office for the initially appointed directors of public water supply districts
4/15/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee
4/15/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee - Consent
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1893 - Scharnhorst - Changes the requirements for premium refund calculations on credit insurance
4/15/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee
4/15/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee - Consent
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1904 - Cox - Modifies various provisions of law relating to financial limitations placed on boards and commissions
4/15/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee (4669S.04C)

HB 1946 - Franz - Modifies provisions relating to adoption subsidies and youth development programs
4/15/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee
4/15/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee - Consent - (4828S.02C)
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 1972 - Franz - Modifies provisions relating to compensation for education personnel
4/15/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee - Consent - (4886S.02C)
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 1973 - Franz - Modifies provisions relating to compensation for education personnel
4/15/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee - Consent - (4885S.02C)
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 2001 - Icet - Appropriates money to the Board of Fund Commissioners
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor

HB 2002 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the State Board of Education and Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 2003 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Higher Education
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 2004 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Revenue and Department of Transportation
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 2005 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Office of Administration, Department of Transportation, and Department of Public Safety
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 2006 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Agriculture, Department of Natural Resources, and Department of Conservation
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor w/SCS

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
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 2008 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Public Safety
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 2009 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Corrections
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor w/SCS

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
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 2011 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, and distributions of the Department of Social Services
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor w/SCS

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
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 2013 - Icet - Appropriates money for real property leases and related services
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 2036 - Nance - Repeals the formula distribution requirements for additional funding for certain services for the elderly
4/15/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee
4/15/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee - Consent
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 2041 - Fisher - Modifies provisions relating to unemployment compensation
4/15/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

HB 2055 - Viebrock - Removes certain limitations from investments made by boards of trustees of police and firemen's retirement systems
4/15/2008 -- Bill Combined w/(SCS/HCS/HB 2104, HB 1574, HB 1706, HCS/HB 1774, HB 2055 & HCS/HB 2056)

HB 2056 - Viebrock - Modifies provisions relating to the investment of funds for teacher and school employee retirement systems
4/15/2008 -- Bill Combined w/(SCS/HCS/HB 2104, HB 1574, HB 1706, HCS/HB 1774, HB 2055 & HCS/HB 2056)

HB 2104 - Viebrock - Modifies laws relating to several public employee retirement systems
4/15/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass (w/SCS/HCS/HB 2104, HB 1574, HB 1706, HCS/HB 1774, HB 2055 & HCS/HB 2056) S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee - (4888S.06C)

HB 2204 - Ervin - Modifies provisions relating to compensation for education personnel
4/15/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee - Consent - (4831S.06C)
4/15/2008 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

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