Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 4/2/2008


SB 733 - Champion - Requires crime laboratories providing reports or testimony to a state court to be accredited by 2012
4/2/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
4/2/2008 -- H First Read

SB 761 - Stouffer - Modifies various laws relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles
4/2/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
4/2/2008 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor

SB 768 - Rupp - Creates the Missouri Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Office of Autism Services
4/2/2008 -- SS for SCS S offered (Rupp)--(3524S.08F)
4/2/2008 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & Ruled out of order (Koster)--(3524S08.01S)
4/2/2008 -- SS for SCS S adopted
4/2/2008 -- Perfected

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
4/2/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 797 - Bray - Modifies the laws relating to elections
4/2/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 805 - Mayer - Modifies the definition of the term "agricultural and horticultural property" for property tax purposes
4/2/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 811 - Stouffer - Creates a tax credit for the use of idle reduction technology
4/2/2008 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered (Crowell)--(3508S02.01S)
4/2/2008 -- Point of order - beyond the scope of the title - taken under advisement

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
4/2/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee

SB 830 - Coleman - Limits the tuition that may be charged by a higher education institution to certain combat veterans
4/2/2008 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on Veterans Committee
4/2/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 839 - Engler - Modifies adjustment to funds payable resulting from transfer of title to real property for certain school districts
4/2/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
4/2/2008 -- H First Read

SB 840 - Engler - Modifies the state do-not-call list and creates "paid for by" requirements for political phone calls
4/2/2008 -- SS for SCS S offered (Engler)--(3393S.03F)
4/2/2008 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered (Green)--(3393S03.05S)
4/2/2008 -- SSA 1 for SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered (Green)--(3393S03.07S)
4/2/2008 -- SA 1 to SSA 1 for SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Days)--(3393S03.08S)
4/2/2008 -- SSA 1 for SA 1 to SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
4/2/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 846 - Rupp - Modifies the A+ Schools Program and the Kids' Chance Scholarship Program
4/2/2008 -- SS for SCS S offered (Rupp)--(3520S.04F)
4/2/2008 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Bray)--(3520S04.01S)
4/2/2008 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Coleman)--(3520S04.05S)
4/2/2008 -- SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
4/2/2008 -- Perfected

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
4/2/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 864 - Rupp - Establishes a surcharge on criminal cases to fund a defined contribution system for certain law enforcement employees
4/2/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 885 - Graham - Modifies provisions relating to the Community Children's Services Fund
4/2/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Family Services Committee
4/2/2008 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Family Services Committee
4/2/2008 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on Family Services Committee
4/2/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 896 - Stouffer - Modifies the methods in which certain special road districts may form, expand or dissolve within fourth class counties
4/2/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee

SB 901 - Loudon - Modifies workers' compensation payments to dependents
4/2/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Workforce Development & Workplace Safety Committee

SB 907 - Engler - Modifies provisions pertaining to motor fuel storage tanks and equipment
4/2/2008 -- Referred H Conservation and Natural Resources Committee

SB 928 - Green - Removes the requirement that the Public Service Commission issue an annual report on the economic impact of certain telecommunications laws
4/2/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
4/2/2008 -- H First Read

SB 932 - Loudon - Modifies provisions relating to law enforcement
4/2/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
4/2/2008 -- 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
4/2/2008 -- Referred H Local Government 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
4/2/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee

SB 951 - Scott - Modifies the law relating to emergency response within financial institutions
4/2/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Financial Institutions Committee
4/2/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Financial Institutions Committee - Consent
4/2/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on Financial Institutions Committee - Consent
4/2/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 956 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions relating to public water supply districts
4/2/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 967 - Mayer - Allows Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority to originate federally guaranteed student loans under certain conditions.
4/2/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts
4/2/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
4/2/2008 -- H First Read

SB 979 - Vogel - Terminates eligibility for surviving spouse of public safety officer income tax credit upon remarriage
4/2/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 980 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions regarding supplemental and disability retirement benefits for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees
4/2/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 991 - Loudon - Establishes the ice cream cone as the official state dessert
4/2/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Tourism Committee
4/2/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Tourism Committee - Consent
4/2/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on Tourism Committee - Consent
4/2/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 999 - Scott - Allows the Attorney General to bring an action for unlawful merchandising practices when the name of a financial institution is deceptively used
4/2/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Financial Institutions Committee
4/2/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Financial Institutions Committee - Consent
4/2/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on Financial Institutions Committee - Consent
4/2/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 1002 - Justus - Modifies the penalties for certain zoning violations
4/2/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee

SB 1016 - Mayer - Provides that a portion of the tort victims' compensation fund shall be transferred to the basic civil legal services fund
4/2/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 1017 - Mayer - Requires reports to school districts of certain property located within school district boundaries
4/2/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Education 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
4/2/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 1034 - Mayer - Modifies record-keeping requirements for purchasers of scrap metal and creates penalties for unlawful purchases of certain scrap metals
4/2/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on Utilities Committee

SB 1044 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions regarding minimum ambulance staffing for ambulances staffed with volunteers
4/2/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 1066 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
4/2/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/2/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee
4/2/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 1070 - Kennedy - Allows the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners to develop a physical strength test for police officers
4/2/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1073 - Dempsey - Creates a state and local sales and use tax exemption for defense articles sold to foreign governments
4/2/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 1074 - Dempsey - Modifies liens for certain design professionals
4/2/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
4/2/2008 -- H First Read

SB 1089 - Justus - Allows the City of Grandview to impose a transient guest tax
4/2/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 1105 - Coleman - Creates an income tax check-off for contributions to the breast cancer awareness trust fund
4/2/2008 -- SCS S adopted
4/2/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
4/2/2008 -- H First Read

SB 1107 - Scott - Modifies various provisions relating to the Water Patrol and watercraft regulations
4/2/2008 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules 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
4/2/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 1135 - Callahan - Changes the law regarding street grading in cities with over 300,000 inhabitants
4/2/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 1140 - Vogel - Modifies the law relating to the Office of Administration
4/2/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 1141 - Vogel - Modifies provisions governing the transition periods for statewide elected officials
4/2/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 1149 - Engler - Creates a procedure for when there is a lack of candidates for a fire protection district board of directors election
4/2/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 1150 - Barnitz - Extends the sunset provisions for fees to be credited to the technology trust fund
4/2/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
4/2/2008 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
4/2/2008 -- SCS S adopted
4/2/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
4/2/2008 -- H First Read

SB 1151 - Barnitz - Restricts corporate name reservation
4/2/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 1153 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to several public employee retirement systems
4/2/2008 -- SCS S adopted
4/2/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
4/2/2008 -- H First Read

SB 1157 - Green - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property located in St. Louis County
4/2/2008 -- SCS S adopted
4/2/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent - EC adopted
4/2/2008 -- H First Read (w/EC)

SB 1158 - Mayer - Creates the Professional Relationships Between Teachers and School Districts Act
4/2/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee (4822S.05C)

SB 1167 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions of law relating to members of the military and their families
4/2/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee (4877S.04C)

SB 1168 - Dempsey - Revises the formula for computing a refund for credit insurance
4/2/2008 -- SCS S adopted
4/2/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
4/2/2008 -- H First Read

SB 1170 - Mayer - Creates the Rebuild Missouri Schools Program and allows education boards to enter into lease-purchase agreements with twenty-five successive options
4/2/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 1175 - Goodman - Modifies various provisions of law relating to the Missouri Housing Development Commission
4/2/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 1177 - Barnitz - Designates licensed professional counselors as mental health professionals in certain circumstances
4/2/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 1179 - Crowell - Authorizes the Missouri Veterans' Commission to promulgate any rules necessary to administer current laws regarding the creation and maintenance of veterans' cemeteries
4/2/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1180 - Crowell - Modifies provisions of law authorizing an income tax exemption for certain retirement benefits
4/2/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1185 - Gibbons - Modifies various provisions relating to prosecutors
4/2/2008 -- SCS S adopted
4/2/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
4/2/2008 -- H First Read

SB 1187 - Purgason - Removes the ninety-nine member cap on the Water Patrol membership
4/2/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 1190 - Nodler - Authorizes the division of professional registration to reduce licensure fees by emergency rule under certain circumstances
4/2/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 1191 - Ridgeway - Allows Clay County school boards to enter into agreements for financing of educational facilities
4/2/2008 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Education Committee

SB 1195 - Goodman - Requires written test for a hazardous materials endorsement to be administered in English and prohibits the use of language interpreters in connection with it
4/2/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee (5291S.02C)

SB 1197 - Crowell - Requires drug screening and testing for TANF applicants and recipients
4/2/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1209 - Callahan - Modifies provisions of law relating to taxes and fees
4/2/2008 -- SCS S adopted
4/2/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
4/2/2008 -- H First Read

SB 1225 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
4/2/2008 -- SCS S adopted
4/2/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
4/2/2008 -- H First Read

SB 1235 - Justus - Modifies provisions related to a trustee's powers under the Missouri Uniform Trust Code
4/2/2008 -- SCS S adopted
4/2/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
4/2/2008 -- H First Read

SB 1240 - Dempsey - Repeals certain liquor control provisions pertaining to wholesalers
4/2/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1261 - Bray - Creates requirements and provides incentives for energy efficient products and activities
4/2/2008 -- SCS S adopted
4/2/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
4/2/2008 -- H First Read

SB 1271 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions relating to the public administrator of St. Louis City
4/2/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1288 - Shields - Modifies lobbyist reporting requirements
4/2/2008 -- H Second Read

SCR 36 - Green - Condemns the actions of the United States Air Force in awarding the contract for replacing the refueling tanker fleet to a non-American company
4/2/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee
4/2/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

SCR 39 - Shields - Request the withdrawal of proposed federal rules relating to Direct Graduate Medical Education Funds
4/2/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee
4/2/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee (5485S.03C)

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
4/2/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

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
4/2/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1348-Portwood and Darrough

HB 1358 - Flook - Enacts the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
4/2/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1358-Flook, et al

HB 1368 - Thomson - Modifies membership requirements for the Northwest Missouri State University Board of Regents
4/2/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1368-Thomson

HB 1371 - Wilson - Authorizes the designation of rural empowerment zones in any county with eighteen thousand residents or less
4/2/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 1410 - Flook - Increases the maximum amount of compensation which the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners may pay officers
4/2/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 1422 - St. Onge - 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
4/2/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1422-St. Onge, et al

HB 1426 - Kraus - Removes the requirement that the Missouri Public Service Commission issue an annual economic impact report on certain telecommunication laws
4/2/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1426-Kraus

HB 1450 - Roorda - Modifies the law relating to terrorism
4/2/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1450-Roorda, et al

HB 1469 - Pratt - Modifies the law regarding certain environmental appeals transferred to the Administrative Hearing Commission
4/2/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1469-Pratt

HB 1532 - Davis - Allows motorcycle headlamps to be wired to modulate either the upper beam or lower beam from its maximum intensity to lesser intensity
4/2/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1532-Davis

HB 1574 - Jones - Increases the death benefit of an active member of the Sheriffs' Retirement System
4/2/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1574-Jones (117), et al

HB 1608 - Ervin - Authorizes counties to preserve electronic images of original cancelled checks instead of the actual check
4/2/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1608-Ervin

HB 1611 - Dixon - Establishes a children's bill of courtroom rights
4/2/2008 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1611

HB 1616 - Ruzicka - Modifies an exception to those required to be licensed as real estate brokers
4/2/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1616-Ruzicka, et al

HB 1677 - Franz - Allows political subdivisions to elect to cover certain personnel as members of the Missouri Local Government Employees' Retirement System
4/2/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1677-Franz

HB 1689 - Wilson - Transfers the Governor's Council on Disability from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to the Office of Administration
4/2/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1689-Wilson (130)

HB 1690 - Wilson - Enacts various provisions relating to the transmission of insurance-related information
4/2/2008 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1690

HB 1711 - Weter - Modifies provisions relating to public services provided by certain political subdivisions
4/2/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government 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
4/2/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1805-Schaaf, et al

HB 1876 - Cunningham - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
4/2/2008 -- S First Read--HCS for HBs 1876 & 1877

HB 1888 - Schoeller - Allows a municipality to annex land within the airport zone of the City of Springfield if it agrees to enforce Springfield's zoning ordinance
4/2/2008 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1888

HB 1972 - Franz - Modifies provisions relating to compensation for education personnel
4/2/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1972-Franz

HB 1973 - Franz - Modifies provisions relating to compensation for education personnel
4/2/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1973-Franz

HB 1983 - Pratt - Authorizes the conversion of certain business organizations
4/2/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1983-Pratt

HB 2055 - Viebrock - Removes certain limitations from investments made by boards of trustees of police and firemen's retirement systems
4/2/2008 -- S First Read--HB 2055-Viebrock

HB 2056 - Viebrock - Modifies provisions relating to the investment of funds for teacher and school employee retirement systems
4/2/2008 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 2056

HB 2065 - Wasson - Modifies the law relating to licensed psychologists
4/2/2008 -- S First Read--HB 2065-Wasson

HB 2081 - Dougherty - Modifies the definition of "practice of embalming"
4/2/2008 -- S First Read--HB 2081-Dougherty

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