Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 4/23/2008


SB 714 - Loudon - Modifies various provisions relating to sexual offenses
4/23/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee
4/23/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 720 - Coleman - Modifies provisions relating to utilities
4/23/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Utilities Committee

SB 723 - Scott - Modifies educational requirements for certain law enforcement personnel and requires the revisor to change certain references related to criminal records
4/23/2008 -- Pursuant to Rule 45(d) - HCS adopted by consent

SB 724 - Scott - Gives advanced practice registered nurses prescriptive authority for scheduled drugs
4/23/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
4/23/2008 -- Rules - Voted Do Pass w/HCS

SB 733 - Champion - Requires crime laboratories providing reports or testimony to a state court to be accredited by 2012
4/23/2008 -- Pursuant to Rule 45(d) - HCS adopted by consent

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
4/23/2008 -- SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Nodler)--(3345S.04F)
4/23/2008 -- Perfected

SB 762 - Wilson - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
4/23/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Student Achievement Committee
4/23/2008 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Student Achievement Committee

SB 765 - Goodman - Modifies the process for incorporating a village
4/23/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee

SB 797 - Bray - Modifies the laws relating to elections
4/23/2008 -- Pursuant to Rule 45(d) - HCS adopted by consent

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
4/23/2008 -- Pursuant to Rule 45(d) - HCS adopted by consent

SB 858 - Rupp - Modifies the law relating to illegal immigrants
4/23/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Immigration 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
4/23/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
4/23/2008 -- Rules - Voted Do Pass w/HCS
4/23/2008 -- Rules - Reported Do Pass w/HCS

SB 901 - Loudon - Modifies workers' compensation payments to dependents
4/23/2008 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on Workforce Development & Workplace Safety Committee
4/23/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 925 - Days - Modifies provisions relating to school district procedures.
4/23/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
4/23/2008 -- Rules - Voted Do Pass w/HCS
4/23/2008 -- Rules - Reported Do Pass w/HCS

SB 930 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles
4/23/2008 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Transportation Committee
4/23/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 939 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to levee and drainage districts
4/23/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
4/23/2008 -- Rules - Voted Do Pass w/HCS
4/23/2008 -- Rules - Reported Do Pass w/HCS

SB 943 - Clemens - Allows cities to annex land within airport zones in Greene County if cities agree to enforce Springfield's airport zoning ordinance
4/23/2008 -- Pursuant to Rule 45(d) - HCS adopted by consent

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
4/23/2008 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Judiciary Committee
4/23/2008 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Judiciary Committee
4/23/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 978 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions relating to boards overseeing emergency services
4/23/2008 -- Pursuant to Rule 45(d) - HCS adopted by consent

SB 1002 - Justus - Modifies the penalties for certain zoning violations
4/23/2008 -- Pursuant to Rule 45(d) - HCS adopted by consent

SB 1008 - Loudon - Modifies various provisions relating to health insurance and automobile insurance
4/23/2008 -- Pursuant to Rule 45(d) - HCS adopted by 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
4/23/2008 -- Pursuant to Rule 45(d) - HCS adopted by consent

SB 1038 - Shields - Repeals campaign contribution limits and modifies reporting requirements
4/23/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Elections Committee
4/23/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Elections Committee
4/23/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Elections Committee
4/23/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

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
4/23/2008 -- Pursuant to Rule 45(d) - HCS adopted by consent

SB 1077 - Goodman - Modifies law that limit indemnity agreements in construction work contracts
4/23/2008 -- SS offered (Goodman)--(4807S.06F)
4/23/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1116 - Days - Authorizes the issuance of an additional $40 million in bonds for certain water-related grants and loans
4/23/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on Energy and Environment Committee
4/23/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

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
4/23/2008 -- Pursuant to Rule 45(d) - HCS adopted by consent

SB 1135 - Callahan - Changes the law regarding street grading in cities with over 300,000 inhabitants
4/23/2008 -- Pursuant to Rule 45(d) - HCS adopted by consent

SB 1140 - Vogel - Modifies the law relating to the Office of Administration
4/23/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
4/23/2008 -- Rules - Voted Do Pass w/HCS
4/23/2008 -- Rules - Reported Do Pass w/HCS

SB 1157 - Green - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property located in St. Louis County
4/23/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Corrections & Public Institutions Committee
4/23/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 1164 - Loudon - Modifies workers' compensation payments to dependents
4/23/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1170 - Mayer - Creates the Rebuild Missouri Schools Program and allows education boards to enter into lease-purchase agreements with twenty-five successive options
4/23/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1181 - Engler - Modifies and creates provisions pertaining to energy efficiency and energy regulation
4/23/2008 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Clemens)--(5267S05.01S)
4/23/2008 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
4/23/2008 -- Perfected

SB 1197 - Crowell - Requires drug screening and testing for TANF applicants and recipients
4/23/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1225 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
4/23/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Student Achievement Committee
4/23/2008 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Student Achievement Committee

SB 1275 - Vogel - Allows the Director of Revenue to require certain tax returns be filed electronically
4/23/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1283 - Dempsey - Creates the Missouri Health Transformation Act
4/23/2008 -- SA 9 to SS for SCS S adopted
4/23/2008 -- SA 10 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Ridgeway)--(5271S09.29S)
4/23/2008 -- SA 11 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Engler)--(8201S08.01S)
4/23/2008 -- SA 12 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Justus)--(5271S09.38S)
4/23/2008 -- SA 13 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Smith)--(5271S09.43S)
4/23/2008 -- SA 14 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Champion)--(5271S09.41S)
4/23/2008 -- SA 15 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Goodman)--(5271S09.12S)
4/23/2008 -- SA 16 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Shoemyer)--(5271S09.07S)
4/23/2008 -- SA 17 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Goodman)--(5271S09.01S)
4/23/2008 -- SA 18 to SS for SCS S offered (Bray)--(5271S09.17S)
4/23/2008 -- SA 1 to SA 18 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Bray)--(5271S09.45S)
4/23/2008 -- SA 18 to SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
4/23/2008 -- SA 19 to SS for SCS S offered & ruled out of order (Graham)--(5271S09.39S)
4/23/2008 -- SA 19 to SS for SCS S offered & ruled out of order (Graham)--(5271S09.39S)
4/23/2008 -- Perfected

SB 1288 - Shields - Modifies lobbyist reporting requirements
4/23/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
4/23/2008 -- Rules - Voted Do Pass w/HCS
4/23/2008 -- Rules - Reported Do Pass w/HCS

SCR 29 - Mayer - 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
4/23/2008 -- S adopted

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
4/23/2008 -- S adopted

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
4/23/2008 -- S adopted

SCR 39 - Shields - Request the withdrawal of proposed federal rules relating to Direct Graduate Medical Education Funds
4/23/2008 -- SCS S adopted
4/23/2008 -- S adopted

SCR 40 - Ridgeway - Urges Congress and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to strengthen laws regarding furniture tip-over hazards
4/23/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Small Business Committee
4/23/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Small Business Committee
4/23/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on Small Business Committee
4/23/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

HB 1463 - Nolte - Prohibits the admission of unlawfully present aliens to public institutions of higher education
4/23/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee (3748S.05C)

HB 1474 - Cunningham - Establishes a process for converting manufactured homes from personal property into real property and vice versa
4/23/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations Committee

HB 1549 - Onder - Modifies the law relating to illegal immigrants
4/23/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

HB 1649 - Franz - Requires registered sex offenders to obtain driver's licenses with unique codes and limits license to a one-year period
4/23/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1832 - Cooper - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions
4/23/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee (4220S.03C)

HB 2191 - Nasheed - Modifies provisions relating to higher education scholarships
4/23/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 2393 - Richard - Modifies provisions of the enhanced enterprise tax benefit program
4/23/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee
4/23/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee (5383S.04C)

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
4/23/2008 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

HCR 7 - Pearce - Encourages students and faculty to promote international education at Missouri colleges and universities
4/23/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

HCR 23 - Dixon - Declares February 6th of each year to be "Ronald Reagan Day" in Missouri
4/23/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

HCR 30 - Emery - Creates the Joint Interim Committee on Voice Communications Regulation
4/23/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

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