Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 4/29/2008


SB 711 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions regarding property taxation
4/29/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Fiscal Review Committee
4/29/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Fiscal Review Committee

SB 720 - Coleman - Modifies provisions relating to utilities
4/29/2008 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Utilities Committee
4/29/2008 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on Utilities Committee
4/29/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 724 - Scott - Gives advanced practice registered nurses prescriptive authority for scheduled drugs
4/29/2008 -- Rules - HCS Reported Do Pass

SB 732 - Champion - Establishes a drug monitoring program and modifies existing record keeping for controlled substances and pseudoephedrine products
4/29/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

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
4/29/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 748 - Ridgeway - Requires property taxes paid by certain non-resident taxpayers to be added-back to adjusted gross income
4/29/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Fiscal Review Committee
4/29/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Fiscal Review Committee
4/29/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - EC adopted
4/29/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed (w/EC)

SB 754 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to the DNA profiling system
4/29/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee
4/29/2008 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

SB 759 - Stouffer - Requires all diesel fuel sold at retail in Missouri after a certain date to be a biodiesel-blended fuel
4/29/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Transportation Committee

SB 767 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to the public defender system and the number of judges in various circuits
4/29/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Judiciary Committee

SB 768 - Rupp - Creates the Missouri Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Office of Autism Services
4/29/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Health Care Policy Committee
4/29/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Health Care Policy Committee

SB 778 - Justus - Provides information and the opportunity to be immunized for the human papilloma virus
4/29/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Health Care Policy Committee
4/29/2008 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Health Care Policy Committee

SB 839 - Engler - Modifies adjustment to funds payable resulting from transfer of title to real property for certain school districts
4/29/2008 -- HA 1 H offered & defeated (Nolte)--(3373S01.01H)
4/29/2008 -- Laid over

SB 841 - Stouffer - Modifies law with respect to certain motor vehicle weight regulations
4/29/2008 -- HA 1 to HCS H offered (Cooper-120)--(3510L03.01H)
4/29/2008 -- HA 2 to HCS H offered (Cooper-120)--(3510L03.02H)
4/29/2008 -- HSA 1 for HA 2 to HCS H offered & adopted (Burnett)--(3510L03.04H)
4/29/2008 -- HA 3 to HCS H offered & Ruled out of order (Faith)--(3510L03.02L)
4/29/2008 -- HCS, as amended, H adopted
4/29/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed

SB 846 - Rupp - Modifies the A+ Schools Program and the Kids' Chance Scholarship Program
4/29/2008 -- Voted Do Not Pass H Higher Education Committee

SB 931 - Purgason - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs
4/29/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Fiscal Review Committee
4/29/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Fiscal Review Committee
4/29/2008 -- HA 1 to HCS H offered & adopted (Munzlinger)--(4116L11.04H)
4/29/2008 -- HA 2 to HCS H offered & adopted (Sutherland)--(4116L11.11H)
4/29/2008 -- HCS, as amended, H adopted
4/29/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed
4/29/2008 -- S refuses to concur in HCS, as amended
4/29/2008 -- S requests H recede or grant conference
4/29/2008 -- H refuses to recede and grants conference
4/29/2008 -- H conferees appointed: Munzlinger, Dethrow, Wells, Witte, Aull
4/29/2008 -- S conferees appointed: Purgason, Clemens, Goodman, Barnitz, Shoemyer

SB 932 - Loudon - Modifies provisions relating to law enforcement
4/29/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Fiscal Review Committee
4/29/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Fiscal Review Committee

SB 939 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to levee and drainage districts
4/29/2008 -- HCS H adopted
4/29/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed

SB 944 - Engler - Modifies the fees the Auditor receives for registering bonds
4/29/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - EC defeated
4/29/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

SB 958 - Goodman - Allows rural electric cooperatives to manage vegetation within specified areas to ensure reliable service
4/29/2008 -- S refuses to concur in HCS
4/29/2008 -- S requests H recede or grant conference

SB 967 - Mayer - Allows Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority to originate federally guaranteed student loans under certain conditions.
4/29/2008 -- Reported Duly Enrolled S Rules Committee
4/29/2008 -- Signed by Senate President
4/29/2008 -- Signed by House Speaker
4/29/2008 -- Delivered to Governor

SB 994 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to compensation for education personnel
4/29/2008 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on General Laws Committee
4/29/2008 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on General Laws Committee
4/29/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 1034 - Mayer - Modifies record-keeping requirements for purchasers of scrap metal and creates penalties for unlawful purchases of certain scrap metals
4/29/2008 -- Rules - HCS Reported Do Pass

SB 1066 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
4/29/2008 -- Reported Duly Enrolled S Rules Committee
4/29/2008 -- Signed by Senate President
4/29/2008 -- Signed by House Speaker
4/29/2008 -- Delivered to Governor

SB 1081 - Nodler - Modifies provisions regarding quality assurance and safety in the Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Community Programs
4/29/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Health Care Policy Committee
4/29/2008 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Health Care Policy Committee

SB 1139 - Dempsey - Revises the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
4/29/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Judiciary Committee

SB 1159 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions relating to forensic examinations of sexual offense victims
4/29/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee
4/29/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee
4/29/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee
4/29/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 1170 - Mayer - Creates the Rebuild Missouri Schools Program and allows education boards to enter into lease-purchase agreements with twenty-five successive options
4/29/2008 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & Ruled out of order (Smith)--(4809S06.01S)
4/29/2008 -- SCS S adopted
4/29/2008 -- Perfected

SB 1175 - Goodman - Modifies various provisions of law relating to the Missouri Housing Development Commission
4/29/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Fiscal Review Committee
4/29/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Fiscal Review Committee

SB 1181 - Engler - Modifies and creates provisions pertaining to energy efficiency and energy regulation
4/29/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 1194 - Goodman - Increases the punishment for forcibe rape or sodomy of a child under the age of twelve to be either death or life imprisonment without probation or parole
4/29/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1245 - Nodler - Bars felons from holding public office
4/29/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 1261 - Bray - Creates requirements and provides incentives for energy efficient products and activities
4/29/2008 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Energy and Environment Committee
4/29/2008 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on Energy and Environment Committee
4/29/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 1283 - Dempsey - Creates the Missouri Health Transformation Act
4/29/2008 -- H Second Read

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
4/29/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee
4/29/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

HB 1332 - Sater - Establishes provisions regarding pharmacy audits
4/29/2008 -- Hearing Cancelled S Health and Mental Health Committee

HB 1341 - Ruestman - Requires owners of for-profit swimming pools to maintain adequate liability insurance in the event of injury or death of a patron
4/29/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 1384 - Cox - Modifies certain provisions relating to protection of consumers against fraudulent practices
4/29/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 1423 - St. Onge - Toughens ignition interlock device law for certain repeat offenders and allows prior pleas and other dispositions to be used to enhance the punishment of intoxication-related traffic offenders
4/29/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1516 - Bruns - Changes the laws regarding protections for vulnerable adults and children and transfers the Division of Aging from the Department of Social Services to the Department of Health and Senior Services
4/29/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

HB 1546 - Schaaf - Modifies provisions relating to infection incident rates reporting and control
4/29/2008 -- Bill Combined w/SCS/HCS/HB 1790, HB 1805 & HCS/HB 1546

HB 1550 - Stevenson - Modifies provisions relating to courts
4/29/2008 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

HB 1595 - Swinger - Creates a tax credit for the construction of storm shelters
4/29/2008 -- Reported from S Ways & Means Committee to Floor

HB 1617 - Cunningham - Authorizes financial institutions to assign fiduciary obligations relating to irrevocable life insurance trusts
4/29/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 1619 - Jones - Modifies provisions relating to drug monitoring
4/29/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
4/29/2008 -- SS for SCS S offered (Champion)--(3897S.06F)
4/29/2008 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered (Green)--(3897S06.01S)
4/29/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
4/29/2008 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S withdrawn
4/29/2008 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Green)--(3897S06.03S)
4/29/2008 -- SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
4/29/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/29/2008 -- Motion to reconsider the vote to lay on table; motion to agree to title, 3rd reading vote and adoption of SS for SCS - S adopted
4/29/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
4/29/2008 -- SS for SCS S withdrawn
4/29/2008 -- SS#2 for SCS S offered (Champion)--(3897S.08F)
4/29/2008 -- SA 1 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & adopted (Champion)--(3897S08.01F)
4/29/2008 -- SA 2 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & adopted (Mayer)--(3897S06.02S)
4/29/2008 -- SS#2 for SCS, as amended, S adopted
4/29/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed

HB 1656 - Nance - Modifies provisions regarding long-term care facilities
4/29/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 1700 - Wasson - Modifies the law relating to professional licensing and registration
4/29/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 1704 - Wallace - Increases the appropriation amount for small school grants and allows certain schools to receive a flat amount per student
4/29/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 1711 - Weter - Modifies provisions relating to public services provided by certain political subdivisions
4/29/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 1715 - Schad - Modifies various provisions relating to the Water Patrol and watercraft regulations
4/29/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 1756 - Walton - Modifies the provisions relating to the counterfeiting of goods
4/29/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1763 - Parson - Modifies requirements pertaining to petition circulators
4/29/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 1779 - Emery - Modifies laws regarding underground facilities and telecommunications services
4/29/2008 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S adopted
4/29/2008 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Griesheimer)--(4260S09.11S)
4/29/2008 -- SA 3 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Bray)--(4260S09.13S)
4/29/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
4/29/2008 -- SA 4 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Lager)--(4260S09.02S)
4/29/2008 -- SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
4/29/2008 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

HB 1788 - Day - Authorizes an income tax deduction from a taxpayer's Missouri adjusted gross income for 100% of any military retirement income, regardless of age or income
4/29/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee
4/29/2008 -- Re-referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

HB 1790 - Cooper - Modifies provisions relating to municipal health care facilities and hospital designations
4/29/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass (w/SCS/HCS/HB 1790, HB 1805 & HCS/HB 1546) S Health and Mental Health Committee (4329S.05C)

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
4/29/2008 -- Bill Combined w/SCS/HCS/HB 1790, HB 1805 & HCS/HB 1546

HB 1813 - Dougherty - Repeals certain bingo and pull-tab card taxes
4/29/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

HB 1876 - Cunningham - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
4/29/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 1923 - Jones - Modifies requirements for corporate filings
4/29/2008 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

HB 1937 - Pearce - Modifies procedure for forming transportation development districts within multiple counties
4/29/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 1970 - Wasson - Limits civil actions against certain motor vehicle dealers
4/29/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/29/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

HB 1973 - Franz - Modifies provisions relating to compensation for education personnel
4/29/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 1983 - Pratt - Authorizes the conversion of certain business organizations
4/29/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 2016 - Icet - Appropriates money for capital improvement and other purposes for several departments of state government
4/29/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 2023 - Icet - Appropriates money for planning, expenses, and for capital improvements
4/29/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 2034 - Munzlinger - Modifies various provisions relating to weapons
4/29/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

HB 2041 - Fisher - Modifies provisions relating to unemployment compensation
4/29/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee (4500S.04C)

HB 2060 - Deeken - Authorizes minimum amounts of compensation for certain corrections personnel
4/29/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 2062 - Pearce - Modifies various provisions of law relating to the provision of benefits to certain public employees, including members of the military and their families
4/29/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

HB 2068 - Wasson - Modifies the law relating to licensed physical therapists and physical therapy assistants
4/29/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 2078 - Hubbard - Prohibits issuance of driver's licenses to persons 15 to 18 years of age if a school submits information that a student is not in compliance with the eligibility standards
4/29/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 2104 - Viebrock - Modifies laws relating to several public employee retirement systems
4/29/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 2114 - Zimmerman - Modifies the ballot requirements for elections
4/29/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 2188 - Pearce - Creates civil and criminal penalties for mortgage fraud and imposes sanctions upon certain licensed professionals and unlicensed individuals who commit the crime
4/29/2008 -- SCS S adopted
4/29/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed

HB 2202 - Kelly - Department of Corrections custody personnel shall be eligible for a specific pay parameter based on the hazards of such jobs, years of service, and a twenty-four-hour seven-day-a-week staffing requirement
4/29/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 2224 - Jones - Modifies various provisions relating to law enforcement
4/29/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
4/29/2008 -- SS for SCS S offered (Griesheimer)--(4606S.06F)
4/29/2008 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & Ruled out of order (Graham)--(4606S06.02S)
4/29/2008 -- SS for SCS S adopted
4/29/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed

HB 2226 - Muschany - Allows married taxpayers filing jointly to deduct up to $16,000 in contributions to the Missouri Higher Education Savings Program from their taxable income
4/29/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 2250 - Sutherland - Establishes the Show-Me Green Tax Holiday Act which authorizes a state sales and use tax exemption on the purchase of certain energy efficient products each November
4/29/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee
4/29/2008 -- Re-referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

HB 2266 - Jones - Modifies provisions relating to the Missouri Teaching Fellows Program
4/29/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 2279 - Wright - Modifies provisions relating to utilities
4/29/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

HB 2590 - Moore - Modifies various provisions relating to civil actions against government entities, agents, officers, and employees
4/29/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HCR 15 - Kuessner - Urges the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to establish a controlled pilot program allowing 19 to 21 year-olds to obtain a CDL for interstate commerce
4/29/2008 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

HCR 34 - Sutherland - Recognizes "Walk and Bicycle to School" month, week, and day during October 2008 in Missouri
4/29/2008 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

HCR 35 - Sutherland - Recognizes the month of May 2008 as "National Bike Month" and the week of May 12-16, 2008, as "Bike to Work Week"
4/29/2008 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

HCR 43 - Funderburk - Urges the United States Air Force to reconsider its decision to replace a Boeing-made refueling tanker with a tanker supplied by a foreign country
4/29/2008 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

HJR 55 - McGhee - Proposes a constitutional amendment reaffirming a citizen's right to free expression of religion on public property
4/29/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

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