Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 5/1/2008


SB 718 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions of certain tax credit programs administered by the Department of Economic Development
5/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Job Creation and Economic Development Committee
5/1/2008 -- HCS#2 Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Job Creation and Economic Development Committee

SB 720 - Coleman - Modifies provisions relating to utilities
5/1/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
5/1/2008 -- Rules - HCS Voted Do Pass
5/1/2008 -- Rules - HCS Reported Do Pass

SB 724 - Scott - Gives advanced practice registered nurses prescriptive authority for scheduled drugs
5/1/2008 -- HA 1 to HCS H offered & adopted (Jones)--(3351L05.03L)
5/1/2008 -- HA 2 to HCS H offered (Bruns)--(3351L05.05H)
5/1/2008 -- HA 1 to HA 2 to HCS H offered & withdrawn (Roorda)--(3351L05.01F)
5/1/2008 -- HA 2 to HCS H adopted
5/1/2008 -- HA 3 to HCS H offered & adopted (Portwood)--(3351L05.01L)
5/1/2008 -- HCS, as amended, H adopted
5/1/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed

SB 726 - Shields - Modifies provisions relating to child care
5/1/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on Family Services Committee

SB 732 - Champion - Establishes a drug monitoring program and modifies existing record keeping for controlled substances and pseudoephedrine products
5/1/2008 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee
5/1/2008 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee
5/1/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

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
5/1/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on Energy and Environment Committee

SB 754 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to the DNA profiling system
5/1/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
5/1/2008 -- Rules - HCS Voted Do Pass
5/1/2008 -- Rules - HCS Reported Do Pass

SB 767 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to the public defender system and the number of judges in various circuits
5/1/2008 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Judiciary Committee

SB 781 - Smith - Modifies various provisions relating to landlords, tenants, and real property
5/1/2008 -- Hearing Continued H Judiciary Committee

SB 788 - Scott - Moves certain divisions and boards to the Department of Insurance and modifies law with respect to preneed funeral contracts, physical therapists and real estate brokers
5/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee
5/1/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee
5/1/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee
5/1/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 817 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to anatomic pathology services and vision services
5/1/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on Health Care Transformation Committee

SB 830 - Coleman - Limits the tuition that may be charged by a higher education institution to certain combat veterans
5/1/2008 -- HA 1 to HCS H offered & defeated (Frame)--(3061L05.02H)
5/1/2008 -- HCS H adopted
5/1/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed

SB 839 - Engler - Modifies adjustment to funds payable resulting from transfer of title to real property for certain school districts
5/1/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed
5/1/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

SB 841 - Stouffer - Modifies law with respect to certain motor vehicle weight regulations
5/1/2008 -- H refuses to recede and grants conference
5/1/2008 -- H conferees appointed: St. Onge, Cooper-120, Wasson, Fallert, Meadows
5/1/2008 -- S conferees appointed: Stouffer, Clemens, Goodman, Shoemyer, Callahan

SB 865 - Rupp - Prohibits life insurers from taking underwriting actions or charging different rates based upon a person's past or future lawful travel destinations unless such action is based upon sound actuarial principles
5/1/2008 -- H Second 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
5/1/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Higher Education Committee
5/1/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Higher Education Committee
5/1/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 907 - Engler - Modifies provisions pertaining to motor fuel storage tanks and equipment
5/1/2008 -- HA 1 to HCS H offered & adopted (Cooper-120)--(3580L06.01H)
5/1/2008 -- HA 2 to HCS H offered & adopted (Stevenson)--(3580L06.05H)
5/1/2008 -- HA 3 to HCS H offered & Ruled out of order (Wildberger)--(3580L06.04H)
5/1/2008 -- HCS, as amended, H adopted
5/1/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed

SB 930 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles
5/1/2008 -- Rules - Committee vote reconsidered
5/1/2008 -- Rules - HCS Voted Do Pass
5/1/2008 -- Rules - HCS Reported Do Pass

SB 931 - Purgason - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs
5/1/2008 -- CCR S offered & adopted
5/1/2008 -- CCS S Third Read and Passed

SB 958 - Goodman - Allows rural electric cooperatives to manage vegetation within specified areas to ensure reliable service
5/1/2008 -- H refuses to recede and grants conference
5/1/2008 -- H conferees appointed: Schad, Sutherland, Hobbs, Walsh, Bringer
5/1/2008 -- S conferees appointed: Goodman, Stouffer, Clemens, McKenna, Justus

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
5/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Judiciary Committee
5/1/2008 -- HCS#2 Voted Do Pass H Judiciary Committee

SB 994 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to compensation for education personnel
5/1/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
5/1/2008 -- Rules - HCS Voted Do Pass
5/1/2008 -- Rules - HCS Reported Do Pass

SB 1040 - Clemens - Modifies requirements relating to the issuance of grants and loans by the Department of Natural Resources for storm water control
5/1/2008 -- Referred H Conservation and Natural Resources Committee

SB 1066 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
5/1/2008 -- Signed by Governor

SB 1107 - Scott - Modifies various provisions relating to the Water Patrol and watercraft regulations
5/1/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on State Parks and Waterways Committee

SB 1139 - Dempsey - Revises the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
5/1/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Judiciary Committee
5/1/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Judiciary Committee
5/1/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 1159 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions relating to forensic examinations of sexual offense victims
5/1/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
5/1/2008 -- Rules - Voted Do Pass
5/1/2008 -- Rules - Reported Do Pass

SB 1172 - Goodman - Modifies various provisions relating to weapons
5/1/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on General Laws Committee

SB 1181 - Engler - Modifies and creates provisions pertaining to energy efficiency and energy regulation
5/1/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on Utilities Committee

SB 1185 - Gibbons - Modifies various provisions relating to prosecutors
5/1/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Judiciary Committee
5/1/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Judiciary Committee
5/1/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 1209 - Callahan - Modifies provisions of law relating to taxes and fees
5/1/2008 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Ways & Means Committee
5/1/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 1245 - Nodler - Bars felons from holding public office
5/1/2008 -- Referred H Elections Committee

SB 1283 - Dempsey - Creates the Missouri Health Transformation Act
5/1/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on Health Care Transformation Committee

SCR 27 - Champion - Encourages the Missouri Supreme Court to work with various entities to efficiently allocate resources among the state judicial circuits
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor

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
5/1/2008 -- Referred H Conservation and Natural Resources Committee

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
5/1/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
5/1/2008 -- Rules - Voted Do Pass
5/1/2008 -- Rules - Reported Do Pass

SCR 32 - Purgason - Urges Congress to withdraw the United States from any further participation in the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America and any other multilateral activity which seeks to advance the creation of North America Union
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor

SCR 33 - Bray - Urges the President of the United States, the State Department and the United States Congress to support the peace process in Sudan
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor

SCR 35 - Shoemyer - Urges the U.S. Congress to support the continuation of horse processing in the United States
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor

SCR 39 - Shields - Request the withdrawal of proposed federal rules relating to Direct Graduate Medical Education Funds
5/1/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on Student Achievement Committee

SJR 45 - Clemens - Modifies requirements relating to the issuance of grants and loans by the Department of Natural Resources for storm water control
5/1/2008 -- Referred H Conservation and Natural Resources Committee

HB 1319 - Brown - Authorizes an income tax credit for employers who hire qualified high school students for summer jobs
5/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

HB 1358 - Flook - Enacts the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

HB 1463 - Nolte - Prohibits the admission of unlawfully present aliens to public institutions of higher education
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1474 - Cunningham - Establishes a process for converting manufactured homes from personal property into real property and vice versa
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

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
5/1/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee (3834S.05C)
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1549 - Onder - Modifies the law relating to illegal immigrants
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor

HB 1722 - Wallace - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1790 - Cooper - Modifies provisions relating to municipal health care facilities and hospital designations
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Health and Mental Health Committee to Floor w/SCS (SCS/HCS/HB 1790, HB 1805 & HCS/HB 1546)

HB 1813 - Dougherty - Repeals certain bingo and pull-tab card taxes
5/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

HB 2016 - Icet - Appropriates money for capital improvement and other purposes for several departments of state government
5/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
5/1/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor

HB 2023 - Icet - Appropriates money for planning, expenses, and for capital improvements
5/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
5/1/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (3023S.03C)
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 2034 - Munzlinger - Modifies various provisions relating to weapons
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 2041 - Fisher - Modifies provisions relating to unemployment compensation
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 2058 - Pearce - Provides tax incentives for business development
5/1/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee (4495S.11C)

HB 2081 - Dougherty - Modifies the definition of "practice of embalming"
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

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
5/1/2008 -- H concurs in SCS
5/1/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed
5/1/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

HB 2191 - Nasheed - Modifies provisions relating to higher education scholarships
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 2260 - Storch - Modifies provisions of the qualified research expense tax credit program
5/1/2008 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 2260

HB 2279 - Wright - Modifies provisions relating to utilities
5/1/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee (5192S.11C)
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 2328 - Wasson - Exempts purchases of utilities by certain businesses operated in former mines from sales tax, establishes the Regional Economic Development Initiative Tax Credit Program
5/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

HB 2393 - Richard - Modifies provisions of the enhanced enterprise tax benefit program
5/1/2008 -- Committee Vote Reconsidered
5/1/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
5/1/2008 -- SS for SCS S offered (Shields)--(5383S.06F)
5/1/2008 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & Ruled out of order (Rupp)--(5383S06.15S)
5/1/2008 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & withdrawn (Scott)--(5383S06.01F)
5/1/2008 -- SA 3 to SS for SCS S offered & withdrawn (Green)--(5383S06.17S)
5/1/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
5/1/2008 -- SA 4 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Graham)--(5383S06.19S)
5/1/2008 -- SA 5 to SS for SCS S offered (Shields)--(5383S06.30S)
5/1/2008 -- SSA 1 for SA 5 to SS for SCS S offered & withdrawn (Shields)--(5383S06.31S)
5/1/2008 -- SSA 2 for SA 5 to SS for SCS S offered (Shields)--(5383S06.02F)
5/1/2008 -- SA 1 to SSA 2 for SA 5 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Days)--(5383S06.34S)
5/1/2008 -- SSA 2 for SA 5 to SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
5/1/2008 -- SA 6 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Smith)--(5383S06.20S)
5/1/2008 -- SA 7 to SS for SCS S offered & Ruled out of order (Callahan)--(5383S06.06S)
5/1/2008 -- SA 8 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Green)--(5383S06.03F)
5/1/2008 -- SA 9 to SS for SCS S offered (Callahan)--(5383S06.24S)
5/1/2008 -- SSA 1 for SA 9 to SS for SCS S offered & Ruled out of order (Callahan)--(5383S06.25S)
5/1/2008 -- SA 9 to SS for SCS S defeated
5/1/2008 -- SA 10 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Graham)--(5383S06.37S)
5/1/2008 -- SA 11 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Graham)--(5383S06.38S)
5/1/2008 -- SA 12 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Graham)--(5383S06.39S)
5/1/2008 -- SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
5/1/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed

HCR 7 - Pearce - Encourages students and faculty to promote international education at Missouri colleges and universities
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor

HCR 23 - Dixon - Declares February 6th of each year to be "Ronald Reagan Day" in Missouri
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor w/SCA 1

HCR 30 - Emery - Creates the Joint Interim Committee on Voice Communications Regulation
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor w/SCS

HJR 70 - Icet - Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting appropriations in any fiscal year from exceeding certain limits
5/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

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