Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 5/14/2008


SB 711 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions regarding property taxation
5/14/2008 -- H conferees appointed: Sutherland, Stream, Portwood, Talboy, Zweifel
5/14/2008 -- S offers & adopts CCR -- (3297S21.1SR)
5/14/2008 -- CCS S Third Read and Passed
5/14/2008 -- H submits CCR

SB 718 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions of certain tax credit programs administered by the Department of Economic Development
5/14/2008 -- Referred H Fiscal Review Committee

SB 720 - Coleman - Modifies provisions relating to utilities
5/14/2008 -- H refuses to recede and grants conference
5/14/2008 -- H conferees appointed: Smith-150, Schoeller, Emery, Skaggs, Walsh
5/14/2008 -- S conferees appointed: Coleman, Engler, Lager, Dempsey, Barnitz

SB 723 - Scott - Modifies educational requirements for certain law enforcement personnel and requires the revisor to change certain references related to criminal records
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 726 - Shields - Modifies provisions relating to child care
5/14/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted

SB 733 - Champion - Requires crime laboratories providing reports or testimony to a state court to be accredited by 2012
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 753 - Mayer - Designates certain stretches of highway after law enforcement or military personnel
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 765 - Goodman - Modifies the process for incorporating a village
5/14/2008 -- HA 1 to HCS H offered & adopted (Schneider)--(3074L05.06H)
5/14/2008 -- HA 2 to HCS H offered & adopted (Schneider)--(3074L05.08H)
5/14/2008 -- HA 3 to HCS H offered (Bruns)--(3074L05.35H)
5/14/2008 -- HA 1 to HA 3 to HCS H offered & adopted (Wildberger)--(3074L05.07F)
5/14/2008 -- HA 3 to HCS, as amended, H adopted
5/14/2008 -- HA 4 to HCS H offered & adopted (Daus)--(3074L05.06L)
5/14/2008 -- HA 5 to HCS H offered (Lembke)--(3074L05.22H)
5/14/2008 -- HA 1 to HA 5 to HCS H offered & Ruled out of order (Page)--(3074L05.08F)
5/14/2008 -- HA 5 to HCS H adopted
5/14/2008 -- HA 6 to HCS H offered & adopted (Grisamore)--(3074L05.05F)
5/14/2008 -- HA 7 to HCS H offered & adopted (Walsh)--(3074L05.49H)
5/14/2008 -- HA 8 to HCS H offered & adopted (Curls)--(3074L05.61H)
5/14/2008 -- HA 9 to HCS H offered & adopted (Richard)--(3074L05.41H)
5/14/2008 -- HA 10 to HCS H offered & adopted (Scavuzzo)--(3074L05.25H)
5/14/2008 -- HA 11 to HCS H offered & adopted (Harris)--(3074L05.05H)
5/14/2008 -- HA 12 to HCS H offered & adopted (Nance)--(3074L05.60H)
5/14/2008 -- HA 13 to HCS H offered & adopted (May)--(3074L05.86H)
5/14/2008 -- HA 14 to HCS H offered (Cooper-120)--(3074L05.42H)
5/14/2008 -- HA 1 to HA 14 to HCS H offered & withdrawn (Cooper-120)
5/14/2008 -- HA 2 to HA 14 to HCS H offered & adopted (Deeken)--(3074L05.10F)
5/14/2008 -- HA 14 to HCS, as amended, H defeated
5/14/2008 -- HA 15 to HCS H offered & withdrawn (Franz)--(3074L05.27H)
5/14/2008 -- HA 16 to HCS H offered & adopted (Schaaf)--(3074L05.15H)
5/14/2008 -- HA 17 to HCS H offered & adopted (Meiners)--(3074L05.10H)
5/14/2008 -- HA 18 to HCS H offered & defeated (Daus)--(3074L05.94H)
5/14/2008 -- HA 19 to HCS H offered & adopted (Wallace)--(3074L05.73H)
5/14/2008 -- HA 20 to HCS H offered & adopted (Villa)--(3074L05.20H)
5/14/2008 -- HA 21 to HCS H offered (Holsman)--(3074L05.16L)
5/14/2008 -- HA 1 to HA 21 to HCS H offered & adopted (Darrough)--(3074L05.84H)
5/14/2008 -- HA 21 to HCS, as amended, H defeated
5/14/2008 -- HA 22 to HCS H offered & adopted (Walsh)--(3074L05.64H)
5/14/2008 -- HA 23 to HCS H offered & adopted (Pearce)--(3074L05.45H)
5/14/2008 -- Part I of HCS, H adopted
5/14/2008 -- HA 1 to Part II of HCS H offered & defeated (Fallert)--(3074L05.03F)
5/14/2008 -- Part II of HCS, as amended, H defeated
5/14/2008 -- Part III of HCS, H adopted
5/14/2008 -- Part IV of HCS, as amended, H defeated
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - EC adopted

SB 767 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to the public defender system and the number of judges in various circuits
5/14/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted

SB 797 - Bray - Modifies the laws relating to elections
5/14/2008 -- HPA 1 H offered & adopted
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed, as amended - Consent

SB 801 - Ridgeway - Increases the maximum amount of compensation which the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners may pay officers
5/14/2008 -- H Consent Calendar
5/14/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

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
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 856 - Engler - Creates the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal specialized license plate and exempts permanent nonexpiring license plates from reissuance program
5/14/2008 -- Pursuant to Rule 45(d) - HCS adopted by consent
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent

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
5/14/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted

SB 896 - Stouffer - Modifies the methods in which certain special road districts may form, expand or dissolve within fourth class counties
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
5/14/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

SB 930 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles
5/14/2008 -- H refuses to recede and grants conference
5/14/2008 -- H conferees appointed: St. Onge, Hobbs, Quinn-7, Fallert, Meadows
5/14/2008 -- S conferees appointed: Stouffer, Rupp, Scott, Kennedy, Shoemyer

SB 936 - Griesheimer - Allow motorists to operate vehicles without current registrations for the purpose of resetting emissions readiness monitors in order to pass emissions inspection retests
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
5/14/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

SB 943 - Clemens - Allows cities to annex land within airport zones in Greene County if cities agree to enforce Springfield's airport zoning ordinance
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 951 - Scott - Modifies the law relating to emergency response within financial institutions
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
5/14/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

SB 956 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions relating to public water supply districts
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
5/14/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

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
5/14/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Fiscal Review Committee
5/14/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Fiscal Review Committee
5/14/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Fiscal Review Committee

SB 978 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions relating to boards overseeing emergency services
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 979 - Vogel - Terminates eligibility for surviving spouse of public safety officer income tax credit upon remarriage
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
5/14/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

SB 980 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions regarding supplemental and disability retirement benefits for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
5/14/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

SB 991 - Loudon - Establishes the ice cream cone as the official state dessert
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
5/14/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

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
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
5/14/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

SB 1002 - Justus - Modifies the penalties for certain zoning violations
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1008 - Loudon - Modifies various provisions relating to health insurance and automobile insurance
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1009 - Loudon - Modifies the current legal requirement that funds conveyed to settlement agents in real estate closings be certified funds
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent - EC adopted
5/14/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed (w/EC)

SB 1016 - Mayer - Provides that a portion of the tort victims' compensation fund shall be transferred to the basic civil legal services fund
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
5/14/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

SB 1033 - Griesheimer - Prohibits water or sewer line easements from being considered transfers of title of real property to counties and other political subdivisions
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1034 - Mayer - Modifies record-keeping requirements for purchasers of scrap metal and creates penalties for unlawful purchases of certain scrap metals
5/14/2008 -- S concurs in HCS
5/14/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed
5/14/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

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
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1044 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions regarding minimum ambulance staffing for ambulances staffed with volunteers
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
5/14/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

SB 1061 - Barnitz - Requires county coroners and their assistants to register with the Missouri Coroners' and Medical Examiners' Association
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
5/14/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

SB 1068 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to pharmacies and pharmacists
5/14/2008 -- H submits CCR

SB 1073 - Dempsey - Creates a state and local sales and use tax exemption for defense articles sold to foreign governments
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
5/14/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

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
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1135 - Callahan - Changes the law regarding street grading in cities with over 300,000 inhabitants
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1150 - Barnitz - Extends the sunset provisions for fees to be credited to the technology trust fund
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
5/14/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

SB 1153 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to several public employee retirement systems
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1168 - Dempsey - Revises the formula for computing a refund for credit insurance
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
5/14/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

SB 1177 - Barnitz - Designates licensed professional counselors as mental health professionals in certain circumstances
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
5/14/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

SB 1181 - Engler - Modifies and creates provisions pertaining to energy efficiency and energy regulation
5/14/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Fiscal Review Committee
5/14/2008 -- Voted with No Recommendation H Fiscal Review Committee
5/14/2008 -- Reported Without Recommendation H Committee on Fiscal Review Committee

SB 1185 - Gibbons - Modifies various provisions relating to prosecutors
5/14/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted

SB 1187 - Purgason - Removes the ninety-nine member cap on the Water Patrol membership
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
5/14/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

SB 1190 - Nodler - Authorizes the division of professional registration to reduce licensure fees by emergency rule under certain circumstances
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
5/14/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

SB 1235 - Justus - Modifies provisions related to a trustee's powers under the Missouri Uniform Trust Code
5/14/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
5/14/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

SB 1283 - Dempsey - Creates the Missouri Health Transformation Act
5/14/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
5/14/2008 -- Rules - Voted Do Pass
5/14/2008 -- Rules - Reported Do Pass

SB 1288 - Shields - Modifies lobbyist reporting requirements
5/14/2008 -- H refuses to recede and grants conference
5/14/2008 -- H conferees appointed: Cooper-120, May, Cox, Frame, Low-39
5/14/2008 -- S conferees appointed: Shields, Gibbons, Goodman, Coleman, Kennedy

SCR 35 - Shoemyer - Urges the U.S. Congress to support the continuation of horse processing in the United States
5/14/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Agriculture Policy Committee
5/14/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
5/14/2008 -- Rules - Voted Do Pass
5/14/2008 -- Rules - Reported Do Pass
5/14/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)
5/14/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee

SCR 39 - Shields - Request the withdrawal of proposed federal rules relating to Direct Graduate Medical Education Funds
5/14/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
5/14/2008 -- Rules - Voted Do Pass
5/14/2008 -- Rules - Reported Do Pass

HB 1314 - Cunningham - Grants civil immunity to certain education personnel under certain conditions
5/14/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 1393 - Dusenberg - Exempts persons 21 years of age or older from wearing protective headgear when operating or riding motorcycles or motortricycles
5/14/2008 -- SA 1 S offered & Ruled out of order (Graham)--(3189L02.19S)
5/14/2008 -- SA 2 S offered & Ruled out of order (Graham)--(3189L02.20S)
5/14/2008 -- SA 3 S offered & defeated (Graham)--(3189L02.22S)
5/14/2008 -- SA 4 S offered & defeated (Graham)--(3189L02.16S)
5/14/2008 -- SA 5 S offered & defeated (Graham)--(3189L02.15S)
5/14/2008 -- SA 6 S offered (Kennedy)--(3189L02.24S)
5/14/2008 -- SA 1 to SA 6 S offered & defeated (Champion)--(3189L02.25S)
5/14/2008 -- SA 6 S defeated
5/14/2008 -- 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
5/14/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 1546 - Schaaf - Modifies provisions relating to infection incident rates reporting and control
5/14/2008 -- SCS for HCS for HB 1790, HB 1805 & HCS for HB 1546 S defeated
5/14/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 1549 - Onder - Modifies the law relating to illegal immigrants
5/14/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

HB 1550 - Stevenson - Modifies provisions relating to courts
5/14/2008 -- SS S offered (Dempsey)
5/14/2008 -- SA 1 to SS S offered & adopted (Lager)--(8115S08.01S)
5/14/2008 -- SA 2 to SS S offered & adopted (Graham)--(4041S05.06S)
5/14/2008 -- SS, as amended, S adopted
5/14/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed

HB 1626 - Emery - Requires applicants to prove citizenship, permanent residence, or lawful presence in order to receive state or local public benefits
5/14/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 1628 - Cooper - Exempts historical vehicles powered by liquid petroleum or natural gas from the alternative fuel decal requirement and tax
5/14/2008 -- Taken up for Third Reading
5/14/2008 -- Placed back on Consent Calendar

HB 1700 - Wasson - Modifies the law relating to professional licensing and registration
5/14/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 1716 - Guest - Modifies law regarding proving lawful presence for driver's license purposes and prohibits the collection and dissemination of driver's license and motor vehicle information in order to comply with the REAL ID Act
5/14/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

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
5/14/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 1790 - Cooper - Modifies provisions relating to municipal health care facilities and hospital designations
5/14/2008 -- SCS for HCS for HB 1790, HB 1805 & HCS for HB 1546 S defeated
5/14/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
5/14/2008 -- SS S offered (Shields)--(4329S.06F)
5/14/2008 -- SA 1 to SS S offered & adopted (Scott)--(4329S06.01S)
5/14/2008 -- SS, as amended, S adopted
5/14/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed

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
5/14/2008 -- SCS for HCS for HB 1790, HB 1805 & HCS for HB 1546 S defeated
5/14/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 1831 - Onder - Enacts provisions regarding the coercion of abortions
5/14/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 1832 - Cooper - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions
5/14/2008 -- SS for SCS S offered (Griesheimer)--(4220S.07F)
5/14/2008 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered (Stouffer)--(4220S07.03S)
5/14/2008 -- SA 1 to SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Ridgeway)--(4220S07.05S)
5/14/2008 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S adopted
5/14/2008 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Scott)--(4267S09.17S)
5/14/2008 -- SA 3 to SS for SCS S offered & Ruled out of order (Loudon)--(8132S07.03S)
5/14/2008 -- SA 4 to SS for SCS S offered & Ruled out of order (Shoemyer)--(8102S08.01S)
5/14/2008 -- SA 5 to SS for SCS S offered & Ruled out of order (Lager)--(4267S09.26S)
5/14/2008 -- SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
5/14/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted

HB 1883 - Nance - Modifies various laws relating to employment
5/14/2008 -- SCS S adopted
5/14/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted

HB 1995 - Schieffer - 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
5/14/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

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
5/14/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 2081 - Dougherty - Modifies the definition of "practice of embalming"
5/14/2008 -- SSA 1 for SA 9 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Loudon)--(4865S04.14S)
5/14/2008 -- SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
5/14/2008 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee
5/14/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

HB 2191 - Nasheed - Modifies provisions relating to higher education scholarships
5/14/2008 -- SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Coleman)--(5133S.04F)
5/14/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed

HB 2279 - Wright - Modifies provisions relating to utilities
5/14/2008 -- H submits CCR

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
5/14/2008 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor

HCR 5 - Smith - Urgently requests the United States Congress to pass assured funding for veterans' health care
5/14/2008 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor

HCR 16 - Bivins - Urges the United States Congress to immediately repeal the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act
5/14/2008 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor

HCR 18 - Fisher - Recognizes the I-49 Coalition as the official organization for the project to upgrade U.S. Highway 71 to interstate standards
5/14/2008 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor

HCR 19 - Sander - Endorses the "Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children's Bill of Rights"
5/14/2008 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor

HCR 21 - Smith - Supports the Department of Health and Senior Services' efforts to reform the current funding formula for the senior nutrition program to more effectively meet the needs of seniors
5/14/2008 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor

HCR 25 - Pratt - Urges Congress and the Consumer Product Safety Commission to immediately strengthen the regulations regarding furniture and major appliances with a tip-over hazard
5/14/2008 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor

HCR 26 - Dixon - Encourages the Governor and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to secure additional funding for fine arts education in this state
5/14/2008 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor

HCR 34 - Sutherland - Recognizes "Walk and Bicycle to School" month, week, and day during October 2008 in Missouri
5/14/2008 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor

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"
5/14/2008 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor

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
5/14/2008 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor

HJR 43 - Portwood - Requires rollbacks of current levies due to increases in assessed value
5/14/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HJR 70 - Icet - Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting appropriations in any fiscal year from exceeding certain limits
5/14/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

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