Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 2/26/2009

SB 1 - Scott - Establishes licensing and contract requirements for preneed funeral contract sellers, providers, and seller agents
2/26/2009 -- Referred H Special Standing Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee

SB 5 - Griesheimer - Creates the Missouri County Planning Act
2/26/2009 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 7 - Griesheimer - Modifies various provisions relating to political subdivisions
2/26/2009 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor

SB 8 - 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
2/26/2009 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 9 - Champion - Modifies provisions relating to the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee, the Hospital District Sales Tax Fund, and health insurance
2/26/2009 -- H First Read

SB 15 - Nodler - Authorizes the conveyance and lease of certain state properties
2/26/2009 -- H First Read

SB 37 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to the public defender system
2/26/2009 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 38 - 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
2/26/2009 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor

SB 44 - Pearce - Modifies various provisions relating to private jails
2/26/2009 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 55 - Days - Modifies provisions relating to education
2/26/2009 -- H First Read

SB 57 - Stouffer - Imposes various billboard standards to billboards adjacent to Interstate 70 and Interstate 44 during periods of interstate construction
2/26/2009 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 79 - Wilson - Modifies provisions relating to education
2/26/2009 -- H First Read

SB 84 - Purgason - Modifies several provisions of law pertaining to transportation
2/26/2009 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 88 - Stouffer - Modifies several provisions of law relating to transportation
2/26/2009 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & Ruled out of order (McKenna)--(8035S09.01S)
2/26/2009 -- SCS S adopted
2/26/2009 -- Perfected

SB 93 - Green - Modifies various laws relating to intoxication
2/26/2009 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 104 - Justus - Provides information and the opportunity to be immunized for the human papilloma virus
2/26/2009 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 105 - Justus - Creates the Missouri Earned Income Tax Credit
2/26/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 126 - 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
2/26/2009 -- Perfected

SB 128 - Rupp - Removes certain statutory restrictions on the current design-build highway project process to allow the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission to enter into more design-build highway project contracts
2/26/2009 -- H Second Read

SB 140 - Smith - Modifies provisions relating to criminal non-support
2/26/2009 -- H Second Read

SB 152 - Clemens - Modifies definition of eligible student for nursing student loan program
2/26/2009 -- H First Read

SB 157 - Schmitt - Codifies into law the five regional autism projects currently serving persons with autism
2/26/2009 -- H First Read

SB 174 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions of law relating to property taxation
2/26/2009 -- Reported from S Ways and Means Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 176 - Stouffer - Establishes an Alzheimer's State Plan Task Force
2/26/2009 -- Reported from S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 179 - Wright-Jones - Authorizes several real property interest conveyances to various entities
2/26/2009 -- H First Read

SB 202 - Schaefer - Modifies the law regarding the operation of a motorcycle, namely the assignment of fault for the operator's normal operation of such vehicle and the ability to forego wearing headgear while operating it
2/26/2009 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 217 - Goodman - Allows remote participation in certain corporate shareholders' meetings and allows limited liability companies and limited partnerships to administratively cancel their respective documents of organization
2/26/2009 -- H First Read

SB 231 - Cunningham - Exempts landlords from liability for loss or damage to tenants' personal property when executing an order for possession of premises
2/26/2009 -- Reported from S General Laws Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 237 - Lembke - Adopts the Nurse Licensure Compact
2/26/2009 -- Reported from S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 243 - Pearce - Allows for the sale of deficiency waiver addendums and other similar products with respect to certain loan transactions
2/26/2009 -- H First Read

SB 254 - Barnitz - Creates a tax credit for qualifying milk production
2/26/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 265 - Mayer - Extends the collection of the statewide court automation fee until 2013
2/26/2009 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 313 - Nodler - Creates two separate funds within the state treasury to receive and retain funds provided under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
2/26/2009 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
2/26/2009 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee
2/26/2009 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 440 - Schaefer - Allows for temporary domestic relations orders for military families
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Veterans' Affairs, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee

SB 441 - Schaefer - Modifies provisions relating to teacher termination proceedings
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 442 - Callahan - Prohibits any person or business from having more than five liquor licenses, rather than three
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 443 - Days - Allows the State Board of Education to make modifications to a Special Administrative Board that is governing a lapsed school district
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 444 - Wilson - Creates general standards for the use of mediation to resolve disputes
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 445 - Rupp - Prohibits school district employees, volunteers, and independent contractors from placing a student receiving special education services into seclusion
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 446 - Rupp - Modifies the elementary and secondary education funding formula
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 447 - Pearce - Authorizes a city sales tax to fund public safety improvement
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 448 - Pearce - Authorizes school districts to enter into design-build contracts for projects costing more than $1,000,000
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 449 - Purgason - Requires agreements between business district advisory boards and the Director of Revenue for the collection of certain taxes
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 450 - Cunningham - Requires public libraries to adopt policies on the placement of books and other materials that are obscene or pornographic for minors
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 451 - Cunningham - Allows any winery, distiller, manufacturer, wholesaler or brewer to provide beverage samples on a licensed retail premises for tasting purposes
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

SB 452 - Cunningham - Allows qualified companies that file for bankruptcy protection to continue to receive quality jobs benefits provided certain conditions are met
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 453 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to education funding
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 454 - Mayer - Waives the waiting week for seekers of unemployment benefits adversely affected by the winter storm of January 2009
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 455 - Mayer - Increases the assessed valuation a county must maintain in order to move into a higher classification
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 456 - Lager - Makes it lawful for Caldwell County to enter into a contract with private corporations engaged in delivering water at wholesale for domestic consumption
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 457 - Lager - Allows Caldwell County to establish a jail or holding facility outside of the county seat
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 458 - Lager - Imposes duties of confidentiality upon employees of the Oversight Division of the Committee on Legislative Research
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 459 - Lager - Allows criminal prosecution of a mother for harm to an unborn child due to intentional and unlawful use of controlled substances
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 460 - Nodler - Allows the Division of Developmental Disabilities to contract directly with case management providers in a defined region
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 461 - Callahan - Bars the state from contracting with banks that charge fees for unemployment insurance debit cards
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 462 - Crowell - Modifies provisions pertaining to hazardous substance spills and emergencies
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

SB 463 - Days - Requires health carriers to provide coverage for the treatment and diagnosis of eating disorders
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 464 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to insurance
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 465 - Pearce - Creates the Division of Job Development and Training and modifies the reporting requirements for obtaining unemployment benefits
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 466 - Smith - Creates a method to publicly finance election campaigns for legislative and gubernatorial candidates
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 467 - Justus - Requires nursing home facilities to carry liability insurance with limits of no less than $1 million per occurrence to compensate residents for damages
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 468 - Justus - Requires law enforcement officers to enter certain information regarding ex parte orders of protection into the Missouri Uniform Law Enforcement System within twenty-four hours and modifies the age of an adult for adult abuse statutes
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 469 - Justus - Requires certain notices to tenants in cases of foreclosure and provides additional time before eviction actions may begin
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 470 - Ridgeway - Modifies the individual income tax rates
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 471 - Ridgeway - Establishes a procedure to suspend driver's licenses and vehicle registrations for failure to pay towing charges and allows the Highway Patrol to use rotation list to remove abandoned property
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 472 - Ridgeway - Requires the Governor and political subdivisions to disclose information regarding the distribution of public funds
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 473 - Bray - Institutes procedures for public employee collective bargaining
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 474 - Wright-Jones - Allows certain public utilities to require deposits for new or continued service only in certain circumstances
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 475 - Wright-Jones - Requires health carriers to devote a certain percentage of their total annual Missouri-associated revenues on health care services
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Progress and Development Committee

SB 476 - Wright-Jones - Allows elected officials to be excused from jury duty during their term of office
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 477 - Wright-Jones - Creates special rules for transportation development districts that are formed for the operation of public mass transportation systems
2/26/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 526 - Clemens - Authorizes the state veterinarian to restrict the movement of animals or birds under investigation for carrying a toxin
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 526-Clemens

SB 527 - Nodler - Directs federal highway funds currently credited to the State Road Fund by statute to a newly created fund known as the "Federal Highways and Bridge Fund"
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 527-Nodler and Bray

SB 528 - Nodler - Authorizes the Department of Economic Development to provide economic development incentives for alternative energy vehicle components
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 528-Nodler

SB 529 - Goodman - Criminalizes prenatal drug or alcohol use
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 529-Goodman

SB 530 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to child abuse investigations
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 530-Goodman

SB 531 - Goodman - Eliminates certain restrictions on dental advertising
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 531-Goodman

SB 532 - Bray - Requires that electronic voting machines used in elections produce a paper ballot
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 532-Bray

SB 533 - Rupp - Requires that members of the National Guard be informed of the risks of depleted uranium and that certain veterans be informed of available federal treatment for exposure to depleted uranium
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 533-Rupp

SB 534 - Rupp - Requires coroners or medical examiners to perform certain testing on individuals who commit suicide and report the findings to the Department of Health and Senior Services
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 534-Rupp

SB 535 - Days - Creates the crime of breach airport security
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 535-Days

SB 536 - Wilson - Enacts the Foster Care and Adoptive Parents Recruitment and Retention Fund
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 536-Wilson

SB 537 - Cunningham - Creates procedures for open enrollment across school district boundary lines for certain students
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 537-Cunningham

SB 538 - Champion - Modifies provisions relating to long-term care facilities and fire marshal regulation as it relates to blasting licenses
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 538-Champion

SB 539 - Schaefer - Modifies provisions pertaining to environmental protection
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 539-Schaefer

SB 540 - Schaefer - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property known as the Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center to the University of Missouri-Columbia
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 540-Schaefer

SB 541 - Pearce - Institutes various provisions regulating practices involved in making residential mortgage loans
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 541-Pearce

SB 542 - Pearce - Modifies provisions relating to the State Treasurer and expands eligibility for the Treasurer's Linked Deposit Loan Program
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 542-Pearce

SB 543 - Pearce - Creates a tax credit for homes built under green build standards
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB-543-Pearce

SB 544 - Schmitt - Modifies provisions regarding organizations soliciting charitable contributions on roadways
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 544-Schmitt

SB 545 - Schmitt - Makes certain previously exempted electric cooperatives henceforth subject to rate regulation under the Public Service Commission
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 545-Schmitt

SB 546 - Schmitt - Increase the income disregard for eligibility in the Ticket-to-Work Health Assurance Program
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 546-Schmitt, et al

SB 547 - Schmitt - Modifies several provisions of law relating to health insurance
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 547-Schmitt

SB 548 - Schmitt - Allows for the establishment of health record banks
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 548-Schmitt

SB 549 - Schmitt - Requires the establishment of a MO HealthNet data transparency program
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 549-Schmitt

SB 550 - Crowell - Requires all state retirement systems to monitor their investments for fraud
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 550-Crowell

SB 551 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to drug offenses and substance abuse treatment
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 551-Crowell and Schaefer

SB 552 - Crowell - Modifies provisions regarding MO HealthNet's authority to collect payment from third party payers
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 552-Crowell

SB 553 - Crowell - Reorganizes the state health care system
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 553-Crowell

SB 554 - Crowell - Allows the Adjutant General to assign the number of assistant adjutants general that are authorized by National Guard Bureau rules and regulations rather than limiting the number to two
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 554-Crowell

SB 555 - Lager - Requires certain telephone companies to achieve parity between their in-state and out-of-state exchange access rates
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 555-Lager

SB 556 - Mayer - Prohibits certain large users of water from unduly disrupting farm irrigation activities
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 556-Mayer

SB 557 - Mayer - Prohibits a reduction in a county official's salary when a county changes classifications until the current official leaves office
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 557-Mayer

SB 558 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to higher education scholarships
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 558-Mayer, et al

SB 559 - Schaefer - Authorizes the adoption of emergency rules that may be effective for two years in order to carry out the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 559-Schaefer

SB 560 - Green - Removes the requirement that commissioners of the Administrative Hearing Commission be attorneys
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 560-Green

SB 561 - Green - Requires fee offices to be awarded through a competitive bidding process
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 561-Green

SB 562 - Smith - Modifies provisions relating to the electronic storage of support obligations
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 562-Smith

SB 563 - Smith - Modifies disability retirement provisions of the Police Retirement System of St. Louis and modifies provisions relating to teacher and school retirement systems
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 563-Smith

SB 564 - Smith - Allows the State Board of Education to revoke the charter of charter schools that have decreasing student assessment scores
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 564-Smith

SB 565 - Wright-Jones - Modifies police retirement systems provisions relating to reserve officers
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 565-Wright-Jones

SB 566 - Wright-Jones - Modifies provisions regarding reserve police officers of St. Louis City
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 566-Wright-Jones

SB 567 - Wright-Jones - Allows the Board of Police Commissioners to determine the number and ranks of police officers necessary for St. Louis City
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 567-Wright-Jones

SB 568 - Rupp - Establishes the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board and creates a state false claims act
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 568-Rupp

SB 569 - Lembke - Modifies various provisions relating to the initiative and referendum process
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 569-Lembke

SB 570 - Lembke - Modifies provisions regarding non-MO HealthNet eligible persons in the Consumer-Directed Personal Care Services Program
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 570-Lembke

SB 571 - Lembke - Prohibits insurers and their agents from engaging in certain activities with respect to motor vehicle collision repair claims
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 571-Lembke

SB 572 - Dempsey - Establishes the Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 572-Dempsey and Justus

SB 573 - Crowell - Modifies provisions of law authorizing an income tax exemption for certain retirement benefits
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 573-Crowell

SB 574 - Rupp - Allows Lincoln County, after meeting the required assessed valuation, to become a second class county upon a vote of the governing body to change classifications
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 574-Rupp

SB 575 - Smith - Modifies provisions of law requiring the submission of personal property lists
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 575-Smith

SB 576 - Dempsey - Requires that records submitted to the State Literacy Hotline for student drop-outs be made publicly available
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SB 576-Dempsey

SCR 22 - Bray - Urges Congress to enact the United States Health Insurance Act sponsored by U.S. Representative John Conyers
2/26/2009 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SCR 23 - Schmitt - Urges the State Tax Commission and assessors to accurately reflect present market conditions and, where appropriate, decrease assessed values of property
2/26/2009 -- S Offered--SCR 23-Schmitt
2/26/2009 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SCR 24 - Lager - Urges Congress to oppose the Employee Free Choice Act
2/26/2009 -- S Offered--SCR 24-Lager
2/26/2009 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SJR 18 - Cunningham - Limits increases in assessed valuation of real property caused by reassessment until a transfer of ownership occurs
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--SJR 18-Cunningham

SR 304 - Shields - Creates the Missouri Senate Educated Workforce 2020 Committee
2/26/2009 -- SS S offered & adopted (Ridgeway)--(1641S.09F)
2/26/2009 -- S adopted

HB 86 - Sutherland - Modifies provisions regarding the imposition of the corporate franchise tax
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--HB 86-Sutherland

HB 287 - Day - Classifies sawmills and planing mills as agricultural and horticultural property instead of commercial property for property tax purposes
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--HB 287-Day, et al (Mayer)

HB 744 - Icet - Creates two separate funds within the state treasury to receive and retain funds provided under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
2/26/2009 -- S First Read--HB 744-Icet
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