Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 2/3/2009


SB 4 - Shields - Establishes a quality rating system for child care facilities
2/3/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 9 - Champion - Modifies provisions relating to the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee, the Hospital District Sales Tax Fund, and health insurance
2/3/2009 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee (0368S.02C) - Consent

SB 16 - Nodler - Criminalizes the production, manufacture, possession and a sale of fraudulent documents intended to serve as insurance identification cards
2/3/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 26 - Ridgeway - Prohibits alcohol beverage vaporizers
2/3/2009 -- Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee

SB 37 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to the public defender system
2/3/2009 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee (0516S.02C)

SB 43 - Pearce - Allows cell phone numbers to be included on the no-call list and prohibits certain automated calls to persons on the no-call list
2/3/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 47 - Scott - Modifies requirements for certain law enforcement personnel
2/3/2009 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee (0192S.02C) - Consent

SB 61 - Wilson - Creates a trust fund and commission for comprehensive tobacco control
2/3/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 65 - Rupp - Modifies the state do-not-call list and creates "paid for by" requirements for political phone calls
2/3/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 72 - Stouffer - Provides for transfer of long-term care beds to certain new health care facilities
2/3/2009 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee (0369S.03C)

SB 77 - Stouffer - Adds comprehensive day services as a covered service under MO HealthNet
2/3/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 118 - Griesheimer - Modifies duties of the Department of Natural Resources regarding solid waste planning
2/3/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment 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
2/3/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 141 - Smith - Modifies the law on the establishment of paternity
2/3/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee

SB 147 - Dempsey - Establishes the Missouri Healthy Workplace Recognition Program
2/3/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 156 - Goodman - Modifies provisions of law regarding travel clubs
2/3/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee

SB 169 - Shoemyer - Regulates insurance agents selling Medicare Advantage plans
2/3/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 171 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions relating to liquor control
2/3/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee

SB 185 - Bray - Repeals a portion of the law that provides certain utilities the opportunity to apply for alternate rate schedules in certain circumstances
2/3/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 189 - Shields - Modifies the law currently prohibiting Kansas City police officers from participating in some political activities
2/3/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee

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
2/3/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 231 - Cunningham - Exempts landlords from liability for loss or damage to tenants' personal property when executing an order for possession of premises
2/3/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee

SB 276 - Barnitz - Authorizes Montgomery County to seek voter approval for the imposition of a transient guest tax
2/3/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 277 - Cunningham - Authorizes financial institutions to assign fiduciary obligations relating to irrevocable life insurance trusts
2/3/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 278 - Cunningham - Modifies the job training program by expanding opportunities for pre-employment training
2/3/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 279 - Schmitt - Provides tax incentives for small business expansion
2/3/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 280 - Rupp - Specifies that insurance companies subject to an annual tax on gross premium receipts are exempt from the imposition of Missouri's corporate income and franchise taxes
2/3/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 281 - Bray - Directs the Air Conservation Commission to develop voluntary guidelines for limiting non-natural night time light emission near designated places
2/3/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

SB 282 - Bray - Creates statutory warranties for home buyers and homeowners and also prevents home solicitors from engaging in certain deceptive practices
2/3/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 283 - Lembke - Prohibits health carriers from imposing co-insurance or co-payment amounts that exceeds 50% of the total cost of any single health care service
2/3/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 284 - Lembke - Modifies the provisions governing fire department residency requirements
2/3/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 285 - Lembke - Creates a tax credit for equity investments in technology-based early stage Missouri companies
2/3/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 286 - Schaefer - Allows certain counties to adopt nuisance abatement ordinances involving land with tires or storm water runoff
2/3/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 287 - Schaefer - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to create a central repository for school district budget information
2/3/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 288 - Schaefer - Modifies provisions of law authorizing a tax credit for qualified research expenses
2/3/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 292 - Justus - Creates a tax credit for equity investments in technology-based early stage Missouri companies and removes the annual limit on tax credit issuance for the Quality Jobs Act
2/3/2009 -- S First Read--SB 292-Justus

SB 293 - Barnitz - Exempts tractors used in tractor parades from certain width, length, height and license plate display regulations under certain circumstances
2/3/2009 -- S First Read--SB 293-Barnitz, et al

SB 294 - Barnitz - Restricts corporate name reservation
2/3/2009 -- S First Read--SB 294-Barnitz

SB 295 - Scott - Specifies that licensed professional counseling includes the diagnosis of mental, emotional, and behavior disorders and allows the Committee for Professional Counselors to require certain education or training in diagnostic skills
2/3/2009 -- S First Read--SB 295-Scott

SB 296 - Scott - Modifies laws regarding cemeteries and cemetery operators, physician assistants, the Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects, Dental Care Professionals, Nurses, Pharmacy, and Mental Health Benefits
2/3/2009 -- S First Read--SB 296-Scott

SB 297 - Scott - Modifies provisions relating to the Missouri Propane Education and Research Council
2/3/2009 -- S First Read--SB 297-Scott

SB 298 - Scott - Modifies provisions relating to the Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors and Landscape Architects
2/3/2009 -- S First Read--SB 298-Scott

SB 299 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions related to rates charged by natural gas corporations and provisions of Utilicare assistance
2/3/2009 -- S First Read--SB 299-Griesheimer

SB 300 - Bray - Modifies provisions relating to the individual income tax
2/3/2009 -- S First Read--SB 300-Bray

SB 301 - Pearce - Requires law enforcement agencies and officers to use canine teams which have been certified by an association approved by the Department of Public Safety
2/3/2009 -- S First Read--SB 301-Pearce

SB 302 - Smith - Creates a tax credit for contributions to certain after school programs
2/3/2009 -- S First Read--SB 302-Smith

SB 303 - Smith - Allows instant runoff voting for municipalities and political subdivisions
2/3/2009 -- S First Read--SB 303-Smith

SB 304 - Crowell - Requires the Office of Administration to provide senators and representatives with access to the dome of the State Capitol
2/3/2009 -- S First Read--SB 304-Crowell

SRM 1 - Green - Remonstrance against issuance of tax credits for the Kansas City Chiefs Football Team
2/3/2009 -- Hearing Cancelled S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SCR 2 - Crowell - Recognizes October 3rd of each year as Science Day
2/3/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SCR 3 - Justus - Urges Congress to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution
2/3/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SCR 15 - Shoemyer - Urges the Governor and Office of Administration to deposit stimulus money received from the federal government into the Lewis & Clark Discovery Fund for capital improvements at public colleges and universities
2/3/2009 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SCR 16 - Pearce - Urges the Air Force to select Whiteman Air Force Base as the headquarters for Global Strike Command
2/3/2009 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SCR 17 - Shields - Petitions the Council of State Governments to move the state of Missouri from the Southern Region of the Council to the Midwest Region of the Council
2/3/2009 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SCR 18 - Bartle - Condemns the federal government for passing and implementing the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, and urges Congress to refuse to pass any more "bailout bills"
2/3/2009 -- S Offered--SCR 18-Bartle and Rupp

SR 153 - Engler - Establishes the rates of pay for Senate employees
2/3/2009 -- S adopted

SR 177 - Champion - Notice of Proposed Rule Change/Rule 64
2/3/2009 -- SA 1 S offered & adopted (Shields)--(1492S01.01S)
2/3/2009 -- S adopted, as amended

SR 207 - Lembke - Urges the St. Louis School District to remove a restriction in the deeds of school buildings for sale
2/3/2009 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SR 210 - Schaefer - Urges Missourians to recycle their analog televisions
2/3/2009 -- S Offered-SR 210-Schaefer

SR 211 - Nodler - Notice of Proposed Rule Change/Rule 28
2/3/2009 -- S Offered--SR 211-Nodler

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