Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 3/31/2009

SB 1 - Scott - Establishes licensing and contract requirements for preneed funeral contract sellers, providers, and seller agents
3/31/2009 -- Hearing Cancelled H Rules Committee

SB 45 - Pearce - Modifies provisions of law regarding various tax incentives
3/31/2009 -- SA 2 to SS#2 for SCS S adopted
3/31/2009 -- SA 3 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & adopted (Lager)--(0528S12.08S)
3/31/2009 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
3/31/2009 -- SS#2 for SCS S withdrawn
3/31/2009 -- SS#3 for SCS S offered (Griesheimer)--(0528S.15F)
3/31/2009 -- SA 1 to SS#3 for SCS S offered (Lager)--(0528S12.38S)
3/31/2009 -- SSA 1 for SA 1 to SS#3 for SCS S offered & adopted (Ridgeway)--(0528S15.13S)
3/31/2009 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 94 - Justus - Modifies provisions on child care subsidies
3/31/2009 -- SS for SCS S offered (Justus)--(0253S.05F)
3/31/2009 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 96 - Justus - Modifies provisions relating to the needs and rights of children
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Special Standing Committee on Children and Families Committee

SB 117 - Green - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to recalculate state school aid for Riverview Gardens School District to correct an error
3/31/2009 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & withdrawn (Ridgeway)--(0395S02.04S)
3/31/2009 -- SCS S adopted
3/31/2009 -- Perfected
3/31/2009 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee
3/31/2009 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 134 - Dempsey - Authorizes the issuance of several special license plates and modifies the procedure for their issuance
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 141 - Smith - Modifies the law on the establishment of paternity
3/31/2009 -- SS for SCS S offered (Smith)--(0866S.08F)
3/31/2009 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Smith)--(0866S08.01S)
3/31/2009 -- SS for SCS. as amended, S adopted
3/31/2009 -- Perfected
3/31/2009 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 147 - Dempsey - Establishes the Missouri Healthy Workplace Recognition Program
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Health Care Policy Committee

SB 161 - Crowell - Removes certain limitations on investments made by boards of trustees of police and firemen's retirement systems
3/31/2009 -- H Second Read
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Retirement Committee

SB 165 - Justus - Modifies provisions of law authorizing the imposition of various taxes by local governments
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 171 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions relating to liquor control
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Special Standing Committee on General Laws Committee

SB 216 - Scott - Modifies the law relating to debt settlement providers
3/31/2009 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Scott)--(1058S02.02S)
3/31/2009 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
3/31/2009 -- Perfected
3/31/2009 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 222 - Goodman - Modifies the use and disclosure of certain personal identification information in certain documents
3/31/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 228 - Scott - Modifies the construction-work-in-progress (CWIP) law for construction of certain new power plants and creates the Missouri Clean and Renewable Energy Construction Act
3/31/2009 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee (1109S.06C)
3/31/2009 -- Reported from S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 242 - Pearce - Prohibits certain storm water management fees and provides an alternate procedure to approve bond issuance for a sewer subdistrict in Cass County
3/31/2009 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Special Standing Committee on General Laws Committee

SB 253 - Justus - Modifies various provisions relating to elections
3/31/2009 -- H Second Read
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Elections Committee

SB 266 - Mayer - Allows public library districts to seek voter approval for a sales tax to fund libraries within such districts
3/31/2009 -- H Second Read
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 276 - Barnitz - Authorizes Montgomery County to seek voter approval for the imposition of a transient guest tax
3/31/2009 -- H Second Read
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

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
3/31/2009 -- H Second Read
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Special Standing Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee

SB 307 - Dempsey - Modifies provisions of law regarding taxes to fund certain health care services
3/31/2009 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 318 - Lembke - Requires the destruction of certain complaints made by sexually violent predators against certain licensed professionals
3/31/2009 -- H Second Read
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Special Standing Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee

SB 321 - Days - Creates a commission to study the death penalty in Missouri
3/31/2009 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 337 - Rupp - Extends the term of office for certain ambulance district directors
3/31/2009 -- H Second Read
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 338 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to crime victims
3/31/2009 -- H Second Read
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Crime Prevention Committee

SB 357 - Purgason - Modifies various provisions of law relating to transportation
3/31/2009 -- H Second Read
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Insurance Policy Committee

SB 364 - Clemens - Provides labeling and recycling requirements for television manufacturers
3/31/2009 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 369 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions related to pharmacy
3/31/2009 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee (1893S.04C)

SB 375 - Mayer - Provides health insurance coverage for Phase I clinical trials for cancer treatment
3/31/2009 -- Voted Do Pass S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 376 - Lager - Modifies provisions relating to energy and energy efficiency
3/31/2009 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee (1744S.04C)

SB 377 - Rupp - Modifies various provisions relating to business incentives
3/31/2009 -- H Second Read
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Job Creation and Economic Development Committee

SB 386 - Lager - Modifies various provisions of law regarding political subdivisions
3/31/2009 -- H Second Read
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 387 - Barnitz - Allows the City of Waynesville to impose a transient guest tax
3/31/2009 -- H Second Read
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 391 - Schaefer - Limits liability for personal injury or death arising from geologic sequestration activities in certain areas
3/31/2009 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee (1921S.04C)

SB 394 - Ridgeway - Allows certain businesses to use terms such as drug store in their business name
3/31/2009 -- H Second Read
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Special Standing Committee on General Laws Committee

SB 398 - Barnitz - Modifies property posting provisions
3/31/2009 -- H Second Read
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Agriculture Policy Committee

SB 399 - Justus - Modifies provisions relating to the compromise of taxes and penalties for properties subject to certain actions as abandoned property in Jackson County
3/31/2009 -- H Second Read
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 409 - Stouffer - Extends the expiration date until January 1, 2020 for the scrap tire fee and modifies uses of the fee proceeds
3/31/2009 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 410 - Stouffer - Modifies various laws governing medical malpractice insurance
3/31/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 411 - Crowell - Makes certain employees of the Missouri Development Finance Board members of the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System and modifies provisions relating to teacher and school retirement systems
3/31/2009 -- H Second Read
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Retirement Committee

SB 415 - Dempsey - Modifies several provisions of laws relating to health insurance
3/31/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 447 - Pearce - Authorizes a city sales tax to fund public safety improvement
3/31/2009 -- H Second Read
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 464 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to insurance
3/31/2009 -- H Second Read
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Insurance Policy 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
3/31/2009 -- Hearing Conducted 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
3/31/2009 -- H Second Read
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Public Safety Committee

SB 477 - Wright-Jones - Creates special rules for transportation development districts that are formed for the operation of public mass transportation systems
3/31/2009 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 480 - Shoemyer - Creates the Missouri Board on Geographic Names and modifies the name and duties of the Second Capitol Commission
3/31/2009 -- H Second Read
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Special Standing Committee on General Laws Committee

SB 485 - Pearce - Requires the Ethics Commission to redact the bank account number contained on a committee's statement of organization before it makes the statement public
3/31/2009 -- H Second Read
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Elections Committee

SB 486 - Green - Grants employees of any public body the right to form and join labor organizations
3/31/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 495 - Griesheimer - Modifies various provisions relating to employment security
3/31/2009 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee (2121S.02C)

SB 507 - Callahan - Authorizes the City of Sugar Creek to impose a transient guest tax
3/31/2009 -- H Second Read
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 526 - Clemens - Authorizes the state veterinarian to restrict the movement of animals or birds under investigation for carrying a toxin
3/31/2009 -- H Second Read
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Special Standing Committee on Emerging Issues in Animal Agriculture Committee

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"
3/31/2009 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 536 - Wilson - Enacts the Foster Care and Adoptive Parents Recruitment and Retention Fund
3/31/2009 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee (2223S.02C)

SB 538 - Champion - Modifies provisions relating to long-term care facilities and fire marshal regulation as it relates to blasting licenses
3/31/2009 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee (2254S.02C)

SB 539 - Schaefer - Modifies provisions pertaining to environmental protection
3/31/2009 -- SS for SCS S offered (Schaefer)--(2062S.05F)
3/31/2009 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Lager)--(2062S05.01S)
3/31/2009 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Green)--(2062S05.02S)
3/31/2009 -- SA 3 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Schaefer)--(2062S05.01F)
3/31/2009 -- SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
3/31/2009 -- Perfected
3/31/2009 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee
3/31/2009 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 545 - Schmitt - Makes certain previously exempted electric cooperatives henceforth subject to rate regulation under the Public Service Commission
3/31/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 547 - Schmitt - Modifies several provisions of law relating to health insurance
3/31/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

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
3/31/2009 -- H Second Read
3/31/2009 -- Referred H Retirement Committee

SJR 3 - Crowell - Creates an exception to the prohibition against laws retrospective in operation by allowing certain laws pertaining to sexual offenders and other felons to be applied retrospectively
3/31/2009 -- SS S offered & adopted (Crowell)--(0079S.02F)
3/31/2009 -- Perfected
3/31/2009 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

HB 5 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Office of Administration, Department of Transportation, and Department of Public Safety
3/31/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 6 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Agriculture, Department of Natural Resources, and Department of Conservation
3/31/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 7 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses and distributions of the departments of Economic Development,Insurance, Financial Institutions,Professional Registration,Labor and Industrial Relations
3/31/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 8 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Public Safety
3/31/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 9 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Corrections
3/31/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 10 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Mental Health, Board of Public Buildings, and Department of Health and Senior Services
3/31/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 11 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, and distributions of the Department of Social Services
3/31/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 12 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of statewide elected officials, the Judiciary, Office of the State Public Defender, and General Assembly
3/31/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 13 - Icet - Appropriates money for real property leases and related services
3/31/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 132 - Fallert - Modifies provisions relating to liquor control
3/31/2009 -- S First Read--HB 132-Fallert, et al

HB 210 - Deeken - Allows a retired state employee to request that contributions to the state employees charitable campaign be withheld from their monthly benefit
3/31/2009 -- S First Read--HB 210-Deeken

HB 231 - Yates - Requires group health insurance policies issued to employers not covered by the federal COBRA law to provide terminated employees continuation coverage rights in the same manner as provided by the federal COBRA law
3/31/2009 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 231

HB 234 - Wood - Modifies procedures for detaching territory from a public water supply district
3/31/2009 -- S First Read--HCS for HBs 234 & 493

HB 253 - Davis - Allows motorcycle headlamps to be wired to modulate either the upper beam or the lower beam from its maximum intensity to a lesser intensity if certain modulation standards are met
3/31/2009 -- S First Read--HB 253-Davis, et al

HB 257 - Schieffer - 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
3/31/2009 -- S First Read--HB 257-Schieffer

HB 265 - Franz - Modifies provisions relating to teacher and school retirement systems
3/31/2009 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 265

HB 278 - Meiners - Allows mobility motor vehicle dealers to purchase new motor vehicles and equip them for retail sale as mobility motor vehicles under certain conditions
3/31/2009 -- S First Read--HB 278-Meiners, et al

HB 281 - Weter - Modifies the laws regarding motor vehicle dealerships as they relate to manufacturer-authorized warranty work and repair
3/31/2009 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 281

HB 282 - Stevenson - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property in Jasper County, known as the Joplin Regional Center, to Missouri Southern State University
3/31/2009 -- S First Read--HB 282-Stevenson, et al

HB 283 - Wood - Authorizes nonprofit sewer companies to provide domestic water services in certain areas
3/31/2009 -- S First Read--HB 283-Wood (Goodman)

HB 326 - Sutherland - Modifies provisions relating to certain mental health professionals
3/31/2009 -- S First Read--HB 326-Sutherland

HB 358 - Day - Designates the bridge over the Gasconade River on State Highway 17 in Pulaski County as the "WWII Okinawa Veterans Memorial Bridge" and designates a portion of Interstate 435 as the "Lamar Hunt Memorial Highway"
3/31/2009 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 358

HB 373 - Wallace - Creates the GED Revolving Fund for the payment and expenses related to GED test administration
3/31/2009 -- S First Read--HB 373-Wallace

HB 537 - Dixon - Authorizes the Governor to convey a parcel of real property to the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission for the new Mississippi River Bridge project
3/31/2009 -- S First Read--HB 537-Dixon, et al

HB 544 - Smith - Requires the Commissioner of the Office of Administration to maintain the Missouri Accountability Portal, establishes the Joint Committee on Recovery Accountability and Transparency, and requires the Office of Administration to provide legislators a key to the Capitol dome
3/31/2009 -- S First Read--HB 544-Smith (150), et al (Goodman)

HB 644 - Wilson - Requires operators of salvage pool or salvage disposal sales, rather than sellers, who sell nonrepairable vehicles to foreign residents to complete certain statutory duties
3/31/2009 -- S First Read--HB 644-Wilson (130)

HB 751 - Schad - Modifies provisions relating to the Missouri Propane Education and Research Council
3/31/2009 -- S First Read--HB 751-Schad, et al

HB 811 - Wasson - Requires applicants for licensing as a dietitian to have a current registration with the Commission on Dietetic Registration
3/31/2009 -- S First Read--HB 811-Wasson

HB 812 - Wasson - Repeals certain statutes regarding the board of cosmetology and the board of barber examiners which are no longer used and updates certain statutory references
3/31/2009 -- S First Read--HB 812-Wasson
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