Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 1/13/2010


SB 577 - Shields - Modifies various provisions relating to ethics
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SB 578 - Shields - Allows port authority boards to establish port improvement districts to fund projects with voter-approved sales taxes or property taxes
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 579 - Shields - Repeals the law currently prohibiting Kansas City police officers from participating in some political activities
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 580 - Griesheimer - Modifies various provisions relating to political subdivisions
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 581 - Griesheimer - Allows the city council of a third class city to submit a question to the voters as an advisory referendum
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 582 - Griesheimer - WITHDRAWN
1/13/2010 -- Bill Withdrawn

SB 583 - Champion - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of insurance
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 584 - Bartle - Requires mandatory review and sunset of certain tax credit programs
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 585 - Bartle - Allows the Department of Transportation to construct toll roads under certain conditions
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 586 - Bartle - Regulates sexually oriented businesses
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 587 - Nodler - Creates the Tenth Amendment Commission
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 588 - Nodler - Modifies provisions of law requiring notices of projected tax liability
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 589 - Nodler - Bars felons from holding public office
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 590 - Bray - Creates the Task Force on the Use of Conducted Energy Devices
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 591 - Bray - Eliminates the death penalty
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 592 - Bray - Modifies various provisions relating to domestic violence
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 593 - Days - Amends laws relating to unsecured loans of $500 or less
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 594 - Days - Allows adopted persons eighteen and over to obtain copies of their original birth certificate under certain circumstances
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 596 - Callahan - Establishes the Show-me Small Business Act
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Progress and Development Committee

SB 597 - Ridgeway - Requires 10% of state contracts be awarded to businesses with less than 25 employees
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 598 - Ridgeway - Requires all first class counties to accept installment payments for certain property taxes
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 599 - Ridgeway - Removes the requirement that goods and services be purchased by the state and public institutions from the Vocational Enterprises Program
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 600 - Crowell - Requires the Office of Administration to provide senators and representatives with access to the dome of the State Capitol
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 602 - Crowell - Requires drug screening and testing for applicants and recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 603 - Mayer - Creates procedures for open enrollment of public school students across school district boundary lines
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 604 - Mayer - Prohibits certain large users of water from unduly disrupting farm irrigation activities in the Southeast Missouri Regional Water District
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

SB 605 - Mayer - Modifies various provisions relating to powers of political subdivisions
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 606 - Stouffer - Adds comprehensive day services as a covered service under MO HealthNet
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 607 - Stouffer - Requires drug testing for work-eligible Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) applicants and recipients based upon reasonable suspicion
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 608 - Stouffer - Creates a tax credit for contributions to developmental disability care providers and modifies provisions of the Residential Treatment Agency Tax Credit Program
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 609 - Green - Modifies provisions relating to election judges
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 610 - Green - Bars employers from requiring employees to disclose user names or passwords
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 611 - Green - Standardizes window coverings in child care facilities and foster homes
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 612 - Wilson - Modifies the eligibility requirements for food stamp assistance
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Progress and Development Committee

SB 613 - Wilson - Modifies the eligibility requirements for food stamp assistance
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Progress and Development Committee

SB 614 - Wilson - Modifies the definition of "bullying" as used in school district antibullying policies to include cyberbullying and electronic communications
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 615 - Goodman - Requires drug testing for work-eligible TANF applicants and recipients based upon reasonable suspicion
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 616 - Goodman - Enacts provisions relating to community health centers
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 617 - Goodman - Regulates sexually oriented businesses
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 618 - Rupp - Requires health carriers to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders under certain conditions
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 619 - Rupp - Repeals the extension of St. Louis City's commercial zone through St. Charles County
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 620 - Rupp - Adds a circuit judge position within the 45th Judicial Circuit
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 621 - Lager - Modifies provisions relating to Digital Cadastral Parcel Mapping
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 622 - Shoemyer - Increases pesticide registration fees and creates the Agriculture Protection Fund
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

SB 623 - Shoemyer - Modifies provisions of law regarding sales tax refunds
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 624 - Shoemyer - Allows certain contributions to downtown revitalization preservation development projects to be substituted on a dollar-for-dollar basis for the local match in lieu of taxes and economic activity taxes
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 625 - Justus - Modifies provisions on child care subsidies
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 626 - Justus - Prohibits discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Progress and Development Committee

SB 627 - Justus - Provides the opportunity for information regarding immunization for the Human Papilloma Virus
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 628 - Dempsey - Requires the auditor of any county with a charter form of government to take an annual inventory of county property with an original value of $1,000 or more, rather than $250
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 629 - Dempsey - Establishes the Missouri Healthy Workplace Recognition Program
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 630 - Cunningham - Modifies various provisions pertaining to manufactured homes
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 631 - Cunningham - Creates the Amy Hestir Student Protection Act
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 632 - Cunningham - Modifies provisions relating to dog fighting
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 633 - Pearce - Modifies the state do-not-call list and creates "paid for by" requirements for political phone calls
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 634 - Pearce - Creates a tax credit for homes built under green build standards
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 635 - Pearce - Creates a tax credit for purchases of processed biomass engineered fiber fuel
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 636 - Lembke - Modifies various provisions of the prompt pay statutes as they relate to the calculation of interest and penalties, the payment of attorney fees, and other ancillary matters
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 637 - Lembke - Prohibits political subdivisions from using automated photo red light enforcement systems to enforce red light violations
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 638 - Lembke - Modifies provisions of law authorizing an emergency service sales tax in St. Louis County
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 639 - Schmitt - Authorizes individuals to sue for MO HealthNet fraud under a state false claims act
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 640 - Wright-Jones - Creates special rules for the formation of transportation development districts to operate mass transportation systems
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 641 - Wright-Jones - Requires charter schools to comply with laws and regulations that require the reporting of information by schools, governing boards and school districts to the State Board of Education or Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 642 - Wright-Jones - Requires health carriers to devote a certain percentage of health insurance premiums to be used for the payment of health care services
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 643 - Keaveny - Allows the City of St. Louis to control its police force without state intervention
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 644 - Shields - Modifies provisions of law regarding certain taxes to fund tourism and convention centers
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 645 - Shields - Repeals and reduces certain committees and commissions and sets a sunset date for other committees and commissions
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 646 - Bray - Creates the crime of negligent storage of a firearm
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 647 - Bray - Requires equal pay for the same work regardless of gender and establishes a commission to study wage disparities
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Progress and Development Committee

SB 648 - Bray - Imposes campaign contribution limits for individuals and committees in support of candidates running for public office
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SB 649 - Days - Requires the Governor to issue an annual proclamation designating March 12th as "Girl Scout Day"
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Progress and Development Committee

SB 650 - Days - Requires reporting and providing of information regarding Obstetrical Brachial Plexus injuries
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 651 - Days - Creates an advance voting system for elections
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 652 - Ridgeway - Allows jury trials in termination of parental rights actions
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 653 - Crowell - Prohibits felony sexual offenders whose victim was less than 17 years of age from being allowed to participate in the 120-day "shock incarceration program" in the Department of Corrections
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 654 - Crowell - Creates the Missouri Special Needs Scholarship Tax Credit Program
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 655 - Crowell - Changes the scheduling of Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, and Phenylpropanolamine to be Schedule III controlled substances
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 657 - Mayer - Designates a portion of State Highway 53 in Butler County from the city limits of Qulin to one mile south of the city limits as the "Johnny Lee Hays Memorial Highway"
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 658 - Stouffer - Creates a state and local sales tax exemption for sales of farm products made at farmers' markets
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 659 - Stouffer - Creates sales and use tax exemptions for nondomestic game birds sold for hunting
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 660 - Wilson - Expands the crime of unlawful use of a weapon to include discharging a firearm in Kansas City for celebratory purposes
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 661 - Wilson - Creates a trust fund and commission for comprehensive tobacco control
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 662 - Wilson - Amends various provisions of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 663 - Rupp - Modifies the state do-not-call list and creates "paid for by" requirements for political phone calls
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 664 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to dog fighting
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 665 - Rupp - Gives public employees serving in the military the option to use any combination of annual leave, compensatory time, military leave, and unpaid leave
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Veterans' Affairs, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee

SB 666 - Shoemyer - Requires all offices of elected officials in the State Capitol building to be accessible to individuals with disabilities by December 31, 2015
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 667 - Shoemyer - Requires farmers to register and pay a fee for retaining seed produced from patented genetically-modified seed
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

SB 668 - Justus - Allows the City of Grandview to impose a transient guest tax
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 669 - Justus - Allows the City of Grandview to seek voter approval for a sales tax to fund public safety improvements
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 670 - Justus - Modifies provisions relating to the compromise of taxes and penalties for properties subject to certain actions as abandoned property in Jackson County
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 671 - Cunningham - Limits increases in assessed value of residential real property until transfer of ownership
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 672 - Cunningham - Revises the conditions under which school districts may suspend or terminate teacher and administrator contracts
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 673 - Pearce - Creates the Office of Job Development and Training and modifies the reporting requirements for obtaining unemployment benefits
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 674 - Wright-Jones - Prohibits public utilities from requiring a deposit from certain delinquent customers
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 675 - Wright-Jones - Allows the City of St. Louis to control its police force without state intervention through passage of an ordinance
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 676 - Wright-Jones - Establishes a prostate cancer pilot program to provide screening, referral services, treatment and outreach
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 677 - Bray - Repeals a portion of the law that provides certain utilities the opportunity to apply for alternate rate schedules in certain circumstances
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 678 - Bray - Prohibits tri-vision, projection, digital, or other changeable copy technologies from being used on billboards
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 679 - Bray - Modifies the paperwork requirements for the formation of a new political party and the nomination of independent candidates
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 680 - Crowell - Modifies provisions pertaining to hazardous substance spills and emergencies
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 681 - Wilson - Establishes the Duty Free Zones Act
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 682 - Wilson - Decreases acreage requirements for eligibility under the Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit Act
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 755 - Griesheimer - Modifies sales tax provision contained in transportation development district law
1/13/2010 -- S First Read--SB 755-Griesheimer

SB 756 - Bray - Allows certain political subdivisions to satisfy statutory publication requirements by posting certain information on their web sites
1/13/2010 -- S First Read--SB 756-Bray

SB 757 - Rupp - Establishes the Joint Committee on Recovery Accountability and Transparency, requires amounts withheld from the state budget and out of state travel to be posted on the Missouri Accountability Portal, and requires county auditors to inventory certain property
1/13/2010 -- S First Read--SB 757-Rupp and Schmitt

SB 758 - Rupp - Requires notes, bonds, and other instruments in writing issued by the Bi-State Development Agency to mature not more than 40 years from the date of issuance, rather than 30 years
1/13/2010 -- S First Read--SB 758-Rupp and Keaveny

SB 759 - Green - Modifies Missouri Securities Act
1/13/2010 -- S First Read--SB 759-Green and Keaveny

SB 760 - Green - Allows the Secretary of State to regulate the sale of variable annuities
1/13/2010 -- S First Read--SB 760-Green and Keaveny

SB 761 - Green - Institutes procedures for public employee collective bargaining
1/13/2010 -- S First Read--SB 761-Green

SB 762 - Green - Enacts various regulations pertaining to contract carriers that transport railroad employees
1/13/2010 -- S First Read--SB 762-Green

SB 763 - Green - Modifies the prohibition on certain stormwater fees charged by the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District
1/13/2010 -- S First Read--SB 763-Green and Cunningham

SB 764 - Green - Regulates the operation of certain cranes
1/13/2010 -- S First Read--SB 764-Green

SB 765 - Shoemyer - Creates a tax credit for equity investments in qualified Missouri businesses
1/13/2010 -- S First Read--SB 765-Shoemyer

SB 766 - Shoemyer - Creates procedures for crop sampling by a patent holder of genetically modified seed
1/13/2010 -- S First Read--SB 766-Shoemyer

SB 767 - Bartle - Removes the restriction on certain counties using a court fee for courtroom renovation and technology
1/13/2010 -- S First Read--SB 767-Bartle

SB 768 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to school districts charging tuition for non-resident children of district teachers and employees
1/13/2010 -- S First Read--SB 768-Bartle

SB 769 - Scott - Modifies provisions regarding sales taxation of trade-in or exchange transactions
1/13/2010 -- S First Read--SB 769-Scott

SB 770 - Scott - Modifies the definition of "health benefit plan" and "health carrier" to exclude coverage provided by supplemental insurance policies
1/13/2010 -- S First Read--SB 770-Scott

SB 771 - Scott - Modifies provisions relating to financial institutions offering bids to become the official county depositary
1/13/2010 -- S First Read--SB 771-Scott

SB 772 - Scott - Removes the minimum time for holding investments in the Missouri Higher Education Savings Program
1/13/2010 -- S First Read--SB 772-Scott

SB 773 - Dempsey - Allows owners of automated teller machines to charge access fees to those with bank accounts in foreign countries
1/13/2010 -- S First Read--SB 773-Dempsey

SB 774 - Lembke - Creates additional measures intended to increase safety at the Department of Mental Health
1/13/2010 -- S First Read--SB 774-Lembke

SCR 35 - Stouffer - Disapproves the new values for agricultural and horticultural property filed with the Secretary of State's Office on December 21, 2009, by the State Tax Commission
1/13/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SCR 36 - Schmitt - Urges Congress to pass a balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution
1/13/2010 -- S Offered--SCR 36-Schmitt and Rupp

SCR 37 - Schmitt - Urges Missouri's Attorney General to investigate the constitutionality of the Nebraska Compromise to federal health care legislation
1/13/2010 -- S Offered--SCR 37-Schmitt

SCR 38 - Rupp - Rescinds Missouri's 1983 call for a constitutional convention
1/13/2010 -- S Offered--SCR 38-Rupp

SJR 30 - Bartle - Requires all state and local ballot measures which seek to create a new, or increase an existing, tax to be placed before voters during general elections
1/13/2010 -- S First Read--SJR 30-Bartle

SJR 31 - Scott - Proposes a constitutional amendment reaffirming a citizen's right to free expression of religion
1/13/2010 -- S First Read--SJR 31-Scott

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