Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 2/18/2010


SB 578 - Shields - Allows port authority boards to establish port improvement districts to fund projects with voter-approved sales taxes or property taxes
2/18/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed
2/18/2010 -- H First Read

SB 580 - Griesheimer - Modifies various provisions relating to political subdivisions
2/18/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
2/18/2010 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
2/18/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted
2/18/2010 -- H First Read (w/EC)

SB 581 - Griesheimer - Allows the city council of a third class city to submit a question to the voters as an advisory referendum
2/18/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed
2/18/2010 -- H First Read

SB 583 - Champion - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of insurance
2/18/2010 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 584 - Bartle - Requires mandatory review and sunset of certain tax credit programs
2/18/2010 -- Voted Do Not Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 588 - Nodler - Modifies provisions of law requiring notices of projected tax liability
2/18/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed
2/18/2010 -- H First Read

SB 594 - Days - Allows adopted persons eighteen and over to obtain copies of their original birth certificate under certain circumstances
2/18/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed
2/18/2010 -- H First Read

SB 614 - Wilson - Modifies the definition of "bullying" as used in school district antibullying policies to include cyberbullying and electronic communications
2/18/2010 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 616 - Goodman - Enacts provisions relating to community health centers
2/18/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed
2/18/2010 -- H First Read

SB 629 - Dempsey - Establishes the Missouri Healthy Workplace Recognition Program
2/18/2010 -- Reported from S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor

SB 630 - Cunningham - Modifies various provisions pertaining to manufactured homes
2/18/2010 -- Reported from S Ways and Means Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

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
2/18/2010 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 644 - Shields - Modifies provisions of law regarding certain taxes to fund tourism and convention centers
2/18/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed
2/18/2010 -- H First Read

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
2/18/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed
2/18/2010 -- H First Read

SB 684 - Rupp - Modifies provision relating to foreign adoption orders and embryo transfers
2/18/2010 -- Reported from S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 686 - Rupp - Modifies various provisions of law relating to taxation
2/18/2010 -- Reported from S Ways and Means Committee to Floor

SB 693 - Wilson - Enacts the Foster Care and Adoptive Parents Recruitment and Retention Fund
2/18/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed
2/18/2010 -- H First Read

SB 714 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to retirement
2/18/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Veterans' Affairs, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee

SB 716 - Goodman - Modifies several provisions of law relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles
2/18/2010 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor

SB 754 - Dempsey - Modifies provisions related to cemeteries, the licensing of certain professions, death certificates, public assistance programs, and various other provisions
2/18/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS

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
2/18/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

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
2/18/2010 -- Reported from S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor

SB 768 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to school districts charging tuition for non-resident children of district teachers and employees
2/18/2010 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 782 - McKenna - Authorizes the Department of Revenue to transmit certain statutory notices via electronic mail
2/18/2010 -- Reported from S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 795 - Mayer - Modifies various provisions regarding animals and agriculture
2/18/2010 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee to Floor w/SCA 1

SB 801 - Rupp - Requires credit reporting agencies to block information in a consumer's credit report that resulted from identity theft
2/18/2010 -- Reported from S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor

SB 806 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to children who are victims of pornographic offenses
2/18/2010 -- Perfected

SB 812 - Schmitt - Creates various specialty license plates and modifies the administrative process for issuing and developing specialty license plates
2/18/2010 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 820 - McKenna - Updates Missouri's traffic laws to reflect that the majority of pedestrian control signals now display the international symbols for pedestrian control
2/18/2010 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 824 - Clemens - Authorizes the State Veterinarian to restrict the movement of animals or birds under investigation for carrying a toxin
2/18/2010 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee to Floor

SB 834 - Rupp - Establishes a procedure for the voluntary liquidation and dissolution of domestic stock insurance companies
2/18/2010 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 841 - Schmitt - Designates various stretches of highways after deceased individuals
2/18/2010 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 842 - Schmitt - Modifies provisions relating to public assistance programs administered by the state
2/18/2010 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 896 - Shields - Requires the boards of the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System and the Missouri Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol Employees' Retirement System to create a defined contribution retirement plan for certain employees and judges
2/18/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Veterans' Affairs, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee

SB 897 - Lager - Modifies provisions pertaining to utilities and certain clean water requirements and fees
2/18/2010 -- Reported from S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 934 - Griesheimer - Modifies the law relating to mechanic's lien rights
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 935 - Griesheimer - Modifies the law relating to priority in mechanic's lien rights
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 936 - Pearce - Establishes the Missouri Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Initiative within the Department of Higher Education
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 937 - Justus - Includes certain purchases of bicycles in the sales tax holiday for certain clothing, personal computers, and school supplies purchased for personal use
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 938 - Justus - Modifies provisions relating to the Public School Retirement System of Kansas City
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Veterans' Affairs, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee

SB 939 - Barnitz - Modifies the use of the Consumer Price Index to measure tuition rates for public institutions of higher education
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 940 - Pearce - Modifies various provisions relating to bingo
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 941 - Clemens - Modifies various provisions relating to watercraft regulations
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 942 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to municipal annexation
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 943 - Shields - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education funding and planning processes
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 944 - Shields - Creates state and local sales and use tax exemptions
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 945 - Bray - Modifies provisions relating to court actions by the Department of Mental Health and to taxation
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 946 - Bray - Changes the requirements for school anti-bullying policies
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 947 - Dempsey - Requires telecommunications companies to offer similar procedures for cancelling service as what is offered for acquiring service
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 948 - Crowell - Enacts provisions relating to an individual's right to participate in a health care system
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 949 - Crowell - Modifies the distribution of funds through the elementary and secondary education foundation formula when appropriated funds are insufficient or when funds are withheld
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 950 - Bray - Allows small employers to obtain medical coverage through the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 951 - Wright-Jones - Allows certain medical consultants who contract with the Department of Social Services and the Department of Mental Health to be covered by the State Legal Expense Fund
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 952 - Wright-Jones - Requires newly constructed state buildings to meet certain green building standards
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

SB 953 - Wright-Jones - Requires a permit for dental assistants and dental hygienists to perform expanded-functions duties
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 954 - Crowell - Requires appropriations for allocations of state tax credits
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 955 - Wright-Jones - Allows physicians to use expedited partner therapy by dispensing and prescribing medications for partners of persons with certain sexually transmitted diseases
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 956 - Keaveny - Allows foreign language immersion charter schools to enroll 4 year old children
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 957 - Green - Creates provisions relating to electricity generation from combined heat and power systems
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 958 - Green - Modifies provisions pertaining to asbestos
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 959 - Schmitt - Creates a State False Claims Act
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 960 - Lembke - Repeals and modifies provisions deemed to be obsolete
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 961 - Lembke - Repeals and modifies duplicate statutes
2/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 962 - Schaefer - Modifies provisions relating to gifted education
2/18/2010 -- S First Read--SB 962-Schaefer

SB 963 - Shoemyer - Transfers the administration of the Minority Teaching Scholarship and the Minority and Underrepresented Environmental Literacy Program to the Department of Higher Education
2/18/2010 -- S First Read--SB 963-Shoemyer

SB 964 - Barnitz - Allows criminal investigators with the Department of Revenue to be appointed by the department director as peace officers and to carry firearms
2/18/2010 -- S First Read--SB 964-Barnitz

SB 965 - Barnitz - Places a surcharge on certain electricity generated from nuclear sources
2/18/2010 -- S First Read--SB 965-Barnitz

SB 966 - Barnitz - Modifies provisions pertaining to enhanced 911 services
2/18/2010 -- S First Read--SB 966-Barnitz

SB 967 - Cunningham - Allows any winery, distiller, manufacturer, wholesaler or brewer to provide beverage samples on a licensed retail premises for tasting purposes
2/18/2010 -- S First Read--SB 967-Cunningham

SB 968 - Stouffer - Lowers the age requirement for a concealed carry endorsement from 23 to 21
2/18/2010 -- S First Read--SB 968-Stouffer

SB 969 - Keaveny - Modifies provisions relating to school attendance
2/18/2010 -- S First Read--SB 969-Keaveny

SB 970 - Lembke - Exempts transportation management companies, and their subcontractors, who contract with the state from certain regulations
2/18/2010 -- S First Read--SB 970-Lembke

SB 971 - Lembke - Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to make available resources relating to umbilical cord blood
2/18/2010 -- S First Read--SB 971-Lembke

SB 972 - Dempsey - Enacts provisions relating to documents and materials for health insurance enrollees
2/18/2010 -- S First Read--SB 972-Dempsey

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
2/18/2010 -- H Third Read and Passed
2/18/2010 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

SJR 20 - Bartle - Creates an exception to the prohibition against laws retrospective in operation by allowing certain laws pertaining to DNA profiling analysis to be applied retrospectively
2/18/2010 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SJR 29 - Purgason - Replaces all taxes on income with a sales and use tax
2/18/2010 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor w/SCS

SJR 40 - Goodman - Requires voting by secret ballot for elections and employee representation
2/18/2010 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee to Floor

SR 1668 - Vogel - Relating to use of the Senate Chamber by the Jefferson City Rotary Club
2/18/2010 -- S First Read
2/18/2010 -- S adopted

SR 1669 - Vogel - Authorized the use of the chamber by the Missouri Catholic Conference
2/18/2010 -- S First Read
2/18/2010 -- S adopted

HB 1311 - Scharnhorst - Requires health carriers to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders and provides for the licensure of applied behavior analysts
2/18/2010 -- S First Read--HCS for HBs 1311 & 1341

HB 1540 - Lipke - Modifies provisions relating to infractions
2/18/2010 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

HB 1675 - Nolte - Establishes the Manufacturing Jobs Act
2/18/2010 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1675

HB 1750 - Jones - Requires certain telephone companies to reduce intrastate exchange access rates
2/18/2010 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1750

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