Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 2/23/2010

SB 607 - Stouffer - Requires drug testing for work-eligible Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) applicants and recipients based upon reasonable suspicion
2/23/2010 -- Taken up for Perfection
2/23/2010 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 614 - Wilson - Modifies the definition of "bullying" as used in school district antibullying policies to include cyberbullying and electronic communications
2/23/2010 -- Removed S Consent Calendar

SB 621 - Lager - Modifies provisions relating to Digital Cadastral Parcel Mapping
2/23/2010 -- Perfected
2/23/2010 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 625 - Justus - Modifies provisions on child care subsidies
2/23/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee (3090S.02C) - Consent

SB 630 - Cunningham - Modifies various provisions pertaining to manufactured homes
2/23/2010 -- Removed S Consent Calendar

SB 633 - Pearce - Modifies the state do-not-call list and creates "paid for by" requirements for political phone calls
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment 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
2/23/2010 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Callahan)--(3355S03.01F)
2/23/2010 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
2/23/2010 -- Perfected
2/23/2010 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 663 - Rupp - Modifies the state do-not-call list and creates "paid for by" requirements for political phone calls
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 721 - Nodler - Modifies provisions relating to required travel club assets
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 768 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to school districts charging tuition for non-resident children of district teachers and employees
2/23/2010 -- Removed S Consent Calendar

SB 774 - Lembke - Creates additional measures intended to increase safety at the Department of Mental Health
2/23/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee (4370s.02C)

SB 778 - Pearce - Changes an expiration date on state universities being able to convey land without authorization from the General Assembly and allows the Governor to convey certain state property
2/23/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee (4404S.02C) - Consent

SB 779 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to the DNA profiling system
2/23/2010 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee
2/23/2010 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 795 - Mayer - Modifies various provisions regarding animals and agriculture
2/23/2010 -- SCA 1 S adopted
2/23/2010 -- SA 1 S offered & adopted (Mayer)--(4396S01.02S)
2/23/2010 -- Perfected, as amended
2/23/2010 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

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
2/23/2010 -- Removed S Consent Calendar

SB 844 - Shields - Modifies the law relating to ethics
2/23/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee - Consent

SB 855 - Schaefer - Allows the State Registrar to issue heritage birth or marriage certificates celebrating the unique heritage of Missouri citizens
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 867 - Mayer - Modifies various provisions relating to real estate liens
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee

SB 878 - Lembke - Allows debts owed to ambulance service providers to be collected from income tax refunds and lottery winnings of patients
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 884 - Schaefer - Amends various provisions of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 894 - Dempsey - Requires state employee health care plan to offer actuarially equivalent benefit products to Medicare eligible participants and enacts various provisions relating to the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 895 - Dempsey - Establishes the Missouri Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act
2/23/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 897 - Lager - Modifies provisions pertaining to utilities and certain clean water requirements and fees
2/23/2010 -- Removed S Consent Calendar

SB 900 - Rupp - Makes numerous revisions to the Missouri Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act
2/23/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 902 - Nodler - Requires nonresidents to maintain financial responsibility which conforms to the requirements of the laws of the nonresident's state of residence
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 923 - Mayer - Establishes the Missouri Catastrophe Fund to help protect property and casualty insurers against insolvencies caused by earthquakes
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Cancelled S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 929 - Lager - Makes it lawful for Caldwell County to enter into a contract with private corporations engaged in delivering water at wholesale for domestic consumption
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 933 - Dempsey - Requires chiropractors to be reimbursed under MO HealthNet for providing services currently covered and within the scope of chiropractic practice
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Cancelled S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 934 - Griesheimer - Modifies the law relating to mechanic's lien rights
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee

SB 935 - Griesheimer - Modifies the law relating to priority in mechanic's lien rights
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee

SB 962 - Schaefer - Modifies provisions relating to gifted education
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

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
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

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
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 965 - Barnitz - Places a surcharge on certain electricity generated from nuclear sources
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 966 - Barnitz - Modifies provisions pertaining to enhanced 911 services
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 967 - Cunningham - Allows any winery, distiller, manufacturer, wholesaler or brewer to provide beverage samples on a licensed retail premises for tasting purposes
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

SB 968 - Stouffer - Lowers the age requirement for a concealed carry endorsement from 23 to 21
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 969 - Keaveny - Modifies provisions relating to school attendance
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 970 - Lembke - Exempts transportation management companies, and their subcontractors, who contract with the state from certain regulations
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 971 - Lembke - Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to make available resources relating to umbilical cord blood
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 972 - Dempsey - Enacts provisions relating to documents and materials for health insurance enrollees
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 973 - Ridgeway - Authorizes state and local sales and use tax exemptions for shooting ranges
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 974 - Mayer - Designates a portion of Highway 80 in New Madrid County as the "Gene Curtis Memorial Highway"
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 975 - Schaefer - Authorizes the use of an electronic death registration system
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 976 - Rupp - Creates the Race to the Top Fund to receive any funds received from the federal government through the Race to the Top Program
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 977 - Rupp - Requires courts to not electronically display protective order cases, unless a full order of protection is granted
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 978 - Rupp - Enacts various provisions of law related to the treatment of qualified financial contracts and similar agreements in insurance insolvency proceedings
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 979 - Rupp - Requires long-term care insurance rates to be approved by the Director of the Department of Insurance as a condition of issuance of such policies within Missouri
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 980 - Pearce - Requires the Joint Committee on Education to conduct a study on voluntary prekindergarten in Missouri
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 981 - Callahan - Modifies various provisions of law regarding sales taxes
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 982 - Bray - Enacts the Prevention First Act
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 983 - Bray - Creates the Missouri Energy Efficiency Performance Standard
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 984 - Lembke - Modifies the provision of law which makes it a class B misdemeanor for any gaming licensee to exchange tokens, chips, or other forms of credit used on gambling games for anything of value
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 985 - Goodman - Modifies certain requirements about identification information in certain court pleadings, liens, notices of garnishment, and writs of sequestration
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 986 - Barnitz - Authorizes physical therapists to accept prescriptions for treatment from advanced practice registered nurses licensed in Missouri
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 987 - Stouffer - Increases the statutory award amount for research projects funded by the University of Missouri Board of Curators
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 988 - Shoemyer - Creates registration, reporting, and fee requirements for composting facilities
2/23/2010 -- S First Read--SB 988-Shoemyer and Clemens

SB 989 - Shoemyer - Modifies provisions of law allowing certain counties to impose a tax to fund road rock purchases
2/23/2010 -- S First Read--SB 989-Shoemyer

SB 990 - Scott - Reauthorizes the Children's Vision Examination Program pursuant to the Missouri Sunset Act
2/23/2010 -- S First Read--SB 990-Scott

SB 991 - Scott - Eliminates, combines, and revises certain state boards, commissions, committees, and councils
2/23/2010 -- S First Read--SB 991-Scott

SB 992 - Clemens - Creates the Missouri Farmland Trust
2/23/2010 -- S First Read--SB 992-Clemens

SB 993 - Crowell - Authorizes the Governor to convey certain state properties
2/23/2010 -- S First Read--SB 993-Crowell

SB 994 - Crowell - Creates the Missouri Electrical Industry Licensing Board to license certain electrical contractors
2/23/2010 -- S First Read--SB 994-Crowell

SB 995 - Justus - Authorizes the Department of Corrections to establish a pilot program for a mental health assessment process
2/23/2010 -- S First Read--SB 995-Justus

SB 996 - Justus - Modifies provisions regarding licensure of residential care facilities and foster homes
2/23/2010 -- S First Read--SB 996-Justus

SCR 31 - Pearce - Encourages students and faculty to promote international education at Missouri colleges and universities
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
2/23/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
2/23/2010 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee to Floor

SCR 33 - Nodler - Encourages the United States Congress to urge federal agencies to exercise regulatory forbearance with respect to well-managed community depositories
2/23/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
2/23/2010 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee to Floor

SCR 46 - Stouffer - Urges Congress not to enact cap and trade legislation
2/23/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
2/23/2010 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee to Floor

SCR 47 - Engler - Authorizes employment of an independent certified public accountant to perform an audit on the State Auditor's Office
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

HB 1540 - Lipke - Modifies provisions relating to infractions
2/23/2010 -- SA 1 S offered (Rupp)--(4191L06.01S)
2/23/2010 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
2/23/2010 -- SA 1 S adopted
2/23/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed, as amended - EC adopted
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