Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 3/18/2010


SB 605 - Mayer - Modifies various provisions relating to powers of political subdivisions
3/18/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted
3/18/2010 -- H First Read

SB 606 - Stouffer - Adds comprehensive day services as a covered service under MO HealthNet
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee to Floor

SB 618 - Rupp - Requires health carriers to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders under certain conditions
3/18/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
3/18/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/18/2010 -- H First Read

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
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor

SB 687 - Wright-Jones - Requires official motor vehicle inspection and emission stations to have liability insurance to cover damages occurring during a vehicle inspection
3/18/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/18/2010 -- H First Read

SB 714 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to retirement
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S Veterans' Affairs, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee to Floor

SB 721 - Nodler - Modifies provisions relating to required travel club assets
3/18/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted
3/18/2010 -- H First Read

SB 741 - Griesheimer - Allows members of an ambulance district board of directors to be subject to recall from office
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor

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
3/18/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor

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
3/18/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/18/2010 -- H First Read

SB 781 - McKenna - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of motor vehicles
3/18/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
3/18/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/18/2010 -- H First Read

SB 784 - Schaefer - Changes amounts of financial assistance awards for the Access Missouri Financial Assistance Program
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor

SB 786 - Rupp - Requires health benefit plans to provide orally administered anticancer medications on a basis no less favorable than intravenously administered anticancer medications
3/18/2010 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 787 - Rupp - Modifies the process for appealing a decision of the Department of Public Safety regarding a crime victims' compensation fund claim
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 791 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions pertaining to sewer and water utilities
3/18/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/18/2010 -- H First Read

SB 797 - Green - Provides for the prosecuting attorney system in Missouri to be converted to a district attorney system
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

SB 816 - Lembke - Modifies provisions of law allowing interest on overpayments of income tax
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S Ways and Means Committee to Floor

SB 817 - Lembke - Extends the sunset on the Homestead Preservation Tax Credit
3/18/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight 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
3/18/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/18/2010 -- H First Read

SB 829 - Schaefer - Modifies provisions regarding the justice system
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 833 - Goodman - Allows corporate board members to consent to certain actions by electronic transmission
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

SB 842 - Schmitt - Modifies provisions relating to public assistance programs administered by the state
3/18/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/18/2010 -- H First Read

SB 844 - Shields - Modifies the law relating to ethics
3/18/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/18/2010 -- H First Read

SB 845 - Barnitz - Modifies the law relating to voter registration and absentee ballots for overseas voters
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor

SB 849 - Barnitz - Modifies provisions of law regarding emergency service boards
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor

SB 855 - Schaefer - Allows the State Registrar to issue heritage birth or marriage certificates celebrating the unique heritage of Missouri citizens
3/18/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/18/2010 -- H First Read

SB 877 - Keaveny - Modifies provisions relating to child support
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S General Laws Committee to Floor

SB 887 - Schaefer - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions, controlled substances, law enforcement agencies, taxes, tax credits, waste management and crimes
3/18/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted
3/18/2010 -- H First Read

SB 893 - Days - Requires a law enforcement agency to enter certain information regarding orders of protection into the Missouri Uniform Law Enforcement system within 24 hours and modifies various other provisions of law
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

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
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee to Floor

SB 920 - Keaveny - Modifies provisions of law relating to trusts and wills
3/18/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/18/2010 -- H First Read

SB 928 - Lager - Modifies provisions of law regarding the sales tax treatment of sales for resale
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S Ways and Means Committee to Floor

SB 944 - Shields - Creates state and local sales and use tax exemptions
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S Ways and Means Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 945 - Bray - Modifies provisions relating to court actions by the Department of Mental Health and to taxation
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee to Floor

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
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS

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
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 985 - Goodman - Modifies certain requirements about identification information in certain court pleadings, liens, notices of garnishment, and writs of sequestration
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S General Laws Committee to Floor

SB 987 - Stouffer - Increases the statutory award amount for research projects funded by the University of Missouri Board of Curators
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor

SB 991 - Scott - Eliminates, combines, and revises certain state boards, commissions, committees, and councils
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 1001 - Griesheimer - Requires the Governor to annually issue a proclamation setting apart the first week of May as "Local Government Week" in Missouri
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S General Laws Committee to Floor

SB 1002 - Wilson - Authorizes the establishment of the Kansas City Zoological District
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor

SCR 55 - Nodler - Urges the president not to implement recommendations made by the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force if recreational fishing is not recognized as a key activity
3/18/2010 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SJR 38 - Ridgeway - Requires the legislative session to end in late March rather than mid-May
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor

HB 1208 - Day - Modifies the list of individuals authorized to direct the disposition of human remains to include a person designated on a U.S. Department of Defense form
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Veterans' Affairs, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee

HB 1258 - Todd - 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"
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 1268 - Meiners - Removes Lincoln's and Truman's birthdays as state holidays and establishes certain times of the year as days, weeks, or months of special recognition for various subjects
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Progress and Development Committee

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
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

HB 1336 - Brandom - Requires the Governor to issue an annual proclamation designating March 12 as "Girl Scout Day"
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Progress and Development Committee

HB 1340 - Dugger - Repeals the provision of law allowing fire protection districts in Douglas County to seek voter approval to impose a sales tax
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

HB 1377 - Brandom - Requires all state elected officials and certain recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits to be tested for the illegal use of controlled substances
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

HB 1382 - Ervin - Establishes the Missouri Patient Privacy Act which limits the disclosure of patient medical information
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

HB 1408 - Cox - Modifies provisions of law allowing interest on overpayments of income taxes
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

HB 1442 - Jones - Modifies provisions of law regarding taxes
3/18/2010 -- Reported from S Ways and Means Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1472 - Franz - Expands the list of controlled substances
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1497 - Smith - Requires special elections to fill vacancies in the offices of Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, State Auditor, State Treasurer, and United States Senator
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 1498 - Jones - 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
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1519 - Hoskins - Creates the crimes of assault of a transit operator or an employee of a mass transit system while in the scope of his or her duties in the first, second, and third degree
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1559 - Brown - Changes the dates for submitting an annual status report to the consolidated library district, county commission, and the State Library Commission
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 1612 - Molendorp - Modifies provisions relating to sewer districts
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

HB 1657 - Dethrow - Exempts trailer dealers from furnishing copies of current dealer garage liability insurance policies when applying for a trailer dealer license
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 1675 - Nolte - Establishes the Manufacturing Jobs Act
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

HB 1677 - Hoskins - Removes Lincoln's and Truman's birthdays as state holidays and enacts "Dress Blue for Colon Cancer Awareness Day"
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Progress and Development Committee

HB 1691 - Kraus - Requires the Governor to issue annual proclamations designating "Walk & Bike to School Month," "Walk & Bike to School Day," "Missouri Bicycle Month," and "Bike to Work Week"
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Progress and Development Committee

HB 1713 - Sander - Modifies various laws relating to health insurance
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

HB 1741 - Pratt - Allows corporate board members to consent to certain actions by electronic transmission
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1745 - Day - Modifies the law relating to lost or unclaimed military medals
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Veterans' Affairs, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee

HB 1750 - Jones - Requires certain telephone companies to reduce intrastate exchange access rates
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

HB 1775 - Shively - Designates a portion of U. S. Highway 36 in Macon County as the "Missouri State Trooper William Brandt Memorial Highway"
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 1776 - Shively - Designates a portion of Interstate 44 in Franklin County as the "Corporal Dennis E. Engelhard Memorial Highway"
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 1840 - Wright - Modifies criteria for certain representatives on the Rice Advisory Council
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

HB 1903 - Icet - Establishes the Federal Budget Stabilization Extension Fund and the Race to the Top Fund
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 2014 - Icet - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes for several departments and offices of state government,purchase of equipment,payment of claims for refunds,for persons,firms and corporations
3/18/2010 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 2014

HJR 48 - Davis - Prohibits laws interfering with freedom of choice in health care
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

HJR 76 - Dethrow - Requires a 2/3rds majority of voters to pass a ballot initiative relating to the harvest of forests, fish, or wildlife
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

HJR 86 - Loehner - Amends the Constitution to require a 2/3rds majority to approve initiative petitions that harm, restrict, or regulate the right to raise domesticated animals
3/18/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

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