Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 4/15/2010


SB 578 - Shields - Allows port authority boards to establish port improvement districts to fund projects with voter-approved sales taxes or property taxes
4/15/2010 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee
4/15/2010 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee

SB 586 - Bartle - Regulates sexually oriented businesses
4/15/2010 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Small Business Committee
4/15/2010 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 631 - Cunningham - Creates the Amy Hestir Student Protection Act
4/15/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/15/2010 -- Motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was laid on table S adopted
4/15/2010 -- Motion to reconsider the motion by which the title was agreed to S adopted
4/15/2010 -- Motion to reconsider Third Reading Vote S adopted
4/15/2010 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 639 - Schmitt - Authorizes individuals to sue for MO HealthNet fraud under a state false claims act
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 643 - Keaveny - Allows the City of St. Louis to control its police force without state intervention
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S General Laws Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 644 - Shields - Modifies provisions of law regarding certain taxes to fund tourism and convention centers
4/15/2010 -- Voted Do Pass H Tourism Committee
4/15/2010 -- Reported Do Pass H Tourism Committee
4/15/2010 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 649 - Days - Requires the Governor to issue an annual proclamation designating March 12th as "Girl Scout Day"
4/15/2010 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee - Consent
4/15/2010 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee - Consent

SB 734 - Pearce - Requires Regional Professional Development Centers to provide assistance to school districts and modifies gifted education requirements
4/15/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 754 - Dempsey - Modifies provisions related to cemeteries, the licensing of certain professions, death certificates, public assistance programs, and various other provisions
4/15/2010 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Special Standing Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee
4/15/2010 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

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
4/15/2010 -- Hearing Continued H Budget 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
4/15/2010 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee - Consent
4/15/2010 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee - Consent

SB 772 - Scott - Removes the minimum time for holding investments in the Missouri Higher Education Savings Program
4/15/2010 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee - Consent
4/15/2010 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee - Consent

SB 773 - Dempsey - Allows owners of automated teller machines to charge access fees to those with bank accounts in foreign countries
4/15/2010 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee - Consent
4/15/2010 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee - Consent

SB 793 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to abortion
4/15/2010 -- SA 1 to SCS S withdrawn
4/15/2010 -- SS to SCS S offered & adopted (Mayer)--(4230S.08F)
4/15/2010 -- Perfected

SB 815 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
4/15/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted

SB 816 - Lembke - Modifies provisions of law allowing interest on overpayments of income tax
4/15/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor

SB 851 - Schmitt - Requires at least 4 days notice before voting by governing bodies of local governments on tax increases, eminent domain, and certain districts and projects
4/15/2010 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee - Consent
4/15/2010 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee - Consent

SB 877 - Keaveny - Modifies provisions relating to child support
4/15/2010 -- Referred H Special Standing Committee on General Laws Committee

SB 940 - Pearce - Modifies various provisions relating to bingo
4/15/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed

SB 942 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to municipal annexation
4/15/2010 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee - Consent
4/15/2010 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee - Consent

SB 943 - Shields - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education funding and planning processes
4/15/2010 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight 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
4/15/2010 -- Hearing Conducted H Tourism Committee
4/15/2010 -- Voted Do Pass H Tourism Committee
4/15/2010 -- Reported Do Pass H Tourism Committee
4/15/2010 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 1014 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to crime
4/15/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed

SB 1018 - Nodler - Grants priority in the fee office competitive bidding to nonprofit organizations if their primary administrative office is located in the same county, legislative district, or senatorial district as the fee office bid upon
4/15/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 1022 - Stouffer - Adds to the list of entities that are required to report disciplinary action against health care professionals
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor

SB 1026 - Rupp - Denies unemployment benefits for those with outstanding overpayment penalties
4/15/2010 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SCR 54 - Purgason - Creates the Joint Interim Committee on Reducing the Size of State Government
4/15/2010 -- Hearing Continued H Budget Committee

SJR 45 - Shields - Modifies the State Board of Education and requires the advice and consent of the Senate for the appointment of the Commissioner of Education
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S General Laws Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1244 - Sater - Exempts sales of over-the-counter drugs prescribed by a practitioner and medical equipment, supplies, or devices paid for by Medicare, Medicaid, or a third-party provider from state and local sales and use tax
4/15/2010 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1244

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
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Progress and Development Committee to Floor

HB 1270 - Meiners - Changes the name of the Crippled Children's Service to the Children's Special Health Care Needs Service and modifies references to crippled children accordingly
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1290 - Gatschenberger - Modifies various provisions relating to political subdivisions
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 1336 - Brandom - Requires the Governor to issue an annual proclamation designating March 12 as "Girl Scout Day"
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Progress and Development Committee to Floor

HB 1340 - Dugger - Repeals the provision of law allowing fire protection districts in Douglas County to seek voter approval to impose a sales tax
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1392 - Kirkton - Modifies provisions of law regarding property taxes
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 1404 - Cox - Creates the crime of failure to adequately control an animal
4/15/2010 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1404

HB 1524 - Largent - Modifies laws connected to military forces
4/15/2010 -- S First Read--HCS for HBs 1524 & 2260

HB 1543 - Wallace - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
4/15/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 1595 - Dugger - Includes construction, extension, and improvement of public roads in the definition of project for the purposes of industrial development corporations
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1609 - Diehl - Modifies requirements regarding the presiding judge of a circuit court's assignment of certain types of cases and provisions regarding judges, certain juries, and various other provisions
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 1612 - Molendorp - Modifies provisions relating to sewer districts
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 1640 - Roorda - Allows part-time municipal court judges to be a judge or prosecutor for another court and the appointment of an acting county municipal court judge
4/15/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

HB 1643 - Brown - Modifies provisions relating to recording fees
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1654 - Zimmerman - Modifies certain requirements about federal taxpayer identification numbers in notices of garnishment and writs of sequestration
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1662 - Brown - Authorizes the State Veterinarian to restrict the movement of animals or birds under investigation for carrying a toxin
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee to Floor

HB 1675 - Nolte - Establishes the Manufacturing Jobs Act
4/15/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee -4083S.05C
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS

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"
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Progress and Development Committee to Floor

HB 1695 - Stevenson - Modifies provisions relating to intoxication-related traffic offenses
4/15/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1705 - Molendorp - Modifies provisions pertaining to sewer districts in certain counties
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 1713 - Sander - Modifies various laws relating to health insurance
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1787 - Jones - Modifies various provisions relating to firearms and the use of force
4/15/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

HB 1806 - Franz - Modifies provisions relating to county classification and municipal annexation
4/15/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee - Consent
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1831 - Jones - Allows school districts, after ten years, to return donated property to the original donor or sell it as surplus if the original donor refuses it
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 1848 - Holsman - Creates the Joint Committee on Urban Farming
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1858 - Zimmerman - Transfers the administration of the Minority Teaching Scholarship and the Minority and Underrepresented Environmental Literacy Program to the Department of Higher Education
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 1871 - Schoeller - Modifies provisions pertaining to environmental protection
4/15/2010 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1871

HB 1892 - Nasheed - Authorizes school personnel other than the school superintendent to issue a work certificate
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 1894 - Bringer - Requires the Director of the Department of Mental Health, or his or her designee, to certify overdue patient accounts submitted to a court for collection
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1898 - Zerr - Establishes the Women's Heart Health Program to provide heart disease risk screenings to certain uninsured and underinsured women
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1941 - Parson - Designates several portions of highways located within Missouri after deceased individuals
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1942 - Parson - Modifies provisions pertaining to emergency telephone service 911 boards
4/15/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee
4/15/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee - Consent
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1977 - Wasson - Modifies the laws regarding emergency services and emergency medical technicians-intermediate
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 2048 - Sutherland - Modifies various provisions of law regarding the collection of taxes
4/15/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

HB 2056 - Diehl - Modifies certain requirements about Social Security numbers in certain liens
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 2070 - Kelly - Modifies provisions of law regarding the use of revenues derived from taxes levied for joint central fire and emergency dispatching services
4/15/2010 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 2070

HB 2081 - Riddle - Allows a woman to use deadly force if she reasonably believes that such deadly force is necessary to protect her unborn child against death, serious physical injury, or any forcible felony
4/15/2010 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 2081

HB 2109 - Ruzicka - Modifies provisions pertaining to natural resources
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 2111 - Faith - Modifies several provisions of law relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 2147 - Brown - Exempts certain students who are dependents of recently retired military personnel from the three-year attendance requirement under the A+ Schools Program
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 2161 - Guest - Specifies that "commercial purposes" as it relates to the sale of driver's license application information will not include when used, compiled, or obtained for certain purposes expressly allowed by law
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S General Laws Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 2182 - Munzlinger - Defines the term "agritourism"
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 2231 - Wasson - Modifies the procedures by which a funeral establishment may dispose of cremated remains
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S General Laws Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 2262 - Day - Allows the Adjutant General of the Missouri National Guard to establish a residential academy for at-risk high school age youth
4/15/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

HB 2270 - Cooper - Allows child abuse medical resource centers and SAFE CARE providers to collaborate to promote improved services to children who are suspected victims of abuse in need of a forensic medical exams
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 2297 - Molendorp - Authorizes the establishment of the Kansas City Zoological District
4/15/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee -Consent - 5326S.05C
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 2317 - Tracy - Authorizes the Governor to convey certain state properties and requires the Office of Administration to provide senators and representatives the access to the dome of the state capitol
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S General Laws Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 2357 - Smith - Modifies provisions relating to public retirement plans
4/15/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Veterans' Affairs, Pensions and Urban Affairs 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
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee to Floor w/SCS

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
4/15/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor

HJR 88 - Nieves - Prohibits Missouri state government from recognizing, enforcing, or acting in furtherance of certain actions of the federal government
4/15/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

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