Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 5/4/2010


SB 581 - Griesheimer - Allows the city council of a third class city to submit a question to the voters as an advisory referendum
5/4/2010 -- Hearing Conducted H Elections Committee
5/4/2010 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Elections Committee

SB 605 - Mayer - Modifies various provisions relating to powers of political subdivisions
5/4/2010 -- HA 1 to HCS H offered & adopted (Stevenson)--(3187L12.07H)
5/4/2010 -- HA 2 to HCS H offered & adopted (Stevenson)--(3187L12.12H)
5/4/2010 -- HA 3 to HCS H offered & adopted (Jones 89)--(3187L12.04H)
5/4/2010 -- HA 4 to HCS H offered (Day)--(3187L12.02H)
5/4/2010 -- HA 1 to HA 4 to HCS H offered & adopted (Sutherland)--(3187L12.20H)
5/4/2010 -- HA 4 to HCS, as amended, H adopted
5/4/2010 -- HA 5 to HCS H offered & adopted (Bruns)--(3187L12.08H)
5/4/2010 -- HA 6 to HCS H offered & adopted (Brown 30)--(3187L12.11H)
5/4/2010 -- HA 7 to HCS H offered & adopted (Kirkton)--(3187L12.02L)
5/4/2010 -- HA 8 to HCS H offered (Day)--(3187L12.15H)
5/4/2010 -- HA 1 to HA 8 to HCS H offered & adopted (Salva)--(3187L12.01F)
5/4/2010 -- HA 8 to HCS, as amended, H adopted
5/4/2010 -- HA 9 to HCS H offered (Brown 30)--(3187L12.13H)
5/4/2010 -- HA 1 to HA 9 to HCS H offered & adopted (Franz)--(3187L12.22H)
5/4/2010 -- HA 9 to HCS, as amended, adopted
5/4/2010 -- HA 10 to HCS H offered & ruled out of order (Denison)--(3187L12.21H)
5/4/2010 -- HCS, as amended, H adopted
5/4/2010 -- H Third Read and Passed - EC adopted
5/4/2010 -- S refuses to concur in HCS, as amended
5/4/2010 -- S requests H recede or grant conference

SB 614 - Wilson - Modifies the definition of "bullying" as used in school district antibullying policies to include cyberbullying and electronic communications
5/4/2010 -- Referred H Public Safety Committee

SB 618 - Rupp - Requires health carriers to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders under certain conditions
5/4/2010 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee
5/4/2010 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 625 - Justus - Modifies provisions on child care subsidies
5/4/2010 -- Hearing Conducted H Job Creation and Economic Development Committee
5/4/2010 -- Voted Do Pass H Job Creation and Economic Development Committee

SB 644 - Shields - Modifies provisions of law regarding certain taxes to fund tourism and convention centers
5/4/2010 -- HA 2 H offered & adopted (Sutherland)--(3322S04.02H)
5/4/2010 -- HA 3 H offered & adopted (Nance)--(3322S04.03H)
5/4/2010 -- H Third Read and Passed, as amended

SB 686 - Rupp - Modifies various provisions of law relating to taxation
5/4/2010 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee
5/4/2010 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 687 - Wright-Jones - Requires official motor vehicle inspection and emission stations to have liability insurance to cover damages occurring during a vehicle inspection
5/4/2010 -- Referred H Insurance Policy Committee

SB 714 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to retirement
5/4/2010 -- Hearing Conducted H Retirement Committee

SB 733 - Pearce - Modifies provisions of the Bright Flight Scholarship Program and Access Missouri Financial Assistance Program
5/4/2010 -- HA 2 to HCS H offered & defeated (Colona)--(3902L06.02H)
5/4/2010 -- HCS, as amended, H adopted
5/4/2010 -- H Third Read and Passed - EC adopted

SB 753 - Dempsey - Allows county commissions to invest cemetery trust funds in certificates of deposit
5/4/2010 -- Hearing Conducted H Financial Institutions Committee
5/4/2010 -- Voted Do Pass H Financial Institutions Committee

SB 754 - Dempsey - Modifies provisions related to cemeteries, the licensing of certain professions, death certificates, public assistance programs, and various other provisions
5/4/2010 -- HA 1 to HCS H offered & adopted (Bivins)--(3900L07.01H)
5/4/2010 -- HA 2 to HCS H offered & adopted (Storch)--(3900L.0)
5/4/2010 -- HA 3 to HCS H offered & adopted (Dougherty)--(3900L07.20H)
5/4/2010 -- HA 4 to HCS H offered (Emery)--(3900L07.21H)
5/4/2010 -- HSA 1 for HA 4 to HCS H offered & defeated (Newman)--(3900L07.25H)
5/4/2010 -- HA 4 to HCS H adopted
5/4/2010 -- HA 5 to HCS H offered (Franz)--(3900L07.09H)
5/4/2010 -- HA 1 to HA 5 to HCS H offered & defeated (Schaaf)--(3900L07.10H)
5/4/2010 -- HA 5 to HCS H adopted
5/4/2010 -- HA 6 to HCS H offered & adopted (Wells)--(3900L07.07H)
5/4/2010 -- HA 7 to HCS H offered & adopted (Dixon)--(3900L07.05L)
5/4/2010 -- HA 8 to HCS H offered & adopted (Guernsey)--(3900L07.23H)
5/4/2010 -- HA 9 to HCS H offered & defeated (Kirkton)--(3900L07.01L)
5/4/2010 -- HA 10 to HCS H offered (Talboy)--(3900L07.19H)
5/4/2010 -- HSA 1 for HA 10 to HCS H offered & adopted (Pratt)--(3900L07.06L)
5/4/2010 -- HCS, as amended, H adopted
5/4/2010 -- H Third Read and Passed
5/4/2010 -- S refuses to concur in HCS, as amended
5/4/2010 -- S requests H recede or grant conference

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
5/4/2010 -- HCS#2 Reported Do Pass H Corrections & Public Institutions Committee
5/4/2010 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)
5/4/2010 -- HCS#2 Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee
5/4/2010 -- HCS#2 Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 793 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to abortion
5/4/2010 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Standing Committee on General Laws Committee
5/4/2010 -- Voted Do Pass H Special Standing Committee on General Laws Committee
5/4/2010 -- Reported Do Pass H Special Standing Committee on General Laws Committee
5/4/2010 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 795 - Mayer - Modifies various provisions regarding animals and agriculture
5/4/2010 -- HA 1 to HCS H offered (Loehner)--(4396L04.04H)
5/4/2010 -- HA 1 to HA 1 to HCS H offered & defeated (Harris)--(4396L04.32H)
5/4/2010 -- HA 1 to HCS H adopted
5/4/2010 -- HA 2 to HCS H offered & adopted (Loehner)--(4396L04.10H)
5/4/2010 -- HA 3 to HCS H offered & defeated (4396L04.06H)

SB 808 - Callahan - Modifies compensation and continuing education requirements for public administrators
5/4/2010 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee
5/4/2010 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H 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
5/4/2010 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 824 - Clemens - Authorizes the State Veterinarian to restrict the movement of animals or birds under investigation for carrying a toxin
5/4/2010 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Standing Committee on Emerging Issues in Animal Agriculture Committee

SB 845 - Barnitz - Modifies the law relating to voter registration and absentee ballots for overseas voters
5/4/2010 -- Referred H Special Standing Committee on Gov. Accountability & Ethics Reform Committee

SB 848 - Barnitz - Modifies various provisions pertaining to utilities, energy, and animal care
5/4/2010 -- HCS#2 Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee
5/4/2010 -- HCS#2 Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 860 - Bray - Modifies the date by which certain political subdivisions must set property tax rates
5/4/2010 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Standing Committee on General Laws Committee

SB 884 - Schaefer - Amends various provisions of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement
5/4/2010 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
5/4/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted
5/4/2010 -- H First Read

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
5/4/2010 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Special Standing Committee on Health Insurance Committee

SB 919 - Ridgeway - Changes the date for submission of a consolidated public library district's annual report to the district board, county commission, and state library
5/4/2010 -- Referred H Elections Committee

SB 920 - Keaveny - Modifies provisions of law relating to trusts and wills
5/4/2010 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee
5/4/2010 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 945 - Bray - Modifies provisions relating to court actions by the Department of Mental Health and to taxation
5/4/2010 -- Referred H Tax Reform 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
5/4/2010 -- Referred H Budget Committee

SB 981 - Callahan - Modifies various provisions of law regarding sales taxes
5/4/2010 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee
5/4/2010 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 1014 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to crime
5/4/2010 -- Referred H Crime Prevention Committee

SB 1022 - Stouffer - Adds to the list of entities that are required to report disciplinary action against health care professionals
5/4/2010 -- Referred H Health Care Policy Committee

SB 1026 - Rupp - Denies unemployment benefits for those with outstanding overpayment penalties
5/4/2010 -- Referred H Special Standing Committee on Workforce Development & Workplace Safety Committee

SCR 31 - Pearce - Encourages students and faculty to promote international education at Missouri colleges and universities
5/4/2010 -- Hearing Conducted H Higher Education Committee

SCR 34 - Lembke - Reaffirms Missouri's sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment
5/4/2010 -- Referred H Special Standing Committee on General Laws Committee

SCR 47 - Engler - Authorizes employment of an independent certified public accountant to perform an audit on the State Auditor's Office
5/4/2010 -- Referred H Special Standing Committee on Gov. Accountability & Ethics Reform Committee

SCR 51 - Stouffer - Urges Missouri's Congressional delegation to oppose funding the Missouri River Authorized Purposes Study
5/4/2010 -- Voted Do Pass H Transportation Committee
5/4/2010 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee

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
5/4/2010 -- Hearing Conducted H Agri-Business Committee
5/4/2010 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Agri-Business Committee
5/4/2010 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Agri-Business Committee
5/4/2010 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SCR 56 - Schmitt - Urges the Department of Natural Resources to consider the use of certain coal technology in its permitting of new coal-fired power plants
5/4/2010 -- Hearing Conducted H Energy and Environment Committee
5/4/2010 -- Voted Do Pass H Energy and Environment Committee
5/4/2010 -- Reported Do Pass H Energy and Environment Committee
5/4/2010 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)
5/4/2010 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee
5/4/2010 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee

SJR 44 - Shields - Proposes a constitutional amendment to eliminate the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Higher Education and instead create a new Department of Education
5/4/2010 -- Hearing Continued H Higher Education 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
5/4/2010 -- Hearing Continued H Higher Education Committee

HB 1316 - Deeken - Modifies provisions of law regarding property taxes
5/4/2010 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

HB 1375 - Cooper - Modifies provisions relating to certain sexually transmitted diseases
5/4/2010 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 1442 - Jones - Modifies provisions of law regarding taxes
5/4/2010 -- H conferees appointed: Jones (89), Schoeller, Day, Skaggs and Roorda

HB 1446 - Jones - Modifies the law relating to certain financial transactions and financial and insurance products
5/4/2010 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 1516 - Smith - Repeals expired statutes
5/4/2010 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 1541 - Ruzicka - Modifies provisions relating to local elections
5/4/2010 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 1543 - Wallace - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
5/4/2010 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight 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
5/4/2010 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

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
5/4/2010 -- SS for SCS S withdrawn
5/4/2010 -- SS#2 for SCS S offered (Bartle)--(4041S.08F)
5/4/2010 -- SA 1 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & adopted (Days)--(4041S08.02S)
5/4/2010 -- SA 2 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & adopted (Rupp)--(4041S08.06S)
5/4/2010 -- SA 3 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & adopted (Rupp)--(4041S08.20S)
5/4/2010 -- SA 4 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & defeated (Justus)--(4041S08.19S)
5/4/2010 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 1750 - Jones - Requires certain telephone companies to reduce intrastate exchange access rates
5/4/2010 -- SS for SCS S offered (Griesheimer)--(4386S.08F)
5/4/2010 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
5/4/2010 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Ridgeway)--(4386S08.09S)
5/4/2010 -- SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
5/4/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed

HB 1764 - Diehl - Modifies several provisions of law relating to the regulation of insurance
5/4/2010 -- SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Cunningham)--(4419S.05F)
5/4/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed

HB 1787 - Jones - Modifies various provisions relating to firearms and the use of force
5/4/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee
5/4/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee - 4619S.07C

HB 1802 - Gatschenberger - Modifies provisions of the criminal code concerning personal protection
5/4/2010 -- Reported from S General Laws Committee to Floor, w/SCS

HB 1842 - Wilson - Requires a specific percentage equivalent of the fractional requirement for tax measures enacted by popular vote
5/4/2010 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 1868 - Scharnhorst - Modifies provisions relating to duties of agencies and officials operating within the executive branch.
5/4/2010 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered (Shields)--(4774S03.01S)
5/4/2010 -- SA 1 to SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Schaefer)--(4774S02.01F)
5/4/2010 -- SA 1 to SCS, as amended, S adopted
5/4/2010 -- SA 2 to SCS S offered & adopted (Shields)--(4774S02.03S)
5/4/2010 -- SA 3 to SCS S offered & adopted (Scott)--(8261S10.01S)
5/4/2010 -- SA 4 to SCS S offered (Crowell)--(4774S02.02S)
5/4/2010 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
5/4/2010 -- SA 4 to SCS S withdrawn
5/4/2010 -- SA 5 to SCS S offered & adopted (Crowell)--(4774S02.06S)
5/4/2010 -- SA 6 to SCS S offered & adopted (Rupp)--(8274S10.01S)
5/4/2010 -- SA 7 to SCS S offered & adopted (Schmitt)--(5205S04.08S)
5/4/2010 -- SA 8 to SCS S offered & adopted (Bray)--(4774S02.05S)
5/4/2010 -- SA 9 to SCS S offered & adopted (Lager)--(8080S10.01S)
5/4/2010 -- SA 10 to SCS S offered (Lager)--(4774S02.10S)
5/4/2010 -- SA 1 to SA 10 to SCS S offered & adopted (Wright-Jones)--(4774S02.12S)
5/4/2010 -- SA 10 to SCS, as amended, S adopted
5/4/2010 -- SA 11 to SCS S offered (Bray)--(4774S02.07S)
5/4/2010 -- SSA 1 for SA 11 to SCS S offered (Bray)--(4774S02.08S)
5/4/2010 -- SA 1 to SSA 1 for SA 11 to SCS S offered & withdrawn (Bray)--(4774S02.09S)
5/4/2010 -- SSA 1 for SA 11 to SCS S withdrawn
5/4/2010 -- SA 11 to SCS S withdrawn
5/4/2010 -- SA 12 to SCS S offered & adopted (Shields)--(4774S02.11S)
5/4/2010 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
5/4/2010 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

HB 1871 - Schoeller - Modifies provisions pertaining to environmental protection
5/4/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee - 4752S.08C

HB 2016 - Icet - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes
5/4/2010 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 2058 - Diehl - Modifies the law relating to mechanics' lien rights
5/4/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee

HB 2070 - Kelly - Modifies provisions of law regarding the use of revenues derived from taxes levied for joint central fire and emergency dispatching services
5/4/2010 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 2245 - Bivins - Modifies state funding for elementary and secondary education
5/4/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 2262 - Day - Allows the Adjutant General of the Missouri National Guard to establish a residential academy for at-risk high school age youth
5/4/2010 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 2285 - Thomson - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property and requires the Office of Administration to provide members of the General Assembly a key to access the Capitol building dome
5/4/2010 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 2357 - Smith - Modifies provisions relating to public retirement plans
5/4/2010 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
5/4/2010 -- SS S offered (Crowell)--(5151S.04F)
5/4/2010 -- SA 1 to SS S offered & adopted (Crowell)--(5151S04.01S)
5/4/2010 -- SA 2 to SS S offered & defeated (Bray)--(5181S04.02S)
5/4/2010 -- SS, as amended, S adopted
5/4/2010 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

HJR 62 - McGhee - Proposes a constitutional amendment reaffirming a citizen's right to free expression of religion
5/4/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee
5/4/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee

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