Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 1/27/2011


SB 11 - McKenna - Modifies various regulations governing the operation of motor vehicles
1/27/2011 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 68 - Mayer - Authorizes the issuance of subpoenas for the production of records by the General Assembly
1/27/2011 -- SCS S adopted
1/27/2011 -- Perfected
1/27/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 95 - Munzlinger - Modifies the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act
1/27/2011 -- Bill Combined w/(SCS SBs 113 & 95)

SB 113 - Parson - Modifies the Animal Care Facilities Act and the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act
1/27/2011 -- SCS Voted Do Pass (w/SCS SBs 113 & 95) S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee (0178S.08C)

SB 126 - Wasson - Prohibits the MO HealthNet Division from discriminating between licensed marital family therapists and licensed professional counselors
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 127 - Chappelle-Nadal - Requires certain public officials and certain staff members of the executive branch and legislature to submit to drug tests
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 128 - Lembke - Allows the mayor of the City of St. Louis to be a charter school sponsor
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 129 - Lembke - Exempts the St. Louis City School District from the requirement that an unaccredited school district pay tuition and transportation for students who attend an accredited school under certain circumstances
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 130 - Rupp - Creates the Early High School Graduation Scholarship Program for public high school students who graduate from high school early
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 131 - Rupp - Makes numerous changes to provisions relating to the regulation of transportation
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 132 - Rupp - Modifies motor vehicle extended service contracts law, amends surplus lines insurance law, establishes a limited-lines insurance license to sell portable electronics insurance, and modifies the retaliatory tax law
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 133 - Rupp - Modifies the law with respect to highway design-build project contracts and sewer district design-build contracts
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 134 - Rupp - Outlines the parental rights of individuals with disabilities in termination of parental rights cases
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 135 - Schaefer - Modifies provisions pertaining to environmental protection
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 136 - Schaaf - Prohibits hospitals from requiring physicians to agree to make patient referrals as a condition of receiving medical staff privileges
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 137 - Brown - Modifies provisions relating to health care professional identification badges
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 138 - Keaveny - Creates the Nonhuman Primate Act
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

SB 139 - Crowell - Subjects all state tax credits to appropriation
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 140 - Crowell - Repeals provisions of the Missouri property tax credit which allow renters to receive the property tax credit for rent constituting taxes paid
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 141 - Crowell - Prohibits the receipt of tax credits by campaign contributors
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 142 - Crowell - Restricts the membership, employment, and business relationships of the Missouri Development Finance Board and the Missouri Housing Development Commission
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 143 - Crowell - Prohibits the approval of new applications under the Missouri Downtown and Rural Stimulus Act after August 28, 2011
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 144 - Crowell - Places a one year moratorium on the authorization of certain tax credits
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 145 - Dempsey - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 146 - Schmitt - Creates individual and corporate income tax deductions for business income
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 147 - Schaefer - Modifies provisions relating to education
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 148 - Schaefer - Requires reimbursement amounts paid by health carriers to licensed physical therapists to be uniform regardless of the setting or venue in which the health care services are rendered
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 149 - Schaaf - Modifies the laws regarding the testimony of physicians as expert witnesses in lawsuits against physicians for improper health care
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 150 - Munzlinger - Allows regulated hand fishing for carp and catfish in June and July on certain waterways
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

SB 151 - Callahan - Specifies that risk coverages procured by certain political subdivision associations shall not require the solicitation of competitive bids
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 152 - Crowell - Modifies provisions of the retirement plan of the Police Retirement System of St. Louis
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Veterans' Affairs, Emerging Issues, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee

SB 153 - Schaaf - Requires health carriers to establish or otherwise utilize web-based estimating systems so that consumers can obtain health care cost estimates and compute other related health care costs
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 154 - Schaaf - Caps the amount of the reduced monthly benefit that certain members of LAGERS who choose to receive a partial lump sum payment may receive
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Veterans' Affairs, Emerging Issues, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee

SB 155 - Rupp - Modifies provisions of Missouri's Real Property Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 156 - Rupp - Provides that suspended sentences may not be granted in statutory rape and sodomy cases
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 157 - Schaefer - Changes the laws regarding child abuse
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 158 - Keaveny - Extends the expiration date to December 31, 2015, for certain clean water public notice requirements and clean water permit fees charged by the Department of Natural Resources
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 159 - Cunningham - Modifies the law governing liens on motor vehicles, trailers, vessels, outboard motors, and aircrafts
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 160 - Cunningham - Allows any winery, distiller, manufacturer, wholesaler, or brewer to provide liquor samples on certain licensed retail premises for tasting purposes
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

SB 161 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions relating to agriculture
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

SB 162 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions pertaining to agriculture
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

SB 163 - Pearce - Modifies the composition of the Coordinating Board for Higher Education, Board of Curators of the University of Missouri and the governing board of Missouri State University
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 164 - Pearce - Establishes the Missouri Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Initiative within the Department of Higher Education
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 165 - Goodman - Extends the sunset on the Basic Civil Legal Services Fund
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 166 - Goodman - Requires title agencies and title agents to maintain a physical place of business in Missouri as a condition of licensure
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 167 - Goodman - Allows the Department of Revenue to issue special event motor vehicle auction licenses to applicants auctioning certain vehicles
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 169 - Crowell - Requires drug screening and testing for TANF applicants and recipients
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 170 - Crowell - Specifies that defined benefit retirement plans are required to submit quarterly reports on their investment performance to the Joint Committee on Public Employee Retirement
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Veterans' Affairs, Emerging Issues, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee

SB 171 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to private probation services
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 172 - Crowell - Modifies the State Legal Expense Fund
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 173 - Dixon - Modifies provisions of law relating to transportation and infrastructure
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 174 - Dempsey - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 175 - Munzlinger - Modifies restrictions on the use of organized labor on public contract projects
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 176 - Munzlinger - Modifies Missouri's prevailing wage law
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 177 - Brown - Modifies provisions relating to public health policies
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 178 - Brown - Requires a person who performs certain surgical tasks to have certain training and continuing education
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 179 - Brown - Allows the board of aldermen in fourth-class cities to provide, by ordinance, for the appointment of a city marshal
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 180 - Kraus - Designates certain state recognized days, weeks, and months
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 181 - Stouffer - Reinstates the Motorist Insurance Identification Database program which expired on June 30, 2007
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 182 - Ridgeway - Expands the amount of employees and functions of the small business regulatory fairness board
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 183 - Ridgeway - Modifies current law regarding certain prohibited uses of social security numbers to include the partial use of social security numbers
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 184 - Wright-Jones - Allows the Special Administrative Board governing the St. Louis City School District to sponsor charter schools under certain circumstances
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 185 - Purgason - Imposes a sunset upon all tax credit programs not currently subject to a sunset provision
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 186 - Crowell - Makes it optional for the circuit court and circuit clerk in Cape Girardeau County to hold court and maintain certain offices in both Jackson and Cape Girardeau
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 187 - Lager - Modifies the laws regarding nuisances and junkyards
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

SB 188 - Lager - Modifies the law relating to the Missouri Human Rights Act and employment discrimination
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 189 - Schmitt - Modifies provisions of the Missouri Quality Jobs Act to allow benefits for projects located within dormant manufacturing plant zones
1/27/2011 -- S First Read--SB 189-Schmitt

SB 190 - Pearce - Creates a tax credit for purchases of processed biomass engineered fiber fuel
1/27/2011 -- S First Read--SB 190-Pearce

SB 191 - Pearce - Establishes the Caring for Missourians Program to provide grants to eligible Missouri public higher education institutions that maintain certain nursing programs
1/27/2011 -- S First Read--SB 191-Pearce

SB 192 - Pearce - Requires the Department of Mental Health to develop a continuing professional education curriculum relating to eating disorders
1/27/2011 -- S First Read--SB 192-Pearce

SB 193 - Pearce - Allows Cass County to establish municipal county courts
1/27/2011 -- S First Read--SB 193-Pearce

SB 194 - Pearce - Allows Cass County to enact nuisance abatement ordinances
1/27/2011 -- S First Read--SB 194-Pearce

SB 195 - Stouffer - Requires driver's licenses and nondriver's licenses issued to persons who are not United States citizens to contain a notation that the holder of such license is not a citizen of the United States
1/27/2011 -- S First Read--SB 195-Stouffer

SB 196 - Cunningham - Restricts co-employee liability in workers' compensation cases
1/27/2011 -- S First Read--SB 196-Cunningham

SB 197 - Ridgeway - Bars employers from requiring employees to engage in or cease engaging in certain labor practices
1/27/2011 -- S First Read--SB 197-Ridgeway

SB 198 - Crowell - Repeals the estate tax
1/27/2011 -- S First Read--SB 198-Crowell

SB 199 - Crowell - Modifies the state do-not-call list by allowing cell phone numbers on the list and banning certain automated calls
1/27/2011 -- S First Read--SB 199-Crowell

SB 200 - Crowell - Modifies the ability of state educational institutions to issue bonds and incur debt
1/27/2011 -- S First Read--SB 200-Crowell

SB 201 - Crowell - Modifies provisions of the state deferred compensation plan
1/27/2011 -- S First Read--SB 201-Crowell

SB 202 - Crowell - Requires authorization for certain labor unions to withhold fees from paychecks to make political contributions
1/27/2011 -- S First Read--SB 202-Crowell

SB 203 - Schmitt - Creates a tax credit to attract sporting events to the state
1/27/2011 -- S First Read--SB 203-Schmitt, et al

SB 204 - Dempsey - Reauthorizes the pregnancy resource center tax credit
1/27/2011 -- S First Read--SB 204-Dempsey, et al

SCR 1 - Ridgeway - Disapproves a final order of rule making by the Public Service Commission regarding Electric Utility Renewable Energy Standard Requirements
1/27/2011 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
1/27/2011 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee
1/27/2011 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee

SCR 6 - Munzlinger - Urges the U.S. Department of Agriculture to quickly deregulate genetically-engineered alfalfa without conditions
1/27/2011 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SCR 7 - Dempsey - Authorizes the employment of an independent certified public accountant or certified public accounting firm pursuant to Section 21.760, RSMo
1/27/2011 -- S Offered--SCR 7-Dempsey

SJR 13 - Justus - Requires referenda and initiative petitions to be signed by 5% and 8% of the voters in each congressional district
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SJR 14 - Schaaf - Allows the Department of Revenue to receive its actual costs in collecting highway-related taxes and fees unbridled by the current 3 percent constitutional cap
1/27/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

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