Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 2/24/2011

SB 13 - Pearce - Requires the Joint Committee on Education to oversee a task force on teacher compensation and effectiveness
2/24/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed
2/24/2011 -- H First Read

SB 23 - Keaveny - Allows the City of St. Louis to control its police force without state intervention
2/24/2011 -- Reported from S Progress and Development Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 33 - Stouffer - Repeals a provision of law which requires the Department of Transportation to submit to binding arbitration in negligence actions
2/24/2011 -- Reported from S Ways & Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
2/24/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed
2/24/2011 -- H First Read

SB 38 - Wright-Jones - Establishes a prostate cancer pilot program to provide screening, referral services, treatment and outreach
2/24/2011 -- Reported from S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee to Floor

SB 52 - Cunningham - Requires county assessors to consider market factors in determining the value of real property for tax purposes
2/24/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 55 - Brown - Classifies sawmills and planing mills as agricultural and horticultural property for tax purposes
2/24/2011 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee to Floor

SB 58 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of transportation
2/24/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed
2/24/2011 -- H First Read

SB 63 - Mayer - Modifies provisions pertaining to utilities
2/24/2011 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 71 - Parson - Eliminates a requirement that banks, savings institutions, and credit unions file a certain notice with the Missouri Real Estate Appraisers Commission and modifies other provisions relating to housing and real estate
2/24/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed
2/24/2011 -- H First Read

SB 77 - Stouffer - Expands the types of directional signs which may be erected within highway right-of-ways and creates numerous memorial highway designations
2/24/2011 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor

SB 83 - Pearce - Allows for the sale of deficiency waiver addendums and other similar products with respect to certain loan transactions
2/24/2011 -- Reported from S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor

SB 101 - Parson - Creates requirements for contractors who perform home exterior and roof work
2/24/2011 -- Reported from S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor w/SCA 1

SB 108 - Schmitt - Modifies provisions concerning the installation of fire sprinklers in certain dwellings
2/24/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed
2/24/2011 -- H First Read

SB 117 - Engler - Modifies provisions of law regarding certain taxes imposed by political subdivisions
2/24/2011 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 133 - Rupp - Modifies the law with respect to highway design-build project contracts and sewer district design-build contracts
2/24/2011 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS

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
2/24/2011 -- Hearing Cancelled S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 144 - Crowell - Places a one year moratorium on the authorization of certain tax credits
2/24/2011 -- Hearing Cancelled S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 145 - Dempsey - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions
2/24/2011 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 155 - Rupp - Modifies provisions of Missouri's Real Property Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act
2/24/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 161 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions relating to agriculture
2/24/2011 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee to Floor

SB 166 - Goodman - Requires title agencies and title agents to maintain a physical place of business in Missouri as a condition of licensure
2/24/2011 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 174 - Dempsey - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions
2/24/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed
2/24/2011 -- H First Read

SB 180 - Kraus - Designates certain state recognized days, weeks, and months
2/24/2011 -- Reported from S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee to Floor

SB 187 - Lager - Modifies the laws regarding nuisances and junkyards
2/24/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 188 - Lager - Modifies the law relating to the Missouri Human Rights Act and employment discrimination
2/24/2011 -- Reported from S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 204 - Dempsey - Reauthorizes the pregnancy resource center tax credit
2/24/2011 -- Reported from S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee to Floor

SB 219 - Wasson - Allows owners of automated teller machines to charge access fees to those with bank accounts in foreign countries and gambling boats to accept credit instruments
2/24/2011 -- Reported from S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 226 - Engler - Modifies provisions relating to emergency services
2/24/2011 -- Reported from S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 241 - Brown - Creates a state and local sales and use tax exemptions for captive wildlife
2/24/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 243 - Cunningham - Modifies provisions relating to educational resources and services
2/24/2011 -- Reported from S General Laws Committee to Floor

SB 291 - Pearce - Modifies provisions relating to charter schools
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 292 - Schaaf - Requires presidential and vice presidential candidates to show valid birth certificates
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 293 - Schaaf - Makes authorizations for allocations of nonresident entertainer and athlete income tax revenues perpetual
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 294 - Keaveny - Modifies provisions relating to charter schools
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 295 - Keaveny - Amends laws relating to unsecured loans of $500 or less
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 296 - Schmitt - Establishes the Compete Missouri Training Program
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 297 - Munzlinger - Modifies laws governing how residents of Missouri and other states may purchase rifles and shotguns outside their resident states
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 298 - Munzlinger - Lowers the minimum age for an applicant of a concealed carry endorsement from twenty-three to twenty-one
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 299 - Munzlinger - Requires the Department of Conservation to compensate for damage caused by wild elk
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

SB 300 - Munzlinger - Allows the use of centerfire handguns during the muzzleloader portion of firearms deer season
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

SB 301 - Mayer - Creates the Missouri Homeowners Mutual Insurance Company for the purpose of providing homeowners insurance coverage
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 302 - Engler - Subjects 383 malpractice associations to stricter insurance regulations
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 303 - Engler - Modifies disciplinary and administrative procedures for professions and businesses licensed under the Division of Professional Registration, including those licensed by the Board of Registration for the Healing Arts
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 304 - Rupp - Establishes rules and procedures that allow guaranty associations and receivers to elect to succeed to the rights of an insolvent insurer with respect to certain reinsurance contracts
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 305 - Parson - Creates record-keeping requirements for certain buyers of plastic bulk merchandising containers
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 306 - Wasson - Modifies laws relating to the administration of credit unions
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 307 - Justus - Allows Kansas City to collect an additional fourteen dollars in municipal ordinance violation cases
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 308 - Nieves - Specifies how the courts may rule in contractual disputes involving the law of other countries and jurisdictional issues involving other countries
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 309 - Kehoe - Allows certain ambulance and fire protection districts to seek voter approval for a sales tax to fund such districts
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 310 - Justus - Modifies provisions relating to lead licensing
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

SB 311 - Pearce - Repeals the sunset provision for the Childrens's Vision Examination Program
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 312 - Keaveny - Modifies provision relating to administrative child support orders
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 313 - Schaaf - Repeals certain requirements for board members of tourism community enhancement districts
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 314 - Chappelle-Nadal - Creates a crime for employers who divulge certain personal information of employees and customers
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 315 - Chappelle-Nadal - Bars discriminatory employers from receiving public works contracts and requires employers to provide cause to terminated employees
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 316 - McKenna - Creates a four day work week for state employees
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 317 - Stouffer - Exempts securities issued by agricultural cooperative corporations from state security registration requirements
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 318 - Dixon - Requires voter registration application forms to be distributed from Conservation offices and permit vendors authorized to issue resident hunting and fishing permits
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 319 - Dixon - Allows debts owed to ambulance service providers to be collected from income tax refunds and lottery winnings of patients
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 320 - Lamping - Modifies provisions relating to domestic violence
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 333 - Schaaf - Requires certain state agencies to update and verify the accuracy of the information on the respective websites, as the websites pertain to health care
2/24/2011 -- S First Read--SB 333-Schaaf

SB 334 - Schaaf - Requires MO HealthNet managed care organizations to provide to the MO HealthNet Division all utilization, access, and spending data for the cost of care per covered participant
2/24/2011 -- S First Read--SB 334-Schaaf

SB 335 - Schaaf - Allows public disclosure of department of revenue records regarding the number of cigarettes sold annually by tobacco product manufacturers
2/24/2011 -- S First Read--SB 335-Schaaf

SB 336 - Munzlinger - Modifies requirements pertaining to the control of noxious weeds
2/24/2011 -- S First Read--SB 336-Munzlinger

SB 337 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions pertaining to agriculture
2/24/2011 -- S First Read--SB 337-Munzlinger

SB 338 - Lager - Modifies requirements of the Supreme Court to accumulate and review certain types of cases
2/24/2011 -- S First Read--SB 338-Lager

SB 339 - Rupp - Establishes "Sam Pratt's Law" and "Nathan's Law" and modifies provisions relating to child care providers
2/24/2011 -- S First Read--SB 339-Rupp

SB 340 - Wasson - Modifies licensing requirements for funeral directors, embalmers, and funeral establishments and certain requirements for preneed funeral contracts
2/24/2011 -- S First Read--SB 340-Wasson

SB 341 - Nieves - Modifies the use of the Capitol complex grounds by non-public entities
2/24/2011 -- S First Read--SB 341-Nieves

SB 342 - Justus - Requires school districts to implement criteria for the enrollment and educational success of foster care children
2/24/2011 -- S First Read--SB 342-Justus

SB 343 - Wright-Jones - Creates the crimes of assault of an employee of a mass transit system while in the scope of his or her duties in the first, second, and third degree
2/24/2011 -- S First Read--SB 343-Wright-Jones

SB 344 - Wright-Jones - Requires health insurance policies to cover ultrasound screenings where mammograms demonstrate dense breast tissue
2/24/2011 -- S First Read--SB 344-Wright-Jones

SB 345 - Wright-Jones - Creates the Council on Digital Inclusion
2/24/2011 -- S First Read--SB 345-Wright-Jones

SB 346 - Wright-Jones - Creates the Medical Harm Disclosure Act
2/24/2011 -- S First Read--SB 346-Wright-Jones

SB 347 - Wright-Jones - Requires persons convicted of failing to pay a fare for the use of Bi-State Development Agency facilities to reimburse the reasonable costs attributable to the enforcement, investigation and prosecution of such offense to the agency
2/24/2011 -- S First Read--SB 347-Wright-Jones

SB 348 - Wright-Jones - Enacts the Prevention First Act
2/24/2011 -- S First Read--SB 348-Wright-Jones, et al

SB 349 - Ridgeway - Abolishes the sentencing advisory commission
2/24/2011 -- S First Read--SB 349-Ridgeway

SB 350 - Dixon - Requires the sunset of all administrative rules proposed, adopted or amended after August 28, 2011, and allows an agency to repromulgate a rule that is set to sunset
2/24/2011 -- S First Read--SB 350-Dixon and Ridgeway

SB 351 - Lamping - Modifies provisions relating to adoption records
2/24/2011 -- S First Read--SB 351-Lamping

SB 352 - Engler - Creates a mental health assessment pilot program for criminal offenders
2/24/2011 -- S First Read--SB 352-Engler

SJR 2 - Stouffer - Allows enabling legislation for advance voting and photographic identification for voting
2/24/2011 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee
2/24/2011 -- Reported from S Ways & Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
2/24/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed
2/24/2011 -- H First Read

SJR 18 - Munzlinger - Amends the Constitution to require the development and sale of a veterans lottery ticket
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SJR 19 - Chappelle-Nadal - Makes St. Louis city a part of St. Louis county
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SJR 20 - Lager - Limits general revenue appropriations and mandates state income tax rate reductions in certain situations
2/24/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

HB 14 - Silvey - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes
2/24/2011 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 14

HB 15 - Silvey - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
2/24/2011 -- S First Read--HB 15-Silvey

HB 107 - Smith - Modifies the manner in which vacancies are filled for statewide offices and the office of United States Senator
2/24/2011 -- S First Read--HB 107-Smith (150), et al

HB 139 - Smith - Requires financial and policy information about public schools, county and municipal governments and the Governor's travel to be included on the Missouri Accountability Portal
2/24/2011 -- S First Read--HB 139-Smith (150), et al

HB 163 - Fisher - Modifies the law relating to unemployment
2/24/2011 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 205 - Elmer - Modifies the law relating to the Missouri Human Rights Act and employment discrimination
2/24/2011 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 205

HB 209 - Guernsey - Modifies the laws regarding nuisances and junkyards
2/24/2011 -- S First Read--HB 209-Guernsey, et al
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