Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 3/1/2011


SB 10 - Rupp - Denies unemployment benefits for those with outstanding overpayment penalties
3/1/2011 -- Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 31 - Chappelle-Nadal - Reduces from 45 to 20 the different types of beer that must be served by certain restaurant bars in order to serve 32 or more ounces of beer for off-premise consumption
3/1/2011 -- Hearing Cancelled S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 38 - Wright-Jones - Establishes a prostate cancer pilot program to provide screening, referral services, treatment and outreach
3/1/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 64 - Parson - Prohibits beer manufacturers from having any interest in liquor wholesalers
3/1/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 77 - Stouffer - Expands the types of directional signs which may be erected within highway right-of-ways and creates numerous memorial highway designations
3/1/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 83 - Pearce - Allows for the sale of deficiency waiver addendums and other similar products with respect to certain loan transactions
3/1/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 101 - Parson - Creates requirements for contractors who perform home exterior and roof work
3/1/2011 -- SCA 1 S adopted
3/1/2011 -- Perfected, as amended
3/1/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 102 - Green - Specifies that work certificates will permit the employment of children fourteen or fifteen years of age
3/1/2011 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee (0530S.03C)

SB 111 - Schaaf - Requires health carriers to provide Internet access to its standard fee schedules and prohibits carriers from refusing to contract with providers willing to meet certain provider participation terms and conditions
3/1/2011 -- Hearing to be Continued S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families 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
3/1/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 136 - Schaaf - Prohibits hospitals from requiring physicians to agree to make patient referrals as a condition of receiving medical staff privileges
3/1/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 166 - Goodman - Requires title agencies and title agents to maintain a physical place of business in Missouri as a condition of licensure
3/1/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 175 - Munzlinger - Modifies restrictions on the use of organized labor on public contract projects
3/1/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 180 - Kraus - Designates certain state recognized days, weeks, and months
3/1/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 187 - Lager - Modifies the laws regarding nuisances and junkyards
3/1/2011 -- H Second Read

SB 188 - Lager - Modifies the law relating to the Missouri Human Rights Act and employment discrimination
3/1/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
3/1/2011 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Lager)--(0790S03.05S)
3/1/2011 -- SA 2 to SCS S offered & defeated (Keaveny)--(0790S03.06S)
3/1/2011 -- SA 3 to SCS S offered & adopted (Callahan)--(0790S03.01F)
3/1/2011 -- SA 4 to SCS S offered (Justus)--(0790S03.02F)
3/1/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 209 - Lager - Modifies telecommunications provisions relating to carrier of last resort obligations
3/1/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 220 - Wasson - Modifies liens for certain design professionals and the statute of limitations for actions against land surveyors
3/1/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee

SB 221 - Cunningham - Establishes damage caps for Human Rights Act cases and workers' compensation discrimination cases
3/1/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 235 - Schaefer - Extends the sunsets on certain provider taxes
3/1/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 236 - Schaefer - Establishes provisions regarding pharmacy services
3/1/2011 -- Hearing to be Continued S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 243 - Cunningham - Modifies provisions relating to educational resources and services
3/1/2011 -- SA 1 S offered & adopted (Chappelle-Nadal)--(0249S04.05S)
3/1/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 286 - McKenna - Creates the Amy Hestir Student Protection Act and establishes the Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children
3/1/2011 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S General Laws Committee

SB 384 - Schaefer - Authorizes a civil cause of action against pharmacy benefit managers
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 384-Schaefer

SB 385 - Munzlinger - Imposes an additional admission fee for excursion gambling boat licensees to fund veterans' commission capital improvements
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 385-Munzlinger

SB 386 - Richard - Directs dealer plate fees to the Motor Vehicle Commission Fund and increases the temporary permit fee from $7.50 to $9.50
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 386-Richard

SB 387 - Wasson - Allows for release on electronic monitoring for people who can afford to pay the costs associated with the monitoring
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 387-Wasson

SB 388 - Wasson - Eliminates, combines, and revises certain state boards, commissions, committees, and councils
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 388-Wasson

SB 389 - McKenna - Modifies the laws regarding concealed carry permits for Missouri residents
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 389-McKenna

SB 390 - Schmitt - Authorizes tax incentives to encourage foreign trade
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 390-Schmitt, et al

SB 391 - Lager - Requires the school board of each school district and charter school to establish an evaluation system for teachers and teaching
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 391-Lager

SB 392 - Rupp - Amends surplus lines insurance law to comply with the federal Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010 (NRRA)
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 392-Rupp

SB 393 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to the Family Care Safety Registry
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 393-Goodman

SB 394 - Goodman - Modifies the human trafficking provisions
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 394-Goodman and Lamping

SB 395 - Goodman - Modifies provisions governing the regulation of the bail bond industry by the Department of Insurance
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 395-Goodman

SB 396 - Wright-Jones - Establishes the Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 396-Wright-Jones

SB 397 - Cunningham - Requires certification for certain contractors who work on fire sprinkler systems
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 397-Cunningham

SB 398 - Kraus - Allows public school principals to opt out of the election authority designation that their school be used as a polling place
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 398-Kraus

SB 399 - Kraus - Modifies provisions relating to the crime of failure to return leased or rented property
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 399-Kraus

SB 400 - Kraus - Modifies provisions regarding the crime of sexual contact with a student while on public school property
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 400-Kraus

SB 401 - Lamping - Modifies the law relating to debt adjusters
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 401-Lamping

SB 402 - Kehoe - Requires window stickers to show current motor vehicle registration instead of license plate tabs
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 402-Kehoe

SB 403 - Nieves - Modifies provisions pertaining to the filing of appeals regarding decisions made by environmental commissions
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 403-Nieves

SB 404 - Ridgeway - Allows certain state employees to receive a lump sum payment for the present value of a deferred annuity
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 404-Ridgeway

SB 405 - Ridgeway - Changes the requirements for background screenings of long-term care professionals
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 405-Ridgeway

SB 406 - Crowell - Allows certain cost recovery by electric companies for energy generation and requires utilities to pay an assessment for the Office of Public Counsel
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 406-Crowell and Mayer

SB 407 - Crowell - Provides sufficient funding to continue the MO RX prescription drug plan
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 407-Crowell

SB 408 - Crowell - Extends the MO RX prescription drug plan until August 28, 2014
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 408-Crowell

SB 409 - Crowell - Changes state transportation aid to school districts from a categorical add-on to part of the state aid calculation
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 409-Crowell

SB 410 - Crowell - Requires MOSERS and MPERS to transfer funds between the retirement systems when service is transferred between the systems
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 410-Crowell

SB 411 - Crowell - Allows employees of the Missouri Development Finance Board to join the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System and places a moratorium on certain tax credits
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 411-Crowell

SB 412 - Crowell - Modifies the State Auditor's authority to examine audits of the MODOT and Highway Patrol Employees' Retirement System (MPERS) and the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System (MOSERS) to allow the Auditor to audit the systems
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 412-Crowell

SB 413 - Crowell - Modifies the State Auditor's authority to examine audits of the Public School Retirement System to allow the auditor to audit the system
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 413-Crowell

SB 414 - Crowell - Allows the state auditor to audit any state or local public employees' retirement system
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 414-Crowell

SB 415 - Crowell - Makes it a class C felony for a person on probation for a felony offense to knowingly possess a firearm
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 415-Crowell

SB 416 - Crowell - Exempts United States attorneys who have completed the firearms safety training course required to obtain a conceal carry endorsement from certain otherwise unlawful uses of a weapon
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 416-Crowell

SB 417 - Crowell - Modifies the law relating to the Second Injury Fund
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 417-Crowell

SB 418 - Chappelle-Nadal - Establishes a paper ballot as the official ballot
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 418-Chappelle-Nadal and Lamping

SB 419 - Kraus - Modifies the law currently prohibiting Kansas City police officers from participating in some political activities
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 419-Kraus

SB 420 - Mayer - Modifies the operation and maintenance of the second injury fund
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 420-Mayer

SB 421 - Pearce - Bars felons from holding public office
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 421-Pearce

SB 422 - Lager - Modifies the state's renewable energy standard
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 422-Lager

SB 423 - Lager - Modifies various provisions pertaining to the regulation and protection of natural resources
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 423-Lager

SB 424 - Cunningham - Requires an informal hearing before the Secretary of State in certain instances
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 424-Cunningham

SB 425 - Goodman - Specifies when the crime of receiving stolen property is a felony offense
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 425-Goodman

SB 426 - Lamping - Requires certain landlords to hold security deposits in federally insured accounts, separate from the landlord's own funds
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 426-Lamping

SB 427 - Lamping - Repeals state and local use taxes
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 427-Lamping

SB 428 - Ridgeway - Allows a sheriff to receive reimbursement for the actual costs of transporting a person to and from a mental health facility
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 428-Ridgeway

SB 429 - Ridgeway - Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to issue recommendations on adequate nurse staffing levels in certain health care facilities
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 429-Ridgeway

SB 430 - Mayer - Modifies the law relating to Workers' Compensation
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 430-Mayer

SB 431 - Munzlinger - Creates a state do-not-mail list for consumers who do not wish to receive solicitations from direct mail marketers
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 431-Munzlinger

SB 432 - Munzlinger - Regulates contingency-fee contracts between state entities and private attorneys
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 432-Munzlinger

SB 433 - Kraus - Modifies the law relating to deeds of trust
3/1/2011 -- S First Read--SB 433-Kraus

SCR 8 - Rupp - Urges Congress to support a plan for the Upper Mississippi River Basin that provides flood-control without adverse impacts on existing levees and communities
3/1/2011 -- Voted Do Pass S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SCR 9 - Rupp - Rescinds Missouri's 1983 call for a constitutional convention
3/1/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SCR 11 - Wright-Jones - Asks the Governor to recognize every third week in June as Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Week
3/1/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SJR 2 - Stouffer - Allows enabling legislation for advance voting and photographic identification for voting
3/1/2011 -- H Second Read

SJR 15 - Nieves - Prohibits Missouri state government from recognizing, enforcing, or acting in furtherance of certain actions of the federal government
3/1/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee

SR 178 - Purgason - Modifies the Senate Rules to allow for the use of laptop computers on the Senate floor
3/1/2011 -- Motion to vote bill do pass failed S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SR 179 - Purgason - Modifies the Senate Rules to prohibit the consideration of a conference committee substitute until members have had a copy for at least one legislative day
3/1/2011 -- Voted Do Pass S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

HB 14 - Silvey - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes
3/1/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
3/1/2011 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (0014S.03C)

HB 15 - Silvey - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
3/1/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
3/1/2011 -- Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee

HB 163 - Fisher - Modifies the law relating to unemployment
3/1/2011 -- SS for SCS S offered (Pearce)--(0747S.06F)
3/1/2011 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered (Lembke)--(0747S06.05S)
3/1/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HCR 3 - Scharnhorst - Submits to Congress a proposed federal balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution
3/1/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

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