Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 3/17/2011


SB 8 - Goodman - Restricts co-employee liability in workers' compensation cases
3/17/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/17/2011 -- H First Read

SB 9 - Rupp - Modifies the state do-not-call list and creates "paid for by" requirements for political phone calls
3/17/2011 -- Reported from S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor

SB 10 - Rupp - Denies unemployment benefits for those with outstanding overpayment penalties
3/17/2011 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee to Floor

SB 17 - Lembke - Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to make available resources relating to umbilical cord blood
3/17/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/17/2011 -- H First Read

SB 25 - Schaaf - Modifies and adopts provisions relating to nuisances
3/17/2011 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 52 - Cunningham - Requires county assessors to consider market factors in determining the value of real property for tax purposes
3/17/2011 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 55 - Brown - Classifies sawmills and planing mills as agricultural and horticultural property for tax purposes
3/17/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/17/2011 -- H First Read

SB 59 - Keaveny - Modifies provisions regarding judicial procedures
3/17/2011 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

SB 60 - Keaveny - Enacts various provisions relating to judicial procedures
3/17/2011 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 62 - Schaaf - Modifies provisions relating to health care providers
3/17/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 70 - Schaefer - Modifies provisions relating to the Missouri Family Trust
3/17/2011 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 79 - Justus - Establishes the Missouri Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act
3/17/2011 -- Bill Combined - SCS/SBs 189, 217,246, 252 & 79

SB 100 - Stouffer - Creates a tax credit for contributions to developmental disability care providers and modifies provisions of the residential treatment agency tax credit program
3/17/2011 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee - (0725S.02C)

SB 116 - Justus - Updates the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
3/17/2011 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

SB 118 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions relating to loans available for sprinkler system requirements in long-term care facilities and to a definition in the long-term care facilities chapter
3/17/2011 -- Reported from S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee to Floor

SB 131 - Rupp - Makes numerous changes to provisions relating to the regulation of transportation
3/17/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/17/2011 -- H First Read

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
3/17/2011 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee - (0896S.02C)

SB 145 - Dempsey - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions
3/17/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/17/2011 -- H First Read

SB 147 - Schaefer - Modifies provisions relating to education
3/17/2011 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor

SB 161 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions relating to agriculture
3/17/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/17/2011 -- H First Read

SB 162 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions pertaining to agriculture
3/17/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/17/2011 -- H First Read

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
3/17/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/17/2011 -- H First Read

SB 165 - Goodman - Extends the sunset on the Basic Civil Legal Services Fund
3/17/2011 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 173 - Dixon - Modifies provisions of law relating to transportation and infrastructure
3/17/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/17/2011 -- H First Read

SB 177 - Brown - Modifies provisions relating to public health policies
3/17/2011 -- Reported from S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 189 - Schmitt - Modifies provisions of the Missouri Quality Jobs Act to allow benefits for projects located within dormant manufacturing plant zones
3/17/2011 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 198 - Crowell - Repeals the estate tax
3/17/2011 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 208 - Lager - Removes any requirement that a telecommunications company must file tariffs and exempts compliance with certain state regulations when federal regulations exist
3/17/2011 -- Reported from S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor

SB 209 - Lager - Modifies telecommunications provisions relating to carrier of last resort obligations
3/17/2011 -- Reported from S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor

SB 217 - Richard - Creates state and local sales and use tax exemptions for data storage centers
3/17/2011 -- Bill Combined - SCS/SBs 189, 217,246, 252 & 79

SB 220 - Wasson - Modifies liens for certain design professionals and the statute of limitations for actions against land surveyors
3/17/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/17/2011 -- H First Read

SB 231 - Lager - Prohibits a political subdivision from restricting a firefighter from engaging in certain political activities
3/17/2011 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor

SB 241 - Brown - Creates a state and local sales and use tax exemptions for captive wildlife
3/17/2011 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee
3/17/2011 -- Reported from S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor

SB 246 - Lamping - Creates a tax credit for investments in technology-based early stage Missouri companies
3/17/2011 -- Bill Combined - SCS/SBs 189, 217,246, 252 & 79

SB 250 - Kehoe - Requires sexual assault offenders to complete certain programs prior to being eligible for parole and prohibits them from living near child care facilities
3/17/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/17/2011 -- H First Read

SB 252 - Kehoe - Modifies provisions of the qualified research expense tax credit program
3/17/2011 -- Bill Combined - SCS/SBs 189, 217,246, 252 & 79

SB 281 - Kraus - Requires the cumulative state and local tax rate to be printed on sales receipts
3/17/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 282 - Engler - Modifies numerous laws relating to elections
3/17/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 306 - Wasson - Modifies laws relating to the administration of credit unions
3/17/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed
3/17/2011 -- H First Read

SB 323 - Schaefer - Requires the Auditor to conduct a one-time comparative audit of selected state agencies
3/17/2011 -- Reported from S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 356 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions pertaining to agriculture
3/17/2011 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 368 - Stouffer - Transfers land survey duties from the Department of Natural Resources to the Department of Agriculture
3/17/2011 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 390 - Schmitt - Authorizes tax incentives to encourage foreign trade
3/17/2011 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor

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
3/17/2011 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SCR 7 - Dempsey - Authorizes the employment of an independent certified public accountant or certified public accounting firm pursuant to Section 21.760, RSMo
3/17/2011 -- Reported to the House

SJR 8 - Kraus - Requires refunds to taxpayers when state revenues grow by five percent or more
3/17/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SJR 10 - Lembke - Lowers the number of State Representatives from 163 to 103
3/17/2011 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability Committee to Floor

SJR 15 - Nieves - Prohibits Missouri state government from recognizing, enforcing, or acting in furtherance of certain actions of the federal government
3/17/2011 -- Reported from S General Laws Committee to Floor

HB 45 - Hoskins - Modifies provisions of the Big Government Get Off My Back Act and creates an income tax deduction for small business job creation
3/17/2011 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee - (0145S.04C)

HB 61 - Nolte - Prohibits the state minimum wage from exceeding the federal minimum wage and sets wages for tipped employees at $3.63 per hour
3/17/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

HB 76 - Nolte - Phases-out the corporate franchise tax over a five-year period
3/17/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

HB 107 - Smith - Modifies the manner in which vacancies are filled for statewide offices and the office of United States Senator
3/17/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 108 - Smith - Modifies the law relating to campaign finance
3/17/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

HB 112 - Day - Classifies sawmills and planing mills as agricultural and horticultural property for tax purposes
3/17/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

HB 116 - Flanigan - Modifies provisions of law regarding the collection of state money
3/17/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

HB 127 - Barnes - Provides that a sheriff elected at a special election shall receive credit for the entire term for the purposes of receiving retirement benefits from the Sheriffs' Retirement System
3/17/2011 -- S First Read--HB 127-Barnes

HB 136 - Day - Allows certain military spouses to qualify for unemployment compensation and requires state agencies or boards to give temporary licenses to certain military spouses
3/17/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 167 - Nolte - Requires Missouri driver's license examinations to only be administered in English
3/17/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

HB 174 - Thomson - 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
3/17/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 205 - Elmer - Modifies the law relating to the Missouri Human Rights Act and employment discrimination
3/17/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

HB 209 - Guernsey - Modifies the laws regarding nuisances and junkyards
3/17/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

HB 214 - Zerr - Modifies the human trafficking provisions
3/17/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 266 - Smith - Changes the laws regarding weight limitations for vehicles hauling livestock or agricultural products on state highways
3/17/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 276 - Franz - Modifies funeral protest provisions
3/17/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 339 - Pollock - Modifies telecommunications provisions relating to carrier of last resort obligations
3/17/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

HJR 2 - McGhee - Proposes a constitutional amendment reaffirming a citizen's right to prayer
3/17/2011 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

HJR 6 - Cierpiot - Requires voting by secret ballot for elections and employee representation
3/17/2011 -- S First Read--HJR 6-Cierpiot, et al

HJR 29 - Solon - Amends the Constitution to require the development and sale of a veterans lottery ticket
3/17/2011 -- S First Read--HJR 29-Solon, et al

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