Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 4/5/2011


SB 2 - Ridgeway - Requires the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Board to offer high deductible plans that meet certain annual deductibles and other standards
4/5/2011 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee - (0217S.04C)

SB 9 - Rupp - Modifies the state do-not-call list and creates "paid for by" requirements for political phone calls
4/5/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 25 - Schaaf - Modifies and adopts provisions relating to nuisances
4/5/2011 -- SS for SCS S offered (Schaaf)--(0136S.04F)
4/5/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 29 - Brown - Modifies various provisions of law regarding the licensing of certain professions
4/5/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 48 - Wright-Jones - Modifies provisions relating to utilities
4/5/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee
4/5/2011 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee - (0251S.02C)

SB 54 - Cunningham - Creates the Amy Hestir Student Protection Act and establishes the Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children
4/5/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee
4/5/2011 -- Referred S Ways & Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 55 - Brown - Classifies sawmills and planing mills as agricultural and horticultural property for tax purposes
4/5/2011 -- Hearing Conducted H Rural Community Development Committee
4/5/2011 -- Voted Do Pass H Rural Community Development Committee
4/5/2011 -- Reported Do Pass H Rural Community Development Committee
4/5/2011 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 58 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of transportation
4/5/2011 -- Hearing Conducted H Transportation Committee

SB 59 - Keaveny - Modifies provisions regarding judicial procedures
4/5/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 60 - Keaveny - Enacts various provisions relating to judicial procedures
4/5/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 70 - Schaefer - Modifies provisions relating to the Missouri Family Trust
4/5/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
4/5/2011 -- SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Schaefer)--(0089S.06F)
4/5/2011 -- Perfected
4/5/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 72 - Kraus - Requires the Attorney General to sue the federal government to enforce federal immigration laws
4/5/2011 -- SS S offered (Kraus)--(0457S.03F)
4/5/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 77 - Stouffer - Expands the types of directional signs which may be erected within highway right-of-ways and creates numerous memorial highway designations
4/5/2011 -- Hearing Conducted H Transportation Committee

SB 81 - Pearce - Modifies provisions relating to education
4/5/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 90 - Dempsey - Modifies various provisions regarding benefits provided by the state health care plan, rules promulgated by certain county health center boards, and the capping of non-covered dental and optometric services
4/5/2011 -- SA 1 S offered & adopted (Ridgeway)--(0752S01.01S)
4/5/2011 -- Perfected, as amended
4/5/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 101 - Parson - Creates requirements for contractors who perform home exterior and roof work
4/5/2011 -- Hearing Conducted H Insurance Policy Committee
4/5/2011 -- Reported Do Pass H Insurance Policy Committee
4/5/2011 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 113 - Parson - Modifies the Animal Care Facilities Act and the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act
4/5/2011 -- Voted Do Pass H Agriculture Policy Committee
4/5/2011 -- Reported Do Pass H Agriculture Policy Committee
4/5/2011 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 116 - Justus - Updates the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
4/5/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

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
4/5/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 122 - Schaaf - Modifies provisions relating to health insurance as it applies prescription drug co-payments and the establishment of web-based estimating systems for use by consumers
4/5/2011 -- SS for SCS S offered (Schaaf)--(0757S.04F)
4/5/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 131 - Rupp - Makes numerous changes to provisions relating to the regulation of transportation
4/5/2011 -- Hearing Conducted H Transportation Committee

SB 133 - Rupp - Modifies the law with respect to highway design-build project contracts and sewer district design-build contracts
4/5/2011 -- Hearing Conducted H Transportation Committee

SB 147 - Schaefer - Modifies provisions relating to education
4/5/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 161 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions relating to agriculture
4/5/2011 -- Hearing Conducted H Agri-Business Committee

SB 162 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions pertaining to agriculture
4/5/2011 -- Hearing Conducted H Agri-Business 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
4/5/2011 -- Hearing Conducted H Higher Education Committee

SB 165 - Goodman - Extends the sunset on the Basic Civil Legal Services Fund
4/5/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 177 - Brown - Modifies provisions relating to public health policies
4/5/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 189 - Schmitt - Modifies provisions of the Missouri Quality Jobs Act to allow benefits for projects located within dormant manufacturing plant zones
4/5/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 207 - Lager - Modifies provisions pertaining to energy and property taxation
4/5/2011 -- Hearing Conducted H Utilities Committee

SB 231 - Lager - Prohibits a political subdivision from restricting a firefighter from engaging in certain political activities
4/5/2011 -- SS S offered & adopted (Lager)--(1303S.05F)
4/5/2011 -- Perfected
4/5/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 240 - Justus - Changes the requirements for school anti-bullying policies
4/5/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Progress and Development Committee

SB 264 - Rupp - Establishes new congressional districts
4/5/2011 -- Reported from S Select Committee on Redistricting Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 295 - Keaveny - Amends laws relating to unsecured loans of $500 or less
4/5/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 322 - Schaefer - Extends the sunsets on certain provider taxes to 2016 and on the Missouri RX plan to 2015
4/5/2011 -- SA 1 S offered & defeated (Schaaf)--(1743S01.10S)
4/5/2011 -- SA 2 S offered & defeated (Schaaf)--(1743S01.03S)
4/5/2011 -- SA 3 S offered & ruled out of order (Schaaf)--(1742S01.04S)
4/5/2011 -- SA 4 S offered & ruled out of order (Schaaf)--(1742S01.02S)
4/5/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 329 - Nieves - Allows students to enroll in another school district or charter school for purposes of attending virtual courses or programs
4/5/2011 -- Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee

SB 351 - Lamping - Modifies provisions relating to adoption records
4/5/2011 -- SS for SCS S offered (Lamping)--(1626S.03F)
4/5/2011 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Goodman)--(1626S03.01S)
4/5/2011 -- SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
4/5/2011 -- Perfected
4/5/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 353 - Engler - Allows the Missouri State Highway Patrol to sell surplus watercraft and watercraft motors and trailers in the same manner as the highway patrol currently sells surplus vehicles
4/5/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee

SB 355 - Schaaf - Modifies provisions regarding gubernatorial appointments
4/5/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SB 356 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions pertaining to agriculture
4/5/2011 -- SCS S adopted
4/5/2011 -- Perfected
4/5/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 368 - Stouffer - Transfers land survey duties from the Department of Natural Resources to the Department of Agriculture
4/5/2011 -- SCS S adopted
4/5/2011 -- Perfected
4/5/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 369 - Cunningham - Establishes procedures for resident pupils of an unaccredited school district to enroll in another school in the same or an adjoining county
4/5/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 372 - Cunningham - Modifies provisions relating to teacher contracts and establishes the Teacher Continuing Contract Act
4/5/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee

SB 388 - Wasson - Eliminates, combines, and revises certain state boards, commissions, committees, and councils
4/5/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee

SB 390 - Schmitt - Authorizes tax incentives to encourage foreign trade
4/5/2011 -- Taken up for Perfection
4/5/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 392 - Rupp - Amends surplus lines insurance law to comply with the federal Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010 (NRRA)
4/5/2011 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee - (1857S.02C)

SCR 11 - Wright-Jones - Asks the Governor to recognize every third week in June as Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Week
4/5/2011 -- Voted Do Pass S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SCR 12 - Schaaf - Urges the MO HealthNet Division to pursue the feasibility of implementing a program to assess chronic disease management of stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation
4/5/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SJR 10 - Lembke - Lowers the number of State Representatives from 163 to 103
4/5/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee
4/5/2011 -- Referred S Ways & Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SJR 15 - Nieves - Prohibits Missouri state government from recognizing, enforcing, or acting in furtherance of certain actions of the federal government
4/5/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SJR 16 - Goodman - Proposes a constitutional amendment reaffirming a citizen's right to free expression of religion
4/5/2011 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee - (1222S.02C)

HB 32 - Sater - Allows the State Registrar to issue heritage birth certificates
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 32

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
4/5/2011 -- Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

HB 70 - Phillips - Changes the compensation and mileage allowance for certain members of a county highway commission
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 70

HB 79 - Nolte - Allows certain veterans who served in the Missouri National Guard to receive medals regardless of whether the veteran is or ever was a legal resident of Missouri
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 79-Nolte, et al

HB 88 - Gatschenberger - Requires courts to transfer certain cases upon the request of the public administrator
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 88-Gatschenberger

HB 101 - Loehner - Modifies provisions relating to liquor control
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 101-Loehner

HB 108 - Smith - Modifies the law relating to campaign finance
4/5/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

HB 141 - Black - Renames the Heroes Way Interstate Interchange Designation Program to the Heroes Way Interchange Designation Program and expands the program to include state-numbered highway interchanges
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 141-Black, et al

HB 143 - Schoeller - Changes the laws regarding hotline calls reporting child abuse and neglect to the Children's Division
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 143

HB 182 - Gray - Designates the first Friday in March of each year as "Dress in Blue for Colon Cancer Awareness Day"
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 182-Walton Gray, et al

HB 197 - Jones - Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to post on its web site resources relating to umbilical cord blood
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 197

HB 199 - Kelley - Modifies community service requirements for prior and persistent violators of intoxication-related traffic
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 199-Kelley (126), et al

HB 220 - Smith - Specifies that real estate brokers and salespersons do not lose immunity from liability for certain statements by only ordering a report or inspection
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 220

HB 256 - Cox - Extends the expiration date on the Basic Civil Legal Services Fund to December 2018
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 256-Cox, et al

HB 259 - Cox - Closes certain foster care licensure records and requires the Children's Division to prepare a detailed report of specific information in the licensure process
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 259

HB 260 - Cox - Updates the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 260-Cox, et al

HB 264 - Nolte - Changes the laws regarding the Manufacturing Jobs Act
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 264-Nolte and Weter

HB 265 - Smith - Modifies the law regarding the licensure of certain professions
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 265

HB 270 - Burlison - Modifies provisions relating to the administration of health care benefits by the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 270-Burlison and Swinger

HB 272 - Kirkton - Increases the number of members on the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee by adding one licensed or registered nurse
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 272-Kirkton, et al

HB 307 - Gatschenberger - Authorizes the Department of Revenue to issue specified special license plates
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 307-Gatschenberger, et al

HB 327 - Wallingford - 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
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 327-Wallingford, et al

HB 338 - Pollock - Allows telecommunications companies to exempt themselves from filing tariffs and being subject to certain state regulations when similar federal regulations exist
4/5/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

HB 339 - Pollock - Modifies telecommunications provisions relating to carrier of last resort obligations
4/5/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

HB 369 - Gatschenberger - Allows cities, towns and villages to seek voter approval to impose a fee for water line repairs and allows certain assessments to be collected on property tax bills
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 369

HB 388 - Burlison - Requires the attending physician, rather than the Department of Health and Senior Services, to provide a breast implantation patient with information on the advantages, disadvantages, and risks associated with the procedure
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 388-Burlison

HB 402 - Diehl - Modifies liens for certain design professionals and the statute of limitations for lawsuits based on errors in a land survey
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 402-Diehl and Korman

HB 412 - Smith - Modifies provisions relating to pharmacy
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 412

HB 448 - Lair - Specifies how duty-related death benefits are funded for the Missouri Local Government Employees' Retirement System
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 448-Lair

HB 499 - Wells - Adds licensed professional counselors to the list of health care professionals who can report potentially unsafe drivers to the Department of Revenue
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 499-Wells, et al

HB 506 - Fuhr - Modifies provisions of law requiring certain political subdivisions to revise property tax rates
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 506

HB 513 - Newman - Modifies provisions relating to the rights to public accommodation and service dogs afforded to persons with mental disabilities
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 513-Newman, et al

HB 525 - Molendorp - 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
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 525-Molendorp

HB 545 - Schieber - Repeals certain requirements for board members of a tourism community enhancement district in the city of Riverside and modifies provisions relating to transient guest taxes
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 545

HB 548 - Jones - Modifies the law relating to state employee leave and layoffs
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 548

HB 550 - Day - Revises the laws regarding liens and encumbrances on motor vehicles, trailers, watercraft, and manufactured homes
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 550-Day

HB 556 - Grisamore - Requires each school board to annually provide instruction on disability history and awareness and designates October as "Disability History and Awareness Month"
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 556

HB 557 - Grisamore - Allows the Mental Health Earnings Fund to be used for the deposit of revenue received from the proceeds of any sales and services from Mental Health First Aid USA
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 557

HB 560 - Grisamore - Requires all new signs erected beginning August 28, 2011, relating to disabled parking to contain the words "Accessible Parking" and to not contain "Handicap Parking" or "Handicapped Parking"
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 560-Grisamore

HB 561 - Grisamore - Increases the membership of the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee by adding one mental health professional
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 561-Grisamore

HB 604 - Long - Modifies provisions relating to parental rights
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 604

HB 630 - Grisamore - Establishes the Missouri Task Force on Prematurity and Infant Mortality
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 630

HB 631 - Grisamore - Creates an income tax check-off for contributions to certain funds
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 631

HB 648 - Montecillo - Modifies provisions relating to individuals with disabilities
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 648-Montecillo

HB 667 - Carter - Establishes a prostate cancer pilot program to provide screening, referral services, treatment and outreach
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 667-Carter, et al

HB 673 - Largent - Authorizes the Adjutant General and the Governor to present awards to certain individuals
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 673-Largent

HB 675 - Largent - Requires county coroners to complete training requirements within six months of appointment or election
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 675-Largent and Hoskins

HB 678 - Schatz - Modifies provisions pertaining to Missouri One Call and the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 678-Schatz and Pollock

HB 738 - Nasheed - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 738-Nasheed, et al

HB 746 - Brown - Creates an income tax check-off for contributions to the puppy protection trust fund
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 746-Brown (85), et al

HB 749 - Lasater - Designates the month of April as "Child Abuse Prevention Month" and recognizes the "blue ribbon" as the official state symbol for child abuse prevention
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 749-Lasater, et al

HB 795 - Kelley - Designates the second Friday in March of each year as "Missouri School Read-In Day"
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 795-Kelley (126), et al

HB 798 - Brown - Designates various highways and bridges within the state of Missouri after individuals and modifies the Heroes Way Interstate Interchange Designation Program
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 798-Brown (85)

HB 812 - Brattin - Allows the Department of Revenue to issue "Cass County - The Burnt District" special license plates
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 812-Brattin, et al

HB 813 - Dugger - Designates a bridge on State Highway E within Wright County as the "Pvt Ova A. Kelley Medal of Honor Memorial Bridge"
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HB 813-Dugger

HB 825 - Fallert - Prohibits the assessment of penalties or the issuance of traffic tickets for failing to renew motor vehicle registrations prior to the last day of the month following the expiration of the 12-month registration period
4/5/2011 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 825

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