Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 1/5/2012


SB 434 - Callahan - Modifies procedures for changes in school district boundary lines
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 435 - Crowell - Requires authorization for certain labor unions to use dues and fees to make political contributions and bars them from withholding earnings from paychecks
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 436 - Crowell - Subjects all state tax credits to appropriation
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 437 - Crowell - Requires the joint election of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 438 - Mayer - Bars employers from requiring employees to engage in or cease engaging in certain labor practices
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 439 - Mayer - Modifies the law relating to the prevailing wage
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 440 - Engler - Subjects 383 malpractice associations to stricter surplus and solvency regulations
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 441 - Engler - Allows motorists to obtain Missouri Junior Golf Foundation specialized license plates under certain conditions
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 442 - Stouffer - Establishes photo identification requirements for voting
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 443 - Stouffer - Modifies the law with respect to the regulation of motor vehicles
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 444 - Stouffer - Repeals a provision of law that requires MoDOT to submit to binding arbitration in negligence actions and allows the commission to delegate to designated hearing examiners the authority to conduct hearings and render final decisions
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 445 - Goodman - Establishes the Joint Committee on the Missouri Criminal Code
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 446 - Goodman - Specifies that drug courts may be funded by the county law enforcement restitution fund
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 447 - Goodman - Adds mail to the list of types of property that, when stolen, increase the classification of the crimes of stealing and receiving stolen property to Class C felonies
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 448 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to child care providers
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 449 - Rupp - Requires the Department of Mental Health to develop a transition plan for services of residents of state developmental disabilities facilities to the most appropriate setting
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 450 - Rupp - Modifies the length of school board terms for certain school districts that became urban districts because of the 2010 census
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 451 - Cunningham - Modifies provisions relating to school operations
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 452 - Cunningham - Allows a pupil to enroll in an adjoining school district if the student's residence is located closer to a school in the adjoining district or in cases of transportation hardship
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 453 - Cunningham - Establishes damage caps for Human Rights Act cases and workers' compensation discrimination cases
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 454 - Pearce - Modifies the elementary and secondary education funding formula
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 455 - Pearce - Modifies provisions relating to higher education
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 456 - Pearce - Establishes procedures for the transfer of students from an unaccredited school district to an accredited school district in the same or an adjoining county
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 457 - Schmitt - Modifies provisions of mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 458 - Wright-Jones - Creates the Green Jobs-Green Missouri Act
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 459 - Wright-Jones - Requires those engaging in public works projects to employ individuals from the locality in which the project is being constructed
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 460 - Wright-Jones - Requires kindergarten attendance at the start of the school year for children who turn age five at any time during the calendar year
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 461 - Keaveny - Allows the City of St. Louis to control its police force without state intervention
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 462 - Keaveny - Amends laws relating to unsecured loans of $500 or less
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 463 - Keaveny - Increases the fine for seat belt violations from $10 to $50
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 464 - Schaaf - Prohibits the establishment and operation of health insurance exchanges in Missouri unless certain criteria are met
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 465 - Schaaf - Allows Buchanan County and cities, towns, or villages within Buchanan County to establish a theater, cultural arts, and entertainment district
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 466 - Munzlinger - Modifies how money in the Gaming Commission Fund is allocated
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 467 - Munzlinger - Requires agencies that receive federal grants to track and disclose the usage of the funds and the Governor to report withholdings
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

SB 468 - Munzlinger - Modifies the law relating to project labor agreements and the prevailing wage
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 469 - Dixon - Modifies provisions regarding administrative rules
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 470 - Dixon - Modifies various provisions relating to transportation
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 471 - Dixon - Extends the sunset on the Children in Crisis Tax Credit program
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 472 - Kraus - Modifies the provisions of certain tax credit programs and requires the Department of Revenue to apply any increase in revenue generated to a decrease in the corporate income tax rate
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 473 - Kraus - Requires the Attorney General to sue the federal government to enforce federal immigration laws
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability Committee

SB 474 - Kraus - Requires the Department of Social Services to take steps to mandate the use of photo identification for the food stamp program
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability Committee

SB 475 - Lamping - Requires the joint election of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 476 - Lamping - Amends laws relating to unsecured loans of $500 or less
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 477 - Crowell - Modifies the state do-not-call list by allowing cell phone numbers on the list and banning certain automated calls
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 478 - Crowell - Eliminates certain employee benefits for members of the General Assembly and statewide elected officials who first take office on or after January 1, 2013
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Veterans' Affairs, Emerging Issues, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee

SB 479 - Crowell - Eliminates certain employee benefits for members of the General Assembly and statewide elected officials who first take office on or after January 1, 2013
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Veterans' Affairs, Emerging Issues, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee

SB 480 - Stouffer - Modifies law with respect to motor vehicles and outboard motor titles
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 481 - Stouffer - Creates a tax credit for contributions to developmental disability care providers and modifies provisions of the residential treatment agency tax credit program
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 482 - Stouffer - Increases the statutory award amount for Alzheimer's disease research projects funded by the University of Missouri Board of Curators
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 483 - Rupp - Creates the Early High School Graduation Scholarship Program for public high school students who graduate from high school early
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 484 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to telecommunications
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 485 - Cunningham - Modifies the law governing liens
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 486 - Wright-Jones - Modifies law relating to voter registration and election offenses
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 487 - Wright-Jones - Establishes a committee and plans to increase the participation of minority and women's business enterprises in state contracting
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Progress and Development Committee

SB 488 - Wright-Jones - Requires newly constructed state buildings to meet certain green building standards
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 489 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions relating to weapons
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 490 - Munzlinger - Modifies the laws regarding certain private nuisance actions
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

SB 491 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions pertaining to agriculture
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

SB 492 - Crowell - Modifies retirement benefits for new members of the general assembly and statewide elected officials and modifies interest paid on retirement refunds
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Veterans' Affairs, Emerging Issues, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee

SB 493 - Stouffer - Allows the governing body of Macon County to grant tax relief to certain properties to alleviate blight
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 494 - Wright-Jones - Creates the Medical Harm Disclosure Act
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 495 - Wright-Jones - Establishes the Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 496 - Wright-Jones - Enacts the Prevention First Act
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 497 - Munzlinger - Increases the penalties for the crimes of trespassing and false impersonation and creates the crime of impersonating a public servant
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 498 - Munzlinger - Prohibits cities from restricting veterans organizations from operating re-sale shops in certain areas
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 499 - Munzlinger - Imposes an additional admission fee for excursion gambling boat licensees to fund Veterans Commission capital improvements
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 500 - Wright-Jones - Modifies state legal expense coverage of certain health professionals and modifies hospital patient safety policies
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 501 - Wright-Jones - Creates the Council on Digital Inclusion
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 502 - Wright-Jones - Allows elected officials to be excused from jury duty during their term of office
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 503 - Wright-Jones - Allows the Special Administrative Board governing the St. Louis City School District to sponsor charter schools under certain circumstances
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 504 - Wright-Jones - Requires official motor vehicle inspection and emission stations to have liability insurance to cover any possible damages to a vehicle during an inspection
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 505 - Wright-Jones - Requires health carriers to devote a certain percentage of health insurance premiums to be used for the payment of health care services
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 506 - 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
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 507 - Wright-Jones - Requires health insurance policies to cover ultrasound screenings where mammograms demonstrate dense breast tissue
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 508 - 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
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 509 - Wright-Jones - Allows the governing body of St. Louis City to grant tax relief to certain properties to alleviate blight
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 510 - Cunningham - Modifies the laws regarding municipal annexations, the taxation of security companies, assessment of real estate, the termination of water and sewer services, and complaints about real estate appraisals
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 511 - Schaaf - Provides that no amendments shall be made to the Missouri State Medicaid Plan without first obtaining approval from the Joint Committee on MO HealthNet
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 512 - Schaaf - Prohibits restrictive physician employment contracts
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 513 - Crowell - Prohibits the approval of new applications under the Missouri Downtown Economic Stimulus Act after August 28, 2012
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 514 - Crowell - Bars employers from requiring employees to engage in or cease engaging in certain labor practices
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 515 - Schaaf - Requires Director of the Department of Insurance to prescribe by rule uniform application forms for group health insurance policies
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 516 - Schaaf - Modifies provisions regarding gubernatorial appointments
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Gubernatorial Appointments Committee

SB 517 - Brown - Imposes an additional $1,500 fine for failing to drive in the right-hand lane
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 518 - Engler - Creates a mental health assessment pilot program for criminal offenders
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 519 - 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
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 520 - Schaaf - Requires a candidate who forms a committee to designate the office to which the candidate is seeking nomination or election
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 521 - Curls - Requires a non-custodial parent to pay child support until the child reaches 22 years of age instead of 21 years of age
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 522 - Curls - Modifies the eligibility requirements for food stamp assistance
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 523 - Curls - Prohibits persons under the age of 18 from selling tobacco products
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 524 - Curls - Modifies the membership qualifications for the Missouri Housing Development Commission
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 525 - Engler - Provides for nonpartisan elections of judicial candidates and forbids certain judges and candidates from engaging in political activities
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 526 - Schaaf - Requires health carriers to credential health care professionals within 60 calendar days of receipt of complete application
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 527 - Schaaf - Provides that home school students will receive the same consideration as non-home school students for purposes of higher education financial aid
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 528 - Wright-Jones - Allows motorists to obtain "I HAVE A DREAM" special license plates after making an annual contribution of $25 to the Martin Luther King Jr. State Celebration Commission Fund
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 529 - Schaaf - Prohibits hospitals from requiring physicians to agree to make patient referrals as a condition of receiving medical staff privileges
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 530 - Schaaf - Makes authorizations for allocations of nonresident entertainer and athlete income tax revenues perpetual
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 531 - Lamping - Modifies the low-income housing and historic preservation tax credit programs and requires any increase in revenue to be applied to a decrease in the individual income tax rate
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 532 - Schaefer - Extends the tax credit for donations to food pantries until August 2022
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 533 - Schaaf - Allows for certain projects creating ten or more new full-time jobs to not have to obtain a certificate of need
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 534 - Schaaf - Prohibits insurers from denying reimbursement for providing diagnostic imaging services based solely on the speciality or professional board certification of a licensed physician
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 535 - Chappelle-Nadal - Allows the City of St. Louis to control its police force without state intervention
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 536 - Chappelle-Nadal - Requires long-term care facilities to be encouraged to institute policies encouraging familial involvement in the well-being and support of its residents
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 537 - Chappelle-Nadal - Increases the penalty for the crime of harassment
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 538 - Chappelle-Nadal - Requires, subject to appropriations, an expansion of the variety of kosher foods approved under the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Special Supplemental Food Program
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 539 - Chappelle-Nadal - Creates a crime for employers who divulge certain personal information of employees and customers
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 540 - Chappelle-Nadal - Bars discriminatory employers from receiving public works contracts and requires employers to provide cause to terminated employees
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 541 - Chappelle-Nadal - Prohibits a workforce development agency from knowingly omitting from any bidding process an entity with whom it has a contract
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 542 - Chappelle-Nadal - Establishes a paper ballot as the official ballot
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 543 - Chappelle-Nadal - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 544 - Chappelle-Nadal - Licenses clinical laboratory personnel
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 545 - Chappelle-Nadal - Requires certain public officials and certain staff members of the executive branch and legislature to submit to drug tests
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 546 - Purgason - Imposes campaign contribution limits
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SB 547 - Purgason - Bars employers from requiring employees to engage in or cease engaging in certain labor practices
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 548 - Purgason - Modifies certain tax credit programs
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 549 - Lembke - Modifies how school districts maintain vacant or unused school buildings
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 550 - 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
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 551 - Brown - Exempts feed for captive wildlife and seed, limestone, and fertilizer used for crops to be fed to captive wildlife from state and local sales tax
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 552 - Brown - Adds veterinarians to the statute of limitations for medical malpractice actions against certain health care providers
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 553 - Brown - Requires authorization for certain labor unions to use dues and fees to make political contributions and bars them from withholding earnings from paychecks
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 554 - Curls - Changes the notice requirement to a tenant in a foreclosure action from ten business days to ninety days
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 555 - Curls - Regulates certain contracts for the sale of residential real estate
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 556 - Curls - Allows courts to suspend imposition of an adult criminal sentence for certain juvenile offenders
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 557 - Brown - Modifies the law with respect to the issuance of certificates of titles
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 559 - Curls - Allows petitions for expungement of certain criminal records
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 560 - Ridgeway - Prohibits the establishment and operation of health insurance exchanges in Missouri unless certain criteria are met
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 561 - Ridgeway - Imposes a sunset upon tax credit programs not currently subject to a sunset provision and requires the Department of Revenue to apply any increase in revenue generated to a decrease in the personal income tax rate
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 562 - Dixon - Modifies provisions relating to the transfer of property by certain state universities
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 563 - Dixon - Modifies provisions relating to higher education
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 564 - Brown - Waives the motorcycle roads skills test for members of the armed forces who have successfully completed certain military motorcycle rider training courses
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 565 - Schaaf - Modifies the membership of the Missouri Health Insurance Pool
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 566 - Brown - Requires owners of dogs and cats under suspicion of carrying rabies to provide documentation of vaccination or else surrender the animal
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

SB 567 - Wright-Jones - Prohibits all drivers, regardless of age, from text messaging while operating moving motor vehicles on any highway in this state and prohibits anyone from being stopped solely to determine compliance with the state text messaging ban
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 568 - Parson - Modifies various provisions relating to transportation
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 569 - Kraus - Modifies the law relating to elections, law enforcement districts, and transit authority taxes
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 570 - Kraus - Requires that only one license plate be issued for all motor vehicles instead of the current two plates
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 571 - Kraus - Requires tax credit recipients to file campaign finance reports with the Missouri Ethics Commission
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 572 - Dempsey - Modifies the law relating to workers' compensation
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 573 - Dixon - Authorizes certain circuits to increase the civil court filing surcharge from the current $15.00 up to $20.00
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 574 - Dixon - Allows associate circuit judges in Greene and Cass counties to hear and determine county ordinance violations
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 575 - Dixon - Allows Greene County to enact nuisance abatement ordinances
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 576 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions relating to charter schools
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 577 - Goodman - Requires health benefit plans to establish equal out-of-pocket requirements for oral anticancer medications and intravenously administered chemotherapy medications
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 578 - Parson - Modifies provisions relating to property owned by the state
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 579 - Parson - Eliminates a requirement that banks, savings institutions, and credit unions file a certain notice with the Missouri Real Estate Appraisers Commission
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 580 - Parson - Modifies the licensing period for certain licenses issued by the Missouri Gaming Commission
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 581 - Callahan - Modifies provisions relating to school district boundary line changes, school accreditation, and employment of retired teachers under certain circumstances
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 582 - Dempsey - Reauthorizes the pregnancy resource center tax credit
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 583 - Wright-Jones - Allows employers to retain withholding taxes up to the amount spent on educational benefits for employees and unpaid interns or up to the amount spent on less than a year of job training for employees
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 584 - Richard - Creates state and local sales and use tax exemptions for data storage centers and allows municipalities to enter into loan agreements, or sell, lease, or mortgage municipal property for a technology business facility project
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 585 - Richard - Creates a tax credit to attract sporting events to Missouri
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 586 - Richard - Gives preference in the awarding of a fee office contract to a tax exempt organization whose primary administrative office is in the same county or legislative district as the fee office
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 587 - Chappelle-Nadal - Allows school districts and charter schools to establish and implement an age-appropriate curriculum to educate students about domestic violence
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 588 - Schmitt - Creates a tax credit to attract sporting events to the state
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 589 - Kraus - Requires political subdivisions using automated traffic enforcement systems to distribute such fines to local school districts for transportation purposes
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability Committee

SB 590 - Kraus - Modifies the law relating to unlawfully present aliens
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 591 - Parson - Modifies provision regarding state and local revenues, various interest rates, and the authority of fire protection districts
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 606 - Schmitt - Modifies the state do-not-call list by allowing cell phone numbers on the list and banning certain automated calls
1/5/2012 -- S First Read--SB 606-Schmitt

SB 607 - Stouffer - Establishes procedure for resetting billboards during periods of highway construction
1/5/2012 -- S First Read--SB 607-Stouffer

SB 608 - Wasson - Establishes the Missouri Health Insurance Exchange, the "Direct Payment Stop Loss Fund", and creates administrative procedure to collect unpaid medical claims
1/5/2012 -- S First Read--SB 608-Wasson and Richard

SB 609 - Lembke - Modifies comparative fault by eliminating joint liability and allowing consideration of any nonparty's fault
1/5/2012 -- S First Read--SB 609-Lembke

SB 610 - Lembke - Prohibits political subdivisions from using automated photo red light enforcement systems to enforce red light violations
1/5/2012 -- S First Read--SB 610-Lembke

SB 611 - Lembke - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of transportation
1/5/2012 -- S First Read--SB 611-Lembke

SB 612 - Lembke - Allows the full deductibility of federal income tax liability for state income tax purposes
1/5/2012 -- S First Read--SB 612-Lembke

SB 613 - Kehoe - Requires courts to award prevailing defendants their costs and attorney's fees
1/5/2012 -- S First Read--SB 613-Kehoe, et al

SB 614 - Kehoe - Requires courts to award costs and attorney's fees to a party when a case has no basis in law or an attorney acts in bad faith
1/5/2012 -- S First Read--SB 614-Kehoe and Lamping

SB 615 - McKenna - Modifies provisions relating to liquor
1/5/2012 -- S First Read--SB 615-McKenna

SJR 23 - Crowell - Proposes a constitutional amendment to create term limits for all statewide elected officials
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SJR 24 - Crowell - Requires the joint election of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor beginning in the year 2016
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SJR 25 - Crowell - Lowers the number of State Representatives from 163 to 101
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability Committee

SJR 26 - Lager - Proposes a constitutional amendment to create term limits for all statewide elected officials
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SJR 27 - Munzlinger - Increases the number of commissioners on the Conservation Commission and provides term limits
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

SJR 28 - Munzlinger - Amends the Constitution to require the development and sale of a veterans lottery ticket
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SJR 29 - Lamping - Requires the legislative session to end in late March rather than mid-May, beginning with the 98th General Assembly
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SJR 30 - Lamping - Requires the joint election of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor beginning in the year 2016
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SJR 31 - Chappelle-Nadal - Makes St. Louis City a part of St. Louis County
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SJR 32 - Chappelle-Nadal - Proposes a constitutional amendment to require the St. Louis Board of Freeholders to meet monthly and authorizes the people of St. Louis City and County to modify the Missouri Constitution regarding the Board
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SJR 33 - Chappelle-Nadal - Proposes a constitutional amendment replacing the Highways and Transportation Commission with a Director of Transportation
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SJR 34 - Purgason - Replaces all taxes on income with a sales and use tax
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SJR 35 - Ridgeway - Replaces all taxes on income with sales and use taxes that are capped at certain rates
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SJR 36 - Ridgeway - Caps the tax on real property and freezes the property taxes on individuals 62 years old or older
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SJR 37 - Crowell - Requires all meetings of apportionment commissions to be conducted in public and prohibits commission members from serving in the General Assembly for six years after service on commission
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SJR 38 - Kraus - Requires refunds to taxpayers when state revenues grow by seven and a half percent or more
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SJR 39 - Cunningham - Prohibits laws interfering with freedom of choice in health care
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SJR 40 - Kraus - Amends the constitution to modify the ban on retrospective laws
1/5/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

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