Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 2/15/2012

SB 450 - Rupp - Modifies the length of school board terms for certain school districts that became urban districts because of the 2010 census
2/15/2012 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
2/15/2012 -- Perfected
2/15/2012 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 483 - Rupp - Creates the Early High School Graduation Scholarship Program for public high school students who graduate from high school early
2/15/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee

SB 484 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to telecommunications
2/15/2012 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

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
2/15/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee

SB 516 - Schaaf - Modifies provisions regarding gubernatorial appointments
2/15/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Gubernatorial Appointments Committee

SB 562 - Dixon - Modifies provisions relating to the transfer of property by certain state universities
2/15/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee - (4560S.02C)

SB 563 - Dixon - Modifies provisions relating to higher education
2/15/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee - (4408S.03C)

SB 568 - Parson - Modifies various provisions relating to transportation
2/15/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee - (4756S.02C)

SB 572 - Dempsey - Modifies the law relating to workers' compensation
2/15/2012 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S withdrawn
2/15/2012 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Dempsey)--(4124S10.11S)
2/15/2012 -- SA 3 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Dempsey)--(4124S10.10S)
2/15/2012 -- SA 4 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Callahan)--(4124S10.02F)
2/15/2012 -- SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
2/15/2012 -- Perfected
2/15/2012 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 633 - Engler - Allows scrap metal operators to purchase older inoperable motor vehicles or vehicle parts from such vehicles without receiving a title under certain conditions
2/15/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee - (5036S.02C)

SB 648 - Dempsey - Modifies law on temporary instruction permits, towing companies, and use of ignition interlock devices by drunk drivers
2/15/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee - (4676S.03C)

SB 650 - Ridgeway - Requires Senate approval for gubernatorial appointments to certain boards, commissions, and committees
2/15/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability Committee

SB 652 - Lager - Prohibits a political subdivision from restricting a firefighter from engaging in certain political activities
2/15/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 653 - Lager - Designates a portion of Missouri Route 116 located in Clinton County as the "Sgt. Issac B. Jackson Memorial Highway"
2/15/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 654 - Lager - Requires the school board of each school district and charter school to establish an evaluation system for teachers and teaching
2/15/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 656 - Lager - Modifies the law with respect to how municipalities and the legal system treat the lawful use of motor vehicles on public roads and modifies the commercial zone surrounding Kansas City
2/15/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee - (5249S.02C)

SB 665 - Stouffer - Authorizes the Governor to transfer certain pieces of real estate located throughout the state of Missouri
2/15/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee

SB 677 - Pearce - Modifies provisions relating to school accreditation for failing school districts
2/15/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 693 - Crowell - Prohibits state agencies from printing calendars representing the agency to public and private entities
2/15/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability Committee

SB 701 - Mayer - Modifies various provisions relating to road use
2/15/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee

SB 705 - Wright-Jones - Modifies the law with respect to the Breast Cancer Awareness Trust Fund and the issuance of Breast Cancer Awareness special license plates
2/15/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 714 - Lager - Modifies provisions relating to the regulation of motor vehicles
2/15/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee - (5468S.03C)

SB 717 - Stouffer - Creates the traffic offense of distracted driving
2/15/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 719 - Kehoe - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of transportation
2/15/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee - (5618S.02C)

SB 729 - Schaefer - Modifies provisions relating to county purchases
2/15/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 730 - Schaefer - Allows Boone County to adopt regulations to control the minimum standards of occupancy for residential units and to develop a program for licensing and inspecting the units
2/15/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 736 - Engler - Exempts St. Francois County from a requirement that certain amounts of money from the county's special road and bridge tax be spent in certain areas
2/15/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee - Consent

SB 737 - Engler - Restricts the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education from including certain data from neglected children and delinquent children in the aggregate data of a school district
2/15/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 743 - Brown - Exempts motorcyclists age 21 and older from wearing a helmet when operating a motorcycle or motortricycle
2/15/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 754 - Mayer - Designates a portion of Missouri Route 25 in Stoddard County as the "Spc. James Burnett, Jr. Memorial Highway"
2/15/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 763 - Kehoe - Prohibits the charging of fee for releasing a lien or encumbrance from a certificate of ownership unless certain conditions are met
2/15/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 767 - Goodman - Designates several highways and bridges and creates or modifies several special license plates
2/15/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 773 - Parson - Establishes a March 27 to April 24 filing period for the 2012 state primary election
2/15/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee - (5719S.03C)
2/15/2012 -- Reported from S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS
2/15/2012 -- Motion to suspend Rule 52 and take up bill for perfection S adopted
2/15/2012 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & defeated (Rupp)--(5719S03.02S)
2/15/2012 -- SCS S adopted
2/15/2012 -- Perfected
2/15/2012 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee
2/15/2012 -- Referred S Ways & Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 792 - Brown - Classifies a retailer with a machine that processes tobacco into a roll or tube as a manufacturer of cigarettes
2/15/2012 -- S First Read--SB 792-Brown

SB 793 - Munzlinger - Modifies how funds from the lottery and the Gaming Commission Fund are distributed
2/15/2012 -- S First Read--SB 793-Munzlinger

SB 794 - Schmitt - Establishes the Missouri Works program that provides tax incentives for qualifying companies
2/15/2012 -- S First Read--SB 794-Schmitt

SCR 21 - Pearce - Urges Congress to support greater domestic development of North American sources of oil and approve the Keystone XL pipeline project
2/15/2012 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SCR 22 - Justus - Urges ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution
2/15/2012 -- S First Read--SCR 22-Justus

SCR 23 - Munzlinger - Urges Congress to further address the issue of allowing the interstate sale of state-inspected meat and poultry
2/15/2012 -- S First Read--SCR 23-Munzlinger

SJR 48 - Dixon - Modifies provisions regarding members and meetings of Missouri Senate and House of Representative apportionment commissions
2/15/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability Committee

HB 1075 - Sater - Prohibits any requirement that pharmacies carry a specific drug or device
2/15/2012 -- S First Read--HB 1075-Sater

HB 1093 - Elmer - Allows for a special license plate for a person who has received the Navy Cross
2/15/2012 -- S First Read--HB 1093-Elmer, et al

HB 1141 - Gatschenberger - Changes the laws regarding the "Don't Tread on Me" special license plate
2/15/2012 -- S First Read--HB 1141-Gatschenberger, et al

HB 1156 - Rowland - Designates a portion of U. S. Highway 160 in the City of Gainesville as the "Matthew J. England Memorial Highway"
2/15/2012 -- S First Read--HB 1156-Rowland, et al

HCR 3 - Scharnhorst - Submits to the U.S. Congress a request for a federal balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution
2/15/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

HCR 13 - Loehner - Demands that federal and state policies for stream management be based on sound science and historically effective landowner practices
2/15/2012 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
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