Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 4/17/2012


SB 439 - Mayer - Modifies the law relating to the prevailing wage
4/17/2012 -- SSA 1 for SA 1 to SCS S offered (Callahan)--(4295S03.19S)
4/17/2012 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
4/17/2012 -- SA 1 to SSA 1 for SA 1 to SCS S offered (Callahan)--(4295S03.20S)
4/17/2012 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 454 - Pearce - Modifies the elementary and secondary education funding formula
4/17/2012 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor

SB 485 - Cunningham - Modifies the law governing liens
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Judiciary 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
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 557 - Brown - Modifies the law with respect to the issuance of certificates of titles
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted H General Laws Committee

SB 562 - Dixon - Modifies provisions relating to the transfer of property by certain state universities
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Pursuant Committee
4/17/2012 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee - NOT CONSENT
4/17/2012 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee - NOT CONSENT

SB 566 - Brown - Requires owners of dogs and cats under suspicion of carrying rabies to provide documentation of vaccination or else surrender the animal
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Emerging Issues in Animal Agriculture Committee

SB 576 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions relating to charter schools
4/17/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 591 - Parson - Modifies provision regarding state and local revenues, various interest rates, and the authority of fire protection districts
4/17/2012 -- HCS Reconsidered H General Laws Committee
4/17/2012 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H General Laws Committee

SB 592 - Lager - Modifies the law relating to the Missouri Human Rights Act and employment discrimination
4/17/2012 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Workforce Development & Workplace Safety Committee
4/17/2012 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 620 - Rupp - Modifies various provisions related to health and life insurance
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Insurance Policy Committee

SB 626 - Kehoe - Limits liability for a manufacturer after a product has been materially altered and modifies certain interest rates
4/17/2012 -- Referred H General Laws Committee

SB 628 - Schaefer - Modifies provisions relating to the judiciary
4/17/2012 -- H Second Read
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 631 - Parson - Modifies provisions relating to animals and agriculture
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted H Agriculture Policy 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
4/17/2012 -- Referred H General Laws Committee

SB 636 - Keaveny - Modifies provisions relating to the judiciary
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 644 - Schaefer - Requires reimbursement amounts paid by health carriers to licensed physical therapists to be uniform regardless of the setting or venue in which the health care services are rendered
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 648 - Dempsey - Modifies law on temporary instruction permits, towing companies, and use of ignition interlock devices by drunk drivers
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted H Transportation Committee

SB 665 - Stouffer - Authorizes the Governor to transfer certain pieces of real estate located throughout the state of Missouri
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 668 - Lembke - Modifies several provisions of law concerning taxation, the composition of county sport complex authorities, fire protection district regulations, and real estate appraiser licensing
4/17/2012 -- H Second Read
4/17/2012 -- Referred H General Laws Committee

SB 671 - Parson - Modifies provisions relating to elections
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Elections Committee

SB 673 - Brown - Modifies law regarding motor vehicle licensing and driver's licenses
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 682 - Dempsey - Requires that certain pain management techniques be performed by licensed physicians
4/17/2012 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Stouffer)--(4808S04.05S)
4/17/2012 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Stouffer)--(4808S04.06S)
4/17/2012 -- SA 3 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Justus)--(4808S04.02S)
4/17/2012 -- SA 4 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Callahan)--(4808S04.03S)
4/17/2012 -- SA 5 to SS for SCS S offered & Ruled out of order (Green)--(4808S04.07S)
4/17/2012 -- SA 6 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Purgason)--(4808S04.08S)
4/17/2012 -- SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
4/17/2012 -- Perfected
4/17/2012 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 683 - Crowell - Modifies the laws relating to property exempt from execution or attachment
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Financial Institutions Committee

SB 690 - Engler - Modifies provisions related to public safety
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

SB 692 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 699 - Goodman - Modifies laws relating to criminal offenders under the supervision of the Department of Corrections
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Pursuant Committee
4/17/2012 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee
4/17/2012 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee

SB 701 - Mayer - Modifies various provisions relating to road use
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 706 - Cunningham - Modifies provisions relating to school operations
4/17/2012 -- Committee Vote Reconsidered
4/17/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee - 4989S.07C

SB 711 - Lamping - Modifies provisions relating to adoption
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Children and Families Committee

SB 714 - Lager - Modifies provisions relating to the regulation of motor vehicles
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 721 - Rupp - Modifies provisions of the tax increment financing law and authorizes the imposition of a transient guest tax for the city of Liberty
4/17/2012 -- Referred H General Laws Committee

SB 722 - Lamping - Bars entities that invest in the energy sector in Iran from contracting with the state and political subdivisions
4/17/2012 -- Referred H General Laws Committee

SB 727 - Schaaf - Creates a child care subsidy pilot program for parents to continue to receive subsidies while sharing in the costs of the benefits by enacting the Low-Wage Trap Elimination Act
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Children and Families 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
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Pursuant Committee
4/17/2012 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee
4/17/2012 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee

SB 742 - Brown - Modifies provisions relating to health care including credentialing of health care professionals, medical records and pharmacy
4/17/2012 -- H Second Read

SB 753 - Green - Modifies eligibility criteria for energy efficiency incentive programs offered by electric companies to low-income customers
4/17/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 760 - Dempsey - Modifies various provisions relating to natural resources, use of weapons, and utilities
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Tourism & Natural Resources Committee

SB 764 - Schaefer - Modifies provisons regarding the Sunshine Law
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee

SB 767 - Goodman - Designates several highways and bridges and creates or modifies several special license plates
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted H Transportation Committee

SB 769 - Kraus - Modifies and creates provisions relating to state and local standards
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Transportation Funding & Public Institutions Committee

SB 789 - Kraus - Modifies provisions relating to DNA profiling by the Missouri State Highway Patrol crime lab and the DNA Profiling Analysis Fund
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 804 - Engler - Criminalizes the failure to vacate leased premises in a rent and possession case under chapter 535
4/17/2012 -- H Second Read
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 813 - Richard - Modifies provisions relating to financial transactions
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Financial Institutions Committee

SB 837 - Dempsey - Modifies what is considered to be a franchise between alcohol wholesalers and suppliers
4/17/2012 -- H Second Read
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Small Business Committee

SB 856 - Rupp - Establishes the "Senate Interim Committee on the Structure of the Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Company" to study whether MEMIC should be sold, privatized, or have its current structure modified
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Special Standing Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability Committee

SB 877 - Mayer - Requires each state department to quarterly report certain information about its employees to the General Assembly
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Budget Committee

SB 889 - Lager - Modifies provisions relating to natural resources
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 911 - Ridgeway - Prohibits employers from using the last four digits of an employee's Social Security number as their employee identification number
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Workforce Development & Workplace Safety Committee

SCR 15 - Dempsey - Urges Congress to support a plan for the Upper Mississippi River Basin that provides flood-control without adverse impacts on existing levees and communities
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Rural Community Development Committee

SCR 16 - Stouffer - Urges the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to modify its river management protocol to make flood control a top priority
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Tourism & Natural Resources Committee

SCR 17 - Lamping - Urges the use of the slogan "The Great Rivers State" by the State of Missouri
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Tourism & Natural Resources Committee

SCR 24 - Stouffer - Urges the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to rescind its newly published rule regarding hours of service and refrain from adopting regulations concerning sleep apnea and other measures affecting the trucking industry
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SCR 25 - Mayer - Urges the federal government to manage the Mississippi River to protect against devastating flood events
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Tourism & Natural Resources Committee

SCR 26 - Stouffer - Establishes the Joint Interim Committee on Transportation Needs to study the transportation infrastructure needs of Missouri
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SCR 28 - Mayer - Establishes the Joint Committee on the Missouri Criminal Code to study the state's criminal laws
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/17/2012 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee
4/17/2012 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee

SJR 26 - Lager - Proposes a constitutional amendment to create term limits for all statewide elected officials
4/17/2012 -- Referred H Elections 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
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Standing Committee on Judicial Reform Committee

SJR 43 - Green - Limits the total service in the General Assembly to sixteen years in any proportion between the Senate and the House of Representatives
4/17/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee

SR 1762 - Schmitt - Urges religious freedom for the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Turkey
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

HB 1094 - Wieland - Requires the Commissioner of Administration to instruct all agencies to use certain payment systems, allows county health centers to use an electronic funds transfer system and creates the Missouri Revolving Information Trust Fund
4/17/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee - 4322H.04C

HB 1104 - Schoeller - Establishes photo identification requirements for voting
4/17/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means & Fiscal Oversight Committee

HB 1231 - Cauthorn - Gives state purchasing preference to Missouri forest products and bricks
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

HB 1251 - Ruzicka - Modifies provisions relating to natural resources
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

HB 1361 - Pollock - Allows telecommunications and broadband service providers and rural electric cooperatives to attach equipment to others' utility poles for smart grid or broadband purposes
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

HB 1403 - Schatz - Modifies the law relating to workers' compensation
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

HB 1576 - Largent - Allows certain foster parents to purchase health insurance through the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

HB 1621 - Brown - Prohibits employers from discriminating against a person for having a concealed carry endorsement
4/17/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee

HB 1647 - Riddle - Modifies provisions relating to public safety
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee
4/17/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

HB 1662 - Weter - Allows Christian County to establish a drinking water supply lake authority
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

HB 1820 - Asbury - Authorizes the Governor to convey several pieces of state property
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee

HB 1827 - Richardson - Establishes the Missouri Electronic Prior Authorization Committee and pilot program
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

HB 1841 - Jones - Modifies what is a considered to be a franchise between alcohol wholesalers and suppliers
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Cancelled S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

HCR 7 - Rowland - Reaffirms Missouri's sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

HCR 22 - Gray - Encourages the Missouri Veterans Commission to work with women veterans to address their needs and formally honors women veterans in Missouri
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

HCR 31 - Schieffer - Urges Congress to support a plan for the Upper Mississippi River Basin that provides flood-control without adverse impacts on existing levees and communities
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

HCR 36 - Asbury - Reaffirms the relationship between the United States and Israel
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

HCR 42 - Rowland - Endorses the "Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children's Bill of Rights"
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

HCR 53 - Schoeller - Revises the summary statement for House Committee Substitute #2 for Senate Joint Resolution #2 (2011)
4/17/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

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