Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 4/26/2012


SB 448 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to child care providers
4/26/2012 -- Referred H Children and Families Committee

SB 455 - Pearce - Modifies provisions relating to higher education
4/26/2012 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Pursuant Committee
4/26/2012 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee
4/26/2012 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee
4/26/2012 -- Referred H Fiscal Review 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
4/26/2012 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Pursuant Committee
4/26/2012 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee
4/26/2012 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee

SB 480 - Stouffer - Modifies law with respect to motor vehicles and outboard motor titles
4/26/2012 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Pursuant Committee
4/26/2012 -- Voted to retun to committee of origin H Rules Pursuant Committee
4/26/2012 -- Returned to committee of origin H Rules Pursuant Committee

SB 485 - Cunningham - Modifies the law governing liens
4/26/2012 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Judiciary Committee
4/26/2012 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 498 - Munzlinger - Prohibits cities from restricting veterans organizations from operating re-sale shops in certain areas
4/26/2012 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Pursuant Committee
4/26/2012 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee - NOT CONSENT
4/26/2012 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee - NOT CONSENT

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
4/26/2012 -- Referred H Special Standing Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability Committee

SB 557 - Brown - Modifies the law with respect to the issuance of certificates of titles
4/26/2012 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H General Laws Committee
4/26/2012 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 566 - Brown - Requires owners of dogs and cats under suspicion of carrying rabies to provide documentation of vaccination or else surrender the animal
4/26/2012 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Pursuant Committee
4/26/2012 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee
4/26/2012 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee

SB 568 - Parson - Modifies various provisions relating to transportation
4/26/2012 -- H refuses to recede and grants conference
4/26/2012 -- S conferees appointed: Parson, Stouffer, Richard, McKenna, Wright-Jones

SB 576 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions relating to charter schools
4/26/2012 -- Referred H Elementary and Secondary Education Committee

SB 578 - Parson - Modifies provisions relating to property owned by the state
4/26/2012 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Pursuant Committee
4/26/2012 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee
4/26/2012 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee

SB 607 - Stouffer - Establishes procedure for resetting billboards during periods of highway construction
4/26/2012 -- Voted to return bill to committee of origin H Rules Pursuant Committee

SB 625 - Kehoe - Modifies fund transfers between retirement systems, modifies retirement for certain public officials, and sets interest paid on member contributions at T-Bill rate
4/26/2012 -- Reported from S Ways & Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
4/26/2012 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/26/2012 -- H First Read

SB 636 - Keaveny - Modifies provisions relating to the judiciary
4/26/2012 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Judiciary Committee
4/26/2012 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 655 - Green - Creates the Higher Education Capital Fund to provide matching funds to public colleges and universities for capital projects under certain circumstances
4/26/2012 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Pursuant Committee
4/26/2012 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee

SB 667 - Wasson - Modifies provisions relating to design professionals, school social workers, real estate appraising, and residential construction
4/26/2012 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Professional Registration and Licensing Committee
4/26/2012 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 671 - Parson - Modifies provisions relating to elections
4/26/2012 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Elections Committee
4/26/2012 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 677 - Pearce - Modifies provisions relating to school accreditation for failing school districts
4/26/2012 -- Referred H Elementary and Secondary Education Committee

SB 682 - Dempsey - Requires that certain pain management techniques be performed by licensed physicians
4/26/2012 -- Referred H Professional Registration and Licensing Committee

SB 690 - Engler - Modifies provisions related to public safety
4/26/2012 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee
4/26/2012 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee
4/26/2012 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 706 - Cunningham - Modifies provisions relating to school operations
4/26/2012 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 714 - Lager - Modifies provisions relating to the regulation of motor vehicles
4/26/2012 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Transportation Committee
4/26/2012 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 729 - Schaefer - Modifies provisions relating to county purchases
4/26/2012 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Local Government Committee
4/26/2012 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 739 - Keaveny - Modifies provisons relating to administrative child support orders and the Sentencing Advisory Commission
4/26/2012 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 755 - Mayer - Enacts the "House of Worship Protection Act"
4/26/2012 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee
4/26/2012 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee
4/26/2012 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 758 - Wasson - Modifies provisions relating to children
4/26/2012 -- Referred H Children and Families Committee

SB 781 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to emergencies and political subdivisions
4/26/2012 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Local Government Committee
4/26/2012 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 789 - Kraus - Modifies provisions relating to DNA profiling by the Missouri State Highway Patrol crime lab and the DNA Profiling Analysis Fund
4/26/2012 -- Reported Do Pass H Judiciary Committee
4/26/2012 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 803 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to behavior analysts and the Behavior Analyst Advisory Board
4/26/2012 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/26/2012 -- H First Read

SB 813 - Richard - Modifies provisions relating to financial transactions
4/26/2012 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Financial Institutions Committee
4/26/2012 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 837 - Dempsey - Modifies what is considered to be a franchise between alcohol wholesalers and suppliers
4/26/2012 -- Reported Do Pass H Small Business Committee
4/26/2012 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 854 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to home- and community-based care
4/26/2012 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/26/2012 -- H First Read

SB 893 - Kraus - Requires certain offenders to undergo criminal history checks in order to have their driver's licenses reinstated or have limited driving privileges granted
4/26/2012 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/26/2012 -- H First Read

SCR 16 - Stouffer - Urges the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to modify its river management protocol to make flood control a top priority
4/26/2012 -- Hearing Conducted H Tourism & Natural Resources Committee
4/26/2012 -- Voted Do Pass H Tourism & Natural Resources Committee
4/26/2012 -- Reported Do Pass H Tourism & Natural Resources Committee
4/26/2012 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SCR 17 - Lamping - Urges the use of the slogan "The Great Rivers State" by the State of Missouri
4/26/2012 -- Hearing Conducted H Tourism & Natural Resources Committee
4/26/2012 -- Voted Do Pass H Tourism & Natural Resources Committee
4/26/2012 -- Reported Do Pass H Tourism & Natural Resources Committee
4/26/2012 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SCR 25 - Mayer - Urges the federal government to manage the Mississippi River to protect against devastating flood events
4/26/2012 -- Hearing Conducted H Tourism & Natural Resources Committee
4/26/2012 -- Voted Do Pass H Tourism & Natural Resources Committee
4/26/2012 -- Reported Do Pass H Tourism & Natural Resources Committee
4/26/2012 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

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

SJR 51 - Lembke - Modifies the composition of Appellate Judicial Commission and number of nominees for vacancies in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
4/26/2012 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & defeated (Schaaf)--(5988S06.01F)
4/26/2012 -- SA 2 to SCS S offered & defeated (Dixon)--(5988S06.03S)
4/26/2012 -- SA 3 to SCS S offered & defeated (Crowell)--(5988S06.14S)
4/26/2012 -- SA 4 to SCS S offered & defeated (Justus)--(5988S06.12S)
4/26/2012 -- SA 5 to SCS S offered & defeated (Keaveny)--(5988S06.17S)
4/26/2012 -- SCS S adopted
4/26/2012 -- Perfected
4/26/2012 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

HB 1039 - Leara - Allows LAGERS retirees to deduct premiums for health insurance or long-term care from their retirement allowance
4/26/2012 -- Reported from S Veterans' Affairs, Emerging Issues, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee to Floor

HB 1042 - Thomson - Modifies provisions relating to higher education
4/26/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means & Fiscal Oversight Committee
4/26/2012 -- Reported from S Ways & Means & Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor

HB 1051 - Allen - Modifies the law relating to law enforcement audits, Division of Finance examinations and audits of the State Auditor
4/26/2012 -- Reported from S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1075 - Sater - Prohibits any requirement that pharmacies carry a specific drug or device
4/26/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families 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
4/26/2012 -- Reported from S General Laws Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1108 - Lauer - Requires telecommunications and cell phone providers to provide call location information to law enforcement in emergency situations
4/26/2012 -- Reported from S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor

HB 1117 - Brown - Establishes the Missouri and Midwest Rail Integration and Improvement Commission Act and the Missouri and Midwest Rail Integration and Improvement Commission
4/26/2012 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1117

HB 1135 - Smith - Modifies provisions regarding administrative rules
4/26/2012 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1137 - Lauer - Modifies provisions relating to adoption records and original birth certificates
4/26/2012 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1137

HB 1140 - Smith - Requires financial information about public schools, county, and municipal governments to be included on the Missouri accountability portal
4/26/2012 -- Reported from S General Laws Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1192 - Koenig - Modifies investment contracts of the Missouri Higher Education Savings Program
4/26/2012 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor

HB 1211 - Dieckhaus - Modifies provisions relating to local courts
4/26/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1250 - Ruzicka - Modifies provisions relating to elections
4/26/2012 -- Reported from S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor

HB 1254 - Ruzicka - Modifies provisions relating to agriculture
4/26/2012 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1254

HB 1274 - Koenig - Enacts provisions regarding the prescribing and administering of abortion-inducing drugs
4/26/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

HB 1278 - Long - Modifies provisions of law regarding certain tax credits
4/26/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee - 4530S.06C

HB 1280 - Korman - Creates a peer review process for architects, landscape architects, land surveyors, and engineers
4/26/2012 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1280

HB 1308 - Wells - Repeals a provision that allows certain securities to be acceptable collateral for public deposits depending on credit rating
4/26/2012 -- Reported from S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor

HB 1318 - Riddle - Modifies provisions relating to children's services and establishes "Sam Pratt's Law"
4/26/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

HB 1323 - Black - Modifies provisions relating to child care services and child abuse and neglect investigations
4/26/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

HB 1342 - Smith - Requires courts to award litigation costs in certain situations where the judgment differs from settlement offers
4/26/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1359 - Smith - Modifies provisions relating to state contracts and statewide student assessment results
4/26/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 1364 - Schieffer - Prohibits laws or ordinances that prohibit the conducting of or participation in rodeos
4/26/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

HB 1367 - Fitzwater - Requires employers or supervisors to conduct state employee performance reviews if they are conducted
4/26/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

HB 1400 - Richardson - Modifies provisions relating to security interests and financial transactions of political subdivisions and residential mortgage loan brokers
4/26/2012 -- Reported from S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1403 - Schatz - Modifies the law relating to workers' compensation
4/26/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee
4/26/2012 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee to Floor

HB 1462 - Cauthorn - Extends the eligibility timeframe to receive payments from the Missouri Qualified Biodiesel Producer Incentive Fund for lack of appropriations
4/26/2012 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee to Floor

HB 1476 - Leara - Creates a tax credit for the shipment of air cargo
4/26/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

HB 1504 - Richardson - Modifies provisions of law regarding sales taxes
4/26/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means & Fiscal Oversight Committee
4/26/2012 -- Reported from S Ways & Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor

HB 1517 - Nolte - Authorizes the issuance of a military medallion, medal and certificate to certain veterans who served in a unit of the Missouri National Guard during specified conflicts
4/26/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Veterans' Affairs, Emerging Issues, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee

HB 1521 - Sommer - Allows collectors in certain counties to electronically transmit property tax bills and allows for a waiver of penalties and interest when bills are mailed late
4/26/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

HB 1525 - Fuhr - Modifies laws relating to criminal offenders under the supervision of the Department of Corrections
4/26/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means & Fiscal Oversight Committee
4/26/2012 -- Reported from S Ways & Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor

HB 1527 - Elmer - Modifies the laws relating to property exempt from execution or attachment
4/26/2012 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

HB 1534 - Bahr - Declares the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as unauthorized by the U.S. Constitution and creates criminal penalties for persons enforcing the act
4/26/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

HB 1540 - Jones - Modifies the law relating to co-employee liability in workers' compensation
4/26/2012 -- S First Read--HB 1540-Jones (89), et al

HB 1574 - Meadows - Allows a person to apply for a veteran designation on his or her driver's license or identification card upon providing specified proof of service
4/26/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Veterans' Affairs, Emerging Issues, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee

HB 1592 - Jones - Modifies the procedure for collecting Neighborhood Improvement District special assessments, the procedure for distributing taxes used for road and bridge purposes in certain counties, and creates a new type of economic development financing instrument known as a sales tax a
4/26/2012 -- S First Read--HB 1592-Jones (89), et al

HB 1637 - Curtman - Creates an income tax deduction and changes the laws regarding legal tender
4/26/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

HB 1644 - Barnes - Modifies the licensing period for certain licenses issued by the Missouri Gaming Commission
4/26/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

HB 1661 - Hoskins - Expands eligibility for the small business income tax deduction for new job creation
4/26/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

HB 1717 - Kelley - Modifies the eligibility for the state income tax deduction for small businesses that create new jobs and the requirements for how frequently certain employers must file withholding tax returns
4/26/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee

HB 1741 - Leara - Modifies provisions relating to the County Employees' Retirement System and the College and University Retirement Program
4/26/2012 -- S First Read--HCS for HBs 1741 & 1543

HB 1758 - Long - Modifies provisions relating to custody/visitation rights for those with a parent/child relationship, military parents and race consideration in adoption proceedings
4/26/2012 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1758

HB 1807 - Marshall - Designates several highways in the state of Missouri and creates several special license plates
4/26/2012 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1818 - Schad - Classifies time-share units as residential property for property tax purposes when the units are not rented and requires county assessors to consider certain factors when assessing real estate
4/26/2012 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1818

HB 1826 - Fitzwater - Allows the Board of Probation and Parole to conduct hearings with offenders via videoconference and establishes a mental health assessment pilot program for criminal offenders
4/26/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1860 - Guernsey - Modifies provisions relating to agriculture
4/26/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

HB 1865 - Barnes - Modifies provisions of law regarding economic development and the collection of Neighborhood Improvement District Special Assessments, tax increment financing, and tax credits
4/26/2012 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1865

HB 1869 - Dugger - Modifies the laws relating to initiative and referendum petitions
4/26/2012 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1869

HB 1890 - Molendorp - Enacts various health insurance and medical malpractice insurance laws
4/26/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

HB 1934 - Torpey - Modifies provisions relating to licenses to house or breed dogs and cats
4/26/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

HB 2019 - Silvey - Appropriates money for planning,expenses,and capital improvements, including additions,renovations,new structures and land improvements or acquisitions
4/26/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 2099 - Elmer - Modifies the law relating to whistle-blower protection for employees
4/26/2012 -- S First Read--HB 2099-Elmer

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
4/26/2012 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee to Floor

HCR 36 - Asbury - Reaffirms the relationship between the United States and Israel
4/26/2012 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee to Floor

HJR 85 - Solon - Amends the Constitution to require the development and sale of electronic pull-tab cards
4/26/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Veterans' Affairs, Emerging Issues, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee

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