Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 1/10/2013


SB 1 - Rupp - Modifies the law relating to workers' compensation
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 2 - Rupp - Modifies the law relating to initiative and referendum petititons
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 3 - Rupp - Creates the Early High School Graduation Scholarship Program for public high school students who graduate from high school early
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 4 - Lager - Bars members of the General Assembly from acting as paid political consultants and imposes a two year cooling off period before members may become lobbyists
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SB 5 - Lager - Modifies several provisions regarding tax credits and the corporate income tax
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 6 - Lager - Allows telecommunications and broadband service providers to attach equipment to rural electric cooperatives' utility poles for smart grid or broadband purposes
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 7 - Pearce - Modifies provisions relating to school accreditation for failing school districts
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 8 - Pearce - Makes technical corrections and updates obsolete references in certain higher education statutes
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 9 - Pearce - Modifies provisions relating to agriculture
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 10 - Schmitt - Creates a tax credit to attract amateur sporting events to the state
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 11 - Schmitt - Creates a phased-in individual income tax deduction for business income and reduces the corporate income tax rate over a five-year period
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 12 - Schaefer - Modifies various laws relating to judicial procedures
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 13 - Schaefer - Eliminates solid waste management districts and reduces landfill tipping fees by the amount previously used on district overhead and administration
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 14 - Schaaf - Raises Medicaid eligibility for the aged, blind and disabled population by modifying the eligibility for pregnant women and children if tax credits are available in a federal exchange
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee

SB 15 - Richard - Modifies provisions of law regarding certain benevolent tax credits
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 16 - Munzlinger - Exempts farm work performed by children under 16 from certain child labor requirements
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

SB 17 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions relating to education
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 18 - Munzlinger - Requires agencies to track federal fund usage, requires political subdivisions and charter schools to disclose indebtedness, requires the Governor to report withholdings, and removes the Auditor from the Board of Fund Commissioners
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 19 - Wasson - Extends the sunset on the residential dwelling accessibility tax credit and modifies the allocation of tax credit cap from another tax credit program to this program
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 20 - Dixon - Modifies provisions of law regarding certain benevolent tax credits
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 21 - Dixon - Provides the Supreme Court with the ability to transfer circuit and associate judge positions from one circuit to another
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 22 - Dixon - Grants the authority to redraw the circuit and appellate judicial districts to the Supreme Court
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 23 - Parson - Modifies provisions relating to taxation, economic development, political subdivisions, Kansas City public school teacher retirement, criminal law, and motor vehicles
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 24 - Parson - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions, taxation, roads, emergency services, liquor, crimes, and merchandising practices
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 25 - Parson - Creates tax credits to attract sporting events to the state
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 26 - Kraus - Modifies provisions of law relating to taxation
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 27 - Kraus - Establishes photo identification requirements for voting
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 28 - Kraus - Redefines "misconduct" and "good cause" for the purposes of disqualification from unemployment benefits
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 29 - Brown - Requires authorization for certain labor unions to use dues and fees to make political contributions and requires consent for withholding earnings from paychecks
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 30 - Brown - Repeals all of the prevailing wage laws and modifies provisions relating to project labor agreements
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 31 - Lamping - Increases the tax on cigarettes by twenty-six cents, modifies the state individual income tax rate, and increases the state sales and use tax by one-half percent
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 32 - 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
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 33 - Lamping - Modifies provisions relating to individuals with mental disabilities and establishes Pallister-Killian Syndrome (PKS) Awareness Day
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Pensions Committee

SB 34 - Cunningham - Requires the Division of Workers' Compensation to develop and maintain a workers' compensation claims database and modifies provisions relating to experience ratings for workers' compensation insurance
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 35 - Wallingford - Creates an income tax return check-off program to provide funds for CureSearch for Children's Cancer
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 36 - Wallingford - Modifies provisions related to juvenile offenders who have been certified as adults and found guilty in a court of general jurisdiction
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 37 - Wallingford - Designates each March 27th as "Medical Radiation Safety Awareness Day"
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 38 - Sifton - Institutes a lobbyist gift ban for the members of the General Assembly and their candidate committees
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SB 39 - Sifton - Reauthorizes the Missouri Homestead Preservation Tax Credit program
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 40 - Sifton - Prohibits insurers from imposing waiting periods for maternity benefits and requires coverage to begin immediately from the effective date of the policy or plan
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 41 - Munzlinger - Modifies the laws regarding certain private nuisance actions
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 42 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions relating to county sheriffs, school protection officers, and creates procedures and policies for unpaid debts to county jails
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 43 - Munzlinger - Modifies various provisions relating to transportation
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

SB 44 - Dixon - Allows circuit courts that reimburse the state for the salaries of family court commissioners to charge up to a twenty dollar surcharge for cases
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 45 - Dixon - Modifies provisions relating to the prosecuting attorneys' retirement, judicial positions, DWI courts, and information management products for governmental agencies
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 46 - Parson - 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
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 47 - Lamping - Adds to the list of legal guardians of a child who may receive subsidies
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Pensions Committee

SB 48 - Lamping - Modifies provisions relating to the prohibition of racial considerations in adoption proceedings
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Pensions Committee

SB 49 - Lamping - Modifies the criteria for determining whether a child is a special needs child for the purposes of the special needs adoption tax credit
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Pensions Committee

SB 50 - Wallingford - Provides protections for Alternatives to Abortion Agencies to freely engage in religious practices
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 51 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions relating to the regulation of motor vehicles
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

SB 52 - Munzlinger - Allows law enforcement officers to charge for their services in cases disposed of by a violations bureau and creates the MODEX fund
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 53 - Lamping - Bars entities that invest in the energy sector in Iran from contracting with the state and political subdivisions
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 54 - Lamping - Requires the joint election of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 55 - Lamping - Amends laws relating to unsecured loans of $500 or less
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 126 - Sater - Prohibits any requirement that pharmacies carry a specific drug or device
1/10/2013 -- S First Read--SB 126-Sater

SB 127 - Sater - Modifies various public assistance provisions including MO HealthNet dental, home and community based referrals, Missouri adjusted gross income for MO HealthNet eligibility and extends Ticket-to-Work
1/10/2013 -- S First Read--SB 127-Sater

SB 128 - Sater - Modifies the permissible uses of electronic transfer benefits (EBT) cards for food stamp and cash assistance
1/10/2013 -- S First Read--SB 128-Sater

SB 129 - Sater - Establishes the Volunteer Health Services Act to allow for licensed health care professionals to provide volunteer services for a sponsoring organization
1/10/2013 -- S First Read--SB 129-Sater

SB 130 - Schaefer - Increases the penalties and driver license suspension periods for those who fail to yield the right-of-way in certain instances
1/10/2013 -- S First Read--SB 130-Schaefer

SB 131 - Nasheed - Provides for the expansion of MO HealthNet services beginning on January 1, 2014
1/10/2013 -- S First Read--SB 131-Nasheed

SB 132 - Keaveny - Allows school districts to receive state aid for children ages three to five participating in a district-operated pre-kindergarten program
1/10/2013 -- S First Read--SB 132-Keaveny and Holsman

SB 133 - Keaveny - Allows school districts and charter schools to receive state aid for children ages three to five who are eligible for free and reduced lunch and are participating in a district-operated pre-kindergarten program
1/10/2013 -- S First Read--SB 133-Keaveny and Holsman

SCR 1 - Dempsey - Appointment of an Inaugural Committee
1/10/2013 -- H adopted
1/10/2013 -- H Inaugural Committee Appointed - Gannon, Gatschenberger, Haahr, Haefner, Lant, Rehder, Rowden, Torpey, Walker, Burns, Butler, McCann-Beatty, McKenna, Montecillo, Pace, Rizzo, Schupp, Webb
1/10/2013 -- S Inaugural Committee Appointed - Curls, Dempsey, Holsman, Justus, Keaveny, Kehoe, LeVota, McKenna, Nasheed, Nieves, Richard, Rupp, Schaaf, Schaefer, Schmitt, Sifton, Walsh, Wasson

SJR 1 - Lager - Grants the General Assembly the power to limit by statute jury awards of noneconomic damages
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SJR 2 - Lager - Amends the Constitution to limit general revenue appropriations and mandate state income tax rate reductions in certain situations
1/10/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SJR 10 - Nasheed - Limits the total service in the General Assembly to sixteen years in any proportion between the Senate and the House of Representatives
1/10/2013 -- S First Read--SJR 10-Nasheed and Walsh

SR 9 - Dempsey - Revises Senate Rules 25, 28 and 60
1/10/2013 -- S adopted

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