Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 2/20/2013

SB 9 - Pearce - Modifies provisions relating to agriculture
2/20/2013 -- H Second Read

SB 13 - Schaefer - Eliminates solid waste management districts and reduces landfill tipping fees by the amount previously used on district overhead and administration
2/20/2013 -- Reported from S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 16 - Munzlinger - Exempts farm work performed by children under 16 from certain child labor requirements
2/20/2013 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 20 - Dixon - Modifies provisions of law regarding certain benevolent tax credits
2/20/2013 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities Committee
2/20/2013 -- Referred to H Rules Committee

SB 24 - Parson - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions, taxation, roads, emergency services, liquor, crimes, and merchandising practices
2/20/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed
2/20/2013 -- H First Read

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
2/20/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed
2/20/2013 -- H First Read

SB 45 - Dixon - Modifies provisions relating to the prosecuting attorneys' retirement, judicial positions, DWI courts, and information management products for governmental agencies
2/20/2013 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 59 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to the regulation of the Missouri Property and Casualty Insurance Association and the Missouri Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association
2/20/2013 -- Perfected

SB 69 - Keaveny - Modifies provisions relating to administrative child support orders
2/20/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed
2/20/2013 -- H First Read

SB 73 - Schaefer - Modifies provisions relating to the judicial process, including provisions relating to motorcycle brake lights
2/20/2013 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

SB 75 - Brown - Modifies provisions relating to public safety
2/20/2013 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 88 - Schaaf - Modifies provisions relating to the furnishing of medical records and hospital licensure
2/20/2013 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 89 - Munzlinger - Allows certain nursing home districts to establish senior housing and modifies provisions relating to health information organizations
2/20/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed
2/20/2013 -- H First Read

SB 91 - Justus - Reauthorizes the New Markets Tax Credit and creates the Missouri Angel Investment Incentive Act
2/20/2013 -- Hearing Cancelled S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 99 - Keaveny - Modifies provisions relating to elections, printing of the official state manual, and tax ballot issues
2/20/2013 -- Hearing Cancelled S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 100 - Keaveny - Modifies provisions regarding bankruptcy, child custody, adoptions, and child support administrative proceedings as well as court surcharges, court costs, and judicial personnel
2/20/2013 -- Perfected

SB 101 - Wasson - Prohibits florists from including a geographic reference in their name or advertising if they are not physically located at that place
2/20/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed
2/20/2013 -- H First Read

SB 112 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to tax incentives
2/20/2013 -- Hearing Cancelled S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 120 - Schmitt - Modifies provisions relating to tax credits and tax incentives
2/20/2013 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 121 - Schaefer - Modifies provisions relating to liquor control laws
2/20/2013 -- H Second Read

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
2/20/2013 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 132 - Keaveny - Allows school districts to receive state aid for children ages three to five participating in a district-operated pre-kindergarten program
2/20/2013 -- Hearing Cancelled S Education Committee

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
2/20/2013 -- Hearing Cancelled S Education Committee

SB 138 - Kraus - Modifies provisions regarding the collection of neighborhood improvement district special assessments
2/20/2013 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 148 - Wasson - Modifies provisions relating to the issuance of junking certificates and salvage motor vehicle titles
2/20/2013 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation and Infrastructure Committee - Consent

SB 176 - Schmitt - Designates the new bridge on Interstate 70 crossing the Mississippi River as the "Stan Musial Memorial Bridge" and designates a portion of Interstate 70 as the "Andy Gammon Memorial Highway"
2/20/2013 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Romine)--(1118S02.01S)
2/20/2013 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
2/20/2013 -- Perfected

SB 182 - Kehoe - Eliminates state and local use taxes on motor vehicle sales and modifies state and local sales taxes on such purchases
2/20/2013 -- H Second Read

SB 191 - Lamping - Allows the Public Service Commission to publish certain papers, studies, reports, decisions and orders electronically
2/20/2013 -- Hearing Cancelled S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 207 - Kehoe - Allows electric corporations to recover costs for infrastructure replacement projects
2/20/2013 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee - (0991S.03C)

SB 216 - Silvey - Prohibits political activity restrictions on first responders and modifies current political activity restrictions on the Kansas City Police Department
2/20/2013 -- Hearing Cancelled S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 224 - Curls - Modifies provisions relating to crimes and law enforcement officers and agencies
2/20/2013 -- Hearing Cancelled S Progress and Development Committee

SB 236 - Parson - Provides that a Highway Patrol fund include money for the maintenance of Highway Patrol vehicles, watercraft, and aircraft and be used for the maintenance of such items
2/20/2013 -- Hearing Cancelled S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 242 - Kehoe - Modifies the law relating to the sale or provision of certain commodities by certain school officials of seven- director districts that are located in a first class county
2/20/2013 -- Hearing Cancelled S Education Committee

SB 251 - Kraus - Updates provisions relating to public assistance fraud and abuse
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 252 - Kraus - Modifies provisions relating to the Department of Revenue, including provisions that prohibit the Department from retaining copies of source documents used to obtain driver's licenses
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

SB 253 - Justus - Modifies provisions relating to criminal law
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 254 - Pearce - Raises the fees a lender can charge for certain loans
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 255 - Schmitt - Removes the Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation as a member of the Administrative Law Judge Review Committee
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 256 - Silvey - Modifies provisions relating to child abuse and neglect including the Safe Place for Newborns Act
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Pensions Committee

SB 257 - Silvey - Modifies provisions contained in the Port Improvement District Act
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 258 - LeVota - Reduces the membership of the Kansas City School District board of education and changes the election date for board members
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 259 - Schaaf - Modifies provisions related to infectious diseases reported to the Department of Health and Senior Services
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee

SB 260 - Brown - Establishes a negotiation and arbitration procedure to determine the reimbursement level for health care services provided by nonparticipating providers at participating facilities and prohibits balance billing under certain circumstances
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 261 - Rupp - Requires the State Tax Commission to assign a hearing officer within 60 days of appeals from boards of equalization
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 262 - Curls - Modifies various provisions relating to health insurance
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 263 - Curls - 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
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 264 - Dempsey - Allows owners of property in a residential subdivision to file a petition seeking to have their subdivision excluded from a fire protection district
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 265 - Nieves - Prohibits the state and political subdivisions from implementing policies affecting property rights and from entering into certain relationships with organizations
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 266 - Nieves - Prohibits health care professionals from entering information about firearm ownership into medical records and school employees from asking students about guns in the home
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 267 - Nieves - Specifies how courts may rule in contractual disputes involving the law of other countries
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 268 - Nieves - Repeals authority for political subdivisions to regulate open carrying of firearms and requires certain local ordinances to incorporate statutory justifications
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 269 - Nieves - Modifies the use of the Capitol complex grounds by non-public entities
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 270 - Nieves - Prohibits state enforcement of provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 271 - Nieves - Requires 911 operators to receive training regarding self-defense and defense of others
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 272 - Nieves - Allows contractors who install fire sprinkler systems to apply for a certificate of registration
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 273 - Wallingford - Requires certain crime scene materials to be considered closed records under Missouri's Sunshine Law
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 274 - Walsh - Establishes mandatory wage reporting for the purposes of determining the prevailing wage
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 275 - Walsh - Requires a water supply district located in St. Charles County to be regulated by the Public Service Commission and modifies eligibility criteria for energy efficiency incentive programs offered by electric companies to low income customers
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 276 - Emery - Allows students to enroll in another school district or charter school for purposes of attending virtual courses or programs
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 277 - Holsman - Establishes the Missouri Energy Efficiency Performance Standard
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 278 - Kehoe - Establishes psychological stress of paid peace officers of a police department as an occupational disease
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 279 - Kehoe - Modifies provisions relating to the retirement systems for state officers and employees
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Pensions Committee

SB 280 - Wasson - Designates a bridge on United States Highway 65 in Greene County as the "Missouri Fallen Soldiers Memorial Bridge"
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

SB 281 - Wasson - Prohibits health carriers from contractually requiring dentists to provide non-covered dental services at an established fee
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 282 - Wasson - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of motor vehicles
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

SB 283 - Parson - Requires county treasurer and collector candidates to provide the election authority with a signed affidavit indicating they can meet bond requirements for the office
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 284 - Sifton - Changes the requirements for school anti-bullying policies
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 285 - Romine - Allows certain law enforcement agencies access to electronic monitoring information regarding sexually violent predators
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 286 - Romine - Modifies the Mark Twain Highway designation and designates an additional portion of Interstate 70 as the "Andy Gammon Memorial Highway"
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

SB 287 - Rupp - Modifies Missouri's captive insurance law to allow for the formation of sponsored captive insurance companies and other ancillary matters
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 288 - Lamping - Changes provisions regarding the defined contribution retirement plan for employees of certain higher education institutions
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Pensions Committee

SB 289 - Sifton - Modifies the provisions which require an applicant's Social Security number when applying for a professional license renewal
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 290 - Walsh - Modifies numerous provisions relating to campaign finance
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SB 291 - Rupp - Requires the Office of Administration to set a goal of awarding at least 3% of contracts to businesses with disabled employees
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 292 - Rupp - Allows for a refund for workers' compensation tax overpayments
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 293 - Pearce - Removes the expiration date on the authority of certain public higher education institutions to transfer real property, except in fee simple, without General Assembly authorization
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 294 - Schmitt - Modifies provisions relating to utilities
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 295 - Lager - Prohibits a political subdivision from restricting a firefighter from engaging in certain political activities
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 296 - Lager - Allows the governing body of any state college or university to establish regulations to control vehicular traffic on campus through college or university police officers
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

SB 297 - Lager - Modifies provisions related to water utilities
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 298 - Holsman - Creates a method for publicly financing election campaigns for legislative and statewide candidates and caps contributions to political party committees
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SB 299 - Holsman - Establishes the Capital Green Program to provide funding for energy efficiency improvements to certain state buildings
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 300 - Holsman - Adds home nursing visits for at-risk newborns as a covered MO HealthNet service
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee

SB 351 - Lager - Mandates that judges must disqualify themselves from hearing a proceeding in certain situations
2/20/2013 -- S First Read--SB 351-Lager

SB 352 - Lager - Prohibits a governmental body from offering an exchange program for firearms unless an ordinance is adopted requiring the sale or trade of each firearm to a licensed dealer
2/20/2013 -- S First Read--SB 352-Lager

SB 353 - Lager - Modifies the law relating to the Missouri Human Rights Act and employment discrimination
2/20/2013 -- S First Read--SB 353-Lager

SB 354 - Schmitt - Prohibits merchants from charging credit or debit card surcharge fees
2/20/2013 -- S First Read--SB 354-Schmitt

SB 355 - Munzlinger - Changes the court surcharge which is paid to the sheriffs' retirement fund from three dollars to two dollars
2/20/2013 -- S First Read--SB 355-Munzlinger

SB 356 - Kehoe - Terminates a manufacturer's liability when a product is materially altered by a person not in the business of selling the product
2/20/2013 -- S First Read--SB 356-Kehoe

SB 357 - Romine - Modifies the law relating to mechanics' liens for rental machinery and equipment
2/20/2013 -- S First Read--SB 357-Romine

SB 358 - Holsman - Exempts industrial hemp from the list of controlled substances and specifies that it is legal for anyone who has not been convicted of a drug-related crime to cultivate such hemp
2/20/2013 -- S First Read--SB 358-Holsman

SB 359 - LeVota - Allows local school boards to adopt a year-round educational program
2/20/2013 -- S First Read--SB 359-LeVota

SB 360 - Rupp - Modifies the terms that a public sewer district must abide by before disconnecting a customer's service due to an unpaid balance
2/20/2013 -- S First Read--SB 360-Rupp

SB 361 - Rupp - Modifies the pH level that wastewater treatment facilities must maintain
2/20/2013 -- S First Read--SB 361-Rupp

SB 362 - Chappelle-Nadal - Licenses clinical laboratory personnel
2/20/2013 -- S First Read--SB 362-Chappelle-Nadal

SB 363 - Chappelle-Nadal - Establishes the Residential Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act and repeals the Manufacturer Responsibility and Consumer Convenience Equipment Collection and Recovery Act
2/20/2013 -- S First Read--SB 363-Chappelle-Nadal

SB 364 - Parson - Modifies the title insurance law with respect to the performance of escrow, settlement, or closing services by title insurers, agencies, and agents
2/20/2013 -- S First Read--SB 364-Parson

SB 365 - Parson - Modifies what is a considered to be a franchise between alcohol wholesalers and suppliers
2/20/2013 -- S First Read--SB 365-Parson, et al

SB 366 - Lamping - Creates the Rebuild Damaged Infrastructure Program, transfers moneys between certain funds, and creates a tax exemption for disaster relief services
2/20/2013 -- S First Read--SB 366-Lamping, et al

SCR 2 - Richard - Directs the State Historical Society of Missouri to develop plans to commemorate and celebrate the State of Missouri's bicentennial
2/20/2013 -- S Adopted
2/20/2013 -- Reported to the House

SCR 10 - Chappelle-Nadal - Urges Congress to treat immigrants with dignity and respect in changing federal immigration policy
2/20/2013 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SCR 11 - Chappelle-Nadal - Urges the United States Congress to transfer authority for the remediation of the West Lake Landfill radioactive wastes from the EPA to the Corps of Engineers' Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program
2/20/2013 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SJR 5 - Lamping - Requires the legislative session to end in late March rather than mid-May, beginning with the 99th General Assembly in 2017
2/20/2013 -- Hearing Cancelled S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SJR 16 - Kehoe - Imposes a temporary one cent sales and use tax for transportation purposes
2/20/2013 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

SJR 20 - Curls - Authorizes the creation of Show-me Small Business Districts
2/20/2013 -- S First Read--SJR 20-Curls

SJR 21 - LeVota - Proposes a constitutional amendment to replace the Highways and Transportation Commission with a Director of Transportation
2/20/2013 -- S First Read--SJR 21-LeVota

HB 48 - Dugger - Requires a person to submit a specified form of photo identification in order to vote in a public election with specified exceptions
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 55 - Flanigan - Creates an amnesty program for state taxes due as of December 31, 2013
2/20/2013 -- S First Read--HB 55-Flanigan and Allen

HB 87 - Burlison - Modifies provisions of law regarding certain benevolent tax credits
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

HB 256 - Jones - Modifies provisions relating to the closure of certain records under the Missouri Sunshine Law
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HJR 5 - Dugger - Allows for photographic identification of voting
2/20/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee
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