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Senate Action for 3/28/2013

SB 35 - Wallingford - Creates an income tax return check-off program to provide funds for CureSearch for Children's Cancer: 3/28/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed; 3/28/2013 -- H First Read

SB 57 - Romine - Modifies provisions relating to public works contracts, city ordinances, and hospital district taxes, and limits damages in civil actions against mining companies: 3/28/2013 -- Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee; 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee to Floor

SB 66 - Dixon - Repeals a number of expired or obsolete committees: 3/28/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 67 - Dixon - Modifies provisions relating to higher education: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor

SB 89 - Munzlinger - Allows certain nursing home districts to establish senior housing and modifies provisions relating to health information organizations: 3/28/2013 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 99 - Keaveny - Modifies provisions relating to elections, printing of the official state manual, and tax ballot issues: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor

SB 116 - Kraus - Modifies the law relating to uniformed military and overseas voters: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor; 3/28/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed; 3/28/2013 -- H First Read

SB 118 - Kraus - Authorizes the creation of veterans treatment courts: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 147 - Wasson - Requires a health carrier that provides coverage for prescription eye drops to cover a refill without regard to a restriction for an early refill if it is authorized by the prescribing health care provider: 3/28/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed; 3/28/2013 -- H First Read

SB 159 - Schmitt - Requires parity between the out-of-pocket expenses charged for physical therapist services and the out-of-pocket expenses charged for similar services provided by primary care physicians: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 161 - Pearce - Requires actuarial analyses to be performed to determine potential costs of instituting oral anti-cancer parity and eating disorders mandate: 3/28/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed; 3/28/2013 -- H First Read

SB 170 - Chappelle-Nadal - Allows members of public governmental bodies to cast roll call votes in a meeting if the member is participating via videoconferencing: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor

SB 178 - Schaaf - Modifies provisions relating to safety provisions in mental health facilities: 3/28/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed; 3/28/2013 -- H First Read

SB 180 - Kraus - Changes the goal of 3% of government contracts awarded to service-disabled veteran businesses to 4%, and appropriates $100,000 to veteran organizations: 3/28/2013 -- Hearing Conducted S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee

SB 182 - Kehoe - Eliminates state and local use taxes on motor vehicle sales and modifies state and local sales taxes on such purchases: 3/28/2013 -- Taken up for Third Reading; 3/28/2013 -- Laid Over

SB 186 - Brown - Authorizes the release of certain information in order to identify veterans' remains and the owners of abandoned military medals, and modifies provisions relating to the registering and issuance of death certificates: 3/28/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed; 3/28/2013 -- H First Read

SB 188 - Romine - Modifies provisions relating to civil commitment of sexually violent predators: 3/28/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 205 - Sater - Allows for higher education or armed services visits for children in foster care or in the Division of Youth Services and raises the age limit for foster care reentry: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S Seniors, Families and Pensions Committee to Floor

SB 211 - Rupp - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop guidelines for the training of school employees in the care needed for students with diabetes: 3/28/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed; 3/28/2013 -- H First Read

SB 222 - Lamping - Modifies provisions relating to domestic violence: 3/28/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed; 3/28/2013 -- H First Read

SB 226 - Schaefer - Modifies the standards for determining when a person is in need of mental health detention and evaluation: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 230 - Brown - Establishes Chloe's Law which requires newborn screenings for critical congenital heart disease: 3/28/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed; 3/28/2013 -- H First Read

SB 231 - Munzlinger - Modifies tax refund and lottery setoff procedure for unpaid healthcare expenses: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S Ways and Means Committee to Floor

SB 235 - Cunningham - Modifies the law relating to residential real estate loan reporting: 3/28/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 239 - Emery - Prohibits school districts from requiring a student to use certain radio frequency identification devices and extends authorization for teacher certification based on American Board for Certification of Teacher Exellence certification: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S General Laws Committee to Floor w/SCS

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: 3/28/2013 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 245 - Justus - Modifies the Sheriff's Retirement Fund court surcharge, and adds law school clinics to the list of entities who may qualify for a court cost waiver: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

SB 248 - Wasson - Modifies provisions relating to neighborhood improvement districts and delinquent property taxes: 3/28/2013 -- SCS S adopted; 3/28/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2013 -- H First Read

SB 251 - Kraus - Updates provisions relating to public assistance fraud and abuse: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

SB 256 - Silvey - Modifies provisions relating to child abuse and neglect including the Safe Place for Newborns Act: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S Seniors, Families and Pensions Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 257 - Silvey - Modifies provisions contained in the Port Improvement District Act: 3/28/2013 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 258 - LeVota - Reduces the membership of the Kansas City School District board of education and changes the election date for board members: 3/28/2013 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 262 - Curls - Modifies various provisions relating to health insurance: 3/28/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed; 3/28/2013 -- H First Read

SB 267 - Nieves - Specifies how courts may rule in contractual disputes involving the law of other countries: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S General Laws Committee to Floor

SB 272 - Nieves - Allows contractors who install fire sprinkler systems to apply for a certificate of registration: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S General Laws Committee to Floor

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: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor

SB 282 - Wasson - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of motor vehicles: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to Floor

SB 287 - Rupp - Modifies Missouri's captive insurance law to allow for the formation of sponsored captive insurance companies and other ancillary matters: 3/28/2013 -- SCS S adopted; 3/28/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2013 -- H First Read

SB 289 - Sifton - Modifies the provisions which require an applicant's Social Security number when applying for a professional license renewal: 3/28/2013 -- SCS S adopted; 3/28/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 291 - Rupp - Requires the Office of Administration to set a goal of awarding at least 3% of contracts to businesses with disabled employees: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor

SB 297 - Lager - Modifies provisions related to water utilities: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 302 - Wasson - Modifies provisions regarding medications, the regulation of food production, and contracts between health carriers and optometrists: 3/28/2013 -- SCS S adopted; 3/28/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2013 -- H First Read

SB 303 - Wasson - Adds four classes of pharmacy permits: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor

SB 304 - Wasson - Allows the Board of Healing Arts to indefinitely restrict an athletic trainer's license or revoke a license: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor

SB 305 - Wasson - Specifies examination requirements for physicians who graduated before or after January 1, 1994: 3/28/2013 -- SCS S adopted; 3/28/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2013 -- H First Read

SB 306 - Wasson - Allows the Board of Pharmacy to test the drugs possessed by licensees: 3/28/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 315 - Pearce - Eliminates the expiration of a requirement for counties to deposit certain amounts into the assessment fund: 3/28/2013 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways and Means Committee

SB 324 - Wallingford - Regulates the sale of travel insurance and establishes a limited lines travel insurance producer licensure system: 3/28/2013 -- SCS S adopted; 3/28/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2013 -- H First Read

SB 327 - Dixon - Modifies provisions relating to electronic monitoring of criminal defendants and DWI courts: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

SB 329 - Brown - Modifies the definition of eggs: 3/28/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent; 3/28/2013 -- H First Read

SB 330 - Wasson - Modifies provisions relating to professional licenses: 3/28/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 342 - Parson - Modifies provisions relating to agriculture: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee to Floor

SB 350 - Dempsey - Eliminates the renter's portion of the Senior Citizens Property Tax Credit and creates the Missouri Senior Services Protection Fund: 3/28/2013 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 357 - Romine - Modifies the law relating to mechanics' liens for rental machinery and equipment: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor

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: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee to Floor

SB 366 - Lamping - Creates the Rebuild Damaged Infrastructure Program, transfers moneys between certain funds, and creates a tax exemption for disaster relief services: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to Floor

SB 373 - Munzlinger - Modifies fees relating to agricultural weights and measures: 3/28/2013 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee - (1740S.04C); 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 376 - Sater - Allows hospital districts to permit higher education institutions to use space for health care education or training: 3/28/2013 -- SCS S adopted; 3/28/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 381 - Kraus - Creates the Innovation Education Campus Fund and recognizes the University of Central Missouri's Missouri Innovation Campus: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 397 - Holsman - Allows motorists to donate $1 to the World War I Memorial Trust Fund to fund the National World War I Memorial in Kansas City and transfers all moneys in the World War II Memorial Trust Fund to the newly established World War I Memorial Trust Fund: 3/28/2013 -- Hearing Conducted S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee

SB 407 - Wallingford - Makes all of an individual's federal income tax liability deductible on their state taxes: 3/28/2013 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee

SB 421 - Walsh - Requires certain individuals to receive the meningococcal conjugate vaccine: 3/28/2013 -- Hearing Conducted S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee

SB 441 - Dempsey - Creates a transient guest tax exemption for entities providing disaster relief services: 3/28/2013 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee

SB 449 - Romine - Creates a phased in personal income deduction for business income: 3/28/2013 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee

SB 453 - Cunningham - Requires state and contracted correctional health care systems to implement certain billing technologies and services: 3/28/2013 -- Hearing Cancelled S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee

SB 461 - Wallingford - Provides an alternative method for calculating Missouri taxable income for corporations: 3/28/2013 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee

SB 480 - Richard - Modifies provisions relating to local health departments: 3/28/2013 -- Hearing Cancelled S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee

SCR 14 - Keaveny - Directs the Oversight Division of the Committee on Legislative Research to conduct a comprehensive study of the costs of the death penalty: 3/28/2013 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SJR 22 - Parson - Proposes a constitutional amendment affirming the right of farmers and ranchers to engage in modern farming and ranching practices: 3/28/2013 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee - (1763S.03C)

SJR 23 - Cunningham - Removes duties of the Lieutenant Governor regarding the Missouri Senate: 3/28/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SJR 24 - Emery - Replaces income taxes with an increased sales and use tax: 3/28/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

HB 1 - Stream - Appropriates money to the Board of Fund Commissioners: 3/28/2013 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1

HB 2 - Stream - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the State Board of Education and Department of Elementary and Secondary Education: 3/28/2013 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 2

HB 3 - Stream - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Higher Education: 3/28/2013 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 3

HB 4 - Stream - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Revenue and Department of Transportation: 3/28/2013 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 4

HB 5 - Stream - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Office of Administration, Department of Transportation, and Department of Public Safety: 3/28/2013 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 5

HB 6 - Stream - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Agriculture, Department of Natural Resources, and Department of Conservation: 3/28/2013 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 6

HB 7 - Stream - Appropriates money for the expenses and distributions of the departments of Economic Development; Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration; and Labor and Industrial Relations: 3/28/2013 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 7

HB 8 - Stream - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Public Safety: 3/28/2013 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 8

HB 9 - Stream - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Corrections: 3/28/2013 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 9

HB 10 - Stream - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Mental Health, Board of Public Buildings, and Department of Health and Senior Services: 3/28/2013 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 10

HB 11 - Stream - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, and distributions of the Department of Social Services: 3/28/2013 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 11

HB 12 - Stream - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of statewide elected officials, the Judiciary, Office of the State Public Defender, and General Assembly: 3/28/2013 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 12

HB 13 - Stream - Appropriates money for real property leases and related services: 3/28/2013 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 13

HB 14 - Stream - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes: 3/28/2013 -- H concurs in SCS; 3/28/2013 -- H Third Read & Passed; 3/28/2013 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed; 3/28/2013 -- Signed by House Speaker; 3/28/2013 -- Signed by Senate President Pro Tem; 3/28/2013 -- Delivered to Governor

HB 55 - Flanigan - Creates an amnesty program for state taxes due as of December 31, 2013: 3/28/2013 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor

HB 64 - Burlison - Allows payroll deductions from employees and members of labor organizations for political purposes upon consent: 3/28/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

HB 85 - Kelley - Requires the Department of Transportation to issue emergency utility response permits for the transporting of equipment and materials needed following a disaster where utility service has been disrupted: 3/28/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

HB 112 - Burlison - Creates a statutory cause of action for damages against health care providers: 3/28/2013 -- S First Read--HB 112-Burlison, et al

HB 117 - Dugger - Modifies the law relating to initiative and referendum petitions: 3/28/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 233 - Leara - Modifies provisions relating to public retirement systems: 3/28/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Pensions Committee

HB 409 - Love - Modifies prevailing wage laws: 3/28/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

HB 457 - Jones - Provides for the conscience rights of individuals who provide medical services: 3/28/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 473 - Funderburk - Changes the amount of revenue that may be generated from an infrastructure system replacement surcharge for a gas corporation: 3/28/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

HJR 4 - Neth - Limits the total service in the General Assembly to sixteen years in any proportion between the Senate and the House of Representatives: 3/28/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

HJR 8 - Solon - Requires the development of a Veterans Lottery Ticket with proceeds going to the Veterans' Commission Capital Improvements Trust Fund: 3/28/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee

HJR 11 - Reiboldt - Proposes a constitutional amendment affirming the right of farmers and ranchers to engage in farming and ranching practices: 3/28/2013 -- Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

HJR 16 - McCaherty - Modifies the Constitution to allow for propensity evidence in prosecutions for crimes of a sexual nature involving a victim under the age of sixteen: 3/28/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

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