Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 4/18/2013


SB 23 - Parson - Modifies provisions relating to taxation, economic development, political subdivisions, Kansas City public school teacher retirement, criminal law, and motor vehicles
4/18/2013 -- Hearing Conducted H General Laws Committee

SB 24 - Parson - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions, taxation, roads, emergency services, liquor, crimes, and merchandising practices
4/18/2013 -- Hearing Conducted H General Laws Committee

SB 26 - Kraus - Modifies provisions of law relating to taxation
4/18/2013 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee
4/18/2013 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee
4/18/2013 -- Referred H Fiscal Review 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
4/18/2013 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee
4/18/2013 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules 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
4/18/2013 -- Voted Do Pass H Judiciary Committee

SB 53 - Lamping - Bars entities that invest in the energy sector in Iran from contracting with the state and political subdivisions
4/18/2013 -- Reported from S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor

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
4/18/2013 -- H Second Read

SB 67 - Dixon - Modifies provisions relating to higher education
4/18/2013 -- H Second Read

SB 69 - Keaveny - Modifies provisions relating to administrative child support orders
4/18/2013 -- Voted Do Pass H Judiciary Committee

SB 72 - Schaefer - Designates the month of May as "Motorcycle Awareness Month" and designates December 4th as "Pallister-Killian Syndrome (PKS) Day"
4/18/2013 -- Hearing Conducted H Tourism & Natural Resources 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
4/18/2013 -- Hearing Conducted H Judiciary Committee

SB 106 - Brown - Modifies various provisions relating to veterans and members of the military including the awarding of academic credit, professional licenses, and child custody rights
4/18/2013 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee
4/18/2013 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 109 - Brown - Amends various provisions regarding the licensure and inspection of hospitals
4/18/2013 -- Reported from S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 112 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to tax incentives
4/18/2013 -- H Second Read
4/18/2013 -- Referred H General Laws Committee

SB 114 - Schmitt - Modifies provisions relating to intoxicating liquor
4/18/2013 -- Reported Do Pass H General Laws Committee
4/18/2013 -- Referred to H Rules Committee

SB 117 - Kraus - Modifies provisions relating to military affairs
4/18/2013 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee
4/18/2013 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee
4/18/2013 -- Referred H Fiscal Review Committee

SB 118 - Kraus - Authorizes the creation of veterans treatment courts
4/18/2013 -- H Second Read

SB 121 - Schaefer - Modifies provisions relating to liquor control laws
4/18/2013 -- Reported Do Pass H General Laws Committee
4/18/2013 -- Referred to H Rules Committee

SB 131 - Nasheed - Provides for the expansion of MO HealthNet services beginning on January 1, 2014
4/18/2013 -- Hearing Conducted S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee

SB 157 - Sater - Modifies provisions relating to the disposition of personal property
4/18/2013 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee
4/18/2013 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee

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
4/18/2013 -- H Second Read
4/18/2013 -- Referred H General Laws Committee

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
4/18/2013 -- H Second Read

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
4/18/2013 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee
4/18/2013 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 197 - Sater - Modifies current provisions relating to tuberculosis treatment and prevention and provides for meningococcal disease information
4/18/2013 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee
4/18/2013 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee

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
4/18/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/18/2013 -- H First Read

SB 208 - Justus - Raises the age limit for when a youth may reenter into foster care
4/18/2013 -- Reported Do Pass H Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities Committee
4/18/2013 -- Referred to H Rules Committee

SB 218 - LeVota - Allows for the display of the Honor and Remember flag at all state buildings and state parks
4/18/2013 -- Hearing Conducted H Tourism & Natural Resources Committee

SB 222 - Lamping - Modifies provisions relating to domestic violence
4/18/2013 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Judiciary Committee

SB 224 - Curls - Modifies provisions relating to crimes and law enforcement officers and agencies
4/18/2013 -- Voted to Return to Committee of Origin H Rules Committee
4/18/2013 -- Returned to Committee of Origin pursuant to Rule 25 (34) (f) c.

SB 226 - Schaefer - Modifies the standards for determining when a person is in need of mental health detention and evaluation
4/18/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/18/2013 -- H First Read

SB 230 - Brown - Establishes Chloe's Law which requires newborn screenings for critical congenital heart disease
4/18/2013 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee
4/18/2013 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee

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
4/18/2013 -- H Second Read

SB 251 - Kraus - Updates provisions relating to public assistance fraud and abuse
4/18/2013 -- H Second Read

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
4/18/2013 -- H Second Read

SB 256 - Silvey - Modifies provisions relating to child abuse and neglect including the Safe Place for Newborns Act
4/18/2013 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
4/18/2013 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
4/18/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/18/2013 -- H First Read

SB 259 - Schaaf - Modifies provisions related to infectious diseases reported to the Department of Health and Senior Services
4/18/2013 -- Reported from S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 265 - Nieves - Prohibits the state and political subdivisions from implementing policies affecting property rights and from entering into certain relationships with organizations
4/18/2013 -- Hearing Conducted H Downsizing State Government Committee

SB 267 - Nieves - Specifies how courts may rule in contractual disputes involving the law of other countries
4/18/2013 -- Hearing Conducted H Downsizing State Government Committee

SB 282 - Wasson - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of motor vehicles
4/18/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/18/2013 -- H First Read

SB 287 - Rupp - Modifies Missouri's captive insurance law to allow for the formation of sponsored captive insurance companies and other ancillary matters
4/18/2013 -- Executive Session Completed - No Action Taken H Rules Committee

SB 289 - Sifton - Modifies the provisions which require an applicant's Social Security number when applying for a professional license renewal
4/18/2013 -- Hearing Conducted H Downsizing State Government Committee

SB 303 - Wasson - Adds four classes of pharmacy permits
4/18/2013 -- H Second Read

SB 304 - Wasson - Allows the Board of Healing Arts to indefinitely restrict an athletic trainer's license or revoke a license
4/18/2013 -- H Second Read

SB 308 - Schaaf - Requires health benefit plans to establish equal out-of-pocket requirements for oral anticancer medications and intravenously administered chemotherapy medications
4/18/2013 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee to Floor

SB 317 - Romine - Allows proof of financial responsibility and other insurance-related documents to be provided or presented through electronic means
4/18/2013 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 327 - Dixon - Modifies provisions relating to electronic monitoring of criminal defendants and DWI courts
4/18/2013 -- H Second Read

SB 342 - Parson - Modifies provisions relating to agriculture
4/18/2013 -- Hearing Conducted H Agri-Business Committee
4/18/2013 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Agri-Business Committee
4/18/2013 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Agri-Business Committee
4/18/2013 -- Referred to H Rules Committee

SB 350 - Dempsey - Eliminates the renter's portion of the Senior Citizens Property Tax Credit and creates the Missouri Senior Services Protection Fund
4/18/2013 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee
4/18/2013 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 366 - Lamping - Creates the Rebuild Damaged Infrastructure Program, transfers moneys between certain funds, and creates a tax exemption for disaster relief services
4/18/2013 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
4/18/2013 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
4/18/2013 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted
4/18/2013 -- H First Read

SB 371 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions relating to agriculture
4/18/2013 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 373 - Munzlinger - Modifies fees relating to agricultural weights and measures
4/18/2013 -- H Second Read

SB 377 - Dixon - Modifies penalties for first degree murder when the person was under the age of 18 at the time of committing the offense
4/18/2013 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

SB 381 - Kraus - Creates the Innovation Education Campus Fund and recognizes the University of Central Missouri's Missouri Innovation Campus
4/18/2013 -- H Second Read

SB 383 - Wallingford - Modifies the Missouri Public Prompt Payment Act and the law relating to public works projects
4/18/2013 -- Reported from S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor

SB 421 - Walsh - Requires certain individuals to receive the meningococcal conjugate vaccine
4/18/2013 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee - (1842S.03C)

SB 423 - Nasheed - Requires the Supervisor of Parking Meters in the city of St. Louis to supervise a parking division rather than a parking enforcement division and a parking meter division
4/18/2013 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor

SB 432 - Cunningham - Modifies provisions relating to food preparation for charitable purposes
4/18/2013 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 437 - Pearce - Creates a model for funding the state's public institutions of higher education
4/18/2013 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 448 - Schmitt - Allows the circuit court of the city of St. Louis to create of a special armed offender docket
4/18/2013 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

SCR 5 - Lamping - Urges the federal government to stop the Affordable Care Act's disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payment reductions
4/18/2013 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee
4/18/2013 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee

HB 28 - Lichtenegger - Modifies provisions relating to the environment
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

HB 30 - Scharnhorst - 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
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

HB 34 - Guernsey - Modifies prevailing wage laws
4/18/2013 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee to Floor

HB 46 - Guernsey - Establishes the Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act to prohibit the use of a drone or other aircraft to gather evidence or other information with specified exceptions
4/18/2013 -- Re-referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

HB 47 - Cross - Requires an annual in-person parental consent for a minor younger than 17 to use a tanning device in a tanning a facility
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

HB 53 - Gatschenberger - Modifies provisions relating to the regulation of the Missouri Property and Casualty Insurance Association and the Missouri Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association
4/18/2013 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee to Floor

HB 68 - Kelley - Designates the month of November as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month in Missouri
4/18/2013 -- Reported from S General Laws Committee to Floor

HB 103 - Kelley - Modifies several provisions relating to transportation
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

HB 112 - Burlison - Creates a statutory cause of action for damages against health care providers
4/18/2013 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee to Floor

HB 114 - Davis - Modifies provisions relating to benefits for veterans and members of the military
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee

HB 137 - Hinson - Prohibits state agencies from implementing certain federal programs
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

HB 148 - Davis - Establishes procedures to follow in child custody and visitation cases for military personnel
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee

HB 163 - Fitzpatrick - Modifies provisions relating to elections in third class cities, procedures to transfer a city hospital, emergency services board elections, and the St. Louis Public Administrator
4/18/2013 -- Reported from S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor

HB 168 - Davis - Allows certain individuals who are separating from the military to have resident student status for purposes of attending public institutions of higher education
4/18/2013 -- Hearing Conducted S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee
4/18/2013 -- Voted Do Pass S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee

HB 194 - Diehl, Jr. - Creates an income tax deduction for purchases of new homes
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Progress and Development Committee

HB 197 - Lauer - Modifies provisions relating to neighborhood improvement districts and creates the STAR Bonds Financing Act
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

HB 199 - Dugger - Modifies the law relating to elections
4/18/2013 -- Reported from S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor

HB 215 - Cox - Modifies provisions relating to criminal procedures
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 217 - Cox - Requires state agencies to track federal fund use, political subdivisions and schools to disclose indebtedness, the Governor to report budget withholdings, removes the State Auditor from the Board of Fund Commissioners
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

HB 218 - Cox - Modifies provisions dealing with the purchase, sale, and possession of methamphetamine precursor drugs and electronic tracking of purchases of controlled substances
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 257 - Frederick - Modifies current provisions relating to tuberculosis treatment and prevention
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee

HB 303 - Scharnhorst - Designates several highways and bridges located in Missouri
4/18/2013 -- Reported from S Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 315 - Rowland - Modifies various provisions relating to the provision of health care services
4/18/2013 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee to Floor

HB 322 - Gosen - Allows proof of financial responsibility and other insurance-related documents to be provided or presented through electronic means
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

HB 326 - Fitzwater - Makes second degree sexual misconduct a Class D felony if the offender was incarcerated in a Department of Corrections facility at the time of the crime
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 343 - Guernsey - Modifies provisions relating to public assistance
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

HB 345 - Cierpiot - This act modifies provisions relating to telecommunications
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

HB 373 - Cox - Modifies provisions relating to judicial resources
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 374 - Cox - Modifies provisions relating to judicial procedures
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 404 - Conway - Modifies workers' compensation laws relating to occupational diseases for peace officers and insurance premium rates for construction employers
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

HB 418 - Neth - Modifies provisions relating to the Kansas City police retirement systems
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Pensions Committee

HB 443 - Hubbard - Establishes a pilot program to encourage visitation between incarcerated parents and their children
4/18/2013 -- S First Read--HB 443-Hubbard, et al

HB 450 - Carpenter - Authorizes the issuance of a medallion, medal and certificate to veterans who served in certain wars
4/18/2013 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee - (1343S.02C)

HB 457 - Jones - Provides for the conscience rights of individuals who provide medical services
4/18/2013 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 468 - Higdon, Jr. - Modifies provisions relating to a Highway Patrol fund, a methamphetamine task force, law enforcement officers, traffic laws, spurious liens, crimes, and the open records law
4/18/2013 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 468

HB 473 - Funderburk - Changes the amount of revenue that may be generated from an infrastructure system replacement surcharge for a gas corporation
4/18/2013 -- Reported from S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor

HB 505 - Haefner - Modifies provisions relating to child abuse and neglect
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 526 - Franklin - Provides that the Department of Economic Development shall disburse development grants to rural regional development groups
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

HB 533 - Riddle - Modifies provisions relating to firearms
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

HB 621 - McCaherty - Creates three new tax credits relating to port facilities
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

HB 702 - Lorenz Englund - Authorizes the release of certain information to identify the owners of abandoned military medals
4/18/2013 -- Committee Vote Reconsidered
4/18/2013 -- Voted Do Pass S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee

HB 722 - Leara - Modifies provisions relating to the Police Retirement System of St. Louis
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Pensions Committee

HB 787 - Richardson - Prohibits the Department of Revenue from retaining copies of source documents used to obtain driver's licenses and nondriver's licenses
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

HB 813 - Torpey - Creates a new program for disbursing grants through Early Stage Business Development Corporations
4/18/2013 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 813

HB 850 - McCaherty - Establishes the Bring Jobs Home Act which authorizes a tax deduction for out-of-state businesses that relocate to Missouri
4/18/2013 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

HJR 8 - Solon - Requires the development of a Veterans Lottery Ticket with proceeds going to the Veterans' Commission Capital Improvements Trust Fund
4/18/2013 -- Voted Do Pass S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee

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