Bills with Hearings Conducted in Senate

SB 2 - Pearce - Establishes campaign contributions for individuals and political party committees
2/10/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
SB 3 - Pearce - Expands ban on using cell phones while driving to all drivers and to include telephone calls
2/11/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
SB 4 - Schmitt - Increases the amount of the personal income tax cut and the business income deduction in current law
2/12/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee
SB 36 - Romine - Modifies the law relating to the Missouri Human Rights Act and employment discrimination
3/17/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
SB 47 - Holsman - Prohibits planned communities from barring the installation of solar energy systems
3/31/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee
SB 51 - Onder - Modifies Missouri's Health Care Freedom Act by prohibiting the state from implementing a health insurance exchange, prohibiting insurers from accepting remuneration, and prescribing duties of the Attorney General for enforcement of the Act
3/4/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee
SB 52 - Schaaf - Prohibits restrictive physician employment contracts
2/3/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee
SB 73 - Holsman - Reauthorizes the Missouri Homestead Preservation tax credit program and modifies certain provisions relating to it
2/5/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee
SB 76 - Sifton - Requires every individual who is 17 years old or older and arrested for any felony offense to provide a biological sample for DNA profiling
3/10/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
SB 77 - Sifton - Reauthorizes the Missouri Homestead Preservation tax credit program
2/5/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee
SB 79 - Dixon - Allows counties to join a state's attorney system
1/27/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
SB 86 - Emery - Allows a court to place a person on electronic monitoring with victim notification if a person has been charged with, or found guilty of, violating an order of protection
2/10/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
SB 89 - LeVota - Requires health carriers to file their premium rates and accompanying information with the Department of Insurance for approval
3/4/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee
SB 92 - Emery - Modifies bond requirements for certain county offices
1/28/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee
SB 94 - Emery - Modifies retirement benefits for newly elected members of the General Assembly and statewide elected officials
1/27/2015 - Hearing Conducted S General Laws and Pensions Committee
SB 96 - LeVota - Establishes campaign contribution limits
2/10/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
SB 101 - LeVota - Allows constitutional charter cities that have 100,000 or more inhabitants to enact certain types of ordinances
2/4/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee
SB 103 - LeVota - Allows members of the General Assembly to request confidential professional licensee information
3/4/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee
SB 114 - Kraus - Allows school and library districts to be reimbursed for 50% of their tax increment under a TIF plan
3/4/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee
SB 132 - Parson - Modifies provisions relating to evidence of financial responsibility for certified commercial pesticide applicators
2/11/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee
SB 135 - Holsman - Allows qualified motorcycle operators to operate motorcycles and motortricycles without protective headgear under certain conditions
3/4/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
SB 138 - Parson - Repeals a provision relating to beef commodity merchandising program fees
2/11/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee
SB 150 - Parson - Exempts certain motor vehicles older than ten years from the sales tax on titling
3/18/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
SB 169 - Schaaf - Modifies the law relating to voting procedures
2/23/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee
SB 170 - Kraus - Modifies the law relating to voting procedures
2/23/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee
SB 176 - Schmitt - Makes grammatical changes to a provision regarding municipal courts to align with revisions made to the Criminal Code in 2014
3/9/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
SB 179 - Sater - Establishes the Missouri Child Protection Registry
2/10/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Seniors, Families and Children Committee
SB 185 - LeVota - Modifies provisions relating to the state budget and fiscal notes
2/11/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
SB 192 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions of law relating to products liability claims
3/10/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
SB 193 - LeVota - Modifies the minimum wage laws
3/17/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee
SB 196 - Schaaf - Bans the use of automated license plate reader systems and automated traffic enforcement systems and restricts storage and use as evidence of data collected prior to enactment
4/1/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
SB 207 - Pearce - Authorizes an employer to retain an employee's withholding tax for five years if the employee has graduated with a STEM degree from a Missouri Innovation Campus
4/1/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee
SB 208 - Sater - Repeals a provision relating to beef commodity merchandising program fees
2/11/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee
SB 217 - Riddle - Requires certain types of intervention pain management to be performed only by physicians licensed under chapter 334
3/2/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee
SB 219 - Wallingford - Repeals a July 1, 2014, termination date so that retiring teachers with thirty-one or more years of creditable service will receive a retirement allowance with a 2.55 multiplier
2/24/2015 - Hearing Conducted S General Laws and Pensions Committee
SB 223 - Schatz - Eliminates a provision allowing for property tax levy adjustments for inflation and modifies standing for Hancock Amendment challenges
3/5/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee
SB 238 - LeVota - Prohibits retired judges or state employees from collecting retirement benefits while employed by a political subdivision
2/24/2015 - Hearing Conducted S General Laws and Pensions Committee
SB 240 - Keaveny - Requires the State Auditor to make a one-time report on the costs of administering the death penalty
3/18/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
SB 246 - Hegeman - Mandates that judges must disqualify themselves from hearing a proceeding in certain situations
3/31/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
SB 249 - Holsman - Repeals exceptions to the duty of scrap metal operators to obtain certificates of title for certain inoperable vehicles
3/31/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee
SB 250 - Onder - Creates the Missouri Electrical Industry Licensing Board and licensure requirements for a statewide electrical contractor's license
3/18/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee
SB 252 - Romine - Prohibits two-way telecommunications devices and their component parts in correctional centers and jails
2/25/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
SB 269 - Nasheed - Prohibits the use of restraints on children under the age of 17 during court proceedings except in certain circumstances
4/14/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
SB 271 - Silvey - Requires high school students and students seeking a high school equivalency certificate to receive a passing grade on a basic civics test
3/18/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
SB 273 - Riddle - Requires high school students and students seeking a high school equivalency certificate to receive a passing grade on a basic civics test
3/18/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
SB 280 - Keaveny - Modifies the punishment scheme for juvenile offenders of first degree murder and provides a petition process for juvenile offenders currently serving life without parole
2/24/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
SB 292 - Munzlinger - Changes the percentage of agricultural acreage that may be foreign owned
3/18/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee
SB 295 - Schaaf - Raises the Mo HealthNet eligibility income limits for elderly and disabled persons
2/19/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee
SB 303 - Keaveny - Requires law enforcement agencies to develop certain policies for eyewitness identification procedures
3/10/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
SB 312 - Schmitt - Allows any person licensed to sell liquor in the original package at retail to sell 32 to 128 ounces of draft beer for consumption off the premises
2/25/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee
SB 320 - Wallingford - Requires any juvenile certified as an adult be detained in a juvenile facility until the juvenile has been sentenced
4/14/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
SB 323 - Munzlinger - Authorizes non-resident candidates for certain municipal offices
2/25/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee
SB 327 - Onder - Modifies provisions relating to municipal courts
3/18/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee
SB 337 - Munzlinger - Bans the Conservation Commission and the Department of Conservation from engaging in prohibited conduct with a connected not-for-profit corporation
4/14/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
SB 338 - Munzlinger - Modifies the provisions relating to the election of political party committees
3/9/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee
SB 344 - Wasson - Modifies regulation of auto cycle operators and exempts such operators from using protective headgear
4/1/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
SB 361 - Parson - Allows the AgriMissouri Advisory Commission to establish a fee for sellers electing to use the AgriMissouri trademark so long as the fees do not yield revenue greater than administering the objectives of the Commission and the trademark
4/15/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee
SB 363 - Parson - Creates the Board of Administrative Appeals and provides that a person is entitled a hearing before the Board following a proceeding before a governmental agency
3/9/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee
SB 370 - Munzlinger - Regulates the use of automated traffic enforcement systems to enforce speed limits
4/1/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
SB 379 - Schatz - Requires that municipalities in the St. Louis County sales tax pool receive at least 50% of the revenue generated inside a given municipality
3/18/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee
SB 382 - Dixon - Modifies provisions relating to procedures in criminal proceedings
3/31/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
SB 394 - Wallingford - Allows homeowner insurance companies to offer earthquake coverage under the "Missouri Basic Property Insurance Inspection and Placement Program"
4/21/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee
SB 398 - Schatz - Authorizes municipalities to use design-build on water and waste water projects and prohibits such projects from being denied grants based on design-build utilization
4/7/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee
SB 407 - Onder - Provides for the reimbursement of emergency medical services for MO HealthNet participants by hospitals
4/16/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee
SB 410 - Wallingford - Modifies provisions relating to criminal nonsupport and provides a method for expungement of a one-time offense of criminal nonsupport
3/17/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
SB 414 - Wasson - Modifies provisions relating to long-term care facility special care units
3/16/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee
SB 418 - Chappelle-Nadal - Changes how school districts and charter schools may conduct instruction in human sexuality and sexually transmitted infections
4/22/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
SB 425 - Libla - Modifies provisions relating to adoption and parental rights
3/17/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Seniors, Families and Children Committee
SB 428 - Curls - Modifies the enforcement power of the Missouri Ethics Commission
3/17/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
SB 436 - Walsh - Modifies a provision relating to electrical contractor licenses issued by political subdivisions
4/1/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee
SB 437 - Walsh - Modifies provisions relating to the sales taxes in St. Louis County
3/18/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee
SB 439 - LeVota - Provides that Division Twelve of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit shall sit at the City of Independence
4/7/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
SB 448 - Wieland - Modifies the laws relating to the assignment of liability in contracts for construction work
3/31/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee
SB 450 - Emery - Expands the dependency exemption for income taxes to stillbirths
3/19/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee
SB 453 - LeVota - Expands the Amber Alert System to include missing endangered persons
3/17/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Seniors, Families and Children Committee
SB 459 - Libla - Modifies rulemaking procedures for rules which affect businesses
3/31/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
SB 461 - Wieland - Authorizes any Missouri port authority to establish an advanced industrial manufacturing zone for the development or redevelopment of certain structures
3/11/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee
SB 464 - Dixon - Prohibits sharing of visual or aural recordings or photographs of minors alleged to be victims of child abuse, except in limited circumstances
4/14/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
SB 465 - Schmitt - Requires each public college and university to post on its website specified information for each course that it offers
4/8/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
SB 477 - Wallingford - Modifies the law relating to lien waivers
3/31/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee
SB 479 - Onder - Modifies laws regarding the licensure of midwives
4/20/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee
SB 487 - Richard - Modifies provisions relating to civil actions brought under merchandising practices and products liability provisions of law
4/14/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee
SB 495 - Hegeman - Requires candidates for public administrator to provide an affidavit stating that the candidate meets the bonding requirements
3/30/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee
SB 502 - Schmitt - Requires that an objective test or measure be used to determine whether a youth athlete is suspected of sustaining a brain injury or concussion during a game or practice
4/23/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee
SB 511 - Schaaf - Requires healthcare contractors providing services to prison inmates to provide certain information to the Office of Administration
4/15/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
SB 522 - Kehoe - Modifies the measurement of damages in civil actions for trespass or expanded use of an easement against a rural electric cooperative
3/31/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee
SB 529 - Onder - Allows the concealed carrying of firearms on public transportation, including buses and trains, except school buses and Amtrak property
4/15/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
SB 530 - Onder - Enacts multiple provisions to protect the privacy of student data
4/8/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
SB 531 - Emery - Creates the Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Program
4/22/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
SB 549 - Onder - Modifies provisions relating to collective bargaining representation for public employees
4/14/2015 - Hearing Conducted S General Laws and Pensions Committee
SB 553 - Munzlinger - Modifies the authority of county health center boards to promulgate rules to enhance public health and prevent disease
4/15/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee
SB 557 - LeVota - Requires the Department of Conservation to reimburse any automobile owner up to $500 for damages sustained to an automobile due to hitting or being hit by a deer
4/1/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee
SJR 2 - Dixon - Changes the procedures for the redistricting of the state Senate and House of Representatives districts
3/30/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee
SJR 5 - Kraus - Allows for photographic identification for voting
2/23/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee
SJR 9 - Schmitt - Amends the Constitution to limit general revenue appropriations and mandate state income tax rate reductions in certain situations
4/23/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee
SJR 10 - Sater - Modifies the constitutional provisions relating to initiative petitions
3/30/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee
SJR 13 - Schaaf - Establishes the Missouri Anti-Corruption Amendment
5/6/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
SJR 14 - Dixon - Modifies the gubernatorial appointment process
3/30/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee
HB 35 - Walker - Creates provisions for permanent and historic registration of camping trailer license plates
5/6/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
HB 121 - Gosen - Permits certain advertising of liquor by retailers and creates a brew-on-premises liquor license
4/29/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee
HB 130 - Rehder - Establishes the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Act
4/15/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
HB 148 - Fitzpatrick - Specifies that beginning January 1, 2016, certain shareholders of S corporations may elect to reject workers' compensation insurance coverage
4/28/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee
HB 180 - Cookson - Prohibits the sale of powdered alcohol and modifies penalties for providing liquor to minors
5/6/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
HB 187 - Fitzpatrick - Modifies provisions relating to postsecondary education public benefits
4/22/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
HB 207 - Curtman - Prohibits, upon voter approval, any political subdivision or state agency from using automated traffic enforcement systems
5/6/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee
HB 319 - Barnes - Changes the laws regarding the provision of telehealth services
4/30/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee
HB 322 - Shumake - Allows political subdivisions to submit fingerprints to the Highway Patrol for criminal background checks of applicants for employment or licenses or permits
5/6/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
HB 324 - Shumake - Authorizes Shelby County to collect a property tax to pay for road rock on county roads
5/6/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee
HB 468 - Berry - Extends the last year of availability of incentives for new or expanded business headquarters from 2020 to 2025
4/8/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee
HB 476 - Fitzwater - Modifies state funding for small school districts
5/6/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
HB 519 - Vescovo - Modifies the law relating to administrative leave for public employees
4/30/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
HB 609 - Gosen - Establishes provisions relating to workers' compensation large deductible policies
4/28/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee
HB 658 - Ross - Enacts provisions relating to recognition of student participation in the Constitution Project of the Missouri Supreme Court
5/6/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
HB 665 - Franklin - Allows Department of Health and Senior Services to supply qualifying individuals with amino acid-based elemental formulas
4/28/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee
HB 672 - Frederick - Provides reimbursement for behavior assessment and intervention
4/23/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee
HB 694 - Brattin - Modifies provisions relating to registration of certain motor vehicles
5/6/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
HB 740 - Jones - Changes provisions relating to driver's license suspension for failure to appear for moving traffic violations
4/13/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
HB 743 - Shull - Reauthorizes a tax credit for small business guaranty fees
4/29/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee
HB 751 - Walker - Modifies the definition of "political subdivision" as it relates to its cooperation with other political subdivisions to include county sheltered workshop boards
4/29/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee
HB 762 - Higdon - Modifies provisions relating to the open records law, prohibits the state from requiring law enforcement cameras, and requires written policies on the use of cameras
5/6/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
HB 766 - Jones - Allows a health maintenance organization to require cost sharing of its enrollees
4/28/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee
HB 838 - Cross - Authorizes tax preparers, enrolled agents, and CPAs to represent individuals on tax matters before the Administrative Hearing Commission
4/27/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee
HB 884 - Rowden - Specifies certain county hospitals may invest up to 15% of their funds in mutual funds
5/6/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee
HB 985 - Haefner - Requires the Department of Social Services to contract with a third party to verify eligibility data for public assistance programs
4/30/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Veterans' Affairs and Health Committee
HB 994 - Bondon - Requires persons who submit petitions for political subdivision audits to reside or own property in the subdivision and allows for signatures to be rescinded
5/6/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee
HB 1023 - Swan - Modifies provisions relating to school quality and creates the School Quality Task Force within the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
5/6/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
HB 1048 - Kidd - Modifies the law relating to design-build contracts
5/6/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee
HB 1087 - Bernskoetter - Changes the limit on the amount that the treasurer can credit to each participant in the state deferred compensation plan
4/28/2015 - Hearing Conducted S General Laws and Pensions Committee
HB 1134 - Bernskoetter - Allows certain public employees and retirees to apply for medical benefits during retirement as specified in the act
4/28/2015 - Hearing Conducted S General Laws and Pensions Committee
HCR 12 - Cierpiot - Encourages the State Attorney General to join a lawsuit against President Barack Obama's immigration policies currently underway in Texas
3/10/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee