Bills assigned to Government Reform
SB 4 - Richard - Repeals certain provisions relating to venue and jurisdiction in products liability claims
SB 5 - Richard - Modifies provisions relating to tort actions specifically unlawful merchandising practices, products liability claims, and venue requirements
SB 31 - Emery - Modifies provisions relating to the collateral source rule and provides that parties may introduce evidence of the actual cost, rather than the value, of the medical care rendered
SB 32 - Emery - Establishes the Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Program
SB 45 - Romine - Modifies laws regarding arbitration agreements between employers and at-will employees
SB 82 - Dixon - Modifies the duties and functions of the Joint Committee on Legislative Research
SB 88 - Brown - Establishes a two year statute of limitation for claims of malpractice or negligence against veterinarians
SB 100 - Emery - Modifies Supreme Court Rule 55.03 regarding sanctions against lawyers, law firms, or parties for certain conduct
SB 148 - Romine - Expands the authority of the Governor to convey easements without the approval of the General Assembly and expands the rights granted by the easements
SB 162 - Romine - Establishes the Consumer Legal Funding Model Act
SB 175 - Schaaf - Requires that all state-owned data centers become consolidated to the State Data Center
SB 183 - Hoskins - Extends the Big Government Get Off My Back Act and modifies several provisions relating to the collection of money by public entities
SB 200 - Libla - Modifies provisions relating to expert witnesses
SB 201 - Onder - Creates new provisions relating to joint employers
SB 213 - Rowden - Establishes requirements for certain settlement offers of tort claims which must be accepted within a specified period of time
SB 237 - Rowden - Modifies definitions of "employee" and "physician employee" as used in provisions relating to actions against health care providers for personal injury or death
SB 258 - Munzlinger - Modifies civil procedure for joinder, intervention, and venue in civil actions
SB 259 - Munzlinger - Amends Supreme Court Rule 52.12 to prohibit intervention in a tort action when jurisdiction and venue cannot be independently established
SB 260 - Munzlinger - Amends Supreme Court Rule 51.01 to require the independent establishment of venue and jurisdiction for joinder or intervention
SB 261 - Munzlinger - Amends Supreme Court Rule 52.05 to modify procedures for joinder in tort actions
SB 262 - Munzlinger - Modifies Supreme Court Rule 52.06 relating to the dismissal of a claim due to misjoinder where venue does not exist
SB 320 - Hummel - Creates a statewide certificate for electrical contractors
SB 466 - Emery - Adopts the Prosperity States Compact
SB 475 - Schatz - Repeals the requirement for the Department of Transportation to participate in arbitration as a defendant at the request of the plaintiff in a tort claim
SB 506 - Silvey - Creates new provisions relating to the internal operations of state government
SB 519 - Emery - Limits the acquisition of land in Missouri by the U.S. Government and requires statutory authorization for such land acquisitions
SB 524 - Koenig - Requires a defendant served after the expiration of the statute of limitations for a wrongful death or a medical negligence claim to be served within one hundred twenty days after a petition has been filed
HB 95 - McGaugh - Modifies provisions relating to the collateral source rule and provides that parties may introduce evidence of the actual cost, rather than the value, of the medical care rendered
HB 153 - Corlew - Modifies provisions relating to expert witnesses
HB 159 - McGaugh - Establishes a two year statute of limitation for claims of malpractice or negligence against veterinarians
HB 452 - Austin - Modifies provisions regarding the liability of a health care provider for the actions of an employee
HB 460 - Kolkmeyer - Modifies provisions relating to civil procedure for joinder, intervention, and venue in civil actions
HB 461 - Kolkmeyer - Amends Supreme Court Rules 52.05 and 52.06 for the purpose of severing parties who are misjoined in a civil action
HB 462 - Kolkmeyer - Amends Supreme Court Rule 52.12 for the purpose of prohibiting a person from intervening in a tort action if jurisdiction and venue cannot be established independently
HB 573 - McGaugh - Establishes requirements for certain settlement offers of tort claims which must be accepted within a specified period of time
HB 598 - Cornejo - Limits contingency fees a private attorney may receive from contingency fee contracts with the state