Topical Index
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Abortion (4)

SB 780 - Smith - Modifies provisions on human sexuality and sexually transmitted disease education courses

SB 1058 - Mayer - Enacts provisions regarding the coercion of abortions

SB 1215 - Bray - Enacts the Prevention First Act

HB 1831 - Onder - Enacts provisions regarding the coercion of abortions

Accountants (2)

SB 952 - Scott - Modifies the licensing requirements and practice of certified public accountants and accounting firms

HB 1700 - Wasson - Modifies the law relating to professional licensing and registration

Administration, Office of (17)

SB 752 - Crowell - Defines the term "job order contract"

SB 981 - Purgason - Designates the plant spotted knapweed as a noxious weed

SB 1010 - Nodler - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property in Jasper County and Camden County

SB 1015 - Mayer - Requires health insurance premiums of state employees to be run through a cafeteria plan

SB 1024 - Scott - Modifies provisions relating to liability for tort claims against the state, state entities, and state employees

SB 1100 - Bray - Requires newly constructed or substantially renovated state and local government buildings to meet certain green building certification requirements

SB 1117 - Smith - Creates the "Show Me Green" sales tax holiday

SB 1118 - Griesheimer - Authorizes the imposition of a fee on wireless phone services to fund enhanced 911 services

SB 1140 - Vogel - Modifies the law relating to the Office of Administration

SB 1141 - Vogel - Modifies provisions governing the transition periods for statewide elected officials

SB 1157 - Green - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property located in St. Louis County

SB 1181 - Engler - Modifies and creates provisions pertaining to energy efficiency and energy regulation

SB 1204 - Goodman - Requires the governor to disclose information regarding tax credits and state contracts

SB 1261 - Bray - Creates requirements and provides incentives for energy efficient products and activities

SB 1263 - Bray - Modifies energy efficiency requirements for public buildings, creates energy efficiency standards for certain products, and creates home improvement energy efficiency incentive programs

HB 1313 - Wright - Requires the state and political subdivisions to favor service disabled veteran businesses when letting contracts

HB 1689 - Wilson - Transfers the Governor's Council on Disability from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to the Office of Administration

Administrative Law (2)

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts

HB 1469 - Pratt - Modifies the law regarding certain environmental appeals transferred to the Administrative Hearing Commission

Administrative Rules (5)

SB 826 - Justus - Modifies the requirements to deny, suspend, or revoke a liquor license because of certain employee convictions

SB 837 - Bray - Creates the Public Employee Due Process Act

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts

SB 1120 - Loudon - Provides that the Department shall not require by rule any vaccinations that are not specified under current law

HB 1469 - Pratt - Modifies the law regarding certain environmental appeals transferred to the Administrative Hearing Commission

Agriculture and Animals (28)

SB 738 - Nodler - Modifies penalties for persistent violations of air or water pollution laws, prohibits certain county solid waste laws, and requires energy efficiency disclosures for new home sales

SB 815 - Goodman - Creates the Farm Mentoring and Education Authority to administer agricultural education programs to incubate new farms

SB 819 - Rupp - Modifies various provisions relating to dog fighting

SB 834 - Bartle - Creates penalties for owners of dogs that injure people or property and creates an absolute defense against civil liability or prosecution for killing a dog in certain circumstances

SB 838 - Engler - Allows fuel ethanol produced from qualified biomass to be eligible for certain fuel ethanol production subsidies

SB 847 - Shoemyer - Requires farmers to pay a fee for retaining genetically-modified seed

SB 862 - Shoemyer - Creates notification requirements prior to entry onto private property to investigate or enforce contracts for certain agricultural products

SB 886 - Justus - Allows any municipality to adopt ordinances, orders, or regulations to control dangerous dogs, provided that no such ordinances, orders, or regulations are specific to breed

SB 898 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 914 - Bray - Creates the Healthy Pet Act

SB 931 - Purgason - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 941 - Clemens - Modifies the definition of livestock for which it is a crime to steal, makes stealing certain quail or pheasants a crime, and modifies the penalties for such offenders

SB 942 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 971 - Clemens - Changes the official state game bird to the Kansas Jayhawk

SB 982 - Purgason - Modifies laws relating to dogs

SB 1032 - Dempsey - Modifies provisions relating to dangerous animal registration

SB 1111 - Clemens - Modifies license requirements for grain dealers and public grain warehouses

SB 1279 - Clemens - Creates criteria for when certain dairy products shall be considered misbranded

SB 1280 - Clemens - Creates the Livestock Feed and Crop Input Loan Guarantee Program

SCR 29 - Mayer - Requests the U.S. Department of Agriculture to add June 1st and September 1st as additional rice reporting dates on the Agricultural Statistics Board calendar

SCR 34 - Purgason - Urges the U.S. Department of Agriculture to keep the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) voluntary

SCR 35 - Shoemyer - Urges the U.S. Congress to support the continuation of horse processing in the United States

SCR 37 - Gibbons - Encourages the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to not implement a spring rise on the Missouri River

HB 1354 - Wilson - Exempts self-propelled sprayers that are used for spraying chemicals or spreading fertilizer from complying with titling, registration and license plate display laws

HB 1416 - Nance - Designates the morel mushroom as the official state mushroom

HB 2034 - Munzlinger - Modifies various provisions relating to weapons

HB 2260 - Storch - Modifies provisions of the qualified research expense tax credit program

HCR 4 - Wright - Requests the U.S. Department of Agriculture to add June 1st and September 1st as additional rice reporting dates on the Agricultural Statistics Board calendar

Agriculture Dept. (18)

SB 759 - Stouffer - Requires all diesel fuel sold at retail in Missouri after a certain date to be a biodiesel-blended fuel

SB 810 - Stouffer - Requires all diesel fuel sold at retail in Missouri after April 1, 2010 to be biodiesel-blended fuel

SB 838 - Engler - Allows fuel ethanol produced from qualified biomass to be eligible for certain fuel ethanol production subsidies

SB 847 - Shoemyer - Requires farmers to pay a fee for retaining genetically-modified seed

SB 879 - Clemens - Modifies the maximum amount of certain agricultural tax credits that may be issued each fiscal year and extends the expiration date for the tax credits

SB 898 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 907 - Engler - Modifies provisions pertaining to motor fuel storage tanks and equipment

SB 931 - Purgason - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 942 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 981 - Purgason - Designates the plant spotted knapweed as a noxious weed

SB 1111 - Clemens - Modifies license requirements for grain dealers and public grain warehouses

SB 1261 - Bray - Creates requirements and provides incentives for energy efficient products and activities

SB 1279 - Clemens - Creates criteria for when certain dairy products shall be considered misbranded

SB 1280 - Clemens - Creates the Livestock Feed and Crop Input Loan Guarantee Program

SCR 29 - Mayer - Requests the U.S. Department of Agriculture to add June 1st and September 1st as additional rice reporting dates on the Agricultural Statistics Board calendar

SCR 34 - Purgason - Urges the U.S. Department of Agriculture to keep the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) voluntary

SCR 35 - Shoemyer - Urges the U.S. Congress to support the continuation of horse processing in the United States

SCR 37 - Gibbons - Encourages the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to not implement a spring rise on the Missouri River

Aircraft and Airports (8)

SB 930 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles

SB 943 - Clemens - Allows cities to annex land within airport zones in Greene County if cities agree to enforce Springfield's airport zoning ordinance

SB 947 - Kennedy - Increases the cap on amount of aviation generated revenue that may be deposited in state aviation trust fund and expands purposes for which moneys in the aviation trust fund may be used

SB 1049 - Kennedy - Expands sales tax exemption purchases of tangible personal property used in the repair and maintenance of aircraft

SB 1073 - Dempsey - Creates a state and local sales and use tax exemption for defense articles sold to foreign governments

SCR 41 - Graham - Urges the United States Air Force to reconsider its decision to replace the KC-135 refueling tanker with a tanker that is substantially built in and supplied by a foreign company

HB 1888 - Schoeller - Allows a municipality to annex land within the airport zone of the City of Springfield if it agrees to enforce Springfield's zoning ordinance

HCR 43 - Funderburk - Urges the United States Air Force to reconsider its decision to replace a Boeing-made refueling tanker with a tanker supplied by a foreign country

Alcohol (9)

SB 747 - Ridgeway - Modifies various provisions relating to abuse of alcohol

SB 765 - Goodman - Modifies the process for incorporating a village

SB 766 - Goodman - Criminalizes prenatal drug or alcohol use

SB 925 - Days - Modifies provisions relating to school district procedures.

SB 975 - Ridgeway - Requires alcohol monitoring for persons with repeat alcohol-related offenses in certain circumstances instead of serving a more lengthy mandatory minimum sentence

SB 1001 - Justus - Allows a Kansas City festival district's promotional association to obtain a license to sell alcohol for consumption

SB 1011 - Griesheimer - Modifies various provisions relating to liquor control

SB 1240 - Dempsey - Repeals certain liquor control provisions pertaining to wholesalers

HB 1423 - St. Onge - Toughens ignition interlock device law for certain repeat offenders and allows prior pleas and other dispositions to be used to enhance the punishment of intoxication-related traffic offenders

Ambulances and Ambulance Districts (8)

SB 845 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions

SB 915 - Ridgeway - Authorizes peer review committees for certain emergency medical services

SB 978 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions relating to boards overseeing emergency services

SB 1039 - Clemens - Modifies minimum volunteer ambulance staffing requirements and requires Christian County to appoint an emergency services board upon voter approval of a county sales tax for central dispatching of emergency services

SB 1044 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions regarding minimum ambulance staffing for ambulances staffed with volunteers

SB 1233 - Shields - Designates qualified hospitals as specified myocardial infarction or stroke centers

HB 1711 - Weter - Modifies provisions relating to public services provided by certain political subdivisions

HB 1832 - Cooper - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions

Annexation (4)

SB 845 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions

SB 943 - Clemens - Allows cities to annex land within airport zones in Greene County if cities agree to enforce Springfield's airport zoning ordinance

SB 1020 - Bray - Implements the provisions of the streamlined sales and use tax agreement

HB 1888 - Schoeller - Allows a municipality to annex land within the airport zone of the City of Springfield if it agrees to enforce Springfield's zoning ordinance

Appropriations (31)

SB 739 - Nodler - Creates the Legislative Budget Office and modifies duties of the Oversight Division of the Committee on Legislative Research

SB 874 - Graham - Requires the general assembly to separately appropriate funds for the highway patrol uniform allowance

SB 1128 - Bray - Creates the Persistence to Graduation Fund to distribute grants to certain school districts for drop-out prevention efforts

SB 1244 - Barnitz - Creates the Entrepreneurial Development Council within the Department of Economic Development

SJR 32 - Bartle - Creates the Missouri Savings Account in the Constitution

SJR 36 - Graham - Requires that all appropriations by the general assembly cannot exceed the official estimate of state revenues

SJR 38 - Clemens - Creates a two year budget cycle

SJR 50 - Lager - Limits general revenue appropriations and mandates state income tax rate reductions in certain situations

HB 2001 - Icet - Appropriates money to the Board of Fund Commissioners

HB 2002 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the State Board of Education and Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

HB 2003 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Higher Education

HB 2004 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Revenue and Department of Transportation

HB 2005 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Office of Administration, Department of Transportation, and Department of Public Safety

HB 2006 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Agriculture, Department of Natural Resources, and Department of Conservation

HB 2007 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses and distributions of the Departments of Economic Development; Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration; and Labor and Industrial

HB 2008 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Public Safety

HB 2009 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Corrections

HB 2010 - Icet - 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

HB 2011 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, and distributions of the Department of Social Services

HB 2012 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of statewide elected officials, the Judiciary, Office of the State Public Defender, and General Assembly

HB 2013 - Icet - Appropriates money for real property leases and related services

HB 2014 - Icet - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes for several departments, offices of state government,for purchase of equipment,payment of various claims for refunds,for persons,firms,and corporations

HB 2015 - Icet - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes for the Department of Social Services Utilicare program

HB 2016 - Icet - Appropriates money for capital improvement and other purposes for several departments of state government

HB 2019 - Icet - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes for the University of Missouri, for the purchase of equipment, planning, expenses for capital improvements, from funds designated for perion ending 5-30-08

HB 2020 - Icet - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes for the several departments and offices of state government,for the purchase of equipment,planning,expenses for the fiscal period ending 5-30-2008

HB 2021 - Icet - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes for the Department of Conservation

HB 2022 - Icet - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes for the Department of Public Safety

HB 2023 - Icet - Appropriates money for planning, expenses, and for capital improvements

HB 2036 - Nance - Repeals the formula distribution requirements for additional funding for certain services for the elderly

HJR 70 - Icet - Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting appropriations in any fiscal year from exceeding certain limits

Architects (1)

SB 1074 - Dempsey - Modifies liens for certain design professionals

Arts and Humanities (1)

HCR 26 - Dixon - Encourages the Governor and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to secure additional funding for fine arts education in this state

Attorney General, State (21)

SB 712 - Gibbons - Allows consumers to place security freezes on their credit reports and creates requirements for merchandise rebates

SB 747 - Ridgeway - Modifies various provisions relating to abuse of alcohol

SB 840 - Engler - Modifies the state do-not-call list and creates "paid for by" requirements for political phone calls

SB 843 - Wilson - Creates a trust fund and commission for youth smoking prevention

SB 857 - Rupp - Expands the state no-call list to include automated calls and requires a "paid for by" statement on political phone calls

SB 882 - Green - Allows consumers to request that a security freeze be placed on the issuance of their credit reports or credit scores by credit reporting agencies

SB 883 - Graham - Bars elected officials and members of the general assembly from working as lobbyists

SB 895 - Clemens - Creates the Manufacturer Responsibility and Consumer Convenience Computer Equipment Collection and Recovery Act

SB 929 - Green - Bars employers from misclassifying employees as independent contractors

SB 986 - Shoemyer - Requires motor vehicle physical damage appraisers to give consumers written estimates for labor and parts for motor vehicle repairs

SB 999 - Scott - Allows the Attorney General to bring an action for unlawful merchandising practices when the name of a financial institution is deceptively used

SB 1034 - Mayer - Modifies record-keeping requirements for purchasers of scrap metal and creates penalties for unlawful purchases of certain scrap metals

SB 1035 - Scott - Limits civil actions against motor vehicle dealers for unlawful merchandising practices to only motor vehicle dealers directly involved in the retail transaction

SB 1056 - Justus - Modifies the membership on the Missouri Housing Development Commission

SB 1114 - Bray - Prohibits businesses from deceptively listing fictitious or assumed business names in telephone directories or directory assistance databases

SB 1141 - Vogel - Modifies provisions governing the transition periods for statewide elected officials

SB 1183 - Bray - Modifies the membership on the Missouri Housing Development Commission

SB 1211 - Callahan - Limits the sale of non-compliant cigarettes

SB 1263 - Bray - Modifies energy efficiency requirements for public buildings, creates energy efficiency standards for certain products, and creates home improvement energy efficiency incentive programs

SCR 40 - Ridgeway - Urges Congress and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to strengthen laws regarding furniture tip-over hazards

HB 1970 - Wasson - Limits civil actions against certain motor vehicle dealers

Attorneys (8)

SB 767 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to the public defender system and the number of judges in various circuits

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts

SB 1025 - Scott - Modifies laws regarding the right to control the final disposition of a dead human body

SB 1126 - Scott - Exempts certain independent contractors from being licensed as private investigators

SB 1143 - Mayer - Modifies the law regarding false or misleading television advertisements for legal services

SB 1185 - Gibbons - Modifies various provisions relating to prosecutors

SB 1242 - Barnitz - Modifies various provisions relating to foster care and adoption

HB 1570 - Franz - Adds services of guardian ad litems to the priority list of services for which moneys in the family services and justice fund shall be spent

Auditor, State (6)

SB 804 - Crowell - Allows the state auditor to audit any school district in the same manner as any agency of the state

SB 883 - Graham - Bars elected officials and members of the general assembly from working as lobbyists

SB 944 - Engler - Modifies the fees the Auditor receives for registering bonds

SB 1028 - Justus - Requires reporting of taxpayer information regarding the utilization of state tax credits

SB 1066 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

SB 1141 - Vogel - Modifies provisions governing the transition periods for statewide elected officials

Banks and Financial Institutions (14)

SB 727 - Shields - Criminalizes residential mortgage fraud

SB 744 - Days - Amends laws relating to unsecured loans of $500 or less

SB 951 - Scott - Modifies the law relating to emergency response within financial institutions

SB 999 - Scott - Allows the Attorney General to bring an action for unlawful merchandising practices when the name of a financial institution is deceptively used

SB 1059 - Engler - Creates civil and criminal penalties for mortgage fraud and imposes sanctions upon certain licensed professionals and unlicensed individuals who commit the crime

SB 1161 - Lager - Provides low interest loans for alternative energy generation

SB 1174 - Goodman - Provides that covenants for transfer fees on real estate shall be unenforceable against subsequent owners

SB 1202 - Crowell - Allows lenders to charge for home and auto security plans

SB 1235 - Justus - Modifies provisions related to a trustee's powers under the Missouri Uniform Trust Code

SB 1280 - Clemens - Creates the Livestock Feed and Crop Input Loan Guarantee Program

HB 1608 - Ervin - Authorizes counties to preserve electronic images of original cancelled checks instead of the actual check

HB 1617 - Cunningham - Authorizes financial institutions to assign fiduciary obligations relating to irrevocable life insurance trusts

HB 1756 - Walton - Modifies the provisions relating to the counterfeiting of goods

HB 2188 - Pearce - Creates civil and criminal penalties for mortgage fraud and imposes sanctions upon certain licensed professionals and unlicensed individuals who commit the crime

Bingo (1)

SB 988 - Shoemyer - Exempts Veterans, service, and fraternal organizations from bingo and pull tab taxes

Boards, Commissions, Committees, Councils (57)

SB 768 - Rupp - Creates the Missouri Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Office of Autism Services

SB 788 - Scott - Moves certain divisions and boards to the Department of Insurance and modifies law with respect to preneed funeral contracts, physical therapists and real estate brokers

SB 807 - Engler - Bars public officials from receiving expenditures from lobbyists

SB 821 - Shoemyer - Modifies the membership of the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee

SB 843 - Wilson - Creates a trust fund and commission for youth smoking prevention

SB 850 - Justus - Requires the board of optometry to give notice of its meetings

SB 873 - Graham - Provides for a voting student curator on the University of Missouri board of curators if Missouri loses a congressional district based on the 2010 census

SB 885 - Graham - Modifies provisions relating to the Community Children's Services Fund

SB 898 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 915 - Ridgeway - Authorizes peer review committees for certain emergency medical services

SB 923 - Shoemyer - Modifies the membership of the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee by adding a licensed optometrist

SB 931 - Purgason - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 942 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 962 - Champion - Creates the State Board of Health and Senior Services and repeals the current State Board of Health and the State Board of Senior Services

SB 968 - Shields - Provides that nonpartisan commissions that select judges for gubernatorial appointment shall be subject to the Missouri Sunshine Act and shall not close meetings, records or votes relating to personnel matters

SB 969 - Scott - Removes the six year term limit of the executive director of the Ethics Commission

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts

SB 983 - Purgason - Requires public higher education institutions to annually report on steps taken to ensure intellectual diversity

SB 987 - Shoemyer - Modifies the membership of the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee by adding a licensed podiatrist and a licensed nurse

SB 997 - Crowell - Removes certain limitations from investments made by boards of trustees of police and firemen's retirement systems

SB 1004 - Bray - Requires the state board of education to classify a charter school as "unaccredited" based on annual performance review scores

SB 1021 - Loudon - Changes the laws regarding midwives and the practice of midwifery

SB 1060 - Engler - Alters provisions relating to teacher termination proceedings

SB 1066 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

SB 1084 - Coleman - Eliminates penalization for state transportation aid for school districts operating magnet schools as part of a master desegregation settlement agreement

SB 1085 - Coleman - Allows school districts to participate in the A+ Schools Program irrespective of their accreditation status

SB 1106 - Scott - Modifies provisions relating to child abuse investigations

SB 1152 - Crowell - Creates the Minimum Salary Fund for Teachers to provide minimum salary supplements to public school teachers

SB 1158 - Mayer - Creates the Professional Relationships Between Teachers and School Districts Act

SB 1167 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions of law relating to members of the military and their families

SB 1170 - Mayer - Creates the Rebuild Missouri Schools Program and allows education boards to enter into lease-purchase agreements with twenty-five successive options

SB 1179 - Crowell - Authorizes the Missouri Veterans' Commission to promulgate any rules necessary to administer current laws regarding the creation and maintenance of veterans' cemeteries

SB 1181 - Engler - Modifies and creates provisions pertaining to energy efficiency and energy regulation

SB 1191 - Ridgeway - Allows Clay County school boards to enter into agreements for financing of educational facilities

SB 1203 - Rupp - Allows political subdivisions to elect to cover certain personnel as members of the Missouri local government employees' retirement system

SB 1214 - Bray - Requires racial and gender equity in the membership of boards, commissions, committees, and councils

SB 1221 - Lager - Creates the P-20 Council to create a more efficient and effective education system

SB 1225 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

SB 1264 - Bray - Requires hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to report adverse health events

SB 1283 - Dempsey - Creates the Missouri Health Transformation Act

HB 1386 - Cox - Modifies the requirements for a larger Board of Trustees for certain municipal health facilities

HB 1450 - Roorda - Modifies the law relating to terrorism

HB 1469 - Pratt - Modifies the law regarding certain environmental appeals transferred to the Administrative Hearing Commission

HB 1677 - Franz - Allows political subdivisions to elect to cover certain personnel as members of the Missouri Local Government Employees' Retirement System

HB 1678 - Day - Modifies various laws relating to members of the military and their families

HB 1689 - Wilson - Transfers the Governor's Council on Disability from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to the Office of Administration

HB 1700 - Wasson - Modifies the law relating to professional licensing and registration

HB 1881 - Schlottach - Changes the length of the term of office for the initially appointed directors of public water supply districts

HB 1904 - Cox - Modifies various provisions of law relating to financial limitations placed on boards and commissions

HB 2051 - Kelly - Authorizes the Director of the Department of Corrections to serve as or to appoint a member of the Board of Probation and Parole as the acting chairman in the case of a vacancy until the Governor appoints a new chairman

HB 2059 - Wilson - Creates the Professional Relationships Between Teachers and School Districts Act

HB 2064 - Wasson - Modifies the law relating to licensed health care professionals

HB 2065 - Wasson - Modifies the law relating to licensed psychologists

HB 2068 - Wasson - Modifies the law relating to licensed physical therapists and physical therapy assistants

HB 2081 - Dougherty - Modifies the definition of "practice of embalming"

HB 2082 - Dougherty - Modifies the law relating to licensed barbers and cosmetologists

HB 2191 - Nasheed - Modifies provisions relating to higher education scholarships

Boats and Watercraft (8)

SB 725 - Scott - Modifies provisions regarding sales taxation of trade-in or exchange transactions

SB 1065 - Bartle - Restricts operation of certain sized vessels near docks and other structure and modifies the duties of boat dock owners toward the public

SB 1073 - Dempsey - Creates a state and local sales and use tax exemption for defense articles sold to foreign governments

SB 1075 - Engler - Limits liability of watercraft outfitters for injury or death resulting from the inherent risks of watercraft activities

SB 1107 - Scott - Modifies various provisions relating to the Water Patrol and watercraft regulations

SB 1281 - Griesheimer - Requires motor vehicle dealers to collect and remit sales tax

SCR 31 - Barnitz - Expresses support for the Chamois ferryboat project and urges various agencies to assist in securing moneys for the location and construction of the ferryboat

HB 1715 - Schad - Modifies various provisions relating to the Water Patrol and watercraft regulations

Bonds - Bail (4)

SB 869 - Shoemyer - Allows the Department of Insurance to take disciplinary action against a bail bond agent for certain felonies regardless of when such crime occurred

SB 1237 - Goodman - Provides that the filing of criminal charges are not a prerequisite for release on bail

SB 1247 - Coleman - Modifies provisions relating to bail bond and surety recovery agents

SB 1269 - Ridgeway - Prohibits illegal aliens from being released pending trial, appeal, or any other proceeding

Bonds - General Obligation and Revenue (6)

SB 944 - Engler - Modifies the fees the Auditor receives for registering bonds

SB 1040 - Clemens - Modifies requirements relating to the issuance of grants and loans by the Department of Natural Resources for storm water control

SB 1116 - Days - Authorizes the issuance of an additional $40 million in bonds for certain water-related grants and loans

SB 1175 - Goodman - Modifies various provisions of law relating to the Missouri Housing Development Commission

SJR 45 - Clemens - Modifies requirements relating to the issuance of grants and loans by the Department of Natural Resources for storm water control

HB 1904 - Cox - Modifies various provisions of law relating to financial limitations placed on boards and commissions

Buses (3)

SB 722 - Coleman - Exempts motor fuel used for school buses from the motor fuel tax

SB 761 - Stouffer - Modifies various laws relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles

SB 1163 - Rupp - Modifies the school bus endorsement criminal background check procedure

Business and Commerce (38)

SB 712 - Gibbons - Allows consumers to place security freezes on their credit reports and creates requirements for merchandise rebates

SB 718 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions of certain tax credit programs administered by the Department of Economic Development

SB 719 - Kennedy - Requires publishers of instructional materials to provide electronic copies of such materials for specialized uses

SB 737 - Bartle - Regulates sexually oriented businesses

SB 744 - Days - Amends laws relating to unsecured loans of $500 or less

SB 786 - Coleman - Creates labeling requirements for radio frequency identification tags

SB 893 - Green - Creates an income tax deduction for small businesses and farmers that provide health insurance coverage for employees

SB 895 - Clemens - Creates the Manufacturer Responsibility and Consumer Convenience Computer Equipment Collection and Recovery Act

SB 899 - Dempsey - Allows members of the public and certain electronic and computer businesses to access online identifying information of registered sex offenders in order to use the information to protect children from online sexual predators

SB 940 - McKenna - Modifies laws affecting limited liability companies, limited partnerships, and nonprofit companies

SB 957 - Goodman - Repeals the requirement that rental and leasing facilities provide personal property lists for certain property

SB 964 - Smith - Creates the Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday and provides financial assistance for voluntary energy audits

SB 1012 - Wilson - Establishes the Duty Free Zone Act

SB 1017 - Mayer - Requires reports to school districts of certain property located within school district boundaries

SB 1048 - Kennedy - Modifies the law regarding trademark application and registration

SB 1062 - Barnitz - Modifies requirements for corporate filings

SB 1073 - Dempsey - Creates a state and local sales and use tax exemption for defense articles sold to foreign governments

SB 1143 - Mayer - Modifies the law regarding false or misleading television advertisements for legal services

SB 1151 - Barnitz - Restricts corporate name reservation

SB 1167 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions of law relating to members of the military and their families

SB 1181 - Engler - Modifies and creates provisions pertaining to energy efficiency and energy regulation

SB 1200 - Bray - Creates new regulations for the manufacturing and sale of ammunition

SB 1224 - Mayer - Modifies the deadline for the expiration of fictitious names

SB 1234 - Shields - Modifies provisions of the enhanced enterprise tax benefit program

SB 1240 - Dempsey - Repeals certain liquor control provisions pertaining to wholesalers

SB 1261 - Bray - Creates requirements and provides incentives for energy efficient products and activities

SB 1263 - Bray - Modifies energy efficiency requirements for public buildings, creates energy efficiency standards for certain products, and creates home improvement energy efficiency incentive programs

SB 1266 - Bray - Decouples Missouri income tax law from the Internal Revenue Code with regard to depreciation deductions provided by the enactment of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008

SB 1270 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions of the enhanced enterprise tax benefit program

SB 1286 - Scott - Modifies the law regarding duties of business owners or operators to guard against criminal acts

SCR 36 - Green - Condemns the actions of the United States Air Force in awarding the contract for replacing the refueling tanker fleet to a non-American company

SCR 40 - Ridgeway - Urges Congress and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to strengthen laws regarding furniture tip-over hazards

HB 1313 - Wright - Requires the state and political subdivisions to favor service disabled veteran businesses when letting contracts

HB 1383 - Cox - Modifies the law regarding duties of business owners or operators to guard against criminal acts

HB 1756 - Walton - Modifies the provisions relating to the counterfeiting of goods

HB 1923 - Jones - Modifies requirements for corporate filings

HB 1983 - Pratt - Authorizes the conversion of certain business organizations

HB 2393 - Richard - Modifies provisions of the enhanced enterprise tax benefit program

Campaign Finance (7)

SB 807 - Engler - Bars public officials from receiving expenditures from lobbyists

SB 926 - Green - Modifies various laws relating to ethics

SB 970 - Scott - Amends requirements for filing financial interest statements

SB 1038 - Shields - Repeals campaign contribution limits and modifies reporting requirements

SB 1071 - Smith - Creates a method to publicly finance election campaigns for legislative and gubernatorial candidates

SB 1228 - Justus - Applies the same campaign contribution limits to all committees

SB 1288 - Shields - Modifies lobbyist reporting requirements

Capital Improvements (5)

SB 848 - Shoemyer - Requires all offices in the state capitol building to be accessible to individuals with disabilities

SB 904 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions pertaining to the Underground Facility Safety and Damage Prevention Act

SB 1089 - Justus - Allows the City of Grandview to impose a transient guest tax

SB 1179 - Crowell - Authorizes the Missouri Veterans' Commission to promulgate any rules necessary to administer current laws regarding the creation and maintenance of veterans' cemeteries

HB 1779 - Emery - Modifies laws regarding underground facilities and telecommunications services

Cemeteries (3)

SB 822 - Shoemyer - Allows cities, towns, villages and counties to impose a property tax to fund cemetery maintenance

SB 1025 - Scott - Modifies laws regarding the right to control the final disposition of a dead human body

SB 1179 - Crowell - Authorizes the Missouri Veterans' Commission to promulgate any rules necessary to administer current laws regarding the creation and maintenance of veterans' cemeteries

Certificate of Need (2)

SB 1051 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to the review of long-term care facility projects under the certificate of need program

SB 1173 - Stouffer - Provides for transfer of long-term care beds to certain new health care facilities

Charities (2)

SB 988 - Shoemyer - Exempts Veterans, service, and fraternal organizations from bingo and pull tab taxes

SB 1011 - Griesheimer - Modifies various provisions relating to liquor control

Children and Minors (56)

SB 714 - Loudon - Modifies various provisions relating to sexual offenses

SB 715 - Loudon - Establishes the safe schools fund and allows local school districts to utilize such moneys for a variety of safety-related expenses

SB 726 - Shields - Modifies provisions relating to child care

SB 745 - Days - Authorizes a court to appoint a standby guardian for a minor or an incapacitated adult

SB 747 - Ridgeway - Modifies various provisions relating to abuse of alcohol

SB 758 - Engler - Prohibits certain sex offenders from being present in a state park without permission of the superintendent

SB 762 - Wilson - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

SB 766 - Goodman - Criminalizes prenatal drug or alcohol use

SB 776 - Justus - Modifies provisions on child care subsidies

SB 778 - Justus - Provides information and the opportunity to be immunized for the human papilloma virus

SB 779 - Smith - Requires the state to provide fully subsidized preschool for certain children

SB 780 - Smith - Modifies provisions on human sexuality and sexually transmitted disease education courses

SB 799 - Days - Enacts provisions on children's mental health

SB 818 - Rupp - Modifies various provisions relating to stalking and harassment

SB 836 - Bray - Creates the crime of negligent storage of a firearm

SB 849 - Shoemyer - Gives the Office of the Child Advocate authority to file findings or reports to the juvenile court

SB 885 - Graham - Modifies provisions relating to the Community Children's Services Fund

SB 925 - Days - Modifies provisions relating to school district procedures.

SB 933 - Loudon - Makes modifications to the crimes of sexual misconduct involving a child and furnishing pornographic material to a minor

SB 1000 - Justus - Establishes educational rights for foster care students and requires a full school day of education for certain children

SB 1006 - Koster - Modifies provisions on child care subsidies

SB 1021 - Loudon - Changes the laws regarding midwives and the practice of midwifery

SB 1031 - Koster - Increases the penalty for parental kidnapping when the child is taken for certain periods of time

SB 1036 - Coleman - Creates an educational grant for children and spouses of veterans who are killed in combat

SB 1045 - Dempsey - WITHDRAWN

SB 1054 - Dempsey - Modifies provisions relating to juvenile courts and juvenile court jurisdiction

SB 1064 - Dempsey - Authorizes a dependency exemption for stillborn children

SB 1095 - Loudon - Creates the crime of aggravated child kidnapping

SB 1103 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions regarding the Family Care Safety Registry

SB 1106 - Scott - Modifies provisions relating to child abuse investigations

SB 1120 - Loudon - Provides that the Department shall not require by rule any vaccinations that are not specified under current law

SB 1122 - Ridgeway - Mandates insurance coverage for the treatment of autism and requires the offering of group insurance coverage for prosthetic devices

SB 1127 - Rupp - Establishes the Office of Autism Services

SB 1132 - Days - Allows adopted persons eighteen and over to obtain copies of their original birth certificate under certain circumstances

SB 1147 - Koster - Modifies the law on the establishment of paternity

SB 1167 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions of law relating to members of the military and their families

SB 1169 - Champion - Establishes a school-based influenza vaccination pilot program

SB 1194 - Goodman - Increases the punishment for forcibe rape or sodomy of a child under the age of twelve to be either death or life imprisonment without probation or parole

SB 1212 - Callahan - Creates the Amy Hestir Davis Student Protection Act

SB 1215 - Bray - Enacts the Prevention First Act

SB 1219 - Lager - Allows criminal prosecution of mother for harm to unborn child due to intentional and unlawful use of controlled substances

SB 1242 - Barnitz - Modifies various provisions relating to foster care and adoption

SB 1249 - Wilson - Authorizes the court to appoint a parenting coordinator to assist with parental disputes regarding child custody or support

SB 1250 - Wilson - Enacts the Foster Care and Adoptive Parents Recruitment and Retention Fund

SB 1258 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to protections for senior citizens, disabled persons, and children

SB 1287 - Scott - Requires the juvenile court to have concurrent jurisdiction with the probate court over guardianship actions for children who under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court

HB 1314 - Cunningham - Grants civil immunity to certain education personnel under certain conditions

HB 1358 - Flook - Enacts the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

HB 1550 - Stevenson - Modifies provisions relating to courts

HB 1611 - Dixon - Establishes a children's bill of courtroom rights

HB 1640 - Schoeller - Provides for exceptions to the requirement for issuing a new birth certificate following adoption

HB 1678 - Day - Modifies various laws relating to members of the military and their families

HB 1773 - Funderburk - Creates an income tax dependency exemption for stillborn children

HB 1946 - Franz - Modifies provisions relating to adoption subsidies and youth development programs

HCR 19 - Sander - Endorses the "Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children's Bill of Rights"

HCR 34 - Sutherland - Recognizes "Walk and Bicycle to School" month, week, and day during October 2008 in Missouri

Circuit Clerk (1)

SB 956 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions relating to public water supply districts

Cities, Towns and Villages (32)

SB 720 - Coleman - Modifies provisions relating to utilities

SB 765 - Goodman - Modifies the process for incorporating a village

SB 814 - Wilson - Decreases acreage requirements for eligibility under the Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit Act

SB 816 - Goodman - Allows Taney County and any city, town, or village within such county to form a Theater, Cultural Arts, and Entertainment District

SB 822 - Shoemyer - Allows cities, towns, villages and counties to impose a property tax to fund cemetery maintenance

SB 845 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions

SB 886 - Justus - Allows any municipality to adopt ordinances, orders, or regulations to control dangerous dogs, provided that no such ordinances, orders, or regulations are specific to breed

SB 892 - Green - Prohibits local governments from using automated photo red light enforcement systems unless the traffic control signals are also equipped with devices that display the numerical time remaining before the signals will display a red signal

SB 900 - Vogel - Modifies provisions relating to the imposition of transient guest taxes by certain local governments

SB 905 - Loudon - Establishes the Regional Railroad Authorities Act

SB 943 - Clemens - Allows cities to annex land within airport zones in Greene County if cities agree to enforce Springfield's airport zoning ordinance

SB 956 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions relating to public water supply districts

SB 1012 - Wilson - Establishes the Duty Free Zone Act

SB 1018 - Rupp - Allows municipalities in St. Charles County to adopt ordinances for the well-being of the community and enforce such ordinances with a fine not to exceed $1,000 or three months of imprisonment

SB 1089 - Justus - Allows the City of Grandview to impose a transient guest tax

SB 1131 - Wilson - Excludes tax revenues, derived from certain transportation sales taxes imposed by the City of Kansas City, from tax increment finance economic activity taxes used to pay redevelopment costs

SB 1135 - Callahan - Changes the law regarding street grading in cities with over 300,000 inhabitants

SB 1206 - Goodman - Requires local governments to provide 72 hours notice for public meetings

SB 1209 - Callahan - Modifies provisions of law relating to taxes and fees

SB 1256 - Lager - Repeals provisions of law authorizing the imposition and collection of nonresident earnings taxes by cities

SB 1260 - Bartle - Requires communities establishing and licensing a geographical information system to provide information regarding costs to license the system

SB 1276 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions of law requiring the creation of county-wide tax increment finance commissions

SJR 42 - Griesheimer - Allows special laws to be adopted by the General Assembly when regulating the affairs of counties, cities, towns, or villages, or other political subdivisions within such local governments

HB 1320 - Brown - Allows community improvement districts, which are political subdivisions, to sponsor and operate a polytechnic institute for science and technology within the city or county that authorized the district

HB 1380 - Sater - Authorizes allocation of property taxes to senior center

HB 1386 - Cox - Modifies the requirements for a larger Board of Trustees for certain municipal health facilities

HB 1804 - Corcoran - Modifies certain provisions relating to home-rule cities and third class cities

HB 1832 - Cooper - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions

HB 1849 - Pratt - Modifies the penalties for certain zoning violations

HB 1881 - Schlottach - Changes the length of the term of office for the initially appointed directors of public water supply districts

HB 1888 - Schoeller - Allows a municipality to annex land within the airport zone of the City of Springfield if it agrees to enforce Springfield's zoning ordinance

HB 2233 - Page - Bars certain individuals from advocating for political appointments

Civil Procedure (15)

SB 745 - Days - Authorizes a court to appoint a standby guardian for a minor or an incapacitated adult

SB 803 - Crowell - Precludes actions for wrongful death when the deceased adjudicated or settled claims during his or her lifetime

SB 878 - Graham - Provides that certain persons may not be required to disclose news sources or information

SB 998 - Crowell - Prohibits convicted felons whose civil rights have been restored from participating in jury service

SB 1022 - Coleman - Makes statutory penalties and attorney fees associated with a vexatious refusal to pay claim mandatory rather than discretionary

SB 1050 - Crowell - Establishes the Asbestos and Silica Claims Priorities Act

SB 1124 - Loudon - Establishes procedure for insurers intervening in civil actions to determine coverage issues

SB 1143 - Mayer - Modifies the law regarding false or misleading television advertisements for legal services

SB 1165 - Crowell - Provides that certain persons may not be required to disclose news sources or information

SB 1208 - Goodman - Repeals the current procedures regarding criminal activity forfeiture actions and establishes new procedures

SB 1242 - Barnitz - Modifies various provisions relating to foster care and adoption

SB 1249 - Wilson - Authorizes the court to appoint a parenting coordinator to assist with parental disputes regarding child custody or support

SB 1286 - Scott - Modifies the law regarding duties of business owners or operators to guard against criminal acts

SJR 34 - Crowell - Creates an exception to the prohibition against laws retrospective in operation by allowing the sexual offender registry laws to be applied retrospectively

HB 1383 - Cox - Modifies the law regarding duties of business owners or operators to guard against criminal acts

Civil Rights (9)

SB 824 - Justus - Prohibits discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation

SB 878 - Graham - Provides that certain persons may not be required to disclose news sources or information

SB 1019 - Bray - Prohibits discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation

SB 1165 - Crowell - Provides that certain persons may not be required to disclose news sources or information

SCR 28 - Justus - Relating to the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution

SCR 30 - Bray - Relating to the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution

SCR 38 - Smith - Urges the U.S. Congress not to grant retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies who have participated in unlawful surveillance of their customers

HB 2224 - Jones - Modifies various provisions relating to law enforcement

HJR 55 - McGhee - Proposes a constitutional amendment reaffirming a citizen's right to free expression of religion on public property

Compacts (3)

SB 783 - Loudon - Creates the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact

SB 853 - Smith - Adopts an agreement to elect the president by national popular vote

HB 1678 - Day - Modifies various laws relating to members of the military and their families

Conservation Dept. (12)

SB 787 - Scott - Creates penalties for individuals who set fires in areas proclaimed to be in extraordinary danger from fire

SB 838 - Engler - Allows fuel ethanol produced from qualified biomass to be eligible for certain fuel ethanol production subsidies

SB 845 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions

SB 898 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 931 - Purgason - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 942 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 1032 - Dempsey - Modifies provisions relating to dangerous animal registration

SB 1076 - Engler - Provides for immunity from civil and criminal liability on the basis of noise for owners and users of hunting preserves and firearm ranges

SB 1198 - Purgason - Prohibits the denial of access to horseback riders on state public land where horseback riding has previously been allowed except in certain circumstances

SB 1236 - Crowell - Allows hunting and fishing permit applicants to receive a voter registration application form as part of the application for such permits

SCR 37 - Gibbons - Encourages the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to not implement a spring rise on the Missouri River

HB 2321 - Dixon - Modifies the law relating to elections

Constitutional Amendments (25)

SCR 30 - Bray - Relating to the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution

SJR 29 - Loudon - Requires the official dating standard in the state to be A.D., or Anno Domini, and B.C., or Before Christ

SJR 32 - Bartle - Creates the Missouri Savings Account in the Constitution

SJR 33 - Ridgeway - Limits reassessment of residential real property to years in which transfer of title occurs

SJR 34 - Crowell - Creates an exception to the prohibition against laws retrospective in operation by allowing the sexual offender registry laws to be applied retrospectively

SJR 36 - Graham - Requires that all appropriations by the general assembly cannot exceed the official estimate of state revenues

SJR 37 - Graham - Requires the state treasurer to provide an estimate of available state revenues each fiscal year

SJR 38 - Clemens - Creates a two year budget cycle

SJR 39 - Clemens - Modifies the length and number of terms for Representatives and Senators

SJR 40 - McKenna - Creates a state-wide sales and use tax to fund the Missouri Highway Patrol

SJR 41 - Rupp - Prohibits state courts from levying or imposing new or increased taxes, licenses, or fees without legislative or voter approval

SJR 42 - Griesheimer - Allows special laws to be adopted by the General Assembly when regulating the affairs of counties, cities, towns, or villages, or other political subdivisions within such local governments

SJR 43 - Loudon - Distributes ten percent of general revenue growth to the State Road Fund and the State Transportation Fund

SJR 44 - Loudon - Limits increases in assessed value of residential real property caused by reassessment to the rate of inflation until a transfer of ownership occurs

SJR 46 - Purgason - Increases term limits for members of the General Assembly from eight years to twelve years in each house

SJR 47 - Wilson - Authorizes the creation of tax free zones

SJR 48 - Stouffer - Institutes a one percent sales and use tax for the purpose of converting Interstate 70 and Interstate 44 into an eight-lane interstate system

SJR 49 - Lager - Prohibits the imposition of any state or local income tax after January 1, 2023

SJR 50 - Lager - Limits general revenue appropriations and mandates state income tax rate reductions in certain situations

HJR 41 - Cunningham - Proposes a constitutional amendment providing that the general assembly is not required to enact legislation to comply with a court order declaring that it raise taxes

HJR 43 - Portwood - Requires rollbacks of current levies due to increases in assessed value

HJR 48 - Cox - Allows laws to be established to require voters to provide valid government-issued photo identification in order to vote

HJR 55 - McGhee - Proposes a constitutional amendment reaffirming a citizen's right to free expression of religion on public property

HJR 70 - Icet - Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting appropriations in any fiscal year from exceeding certain limits

HJR 71 - Fisher - Proposes a constitutional amendment creating the Missouri Veterans' Commission and establishing a sales tax for veterans' programs

Construction and Building Codes (8)

SB 904 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions pertaining to the Underground Facility Safety and Damage Prevention Act

SB 913 - Bray - Creates statutory warranties for home buyers and homeowners and also prevents home solicitors from engaging in certain deceptive practices

SB 1100 - Bray - Requires newly constructed or substantially renovated state and local government buildings to meet certain green building certification requirements

SB 1117 - Smith - Creates the "Show Me Green" sales tax holiday

SB 1261 - Bray - Creates requirements and provides incentives for energy efficient products and activities

SB 1263 - Bray - Modifies energy efficiency requirements for public buildings, creates energy efficiency standards for certain products, and creates home improvement energy efficiency incentive programs

HB 1779 - Emery - Modifies laws regarding underground facilities and telecommunications services

HB 1849 - Pratt - Modifies the penalties for certain zoning violations

Consumer Protection (17)

SB 712 - Gibbons - Allows consumers to place security freezes on their credit reports and creates requirements for merchandise rebates

SB 727 - Shields - Criminalizes residential mortgage fraud

SB 744 - Days - Amends laws relating to unsecured loans of $500 or less

SB 773 - Shoemyer - Regulates insurance agents selling Medicare Advantage plans

SB 786 - Coleman - Creates labeling requirements for radio frequency identification tags

SB 882 - Green - Allows consumers to request that a security freeze be placed on the issuance of their credit reports or credit scores by credit reporting agencies

SB 913 - Bray - Creates statutory warranties for home buyers and homeowners and also prevents home solicitors from engaging in certain deceptive practices

SB 914 - Bray - Creates the Healthy Pet Act

SB 973 - Engler - Regulates insurance agents selling Medicare Advantage plans

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts

SB 986 - Shoemyer - Requires motor vehicle physical damage appraisers to give consumers written estimates for labor and parts for motor vehicle repairs

SB 1034 - Mayer - Modifies record-keeping requirements for purchasers of scrap metal and creates penalties for unlawful purchases of certain scrap metals

SB 1108 - Scott - Modifies the law relating to debt settlement providers

SCR 38 - Smith - Urges the U.S. Congress not to grant retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies who have participated in unlawful surveillance of their customers

SCR 40 - Ridgeway - Urges Congress and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to strengthen laws regarding furniture tip-over hazards

HB 1384 - Cox - Modifies certain provisions relating to protection of consumers against fraudulent practices

HB 1756 - Walton - Modifies the provisions relating to the counterfeiting of goods

Contracts and Contractors (15)

SB 752 - Crowell - Defines the term "job order contract"

SB 858 - Rupp - Modifies the law relating to illegal immigrants

SB 913 - Bray - Creates statutory warranties for home buyers and homeowners and also prevents home solicitors from engaging in certain deceptive practices

SB 927 - Green - Amends law relating to the hiring of unqualified employees on public projects

SB 929 - Green - Bars employers from misclassifying employees as independent contractors

SB 1025 - Scott - Modifies laws regarding the right to control the final disposition of a dead human body

SB 1073 - Dempsey - Creates a state and local sales and use tax exemption for defense articles sold to foreign governments

SB 1077 - Goodman - Modifies law that limit indemnity agreements in construction work contracts

SB 1174 - Goodman - Provides that covenants for transfer fees on real estate shall be unenforceable against subsequent owners

SB 1204 - Goodman - Requires the governor to disclose information regarding tax credits and state contracts

SB 1222 - Engler - Requires construction employees to take drug tests before working on projects on school and state property

SB 1230 - Koster - Modifies the law relating to illegal immigrants

SB 1254 - Green - Creates the "Political Subdivision Services Bidding Standards Act"

HB 1313 - Wright - Requires the state and political subdivisions to favor service disabled veteran businesses when letting contracts

HB 1707 - Baker - Authorizes school districts to enter into design-build contracts for construction projects costing more than $15,000

Corporations (11)

SB 743 - Bray - Modifies various tax provisions

SB 940 - McKenna - Modifies laws affecting limited liability companies, limited partnerships, and nonprofit companies

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts

SB 1062 - Barnitz - Modifies requirements for corporate filings

SB 1150 - Barnitz - Extends the sunset provisions for fees to be credited to the technology trust fund

SB 1151 - Barnitz - Restricts corporate name reservation

SB 1210 - Callahan - Adds professional corporations of eligible physicians to coverage under the state legal expense fund

SB 1224 - Mayer - Modifies the deadline for the expiration of fictitious names

HB 1923 - Jones - Modifies requirements for corporate filings

HB 1983 - Pratt - Authorizes the conversion of certain business organizations

HB 2279 - Wright - Modifies provisions relating to utilities

Corrections Dept. (12)

SB 754 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to the DNA profiling system

SB 784 - Coleman - Eliminates mandatory minimum sentencing for certain felons

SB 794 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to the DNA profiling system

SB 800 - Days - Creates a commission to study the death penalty in Missouri and prohibits use of the death penalty for a time period

SB 912 - Engler - Creates the crime of murder of a criminal justice official and expands the crime of assault of a law enforcement officer, emergency personnel, or probation or parole officer to include corrections personnel

SB 938 - Shoemyer - Department of Corrections custody personnel shall be eligible for a specific pay parameter based on the hazards of such jobs, years of service, and a twenty-four-hour seven-day-a-week staffing requirement

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts

SB 1218 - Barnitz - Lowers the average total inmate population required to allow a circuit court to appoint an extra circuit court marshal

HB 2051 - Kelly - Authorizes the Director of the Department of Corrections to serve as or to appoint a member of the Board of Probation and Parole as the acting chairman in the case of a vacancy until the Governor appoints a new chairman

HB 2060 - Deeken - Authorizes minimum amounts of compensation for certain corrections personnel

HB 2202 - Kelly - Department of Corrections custody personnel shall be eligible for a specific pay parameter based on the hazards of such jobs, years of service, and a twenty-four-hour seven-day-a-week staffing requirement

HB 2590 - Moore - Modifies various provisions relating to civil actions against government entities, agents, officers, and employees

Cosmetology (1)

HB 2082 - Dougherty - Modifies the law relating to licensed barbers and cosmetologists

Counties (34)

SB 720 - Coleman - Modifies provisions relating to utilities

SB 729 - Griesheimer - Creates the Missouri County Planning Act

SB 730 - Griesheimer - Establishes a county municipal court in Franklin County and alters the hold harmless provisions of the foundation formula to compensate for the creation of the court

SB 740 - Nodler - Changes the applicable local government entity from "county" to "political subdivision" for certain federal storm water requirements

SB 765 - Goodman - Modifies the process for incorporating a village

SB 814 - Wilson - Decreases acreage requirements for eligibility under the Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit Act

SB 816 - Goodman - Allows Taney County and any city, town, or village within such county to form a Theater, Cultural Arts, and Entertainment District

SB 820 - Rupp - Allows a county, after meeting the required assessed valuation, to become a second class county upon a vote of the governing body to change classifications

SB 822 - Shoemyer - Allows cities, towns, villages and counties to impose a property tax to fund cemetery maintenance

SB 845 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions

SB 885 - Graham - Modifies provisions relating to the Community Children's Services Fund

SB 896 - Stouffer - Modifies the methods in which certain special road districts may form, expand or dissolve within fourth class counties

SB 900 - Vogel - Modifies provisions relating to the imposition of transient guest taxes by certain local governments

SB 931 - Purgason - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 949 - Scott - Modifies provisions of law relating to rural empowerment zones

SB 1018 - Rupp - Allows municipalities in St. Charles County to adopt ordinances for the well-being of the community and enforce such ordinances with a fine not to exceed $1,000 or three months of imprisonment

SB 1020 - Bray - Implements the provisions of the streamlined sales and use tax agreement

SB 1033 - Griesheimer - Prohibits water or sewer line easements from being considered transfers of title of real property to counties and other political subdivisions

SB 1145 - Scott - Allows counties without a charter form of government to adopt certain noise ordinances

SB 1181 - Engler - Modifies and creates provisions pertaining to energy efficiency and energy regulation

SB 1206 - Goodman - Requires local governments to provide 72 hours notice for public meetings

SB 1276 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions of law requiring the creation of county-wide tax increment finance commissions

SJR 35 - Shoemyer - Allows counties and St. Louis City to adopt regulations affecting public health and welfare that are more restrictive than state law

SJR 42 - Griesheimer - Allows special laws to be adopted by the General Assembly when regulating the affairs of counties, cities, towns, or villages, or other political subdivisions within such local governments

HB 1320 - Brown - Allows community improvement districts, which are political subdivisions, to sponsor and operate a polytechnic institute for science and technology within the city or county that authorized the district

HB 1371 - Wilson - Authorizes the designation of rural empowerment zones in any county with eighteen thousand residents or less

HB 1380 - Sater - Authorizes allocation of property taxes to senior center

HB 1608 - Ervin - Authorizes counties to preserve electronic images of original cancelled checks instead of the actual check

HB 1677 - Franz - Allows political subdivisions to elect to cover certain personnel as members of the Missouri Local Government Employees' Retirement System

HB 1711 - Weter - Modifies provisions relating to public services provided by certain political subdivisions

HB 1832 - Cooper - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions

HB 1910 - Ervin - Exempts first class counties from certain procedural requirements when promulgating regulations relating to increasing speed limits

HB 1937 - Pearce - Modifies procedure for forming transportation development districts within multiple counties

HB 1995 - Schieffer - Allows a county, after meeting the required assessed valuation, to become a second class county upon a vote of the governing body to change classifications

County Government (7)

SB 885 - Graham - Modifies provisions relating to the Community Children's Services Fund

SB 905 - Loudon - Establishes the Regional Railroad Authorities Act

SB 1030 - Rupp - Repeals certain provisions dealing with employee health and welfare

SB 1133 - Ridgeway - Repeals the current statutory requirement that a 1st class county hold 3 public hearings and publish notice in 2 local newspapers prior to adopting a traffic regulation

SB 1203 - Rupp - Allows political subdivisions to elect to cover certain personnel as members of the Missouri local government employees' retirement system

HB 1832 - Cooper - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions

HB 1995 - Schieffer - Allows a county, after meeting the required assessed valuation, to become a second class county upon a vote of the governing body to change classifications

County Officials (16)

SB 711 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions regarding property taxation

SB 825 - Justus - Increases the fee collected by each recorder to be deposited into the Missouri Housing Trust Fund from $3 to $10

SB 891 - Green - Prohibits imposition of penalties and interest on certain property tax payments

SB 897 - Wilson - Increases the fee collected by each recorder of deeds to fund the county homeless person assistance program from $3 to $10, upon voter approval, if such a program has been created

SB 957 - Goodman - Repeals the requirement that rental and leasing facilities provide personal property lists for certain property

SB 1030 - Rupp - Repeals certain provisions dealing with employee health and welfare

SB 1032 - Dempsey - Modifies provisions relating to dangerous animal registration

SB 1061 - Barnitz - Requires county coroners and their assistants to register with the Missouri Coroners' and Medical Examiners' Association

SB 1153 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to several public employee retirement systems

SB 1193 - Koster - Changes how salaries of county sheriffs are established

SB 1253 - Shoemyer - Prohibits commercial use of individual county property tax records

SB 1271 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions relating to the public administrator of St. Louis City

SB 1285 - Ridgeway - Requires taxpayer notification of projected property tax liability

HB 1608 - Ervin - Authorizes counties to preserve electronic images of original cancelled checks instead of the actual check

HB 1832 - Cooper - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions

HB 2233 - Page - Bars certain individuals from advocating for political appointments

Courts (46)

SB 711 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions regarding property taxation

SB 730 - Griesheimer - Establishes a county municipal court in Franklin County and alters the hold harmless provisions of the foundation formula to compensate for the creation of the court

SB 734 - Champion - Adds a circuit judge to the thirty-first judicial circuit

SB 757 - Engler - Provides for nonpartisan elections of judicial candidates and forbids such candidates from being affiliated with any political party

SB 767 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to the public defender system and the number of judges in various circuits

SB 769 - Rupp - Adds a circuit judge position within the 45th judicial circuit

SB 781 - Smith - Modifies various provisions relating to landlords, tenants, and real property

SB 824 - Justus - Prohibits discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation

SB 834 - Bartle - Creates penalties for owners of dogs that injure people or property and creates an absolute defense against civil liability or prosecution for killing a dog in certain circumstances

SB 845 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions

SB 869 - Shoemyer - Allows the Department of Insurance to take disciplinary action against a bail bond agent for certain felonies regardless of when such crime occurred

SB 878 - Graham - Provides that certain persons may not be required to disclose news sources or information

SB 914 - Bray - Creates the Healthy Pet Act

SB 956 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions relating to public water supply districts

SB 959 - Goodman - Requires court personnel to redact Social Security numbers from certain court records prior to disclosure to the public

SB 960 - Goodman - Adds a circuit judge to the thirty-ninth judicial circuit

SB 968 - Shields - Provides that nonpartisan commissions that select judges for gubernatorial appointment shall be subject to the Missouri Sunshine Act and shall not close meetings, records or votes relating to personnel matters

SB 998 - Crowell - Prohibits convicted felons whose civil rights have been restored from participating in jury service

SB 1016 - Mayer - Provides that a portion of the tort victims' compensation fund shall be transferred to the basic civil legal services fund

SB 1019 - Bray - Prohibits discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation

SB 1035 - Scott - Limits civil actions against motor vehicle dealers for unlawful merchandising practices to only motor vehicle dealers directly involved in the retail transaction

SB 1050 - Crowell - Establishes the Asbestos and Silica Claims Priorities Act

SB 1076 - Engler - Provides for immunity from civil and criminal liability on the basis of noise for owners and users of hunting preserves and firearm ranges

SB 1119 - Griesheimer - Creates a ten-dollar court cost to reimburse counties for the cost of incarcerating state prisoners

SB 1142 - Purgason - Adds a circuit judge to the twenty-sixth judicial circuit

SB 1143 - Mayer - Modifies the law regarding false or misleading television advertisements for legal services

SB 1147 - Koster - Modifies the law on the establishment of paternity

SB 1165 - Crowell - Provides that certain persons may not be required to disclose news sources or information

SB 1218 - Barnitz - Lowers the average total inmate population required to allow a circuit court to appoint an extra circuit court marshal

SB 1227 - Mayer - Modifies various provisions relating to confidential law enforcement information

SB 1237 - Goodman - Provides that the filing of criminal charges are not a prerequisite for release on bail

SB 1242 - Barnitz - Modifies various provisions relating to foster care and adoption

SB 1249 - Wilson - Authorizes the court to appoint a parenting coordinator to assist with parental disputes regarding child custody or support

SB 1285 - Ridgeway - Requires taxpayer notification of projected property tax liability

SB 1287 - Scott - Requires the juvenile court to have concurrent jurisdiction with the probate court over guardianship actions for children who under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court

SCR 27 - Champion - Encourages the Missouri Supreme Court to work with various entities to efficiently allocate resources among the state judicial circuits

SJR 30 - Coleman - Creates an exception to the prohibition against laws retrospective in operation by allowing the sexual offender registry laws to be applied retrospectively

SJR 34 - Crowell - Creates an exception to the prohibition against laws retrospective in operation by allowing the sexual offender registry laws to be applied retrospectively

SJR 41 - Rupp - Prohibits state courts from levying or imposing new or increased taxes, licenses, or fees without legislative or voter approval

HB 1358 - Flook - Enacts the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

HB 1550 - Stevenson - Modifies provisions relating to courts

HB 1570 - Franz - Adds services of guardian ad litems to the priority list of services for which moneys in the family services and justice fund shall be spent

HB 1611 - Dixon - Establishes a children's bill of courtroom rights

HB 1970 - Wasson - Limits civil actions against certain motor vehicle dealers

HCR 2 - Tilley - House Concurrent Resolution No. 2 - State of the Judiciary on February 5, 2008

HJR 41 - Cunningham - Proposes a constitutional amendment providing that the general assembly is not required to enact legislation to comply with a court order declaring that it raise taxes

Courts, Juvenile (6)

SB 849 - Shoemyer - Gives the Office of the Child Advocate authority to file findings or reports to the juvenile court

SB 1000 - Justus - Establishes educational rights for foster care students and requires a full school day of education for certain children

SB 1054 - Dempsey - Modifies provisions relating to juvenile courts and juvenile court jurisdiction

SB 1242 - Barnitz - Modifies various provisions relating to foster care and adoption

SB 1287 - Scott - Requires the juvenile court to have concurrent jurisdiction with the probate court over guardianship actions for children who under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court

HB 1570 - Franz - Adds services of guardian ad litems to the priority list of services for which moneys in the family services and justice fund shall be spent

Credit and Bankruptcy (3)

SB 712 - Gibbons - Allows consumers to place security freezes on their credit reports and creates requirements for merchandise rebates

SB 1108 - Scott - Modifies the law relating to debt settlement providers

HB 2157 - Grill - Allows an individual who has learned or reasonably suspects that he or she has been the victim of identity theft to file a police report with the local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over his or her residence

Credit Unions (1)

SB 788 - Scott - Moves certain divisions and boards to the Department of Insurance and modifies law with respect to preneed funeral contracts, physical therapists and real estate brokers

Crimes and Punishment (75)

SB 714 - Loudon - Modifies various provisions relating to sexual offenses

SB 720 - Coleman - Modifies provisions relating to utilities

SB 733 - Champion - Requires crime laboratories providing reports or testimony to a state court to be accredited by 2012

SB 737 - Bartle - Regulates sexually oriented businesses

SB 747 - Ridgeway - Modifies various provisions relating to abuse of alcohol

SB 754 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to the DNA profiling system

SB 758 - Engler - Prohibits certain sex offenders from being present in a state park without permission of the superintendent

SB 763 - Wilson - Criminalizes displaying a noose for the purpose of intimidation

SB 764 - Wilson - Modifies the eligibility requirements for food stamp assistance

SB 766 - Goodman - Criminalizes prenatal drug or alcohol use

SB 767 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to the public defender system and the number of judges in various circuits

SB 784 - Coleman - Eliminates mandatory minimum sentencing for certain felons

SB 787 - Scott - Creates penalties for individuals who set fires in areas proclaimed to be in extraordinary danger from fire

SB 794 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to the DNA profiling system

SB 800 - Days - Creates a commission to study the death penalty in Missouri and prohibits use of the death penalty for a time period

SB 802 - Ridgeway - Makes it a class D felony to steal energized or live wire, electrical transformer, or any other device conducting electricity

SB 812 - Wilson - Expands the crime of unlawful use of weapons to include discharging a firearm for celebrating in an urban area

SB 813 - Wilson - Prohibits the ownership, possession, or discharge of a taser or stun gun

SB 818 - Rupp - Modifies various provisions relating to stalking and harassment

SB 819 - Rupp - Modifies various provisions relating to dog fighting

SB 834 - Bartle - Creates penalties for owners of dogs that injure people or property and creates an absolute defense against civil liability or prosecution for killing a dog in certain circumstances

SB 835 - Bray - Eliminates the death penalty

SB 836 - Bray - Creates the crime of negligent storage of a firearm

SB 847 - Shoemyer - Requires farmers to pay a fee for retaining genetically-modified seed

SB 851 - Justus - Prohibits a person convicted of a dangerous felony from possessing a concealable firearm regardless of when the person was confined

SB 861 - Shoemyer - Modifies provisions relating to alcohol-related offenses

SB 862 - Shoemyer - Creates notification requirements prior to entry onto private property to investigate or enforce contracts for certain agricultural products

SB 899 - Dempsey - Allows members of the public and certain electronic and computer businesses to access online identifying information of registered sex offenders in order to use the information to protect children from online sexual predators

SB 912 - Engler - Creates the crime of murder of a criminal justice official and expands the crime of assault of a law enforcement officer, emergency personnel, or probation or parole officer to include corrections personnel

SB 922 - Goodman - Modifies the crime of making a false declaration

SB 932 - Loudon - Modifies provisions relating to law enforcement

SB 933 - Loudon - Makes modifications to the crimes of sexual misconduct involving a child and furnishing pornographic material to a minor

SB 941 - Clemens - Modifies the definition of livestock for which it is a crime to steal, makes stealing certain quail or pheasants a crime, and modifies the penalties for such offenders

SB 975 - Ridgeway - Requires alcohol monitoring for persons with repeat alcohol-related offenses in certain circumstances instead of serving a more lengthy mandatory minimum sentence

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts

SB 982 - Purgason - Modifies laws relating to dogs

SB 985 - Shoemyer - Modifies the crime of making a false declaration

SB 998 - Crowell - Prohibits convicted felons whose civil rights have been restored from participating in jury service

SB 1002 - Justus - Modifies the penalties for certain zoning violations

SB 1018 - Rupp - Allows municipalities in St. Charles County to adopt ordinances for the well-being of the community and enforce such ordinances with a fine not to exceed $1,000 or three months of imprisonment

SB 1031 - Koster - Increases the penalty for parental kidnapping when the child is taken for certain periods of time

SB 1032 - Dempsey - Modifies provisions relating to dangerous animal registration

SB 1045 - Dempsey - WITHDRAWN

SB 1053 - Dempsey - Imposes additional penalties for intoxication-related traffic offenses

SB 1054 - Dempsey - Modifies provisions relating to juvenile courts and juvenile court jurisdiction

SB 1058 - Mayer - Enacts provisions regarding the coercion of abortions

SB 1063 - Koster - Creates the Missouri Methamphetamine Project

SB 1079 - Bray - Enacts a state-wide smoking ban

SB 1088 - Clemens - Makes it unlawful for a person to possess, distribute, deliver, manufacture, produce, or cultivate a restricted natural substance, also known as jimson weed

SB 1095 - Loudon - Creates the crime of aggravated child kidnapping

SB 1172 - Goodman - Modifies various provisions relating to weapons

SB 1178 - Barnitz - Modifies property posting provisions

SB 1181 - Engler - Modifies and creates provisions pertaining to energy efficiency and energy regulation

SB 1185 - Gibbons - Modifies various provisions relating to prosecutors

SB 1194 - Goodman - Increases the punishment for forcibe rape or sodomy of a child under the age of twelve to be either death or life imprisonment without probation or parole

SB 1208 - Goodman - Repeals the current procedures regarding criminal activity forfeiture actions and establishes new procedures

SB 1219 - Lager - Allows criminal prosecution of mother for harm to unborn child due to intentional and unlawful use of controlled substances

SB 1237 - Goodman - Provides that the filing of criminal charges are not a prerequisite for release on bail

SB 1238 - Goodman - Expands the crime of resisting arrest, stop, or detention

SB 1243 - Barnitz - Expands the crime of resisting arrest, stop, or detention to include resisting an arrest, stop, or detention for any warrant issued by a court or probation and parole officer

SB 1246 - Justus - Modifies the definition of "family or household member" and "domestic violence" in certain provisions

SB 1257 - Goodman - Creates new criminal penalties for killing or assaulting a highway worker

SB 1286 - Scott - Modifies the law regarding duties of business owners or operators to guard against criminal acts

HB 1314 - Cunningham - Grants civil immunity to certain education personnel under certain conditions

HB 1383 - Cox - Modifies the law regarding duties of business owners or operators to guard against criminal acts

HB 1384 - Cox - Modifies certain provisions relating to protection of consumers against fraudulent practices

HB 1649 - Franz - Requires registered sex offenders to obtain driver's licenses with unique codes and limits license to a one-year period

HB 1756 - Walton - Modifies the provisions relating to the counterfeiting of goods

HB 1831 - Onder - Enacts provisions regarding the coercion of abortions

HB 1849 - Pratt - Modifies the penalties for certain zoning violations

HB 2034 - Munzlinger - Modifies various provisions relating to weapons

HB 2041 - Fisher - Modifies provisions relating to unemployment compensation

HB 2157 - Grill - Allows an individual who has learned or reasonably suspects that he or she has been the victim of identity theft to file a police report with the local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over his or her residence

HB 2188 - Pearce - Creates civil and criminal penalties for mortgage fraud and imposes sanctions upon certain licensed professionals and unlicensed individuals who commit the crime

HB 2590 - Moore - Modifies various provisions relating to civil actions against government entities, agents, officers, and employees

Criminal Procedure (25)

SB 714 - Loudon - Modifies various provisions relating to sexual offenses

SB 754 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to the DNA profiling system

SB 767 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to the public defender system and the number of judges in various circuits

SB 768 - Rupp - Creates the Missouri Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Office of Autism Services

SB 790 - Champion - Creates a "Crime Laboratory Review Commission" to independently review the operations of crime laboratories in the state of Missouri that receive state-administered funding

SB 791 - Champion - Defines the process to be followed for a crime laboratory report to be received into evidence at any trial for criminal prosecution

SB 794 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to the DNA profiling system

SB 795 - Bartle - Modifies the time when a search may be conducted pursuant to a warrant

SB 819 - Rupp - Modifies various provisions relating to dog fighting

SB 835 - Bray - Eliminates the death penalty

SB 861 - Shoemyer - Modifies provisions relating to alcohol-related offenses

SB 932 - Loudon - Modifies provisions relating to law enforcement

SB 975 - Ridgeway - Requires alcohol monitoring for persons with repeat alcohol-related offenses in certain circumstances instead of serving a more lengthy mandatory minimum sentence

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts

SB 998 - Crowell - Prohibits convicted felons whose civil rights have been restored from participating in jury service

SB 1095 - Loudon - Creates the crime of aggravated child kidnapping

SB 1185 - Gibbons - Modifies various provisions relating to prosecutors

SB 1194 - Goodman - Increases the punishment for forcibe rape or sodomy of a child under the age of twelve to be either death or life imprisonment without probation or parole

SB 1208 - Goodman - Repeals the current procedures regarding criminal activity forfeiture actions and establishes new procedures

SB 1218 - Barnitz - Lowers the average total inmate population required to allow a circuit court to appoint an extra circuit court marshal

SB 1243 - Barnitz - Expands the crime of resisting arrest, stop, or detention to include resisting an arrest, stop, or detention for any warrant issued by a court or probation and parole officer

SB 1269 - Ridgeway - Prohibits illegal aliens from being released pending trial, appeal, or any other proceeding

SJR 30 - Coleman - Creates an exception to the prohibition against laws retrospective in operation by allowing the sexual offender registry laws to be applied retrospectively

SJR 34 - Crowell - Creates an exception to the prohibition against laws retrospective in operation by allowing the sexual offender registry laws to be applied retrospectively

HB 1384 - Cox - Modifies certain provisions relating to protection of consumers against fraudulent practices

Dentists (1)

SB 921 - Goodman - Adds coverage under the state legal expense fund for certain heath care professionals providing uncompensated service at summer camps

Disabilities (20)

SB 717 - Kennedy - Increases the amount of tax credits available for taxpayers who modify their home for disabled persons residing with such taxpayers

SB 720 - Coleman - Modifies provisions relating to utilities

SB 756 - Engler - Changes the name of the Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities to the Division of Developmental Disabilities

SB 848 - Shoemyer - Requires all offices in the state capitol building to be accessible to individuals with disabilities

SB 880 - Green - Modifies laws on mental health facilities and group homes for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled

SB 889 - Green - Provides for mandatory minimum punishment for securities fraud crimes against the elderly or disabled

SB 920 - Rupp - Requires real-time captioning for certain television programming

SB 972 - Stouffer - Adds comprehensive day rehabilitation services under MO HealthNet

SB 980 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions regarding supplemental and disability retirement benefits for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees

SB 1081 - Nodler - Modifies provisions regarding quality assurance and safety in the Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Community Programs

SB 1103 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions regarding the Family Care Safety Registry

SB 1127 - Rupp - Establishes the Office of Autism Services

SB 1258 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to protections for senior citizens, disabled persons, and children

SB 1274 - Stouffer - Creates a tax credit for contributions to mentally retarded and developmental type disability care providers

HB 1516 - Bruns - Changes the laws regarding protections for vulnerable adults and children and transfers the Division of Aging from the Department of Social Services to the Department of Health and Senior Services

HB 1656 - Nance - Modifies provisions regarding long-term care facilities

HB 1689 - Wilson - Transfers the Governor's Council on Disability from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to the Office of Administration

HB 1710 - Flook - Modifies provisions regarding supplemental and disability retirement for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees

HB 1807 - Cox - Changes the name of the State Schools for Severely Handicapped Children to Missouri Schools for the Severely Disabled.

HCR 19 - Sander - Endorses the "Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children's Bill of Rights"

Domestic Relations (5)

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts

SB 1246 - Justus - Modifies the definition of "family or household member" and "domestic violence" in certain provisions

SB 1249 - Wilson - Authorizes the court to appoint a parenting coordinator to assist with parental disputes regarding child custody or support

HB 1570 - Franz - Adds services of guardian ad litems to the priority list of services for which moneys in the family services and justice fund shall be spent

HB 1946 - Franz - Modifies provisions relating to adoption subsidies and youth development programs

Drainage and Levee Districts (2)

SB 845 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions

SB 939 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to levee and drainage districts

Drugs and Controlled Substances (15)

SB 724 - Scott - Gives advanced practice registered nurses prescriptive authority for scheduled drugs

SB 732 - Champion - Establishes a drug monitoring program and modifies existing record keeping for controlled substances and pseudoephedrine products

SB 736 - Bartle - Requires school districts to adopt policies for the testing of student athletes for the unlawful use of a controlled substance, including but not limited to anabolic steroids

SB 747 - Ridgeway - Modifies various provisions relating to abuse of alcohol

SB 766 - Goodman - Criminalizes prenatal drug or alcohol use

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts

SB 1045 - Dempsey - WITHDRAWN

SB 1063 - Koster - Creates the Missouri Methamphetamine Project

SB 1088 - Clemens - Makes it unlawful for a person to possess, distribute, deliver, manufacture, produce, or cultivate a restricted natural substance, also known as jimson weed

SB 1197 - Crowell - Requires drug screening and testing for TANF applicants and recipients

SB 1219 - Lager - Allows criminal prosecution of mother for harm to unborn child due to intentional and unlawful use of controlled substances

SB 1222 - Engler - Requires construction employees to take drug tests before working on projects on school and state property

SB 1259 - Bartle - Requires drug testing for TANF applicants and recipients based upon reasonable suspicion

HB 1619 - Jones - Modifies provisions relating to drug monitoring

HB 1805 - Schaaf - Allows enrollees to pay the usual and customary retail price of a prescription drug when the co-payment assigned by the health maintenance organization or health insurer exceeds such retail price

Drunk Driving/Boating (8)

SB 861 - Shoemyer - Modifies provisions relating to alcohol-related offenses

SB 881 - Green - Establishes the drunk driving memorial sign program

SB 930 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles

SB 1053 - Dempsey - Imposes additional penalties for intoxication-related traffic offenses

SB 1107 - Scott - Modifies various provisions relating to the Water Patrol and watercraft regulations

HB 1406 - Deeken - Establishes the drunk driving memorial sign program

HB 1423 - St. Onge - Toughens ignition interlock device law for certain repeat offenders and allows prior pleas and other dispositions to be used to enhance the punishment of intoxication-related traffic offenders

HB 1715 - Schad - Modifies various provisions relating to the Water Patrol and watercraft regulations

Easements and Conveyances (5)

SB 860 - Shoemyer - Prohibits the condemnation of property owned by a gun club or sportsmen's club

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts

SB 1010 - Nodler - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property in Jasper County and Camden County

SB 1033 - Griesheimer - Prohibits water or sewer line easements from being considered transfers of title of real property to counties and other political subdivisions

SB 1157 - Green - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property located in St. Louis County

Economic Development (15)

SB 718 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions of certain tax credit programs administered by the Department of Economic Development

SB 814 - Wilson - Decreases acreage requirements for eligibility under the Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit Act

SB 949 - Scott - Modifies provisions of law relating to rural empowerment zones

SB 1131 - Wilson - Excludes tax revenues, derived from certain transportation sales taxes imposed by the City of Kansas City, from tax increment finance economic activity taxes used to pay redevelopment costs

SB 1136 - Callahan - Creates tax incentives for secondary mining uses

SB 1161 - Lager - Provides low interest loans for alternative energy generation

SB 1188 - Shields - Modifies provisions of the qualified research expense tax credit program

SB 1234 - Shields - Modifies provisions of the enhanced enterprise tax benefit program

SB 1270 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions of the enhanced enterprise tax benefit program

SB 1276 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions of law requiring the creation of county-wide tax increment finance commissions

HB 1320 - Brown - Allows community improvement districts, which are political subdivisions, to sponsor and operate a polytechnic institute for science and technology within the city or county that authorized the district

HB 1371 - Wilson - Authorizes the designation of rural empowerment zones in any county with eighteen thousand residents or less

HB 2058 - Pearce - Provides tax incentives for business development

HB 2328 - Wasson - Exempts purchases of utilities by certain businesses operated in former mines from sales tax, establishes the Regional Economic Development Initiative Tax Credit Program

HB 2393 - Richard - Modifies provisions of the enhanced enterprise tax benefit program

Economic Development Dept. (23)

SB 718 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions of certain tax credit programs administered by the Department of Economic Development

SB 814 - Wilson - Decreases acreage requirements for eligibility under the Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit Act

SB 875 - Graham - Creates the "Missouri's Civil War Trail Fund"

SB 876 - Graham - Creates a tax credit for contributions to organizations for the preservation of Missouri's civil war sites

SB 949 - Scott - Modifies provisions of law relating to rural empowerment zones

SB 977 - Ridgeway - Creates the Betty L. Thompson Scholarship Program

SB 993 - Crowell - Creates the Missouri Special Needs Scholarship Tax Credit Program

SB 1167 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions of law relating to members of the military and their families

SB 1188 - Shields - Modifies provisions of the qualified research expense tax credit program

SB 1221 - Lager - Creates the P-20 Council to create a more efficient and effective education system

SB 1234 - Shields - Modifies provisions of the enhanced enterprise tax benefit program

SB 1244 - Barnitz - Creates the Entrepreneurial Development Council within the Department of Economic Development

SB 1261 - Bray - Creates requirements and provides incentives for energy efficient products and activities

SB 1270 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions of the enhanced enterprise tax benefit program

SB 1282 - Smith - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to contract with an online test preparation company for a customized ACT preparation course for high school juniors

SCR 31 - Barnitz - Expresses support for the Chamois ferryboat project and urges various agencies to assist in securing moneys for the location and construction of the ferryboat

HB 1371 - Wilson - Authorizes the designation of rural empowerment zones in any county with eighteen thousand residents or less

HB 1419 - Portwood - Modifies the law relating to licensed massage therapists

HB 1700 - Wasson - Modifies the law relating to professional licensing and registration

HB 1791 - Cooper - Designates licensed professional counselors as mental health professionals in certain circumstances

HB 2058 - Pearce - Provides tax incentives for business development

HB 2328 - Wasson - Exempts purchases of utilities by certain businesses operated in former mines from sales tax, establishes the Regional Economic Development Initiative Tax Credit Program

HB 2393 - Richard - Modifies provisions of the enhanced enterprise tax benefit program

Education, Elementary and Secondary (88)

SB 713 - Gibbons - Grants civil immunity to certain education personnel under certain conditions

SB 715 - Loudon - Establishes the safe schools fund and allows local school districts to utilize such moneys for a variety of safety-related expenses

SB 719 - Kennedy - Requires publishers of instructional materials to provide electronic copies of such materials for specialized uses

SB 722 - Coleman - Exempts motor fuel used for school buses from the motor fuel tax

SB 726 - Shields - Modifies provisions relating to child care

SB 730 - Griesheimer - Establishes a county municipal court in Franklin County and alters the hold harmless provisions of the foundation formula to compensate for the creation of the court

SB 736 - Bartle - Requires school districts to adopt policies for the testing of student athletes for the unlawful use of a controlled substance, including but not limited to anabolic steroids

SB 747 - Ridgeway - Modifies various provisions relating to abuse of alcohol

SB 762 - Wilson - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

SB 770 - Rupp - Creates the Missouri Scholarship for Students with Developmental Disabilities Program

SB 780 - Smith - Modifies provisions on human sexuality and sexually transmitted disease education courses

SB 799 - Days - Enacts provisions on children's mental health

SB 804 - Crowell - Allows the state auditor to audit any school district in the same manner as any agency of the state

SB 827 - Smith - Allows increased starting salaries for math, science, special education, ESL teachers in a metropolitan school district

SB 828 - Smith - Requires unaccredited and provisionally accredited school districts to adopt a dress code requiring students to wear a school uniform

SB 829 - Smith - Requires the St. Louis city school district to have an 18 to 1 teacher to student ratio for kindergarten to third grade

SB 831 - Coleman - Modifies provisions relating to state funding for elementary and secondary education

SB 832 - Coleman - Establishes procedures to create teacher resource centers for school districts

SB 833 - Bartle - Allows school districts to pay stipends to math and science teachers and allows licensing of teachers with a math or science degree

SB 839 - Engler - Modifies adjustment to funds payable resulting from transfer of title to real property for certain school districts

SB 844 - Rupp - Requires school districts to request teacher records prior to extending an offer of employment to a prospective teacher

SB 846 - Rupp - Modifies the A+ Schools Program and the Kids' Chance Scholarship Program

SB 854 - Coleman - Modifies provisions relating to physical education graduation requirements for certain high school students

SB 888 - Green - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to recalculate state school aid for the Riverview Gardens School District to correct an error

SB 911 - Engler - Modifies the number of school days to be made up due to inclement weather

SB 925 - Days - Modifies provisions relating to school district procedures.

SB 977 - Ridgeway - Creates the Betty L. Thompson Scholarship Program

SB 993 - Crowell - Creates the Missouri Special Needs Scholarship Tax Credit Program

SB 994 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to compensation for education personnel

SB 995 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to liability for school employees and volunteers

SB 1000 - Justus - Establishes educational rights for foster care students and requires a full school day of education for certain children

SB 1004 - Bray - Requires the state board of education to classify a charter school as "unaccredited" based on annual performance review scores

SB 1013 - Wilson - Creates the Missouri Senior Cadet Program for mentoring of kindergarten through eighth grade students

SB 1014 - Wilson - Creates the Volunteer and Parents Incentive Program for public elementary and secondary schools

SB 1017 - Mayer - Requires reports to school districts of certain property located within school district boundaries

SB 1023 - Coleman - Establishes recall elections for school board members

SB 1027 - Smith - Modifies enrollment provisions for charter schools whose mission includes drop-out prevention or recovery

SB 1037 - Shields - Modifies recalculation of the state adequacy target amount under the elementary and secondary education school funding formula

SB 1047 - Vogel - Modifies the definition of special education pupil count in the foundation formula to include certain nonpublic students

SB 1052 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to the allocation and use of gaming revenues

SB 1060 - Engler - Alters provisions relating to teacher termination proceedings

SB 1066 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

SB 1072 - Rupp - Allows expanded charter school operations for charters specifying certain special education students and modifies sponsors

SB 1078 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to charter schools

SB 1084 - Coleman - Eliminates penalization for state transportation aid for school districts operating magnet schools as part of a master desegregation settlement agreement

SB 1085 - Coleman - Allows school districts to participate in the A+ Schools Program irrespective of their accreditation status

SB 1086 - Smith - Creates a tax credit for contributions to certain after school programs

SB 1092 - Engler - Creates the Minimum Salary Fund for Teachers to provide minimum salary supplements to public school teachers

SB 1128 - Bray - Creates the Persistence to Graduation Fund to distribute grants to certain school districts for drop-out prevention efforts

SB 1129 - Coleman - Repeals the statute authorizing the creation of a transitional school district for the St. Louis City School District

SB 1144 - Mayer - Changes the name of the State Schools for Severely Handicapped Children to the Missouri Schools for the Severely Disabled

SB 1152 - Crowell - Creates the Minimum Salary Fund for Teachers to provide minimum salary supplements to public school teachers

SB 1158 - Mayer - Creates the Professional Relationships Between Teachers and School Districts Act

SB 1163 - Rupp - Modifies the school bus endorsement criminal background check procedure

SB 1167 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions of law relating to members of the military and their families

SB 1170 - Mayer - Creates the Rebuild Missouri Schools Program and allows education boards to enter into lease-purchase agreements with twenty-five successive options

SB 1181 - Engler - Modifies and creates provisions pertaining to energy efficiency and energy regulation

SB 1182 - Smith - Creates the Missouri 4 For More Program to allow four hours of paid leave per month for parents to work with their children in school

SB 1189 - Shoemyer - Modifies provisions relating to the virtual public school

SB 1191 - Ridgeway - Allows Clay County school boards to enter into agreements for financing of educational facilities

SB 1212 - Callahan - Creates the Amy Hestir Davis Student Protection Act

SB 1221 - Lager - Creates the P-20 Council to create a more efficient and effective education system

SB 1225 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

SB 1226 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to special education due process hearings

SB 1232 - Clemens - Requires high school students to fulfill the personal finance graduation requirement by completing a course through their school district or the virtual public school

SB 1261 - Bray - Creates requirements and provides incentives for energy efficient products and activities

SB 1263 - Bray - Modifies energy efficiency requirements for public buildings, creates energy efficiency standards for certain products, and creates home improvement energy efficiency incentive programs

SB 1273 - Wilson - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop teaching standards for Missouri public schools

SB 1282 - Smith - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to contract with an online test preparation company for a customized ACT preparation course for high school juniors

HB 1305 - Day - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

HB 1314 - Cunningham - Grants civil immunity to certain education personnel under certain conditions

HB 1319 - Brown - Authorizes an income tax credit for employers who hire qualified high school students for summer jobs

HB 1678 - Day - Modifies various laws relating to members of the military and their families

HB 1704 - Wallace - Increases the appropriation amount for small school grants and allows certain schools to receive a flat amount per student

HB 1706 - Baker - Allows retired members of PSRS and PEERS to work up to full time for up to two years without losing benefits

HB 1707 - Baker - Authorizes school districts to enter into design-build contracts for construction projects costing more than $15,000

HB 1722 - Wallace - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

HB 1807 - Cox - Changes the name of the State Schools for Severely Handicapped Children to Missouri Schools for the Severely Disabled.

HB 1876 - Cunningham - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

HB 2059 - Wilson - Creates the Professional Relationships Between Teachers and School Districts Act

HB 2062 - Pearce - Modifies various provisions of law relating to the provision of benefits to certain public employees, including members of the military and their families

HB 2078 - Hubbard - Prohibits issuance of driver's licenses to persons 15 to 18 years of age if a school submits information that a student is not in compliance with the eligibility standards

HB 2191 - Nasheed - Modifies provisions relating to higher education scholarships

HB 2213 - Kraus - Requires the Governor to annually issue a proclamation declaring the second week of September as Parent and Family Involvement in Education Week

HB 2250 - Sutherland - Establishes the Show-Me Green Tax Holiday Act which authorizes a state sales and use tax exemption on the purchase of certain energy efficient products each November

HB 2266 - Jones - Modifies provisions relating to the Missouri Teaching Fellows Program

HCR 26 - Dixon - Encourages the Governor and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to secure additional funding for fine arts education in this state

HCR 34 - Sutherland - Recognizes "Walk and Bicycle to School" month, week, and day during October 2008 in Missouri

Education, Higher (26)

SB 815 - Goodman - Creates the Farm Mentoring and Education Authority to administer agricultural education programs to incubate new farms

SB 830 - Coleman - Limits the tuition that may be charged by a higher education institution to certain combat veterans

SB 846 - Rupp - Modifies the A+ Schools Program and the Kids' Chance Scholarship Program

SB 863 - Rupp - Allows married taxpayers filing joint returns to deduct a portion of contributions to the Missouri Higher Education Savings Program from income and provides similar tax treatment for other qualified tuition savings programs

SB 871 - Bray - Removes language preventing appropriation of money to public colleges and universities that knowingly employ a professor or instructor who is a registered sex offender

SB 873 - Graham - Provides for a voting student curator on the University of Missouri board of curators if Missouri loses a congressional district based on the 2010 census

SB 894 - Green - Creates an income tax deduction for higher education expenses

SB 942 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 965 - Crowell - Requires completion of American history and literature classes in order to graduate from a public higher education institution

SB 967 - Mayer - Allows Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority to originate federally guaranteed student loans under certain conditions.

SB 983 - Purgason - Requires public higher education institutions to annually report on steps taken to ensure intellectual diversity

SB 984 - Shoemyer - Modifies provisions of the Bright Flight Scholarship Program

SB 1014 - Wilson - Creates the Volunteer and Parents Incentive Program for public elementary and secondary schools

SB 1036 - Coleman - Creates an educational grant for children and spouses of veterans who are killed in combat

SB 1087 - Clemens - Creates the Non-Traditional Student Educational Expense Repayment Program

SB 1167 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions of law relating to members of the military and their families

SB 1221 - Lager - Creates the P-20 Council to create a more efficient and effective education system

SB 1223 - Graham - Modifies provisions relating to the Kids' Chance Scholarship Fund

SB 1261 - Bray - Creates requirements and provides incentives for energy efficient products and activities

HB 1368 - Thomson - Modifies membership requirements for the Northwest Missouri State University Board of Regents

HB 1463 - Nolte - Prohibits the admission of unlawfully present aliens to public institutions of higher education

HB 1869 - Wilson - Requires the Missouri Revisor of Statutes to change all references of the term "junior college" to "community college" in the Revised Statutes of Missouri

HB 2048 - Zimmerman - Creates the Textbook Transparency Act requiring textbook publishers to provide certain information to higher education institutions

HB 2226 - Muschany - Allows married taxpayers filing jointly to deduct up to $16,000 in contributions to the Missouri Higher Education Savings Program from their taxable income

HB 2266 - Jones - Modifies provisions relating to the Missouri Teaching Fellows Program

HCR 7 - Pearce - Encourages students and faculty to promote international education at Missouri colleges and universities

Elderly (16)

SB 720 - Coleman - Modifies provisions relating to utilities

SB 755 - Mayer - Modifies the training and regulation of long-term care facility inspectors and surveyors

SB 773 - Shoemyer - Regulates insurance agents selling Medicare Advantage plans

SB 880 - Green - Modifies laws on mental health facilities and group homes for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled

SB 889 - Green - Provides for mandatory minimum punishment for securities fraud crimes against the elderly or disabled

SB 962 - Champion - Creates the State Board of Health and Senior Services and repeals the current State Board of Health and the State Board of Senior Services

SB 973 - Engler - Regulates insurance agents selling Medicare Advantage plans

SB 990 - Champion - Allowing nursing home residents under MO HealthNet to retain fifty dollars per month discretionary spending

SB 1103 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions regarding the Family Care Safety Registry

SB 1258 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to protections for senior citizens, disabled persons, and children

HB 1321 - Sutherland - Modifies provisions of law relating to property taxes

HB 1380 - Sater - Authorizes allocation of property taxes to senior center

HB 1516 - Bruns - Changes the laws regarding protections for vulnerable adults and children and transfers the Division of Aging from the Department of Social Services to the Department of Health and Senior Services

HB 1656 - Nance - Modifies provisions regarding long-term care facilities

HB 2036 - Nance - Repeals the formula distribution requirements for additional funding for certain services for the elderly

HCR 21 - Smith - Supports the Department of Health and Senior Services' efforts to reform the current funding formula for the senior nutrition program to more effectively meet the needs of seniors

Elections (38)

SB 757 - Engler - Provides for nonpartisan elections of judicial candidates and forbids such candidates from being affiliated with any political party

SB 796 - Bray - Entitles employees to take unpaid leave from work on the day of an election to serve in the election

SB 797 - Bray - Modifies the laws relating to elections

SB 798 - Bray - Creates new penalties for signing false names on petitions

SB 840 - Engler - Modifies the state do-not-call list and creates "paid for by" requirements for political phone calls

SB 853 - Smith - Adopts an agreement to elect the president by national popular vote

SB 857 - Rupp - Expands the state no-call list to include automated calls and requires a "paid for by" statement on political phone calls

SB 909 - Engler - Modifies requirements pertaining to petition circulators

SB 926 - Green - Modifies various laws relating to ethics

SB 934 - Dempsey - Prohibits remuneration on a per-signature basis for initiative petition circulators

SB 954 - Scott - Prohibits remuneration on a per-signature basis for initiative petition circulators and imposes a residency requirement

SB 970 - Scott - Amends requirements for filing financial interest statements

SB 978 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions relating to boards overseeing emergency services

SB 989 - Wilson - Creates an income tax credit for poll workers

SB 1003 - Bray - Modifies requirements pertaining to petition circulators

SB 1023 - Coleman - Establishes recall elections for school board members

SB 1038 - Shields - Repeals campaign contribution limits and modifies reporting requirements

SB 1071 - Smith - Creates a method to publicly finance election campaigns for legislative and gubernatorial candidates

SB 1082 - Days - Modifies the ballot requirements for elections

SB 1083 - Coleman - Modifies law relating to voter registration and election offenses

SB 1149 - Engler - Creates a procedure for when there is a lack of candidates for a fire protection district board of directors election

SB 1228 - Justus - Applies the same campaign contribution limits to all committees

SB 1231 - Loudon - Implements instant runoff voting

SB 1236 - Crowell - Allows hunting and fishing permit applicants to receive a voter registration application form as part of the application for such permits

SB 1245 - Nodler - Bars felons from holding public office

SB 1251 - Days - Creates an advance voting system for elections

SB 1252 - Days - Extends the distance requirements for electioneering and polling

SB 1267 - Bray - Bars the use of direct-recording electronic voting systems in certain circumstances

SB 1288 - Shields - Modifies lobbyist reporting requirements

SJR 39 - Clemens - Modifies the length and number of terms for Representatives and Senators

SJR 46 - Purgason - Increases term limits for members of the General Assembly from eight years to twelve years in each house

HB 1310 - Hoskins - Modifies the filings for independent candidates

HB 1311 - Hoskins - Imposes certain requirements on write-in candidates for municipal office

HB 1763 - Parson - Modifies requirements pertaining to petition circulators

HB 2062 - Pearce - Modifies various provisions of law relating to the provision of benefits to certain public employees, including members of the military and their families

HB 2114 - Zimmerman - Modifies the ballot requirements for elections

HB 2321 - Dixon - Modifies the law relating to elections

HJR 48 - Cox - Allows laws to be established to require voters to provide valid government-issued photo identification in order to vote

Elementary and Secondary Education Dept. (42)

SB 713 - Gibbons - Grants civil immunity to certain education personnel under certain conditions

SB 715 - Loudon - Establishes the safe schools fund and allows local school districts to utilize such moneys for a variety of safety-related expenses

SB 762 - Wilson - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

SB 768 - Rupp - Creates the Missouri Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Office of Autism Services

SB 770 - Rupp - Creates the Missouri Scholarship for Students with Developmental Disabilities Program

SB 779 - Smith - Requires the state to provide fully subsidized preschool for certain children

SB 832 - Coleman - Establishes procedures to create teacher resource centers for school districts

SB 839 - Engler - Modifies adjustment to funds payable resulting from transfer of title to real property for certain school districts

SB 854 - Coleman - Modifies provisions relating to physical education graduation requirements for certain high school students

SB 888 - Green - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to recalculate state school aid for the Riverview Gardens School District to correct an error

SB 925 - Days - Modifies provisions relating to school district procedures.

SB 994 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to compensation for education personnel

SB 1013 - Wilson - Creates the Missouri Senior Cadet Program for mentoring of kindergarten through eighth grade students

SB 1014 - Wilson - Creates the Volunteer and Parents Incentive Program for public elementary and secondary schools

SB 1052 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to the allocation and use of gaming revenues

SB 1066 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

SB 1086 - Smith - Creates a tax credit for contributions to certain after school programs

SB 1092 - Engler - Creates the Minimum Salary Fund for Teachers to provide minimum salary supplements to public school teachers

SB 1128 - Bray - Creates the Persistence to Graduation Fund to distribute grants to certain school districts for drop-out prevention efforts

SB 1182 - Smith - Creates the Missouri 4 For More Program to allow four hours of paid leave per month for parents to work with their children in school

SB 1212 - Callahan - Creates the Amy Hestir Davis Student Protection Act

SB 1221 - Lager - Creates the P-20 Council to create a more efficient and effective education system

SB 1239 - Dempsey - Makes eligibility for a driver's license for persons under 18 contingent upon documentation that the applicant has complied with school district standards

SB 1273 - Wilson - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop teaching standards for Missouri public schools

HB 1305 - Day - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

HB 1314 - Cunningham - Grants civil immunity to certain education personnel under certain conditions

HB 1678 - Day - Modifies various laws relating to members of the military and their families

HB 1704 - Wallace - Increases the appropriation amount for small school grants and allows certain schools to receive a flat amount per student

HB 1706 - Baker - Allows retired members of PSRS and PEERS to work up to full time for up to two years without losing benefits

HB 1707 - Baker - Authorizes school districts to enter into design-build contracts for construction projects costing more than $15,000

HB 1722 - Wallace - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

HB 1807 - Cox - Changes the name of the State Schools for Severely Handicapped Children to Missouri Schools for the Severely Disabled.

HB 1876 - Cunningham - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

HB 1972 - Franz - Modifies provisions relating to compensation for education personnel

HB 1973 - Franz - Modifies provisions relating to compensation for education personnel

HB 2056 - Viebrock - Modifies provisions relating to the investment of funds for teacher and school employee retirement systems

HB 2059 - Wilson - Creates the Professional Relationships Between Teachers and School Districts Act

HB 2078 - Hubbard - Prohibits issuance of driver's licenses to persons 15 to 18 years of age if a school submits information that a student is not in compliance with the eligibility standards

HB 2104 - Viebrock - Modifies laws relating to several public employee retirement systems

HB 2191 - Nasheed - Modifies provisions relating to higher education scholarships

HB 2213 - Kraus - Requires the Governor to annually issue a proclamation declaring the second week of September as Parent and Family Involvement in Education Week

HCR 26 - Dixon - Encourages the Governor and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to secure additional funding for fine arts education in this state

Emblems (5)

SB 971 - Clemens - Changes the official state game bird to the Kansas Jayhawk

SB 991 - Loudon - Establishes the ice cream cone as the official state dessert

SB 1048 - Kennedy - Modifies the law regarding trademark application and registration

HB 1416 - Nance - Designates the morel mushroom as the official state mushroom

HB 1824 - Schlottach - Establishes the ice cream cone as the official state dessert

Emergencies (14)

SB 792 - Champion - Provides immunity from liability for certain healthcare professionals assisting law enforcement or governmental agencies in certain planned activities

SB 877 - Mayer - Establishes the Missouri Catastrophe Fund to help protect property and casualty insurers against insolvencies caused by earthquakes

SB 898 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 910 - Graham - Requires certain health clubs to have at least one automated external defibrillator

SB 931 - Purgason - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 951 - Scott - Modifies the law relating to emergency response within financial institutions

SB 966 - Dempsey - Provides additional workers' compensation benefits for public safety workers killed in the line of duty

SB 978 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions relating to boards overseeing emergency services

SB 1039 - Clemens - Modifies minimum volunteer ambulance staffing requirements and requires Christian County to appoint an emergency services board upon voter approval of a county sales tax for central dispatching of emergency services

SB 1203 - Rupp - Allows political subdivisions to elect to cover certain personnel as members of the Missouri local government employees' retirement system

SB 1233 - Shields - Designates qualified hospitals as specified myocardial infarction or stroke centers

HB 1450 - Roorda - Modifies the law relating to terrorism

HB 1677 - Franz - Allows political subdivisions to elect to cover certain personnel as members of the Missouri Local Government Employees' Retirement System

HB 1711 - Weter - Modifies provisions relating to public services provided by certain political subdivisions

Employees - Employers (32)

SB 718 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions of certain tax credit programs administered by the Department of Economic Development

SB 741 - Bray - Allows small employers to obtain medical coverage through the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan

SB 742 - Bray - Requires equal pay for the same work regardless of gender and establishes a commission to study wage disparities

SB 782 - Loudon - Reinstates federal standards for overtime wages

SB 796 - Bray - Entitles employees to take unpaid leave from work on the day of an election to serve in the election

SB 826 - Justus - Modifies the requirements to deny, suspend, or revoke a liquor license because of certain employee convictions

SB 837 - Bray - Creates the Public Employee Due Process Act

SB 858 - Rupp - Modifies the law relating to illegal immigrants

SB 866 - Shoemyer - Restricts favorable tax treatment and loan eligibility for employers

SB 883 - Graham - Bars elected officials and members of the general assembly from working as lobbyists

SB 893 - Green - Creates an income tax deduction for small businesses and farmers that provide health insurance coverage for employees

SB 901 - Loudon - Modifies workers' compensation payments to dependents

SB 927 - Green - Amends law relating to the hiring of unqualified employees on public projects

SB 929 - Green - Bars employers from misclassifying employees as independent contractors

SB 948 - Justus - Clarifies the duty of pharmacies to fill prescriptions

SB 1007 - Loudon - Modifies minimum wage and overtime laws

SB 1030 - Rupp - Repeals certain provisions dealing with employee health and welfare

SB 1046 - Mayer - Codifies the employment-at-will doctrine

SB 1096 - Graham - Establishes spousal shareleave for state employees

SB 1112 - Clemens - Modifies provisions relating to unemployment compensation

SB 1115 - Bray - Creates a collective bargaining process for public employees

SB 1138 - McKenna - Requires Occupational Safety and Health Administration training for employees on public works projects

SB 1158 - Mayer - Creates the Professional Relationships Between Teachers and School Districts Act

SB 1164 - Loudon - Modifies workers' compensation payments to dependents

SB 1222 - Engler - Requires construction employees to take drug tests before working on projects on school and state property

SB 1230 - Koster - Modifies the law relating to illegal immigrants

SB 1241 - Nodler - Modifies workers' compensation payments to dependents

SB 1268 - Ridgeway - Limits the number of employee withholding exemptions for state income tax purposes

HB 1319 - Brown - Authorizes an income tax credit for employers who hire qualified high school students for summer jobs

HB 1883 - Nance - Modifies various laws relating to employment

HB 2059 - Wilson - Creates the Professional Relationships Between Teachers and School Districts Act

HB 2233 - Page - Bars certain individuals from advocating for political appointments

Employment Security (5)

SB 929 - Green - Bars employers from misclassifying employees as independent contractors

SB 1046 - Mayer - Codifies the employment-at-will doctrine

SB 1110 - Clemens - Prevents the disclosure of unemployment records

SB 1112 - Clemens - Modifies provisions relating to unemployment compensation

HB 2041 - Fisher - Modifies provisions relating to unemployment compensation

Energy (13)

SB 738 - Nodler - Modifies penalties for persistent violations of air or water pollution laws, prohibits certain county solid waste laws, and requires energy efficiency disclosures for new home sales

SB 811 - Stouffer - Creates a tax credit for the use of idle reduction technology

SB 1100 - Bray - Requires newly constructed or substantially renovated state and local government buildings to meet certain green building certification requirements

SB 1117 - Smith - Creates the "Show Me Green" sales tax holiday

SB 1161 - Lager - Provides low interest loans for alternative energy generation

SB 1181 - Engler - Modifies and creates provisions pertaining to energy efficiency and energy regulation

SB 1205 - Goodman - Creates a sales and use tax exemption for utilities, machinery and equipment purchased by certain businesses

SB 1261 - Bray - Creates requirements and provides incentives for energy efficient products and activities

SB 1262 - Bray - Creates incentives and requirements for renewable energy production and use

SB 1263 - Bray - Modifies energy efficiency requirements for public buildings, creates energy efficiency standards for certain products, and creates home improvement energy efficiency incentive programs

SB 1277 - Scott - Allows electric and gas corporations to recover expenses for approved energy efficiency investments

HB 1861 - Baker - Creates the Renewable Energy Information and Reporting Act

HB 2328 - Wasson - Exempts purchases of utilities by certain businesses operated in former mines from sales tax, establishes the Regional Economic Development Initiative Tax Credit Program

Engineers (1)

SB 1074 - Dempsey - Modifies liens for certain design professionals

Entertainment, Sports and Amusements (4)

HB 1341 - Ruestman - Requires owners of for-profit swimming pools to maintain adequate liability insurance in the event of injury or death of a patron

HB 1813 - Dougherty - Repeals certain bingo and pull-tab card taxes

HB 2321 - Dixon - Modifies the law relating to elections

HCR 35 - Sutherland - Recognizes the month of May 2008 as "National Bike Month" and the week of May 12-16, 2008, as "Bike to Work Week"

Environmental Protection (20)

SB 738 - Nodler - Modifies penalties for persistent violations of air or water pollution laws, prohibits certain county solid waste laws, and requires energy efficiency disclosures for new home sales

SB 740 - Nodler - Changes the applicable local government entity from "county" to "political subdivision" for certain federal storm water requirements

SB 772 - McKenna - Establishes a tax credit for recycling construction waste and directs the Department of Natural Resources to establish and administer construction and demolition waste reduction grants

SB 811 - Stouffer - Creates a tax credit for the use of idle reduction technology

SB 895 - Clemens - Creates the Manufacturer Responsibility and Consumer Convenience Computer Equipment Collection and Recovery Act

SB 898 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 904 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions pertaining to the Underground Facility Safety and Damage Prevention Act

SB 907 - Engler - Modifies provisions pertaining to motor fuel storage tanks and equipment

SB 919 - Rupp - Assesses fee on shippers that transport radioactive waste within Missouri

SB 931 - Purgason - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 942 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts

SB 1248 - Mayer - Authorizes the development of a schedule for obtaining permits from the Department of Natural Resources for projects that require multiple environmental permits

SB 1261 - Bray - Creates requirements and provides incentives for energy efficient products and activities

SB 1277 - Scott - Allows electric and gas corporations to recover expenses for approved energy efficiency investments

SCR 37 - Gibbons - Encourages the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to not implement a spring rise on the Missouri River

HB 1326 - Sater - Creates an income tax deduction for purchases of hybrid motor vehicles

HB 1469 - Pratt - Modifies the law regarding certain environmental appeals transferred to the Administrative Hearing Commission

HB 1670 - Cooper - Removes the requirement for certification by the Department of Natural Resources before a sales and use tax exemption applies to the purchase or lease of certain items used to monitor water and air pollution

HB 1861 - Baker - Creates the Renewable Energy Information and Reporting Act

Estates, Wills and Trusts (2)

SB 745 - Days - Authorizes a court to appoint a standby guardian for a minor or an incapacitated adult

SB 1235 - Justus - Modifies provisions related to a trustee's powers under the Missouri Uniform Trust Code

Ethics (5)

SB 807 - Engler - Bars public officials from receiving expenditures from lobbyists

SB 840 - Engler - Modifies the state do-not-call list and creates "paid for by" requirements for political phone calls

SB 883 - Graham - Bars elected officials and members of the general assembly from working as lobbyists

SB 1102 - Bray - Modifies provisions regarding public officials, lobbyists and campaign finance

SB 1143 - Mayer - Modifies the law regarding false or misleading television advertisements for legal services

Family Law (10)

SB 776 - Justus - Modifies provisions on child care subsidies

SB 849 - Shoemyer - Gives the Office of the Child Advocate authority to file findings or reports to the juvenile court

SB 885 - Graham - Modifies provisions relating to the Community Children's Services Fund

SB 1006 - Koster - Modifies provisions on child care subsidies

SB 1054 - Dempsey - Modifies provisions relating to juvenile courts and juvenile court jurisdiction

SB 1132 - Days - Allows adopted persons eighteen and over to obtain copies of their original birth certificate under certain circumstances

SB 1147 - Koster - Modifies the law on the establishment of paternity

HB 1358 - Flook - Enacts the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

HB 1570 - Franz - Adds services of guardian ad litems to the priority list of services for which moneys in the family services and justice fund shall be spent

HB 1640 - Schoeller - Provides for exceptions to the requirement for issuing a new birth certificate following adoption

Federal - State Relations (27)

SB 751 - Crowell - Requires applicants to prove citizenship, permanent residence, or lawful presence in order to receive state or local public benefits

SB 858 - Rupp - Modifies the law relating to illegal immigrants

SB 1016 - Mayer - Provides that a portion of the tort victims' compensation fund shall be transferred to the basic civil legal services fund

SB 1069 - Coleman - Exempts federal tax rebates from state income tax

SB 1110 - Clemens - Prevents the disclosure of unemployment records

SB 1186 - Engler - Requires applicants to prove citizenship, permanent residence, or lawful presence in order to receive state or local public benefits

SB 1255 - Purgason - Requires applicants to prove citizenship, permanent residence, or lawful presence in order to receive state or local public benefits

SB 1266 - Bray - Decouples Missouri income tax law from the Internal Revenue Code with regard to depreciation deductions provided by the enactment of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008

SCR 28 - Justus - Relating to the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution

SCR 32 - Purgason - Urges Congress to withdraw the United States from any further participation in the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America and any other multilateral activity which seeks to advance the creation of North America Union

SCR 33 - Bray - Urges the President of the United States, the State Department and the United States Congress to support the peace process in Sudan

SCR 36 - Green - Condemns the actions of the United States Air Force in awarding the contract for replacing the refueling tanker fleet to a non-American company

SCR 37 - Gibbons - Encourages the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to not implement a spring rise on the Missouri River

SCR 38 - Smith - Urges the U.S. Congress not to grant retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies who have participated in unlawful surveillance of their customers

SCR 39 - Shields - Request the withdrawal of proposed federal rules relating to Direct Graduate Medical Education Funds

SCR 41 - Graham - Urges the United States Air Force to reconsider its decision to replace the KC-135 refueling tanker with a tanker that is substantially built in and supplied by a foreign company

HB 1422 - St. Onge - Authorizes the State Highways and Transportation Commission to take the necessary steps to implement and administer a state plan to conform with the Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005

HB 1549 - Onder - Modifies the law relating to illegal immigrants

HB 1626 - Emery - Requires applicants to prove citizenship, permanent residence, or lawful presence in order to receive state or local public benefits

HB 2041 - Fisher - Modifies provisions relating to unemployment compensation

HCR 4 - Wright - Requests the U.S. Department of Agriculture to add June 1st and September 1st as additional rice reporting dates on the Agricultural Statistics Board calendar

HCR 5 - Smith - Urgently requests the United States Congress to pass assured funding for veterans' health care

HCR 15 - Kuessner - Urges the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to establish a controlled pilot program allowing 19 to 21 year-olds to obtain a CDL for interstate commerce

HCR 16 - Bivins - Urges the United States Congress to immediately repeal the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act

HCR 18 - Fisher - Recognizes the I-49 Coalition as the official organization for the project to upgrade U.S. Highway 71 to interstate standards

HCR 25 - Pratt - Urges Congress and the Consumer Product Safety Commission to immediately strengthen the regulations regarding furniture and major appliances with a tip-over hazard

HCR 43 - Funderburk - Urges the United States Air Force to reconsider its decision to replace a Boeing-made refueling tanker with a tanker supplied by a foreign country

Fees (12)

SB 808 - Engler - Limits the types of individuals and organizations to whom the director of the department of revenue may award fee office contracts

SB 919 - Rupp - Assesses fee on shippers that transport radioactive waste within Missouri

SB 935 - Griesheimer - Creates the "Deputy Sheriff Salary Supplementation Fund", consisting of money generated by a $10 fee collected for serving civil summons and subpoena

SB 1016 - Mayer - Provides that a portion of the tort victims' compensation fund shall be transferred to the basic civil legal services fund

SB 1048 - Kennedy - Modifies the law regarding trademark application and registration

SB 1062 - Barnitz - Modifies requirements for corporate filings

SB 1119 - Griesheimer - Creates a ten-dollar court cost to reimburse counties for the cost of incarcerating state prisoners

SB 1150 - Barnitz - Extends the sunset provisions for fees to be credited to the technology trust fund

SB 1174 - Goodman - Provides that covenants for transfer fees on real estate shall be unenforceable against subsequent owners

HB 1570 - Franz - Adds services of guardian ad litems to the priority list of services for which moneys in the family services and justice fund shall be spent

HB 1923 - Jones - Modifies requirements for corporate filings

HJR 41 - Cunningham - Proposes a constitutional amendment providing that the general assembly is not required to enact legislation to comply with a court order declaring that it raise taxes

Fire Protection (12)

SB 787 - Scott - Creates penalties for individuals who set fires in areas proclaimed to be in extraordinary danger from fire

SB 845 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions

SB 966 - Dempsey - Provides additional workers' compensation benefits for public safety workers killed in the line of duty

SB 978 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions relating to boards overseeing emergency services

SB 979 - Vogel - Terminates eligibility for surviving spouse of public safety officer income tax credit upon remarriage

SB 997 - Crowell - Removes certain limitations from investments made by boards of trustees of police and firemen's retirement systems

SB 1149 - Engler - Creates a procedure for when there is a lack of candidates for a fire protection district board of directors election

SB 1203 - Rupp - Allows political subdivisions to elect to cover certain personnel as members of the Missouri local government employees' retirement system

HB 1677 - Franz - Allows political subdivisions to elect to cover certain personnel as members of the Missouri Local Government Employees' Retirement System

HB 1832 - Cooper - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions

HB 1883 - Nance - Modifies various laws relating to employment

HB 2055 - Viebrock - Removes certain limitations from investments made by boards of trustees of police and firemen's retirement systems

Firearms and Fireworks (9)

SB 812 - Wilson - Expands the crime of unlawful use of weapons to include discharging a firearm for celebrating in an urban area

SB 836 - Bray - Creates the crime of negligent storage of a firearm

SB 851 - Justus - Prohibits a person convicted of a dangerous felony from possessing a concealable firearm regardless of when the person was confined

SB 860 - Shoemyer - Prohibits the condemnation of property owned by a gun club or sportsmen's club

SB 1076 - Engler - Provides for immunity from civil and criminal liability on the basis of noise for owners and users of hunting preserves and firearm ranges

SB 1176 - Barnitz - Makes concealed carry endorsements valid for a period of six years rather than three years

SB 1184 - Bray - Modifies various provisions relating to domestic violence

SB 1200 - Bray - Creates new regulations for the manufacturing and sale of ammunition

HB 2034 - Munzlinger - Modifies various provisions relating to weapons

Funerals and Funeral Directors (3)

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts

SB 1025 - Scott - Modifies laws regarding the right to control the final disposition of a dead human body

HB 2081 - Dougherty - Modifies the definition of "practice of embalming"

Gambling (4)

SB 1052 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to the allocation and use of gaming revenues

SB 1171 - Goodman - Places a two year moratorium upon the issuance of new licenses to operate excursion gambling boats

HB 1813 - Dougherty - Repeals certain bingo and pull-tab card taxes

HB 1864 - Parson - Modifies provisions of law regarding the licensing of operators of excursion gambling boats by allowing checks to be deposited on the next business day of the financial institution

General Assembly (49)

SB 739 - Nodler - Creates the Legislative Budget Office and modifies duties of the Oversight Division of the Committee on Legislative Research

SB 768 - Rupp - Creates the Missouri Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Office of Autism Services

SB 807 - Engler - Bars public officials from receiving expenditures from lobbyists

SB 883 - Graham - Bars elected officials and members of the general assembly from working as lobbyists

SB 983 - Purgason - Requires public higher education institutions to annually report on steps taken to ensure intellectual diversity

SB 1102 - Bray - Modifies provisions regarding public officials, lobbyists and campaign finance

SB 1220 - Lager - Modifies provisions of various state tax credit programs

SCR 27 - Champion - Encourages the Missouri Supreme Court to work with various entities to efficiently allocate resources among the state judicial circuits

SCR 28 - Justus - Relating to the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution

SCR 29 - Mayer - Requests the U.S. Department of Agriculture to add June 1st and September 1st as additional rice reporting dates on the Agricultural Statistics Board calendar

SCR 30 - Bray - Relating to the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution

SCR 32 - Purgason - Urges Congress to withdraw the United States from any further participation in the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America and any other multilateral activity which seeks to advance the creation of North America Union

SCR 33 - Bray - Urges the President of the United States, the State Department and the United States Congress to support the peace process in Sudan

SCR 34 - Purgason - Urges the U.S. Department of Agriculture to keep the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) voluntary

SCR 35 - Shoemyer - Urges the U.S. Congress to support the continuation of horse processing in the United States

SCR 36 - Green - Condemns the actions of the United States Air Force in awarding the contract for replacing the refueling tanker fleet to a non-American company

SCR 40 - Ridgeway - Urges Congress and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to strengthen laws regarding furniture tip-over hazards

SCR 41 - Graham - Urges the United States Air Force to reconsider its decision to replace the KC-135 refueling tanker with a tanker that is substantially built in and supplied by a foreign company

SJR 36 - Graham - Requires that all appropriations by the general assembly cannot exceed the official estimate of state revenues

SJR 37 - Graham - Requires the state treasurer to provide an estimate of available state revenues each fiscal year

SJR 38 - Clemens - Creates a two year budget cycle

SJR 39 - Clemens - Modifies the length and number of terms for Representatives and Senators

SJR 41 - Rupp - Prohibits state courts from levying or imposing new or increased taxes, licenses, or fees without legislative or voter approval

SJR 46 - Purgason - Increases term limits for members of the General Assembly from eight years to twelve years in each house

SJR 50 - Lager - Limits general revenue appropriations and mandates state income tax rate reductions in certain situations

SR 1472 - Gibbons - Notice of Proposed Rule Change

SR 1515 - Coleman - Proposes changes to Senate Rule 84

SR 1524 - Shields - Establishes the rates of pay for Senate employees

HB 1450 - Roorda - Modifies the law relating to terrorism

HB 1869 - Wilson - Requires the Missouri Revisor of Statutes to change all references of the term "junior college" to "community college" in the Revised Statutes of Missouri

HB 2036 - Nance - Repeals the formula distribution requirements for additional funding for certain services for the elderly

HCR 1 - Tilley - House Concurrent Resolution No. 1 - State of the State on January 15, 2008

HCR 2 - Tilley - House Concurrent Resolution No. 2 - State of the Judiciary on February 5, 2008

HCR 3 - Tilley - House Concurrent Resolution No. 3 - State of the State of Transportation on February 6, 2008

HCR 4 - Wright - Requests the U.S. Department of Agriculture to add June 1st and September 1st as additional rice reporting dates on the Agricultural Statistics Board calendar

HCR 5 - Smith - Urgently requests the United States Congress to pass assured funding for veterans' health care

HCR 7 - Pearce - Encourages students and faculty to promote international education at Missouri colleges and universities

HCR 8 - Scavuzzo - Recognizes March 2008 as "Hydrocephalus Awareness Month" in Missouri

HCR 16 - Bivins - Urges the United States Congress to immediately repeal the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act

HCR 18 - Fisher - Recognizes the I-49 Coalition as the official organization for the project to upgrade U.S. Highway 71 to interstate standards

HCR 19 - Sander - Endorses the "Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children's Bill of Rights"

HCR 21 - Smith - Supports the Department of Health and Senior Services' efforts to reform the current funding formula for the senior nutrition program to more effectively meet the needs of seniors

HCR 23 - Dixon - Declares February 6th of each year to be "Ronald Reagan Day" in Missouri

HCR 26 - Dixon - Encourages the Governor and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to secure additional funding for fine arts education in this state

HCR 30 - Emery - Creates the Joint Interim Committee on Voice Communications Regulation

HCR 34 - Sutherland - Recognizes "Walk and Bicycle to School" month, week, and day during October 2008 in Missouri

HCR 35 - Sutherland - Recognizes the month of May 2008 as "National Bike Month" and the week of May 12-16, 2008, as "Bike to Work Week"

HCR 43 - Funderburk - Urges the United States Air Force to reconsider its decision to replace a Boeing-made refueling tanker with a tanker supplied by a foreign country

HJR 70 - Icet - Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting appropriations in any fiscal year from exceeding certain limits

Governor & Lt. Governor (17)

SB 787 - Scott - Creates penalties for individuals who set fires in areas proclaimed to be in extraordinary danger from fire

SB 806 - Engler - Requires all government buildings to fly the U.S. and Missouri flags at half-staff when any Missouri resident is killed in combat

SB 883 - Graham - Bars elected officials and members of the general assembly from working as lobbyists

SB 1010 - Nodler - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property in Jasper County and Camden County

SB 1056 - Justus - Modifies the membership on the Missouri Housing Development Commission

SB 1141 - Vogel - Modifies provisions governing the transition periods for statewide elected officials

SB 1157 - Green - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property located in St. Louis County

SB 1183 - Bray - Modifies the membership on the Missouri Housing Development Commission

SB 1204 - Goodman - Requires the governor to disclose information regarding tax credits and state contracts

SB 1214 - Bray - Requires racial and gender equity in the membership of boards, commissions, committees, and councils

SB 1221 - Lager - Creates the P-20 Council to create a more efficient and effective education system

SJR 36 - Graham - Requires that all appropriations by the general assembly cannot exceed the official estimate of state revenues

SJR 37 - Graham - Requires the state treasurer to provide an estimate of available state revenues each fiscal year

SJR 50 - Lager - Limits general revenue appropriations and mandates state income tax rate reductions in certain situations

HB 1783 - Meadows - Requires all government buildings to fly the U.S. and Missouri flags at half-staff when any Missouri resident is killed in combat

HB 2213 - Kraus - Requires the Governor to annually issue a proclamation declaring the second week of September as Parent and Family Involvement in Education Week

HB 2258 - Pollock - Requires the Commissioner of the State Water Patrol to be appointed by the Governor from its uniformed membership

Guardians (1)

SB 745 - Days - Authorizes a court to appoint a standby guardian for a minor or an incapacitated adult

Health Care (31)

SB 746 - Days - Mandates health insurance coverage for morbid obesity

SB 817 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to anatomic pathology services and vision services

SB 855 - Coleman - Adds counseling services under MO HealthNet

SB 880 - Green - Modifies laws on mental health facilities and group homes for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled

SB 915 - Ridgeway - Authorizes peer review committees for certain emergency medical services

SB 916 - Goodman - Requires hospitals to report adverse health events to a patient safety organization for review

SB 917 - Goodman - Creates licensing requirements for prescribing psychologists

SB 918 - Goodman - Prohibits certain requirements for immunosuppresive drugs under the MO HealthNet Program without the consent of the physician and patient

SB 921 - Goodman - Adds coverage under the state legal expense fund for certain heath care professionals providing uncompensated service at summer camps

SB 972 - Stouffer - Adds comprehensive day rehabilitation services under MO HealthNet

SB 1021 - Loudon - Changes the laws regarding midwives and the practice of midwifery

SB 1050 - Crowell - Establishes the Asbestos and Silica Claims Priorities Act

SB 1094 - Loudon - Prescribes requirements for the interchange of anti-epileptic drugs

SB 1101 - Bray - Establishes the Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program

SB 1109 - Scott - Modifies the scope of practice for licensed professional counselors

SB 1120 - Loudon - Provides that the Department shall not require by rule any vaccinations that are not specified under current law

SB 1139 - Dempsey - Revises the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

SB 1162 - Clemens - Licenses clinical laboratory science personnel

SB 1215 - Bray - Enacts the Prevention First Act

SB 1283 - Dempsey - Creates the Missouri Health Transformation Act

SCR 39 - Shields - Request the withdrawal of proposed federal rules relating to Direct Graduate Medical Education Funds

HB 1332 - Sater - Establishes provisions regarding pharmacy audits

HB 1386 - Cox - Modifies the requirements for a larger Board of Trustees for certain municipal health facilities

HB 1516 - Bruns - Changes the laws regarding protections for vulnerable adults and children and transfers the Division of Aging from the Department of Social Services to the Department of Health and Senior Services

HB 1546 - Schaaf - Modifies provisions relating to infection incident rates reporting and control

HB 1656 - Nance - Modifies provisions regarding long-term care facilities

HB 1677 - Franz - Allows political subdivisions to elect to cover certain personnel as members of the Missouri Local Government Employees' Retirement System

HB 1700 - Wasson - Modifies the law relating to professional licensing and registration

HB 1790 - Cooper - Modifies provisions relating to municipal health care facilities and hospital designations

HB 1831 - Onder - Enacts provisions regarding the coercion of abortions

HCR 5 - Smith - Urgently requests the United States Congress to pass assured funding for veterans' health care

Health Care Professionals (37)

SB 732 - Champion - Establishes a drug monitoring program and modifies existing record keeping for controlled substances and pseudoephedrine products

SB 792 - Champion - Provides immunity from liability for certain healthcare professionals assisting law enforcement or governmental agencies in certain planned activities

SB 817 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to anatomic pathology services and vision services

SB 821 - Shoemyer - Modifies the membership of the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee

SB 855 - Coleman - Adds counseling services under MO HealthNet

SB 870 - Loudon - Modifies a provision of law relating to the practice of midwifery

SB 915 - Ridgeway - Authorizes peer review committees for certain emergency medical services

SB 916 - Goodman - Requires hospitals to report adverse health events to a patient safety organization for review

SB 917 - Goodman - Creates licensing requirements for prescribing psychologists

SB 918 - Goodman - Prohibits certain requirements for immunosuppresive drugs under the MO HealthNet Program without the consent of the physician and patient

SB 921 - Goodman - Adds coverage under the state legal expense fund for certain heath care professionals providing uncompensated service at summer camps

SB 923 - Shoemyer - Modifies the membership of the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee by adding a licensed optometrist

SB 948 - Justus - Clarifies the duty of pharmacies to fill prescriptions

SB 972 - Stouffer - Adds comprehensive day rehabilitation services under MO HealthNet

SB 987 - Shoemyer - Modifies the membership of the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee by adding a licensed podiatrist and a licensed nurse

SB 1021 - Loudon - Changes the laws regarding midwives and the practice of midwifery

SB 1043 - Ridgeway - Requires health carriers to provide coverage for out-of-network chiropractic services under certain circumstances

SB 1044 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions regarding minimum ambulance staffing for ambulances staffed with volunteers

SB 1050 - Crowell - Establishes the Asbestos and Silica Claims Priorities Act

SB 1094 - Loudon - Prescribes requirements for the interchange of anti-epileptic drugs

SB 1109 - Scott - Modifies the scope of practice for licensed professional counselors

SB 1139 - Dempsey - Revises the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

SB 1162 - Clemens - Licenses clinical laboratory science personnel

SB 1177 - Barnitz - Designates licensed professional counselors as mental health professionals in certain circumstances

SB 1203 - Rupp - Allows political subdivisions to elect to cover certain personnel as members of the Missouri local government employees' retirement system

SB 1210 - Callahan - Adds professional corporations of eligible physicians to coverage under the state legal expense fund

SB 1215 - Bray - Enacts the Prevention First Act

SB 1216 - Bray - Establishes the implementation of a health care quality report card

SB 1264 - Bray - Requires hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to report adverse health events

SB 1272 - Kennedy - Governs the treatment of quality of care data between health carriers and health care providers

HB 1332 - Sater - Establishes provisions regarding pharmacy audits

HB 1546 - Schaaf - Modifies provisions relating to infection incident rates reporting and control

HB 1619 - Jones - Modifies provisions relating to drug monitoring

HB 1790 - Cooper - Modifies provisions relating to municipal health care facilities and hospital designations

HB 1791 - Cooper - Designates licensed professional counselors as mental health professionals in certain circumstances

HB 1831 - Onder - Enacts provisions regarding the coercion of abortions

HB 2068 - Wasson - Modifies the law relating to licensed physical therapists and physical therapy assistants

Health Dept. (36)

SB 726 - Shields - Modifies provisions relating to child care

SB 732 - Champion - Establishes a drug monitoring program and modifies existing record keeping for controlled substances and pseudoephedrine products

SB 755 - Mayer - Modifies the training and regulation of long-term care facility inspectors and surveyors

SB 778 - Justus - Provides information and the opportunity to be immunized for the human papilloma virus

SB 843 - Wilson - Creates a trust fund and commission for youth smoking prevention

SB 916 - Goodman - Requires hospitals to report adverse health events to a patient safety organization for review

SB 919 - Rupp - Assesses fee on shippers that transport radioactive waste within Missouri

SB 946 - Dempsey - Creates the Tobacco Use Prevention, Cessation and Enforcement fund to fund a comprehensive tobacco control program

SB 962 - Champion - Creates the State Board of Health and Senior Services and repeals the current State Board of Health and the State Board of Senior Services

SB 1051 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to the review of long-term care facility projects under the certificate of need program

SB 1058 - Mayer - Enacts provisions regarding the coercion of abortions

SB 1063 - Koster - Creates the Missouri Methamphetamine Project

SB 1101 - Bray - Establishes the Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program

SB 1103 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions regarding the Family Care Safety Registry

SB 1109 - Scott - Modifies the scope of practice for licensed professional counselors

SB 1113 - Bray - Requires the posting of nurse staffing levels at hospitals

SB 1120 - Loudon - Provides that the Department shall not require by rule any vaccinations that are not specified under current law

SB 1132 - Days - Allows adopted persons eighteen and over to obtain copies of their original birth certificate under certain circumstances

SB 1159 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions relating to forensic examinations of sexual offense victims

SB 1169 - Champion - Establishes a school-based influenza vaccination pilot program

SB 1173 - Stouffer - Provides for transfer of long-term care beds to certain new health care facilities

SB 1177 - Barnitz - Designates licensed professional counselors as mental health professionals in certain circumstances

SB 1207 - Goodman - Modifies provisions regarding the sprinkler system requirements for long-term care facilities

SB 1216 - Bray - Establishes the implementation of a health care quality report card

SB 1229 - Koster - Requires certain health carriers to provide insurance coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder under certain conditions

SB 1258 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to protections for senior citizens, disabled persons, and children

SB 1264 - Bray - Requires hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to report adverse health events

SB 1272 - Kennedy - Governs the treatment of quality of care data between health carriers and health care providers

SB 1283 - Dempsey - Creates the Missouri Health Transformation Act

HB 1314 - Cunningham - Grants civil immunity to certain education personnel under certain conditions

HB 1546 - Schaaf - Modifies provisions relating to infection incident rates reporting and control

HB 1619 - Jones - Modifies provisions relating to drug monitoring

HB 1656 - Nance - Modifies provisions regarding long-term care facilities

HB 1790 - Cooper - Modifies provisions relating to municipal health care facilities and hospital designations

HB 1791 - Cooper - Designates licensed professional counselors as mental health professionals in certain circumstances

HCR 21 - Smith - Supports the Department of Health and Senior Services' efforts to reform the current funding formula for the senior nutrition program to more effectively meet the needs of seniors

Health, Public (22)

SB 778 - Justus - Provides information and the opportunity to be immunized for the human papilloma virus

SB 817 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to anatomic pathology services and vision services

SB 910 - Graham - Requires certain health clubs to have at least one automated external defibrillator

SB 916 - Goodman - Requires hospitals to report adverse health events to a patient safety organization for review

SB 918 - Goodman - Prohibits certain requirements for immunosuppresive drugs under the MO HealthNet Program without the consent of the physician and patient

SB 948 - Justus - Clarifies the duty of pharmacies to fill prescriptions

SB 962 - Champion - Creates the State Board of Health and Senior Services and repeals the current State Board of Health and the State Board of Senior Services

SB 1030 - Rupp - Repeals certain provisions dealing with employee health and welfare

SB 1050 - Crowell - Establishes the Asbestos and Silica Claims Priorities Act

SB 1051 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to the review of long-term care facility projects under the certificate of need program

SB 1079 - Bray - Enacts a state-wide smoking ban

SB 1094 - Loudon - Prescribes requirements for the interchange of anti-epileptic drugs

SB 1113 - Bray - Requires the posting of nurse staffing levels at hospitals

SB 1120 - Loudon - Provides that the Department shall not require by rule any vaccinations that are not specified under current law

SB 1139 - Dempsey - Revises the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

SB 1169 - Champion - Establishes a school-based influenza vaccination pilot program

SB 1216 - Bray - Establishes the implementation of a health care quality report card

SB 1258 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to protections for senior citizens, disabled persons, and children

SB 1283 - Dempsey - Creates the Missouri Health Transformation Act

HB 1386 - Cox - Modifies the requirements for a larger Board of Trustees for certain municipal health facilities

HB 1546 - Schaaf - Modifies provisions relating to infection incident rates reporting and control

HCR 8 - Scavuzzo - Recognizes March 2008 as "Hydrocephalus Awareness Month" in Missouri

Higher Education Dept. (13)

SB 768 - Rupp - Creates the Missouri Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Office of Autism Services

SB 830 - Coleman - Limits the tuition that may be charged by a higher education institution to certain combat veterans

SB 846 - Rupp - Modifies the A+ Schools Program and the Kids' Chance Scholarship Program

SB 965 - Crowell - Requires completion of American history and literature classes in order to graduate from a public higher education institution

SB 984 - Shoemyer - Modifies provisions of the Bright Flight Scholarship Program

SB 1036 - Coleman - Creates an educational grant for children and spouses of veterans who are killed in combat

SB 1087 - Clemens - Creates the Non-Traditional Student Educational Expense Repayment Program

SB 1221 - Lager - Creates the P-20 Council to create a more efficient and effective education system

SB 1223 - Graham - Modifies provisions relating to the Kids' Chance Scholarship Fund

HB 1368 - Thomson - Modifies membership requirements for the Northwest Missouri State University Board of Regents

HB 1869 - Wilson - Requires the Missouri Revisor of Statutes to change all references of the term "junior college" to "community college" in the Revised Statutes of Missouri

HB 2048 - Zimmerman - Creates the Textbook Transparency Act requiring textbook publishers to provide certain information to higher education institutions

HB 2062 - Pearce - Modifies various provisions of law relating to the provision of benefits to certain public employees, including members of the military and their families

Highway Patrol (14)

SB 723 - Scott - Modifies educational requirements for certain law enforcement personnel and requires the revisor to change certain references related to criminal records

SB 754 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to the DNA profiling system

SB 761 - Stouffer - Modifies various laws relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles

SB 794 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to the DNA profiling system

SB 874 - Graham - Requires the general assembly to separately appropriate funds for the highway patrol uniform allowance

SB 899 - Dempsey - Allows members of the public and certain electronic and computer businesses to access online identifying information of registered sex offenders in order to use the information to protect children from online sexual predators

SB 919 - Rupp - Assesses fee on shippers that transport radioactive waste within Missouri

SB 930 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles

SB 1163 - Rupp - Modifies the school bus endorsement criminal background check procedure

SB 1184 - Bray - Modifies various provisions relating to domestic violence

SB 1246 - Justus - Modifies the definition of "family or household member" and "domestic violence" in certain provisions

SJR 40 - McKenna - Creates a state-wide sales and use tax to fund the Missouri Highway Patrol

HB 1314 - Cunningham - Grants civil immunity to certain education personnel under certain conditions

HB 1649 - Franz - Requires registered sex offenders to obtain driver's licenses with unique codes and limits license to a one-year period

Historic Preservation (2)

SB 848 - Shoemyer - Requires all offices in the state capitol building to be accessible to individuals with disabilities

SB 876 - Graham - Creates a tax credit for contributions to organizations for the preservation of Missouri's civil war sites

Holidays (1)

HCR 23 - Dixon - Declares February 6th of each year to be "Ronald Reagan Day" in Missouri

Hospitals (12)

SB 732 - Champion - Establishes a drug monitoring program and modifies existing record keeping for controlled substances and pseudoephedrine products

SB 916 - Goodman - Requires hospitals to report adverse health events to a patient safety organization for review

SB 1021 - Loudon - Changes the laws regarding midwives and the practice of midwifery

SB 1103 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions regarding the Family Care Safety Registry

SB 1113 - Bray - Requires the posting of nurse staffing levels at hospitals

SB 1216 - Bray - Establishes the implementation of a health care quality report card

SB 1233 - Shields - Designates qualified hospitals as specified myocardial infarction or stroke centers

SB 1264 - Bray - Requires hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to report adverse health events

HB 1546 - Schaaf - Modifies provisions relating to infection incident rates reporting and control

HB 1619 - Jones - Modifies provisions relating to drug monitoring

HB 1790 - Cooper - Modifies provisions relating to municipal health care facilities and hospital designations

HB 1831 - Onder - Enacts provisions regarding the coercion of abortions

Housing (12)

SB 825 - Justus - Increases the fee collected by each recorder to be deposited into the Missouri Housing Trust Fund from $3 to $10

SB 897 - Wilson - Increases the fee collected by each recorder of deeds to fund the county homeless person assistance program from $3 to $10, upon voter approval, if such a program has been created

SB 1005 - Bray - Adopts the Uniform Planned Community Act

SB 1009 - Loudon - Modifies the current legal requirement that funds conveyed to settlement agents in real estate closings be certified funds

SB 1024 - Scott - Modifies provisions relating to liability for tort claims against the state, state entities, and state employees

SB 1056 - Justus - Modifies the membership on the Missouri Housing Development Commission

SB 1090 - Bray - Modifies law regarding residential property insurance

SB 1175 - Goodman - Modifies various provisions of law relating to the Missouri Housing Development Commission

SB 1183 - Bray - Modifies the membership on the Missouri Housing Development Commission

HB 1595 - Swinger - Creates a tax credit for the construction of storm shelters

HB 1904 - Cox - Modifies various provisions of law relating to financial limitations placed on boards and commissions

HB 2188 - Pearce - Creates civil and criminal penalties for mortgage fraud and imposes sanctions upon certain licensed professionals and unlicensed individuals who commit the crime

Immigration (12)

SB 750 - Crowell - Denies issuance of driver's licenses to illegal aliens

SB 751 - Crowell - Requires applicants to prove citizenship, permanent residence, or lawful presence in order to receive state or local public benefits

SB 858 - Rupp - Modifies the law relating to illegal immigrants

SB 927 - Green - Amends law relating to the hiring of unqualified employees on public projects

SB 929 - Green - Bars employers from misclassifying employees as independent contractors

SB 1186 - Engler - Requires applicants to prove citizenship, permanent residence, or lawful presence in order to receive state or local public benefits

SB 1230 - Koster - Modifies the law relating to illegal immigrants

SB 1255 - Purgason - Requires applicants to prove citizenship, permanent residence, or lawful presence in order to receive state or local public benefits

SB 1269 - Ridgeway - Prohibits illegal aliens from being released pending trial, appeal, or any other proceeding

HB 1463 - Nolte - Prohibits the admission of unlawfully present aliens to public institutions of higher education

HB 1549 - Onder - Modifies the law relating to illegal immigrants

HB 1626 - Emery - Requires applicants to prove citizenship, permanent residence, or lawful presence in order to receive state or local public benefits

Insurance - Automobile (8)

SB 775 - Shoemyer - Prohibits automobile insurers from requiring the use of specific repair shops and imposes certain conditions on physical damage appraisers

SB 868 - Shoemyer - Makes it an unfair practice for an insurance company not to follow all components of a repair manual when appraising a damaged vehicle

SB 986 - Shoemyer - Requires motor vehicle physical damage appraisers to give consumers written estimates for labor and parts for motor vehicle repairs

SB 1008 - Loudon - Modifies various provisions relating to health insurance and automobile insurance

SB 1055 - Goodman - Reinstates the Motorist Insurance Identification Database program which expired on June 30, 2007

SB 1123 - Loudon - Establishes the Uninsured Motorist Stipulation of Benefits Act of 2008 which limits the recovery for non-economic damages by uninsured motorists

SB 1148 - Koster - Requires automobile insurers to provide premium discounts for installing anti-theft mechanisms

SB 1202 - Crowell - Allows lenders to charge for home and auto security plans

Insurance - General (16)

SB 783 - Loudon - Creates the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact

SB 865 - Rupp - Prohibits life insurers from taking underwriting actions or charging different rates based upon a person's past or future lawful travel destinations unless such action is based upon sound actuarial principles

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts

SB 1008 - Loudon - Modifies various provisions relating to health insurance and automobile insurance

SB 1022 - Coleman - Makes statutory penalties and attorney fees associated with a vexatious refusal to pay claim mandatory rather than discretionary

SB 1029 - Rupp - Establishes the Market Conduct Surveillance Act

SB 1098 - Bray - Subjects 383 malpractice associations to stricter insurance regulations

SB 1121 - Loudon - Eliminates the requirement that product liability insurance companies report claims that do not result in payment on the insured's behalf

SB 1124 - Loudon - Establishes procedure for insurers intervening in civil actions to determine coverage issues

SB 1154 - Crowell - Allows teacher and school retirement systems to indemnify and protect trustees and employees

SB 1168 - Dempsey - Revises the formula for computing a refund for credit insurance

HB 1341 - Ruestman - Requires owners of for-profit swimming pools to maintain adequate liability insurance in the event of injury or death of a patron

HB 1690 - Wilson - Enacts various provisions relating to the transmission of insurance-related information

HB 1805 - Schaaf - Allows enrollees to pay the usual and customary retail price of a prescription drug when the co-payment assigned by the health maintenance organization or health insurer exceeds such retail price

HB 1893 - Scharnhorst - Changes the requirements for premium refund calculations on credit insurance

HB 1973 - Franz - Modifies provisions relating to compensation for education personnel

Insurance - Life (2)

SB 865 - Rupp - Prohibits life insurers from taking underwriting actions or charging different rates based upon a person's past or future lawful travel destinations unless such action is based upon sound actuarial principles

HB 1617 - Cunningham - Authorizes financial institutions to assign fiduciary obligations relating to irrevocable life insurance trusts

Insurance - Medical (19)

SB 741 - Bray - Allows small employers to obtain medical coverage through the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan

SB 746 - Days - Mandates health insurance coverage for morbid obesity

SB 773 - Shoemyer - Regulates insurance agents selling Medicare Advantage plans

SB 778 - Justus - Provides information and the opportunity to be immunized for the human papilloma virus

SB 789 - Griesheimer - Requires insurance companies to provide coverage for computerized prosthetic devices

SB 859 - Rupp - Allows health maintenance organizations to issue high deductible health plans combined with health savings accounts under certain conditions

SB 893 - Green - Creates an income tax deduction for small businesses and farmers that provide health insurance coverage for employees

SB 973 - Engler - Regulates insurance agents selling Medicare Advantage plans

SB 996 - Crowell - Allows certain health insurance pool members to transfer any current or unused accumulated credits or offsets to their affiliates.

SB 1015 - Mayer - Requires health insurance premiums of state employees to be run through a cafeteria plan

SB 1043 - Ridgeway - Requires health carriers to provide coverage for out-of-network chiropractic services under certain circumstances

SB 1101 - Bray - Establishes the Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program

SB 1122 - Ridgeway - Mandates insurance coverage for the treatment of autism and requires the offering of group insurance coverage for prosthetic devices

SB 1192 - Ridgeway - Replaces several Medicaid references found in Chapter 376 with the term Mo HealthNet

SB 1199 - Goodman - Allows health carriers to offer limited mandate health insurance policies to persons who have had their employment terminated

SB 1229 - Koster - Requires certain health carriers to provide insurance coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder under certain conditions

SB 1272 - Kennedy - Governs the treatment of quality of care data between health carriers and health care providers

SB 1283 - Dempsey - Creates the Missouri Health Transformation Act

HB 1805 - Schaaf - Allows enrollees to pay the usual and customary retail price of a prescription drug when the co-payment assigned by the health maintenance organization or health insurer exceeds such retail price

Insurance - Property (5)

SB 877 - Mayer - Establishes the Missouri Catastrophe Fund to help protect property and casualty insurers against insolvencies caused by earthquakes

SB 907 - Engler - Modifies provisions pertaining to motor fuel storage tanks and equipment

SB 1090 - Bray - Modifies law regarding residential property insurance

SB 1202 - Crowell - Allows lenders to charge for home and auto security plans

HB 1341 - Ruestman - Requires owners of for-profit swimming pools to maintain adequate liability insurance in the event of injury or death of a patron

Insurance Dept. (25)

SB 768 - Rupp - Creates the Missouri Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Office of Autism Services

SB 773 - Shoemyer - Regulates insurance agents selling Medicare Advantage plans

SB 775 - Shoemyer - Prohibits automobile insurers from requiring the use of specific repair shops and imposes certain conditions on physical damage appraisers

SB 783 - Loudon - Creates the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact

SB 788 - Scott - Moves certain divisions and boards to the Department of Insurance and modifies law with respect to preneed funeral contracts, physical therapists and real estate brokers

SB 865 - Rupp - Prohibits life insurers from taking underwriting actions or charging different rates based upon a person's past or future lawful travel destinations unless such action is based upon sound actuarial principles

SB 868 - Shoemyer - Makes it an unfair practice for an insurance company not to follow all components of a repair manual when appraising a damaged vehicle

SB 869 - Shoemyer - Allows the Department of Insurance to take disciplinary action against a bail bond agent for certain felonies regardless of when such crime occurred

SB 877 - Mayer - Establishes the Missouri Catastrophe Fund to help protect property and casualty insurers against insolvencies caused by earthquakes

SB 902 - Loudon - Prohibits persons from selling vehicle protection products in Missouri unless certain conditions are met

SB 973 - Engler - Regulates insurance agents selling Medicare Advantage plans

SB 1008 - Loudon - Modifies various provisions relating to health insurance and automobile insurance

SB 1029 - Rupp - Establishes the Market Conduct Surveillance Act

SB 1090 - Bray - Modifies law regarding residential property insurance

SB 1098 - Bray - Subjects 383 malpractice associations to stricter insurance regulations

SB 1121 - Loudon - Eliminates the requirement that product liability insurance companies report claims that do not result in payment on the insured's behalf

SB 1148 - Koster - Requires automobile insurers to provide premium discounts for installing anti-theft mechanisms

SB 1229 - Koster - Requires certain health carriers to provide insurance coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder under certain conditions

SB 1247 - Coleman - Modifies provisions relating to bail bond and surety recovery agents

SB 1272 - Kennedy - Governs the treatment of quality of care data between health carriers and health care providers

SB 1283 - Dempsey - Creates the Missouri Health Transformation Act

HB 1332 - Sater - Establishes provisions regarding pharmacy audits

HB 1617 - Cunningham - Authorizes financial institutions to assign fiduciary obligations relating to irrevocable life insurance trusts

HB 1690 - Wilson - Enacts various provisions relating to the transmission of insurance-related information

HB 1893 - Scharnhorst - Changes the requirements for premium refund calculations on credit insurance

Interstate Cooperation (3)

SB 1020 - Bray - Implements the provisions of the streamlined sales and use tax agreement

HB 1358 - Flook - Enacts the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

HB 1678 - Day - Modifies various laws relating to members of the military and their families

Jackson County (1)

SB 845 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions

Judges (11)

SB 734 - Champion - Adds a circuit judge to the thirty-first judicial circuit

SB 757 - Engler - Provides for nonpartisan elections of judicial candidates and forbids such candidates from being affiliated with any political party

SB 767 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to the public defender system and the number of judges in various circuits

SB 769 - Rupp - Adds a circuit judge position within the 45th judicial circuit

SB 960 - Goodman - Adds a circuit judge to the thirty-ninth judicial circuit

SB 968 - Shields - Provides that nonpartisan commissions that select judges for gubernatorial appointment shall be subject to the Missouri Sunshine Act and shall not close meetings, records or votes relating to personnel matters

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts

SB 1142 - Purgason - Adds a circuit judge to the twenty-sixth judicial circuit

SB 1218 - Barnitz - Lowers the average total inmate population required to allow a circuit court to appoint an extra circuit court marshal

SCR 27 - Champion - Encourages the Missouri Supreme Court to work with various entities to efficiently allocate resources among the state judicial circuits

HJR 41 - Cunningham - Proposes a constitutional amendment providing that the general assembly is not required to enact legislation to comply with a court order declaring that it raise taxes

Juries (2)

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts

SB 998 - Crowell - Prohibits convicted felons whose civil rights have been restored from participating in jury service

Kansas City (10)

SB 801 - Ridgeway - Increases the maximum amount of compensation which the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners may pay officers

SB 845 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts

SB 977 - Ridgeway - Creates the Betty L. Thompson Scholarship Program

SB 980 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions regarding supplemental and disability retirement benefits for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees

SB 1001 - Justus - Allows a Kansas City festival district's promotional association to obtain a license to sell alcohol for consumption

SB 1131 - Wilson - Excludes tax revenues, derived from certain transportation sales taxes imposed by the City of Kansas City, from tax increment finance economic activity taxes used to pay redevelopment costs

SB 1256 - Lager - Repeals provisions of law authorizing the imposition and collection of nonresident earnings taxes by cities

HB 1410 - Flook - Increases the maximum amount of compensation which the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners may pay officers

HB 1710 - Flook - Modifies provisions regarding supplemental and disability retirement for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees

Labor and Industrial Relations Dept. (11)

SB 742 - Bray - Requires equal pay for the same work regardless of gender and establishes a commission to study wage disparities

SB 867 - Shoemyer - Requires state employee salaries to be annually adjusted by the consumer price index

SB 929 - Green - Bars employers from misclassifying employees as independent contractors

SB 1030 - Rupp - Repeals certain provisions dealing with employee health and welfare

SB 1110 - Clemens - Prevents the disclosure of unemployment records

SB 1112 - Clemens - Modifies provisions relating to unemployment compensation

SB 1115 - Bray - Creates a collective bargaining process for public employees

SB 1138 - McKenna - Requires Occupational Safety and Health Administration training for employees on public works projects

SB 1261 - Bray - Creates requirements and provides incentives for energy efficient products and activities

HB 1689 - Wilson - Transfers the Governor's Council on Disability from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to the Office of Administration

HB 2041 - Fisher - Modifies provisions relating to unemployment compensation

Labor and Management (6)

SB 742 - Bray - Requires equal pay for the same work regardless of gender and establishes a commission to study wage disparities

SB 867 - Shoemyer - Requires state employee salaries to be annually adjusted by the consumer price index

SB 927 - Green - Amends law relating to the hiring of unqualified employees on public projects

SB 1115 - Bray - Creates a collective bargaining process for public employees

SB 1158 - Mayer - Creates the Professional Relationships Between Teachers and School Districts Act

HB 2059 - Wilson - Creates the Professional Relationships Between Teachers and School Districts Act

Lakes, Rivers and Waterways (2)

SCR 31 - Barnitz - Expresses support for the Chamois ferryboat project and urges various agencies to assist in securing moneys for the location and construction of the ferryboat

SCR 37 - Gibbons - Encourages the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to not implement a spring rise on the Missouri River

Landlords and Tenants (3)

SB 781 - Smith - Modifies various provisions relating to landlords, tenants, and real property

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts

SB 1174 - Goodman - Provides that covenants for transfer fees on real estate shall be unenforceable against subsequent owners

Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies (54)

SB 714 - Loudon - Modifies various provisions relating to sexual offenses

SB 723 - Scott - Modifies educational requirements for certain law enforcement personnel and requires the revisor to change certain references related to criminal records

SB 728 - Shields - Designates a portion of U.S. Highway 169 as the "Deputy Charles M. Cook Memorial Highway"

SB 733 - Champion - Requires crime laboratories providing reports or testimony to a state court to be accredited by 2012

SB 754 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to the DNA profiling system

SB 761 - Stouffer - Modifies various laws relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles

SB 785 - Coleman - Allows the City of St. Louis to control its police force without state intervention by passing an ordinance

SB 787 - Scott - Creates penalties for individuals who set fires in areas proclaimed to be in extraordinary danger from fire

SB 790 - Champion - Creates a "Crime Laboratory Review Commission" to independently review the operations of crime laboratories in the state of Missouri that receive state-administered funding

SB 792 - Champion - Provides immunity from liability for certain healthcare professionals assisting law enforcement or governmental agencies in certain planned activities

SB 793 - Bartle - Allows Department of Transportation to construct toll roads under certain conditions

SB 794 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to the DNA profiling system

SB 795 - Bartle - Modifies the time when a search may be conducted pursuant to a warrant

SB 801 - Ridgeway - Increases the maximum amount of compensation which the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners may pay officers

SB 834 - Bartle - Creates penalties for owners of dogs that injure people or property and creates an absolute defense against civil liability or prosecution for killing a dog in certain circumstances

SB 864 - Rupp - Establishes a surcharge on criminal cases to fund a defined contribution system for certain law enforcement employees

SB 884 - Graham - Modifies Missouri's seat belt law by making it applicable to all passengers and allows for primary enforcement

SB 899 - Dempsey - Allows members of the public and certain electronic and computer businesses to access online identifying information of registered sex offenders in order to use the information to protect children from online sexual predators

SB 912 - Engler - Creates the crime of murder of a criminal justice official and expands the crime of assault of a law enforcement officer, emergency personnel, or probation or parole officer to include corrections personnel

SB 932 - Loudon - Modifies provisions relating to law enforcement

SB 935 - Griesheimer - Creates the "Deputy Sheriff Salary Supplementation Fund", consisting of money generated by a $10 fee collected for serving civil summons and subpoena

SB 963 - Stouffer - Requires law enforcement agencies to establish rotation lists of towing truck companies to be called for removing disabled vehicles

SB 966 - Dempsey - Provides additional workers' compensation benefits for public safety workers killed in the line of duty

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts

SB 979 - Vogel - Terminates eligibility for surviving spouse of public safety officer income tax credit upon remarriage

SB 980 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions regarding supplemental and disability retirement benefits for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees

SB 985 - Shoemyer - Modifies the crime of making a false declaration

SB 997 - Crowell - Removes certain limitations from investments made by boards of trustees of police and firemen's retirement systems

SB 1011 - Griesheimer - Modifies various provisions relating to liquor control

SB 1032 - Dempsey - Modifies provisions relating to dangerous animal registration

SB 1063 - Koster - Creates the Missouri Methamphetamine Project

SB 1070 - Kennedy - Allows the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners to develop a physical strength test for police officers

SB 1097 - Graham - Modifies the powers of jailers

SB 1104 - Kennedy - Grants immunity to law enforcement agencies for damages caused by criminals involved in vehicle pursuits

SB 1153 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to several public employee retirement systems

SB 1184 - Bray - Modifies various provisions relating to domestic violence

SB 1193 - Koster - Changes how salaries of county sheriffs are established

SB 1203 - Rupp - Allows political subdivisions to elect to cover certain personnel as members of the Missouri local government employees' retirement system

SB 1227 - Mayer - Modifies various provisions relating to confidential law enforcement information

SB 1238 - Goodman - Expands the crime of resisting arrest, stop, or detention

HB 1348 - Portwood - Repeals the requirements that the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners establish the Bertillon system of identification of criminals and employ assistance to conduct and manage the department

HB 1384 - Cox - Modifies certain provisions relating to protection of consumers against fraudulent practices

HB 1410 - Flook - Increases the maximum amount of compensation which the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners may pay officers

HB 1423 - St. Onge - Toughens ignition interlock device law for certain repeat offenders and allows prior pleas and other dispositions to be used to enhance the punishment of intoxication-related traffic offenders

HB 1549 - Onder - Modifies the law relating to illegal immigrants

HB 1574 - Jones - Increases the death benefit of an active member of the Sheriffs' Retirement System

HB 1710 - Flook - Modifies provisions regarding supplemental and disability retirement for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees

HB 1756 - Walton - Modifies the provisions relating to the counterfeiting of goods

HB 2047 - Curls - Changes the law regarding street grading in cities with over 300,000 inhabitants and allows certain counties of the third classification to impose a tax on agricultural and horticultural land, upon voter approval, for purchasing road rock

HB 2055 - Viebrock - Removes certain limitations from investments made by boards of trustees of police and firemen's retirement systems

HB 2060 - Deeken - Authorizes minimum amounts of compensation for certain corrections personnel

HB 2202 - Kelly - Department of Corrections custody personnel shall be eligible for a specific pay parameter based on the hazards of such jobs, years of service, and a twenty-four-hour seven-day-a-week staffing requirement

HB 2224 - Jones - Modifies various provisions relating to law enforcement

HB 2590 - Moore - Modifies various provisions relating to civil actions against government entities, agents, officers, and employees

Liability (27)

SB 713 - Gibbons - Grants civil immunity to certain education personnel under certain conditions

SB 719 - Kennedy - Requires publishers of instructional materials to provide electronic copies of such materials for specialized uses

SB 742 - Bray - Requires equal pay for the same work regardless of gender and establishes a commission to study wage disparities

SB 781 - Smith - Modifies various provisions relating to landlords, tenants, and real property

SB 792 - Champion - Provides immunity from liability for certain healthcare professionals assisting law enforcement or governmental agencies in certain planned activities

SB 803 - Crowell - Precludes actions for wrongful death when the deceased adjudicated or settled claims during his or her lifetime

SB 834 - Bartle - Creates penalties for owners of dogs that injure people or property and creates an absolute defense against civil liability or prosecution for killing a dog in certain circumstances

SB 904 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions pertaining to the Underground Facility Safety and Damage Prevention Act

SB 907 - Engler - Modifies provisions pertaining to motor fuel storage tanks and equipment

SB 921 - Goodman - Adds coverage under the state legal expense fund for certain heath care professionals providing uncompensated service at summer camps

SB 958 - Goodman - Allows rural electric cooperatives to manage vegetation within specified areas to ensure reliable service

SB 974 - Engler - Modifies public safety provisions relating to mental health services

SB 995 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to liability for school employees and volunteers

SB 1024 - Scott - Modifies provisions relating to liability for tort claims against the state, state entities, and state employees

SB 1050 - Crowell - Establishes the Asbestos and Silica Claims Priorities Act

SB 1075 - Engler - Limits liability of watercraft outfitters for injury or death resulting from the inherent risks of watercraft activities

SB 1076 - Engler - Provides for immunity from civil and criminal liability on the basis of noise for owners and users of hunting preserves and firearm ranges

SB 1077 - Goodman - Modifies law that limit indemnity agreements in construction work contracts

SB 1104 - Kennedy - Grants immunity to law enforcement agencies for damages caused by criminals involved in vehicle pursuits

SB 1143 - Mayer - Modifies the law regarding false or misleading television advertisements for legal services

SB 1154 - Crowell - Allows teacher and school retirement systems to indemnify and protect trustees and employees

SB 1210 - Callahan - Adds professional corporations of eligible physicians to coverage under the state legal expense fund

SB 1242 - Barnitz - Modifies various provisions relating to foster care and adoption

SB 1286 - Scott - Modifies the law regarding duties of business owners or operators to guard against criminal acts

HB 1314 - Cunningham - Grants civil immunity to certain education personnel under certain conditions

HB 1383 - Cox - Modifies the law regarding duties of business owners or operators to guard against criminal acts

HB 2047 - Curls - Changes the law regarding street grading in cities with over 300,000 inhabitants and allows certain counties of the third classification to impose a tax on agricultural and horticultural land, upon voter approval, for purchasing road rock

Licenses - Driver's (14)

SB 750 - Crowell - Denies issuance of driver's licenses to illegal aliens

SB 761 - Stouffer - Modifies various laws relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles

SB 774 - Shoemyer - Regulates the use of utility vehicles upon the highways of Missouri

SB 808 - Engler - Limits the types of individuals and organizations to whom the director of the department of revenue may award fee office contracts

SB 930 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles

SB 1195 - Goodman - Requires written test for a hazardous materials endorsement to be administered in English and prohibits the use of language interpreters in connection with it

SB 1239 - Dempsey - Makes eligibility for a driver's license for persons under 18 contingent upon documentation that the applicant has complied with school district standards

SB 1265 - Bray - Imposes various regulations (hours of operation, vehicle safety, drug and alcohol screening, etc.) on contract carriers that transport railroad employees

SB 1284 - Ridgeway - Establishes an administrative procedure to suspend driver's licenses and motor vehicle registrations for failure to pay towing charges

HB 1309 - Day - Allows any family member older than 21 years of age to give written permission for a temporary instruction permit application and to occupy the seat beside the driver with a temporary permit

HB 1649 - Franz - Requires registered sex offenders to obtain driver's licenses with unique codes and limits license to a one-year period

HB 1716 - Guest - Modifies law regarding proving lawful presence for driver's license purposes and prohibits the collection and dissemination of driver's license and motor vehicle information in order to comply with the REAL ID Act

HB 2078 - Hubbard - Prohibits issuance of driver's licenses to persons 15 to 18 years of age if a school submits information that a student is not in compliance with the eligibility standards

HCR 15 - Kuessner - Urges the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to establish a controlled pilot program allowing 19 to 21 year-olds to obtain a CDL for interstate commerce

Licenses - Liquor and Beer (3)

SB 826 - Justus - Modifies the requirements to deny, suspend, or revoke a liquor license because of certain employee convictions

SB 845 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions

SB 1001 - Justus - Allows a Kansas City festival district's promotional association to obtain a license to sell alcohol for consumption

Licenses - Misc (7)

SB 744 - Days - Amends laws relating to unsecured loans of $500 or less

SB 1052 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to the allocation and use of gaming revenues

SB 1111 - Clemens - Modifies license requirements for grain dealers and public grain warehouses

SB 1171 - Goodman - Places a two year moratorium upon the issuance of new licenses to operate excursion gambling boats

SB 1236 - Crowell - Allows hunting and fishing permit applicants to receive a voter registration application form as part of the application for such permits

SB 1242 - Barnitz - Modifies various provisions relating to foster care and adoption

HB 1864 - Parson - Modifies provisions of law regarding the licensing of operators of excursion gambling boats by allowing checks to be deposited on the next business day of the financial institution

Licenses - Motor Vehicle (13)

SB 731 - Griesheimer - Exempts certain motorists from submitting their motor vehicles to safety or emissions inspections when renewing their registrations if certain conditions are met

SB 760 - Stouffer - Authorizes the State Highways and Transportation Commission to take the necessary steps to implement and administer a state plan to conform with the Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005

SB 761 - Stouffer - Modifies various laws relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles

SB 808 - Engler - Limits the types of individuals and organizations to whom the director of the department of revenue may award fee office contracts

SB 856 - Engler - Creates the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal specialized license plate and exempts permanent nonexpiring license plates from reissuance program

SB 890 - Green - Prohibits commercial inserts or other forms of advertising from accompanying motor vehicle registration notices

SB 936 - Griesheimer - Allow motorists to operate vehicles without current registrations for the purpose of resetting emissions readiness monitors in order to pass emissions inspection retests

SB 937 - Shoemyer - Allows utility vehicles to be operated upon Missouri highways

SB 955 - Shields - Allows motor vehicle owners to receive refunds for unused registration fees under certain conditions

SB 1055 - Goodman - Reinstates the Motorist Insurance Identification Database program which expired on June 30, 2007

SB 1163 - Rupp - Modifies the school bus endorsement criminal background check procedure

HB 1354 - Wilson - Exempts self-propelled sprayers that are used for spraying chemicals or spreading fertilizer from complying with titling, registration and license plate display laws

HB 1716 - Guest - Modifies law regarding proving lawful presence for driver's license purposes and prohibits the collection and dissemination of driver's license and motor vehicle information in order to comply with the REAL ID Act

Licenses - Professional (22)

SB 724 - Scott - Gives advanced practice registered nurses prescriptive authority for scheduled drugs

SB 727 - Shields - Criminalizes residential mortgage fraud

SB 788 - Scott - Moves certain divisions and boards to the Department of Insurance and modifies law with respect to preneed funeral contracts, physical therapists and real estate brokers

SB 850 - Justus - Requires the board of optometry to give notice of its meetings

SB 917 - Goodman - Creates licensing requirements for prescribing psychologists

SB 952 - Scott - Modifies the licensing requirements and practice of certified public accountants and accounting firms

SB 1059 - Engler - Creates civil and criminal penalties for mortgage fraud and imposes sanctions upon certain licensed professionals and unlicensed individuals who commit the crime

SB 1093 - Loudon - Creates licensure requirements for electrical contractors

SB 1109 - Scott - Modifies the scope of practice for licensed professional counselors

SB 1126 - Scott - Exempts certain independent contractors from being licensed as private investigators

SB 1162 - Clemens - Licenses clinical laboratory science personnel

SB 1177 - Barnitz - Designates licensed professional counselors as mental health professionals in certain circumstances

SB 1190 - Nodler - Authorizes the division of professional registration to reduce licensure fees by emergency rule under certain circumstances

SB 1247 - Coleman - Modifies provisions relating to bail bond and surety recovery agents

HB 1419 - Portwood - Modifies the law relating to licensed massage therapists

HB 1616 - Ruzicka - Modifies an exception to those required to be licensed as real estate brokers

HB 1700 - Wasson - Modifies the law relating to professional licensing and registration

HB 1791 - Cooper - Designates licensed professional counselors as mental health professionals in certain circumstances

HB 2068 - Wasson - Modifies the law relating to licensed physical therapists and physical therapy assistants

HB 2081 - Dougherty - Modifies the definition of "practice of embalming"

HB 2082 - Dougherty - Modifies the law relating to licensed barbers and cosmetologists

HB 2188 - Pearce - Creates civil and criminal penalties for mortgage fraud and imposes sanctions upon certain licensed professionals and unlicensed individuals who commit the crime

Liens (2)

SB 1074 - Dempsey - Modifies liens for certain design professionals

HB 1474 - Cunningham - Establishes a process for converting manufactured homes from personal property into real property and vice versa

Lobbying (3)

SB 807 - Engler - Bars public officials from receiving expenditures from lobbyists

SB 883 - Graham - Bars elected officials and members of the general assembly from working as lobbyists

SB 1102 - Bray - Modifies provisions regarding public officials, lobbyists and campaign finance

Lotteries (1)

SB 988 - Shoemyer - Exempts Veterans, service, and fraternal organizations from bingo and pull tab taxes

Manufactured Housing (3)

SB 761 - Stouffer - Modifies various laws relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles

SB 950 - Scott - Modifies various provisions relating to manufactured housing

HB 1474 - Cunningham - Establishes a process for converting manufactured homes from personal property into real property and vice versa

Marriage and Divorce (1)

HB 2204 - Ervin - Modifies provisions relating to compensation for education personnel

Medicaid (13)

SB 799 - Days - Enacts provisions on children's mental health

SB 821 - Shoemyer - Modifies the membership of the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee

SB 855 - Coleman - Adds counseling services under MO HealthNet

SB 918 - Goodman - Prohibits certain requirements for immunosuppresive drugs under the MO HealthNet Program without the consent of the physician and patient

SB 923 - Shoemyer - Modifies the membership of the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee by adding a licensed optometrist

SB 972 - Stouffer - Adds comprehensive day rehabilitation services under MO HealthNet

SB 987 - Shoemyer - Modifies the membership of the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee by adding a licensed podiatrist and a licensed nurse

SB 990 - Champion - Allowing nursing home residents under MO HealthNet to retain fifty dollars per month discretionary spending

SB 1068 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to pharmacies and pharmacists

SB 1192 - Ridgeway - Replaces several Medicaid references found in Chapter 376 with the term Mo HealthNet

SB 1258 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to protections for senior citizens, disabled persons, and children

SCR 39 - Shields - Request the withdrawal of proposed federal rules relating to Direct Graduate Medical Education Funds

HB 1656 - Nance - Modifies provisions regarding long-term care facilities

Medical Procedures and Personnel (3)

SB 966 - Dempsey - Provides additional workers' compensation benefits for public safety workers killed in the line of duty

SB 1215 - Bray - Enacts the Prevention First Act

HB 1722 - Wallace - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

Mental Health (4)

SB 799 - Days - Enacts provisions on children's mental health

SB 880 - Green - Modifies laws on mental health facilities and group homes for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled

SB 974 - Engler - Modifies public safety provisions relating to mental health services

SB 1081 - Nodler - Modifies provisions regarding quality assurance and safety in the Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Community Programs

Mental Health Dept. (9)

SB 756 - Engler - Changes the name of the Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities to the Division of Developmental Disabilities

SB 768 - Rupp - Creates the Missouri Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Office of Autism Services

SB 843 - Wilson - Creates a trust fund and commission for youth smoking prevention

SB 880 - Green - Modifies laws on mental health facilities and group homes for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled

SB 974 - Engler - Modifies public safety provisions relating to mental health services

SB 1081 - Nodler - Modifies provisions regarding quality assurance and safety in the Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Community Programs

SB 1127 - Rupp - Establishes the Office of Autism Services

SB 1166 - Dempsey - Provides for cost of living increases for Department of Mental Health contracted community providers

HB 1656 - Nance - Modifies provisions regarding long-term care facilities

Merchandising Practices (14)

SB 712 - Gibbons - Allows consumers to place security freezes on their credit reports and creates requirements for merchandise rebates

SB 786 - Coleman - Creates labeling requirements for radio frequency identification tags

SB 895 - Clemens - Creates the Manufacturer Responsibility and Consumer Convenience Computer Equipment Collection and Recovery Act

SB 913 - Bray - Creates statutory warranties for home buyers and homeowners and also prevents home solicitors from engaging in certain deceptive practices

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts

SB 999 - Scott - Allows the Attorney General to bring an action for unlawful merchandising practices when the name of a financial institution is deceptively used

SB 1035 - Scott - Limits civil actions against motor vehicle dealers for unlawful merchandising practices to only motor vehicle dealers directly involved in the retail transaction

SB 1075 - Engler - Limits liability of watercraft outfitters for injury or death resulting from the inherent risks of watercraft activities

SB 1114 - Bray - Prohibits businesses from deceptively listing fictitious or assumed business names in telephone directories or directory assistance databases

SB 1143 - Mayer - Modifies the law regarding false or misleading television advertisements for legal services

SB 1279 - Clemens - Creates criteria for when certain dairy products shall be considered misbranded

HB 1970 - Wasson - Limits civil actions against certain motor vehicle dealers

HB 2157 - Grill - Allows an individual who has learned or reasonably suspects that he or she has been the victim of identity theft to file a police report with the local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over his or her residence

HCR 25 - Pratt - Urges Congress and the Consumer Product Safety Commission to immediately strengthen the regulations regarding furniture and major appliances with a tip-over hazard

Merit System (2)

SB 742 - Bray - Requires equal pay for the same work regardless of gender and establishes a commission to study wage disparities

SB 837 - Bray - Creates the Public Employee Due Process Act

Military Affairs (12)

SB 771 - McKenna - Creates an income tax credit for contributions made to provide military personnel with armored protection

SB 806 - Engler - Requires all government buildings to fly the U.S. and Missouri flags at half-staff when any Missouri resident is killed in combat

SB 830 - Coleman - Limits the tuition that may be charged by a higher education institution to certain combat veterans

SB 906 - Vogel - Designates a portion of state highway 87 in Moniteau County as the "Lance Corporal Leon B. Deraps Memorial Highway"

SB 1036 - Coleman - Creates an educational grant for children and spouses of veterans who are killed in combat

SB 1167 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions of law relating to members of the military and their families

SCR 36 - Green - Condemns the actions of the United States Air Force in awarding the contract for replacing the refueling tanker fleet to a non-American company

HB 1575 - Jones - Designates a portion of State Highway 87 in Moniteau County as the "Lance Corporal Leon B. Deraps Memorial Highway"

HB 1678 - Day - Modifies various laws relating to members of the military and their families

HB 1783 - Meadows - Requires all government buildings to fly the U.S. and Missouri flags at half-staff when any Missouri resident is killed in combat

HB 1788 - Day - Authorizes an income tax deduction from a taxpayer's Missouri adjusted gross income for 100% of any military retirement income, regardless of age or income

HB 2062 - Pearce - Modifies various provisions of law relating to the provision of benefits to certain public employees, including members of the military and their families

Mining and Oil and Gas Production (2)

SB 1136 - Callahan - Creates tax incentives for secondary mining uses

HB 2328 - Wasson - Exempts purchases of utilities by certain businesses operated in former mines from sales tax, establishes the Regional Economic Development Initiative Tax Credit Program

Mortgages and Deeds (3)

SB 727 - Shields - Criminalizes residential mortgage fraud

SB 1059 - Engler - Creates civil and criminal penalties for mortgage fraud and imposes sanctions upon certain licensed professionals and unlicensed individuals who commit the crime

HB 2188 - Pearce - Creates civil and criminal penalties for mortgage fraud and imposes sanctions upon certain licensed professionals and unlicensed individuals who commit the crime

Motels and Hotels (3)

SB 900 - Vogel - Modifies provisions relating to the imposition of transient guest taxes by certain local governments

SB 1089 - Justus - Allows the City of Grandview to impose a transient guest tax

SB 1209 - Callahan - Modifies provisions of law relating to taxes and fees

Motor Carriers (9)

SB 760 - Stouffer - Authorizes the State Highways and Transportation Commission to take the necessary steps to implement and administer a state plan to conform with the Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005

SB 761 - Stouffer - Modifies various laws relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles

SB 811 - Stouffer - Creates a tax credit for the use of idle reduction technology

SB 841 - Stouffer - Modifies law with respect to certain motor vehicle weight regulations

SB 903 - Griesheimer - Modifies law with respect to the regulation of household good movers

SB 930 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles

SB 1195 - Goodman - Requires written test for a hazardous materials endorsement to be administered in English and prohibits the use of language interpreters in connection with it

HB 1422 - St. Onge - Authorizes the State Highways and Transportation Commission to take the necessary steps to implement and administer a state plan to conform with the Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005

HCR 15 - Kuessner - Urges the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to establish a controlled pilot program allowing 19 to 21 year-olds to obtain a CDL for interstate commerce

Motor Fuel (7)

SB 722 - Coleman - Exempts motor fuel used for school buses from the motor fuel tax

SB 749 - Ridgeway - Creates various tax incentives for certain energy uses

SB 759 - Stouffer - Requires all diesel fuel sold at retail in Missouri after a certain date to be a biodiesel-blended fuel

SB 810 - Stouffer - Requires all diesel fuel sold at retail in Missouri after April 1, 2010 to be biodiesel-blended fuel

SB 898 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 907 - Engler - Modifies provisions pertaining to motor fuel storage tanks and equipment

HB 1628 - Cooper - Exempts historical vehicles powered by liquid petroleum or natural gas from the alternative fuel decal requirement and tax

Motor Vehicles (50)

SB 725 - Scott - Modifies provisions regarding sales taxation of trade-in or exchange transactions

SB 731 - Griesheimer - Exempts certain motorists from submitting their motor vehicles to safety or emissions inspections when renewing their registrations if certain conditions are met

SB 749 - Ridgeway - Creates various tax incentives for certain energy uses

SB 760 - Stouffer - Authorizes the State Highways and Transportation Commission to take the necessary steps to implement and administer a state plan to conform with the Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005

SB 761 - Stouffer - Modifies various laws relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles

SB 774 - Shoemyer - Regulates the use of utility vehicles upon the highways of Missouri

SB 775 - Shoemyer - Prohibits automobile insurers from requiring the use of specific repair shops and imposes certain conditions on physical damage appraisers

SB 793 - Bartle - Allows Department of Transportation to construct toll roads under certain conditions

SB 808 - Engler - Limits the types of individuals and organizations to whom the director of the department of revenue may award fee office contracts

SB 811 - Stouffer - Creates a tax credit for the use of idle reduction technology

SB 841 - Stouffer - Modifies law with respect to certain motor vehicle weight regulations

SB 856 - Engler - Creates the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal specialized license plate and exempts permanent nonexpiring license plates from reissuance program

SB 868 - Shoemyer - Makes it an unfair practice for an insurance company not to follow all components of a repair manual when appraising a damaged vehicle

SB 884 - Graham - Modifies Missouri's seat belt law by making it applicable to all passengers and allows for primary enforcement

SB 887 - Dempsey - Prohibits the operation of a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone under certain circumstances

SB 892 - Green - Prohibits local governments from using automated photo red light enforcement systems unless the traffic control signals are also equipped with devices that display the numerical time remaining before the signals will display a red signal

SB 902 - Loudon - Prohibits persons from selling vehicle protection products in Missouri unless certain conditions are met

SB 903 - Griesheimer - Modifies law with respect to the regulation of household good movers

SB 924 - Koster - Creates a state and local sales tax exemption for sales of motor vehicles assembled and sold in this state

SB 930 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles

SB 936 - Griesheimer - Allow motorists to operate vehicles without current registrations for the purpose of resetting emissions readiness monitors in order to pass emissions inspection retests

SB 937 - Shoemyer - Allows utility vehicles to be operated upon Missouri highways

SB 963 - Stouffer - Requires law enforcement agencies to establish rotation lists of towing truck companies to be called for removing disabled vehicles

SB 986 - Shoemyer - Requires motor vehicle physical damage appraisers to give consumers written estimates for labor and parts for motor vehicle repairs

SB 1053 - Dempsey - Imposes additional penalties for intoxication-related traffic offenses

SB 1055 - Goodman - Reinstates the Motorist Insurance Identification Database program which expired on June 30, 2007

SB 1067 - Ridgeway - Exempts persons 21 years of age or older from wearing protective headgear except when operating or riding motorcycles upon interstate highways

SB 1104 - Kennedy - Grants immunity to law enforcement agencies for damages caused by criminals involved in vehicle pursuits

SB 1133 - Ridgeway - Repeals the current statutory requirement that a 1st class county hold 3 public hearings and publish notice in 2 local newspapers prior to adopting a traffic regulation

SB 1148 - Koster - Requires automobile insurers to provide premium discounts for installing anti-theft mechanisms

SB 1163 - Rupp - Modifies the school bus endorsement criminal background check procedure

SB 1195 - Goodman - Requires written test for a hazardous materials endorsement to be administered in English and prohibits the use of language interpreters in connection with it

SB 1239 - Dempsey - Makes eligibility for a driver's license for persons under 18 contingent upon documentation that the applicant has complied with school district standards

SB 1265 - Bray - Imposes various regulations (hours of operation, vehicle safety, drug and alcohol screening, etc.) on contract carriers that transport railroad employees

SB 1281 - Griesheimer - Requires motor vehicle dealers to collect and remit sales tax

SB 1284 - Ridgeway - Establishes an administrative procedure to suspend driver's licenses and motor vehicle registrations for failure to pay towing charges

SJR 31 - Bartle - Proposes constitutional change to allow Department of Transportation to construct and maintain toll roads

HB 1309 - Day - Allows any family member older than 21 years of age to give written permission for a temporary instruction permit application and to occupy the seat beside the driver with a temporary permit

HB 1326 - Sater - Creates an income tax deduction for purchases of hybrid motor vehicles

HB 1354 - Wilson - Exempts self-propelled sprayers that are used for spraying chemicals or spreading fertilizer from complying with titling, registration and license plate display laws

HB 1393 - Dusenberg - Exempts persons 21 years of age or older from wearing protective headgear when operating or riding motorcycles or motortricycles

HB 1422 - St. Onge - Authorizes the State Highways and Transportation Commission to take the necessary steps to implement and administer a state plan to conform with the Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005

HB 1423 - St. Onge - Toughens ignition interlock device law for certain repeat offenders and allows prior pleas and other dispositions to be used to enhance the punishment of intoxication-related traffic offenders

HB 1532 - Davis - Allows motorcycle headlamps to be wired to modulate either the upper beam or lower beam from its maximum intensity to lesser intensity

HB 1628 - Cooper - Exempts historical vehicles powered by liquid petroleum or natural gas from the alternative fuel decal requirement and tax

HB 1649 - Franz - Requires registered sex offenders to obtain driver's licenses with unique codes and limits license to a one-year period

HB 1716 - Guest - Modifies law regarding proving lawful presence for driver's license purposes and prohibits the collection and dissemination of driver's license and motor vehicle information in order to comply with the REAL ID Act

HB 1910 - Ervin - Exempts first class counties from certain procedural requirements when promulgating regulations relating to increasing speed limits

HB 1970 - Wasson - Limits civil actions against certain motor vehicle dealers

HB 2047 - Curls - Changes the law regarding street grading in cities with over 300,000 inhabitants and allows certain counties of the third classification to impose a tax on agricultural and horticultural land, upon voter approval, for purchasing road rock

National Guard (2)

HB 1678 - Day - Modifies various laws relating to members of the military and their families

HB 1788 - Day - Authorizes an income tax deduction from a taxpayer's Missouri adjusted gross income for 100% of any military retirement income, regardless of age or income

Natural Resources Dept. (25)

SB 720 - Coleman - Modifies provisions relating to utilities

SB 731 - Griesheimer - Exempts certain motorists from submitting their motor vehicles to safety or emissions inspections when renewing their registrations if certain conditions are met

SB 738 - Nodler - Modifies penalties for persistent violations of air or water pollution laws, prohibits certain county solid waste laws, and requires energy efficiency disclosures for new home sales

SB 740 - Nodler - Changes the applicable local government entity from "county" to "political subdivision" for certain federal storm water requirements

SB 772 - McKenna - Establishes a tax credit for recycling construction waste and directs the Department of Natural Resources to establish and administer construction and demolition waste reduction grants

SB 845 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions

SB 895 - Clemens - Creates the Manufacturer Responsibility and Consumer Convenience Computer Equipment Collection and Recovery Act

SB 898 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 907 - Engler - Modifies provisions pertaining to motor fuel storage tanks and equipment

SB 919 - Rupp - Assesses fee on shippers that transport radioactive waste within Missouri

SB 931 - Purgason - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 936 - Griesheimer - Allow motorists to operate vehicles without current registrations for the purpose of resetting emissions readiness monitors in order to pass emissions inspection retests

SB 942 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 964 - Smith - Creates the Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday and provides financial assistance for voluntary energy audits

SB 1040 - Clemens - Modifies requirements relating to the issuance of grants and loans by the Department of Natural Resources for storm water control

SB 1100 - Bray - Requires newly constructed or substantially renovated state and local government buildings to meet certain green building certification requirements

SB 1116 - Days - Authorizes the issuance of an additional $40 million in bonds for certain water-related grants and loans

SB 1117 - Smith - Creates the "Show Me Green" sales tax holiday

SB 1181 - Engler - Modifies and creates provisions pertaining to energy efficiency and energy regulation

SB 1198 - Purgason - Prohibits the denial of access to horseback riders on state public land where horseback riding has previously been allowed except in certain circumstances

SB 1248 - Mayer - Authorizes the development of a schedule for obtaining permits from the Department of Natural Resources for projects that require multiple environmental permits

SB 1261 - Bray - Creates requirements and provides incentives for energy efficient products and activities

SB 1262 - Bray - Creates incentives and requirements for renewable energy production and use

SB 1263 - Bray - Modifies energy efficiency requirements for public buildings, creates energy efficiency standards for certain products, and creates home improvement energy efficiency incentive programs

SJR 45 - Clemens - Modifies requirements relating to the issuance of grants and loans by the Department of Natural Resources for storm water control

Nurses (4)

SB 724 - Scott - Gives advanced practice registered nurses prescriptive authority for scheduled drugs

SB 921 - Goodman - Adds coverage under the state legal expense fund for certain heath care professionals providing uncompensated service at summer camps

SB 1113 - Bray - Requires the posting of nurse staffing levels at hospitals

HB 1722 - Wallace - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

Nursing and Boarding Homes (7)

SB 755 - Mayer - Modifies the training and regulation of long-term care facility inspectors and surveyors

SB 990 - Champion - Allowing nursing home residents under MO HealthNet to retain fifty dollars per month discretionary spending

SB 1051 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to the review of long-term care facility projects under the certificate of need program

SB 1103 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions regarding the Family Care Safety Registry

SB 1173 - Stouffer - Provides for transfer of long-term care beds to certain new health care facilities

SB 1207 - Goodman - Modifies provisions regarding the sprinkler system requirements for long-term care facilities

HB 1656 - Nance - Modifies provisions regarding long-term care facilities

Optometry (1)

SB 850 - Justus - Requires the board of optometry to give notice of its meetings

Parks and Recreation (3)

SB 758 - Engler - Prohibits certain sex offenders from being present in a state park without permission of the superintendent

SB 845 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions

SB 1198 - Purgason - Prohibits the denial of access to horseback riders on state public land where horseback riding has previously been allowed except in certain circumstances

Pharmacy (8)

SB 918 - Goodman - Prohibits certain requirements for immunosuppresive drugs under the MO HealthNet Program without the consent of the physician and patient

SB 948 - Justus - Clarifies the duty of pharmacies to fill prescriptions

SB 1068 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to pharmacies and pharmacists

SB 1094 - Loudon - Prescribes requirements for the interchange of anti-epileptic drugs

SB 1215 - Bray - Enacts the Prevention First Act

HB 1332 - Sater - Establishes provisions regarding pharmacy audits

HB 1805 - Schaaf - Allows enrollees to pay the usual and customary retail price of a prescription drug when the co-payment assigned by the health maintenance organization or health insurer exceeds such retail price

HB 2064 - Wasson - Modifies the law relating to licensed health care professionals

Physical Therapists (2)

HB 1700 - Wasson - Modifies the law relating to professional licensing and registration

HB 2068 - Wasson - Modifies the law relating to licensed physical therapists and physical therapy assistants

Physicians (9)

SB 817 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to anatomic pathology services and vision services

SB 916 - Goodman - Requires hospitals to report adverse health events to a patient safety organization for review

SB 918 - Goodman - Prohibits certain requirements for immunosuppresive drugs under the MO HealthNet Program without the consent of the physician and patient

SB 921 - Goodman - Adds coverage under the state legal expense fund for certain heath care professionals providing uncompensated service at summer camps

SB 1050 - Crowell - Establishes the Asbestos and Silica Claims Priorities Act

SB 1139 - Dempsey - Revises the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

SB 1210 - Callahan - Adds professional corporations of eligible physicians to coverage under the state legal expense fund

HB 1790 - Cooper - Modifies provisions relating to municipal health care facilities and hospital designations

HB 1831 - Onder - Enacts provisions regarding the coercion of abortions

Planning and Zoning (6)

SB 729 - Griesheimer - Creates the Missouri County Planning Act

SB 845 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions

SB 1002 - Justus - Modifies the penalties for certain zoning violations

HB 1832 - Cooper - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions

HB 1849 - Pratt - Modifies the penalties for certain zoning violations

HB 2233 - Page - Bars certain individuals from advocating for political appointments

Political Parties (7)

SB 757 - Engler - Provides for nonpartisan elections of judicial candidates and forbids such candidates from being affiliated with any political party

SB 797 - Bray - Modifies the laws relating to elections

SB 840 - Engler - Modifies the state do-not-call list and creates "paid for by" requirements for political phone calls

SB 857 - Rupp - Expands the state no-call list to include automated calls and requires a "paid for by" statement on political phone calls

SB 926 - Green - Modifies various laws relating to ethics

HB 1310 - Hoskins - Modifies the filings for independent candidates

HB 1763 - Parson - Modifies requirements pertaining to petition circulators

Political Subdivisions (23)

SB 711 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions regarding property taxation

SB 716 - Loudon - Requires the official dating standard in the state to be A.D., or Anno Domini, and B.C., or Before Christ

SB 740 - Nodler - Changes the applicable local government entity from "county" to "political subdivision" for certain federal storm water requirements

SB 787 - Scott - Creates penalties for individuals who set fires in areas proclaimed to be in extraordinary danger from fire

SB 845 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions

SB 928 - Green - Removes the requirement that the Public Service Commission issue an annual report on the economic impact of certain telecommunications laws

SB 939 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to levee and drainage districts

SB 953 - Scott - Modifies certain bases for a public governmental body to close a record or meeting, and modifies who may be present in a closed meeting of a public governmental body

SB 964 - Smith - Creates the Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday and provides financial assistance for voluntary energy audits

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts

SB 981 - Purgason - Designates the plant spotted knapweed as a noxious weed

SB 1024 - Scott - Modifies provisions relating to liability for tort claims against the state, state entities, and state employees

SB 1033 - Griesheimer - Prohibits water or sewer line easements from being considered transfers of title of real property to counties and other political subdivisions

SB 1206 - Goodman - Requires local governments to provide 72 hours notice for public meetings

SB 1235 - Justus - Modifies provisions related to a trustee's powers under the Missouri Uniform Trust Code

SB 1254 - Green - Creates the "Political Subdivision Services Bidding Standards Act"

SB 1263 - Bray - Modifies energy efficiency requirements for public buildings, creates energy efficiency standards for certain products, and creates home improvement energy efficiency incentive programs

SB 1285 - Ridgeway - Requires taxpayer notification of projected property tax liability

SJR 29 - Loudon - Requires the official dating standard in the state to be A.D., or Anno Domini, and B.C., or Before Christ

SJR 49 - Lager - Prohibits the imposition of any state or local income tax after January 1, 2023

HB 1380 - Sater - Authorizes allocation of property taxes to senior center

HB 1883 - Nance - Modifies various laws relating to employment

HB 1888 - Schoeller - Allows a municipality to annex land within the airport zone of the City of Springfield if it agrees to enforce Springfield's zoning ordinance

Prisons and Jails (5)

SB 784 - Coleman - Eliminates mandatory minimum sentencing for certain felons

SB 835 - Bray - Eliminates the death penalty

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts

SB 1097 - Graham - Modifies the powers of jailers

SB 1119 - Griesheimer - Creates a ten-dollar court cost to reimburse counties for the cost of incarcerating state prisoners

Probation and Parole (4)

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts

SB 979 - Vogel - Terminates eligibility for surviving spouse of public safety officer income tax credit upon remarriage

SB 1238 - Goodman - Expands the crime of resisting arrest, stop, or detention

HB 2051 - Kelly - Authorizes the Director of the Department of Corrections to serve as or to appoint a member of the Board of Probation and Parole as the acting chairman in the case of a vacancy until the Governor appoints a new chairman

Property, Real and Personal (26)

SB 711 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions regarding property taxation

SB 738 - Nodler - Modifies penalties for persistent violations of air or water pollution laws, prohibits certain county solid waste laws, and requires energy efficiency disclosures for new home sales

SB 748 - Ridgeway - Requires property taxes paid by certain non-resident taxpayers to be added-back to adjusted gross income

SB 781 - Smith - Modifies various provisions relating to landlords, tenants, and real property

SB 802 - Ridgeway - Makes it a class D felony to steal energized or live wire, electrical transformer, or any other device conducting electricity

SB 805 - Mayer - Modifies the definition of the term "agricultural and horticultural property" for property tax purposes

SB 860 - Shoemyer - Prohibits the condemnation of property owned by a gun club or sportsmen's club

SB 913 - Bray - Creates statutory warranties for home buyers and homeowners and also prevents home solicitors from engaging in certain deceptive practices

SB 957 - Goodman - Repeals the requirement that rental and leasing facilities provide personal property lists for certain property

SB 992 - Loudon - Limits increases in assessed value of residential real property due to reassessment until a transfer of ownership occurs

SB 1017 - Mayer - Requires reports to school districts of certain property located within school district boundaries

SB 1048 - Kennedy - Modifies the law regarding trademark application and registration

SB 1174 - Goodman - Provides that covenants for transfer fees on real estate shall be unenforceable against subsequent owners

SB 1178 - Barnitz - Modifies property posting provisions

SB 1213 - Bray - Allows senior citizens and disabled persons to defer property tax payment

SB 1244 - Barnitz - Creates the Entrepreneurial Development Council within the Department of Economic Development

SB 1285 - Ridgeway - Requires taxpayer notification of projected property tax liability

SJR 33 - Ridgeway - Limits reassessment of residential real property to years in which transfer of title occurs

SJR 44 - Loudon - Limits increases in assessed value of residential real property caused by reassessment to the rate of inflation until a transfer of ownership occurs

HB 1383 - Cox - Modifies the law regarding duties of business owners or operators to guard against criminal acts

HB 1474 - Cunningham - Establishes a process for converting manufactured homes from personal property into real property and vice versa

HB 1595 - Swinger - Creates a tax credit for the construction of storm shelters

HB 1616 - Ruzicka - Modifies an exception to those required to be licensed as real estate brokers

HB 1661 - LeVota - Requires property taxes paid by certain nonresident taxpayers to be added-back to adjusted gross income

HB 2058 - Pearce - Provides tax incentives for business development

HJR 43 - Portwood - Requires rollbacks of current levies due to increases in assessed value

Psychologists (2)

SB 917 - Goodman - Creates licensing requirements for prescribing psychologists

HB 2065 - Wasson - Modifies the law relating to licensed psychologists

Public Assistance (10)

SB 720 - Coleman - Modifies provisions relating to utilities

SB 751 - Crowell - Requires applicants to prove citizenship, permanent residence, or lawful presence in order to receive state or local public benefits

SB 764 - Wilson - Modifies the eligibility requirements for food stamp assistance

SB 858 - Rupp - Modifies the law relating to illegal immigrants

SB 1186 - Engler - Requires applicants to prove citizenship, permanent residence, or lawful presence in order to receive state or local public benefits

SB 1197 - Crowell - Requires drug screening and testing for TANF applicants and recipients

SB 1255 - Purgason - Requires applicants to prove citizenship, permanent residence, or lawful presence in order to receive state or local public benefits

SB 1259 - Bartle - Requires drug testing for TANF applicants and recipients based upon reasonable suspicion

HB 1626 - Emery - Requires applicants to prove citizenship, permanent residence, or lawful presence in order to receive state or local public benefits

HB 1946 - Franz - Modifies provisions relating to adoption subsidies and youth development programs

Public Buildings (7)

SB 752 - Crowell - Defines the term "job order contract"

SB 848 - Shoemyer - Requires all offices in the state capitol building to be accessible to individuals with disabilities

SB 1181 - Engler - Modifies and creates provisions pertaining to energy efficiency and energy regulation

SB 1222 - Engler - Requires construction employees to take drug tests before working on projects on school and state property

SB 1263 - Bray - Modifies energy efficiency requirements for public buildings, creates energy efficiency standards for certain products, and creates home improvement energy efficiency incentive programs

HB 1783 - Meadows - Requires all government buildings to fly the U.S. and Missouri flags at half-staff when any Missouri resident is killed in combat

HB 1784 - Meadows - Requires any American or Missouri flag flown on state property to be manufactured in the United States

Public Officers (15)

SB 711 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions regarding property taxation

SB 716 - Loudon - Requires the official dating standard in the state to be A.D., or Anno Domini, and B.C., or Before Christ

SB 807 - Engler - Bars public officials from receiving expenditures from lobbyists

SB 837 - Bray - Creates the Public Employee Due Process Act

SB 867 - Shoemyer - Requires state employee salaries to be annually adjusted by the consumer price index

SB 883 - Graham - Bars elected officials and members of the general assembly from working as lobbyists

SB 922 - Goodman - Modifies the crime of making a false declaration

SB 970 - Scott - Amends requirements for filing financial interest statements

SB 1024 - Scott - Modifies provisions relating to liability for tort claims against the state, state entities, and state employees

SB 1038 - Shields - Repeals campaign contribution limits and modifies reporting requirements

SB 1245 - Nodler - Bars felons from holding public office

SB 1285 - Ridgeway - Requires taxpayer notification of projected property tax liability

SB 1288 - Shields - Modifies lobbyist reporting requirements

SJR 29 - Loudon - Requires the official dating standard in the state to be A.D., or Anno Domini, and B.C., or Before Christ

HB 2233 - Page - Bars certain individuals from advocating for political appointments

Public Records, Public Meetings (9)

SB 925 - Days - Modifies provisions relating to school district procedures.

SB 953 - Scott - Modifies certain bases for a public governmental body to close a record or meeting, and modifies who may be present in a closed meeting of a public governmental body

SB 968 - Shields - Provides that nonpartisan commissions that select judges for gubernatorial appointment shall be subject to the Missouri Sunshine Act and shall not close meetings, records or votes relating to personnel matters

SB 1196 - Goodman - Requires public bodies to provide requested public records in a certain format if the record cannot be altered by the recipient of the record

SB 1206 - Goodman - Requires local governments to provide 72 hours notice for public meetings

SB 1227 - Mayer - Modifies various provisions relating to confidential law enforcement information

SB 1251 - Days - Creates an advance voting system for elections

SB 1253 - Shoemyer - Prohibits commercial use of individual county property tax records

SB 1260 - Bartle - Requires communities establishing and licensing a geographical information system to provide information regarding costs to license the system

Public Safety Dept. (11)

SB 733 - Champion - Requires crime laboratories providing reports or testimony to a state court to be accredited by 2012

SB 787 - Scott - Creates penalties for individuals who set fires in areas proclaimed to be in extraordinary danger from fire

SB 790 - Champion - Creates a "Crime Laboratory Review Commission" to independently review the operations of crime laboratories in the state of Missouri that receive state-administered funding

SB 932 - Loudon - Modifies provisions relating to law enforcement

SB 935 - Griesheimer - Creates the "Deputy Sheriff Salary Supplementation Fund", consisting of money generated by a $10 fee collected for serving civil summons and subpoena

SB 1063 - Koster - Creates the Missouri Methamphetamine Project

SB 1159 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions relating to forensic examinations of sexual offense victims

SB 1200 - Bray - Creates new regulations for the manufacturing and sale of ammunition

SJR 40 - McKenna - Creates a state-wide sales and use tax to fund the Missouri Highway Patrol

HB 1341 - Ruestman - Requires owners of for-profit swimming pools to maintain adequate liability insurance in the event of injury or death of a patron

HB 2224 - Jones - Modifies various provisions relating to law enforcement

Public Service Commission (18)

SB 720 - Coleman - Modifies provisions relating to utilities

SB 721 - Coleman - Modifies the Cold Weather Rule by extending the forecast period during which service may not be disconnected if the temperature is predicted to fall below 32 degrees

SB 904 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions pertaining to the Underground Facility Safety and Damage Prevention Act

SB 928 - Green - Removes the requirement that the Public Service Commission issue an annual report on the economic impact of certain telecommunications laws

SB 945 - Green - Requires certain water corporations to disclose additional information in its annual report to the Public Service Commission

SB 950 - Scott - Modifies various provisions relating to manufactured housing

SB 958 - Goodman - Allows rural electric cooperatives to manage vegetation within specified areas to ensure reliable service

SB 1041 - Green - Prohibits utilities and their heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) affiliates from selling and installing home generators

SB 1080 - Bray - Repeals a portion of the law that provides certain utilities the opportunity to apply for alternate rate schedules in certain circumstances

SB 1160 - Lager - Authorizes the Public Service Commission to assess a penalty up to $25,000 for violating any order relating to federal natural gas safety standards

SB 1181 - Engler - Modifies and creates provisions pertaining to energy efficiency and energy regulation

SB 1261 - Bray - Creates requirements and provides incentives for energy efficient products and activities

SB 1262 - Bray - Creates incentives and requirements for renewable energy production and use

SB 1277 - Scott - Allows electric and gas corporations to recover expenses for approved energy efficiency investments

SB 1278 - Shields - Removes the requirement that Public Service Commission members reside within 40 miles of Jefferson City

HB 1426 - Kraus - Removes the requirement that the Missouri Public Service Commission issue an annual economic impact report on certain telecommunication laws

HB 1779 - Emery - Modifies laws regarding underground facilities and telecommunications services

HB 1861 - Baker - Creates the Renewable Energy Information and Reporting Act

Railroads (8)

SB 904 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions pertaining to the Underground Facility Safety and Damage Prevention Act

SB 905 - Loudon - Establishes the Regional Railroad Authorities Act

SB 981 - Purgason - Designates the plant spotted knapweed as a noxious weed

SB 1017 - Mayer - Requires reports to school districts of certain property located within school district boundaries

SB 1091 - Bray - Requires railroads to provide counseling services or other critical incident stress debriefing services to railroad employees involved in serious accidents

SB 1146 - Clemens - Creates a property tax credit for certain expenses incurred by freight line companies

SB 1265 - Bray - Imposes various regulations (hours of operation, vehicle safety, drug and alcohol screening, etc.) on contract carriers that transport railroad employees

HB 1779 - Emery - Modifies laws regarding underground facilities and telecommunications services

Religion (1)

HJR 55 - McGhee - Proposes a constitutional amendment reaffirming a citizen's right to free expression of religion on public property

Retirement - Local Government (8)

SB 864 - Rupp - Establishes a surcharge on criminal cases to fund a defined contribution system for certain law enforcement employees

SB 1153 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to several public employee retirement systems

SB 1203 - Rupp - Allows political subdivisions to elect to cover certain personnel as members of the Missouri local government employees' retirement system

HB 1574 - Jones - Increases the death benefit of an active member of the Sheriffs' Retirement System

HB 1677 - Franz - Allows political subdivisions to elect to cover certain personnel as members of the Missouri Local Government Employees' Retirement System

HB 1710 - Flook - Modifies provisions regarding supplemental and disability retirement for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees

HB 2055 - Viebrock - Removes certain limitations from investments made by boards of trustees of police and firemen's retirement systems

HB 2204 - Ervin - Modifies provisions relating to compensation for education personnel

Retirement - Schools (13)

SB 994 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to compensation for education personnel

SB 1042 - McKenna - Modifies provisions relating to teacher and school employee retirement systems

SB 1153 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to several public employee retirement systems

SB 1154 - Crowell - Allows teacher and school retirement systems to indemnify and protect trustees and employees

SB 1155 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to the investment of funds for teacher and school employee retirement systems

SB 1156 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to teacher and school employee retirement systems

HB 1706 - Baker - Allows retired members of PSRS and PEERS to work up to full time for up to two years without losing benefits

HB 1774 - Wallace - Increases the maximum percentage of increase in annual compensation for certain members of the Public School Retirement System

HB 1972 - Franz - Modifies provisions relating to compensation for education personnel

HB 1973 - Franz - Modifies provisions relating to compensation for education personnel

HB 2056 - Viebrock - Modifies provisions relating to the investment of funds for teacher and school employee retirement systems

HB 2104 - Viebrock - Modifies laws relating to several public employee retirement systems

HB 2204 - Ervin - Modifies provisions relating to compensation for education personnel

Retirement Systems and Benefits - General (8)

SB 785 - Coleman - Allows the City of St. Louis to control its police force without state intervention by passing an ordinance

SB 864 - Rupp - Establishes a surcharge on criminal cases to fund a defined contribution system for certain law enforcement employees

SB 980 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions regarding supplemental and disability retirement benefits for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees

SB 997 - Crowell - Removes certain limitations from investments made by boards of trustees of police and firemen's retirement systems

SB 1125 - Crowell - Exempts military retirement benefits from income tax

SB 1180 - Crowell - Modifies provisions of law authorizing an income tax exemption for certain retirement benefits

HB 1788 - Day - Authorizes an income tax deduction from a taxpayer's Missouri adjusted gross income for 100% of any military retirement income, regardless of age or income

HCR 16 - Bivins - Urges the United States Congress to immediately repeal the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act

Revenue Dept. (48)

SB 731 - Griesheimer - Exempts certain motorists from submitting their motor vehicles to safety or emissions inspections when renewing their registrations if certain conditions are met

SB 750 - Crowell - Denies issuance of driver's licenses to illegal aliens

SB 760 - Stouffer - Authorizes the State Highways and Transportation Commission to take the necessary steps to implement and administer a state plan to conform with the Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005

SB 761 - Stouffer - Modifies various laws relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles

SB 772 - McKenna - Establishes a tax credit for recycling construction waste and directs the Department of Natural Resources to establish and administer construction and demolition waste reduction grants

SB 774 - Shoemyer - Regulates the use of utility vehicles upon the highways of Missouri

SB 808 - Engler - Limits the types of individuals and organizations to whom the director of the department of revenue may award fee office contracts

SB 811 - Stouffer - Creates a tax credit for the use of idle reduction technology

SB 856 - Engler - Creates the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal specialized license plate and exempts permanent nonexpiring license plates from reissuance program

SB 879 - Clemens - Modifies the maximum amount of certain agricultural tax credits that may be issued each fiscal year and extends the expiration date for the tax credits

SB 890 - Green - Prohibits commercial inserts or other forms of advertising from accompanying motor vehicle registration notices

SB 898 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 929 - Green - Bars employers from misclassifying employees as independent contractors

SB 930 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles

SB 931 - Purgason - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 937 - Shoemyer - Allows utility vehicles to be operated upon Missouri highways

SB 955 - Shields - Allows motor vehicle owners to receive refunds for unused registration fees under certain conditions

SB 964 - Smith - Creates the Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday and provides financial assistance for voluntary energy audits

SB 1028 - Justus - Requires reporting of taxpayer information regarding the utilization of state tax credits

SB 1055 - Goodman - Reinstates the Motorist Insurance Identification Database program which expired on June 30, 2007

SB 1117 - Smith - Creates the "Show Me Green" sales tax holiday

SB 1211 - Callahan - Limits the sale of non-compliant cigarettes

SB 1239 - Dempsey - Makes eligibility for a driver's license for persons under 18 contingent upon documentation that the applicant has complied with school district standards

SB 1261 - Bray - Creates requirements and provides incentives for energy efficient products and activities

SB 1275 - Vogel - Allows the Director of Revenue to require certain tax returns be filed electronically

SB 1281 - Griesheimer - Requires motor vehicle dealers to collect and remit sales tax

SB 1284 - Ridgeway - Establishes an administrative procedure to suspend driver's licenses and motor vehicle registrations for failure to pay towing charges

HB 1309 - Day - Allows any family member older than 21 years of age to give written permission for a temporary instruction permit application and to occupy the seat beside the driver with a temporary permit

HB 1319 - Brown - Authorizes an income tax credit for employers who hire qualified high school students for summer jobs

HB 1321 - Sutherland - Modifies provisions of law relating to property taxes

HB 1326 - Sater - Creates an income tax deduction for purchases of hybrid motor vehicles

HB 1354 - Wilson - Exempts self-propelled sprayers that are used for spraying chemicals or spreading fertilizer from complying with titling, registration and license plate display laws

HB 1393 - Dusenberg - Exempts persons 21 years of age or older from wearing protective headgear when operating or riding motorcycles or motortricycles

HB 1474 - Cunningham - Establishes a process for converting manufactured homes from personal property into real property and vice versa

HB 1595 - Swinger - Creates a tax credit for the construction of storm shelters

HB 1628 - Cooper - Exempts historical vehicles powered by liquid petroleum or natural gas from the alternative fuel decal requirement and tax

HB 1661 - LeVota - Requires property taxes paid by certain nonresident taxpayers to be added-back to adjusted gross income

HB 1670 - Cooper - Removes the requirement for certification by the Department of Natural Resources before a sales and use tax exemption applies to the purchase or lease of certain items used to monitor water and air pollution

HB 1716 - Guest - Modifies law regarding proving lawful presence for driver's license purposes and prohibits the collection and dissemination of driver's license and motor vehicle information in order to comply with the REAL ID Act

HB 1773 - Funderburk - Creates an income tax dependency exemption for stillborn children

HB 1788 - Day - Authorizes an income tax deduction from a taxpayer's Missouri adjusted gross income for 100% of any military retirement income, regardless of age or income

HB 1828 - Sutherland - Requires the Director of the Department of Revenue to establish and enforce reasonable sales and use tax rules and regulations

HB 1981 - Spreng - Authorizes a tax credit for purchases of new motor vehicles assembled and sold in this state

HB 2078 - Hubbard - Prohibits issuance of driver's licenses to persons 15 to 18 years of age if a school submits information that a student is not in compliance with the eligibility standards

HB 2226 - Muschany - Allows married taxpayers filing jointly to deduct up to $16,000 in contributions to the Missouri Higher Education Savings Program from their taxable income

HB 2260 - Storch - Modifies provisions of the qualified research expense tax credit program

HB 2328 - Wasson - Exempts purchases of utilities by certain businesses operated in former mines from sales tax, establishes the Regional Economic Development Initiative Tax Credit Program

HJR 71 - Fisher - Proposes a constitutional amendment creating the Missouri Veterans' Commission and establishing a sales tax for veterans' programs

Revision Bills (1)

SRB 961 - Goodman - Repeals existing provisions of law that have expired, sunset, terminated or become ineffective

Roads and Highways (41)

SB 728 - Shields - Designates a portion of U.S. Highway 169 as the "Deputy Charles M. Cook Memorial Highway"

SB 753 - Mayer - Designates certain stretches of highway after law enforcement or military personnel

SB 761 - Stouffer - Modifies various laws relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles

SB 774 - Shoemyer - Regulates the use of utility vehicles upon the highways of Missouri

SB 793 - Bartle - Allows Department of Transportation to construct toll roads under certain conditions

SB 809 - Stouffer - Imposes various billboard standards to billboards adjacent to Interstate 70 and Interstate 44 during period of interstate construction

SB 841 - Stouffer - Modifies law with respect to certain motor vehicle weight regulations

SB 842 - Stouffer - WITHDRAWN

SB 872 - Stouffer - Provides that certain billboards erected prior to August 28, 2002, but which fail to comply with new legal standards on that date shall be considered as legal conforming out of standard signs under Missouri law

SB 881 - Green - Establishes the drunk driving memorial sign program

SB 884 - Graham - Modifies Missouri's seat belt law by making it applicable to all passengers and allows for primary enforcement

SB 887 - Dempsey - Prohibits the operation of a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone under certain circumstances

SB 892 - Green - Prohibits local governments from using automated photo red light enforcement systems unless the traffic control signals are also equipped with devices that display the numerical time remaining before the signals will display a red signal

SB 896 - Stouffer - Modifies the methods in which certain special road districts may form, expand or dissolve within fourth class counties

SB 906 - Vogel - Designates a portion of state highway 87 in Moniteau County as the "Lance Corporal Leon B. Deraps Memorial Highway"

SB 937 - Shoemyer - Allows utility vehicles to be operated upon Missouri highways

SB 963 - Stouffer - Requires law enforcement agencies to establish rotation lists of towing truck companies to be called for removing disabled vehicles

SB 1026 - Scott - Designates a portion of State Highway 13 as the "Rick Seiner Memorial Highway"

SB 1057 - Scott - Modifies procedure for forming transportation development districts within multiple counties

SB 1067 - Ridgeway - Exempts persons 21 years of age or older from wearing protective headgear except when operating or riding motorcycles upon interstate highways

SB 1099 - Graham - Designates a portion of Missouri Route WW in Boone County as "Carl Edwards Drive"

SB 1133 - Ridgeway - Repeals the current statutory requirement that a 1st class county hold 3 public hearings and publish notice in 2 local newspapers prior to adopting a traffic regulation

SB 1135 - Callahan - Changes the law regarding street grading in cities with over 300,000 inhabitants

SB 1198 - Purgason - Prohibits the denial of access to horseback riders on state public land where horseback riding has previously been allowed except in certain circumstances

SB 1201 - Griesheimer - Modifies several provisions relating to transportation development districts

SB 1217 - Stouffer - Submits to the voters a one-cent sales tax proposal to assist in the reconstruction, rebuilding, construction, and conversion of Interstate 70 and Interstate 44 into an eight-lane interstate system

SB 1257 - Goodman - Creates new criminal penalties for killing or assaulting a highway worker

SJR 31 - Bartle - Proposes constitutional change to allow Department of Transportation to construct and maintain toll roads

SJR 43 - Loudon - Distributes ten percent of general revenue growth to the State Road Fund and the State Transportation Fund

SJR 48 - Stouffer - Institutes a one percent sales and use tax for the purpose of converting Interstate 70 and Interstate 44 into an eight-lane interstate system

HB 1354 - Wilson - Exempts self-propelled sprayers that are used for spraying chemicals or spreading fertilizer from complying with titling, registration and license plate display laws

HB 1393 - Dusenberg - Exempts persons 21 years of age or older from wearing protective headgear when operating or riding motorcycles or motortricycles

HB 1406 - Deeken - Establishes the drunk driving memorial sign program

HB 1575 - Jones - Designates a portion of State Highway 87 in Moniteau County as the "Lance Corporal Leon B. Deraps Memorial Highway"

HB 1887 - Parson - Designates a portion of State Highway 13 in Polk County as the "Rick Seiner Memorial Highway"

HB 1910 - Ervin - Exempts first class counties from certain procedural requirements when promulgating regulations relating to increasing speed limits

HB 1937 - Pearce - Modifies procedure for forming transportation development districts within multiple counties

HB 1952 - Loehner - Designates a bridge in Maries County as the "Roy Bassett Memorial Bridge"

HB 2206 - Sutherland - Requires the Department of Transportation to provide full consideration for bicyclists, pedestrians, disabled persons, and transit users in its plans, programs, and projects

HB 2360 - Guest - Designates a portion of Highway 169 in Gentry County as the "Mo. Hwy. Patrol Corporal Henry C. Bruns Memorial Highway"

HCR 18 - Fisher - Recognizes the I-49 Coalition as the official organization for the project to upgrade U.S. Highway 71 to interstate standards

Saint Louis (9)

SB 785 - Coleman - Allows the City of St. Louis to control its police force without state intervention by passing an ordinance

SB 977 - Ridgeway - Creates the Betty L. Thompson Scholarship Program

SB 1060 - Engler - Alters provisions relating to teacher termination proceedings

SB 1129 - Coleman - Repeals the statute authorizing the creation of a transitional school district for the St. Louis City School District

SB 1256 - Lager - Repeals provisions of law authorizing the imposition and collection of nonresident earnings taxes by cities

SB 1271 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions relating to the public administrator of St. Louis City

SJR 35 - Shoemyer - Allows counties and St. Louis City to adopt regulations affecting public health and welfare that are more restrictive than state law

HB 1348 - Portwood - Repeals the requirements that the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners establish the Bertillon system of identification of criminals and employ assistance to conduct and manage the department

HB 2058 - Pearce - Provides tax incentives for business development

Salaries (13)

SB 742 - Bray - Requires equal pay for the same work regardless of gender and establishes a commission to study wage disparities

SB 782 - Loudon - Reinstates federal standards for overtime wages

SB 866 - Shoemyer - Restricts favorable tax treatment and loan eligibility for employers

SB 867 - Shoemyer - Requires state employee salaries to be annually adjusted by the consumer price index

SB 935 - Griesheimer - Creates the "Deputy Sheriff Salary Supplementation Fund", consisting of money generated by a $10 fee collected for serving civil summons and subpoena

SB 938 - Shoemyer - Department of Corrections custody personnel shall be eligible for a specific pay parameter based on the hazards of such jobs, years of service, and a twenty-four-hour seven-day-a-week staffing requirement

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts

SB 1007 - Loudon - Modifies minimum wage and overtime laws

SB 1092 - Engler - Creates the Minimum Salary Fund for Teachers to provide minimum salary supplements to public school teachers

SB 1115 - Bray - Creates a collective bargaining process for public employees

SB 1152 - Crowell - Creates the Minimum Salary Fund for Teachers to provide minimum salary supplements to public school teachers

SB 1193 - Koster - Changes how salaries of county sheriffs are established

HB 2202 - Kelly - Department of Corrections custody personnel shall be eligible for a specific pay parameter based on the hazards of such jobs, years of service, and a twenty-four-hour seven-day-a-week staffing requirement

Savings and Loan (1)

HB 1617 - Cunningham - Authorizes financial institutions to assign fiduciary obligations relating to irrevocable life insurance trusts

Science and Technology (6)

SB 754 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to the DNA profiling system

SB 790 - Champion - Creates a "Crime Laboratory Review Commission" to independently review the operations of crime laboratories in the state of Missouri that receive state-administered funding

SB 818 - Rupp - Modifies various provisions relating to stalking and harassment

SB 899 - Dempsey - Allows members of the public and certain electronic and computer businesses to access online identifying information of registered sex offenders in order to use the information to protect children from online sexual predators

SB 1188 - Shields - Modifies provisions of the qualified research expense tax credit program

HB 1320 - Brown - Allows community improvement districts, which are political subdivisions, to sponsor and operate a polytechnic institute for science and technology within the city or county that authorized the district

Search and Seizure (4)

SB 792 - Champion - Provides immunity from liability for certain healthcare professionals assisting law enforcement or governmental agencies in certain planned activities

SB 795 - Bartle - Modifies the time when a search may be conducted pursuant to a warrant

SB 834 - Bartle - Creates penalties for owners of dogs that injure people or property and creates an absolute defense against civil liability or prosecution for killing a dog in certain circumstances

SB 932 - Loudon - Modifies provisions relating to law enforcement

Secretary of State (23)

SB 797 - Bray - Modifies the laws relating to elections

SB 883 - Graham - Bars elected officials and members of the general assembly from working as lobbyists

SB 889 - Green - Provides for mandatory minimum punishment for securities fraud crimes against the elderly or disabled

SB 908 - Engler - Requires electronic publication and access to the "Blue Book" in lieu of physical publication and distribution

SB 956 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions relating to public water supply districts

SB 1062 - Barnitz - Modifies requirements for corporate filings

SB 1137 - Green - Modifies Missouri securities law

SB 1141 - Vogel - Modifies provisions governing the transition periods for statewide elected officials

SB 1150 - Barnitz - Extends the sunset provisions for fees to be credited to the technology trust fund

SB 1151 - Barnitz - Restricts corporate name reservation

SB 1224 - Mayer - Modifies the deadline for the expiration of fictitious names

SB 1231 - Loudon - Implements instant runoff voting

SB 1251 - Days - Creates an advance voting system for elections

SB 1267 - Bray - Bars the use of direct-recording electronic voting systems in certain circumstances

HB 1310 - Hoskins - Modifies the filings for independent candidates

HB 1311 - Hoskins - Imposes certain requirements on write-in candidates for municipal office

HB 1416 - Nance - Designates the morel mushroom as the official state mushroom

HB 1763 - Parson - Modifies requirements pertaining to petition circulators

HB 1923 - Jones - Modifies requirements for corporate filings

HB 1983 - Pratt - Authorizes the conversion of certain business organizations

HB 2114 - Zimmerman - Modifies the ballot requirements for elections

HB 2321 - Dixon - Modifies the law relating to elections

HJR 48 - Cox - Allows laws to be established to require voters to provide valid government-issued photo identification in order to vote

Securities (2)

SB 889 - Green - Provides for mandatory minimum punishment for securities fraud crimes against the elderly or disabled

SB 1137 - Green - Modifies Missouri securities law

Sewers and Sewer Districts (1)

SB 1033 - Griesheimer - Prohibits water or sewer line easements from being considered transfers of title of real property to counties and other political subdivisions

Social Services Dept. (24)

SB 720 - Coleman - Modifies provisions relating to utilities

SB 726 - Shields - Modifies provisions relating to child care

SB 762 - Wilson - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

SB 768 - Rupp - Creates the Missouri Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Office of Autism Services

SB 776 - Justus - Modifies provisions on child care subsidies

SB 799 - Days - Enacts provisions on children's mental health

SB 855 - Coleman - Adds counseling services under MO HealthNet

SB 972 - Stouffer - Adds comprehensive day rehabilitation services under MO HealthNet

SB 1006 - Koster - Modifies provisions on child care subsidies

SB 1106 - Scott - Modifies provisions relating to child abuse investigations

SB 1197 - Crowell - Requires drug screening and testing for TANF applicants and recipients

SB 1212 - Callahan - Creates the Amy Hestir Davis Student Protection Act

SB 1225 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

SB 1250 - Wilson - Enacts the Foster Care and Adoptive Parents Recruitment and Retention Fund

SB 1258 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to protections for senior citizens, disabled persons, and children

SB 1259 - Bartle - Requires drug testing for TANF applicants and recipients based upon reasonable suspicion

SB 1274 - Stouffer - Creates a tax credit for contributions to mentally retarded and developmental type disability care providers

SB 1287 - Scott - Requires the juvenile court to have concurrent jurisdiction with the probate court over guardianship actions for children who under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court

HB 1314 - Cunningham - Grants civil immunity to certain education personnel under certain conditions

HB 1358 - Flook - Enacts the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

HB 1516 - Bruns - Changes the laws regarding protections for vulnerable adults and children and transfers the Division of Aging from the Department of Social Services to the Department of Health and Senior Services

HB 1626 - Emery - Requires applicants to prove citizenship, permanent residence, or lawful presence in order to receive state or local public benefits

HB 1946 - Franz - Modifies provisions relating to adoption subsidies and youth development programs

HB 2036 - Nance - Repeals the formula distribution requirements for additional funding for certain services for the elderly

Sovereign or Official Immunity (4)

SB 1024 - Scott - Modifies provisions relating to liability for tort claims against the state, state entities, and state employees

SB 1104 - Kennedy - Grants immunity to law enforcement agencies for damages caused by criminals involved in vehicle pursuits

HB 2047 - Curls - Changes the law regarding street grading in cities with over 300,000 inhabitants and allows certain counties of the third classification to impose a tax on agricultural and horticultural land, upon voter approval, for purchasing road rock

HB 2590 - Moore - Modifies various provisions relating to civil actions against government entities, agents, officers, and employees

State Departments (3)

SB 1024 - Scott - Modifies provisions relating to liability for tort claims against the state, state entities, and state employees

SB 1028 - Justus - Requires reporting of taxpayer information regarding the utilization of state tax credits

HB 1313 - Wright - Requires the state and political subdivisions to favor service disabled veteran businesses when letting contracts

State Employees (6)

SB 837 - Bray - Creates the Public Employee Due Process Act

SB 1015 - Mayer - Requires health insurance premiums of state employees to be run through a cafeteria plan

SB 1024 - Scott - Modifies provisions relating to liability for tort claims against the state, state entities, and state employees

SB 1096 - Graham - Establishes spousal shareleave for state employees

SB 1115 - Bray - Creates a collective bargaining process for public employees

SB 1166 - Dempsey - Provides for cost of living increases for Department of Mental Health contracted community providers

State Tax Commission (2)

SB 711 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions regarding property taxation

HJR 43 - Portwood - Requires rollbacks of current levies due to increases in assessed value

Sunshine Law (6)

SB 953 - Scott - Modifies certain bases for a public governmental body to close a record or meeting, and modifies who may be present in a closed meeting of a public governmental body

SB 968 - Shields - Provides that nonpartisan commissions that select judges for gubernatorial appointment shall be subject to the Missouri Sunshine Act and shall not close meetings, records or votes relating to personnel matters

SB 1196 - Goodman - Requires public bodies to provide requested public records in a certain format if the record cannot be altered by the recipient of the record

SB 1206 - Goodman - Requires local governments to provide 72 hours notice for public meetings

SB 1227 - Mayer - Modifies various provisions relating to confidential law enforcement information

SB 1260 - Bartle - Requires communities establishing and licensing a geographical information system to provide information regarding costs to license the system

Tax Credits (25)

SB 717 - Kennedy - Increases the amount of tax credits available for taxpayers who modify their home for disabled persons residing with such taxpayers

SB 718 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions of certain tax credit programs administered by the Department of Economic Development

SB 735 - Bartle - Requires mandatory review and sunset of certain tax credit programs

SB 772 - McKenna - Establishes a tax credit for recycling construction waste and directs the Department of Natural Resources to establish and administer construction and demolition waste reduction grants

SB 866 - Shoemyer - Restricts favorable tax treatment and loan eligibility for employers

SB 879 - Clemens - Modifies the maximum amount of certain agricultural tax credits that may be issued each fiscal year and extends the expiration date for the tax credits

SB 898 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 942 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 977 - Ridgeway - Creates the Betty L. Thompson Scholarship Program

SB 993 - Crowell - Creates the Missouri Special Needs Scholarship Tax Credit Program

SB 1028 - Justus - Requires reporting of taxpayer information regarding the utilization of state tax credits

SB 1086 - Smith - Creates a tax credit for contributions to certain after school programs

SB 1117 - Smith - Creates the "Show Me Green" sales tax holiday

SB 1188 - Shields - Modifies provisions of the qualified research expense tax credit program

SB 1204 - Goodman - Requires the governor to disclose information regarding tax credits and state contracts

SB 1220 - Lager - Modifies provisions of various state tax credit programs

SB 1234 - Shields - Modifies provisions of the enhanced enterprise tax benefit program

SB 1261 - Bray - Creates requirements and provides incentives for energy efficient products and activities

SB 1270 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions of the enhanced enterprise tax benefit program

SB 1274 - Stouffer - Creates a tax credit for contributions to mentally retarded and developmental type disability care providers

HB 1595 - Swinger - Creates a tax credit for the construction of storm shelters

HB 1981 - Spreng - Authorizes a tax credit for purchases of new motor vehicles assembled and sold in this state

HB 2058 - Pearce - Provides tax incentives for business development

HB 2260 - Storch - Modifies provisions of the qualified research expense tax credit program

HB 2393 - Richard - Modifies provisions of the enhanced enterprise tax benefit program

Taxation and Revenue - General (31)

SB 722 - Coleman - Exempts motor fuel used for school buses from the motor fuel tax

SB 743 - Bray - Modifies various tax provisions

SB 749 - Ridgeway - Creates various tax incentives for certain energy uses

SB 811 - Stouffer - Creates a tax credit for the use of idle reduction technology

SB 859 - Rupp - Allows health maintenance organizations to issue high deductible health plans combined with health savings accounts under certain conditions

SB 900 - Vogel - Modifies provisions relating to the imposition of transient guest taxes by certain local governments

SB 931 - Purgason - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 942 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 988 - Shoemyer - Exempts Veterans, service, and fraternal organizations from bingo and pull tab taxes

SB 1052 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to the allocation and use of gaming revenues

SB 1081 - Nodler - Modifies provisions regarding quality assurance and safety in the Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Community Programs

SB 1089 - Justus - Allows the City of Grandview to impose a transient guest tax

SB 1118 - Griesheimer - Authorizes the imposition of a fee on wireless phone services to fund enhanced 911 services

SB 1136 - Callahan - Creates tax incentives for secondary mining uses

SB 1188 - Shields - Modifies provisions of the qualified research expense tax credit program

SB 1209 - Callahan - Modifies provisions of law relating to taxes and fees

SB 1220 - Lager - Modifies provisions of various state tax credit programs

SB 1223 - Graham - Modifies provisions relating to the Kids' Chance Scholarship Fund

SB 1234 - Shields - Modifies provisions of the enhanced enterprise tax benefit program

SB 1270 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions of the enhanced enterprise tax benefit program

SB 1275 - Vogel - Allows the Director of Revenue to require certain tax returns be filed electronically

SJR 41 - Rupp - Prohibits state courts from levying or imposing new or increased taxes, licenses, or fees without legislative or voter approval

SJR 47 - Wilson - Authorizes the creation of tax free zones

SJR 50 - Lager - Limits general revenue appropriations and mandates state income tax rate reductions in certain situations

HB 1311 - Hoskins - Imposes certain requirements on write-in candidates for municipal office

HB 1321 - Sutherland - Modifies provisions of law relating to property taxes

HB 1628 - Cooper - Exempts historical vehicles powered by liquid petroleum or natural gas from the alternative fuel decal requirement and tax

HB 1937 - Pearce - Modifies procedure for forming transportation development districts within multiple counties

HB 2058 - Pearce - Provides tax incentives for business development

HB 2393 - Richard - Modifies provisions of the enhanced enterprise tax benefit program

HJR 41 - Cunningham - Proposes a constitutional amendment providing that the general assembly is not required to enact legislation to comply with a court order declaring that it raise taxes

Taxation and Revenue - Income (40)

SB 743 - Bray - Modifies various tax provisions

SB 748 - Ridgeway - Requires property taxes paid by certain non-resident taxpayers to be added-back to adjusted gross income

SB 749 - Ridgeway - Creates various tax incentives for certain energy uses

SB 771 - McKenna - Creates an income tax credit for contributions made to provide military personnel with armored protection

SB 772 - McKenna - Establishes a tax credit for recycling construction waste and directs the Department of Natural Resources to establish and administer construction and demolition waste reduction grants

SB 777 - Justus - Creates the Missouri Earned Income Tax Credit

SB 811 - Stouffer - Creates a tax credit for the use of idle reduction technology

SB 852 - Smith - Creates an earned income tax credit

SB 863 - Rupp - Allows married taxpayers filing joint returns to deduct a portion of contributions to the Missouri Higher Education Savings Program from income and provides similar tax treatment for other qualified tuition savings programs

SB 876 - Graham - Creates a tax credit for contributions to organizations for the preservation of Missouri's civil war sites

SB 893 - Green - Creates an income tax deduction for small businesses and farmers that provide health insurance coverage for employees

SB 894 - Green - Creates an income tax deduction for higher education expenses

SB 929 - Green - Bars employers from misclassifying employees as independent contractors

SB 979 - Vogel - Terminates eligibility for surviving spouse of public safety officer income tax credit upon remarriage

SB 989 - Wilson - Creates an income tax credit for poll workers

SB 1064 - Dempsey - Authorizes a dependency exemption for stillborn children

SB 1069 - Coleman - Exempts federal tax rebates from state income tax

SB 1105 - Coleman - Creates an income tax check-off for contributions to the breast cancer awareness trust fund

SB 1125 - Crowell - Exempts military retirement benefits from income tax

SB 1130 - Stouffer - Expands types of projects that may be completed under Public-Private Transportation Act and creates various tax incentives for their completion

SB 1134 - Callahan - Modifies income taxation of married couples with taxable income less than $100,000.

SB 1180 - Crowell - Modifies provisions of law authorizing an income tax exemption for certain retirement benefits

SB 1256 - Lager - Repeals provisions of law authorizing the imposition and collection of nonresident earnings taxes by cities

SB 1266 - Bray - Decouples Missouri income tax law from the Internal Revenue Code with regard to depreciation deductions provided by the enactment of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008

SB 1268 - Ridgeway - Limits the number of employee withholding exemptions for state income tax purposes

SB 1274 - Stouffer - Creates a tax credit for contributions to mentally retarded and developmental type disability care providers

SB 1275 - Vogel - Allows the Director of Revenue to require certain tax returns be filed electronically

SJR 49 - Lager - Prohibits the imposition of any state or local income tax after January 1, 2023

SJR 50 - Lager - Limits general revenue appropriations and mandates state income tax rate reductions in certain situations

HB 1319 - Brown - Authorizes an income tax credit for employers who hire qualified high school students for summer jobs

HB 1321 - Sutherland - Modifies provisions of law relating to property taxes

HB 1326 - Sater - Creates an income tax deduction for purchases of hybrid motor vehicles

HB 1595 - Swinger - Creates a tax credit for the construction of storm shelters

HB 1661 - LeVota - Requires property taxes paid by certain nonresident taxpayers to be added-back to adjusted gross income

HB 1773 - Funderburk - Creates an income tax dependency exemption for stillborn children

HB 1788 - Day - Authorizes an income tax deduction from a taxpayer's Missouri adjusted gross income for 100% of any military retirement income, regardless of age or income

HB 1981 - Spreng - Authorizes a tax credit for purchases of new motor vehicles assembled and sold in this state

HB 2058 - Pearce - Provides tax incentives for business development

HB 2226 - Muschany - Allows married taxpayers filing jointly to deduct up to $16,000 in contributions to the Missouri Higher Education Savings Program from their taxable income

HB 2260 - Storch - Modifies provisions of the qualified research expense tax credit program

Taxation and Revenue - Property (22)

SB 711 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions regarding property taxation

SB 748 - Ridgeway - Requires property taxes paid by certain non-resident taxpayers to be added-back to adjusted gross income

SB 805 - Mayer - Modifies the definition of the term "agricultural and horticultural property" for property tax purposes

SB 822 - Shoemyer - Allows cities, towns, villages and counties to impose a property tax to fund cemetery maintenance

SB 891 - Green - Prohibits imposition of penalties and interest on certain property tax payments

SB 939 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to levee and drainage districts

SB 957 - Goodman - Repeals the requirement that rental and leasing facilities provide personal property lists for certain property

SB 992 - Loudon - Limits increases in assessed value of residential real property due to reassessment until a transfer of ownership occurs

SB 1017 - Mayer - Requires reports to school districts of certain property located within school district boundaries

SB 1146 - Clemens - Creates a property tax credit for certain expenses incurred by freight line companies

SB 1213 - Bray - Allows senior citizens and disabled persons to defer property tax payment

SB 1253 - Shoemyer - Prohibits commercial use of individual county property tax records

SB 1276 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions of law requiring the creation of county-wide tax increment finance commissions

SB 1285 - Ridgeway - Requires taxpayer notification of projected property tax liability

SJR 33 - Ridgeway - Limits reassessment of residential real property to years in which transfer of title occurs

SJR 44 - Loudon - Limits increases in assessed value of residential real property caused by reassessment to the rate of inflation until a transfer of ownership occurs

HB 1321 - Sutherland - Modifies provisions of law relating to property taxes

HB 1380 - Sater - Authorizes allocation of property taxes to senior center

HB 1661 - LeVota - Requires property taxes paid by certain nonresident taxpayers to be added-back to adjusted gross income

HB 2058 - Pearce - Provides tax incentives for business development

HB 2393 - Richard - Modifies provisions of the enhanced enterprise tax benefit program

HJR 43 - Portwood - Requires rollbacks of current levies due to increases in assessed value

Taxation and Revenue - Sales and Use (31)

SB 725 - Scott - Modifies provisions regarding sales taxation of trade-in or exchange transactions

SB 743 - Bray - Modifies various tax provisions

SB 749 - Ridgeway - Creates various tax incentives for certain energy uses

SB 823 - Shoemyer - Creates a state and local sales and use tax exemption for sales of weather radios

SB 898 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 924 - Koster - Creates a state and local sales tax exemption for sales of motor vehicles assembled and sold in this state

SB 964 - Smith - Creates the Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday and provides financial assistance for voluntary energy audits

SB 1012 - Wilson - Establishes the Duty Free Zone Act

SB 1020 - Bray - Implements the provisions of the streamlined sales and use tax agreement

SB 1049 - Kennedy - Expands sales tax exemption purchases of tangible personal property used in the repair and maintenance of aircraft

SB 1073 - Dempsey - Creates a state and local sales and use tax exemption for defense articles sold to foreign governments

SB 1089 - Justus - Allows the City of Grandview to impose a transient guest tax

SB 1117 - Smith - Creates the "Show Me Green" sales tax holiday

SB 1130 - Stouffer - Expands types of projects that may be completed under Public-Private Transportation Act and creates various tax incentives for their completion

SB 1131 - Wilson - Excludes tax revenues, derived from certain transportation sales taxes imposed by the City of Kansas City, from tax increment finance economic activity taxes used to pay redevelopment costs

SB 1136 - Callahan - Creates tax incentives for secondary mining uses

SB 1181 - Engler - Modifies and creates provisions pertaining to energy efficiency and energy regulation

SB 1205 - Goodman - Creates a sales and use tax exemption for utilities, machinery and equipment purchased by certain businesses

SB 1217 - Stouffer - Submits to the voters a one-cent sales tax proposal to assist in the reconstruction, rebuilding, construction, and conversion of Interstate 70 and Interstate 44 into an eight-lane interstate system

SB 1262 - Bray - Creates incentives and requirements for renewable energy production and use

SB 1275 - Vogel - Allows the Director of Revenue to require certain tax returns be filed electronically

SB 1281 - Griesheimer - Requires motor vehicle dealers to collect and remit sales tax

SJR 40 - McKenna - Creates a state-wide sales and use tax to fund the Missouri Highway Patrol

SJR 47 - Wilson - Authorizes the creation of tax free zones

SJR 48 - Stouffer - Institutes a one percent sales and use tax for the purpose of converting Interstate 70 and Interstate 44 into an eight-lane interstate system

HB 1670 - Cooper - Removes the requirement for certification by the Department of Natural Resources before a sales and use tax exemption applies to the purchase or lease of certain items used to monitor water and air pollution

HB 1828 - Sutherland - Requires the Director of the Department of Revenue to establish and enforce reasonable sales and use tax rules and regulations

HB 2058 - Pearce - Provides tax incentives for business development

HB 2250 - Sutherland - Establishes the Show-Me Green Tax Holiday Act which authorizes a state sales and use tax exemption on the purchase of certain energy efficient products each November

HB 2328 - Wasson - Exempts purchases of utilities by certain businesses operated in former mines from sales tax, establishes the Regional Economic Development Initiative Tax Credit Program

HJR 71 - Fisher - Proposes a constitutional amendment creating the Missouri Veterans' Commission and establishing a sales tax for veterans' programs

Teachers (25)

SB 715 - Loudon - Establishes the safe schools fund and allows local school districts to utilize such moneys for a variety of safety-related expenses

SB 762 - Wilson - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

SB 827 - Smith - Allows increased starting salaries for math, science, special education, ESL teachers in a metropolitan school district

SB 837 - Bray - Creates the Public Employee Due Process Act

SB 844 - Rupp - Requires school districts to request teacher records prior to extending an offer of employment to a prospective teacher

SB 995 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to liability for school employees and volunteers

SB 1060 - Engler - Alters provisions relating to teacher termination proceedings

SB 1092 - Engler - Creates the Minimum Salary Fund for Teachers to provide minimum salary supplements to public school teachers

SB 1152 - Crowell - Creates the Minimum Salary Fund for Teachers to provide minimum salary supplements to public school teachers

SB 1153 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to several public employee retirement systems

SB 1156 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to teacher and school employee retirement systems

SB 1158 - Mayer - Creates the Professional Relationships Between Teachers and School Districts Act

SB 1212 - Callahan - Creates the Amy Hestir Davis Student Protection Act

SB 1225 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

SB 1273 - Wilson - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop teaching standards for Missouri public schools

HB 1314 - Cunningham - Grants civil immunity to certain education personnel under certain conditions

HB 1706 - Baker - Allows retired members of PSRS and PEERS to work up to full time for up to two years without losing benefits

HB 1722 - Wallace - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

HB 1774 - Wallace - Increases the maximum percentage of increase in annual compensation for certain members of the Public School Retirement System

HB 1972 - Franz - Modifies provisions relating to compensation for education personnel

HB 2056 - Viebrock - Modifies provisions relating to the investment of funds for teacher and school employee retirement systems

HB 2059 - Wilson - Creates the Professional Relationships Between Teachers and School Districts Act

HB 2104 - Viebrock - Modifies laws relating to several public employee retirement systems

HB 2204 - Ervin - Modifies provisions relating to compensation for education personnel

HB 2266 - Jones - Modifies provisions relating to the Missouri Teaching Fellows Program

Telecommunications (13)

SB 840 - Engler - Modifies the state do-not-call list and creates "paid for by" requirements for political phone calls

SB 857 - Rupp - Expands the state no-call list to include automated calls and requires a "paid for by" statement on political phone calls

SB 887 - Dempsey - Prohibits the operation of a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone under certain circumstances

SB 920 - Rupp - Requires real-time captioning for certain television programming

SB 928 - Green - Removes the requirement that the Public Service Commission issue an annual report on the economic impact of certain telecommunications laws

SB 1114 - Bray - Prohibits businesses from deceptively listing fictitious or assumed business names in telephone directories or directory assistance databases

SB 1118 - Griesheimer - Authorizes the imposition of a fee on wireless phone services to fund enhanced 911 services

SB 1205 - Goodman - Creates a sales and use tax exemption for utilities, machinery and equipment purchased by certain businesses

SCR 38 - Smith - Urges the U.S. Congress not to grant retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies who have participated in unlawful surveillance of their customers

HB 1426 - Kraus - Removes the requirement that the Missouri Public Service Commission issue an annual economic impact report on certain telecommunication laws

HB 1711 - Weter - Modifies provisions relating to public services provided by certain political subdivisions

HB 1779 - Emery - Modifies laws regarding underground facilities and telecommunications services

HCR 30 - Emery - Creates the Joint Interim Committee on Voice Communications Regulation

Television (2)

SB 920 - Rupp - Requires real-time captioning for certain television programming

SB 1143 - Mayer - Modifies the law regarding false or misleading television advertisements for legal services

Terrorism (2)

SB 715 - Loudon - Establishes the safe schools fund and allows local school districts to utilize such moneys for a variety of safety-related expenses

SB 951 - Scott - Modifies the law relating to emergency response within financial institutions

Tobacco Products (4)

SB 843 - Wilson - Creates a trust fund and commission for youth smoking prevention

SB 946 - Dempsey - Creates the Tobacco Use Prevention, Cessation and Enforcement fund to fund a comprehensive tobacco control program

SB 1079 - Bray - Enacts a state-wide smoking ban

SB 1211 - Callahan - Limits the sale of non-compliant cigarettes

Tourism (3)

SB 875 - Graham - Creates the "Missouri's Civil War Trail Fund"

SB 1020 - Bray - Implements the provisions of the streamlined sales and use tax agreement

SB 1089 - Justus - Allows the City of Grandview to impose a transient guest tax

Transportation (32)

SB 760 - Stouffer - Authorizes the State Highways and Transportation Commission to take the necessary steps to implement and administer a state plan to conform with the Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005

SB 761 - Stouffer - Modifies various laws relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles

SB 842 - Stouffer - WITHDRAWN

SB 872 - Stouffer - Provides that certain billboards erected prior to August 28, 2002, but which fail to comply with new legal standards on that date shall be considered as legal conforming out of standard signs under Missouri law

SB 884 - Graham - Modifies Missouri's seat belt law by making it applicable to all passengers and allows for primary enforcement

SB 887 - Dempsey - Prohibits the operation of a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone under certain circumstances

SB 896 - Stouffer - Modifies the methods in which certain special road districts may form, expand or dissolve within fourth class counties

SB 903 - Griesheimer - Modifies law with respect to the regulation of household good movers

SB 905 - Loudon - Establishes the Regional Railroad Authorities Act

SB 930 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles

SB 947 - Kennedy - Increases the cap on amount of aviation generated revenue that may be deposited in state aviation trust fund and expands purposes for which moneys in the aviation trust fund may be used

SB 1057 - Scott - Modifies procedure for forming transportation development districts within multiple counties

SB 1067 - Ridgeway - Exempts persons 21 years of age or older from wearing protective headgear except when operating or riding motorcycles upon interstate highways

SB 1084 - Coleman - Eliminates penalization for state transportation aid for school districts operating magnet schools as part of a master desegregation settlement agreement

SB 1091 - Bray - Requires railroads to provide counseling services or other critical incident stress debriefing services to railroad employees involved in serious accidents

SB 1099 - Graham - Designates a portion of Missouri Route WW in Boone County as "Carl Edwards Drive"

SB 1130 - Stouffer - Expands types of projects that may be completed under Public-Private Transportation Act and creates various tax incentives for their completion

SB 1131 - Wilson - Excludes tax revenues, derived from certain transportation sales taxes imposed by the City of Kansas City, from tax increment finance economic activity taxes used to pay redevelopment costs

SB 1195 - Goodman - Requires written test for a hazardous materials endorsement to be administered in English and prohibits the use of language interpreters in connection with it

SB 1201 - Griesheimer - Modifies several provisions relating to transportation development districts

SB 1217 - Stouffer - Submits to the voters a one-cent sales tax proposal to assist in the reconstruction, rebuilding, construction, and conversion of Interstate 70 and Interstate 44 into an eight-lane interstate system

SB 1265 - Bray - Imposes various regulations (hours of operation, vehicle safety, drug and alcohol screening, etc.) on contract carriers that transport railroad employees

SCR 31 - Barnitz - Expresses support for the Chamois ferryboat project and urges various agencies to assist in securing moneys for the location and construction of the ferryboat

SJR 43 - Loudon - Distributes ten percent of general revenue growth to the State Road Fund and the State Transportation Fund

SJR 48 - Stouffer - Institutes a one percent sales and use tax for the purpose of converting Interstate 70 and Interstate 44 into an eight-lane interstate system

HB 1393 - Dusenberg - Exempts persons 21 years of age or older from wearing protective headgear when operating or riding motorcycles or motortricycles

HB 1406 - Deeken - Establishes the drunk driving memorial sign program

HB 1575 - Jones - Designates a portion of State Highway 87 in Moniteau County as the "Lance Corporal Leon B. Deraps Memorial Highway"

HB 1715 - Schad - Modifies various provisions relating to the Water Patrol and watercraft regulations

HB 1910 - Ervin - Exempts first class counties from certain procedural requirements when promulgating regulations relating to increasing speed limits

HB 1937 - Pearce - Modifies procedure for forming transportation development districts within multiple counties

HB 2206 - Sutherland - Requires the Department of Transportation to provide full consideration for bicyclists, pedestrians, disabled persons, and transit users in its plans, programs, and projects

Transportation Dept. (29)

SB 753 - Mayer - Designates certain stretches of highway after law enforcement or military personnel

SB 760 - Stouffer - Authorizes the State Highways and Transportation Commission to take the necessary steps to implement and administer a state plan to conform with the Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005

SB 761 - Stouffer - Modifies various laws relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles

SB 793 - Bartle - Allows Department of Transportation to construct toll roads under certain conditions

SB 809 - Stouffer - Imposes various billboard standards to billboards adjacent to Interstate 70 and Interstate 44 during period of interstate construction

SB 842 - Stouffer - WITHDRAWN

SB 872 - Stouffer - Provides that certain billboards erected prior to August 28, 2002, but which fail to comply with new legal standards on that date shall be considered as legal conforming out of standard signs under Missouri law

SB 875 - Graham - Creates the "Missouri's Civil War Trail Fund"

SB 881 - Green - Establishes the drunk driving memorial sign program

SB 903 - Griesheimer - Modifies law with respect to the regulation of household good movers

SB 930 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles

SB 947 - Kennedy - Increases the cap on amount of aviation generated revenue that may be deposited in state aviation trust fund and expands purposes for which moneys in the aviation trust fund may be used

SB 981 - Purgason - Designates the plant spotted knapweed as a noxious weed

SB 1091 - Bray - Requires railroads to provide counseling services or other critical incident stress debriefing services to railroad employees involved in serious accidents

SB 1130 - Stouffer - Expands types of projects that may be completed under Public-Private Transportation Act and creates various tax incentives for their completion

SB 1217 - Stouffer - Submits to the voters a one-cent sales tax proposal to assist in the reconstruction, rebuilding, construction, and conversion of Interstate 70 and Interstate 44 into an eight-lane interstate system

SB 1265 - Bray - Imposes various regulations (hours of operation, vehicle safety, drug and alcohol screening, etc.) on contract carriers that transport railroad employees

SCR 31 - Barnitz - Expresses support for the Chamois ferryboat project and urges various agencies to assist in securing moneys for the location and construction of the ferryboat

SJR 31 - Bartle - Proposes constitutional change to allow Department of Transportation to construct and maintain toll roads

SJR 43 - Loudon - Distributes ten percent of general revenue growth to the State Road Fund and the State Transportation Fund

HB 1406 - Deeken - Establishes the drunk driving memorial sign program

HB 1422 - St. Onge - Authorizes the State Highways and Transportation Commission to take the necessary steps to implement and administer a state plan to conform with the Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005

HB 1575 - Jones - Designates a portion of State Highway 87 in Moniteau County as the "Lance Corporal Leon B. Deraps Memorial Highway"

HB 1887 - Parson - Designates a portion of State Highway 13 in Polk County as the "Rick Seiner Memorial Highway"

HB 1952 - Loehner - Designates a bridge in Maries County as the "Roy Bassett Memorial Bridge"

HB 2206 - Sutherland - Requires the Department of Transportation to provide full consideration for bicyclists, pedestrians, disabled persons, and transit users in its plans, programs, and projects

HB 2360 - Guest - Designates a portion of Highway 169 in Gentry County as the "Mo. Hwy. Patrol Corporal Henry C. Bruns Memorial Highway"

HCR 3 - Tilley - House Concurrent Resolution No. 3 - State of the State of Transportation on February 6, 2008

HCR 18 - Fisher - Recognizes the I-49 Coalition as the official organization for the project to upgrade U.S. Highway 71 to interstate standards

Treasurer, State (9)

SB 843 - Wilson - Creates a trust fund and commission for youth smoking prevention

SB 883 - Graham - Bars elected officials and members of the general assembly from working as lobbyists

SB 1056 - Justus - Modifies the membership on the Missouri Housing Development Commission

SB 1141 - Vogel - Modifies provisions governing the transition periods for statewide elected officials

SB 1181 - Engler - Modifies and creates provisions pertaining to energy efficiency and energy regulation

SB 1183 - Bray - Modifies the membership on the Missouri Housing Development Commission

SB 1262 - Bray - Creates incentives and requirements for renewable energy production and use

SJR 37 - Graham - Requires the state treasurer to provide an estimate of available state revenues each fiscal year

SJR 43 - Loudon - Distributes ten percent of general revenue growth to the State Road Fund and the State Transportation Fund

Uniform Laws (4)

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts

SB 1005 - Bray - Adopts the Uniform Planned Community Act

SB 1139 - Dempsey - Revises the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

HB 1358 - Flook - Enacts the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

Utilities (16)

SB 720 - Coleman - Modifies provisions relating to utilities

SB 721 - Coleman - Modifies the Cold Weather Rule by extending the forecast period during which service may not be disconnected if the temperature is predicted to fall below 32 degrees

SB 904 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions pertaining to the Underground Facility Safety and Damage Prevention Act

SB 945 - Green - Requires certain water corporations to disclose additional information in its annual report to the Public Service Commission

SB 958 - Goodman - Allows rural electric cooperatives to manage vegetation within specified areas to ensure reliable service

SB 1017 - Mayer - Requires reports to school districts of certain property located within school district boundaries

SB 1041 - Green - Prohibits utilities and their heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) affiliates from selling and installing home generators

SB 1080 - Bray - Repeals a portion of the law that provides certain utilities the opportunity to apply for alternate rate schedules in certain circumstances

SB 1160 - Lager - Authorizes the Public Service Commission to assess a penalty up to $25,000 for violating any order relating to federal natural gas safety standards

SB 1181 - Engler - Modifies and creates provisions pertaining to energy efficiency and energy regulation

SB 1205 - Goodman - Creates a sales and use tax exemption for utilities, machinery and equipment purchased by certain businesses

SB 1262 - Bray - Creates incentives and requirements for renewable energy production and use

SB 1277 - Scott - Allows electric and gas corporations to recover expenses for approved energy efficiency investments

HB 1426 - Kraus - Removes the requirement that the Missouri Public Service Commission issue an annual economic impact report on certain telecommunication laws

HB 1779 - Emery - Modifies laws regarding underground facilities and telecommunications services

HB 2279 - Wright - Modifies provisions relating to utilities

Veterans (13)

SB 806 - Engler - Requires all government buildings to fly the U.S. and Missouri flags at half-staff when any Missouri resident is killed in combat

SB 856 - Engler - Creates the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal specialized license plate and exempts permanent nonexpiring license plates from reissuance program

SB 906 - Vogel - Designates a portion of state highway 87 in Moniteau County as the "Lance Corporal Leon B. Deraps Memorial Highway"

SB 988 - Shoemyer - Exempts Veterans, service, and fraternal organizations from bingo and pull tab taxes

SB 1036 - Coleman - Creates an educational grant for children and spouses of veterans who are killed in combat

SB 1052 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to the allocation and use of gaming revenues

SB 1125 - Crowell - Exempts military retirement benefits from income tax

SB 1179 - Crowell - Authorizes the Missouri Veterans' Commission to promulgate any rules necessary to administer current laws regarding the creation and maintenance of veterans' cemeteries

HB 1313 - Wright - Requires the state and political subdivisions to favor service disabled veteran businesses when letting contracts

HB 1575 - Jones - Designates a portion of State Highway 87 in Moniteau County as the "Lance Corporal Leon B. Deraps Memorial Highway"

HB 2062 - Pearce - Modifies various provisions of law relating to the provision of benefits to certain public employees, including members of the military and their families

HCR 5 - Smith - Urgently requests the United States Congress to pass assured funding for veterans' health care

HJR 71 - Fisher - Proposes a constitutional amendment creating the Missouri Veterans' Commission and establishing a sales tax for veterans' programs

Veterinarians (2)

SB 914 - Bray - Creates the Healthy Pet Act

SB 942 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

Victims of Crime (4)

SB 889 - Green - Provides for mandatory minimum punishment for securities fraud crimes against the elderly or disabled

SB 1159 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions relating to forensic examinations of sexual offense victims

SB 1184 - Bray - Modifies various provisions relating to domestic violence

SB 1246 - Justus - Modifies the definition of "family or household member" and "domestic violence" in certain provisions

Vital Statistics (2)

SB 1132 - Days - Allows adopted persons eighteen and over to obtain copies of their original birth certificate under certain circumstances

HB 1640 - Schoeller - Provides for exceptions to the requirement for issuing a new birth certificate following adoption

Waste - Hazardous (2)

SB 895 - Clemens - Creates the Manufacturer Responsibility and Consumer Convenience Computer Equipment Collection and Recovery Act

SB 907 - Engler - Modifies provisions pertaining to motor fuel storage tanks and equipment

Waste - Radioactive (1)

SB 919 - Rupp - Assesses fee on shippers that transport radioactive waste within Missouri

Water Patrol (5)

SB 1065 - Bartle - Restricts operation of certain sized vessels near docks and other structure and modifies the duties of boat dock owners toward the public

SB 1107 - Scott - Modifies various provisions relating to the Water Patrol and watercraft regulations

SB 1187 - Purgason - Removes the ninety-nine member cap on the Water Patrol membership

HB 1715 - Schad - Modifies various provisions relating to the Water Patrol and watercraft regulations

HB 2258 - Pollock - Requires the Commissioner of the State Water Patrol to be appointed by the Governor from its uniformed membership

Water Resources and Water Districts (6)

SB 740 - Nodler - Changes the applicable local government entity from "county" to "political subdivision" for certain federal storm water requirements

SB 956 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions relating to public water supply districts

SB 1033 - Griesheimer - Prohibits water or sewer line easements from being considered transfers of title of real property to counties and other political subdivisions

SB 1040 - Clemens - Modifies requirements relating to the issuance of grants and loans by the Department of Natural Resources for storm water control

SJR 45 - Clemens - Modifies requirements relating to the issuance of grants and loans by the Department of Natural Resources for storm water control

HB 1881 - Schlottach - Changes the length of the term of office for the initially appointed directors of public water supply districts

Weapons (7)

SB 812 - Wilson - Expands the crime of unlawful use of weapons to include discharging a firearm for celebrating in an urban area

SB 813 - Wilson - Prohibits the ownership, possession, or discharge of a taser or stun gun

SB 1172 - Goodman - Modifies various provisions relating to weapons

SB 1176 - Barnitz - Makes concealed carry endorsements valid for a period of six years rather than three years

SB 1184 - Bray - Modifies various provisions relating to domestic violence

SB 1200 - Bray - Creates new regulations for the manufacturing and sale of ammunition

HB 2034 - Munzlinger - Modifies various provisions relating to weapons

Workers Compensation (6)

SB 901 - Loudon - Modifies workers' compensation payments to dependents

SB 929 - Green - Bars employers from misclassifying employees as independent contractors

SB 966 - Dempsey - Provides additional workers' compensation benefits for public safety workers killed in the line of duty

SB 1164 - Loudon - Modifies workers' compensation payments to dependents

SB 1223 - Graham - Modifies provisions relating to the Kids' Chance Scholarship Fund

SB 1241 - Nodler - Modifies workers' compensation payments to dependents