Senate Action for 1/27/2005

SB 13 - Kennedy - Authorizes tax check-off for contributions to Missouri Military Family Relief Fund
   LR: 0468S.01I    SCS SB 13
1/27/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 15 - Kennedy - Provides a tax credit for modifying a home for a disabled person
   LR: 0410S.01I    
1/27/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 68 - Shields - Creates a sales tax exemption for certain college athletic events
   LR: 0418S.02T    SCS SB 68
1/27/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 138 - Wheeler - Extends the Kansas City mass transportation sales tax indefinitely
   LR: 0208L.03C    HCS SCS SB 138
1/27/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 169 - Gross - Renews aviation sales tax until 2010
   LR: 0757S.01I    
1/27/2005 -- Hearing Cancelled Ways & Means Committee

SB 170 - Gross - Extends the dry cleaning fee until 2012
   LR: 0636S.04T    SCS SB 170
1/27/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 176 - Vogel - Provides for elections in Cole County and the City of Poplar Bluff
   LR: 0979S.02I    
1/27/2005 -- Hearing Conducted H Elections Committee
1/27/2005 -- Reported Do Pass H Elections Committee
1/27/2005 -- Referred to H Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 189 - Gross - Extends certain federal reimbursement allowance and requires Medicaid managed care organizations to pay a reimbursement allowance
   LR: 1021L.02T    HCS SB 189
1/27/2005 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 214 - Scott - Each child enrolled in kindergarten, or first grade to receive comprehensive vision examinations
   LR: 1054S.04C    SCS SB 214
1/27/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 215 - Days - Prohibits foreign ATM fees
   LR: 0891S.01I    
1/27/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 216 - Champion - Requires depositions of crime laboratory employees to be in the county where employed
   LR: 0951L.03T    HCS SB 216
1/27/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 217 - Gross - Merges the Administrative Law Judge retirement system into the State Employees' retirement system
   LR: 1157S.01I    SCS SBs 202, 33, 45, 183 & 217
1/27/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 218 - Klindt - Allows incumbent local exchange companies (ILECs) to be regulated under a price cap
   LR: 1152S.01I    
1/27/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 219 - Dolan - Creates an income tax dependency exemption for stillborn children
   LR: 0886S.01I    
1/27/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 220 - Dolan - Restores sovereign immunity to Metro and KCATA, provides immunity to state employees for official actions, and removes St. Louis and Kansas City Police Boards from legal defense fund coverage
   LR: 0885S.05P    SS SB 220
1/27/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 221 - Dolan - Modifies several provisions of law relating to motor vehicles including primary seat belt enforcement
   LR: 0633.07C    HCS SCS SBs 221, 250 & 256
1/27/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 222 - Callahan - Places various reporting requirements upon manufacturers of tobacco products
   LR: 1184S.06P    SCS SB 222
1/27/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 223 - Clemens - Modifies provision regarding athletic trainer licensing
   LR: 1115S.02I    
1/27/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 224 - Clemens - Creates a tax credit against the private car ad valorem tax
   LR: 1175S.01I    
1/27/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 225 - Cauthorn - Modifies various sections pertaining to hazardous waste
   LR: 1138L.11T    HCS SS #2 SCS SB 225
1/27/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 226 - Cauthorn - Modifies provisions relating to the Medicaid program
   LR: 1053S.01I    
1/27/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 227 - Engler - Designates a portion of state highway M as the "Highway Patrolman Robert Kolilis Memorial Highway"
   LR: 0984S.02P    SCS SB 227
1/27/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 228 - Ridgeway - Requires health carriers to reimburse out-of-network chiropractors the same as other out-of-network providers
   LR: 1171S.02I    
1/27/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 229 - Bray - Allows the hiring of a retired teacher to work between 550 and 800 hours without losing their retirement benefits
   LR: 1126S.01I    
1/27/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 230 - Champion - Reallocates a portion of the crime laboratory surcharge to counties and prosecutors
   LR: 0948S.04I    
1/27/2005 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 249 - Dolan - WITHDRAWN
   LR: 0621S.01I    
1/27/2005 -- Bill Withdrawn

SB 251 - Ridgeway - Creates a tax credit for contributions to support pregnancy resource centers
   LR: 1057S.01I    
1/27/2005 -- S First Read

SB 252 - Koster - Creates the Missouri Military Preparedness and Enhancement Commission
   LR: 1190L.08T    HCS SCS SB 252
1/27/2005 -- S First Read

SB 253 - Koster - Modifies law regarding titling and registering motor vehicles and requires school districts to perform criminal background checks on school bus drivers
   LR: 0894S.08C    SCS SB 253
1/27/2005 -- S First Read

SB 254 - Engler - Criminalizes distribution and possession of certain prescription medications on school property
   LR: 1288S.01P    
1/27/2005 -- S First Read

SB 255 - Dolan - Provides a cash benefit to Missouri veterans who died or were wounded while serving in the War on Terror
   LR: 1079S.01I    
1/27/2005 -- S First Read

SB 256 - Dolan - Allows primary enforcement of the seat belt law
   LR: 1302S.01I    
1/27/2005 -- S First Read

SB 257 - Koster - Authorizes the Cass County Commission to seek a board of election commissioners
   LR: 1091S.01P    
1/27/2005 -- S First Read

SB 258 - Koster - Allows the Cass and Cooper County Commissions to submit the question of establishing a health center after a majority vote
   LR: 1089S.02T    SCS SB 258
1/27/2005 -- S First Read

SB 259 - Koster - Prohibits the Cass County Commissioner and the County Highway Engineer on the county planning board from voting
   LR: 1090S.01T    
1/27/2005 -- S First Read

SB 260 - Koster - Designates the presiding commissioner in Cass County as the county budget officer
   LR: 1088L.04C    HCS SCS SB 260
1/27/2005 -- S First Read

SB 261 - Loudon - Creates certain requirements for the operation of the Missouri health insurance plan
   LR: 0755S.01T    
1/27/2005 -- S First Read

SR 150 - Shields - Modifies numerous Senate Rules
   LR: 0976S.08C    SCS SR 150
1/27/2005 -- S offered
1/27/2005 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee