Senate Action for 1/17/2006

SB 572 - Coleman - Creates an educational grant for children and spouses of veterans killed in combat
   LR: 3409S.01I    
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 580 - Shields - Requires collaboration between certain departments in order to achieve a more efficient and effective educational system
   LR: 3126S.02T    SCS SB 580
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee - Consent

SB 590 - Nodler - Renders several alterations to the state's higher education policy
   LR: 3716L.07C    HCS SS SCS SB 590
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 629 - Gross - Exempts contractors from paying sales taxes on materials used in Department of Transportation projects and modifies sales tax exemption for certain motor vehicles
   LR: 3127L.02C    HCS SB 629
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 644 - Shields - Alters provisions regarding public school funding
   LR: 3315L.06C    HCS SB 644
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 650 - Champion - Specifies terms of office and eligibility criteria for the governing board of Missouri State University
   LR: 3306S.04T    SCS SB 650
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee - Consent

SB 654 - Nodler - Establishes the "Associate Degree Transfer Incentive Scholarship Program"
   LR: 3690S.01I    
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 655 - Nodler - Allows the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority to provide primary school loans
   LR: 3404S.05C    SCS SB 655
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee - Consent

SB 666 - Engler - Modifies provisions regarding fire protection
   LR: 3281S.07S    CCS HCS SCS SB 666
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 667 - Engler - Designates several portions of highways within Missouri after Missouri highway patrolmen
   LR: 3694S.03T    SCS SBs 667, 704, 941, 956 & 987
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee - Consent

SB 704 - Engler - Designates two bridges within Van Buren after Sgt. Dewayne Graham Jr. of the Missouri State Highway Patrol
   LR: 3292S.03I    
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee - Consent

SB 748 - Vogel - Provides temporary retirement and medical incentives for certain employees currently eligible to retire under MOSERS
   LR: 3374S.05P    SCS SB 748
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 791 - Mayer - Modifies provisions within the Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol employees' retirement system
   LR: 4066S.01I    
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 821 - Griesheimer - Modifies the definition of "salvage vehicle"
   LR: 3935S.01I    
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 822 - Gross - Extends FRA, Pharmacy Tax, Nursing Facility reimbursement allowance, and Medicaid managed care reimbursement allowance sunsets
   LR: 4257S.01T    
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 823 - Klindt - Makes information collected in the course of an insurance compliance audit privileged information
   LR: 3659S.01I    
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 824 - Klindt - Establishes procedure for insurers intervening in civil actions to determine coverage issues
   LR: 3657S.01I    
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 825 - Koster - Creates the "Kansas and Missouri Regional Investment District Compact" to promote public transit projects within the Kansas City metropolitan area
   LR: 4113L.07T    HCS SS SCS SB 825
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 826 - Mayer - Modifies law regarding the Scenic Byway Program
   LR: 4181S.02I    
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 827 - Dougherty - Creates a commission to study the death penalty in Missouri and prohibits use of the death penalty for a time period
   LR: 4256S.01I    
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 828 - Scott - Repeals the sunset provision for dental hygienists
   LR: 3870L.01T    
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 829 - Dougherty - Repeals a portion of the law which allows certain utilities to apply for alternate rate schedules
   LR: 4264S.01I    
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 830 - Ridgeway - Changes provisions regarding military leave for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees
   LR: 4123S.02T    SCS SB 830
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 831 - Kennedy - Alters the school funding formula provision that reduces current-year funding for districts with decreases in summer school attendance
   LR: 3720S.01I    
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 832 - Griesheimer - Modifies Missouri's tax increment finance law
   LR: 4307L.12C    HCS SS SCS SB 832
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 833 - Nodler - Repeals the prohibition on including students' attendance records, grades, class rank or other information on high school diplomas
   LR: 4243S.01I    
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 834 - Nodler - Alters various provisions of the state's special education policy
   LR: 4258L.02T    HCS SB 834
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 835 - Engler - Establishes the requirements for a written drug prescription
   LR: 4244S.01I    
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 836 - Engler - Modifies continuing child support obligation for children over eighteen years of age
   LR: 3537S.02I    
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 837 - Loudon - Modifies the membership of various governing bodies that administer state insurance programs
   LR: 3660L.03T    HCS SB 837
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 838 - Loudon - Allows life insurance companies to exclude coverage for suicide deaths under certain circumstances
   LR: 3662S.01I    
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 839 - Loudon - Establishes the "Uninsured Motorist Stipulation of Benefits Act of 2006" which limits the recovery for non-economic damages by uninsured motorists
   LR: 3658S.01I    
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 840 - Stouffer - Modifies the highway and bridge naming process and allows the Highway Commission to dispose of excess real property under certain conditions
   LR: 3085L.06T    HCS SB 840
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 841 - Ridgeway - Authorizes peer review committees for certain emergency medical services
   LR: 4111S.02C    SCS SB 841
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 842 - Ridgeway - Amends provisions for the exemption from sales and use tax of electricity used in manufacturing
   LR: 4246S.01I    
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 843 - Graham - Establishes renewable energy resources use requirements
   LR: 4245S.01I    
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 844 - Graham - Authorizes individuals to bring civil actions alleging Medicaid fraud
   LR: 3806S.01I    
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 845 - Kennedy - Modifies fees and reinstatement processes in the event of corporate administrative dissolution
   LR: 3760S.02T    
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 846 - Dougherty - Sets the maximum penalty for violating any Public Service Commission order relating to federal natural gas safety standards
   LR: 4208S.01I    
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 847 - Bartle - Modifies the jurisdiction of small claims courts
   LR: 4308S.01I    
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 855 - Callahan - WITHDRAWN
   LR: 4342S.01I    
1/17/2006 -- Bill Withdrawn

SB 857 - Nodler - Grants additional authority to the Coordinating Board for Higher Education
   LR: 4126S.01I    
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 875 - Barnitz - Modifies requirements for corporate filings
   LR: 3948S.01I    
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 876 - Loudon - Establishes a tuition grant for dependants and spouses of certain military veterans
   LR: 4484S.01I    
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 877 - Kennedy - Provides a tax credit for modifying a home for a disabled person
   LR: 4496S.04C    SCS SB 877
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 878 - Champion - Modifies provisions relating to child protection
   LR: 4470L.04C    HCS SCS SB 878
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 879 - Bray - Prohibits the Transportation Department from closing a twelve-mile portion of U.S. Highway 40 in the St. Louis area
   LR: 4564S.01I    
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 880 - Bray - Repeals a portion of the law that provides certain utilities the opportunity to apply for alternate rate schedules under a variety of circumstances
   LR: 4362S.01I    
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 881 - Engler - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property to St. Francois County
   LR: 4385S.02T    
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 882 - Engler - Regulates various blasting and excavation activities
   LR: 4352L.05C    HCS SCS SB 882
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 883 - Engler - Revises the filing fees paid by certain insurance organizations for filing documents with the Department of Insurance
   LR: 4350S.01I    
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 884 - Callahan - Modifies Missouri's tax increment finance law
   LR: 4535L.03C    HCS SB 884
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 885 - Cauthorn - Modifies laws relating to bail bond agents
   LR: 3283S.03I    
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 886 - Goodman - Modifies provisions regarding the termination of alimony and maintenance payments
   LR: 4472S.02I    
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 887 - Green - Removes certain limits on campaign contributions
   LR: 3945S.01I    
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 888 - Koster - Substantially revises the current law regarding the regulation of title insurance
   LR: 3296S.04I    
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SB 889 - Shields - Allows volunteer, out-of-state health care providers to be deployed during emergencies
   LR: 4251S.01I    
1/17/2006 -- S First Read

SCR 22 - Champion - Authorizes the Missouri Department of Transportation to create individual highway signs detailing the name and date of workers, emergency workers, and highway patrol officers injured or killed on Missouri highways.
   LR: 3135S.03I    
1/17/2006 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

SJR 26 - Ridgeway - Exempts property owned by veterans' organizations from taxation
   LR: 3420S.01T    
1/17/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

HB 1015 - Icet - To appropriate money for supplemental purposes for the Department of Social Services, and to transfer money among certain funds, from the funds designated for the fiscal period ending June 30, 2006.
   LR: 3015L.01T    
1/17/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee