Senate Action for 1/26/2006

SB 578 - Shields - Prohibits protest activities during funeral services
   LR: 3256S.03T    SCS SB 578
1/26/2006 -- Referred H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

SB 600 - Wheeler - Creates an income tax deduction for organ donation
   LR: 3550S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 630 - Gross - Modifies eligibility requirements for the Homestead Preservation Tax Credit
   LR: 3309S.03T    SCS SB 630
1/26/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee - Consent (3309S.03C)

SB 668 - Koster - Creates an income tax deduction for organ donation
   LR: 3392S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 678 - Gross - Repeals the quarterly tax collections report requirement for temporary tax collection
   LR: 3088S.01T    
1/26/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee - Consent

SB 691 - Champion - Amends various provisions relating to withholding of retirement payments for income tax purposes
   LR: 3094S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee - Consent

SB 696 - Nodler - Modifies laws relating to economic development projects
   LR: 3397L.06C    HCS SS SB 696
1/26/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 744 - Klindt - Exempts motor fuel used for agricultural purposes from local sales tax
   LR: 3378S.02P    SCS SB 744
1/26/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 778 - Ridgeway - Requires proof of payment of personal property taxes on certain vessels, raises vessel fees and creates the "Missouri State Water Patrol Fund"
   LR: 3726S.01T    
1/26/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 805 - Gross - Modifies provisions relating to taxation
   LR: 3116L.05C    HCS SB 805
1/26/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee - Consent

SB 814 - Coleman - Creates a tax credit for low-income household purchases of computers for educational purposes
   LR: 3206S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 822 - Gross - Extends FRA, Pharmacy Tax, Nursing Facility reimbursement allowance, and Medicaid managed care reimbursement allowance sunsets
   LR: 4257S.01T    
1/26/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee - Consent

SB 901 - Shields - Establishes the "Joint Committee on Health"
   LR: 4451S.02P    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 902 - Callahan - Limits the sale of non-compliant cigarettes
   LR: 4584S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 903 - Griesheimer - Provides immunity from liability for certain officers and employees of state agencies and political subdivisions
   LR: 4485S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 904 - Griesheimer - Modifies the requirements for management, design and construction of state buildings
   LR: 4252L.10C    HCS SS SCS SB 904
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 905 - Engler - Requires medical malpractice insurers to file information with the Department of Insurance, and give notice prior to refusing to renew a policy of medical malpractice insurance
   LR: 4389L.08C    HCS SCS SBs 905 & 910
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 906 - Engler - Modifies various provisions relating to lead abatement
   LR: 3591S.01P    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 907 - Engler - Allows the Secretary of State to regulate the sale of variable annuities
   LR: 4386S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 908 - Stouffer - Authorizes the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission to make electronic bids for highway and bridge contracts
   LR: 4637L.02C    HCS SB 908
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 909 - Stouffer - Increases the maximum length for driveaway saddlemount combinations from 75 feet to 97 feet
   LR: 4156S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 910 - Stouffer - Subjects 383 malpractice associations to stricter insurance regulations
   LR: 3367S.03I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 911 - Goodman - Repeals the estate tax
   LR: 4589S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 912 - Goodman - Establishes a virtual school program
   LR: 4591S.03T    SS SCS SB 912
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 913 - Vogel - Excludes amusement devices from the definitions of the terms "gambling" and "gambling device"
   LR: 4460S.03P    SCS SB 913
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 914 - Koster - Allows the Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association to provide various types of coverages and refund policyholder surcharges
   LR: 4306S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 915 - Koster - Sets targets for renewable energy use
   LR: 4541S.08S    CCS HCS SCS SB 915
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 916 - Koster - Modifies various laws relating to the safe operation of motor vehicles to ensure the safety of highway workers, emergency workers, children, and other motorists
   LR: 4376L.07C    HCS SS SCS SB 916
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 917 - Gross - Requires the balance of all state funds to be transferred and credited to the state General Revenue Fund
   LR: 3930S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 918 - Scott - Provides a tax deduction for 100% of the amount the taxpayer has paid for long-term care insurance premiums
   LR: 4586S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 919 - Scott - Repeals the statute permitting the city council of a third-class city to prohibit the carrying of concealed weapons
   LR: 4592S.01T    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 920 - Coleman - Establishes the "Urban Flight Scholarship Program"
   LR: 4378S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 921 - Coleman - Establishes the "Missouri Senior Cadets Program"
   LR: 4354S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 922 - Wilson - Expands the crime of unlawful use of weapons to include discharging a firearm for celebrating in an urban area
   LR: 4393S.03I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 923 - Barnitz - Precludes any professional athletic team or sports authority from receiving funding from the Development Finance Board
   LR: 4395S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 924 - Klindt - Establishes the "Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act"
   LR: 4742S.05P    SCS SB 924
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 925 - Cauthorn - Makes various technical changes to sections pertaining to hazardous waste
   LR: 4110L.10C    HCS SCS SB 925
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 926 - Cauthorn - Requires land surveyors to provide notice before entering private land
   LR: 4155S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 927 - Gross - Places limitations on the issuance and redemption of certain economic development tax credits
   LR: 4248S.02I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 928 - Green - Bars employers from misclassifying employees as independent contractors
   LR: 4168S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 929 - Green - Amends requirements for workers' compensation benefit payments
   LR: 3852S.03I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 930 - Green - Establishes the "Office of Trade Enforcement" and the "Citizen's Commission on Globalization"
   LR: 4458S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 931 - Scott - Gives property owners one vote per acre when electing directors for a transportation development district
   LR: 4678S.01T    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 932 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to county officials
   LR: 4624S.08T    CCS#2 HCS SCS SB 932
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 933 - Scott - Transfers the duty of appointing railroad policemen from the Highway Patrol to the Director of the Department of Public Safety
   LR: 4640S.01T    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 934 - Engler - Creates a grace period for cosmetology and barber shop licensure when the establishment changes ownership or location
   LR: 4590S.03T    SCS SB 934
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 935 - Engler - Creates a grace period for barber shop licensure and removes requirements for barbers
   LR: 3991S.02I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 936 - Vogel - Allows county library boards to issue bonds for up to 5% of the value of property within the district instead of 1%
   LR: 4643S.01T    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 937 - Nodler - Eliminates the Missouri Advisory Council of Certification for Educators and replaces it with a commissioners advisory council
   LR: 4249S.03I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 938 - Stouffer - Creates the "Missouri Public-Private Partnerships Transportation Act"
   LR: 4349S.01P    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 939 - Stouffer - Modifies laws relating to medical malpractice insurance and establishes the "Health Care Stabilization Fund Feasibility Board"
   LR: 3859S.02I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 940 - Clemens - Modifies definitions and fees relating to audiologists
   LR: 3796L.01I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 941 - Clemens - Designates a portion of I-44 in Greene County as the "Corporal John A. "Jay" Sampietro Jr. MO State Highway Patrol Memorial Highway"
   LR: 4741S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 942 - Ridgeway - Authorizes the creation of a Disabled American Veterans special license plate
   LR: 4595S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 943 - Bray - Establishes the "Prevention First Act"
   LR: 3855S.03I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 944 - Bray - Requires large employers to dedicate a percentage of profits for health care costs
   LR: 4655S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 945 - Bray - Prohibits gifts from lobbyists to members of General Assembly
   LR: 4642S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 946 - Shields - Modifies various provisions relating to the state legal expense fund
   LR: 4489S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 947 - Shields - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop standards for high-quality early childhood education
   LR: 4481L.03C    HCS SB 947
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 948 - Shields - Modifies provision regarding repayment of National Guard Educational Assistance Grant
   LR: 4748S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 949 - Shields - Establishes the "Dental Carve-Out Act of 2006" to implement a process of providing dental benefits to public assistance recipients
   LR: 4641S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 955 - Coleman - Creates a hot weather rule
   LR: 4465S.02I    
1/26/2006 -- S First Read

SB 956 - Purgason - Designates a portion of U.S. Highway 60 in Texas County as the "Trooper D. Kevin Floyd Memorial Highway"
   LR: 4464S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- S First Read

SB 957 - Engler - Authorizes the Circuit Court in the 24th Judicial Circuit to appoint a drug court commissioner and administrator
   LR: 4835S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- S First Read

SB 958 - Kennedy - Establishes the "Public Service Accountability Act"
   LR: 3933S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- S First Read

SB 959 - Alter - Modifies the laws relating to eminent domain and condemnation proceedings
   LR: 4763S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- S First Read

SB 960 - Alter - Requires law enforcement and the Highway Patrol to take new photographs of sexual offenders when they report annually
   LR: 4770S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- S First Read

SB 961 - Ridgeway - Makes certain indemnity agreements in motor carrier transportation contracts void and unenforceable
   LR: 4753L.03C    HCS SCS SB 961
1/26/2006 -- S First Read

SB 962 - Ridgeway - Creates the "Missouri Student Success Scholarships Tax Credit Program"
   LR: 4671S.01I    
1/26/2006 -- S First Read

SB 963 - Scott - Modifies "Macks Creek law" by applying a 45% cap on traffic fine revenues to violations that occur on all highways rather than just state highways
   LR: 4397S.04I    
1/26/2006 -- S First Read

SB 964 - Crowell - Modifies provisions regarding the appointment and duties of assistant adjutants general
   LR: 4808S.01T    
1/26/2006 -- S First Read

SB 965 - Bartle - Modifies poison control provisions
   LR: 4762L.04C    HCS SB 965
1/26/2006 -- S First Read

SR 1870 - Vogel - Allows the Missouri Catholic Conference to use the Senate Chamber on September 30, 2006
   LR: 0017SR.01    
1/26/2006 -- S offered
1/26/2006 -- S adopted