Senate Action for 1/31/2006

SB 558 - Gibbons - Removes the termination date for experimental tariffs put in place by the Public Service Commission and gas corporations for schools
   LR: 3087S.02T    
1/31/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 559 - Gibbons - Considers any municipality, governmental unit, or public corporation created under the laws of any state or the United States a person
   LR: 3545S.01T    
1/31/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 578 - Shields - Prohibits protest activities during funeral services
   LR: 3256S.03T    SCS SB 578
1/31/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

SB 583 - Griesheimer - Establishes a decentralized emission inspection program which utilizes on-board diagnostic testing on certain motor vehicles
   LR: 3160L.18T    HCS SS#2 SCS SB 583
1/31/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee (3160S.09C)

SB 587 - Bartle - Extends the August 28, 2006, expiration date for the surcharge on certain criminal cases to August 28, 2013
   LR: 3347S.03P    SCS SB 587
1/31/2006 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered (Callahan)--(3347S03.01S)
1/31/2006 -- SSA 1 for SA 1 to SCS S offered & withdrawn (Crowell)--(3347S03.01F)
1/31/2006 -- SA 1 to SCS S withdrawn -- (3347S03.01S)
1/31/2006 -- SA 2 to SCS S offered & adopted (Callahan)--(3347S03.04S)
1/31/2006 -- SA 3 to SCS S offered & adopted (Gross)--(3347S03.03S)
1/31/2006 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
1/31/2006 -- Perfected

SB 590 - Nodler - Renders several alterations to the state's higher education policy
   LR: 3716L.07C    HCS SS SCS SB 590
1/31/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee (3716S.02C)

SB 635 - Cauthorn - Exempts motorcyclists age 21 and older from wearing a helmet when operating a motorcycle or motortricycle
   LR: 3461S.01I    
1/31/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee

SB 663 - Crowell - Removes statutory restriction that prohibits employer purchasing alliances from forming for the purpose of providing group health insurance
   LR: 3516S.01I    
1/31/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 666 - Engler - Modifies provisions regarding fire protection
   LR: 3281S.07S    CCS HCS SCS SB 666
1/31/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee (3281S.05C)

SB 676 - Wilson - Alters provisions with regard to charter schools
   LR: 3114S.01I    
1/31/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 697 - Nodler - Modifies the law relating to transportation and motor vehicles
   LR: 3399L.02C    HCS SB 697
1/31/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 701 - Crowell - Modifies educational assistance benefits for Missouri National Guard members
   LR: 3580S.02T    SCS SBs 701 & 948
1/31/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 707 - Wilson - Alters provisions with regard to charter schools
   LR: 3476S.02I    
1/31/2006 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Education Committee

SB 748 - Vogel - Provides temporary retirement and medical incentives for certain employees currently eligible to retire under MOSERS
   LR: 3374S.05P    SCS SB 748
1/31/2006 -- SCS S adopted
1/31/2006 -- Perfected

SB 769 - Mayer - Permits school districts meeting certain criteria to make a one-time additional fund transfer and to reduce their school terms
   LR: 3313L.07T    HCS SCS SB 769
1/31/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 780 - Klindt - Creates an assessment-based funding mechanism for the Office of Public Counsel similar to that currently utilized by the Public Service Commission
   LR: 4125L.04C    HCS SB 780
1/31/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 812 - Cauthorn - Adds certain municipalities and districts to the list of utilities that are under the supervision of the Transportation Commission when engaging in right-of-way
   LR: 3890L.01I    
1/31/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee (3890L.02C)

SB 821 - Griesheimer - Modifies the definition of "salvage vehicle"
   LR: 3935S.01I    
1/31/2006 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Transportation Committee

SB 851 - Stouffer - Modifies law with respect to how tow companies may dispose of abandoned motor vehicles for parts
   LR: 4353S.01I    
1/31/2006 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Transportation Committee

SB 858 - Shields - Creates the "Healthcare Technology Fund"
   LR: 4455L.06C    HCS SCS SBs 858 & 868
1/31/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass (SCS/SBs 858 & 868) S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee (4455S.02C)

SB 868 - Koster - Creates the "Healthcare Technology Fund"
   LR: 3977S.05I    
1/31/2006 -- Bill Combined w/ SCS/SBs 858 & 868

SB 871 - Coleman - Modifies provisions regarding distribution payments in the St. Louis Police Retirement System
   LR: 3798L.01T    
1/31/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee - Consent

SB 872 - Gibbons - Enacts various provisions relating to the safe operation of motor vehicles to ensure the safety of highway workers, emergency workers and other motorists
   LR: 3937L.06T    HCS SS SCS SBs 872, 754 & 669
1/31/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 891 - Scott - Eliminates the position of transportation inspector general from the Joint Committee on Transportation Oversight
   LR: 4585S.01I    
1/31/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 901 - Shields - Establishes the "Joint Committee on Health"
   LR: 4451S.02P    
1/31/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws 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
1/31/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 938 - Stouffer - Creates the "Missouri Public-Private Partnerships Transportation Act"
   LR: 4349S.01P    
1/31/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation 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    
1/31/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee - Consent

SB 948 - Shields - Modifies provision regarding repayment of National Guard Educational Assistance Grant
   LR: 4748S.01I    
1/31/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

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    
1/31/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee - Consent

SB 975 - Days - Amends laws relating to unsecured loans of $500 or less
   LR: 4754S.03I    
1/31/2006 -- S First Read

SB 976 - Gibbons - Assesses fees for the transportation of radioactive waste through or within the state
   LR: 4204L.10C    HCS SS SCS SB 976
1/31/2006 -- S First Read

SB 977 - Bartle - Authorizes the director of the POST Commission to promulgate rules and modifies 911 telecommunications training
   LR: 4836L.02C    HCS SB 977
1/31/2006 -- S First Read

SB 978 - Kennedy - Establishes a transitional period whereby the weighted average daily attendance distribution method for Prop C funds would be phased-in
   LR: 4537S.02I    
1/31/2006 -- S First Read

SB 979 - Griesheimer - Exempts ski area operators from liability for inherent risks related to skiing
   LR: 4905S.01I    
1/31/2006 -- S First Read

SB 980 - Clemens - Modifies the student loan program for nursing students
   LR: 4752L.02T    HCS SB 980
1/31/2006 -- S First Read

SB 981 - Goodman - Allows a Highway Patrol member to accept other employment under a general order issued by the Superintendent
   LR: 4780L.02T    HCS SB 981
1/31/2006 -- S First Read

SB 982 - Koster - Requires law enforcement and the Highway Patrol to take new photographs of sexual offenders when they report annually
   LR: 3964S.02I    
1/31/2006 -- S First Read

SB 983 - Mayer - Requires each school district to adopt as a goal the expenditure of at least two-thirds of its current operational expenditures on classroom instruction
   LR: 4791S.02I    
1/31/2006 -- S First Read