Senate Action for 2/13/2006

SB 590 - Nodler - Renders several alterations to the state's higher education policy
   LR: 3716L.07C    HCS SS SCS SB 590
2/13/2006 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee
2/13/2006 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 609 - Crowell - Protects the conscience rights of pharmaceutical professionals
   LR: 3158S.02I    
2/13/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 639 - Coleman - Establishes surcharges on certain court proceedings to fund certain school-related educational programs
   LR: 3204S.01I    
2/13/2006 -- Hearing Cancelled S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 640 - Coleman - Modifies provisions relating to prostitution
   LR: 3335S.01I    
2/13/2006 -- Hearing Cancelled S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 645 - Griesheimer - Modifies the Missouri Business Use Incentive for Large-Scale Development Act
   LR: 3713S.01T    
2/13/2006 -- H Second Read

SB 721 - Wilson - Creates the crime of distribution of a controlled substance near a park
   LR: 3285S.01I    
2/13/2006 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 730 - Crowell - Requires voters to provide photographic identification
   LR: 3199S.01I    
2/13/2006 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 756 - Clemens - Modifies requirements for licensing and registration of certain professionals
   LR: 3816L.07T    CCS HCS SCS SB 756
2/13/2006 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 786 - Graham - Provides that certain persons may not be required to disclose news sources or information
   LR: 4171S.01I    
2/13/2006 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 798 - Nodler - Authorizes the Missouri Board of Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors and Landscape Architects to impose civil penalties
   LR: 4157S.03P    SCS SB 798
2/13/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 849 - Mayer - Creates the "Fairness in Public Construction Act"
   LR: 3477S.02I    
2/13/2006 -- SS S offered (Mayer)--(3477S.05F)
2/13/2006 -- SA 1 to SS S offered (Green)--(3477S05.01F)
2/13/2006 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
2/13/2006 -- SA 1 to SS S withdrawn (3477S05.01F)
2/13/2006 -- SA 2 to SS S offered & defeated (Kennedy)--(3477S02.25S)
2/13/2006 -- SA 3 to SS S offered & adopted (Green)--(37477S05.03F)
2/13/2006 -- SA 4 to SS S offered & Ruled out of order (Bray)--(3477S02.24S)
2/13/2006 -- SA 5 to SS S offered (Green)--(3477S05.04F)
2/13/2006 -- SA 1 to SA 5 to SS S offered & adopted (Green)--(3477S05.05F)
2/13/2006 -- SA 5 to SS, as amended, S adopted
2/13/2006 -- SA 6 to SS S offered (Days)--(3477S05.06F)
2/13/2006 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 858 - Shields - Creates the "Healthcare Technology Fund"
   LR: 4455L.06C    HCS SCS SBs 858 & 868
2/13/2006 -- H Second Read

SB 859 - Days - Creates an advance voting system for elections
   LR: 3986S.01I    
2/13/2006 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 885 - Cauthorn - Modifies laws relating to bail bond agents
   LR: 3283S.03I    
2/13/2006 -- Hearing Cancelled S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 991 - Mayer - Changes and extends the current law pertaining to service contracts
   LR: 4928S.01I    
2/13/2006 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1013 - Crowell - Provides that certain persons may not be required to disclose news sources or information
   LR: 4170S.04I    
2/13/2006 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1014 - Scott - Modifies law relating to election administration
   LR: 4947S.25T    CCS#2 HCS SS#2 SCS SBs 1014 & 730
2/13/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1026 - Cauthorn - Authorizes the Lieutenant Governor to administer certain veterans' programs and funds
   LR: 4767S.02T    SCS SB 1026
2/13/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1027 - Mayer - Allows common household goods common carriers to request rate adjustments from the State Highways and Transportation Commission and repeals exemption for household good movers who restrict their operations to certain areas
   LR: 4721S.02P    SCS SB 1027
2/13/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 1028 - Bartle - Adds substances to the controlled substances lists and criminalizes activities related to falsifying drug tests
   LR: 4760S.01I    
2/13/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1029 - Coleman - Provides for a tuition limitation for certain combat veterans
   LR: 3410S.02I    
2/13/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1030 - Bartle - Criminalizes selling and purchasing phone call logs
   LR: 5078S.01I    
2/13/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1031 - Klindt - Sets the maximum penalty for violating any order by the Public Service Commission relating to federal natural gas safety standards
   LR: 5109S.02P    SCS SBs 1031 & 846
2/13/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 1032 - Cauthorn - Amends the law relating to physician assistants
   LR: 5044S.02P    SCS SB 1032
2/13/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1033 - Kennedy - Increases wage for special advisors to the St. Louis City Police Retirement Board
   LR: 3800L.01I    
2/13/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1034 - Green - Amends the laws relating to the practice of professional counselors
   LR: 5111S.01I    
2/13/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1035 - Mayer - Limits investment firm and law firm support in general obligation bond elections
   LR: 4890S.01I    
2/13/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1036 - Mayer - Modifies watercraft law with respect to personal floatation devices, use of lights, approaching emergency vehicles and other issues
   LR: 4478S.02I    
2/13/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 1037 - Mayer - Extends the expiration date for the public drinking water primacy fees until September 1, 2011
   LR: 4950L.04C    HCS SB 1037
2/13/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 1038 - Mayer - Expands the ability currently available to the Department of Natural Resources to enter into cooperative agreements with particular organizations
   LR: 4952S.02I    
2/13/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 1039 - Bray - Eliminates the annual state of the state transportation address given by the Director of the Department of Transportation to the General Assembly
   LR: 5087S.01P    
2/13/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 1040 - Barnitz - Modifies provisions relating to eminent domain, tax increment financing, and urban redevelopment
   LR: 3205S.02I    
2/13/2006 -- S First Read

SB 1041 - Gibbons - Creates the crime of "knowingly receiving, selling, or obtaining personal health information"
   LR: 5118L.08C    HCS SS SCS SB 1041
2/13/2006 -- S First Read

SB 1042 - Kennedy - Prohibits increases in assessed value of homestead property that are greater than twenty percent during reassessment
   LR: 4899S.01I    
2/13/2006 -- S First Read

SB 1043 - Coleman - Restricts predatory lending
   LR: 4471S.02I    
2/13/2006 -- S First Read

SB 1044 - Alter - Creates the crime of "failing to lower a tinted window upon the approach of a law enforcement officer"
   LR: 5146S.01I    
2/13/2006 -- S First Read

SB 1045 - Goodman - Provides that the statute of limitations for recovery of lands does not extend to lands held by public utilities
   LR: 5033L.04T    HCS SB 1045
2/13/2006 -- S First Read

SB 1046 - Days - Creates the "Emancipation Day Commission"
   LR: 5120S.01I    
2/13/2006 -- S First Read

SB 1047 - Loudon - Requires the Department of Public Safety to create a grant program for certain law enforcement task forces
   LR: 4884S.02I    
2/13/2006 -- S First Read

SB 1048 - Shields - Allows a motor vehicle owner to receive refunds for unused registration fees, provided the unused portion is in an amount of five dollars or greater, when the owner sells the motor vehicle and does not replace it with another
   LR: 5059L.03C    HCS SCS SB 1048
2/13/2006 -- S First Read

SB 1049 - Shields - Establishes the "Disabled Employee's Health Assistance Program (DEHAP)"
   LR: 4941S.05C    SCS SB 1049
2/13/2006 -- S First Read

SCR 28 - Days - Designates a state office building in Jefferson City as the "George Washington Carver State Office Building"
   LR: 5119S.01I    
2/13/2006 -- S First Read

SR 2007 - Shields - Authorizes Senate employee classification and rates of pay
   
2/13/2006 -- S adopted

HCR 9 - Ruestman - Directs the Comprehensive Cancer Action Plan for Missouri, which is a nationwide model of effective cancer control strategies, be posted annually on the Missouri state website homepage.
   LR: 4194L.01I    
2/13/2006 -- Reported to the Senate