Senate Action for 2/7/2006

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    

2/7/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee - Consent

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    

2/7/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee - Consent

SB 578 - Shields - Prohibits protest activities during funeral services
   LR: 3256S.03T    SCS SB 578

2/7/2006 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Crime Prevention & Public Safety 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

2/7/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee-Consent (3126.02C)

SB 590 - Nodler - Renders several alterations to the state's higher education policy
   LR: 3716L.07C    HCS SS SCS SB 590

2/7/2006 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S adopted (3716S05.01F)

2/7/2006 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Nodler)--(3716S05.07S)

2/7/2006 -- SA 3 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Gross)--(3716S05.02F)

2/7/2006 -- SA 4 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted(Dougherty)--(8059S06.01S)

2/7/2006 -- SA 5 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Nodler)--(3716S05.11S)

2/7/2006 -- SA 6 to SS for SCS S offered (Green)--(3716S02.01S)

2/7/2006 -- SA 1 to SA 6 to SS for SCS S offered & withdrawn (Scott)--(3716S05.03F)

2/7/2006 -- SA 2 to SA 6 to SS for SCS S offered (Scott)--(3716S05.04F)

2/7/2006 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 610 - Crowell - Requires employee authorization for public employee labor unions to withhold fees from paychecks
   LR: 3282S.02I    

2/7/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 644 - Shields - Alters provisions regarding public school funding
   LR: 3315L.06C    HCS SB 644

2/7/2006 -- Voted Do Pass 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

2/7/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee-Consent (3306S.04C)

SB 656 - Nodler - Modifies requirements for out-of-state public higher education institutions
   LR: 3691S.01I    

2/7/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee-Consent

SB 679 - Gross - Extends the termination date for a grant program regarding capital improvements for engineering colleges in the University of Missouri system
   LR: 3729S.01I    

2/7/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee-Consent

SB 701 - Crowell - Modifies educational assistance benefits for Missouri National Guard members
   LR: 3580S.02T    SCS SBs 701 & 948

2/7/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass (SCS/SBs 701 & 948) S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee (3580S.02C)

SB 708 - Wilson - Provides tuition grants to war veterans who served in Iraq
   LR: 3115S.02I    

2/7/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee

SB 740 - Cauthorn - Provides that sheltered workshop employment income shall not be considered income for Medicaid-eligibility purposes
   LR: 3689S.01I    

2/7/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 761 - Stouffer - Allows the state Highway Commission to revoke motor carrier registrations under certain circumstances
   LR: 3982S.01I    

2/7/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 806 - Gross - Establishes the "Founding Documents Protection Act"
   LR: 3984S.01P    

2/7/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 821 - Griesheimer - Modifies the definition of "salvage vehicle"
   LR: 3935S.01I    

2/7/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 830 - Ridgeway - Changes provisions regarding military leave for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees
   LR: 4123S.02T    SCS SB 830

2/7/2006 -- Hearing Conducted 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    

2/7/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education 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    

2/7/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education 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

2/7/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee - Consent

SRB 848 - Bartle - Repeals certain sections of law which have expired, sunset, terminated, or are ineffective
   LR: 3911L.03P    SCS SRB 848

2/7/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 850 - Alter - Includes certain juvenile court employees in the county employees' retirement system
   LR: 4401S.01I    

2/7/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 851 - Stouffer - Modifies law with respect to how tow companies may dispose of abandoned motor vehicles for parts
   LR: 4353S.01I    

2/7/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 857 - Nodler - Grants additional authority to the Coordinating Board for Higher Education
   LR: 4126S.01I    

2/7/2006 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee (4126S.06C)

SB 861 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions regarding supplemental retirement benefits for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees
   LR: 4205S.01I    

2/7/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 896 - Griesheimer - Modifies graduated driver's license law with respect to number of instruction hours and passenger limitations
   LR: 4081S.02I    

2/7/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation 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

2/7/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee - Consent

SB 909 - Stouffer - Increases the maximum length for driveaway saddlemount combinations from 75 feet to 97 feet
   LR: 4156S.01I    

2/7/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee - Consent

SB 915 - Koster - Sets targets for renewable energy use
   LR: 4541S.08S    CCS HCS SCS SB 915

2/7/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 948 - Shields - Modifies provision regarding repayment of National Guard Educational Assistance Grant
   LR: 4748S.01I    

2/7/2006 -- Bill Combined w/SCS/SBs 701 & 948

SB 952 - Goodman - Designates the Table Rock Lake bridge on Highway 39 in Barry County near the census-designated place of Shell Knob as the "State Senator Larry Gene Taylor Memorial Bridge"
   LR: 4751S.02P    

2/7/2006 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Transportation Committee

SB 964 - Crowell - Modifies provisions regarding the appointment and duties of assistant adjutants general
   LR: 4808S.01T    

2/7/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 975 - Days - Amends laws relating to unsecured loans of $500 or less
   LR: 4754S.03I    

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 976 - Gibbons - Assesses fees for the transportation of radioactive waste through or within the state
   LR: 4204L.10C    HCS SS SCS SB 976

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 977 - Bartle - Authorizes the director of the POST Commission to promulgate rules and modifies 911 telecommunications training
   LR: 4836L.02C    HCS SB 977

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

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    

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 979 - Griesheimer - Exempts ski area operators from liability for inherent risks related to skiing
   LR: 4905S.01I    

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 980 - Clemens - Modifies the student loan program for nursing students
   LR: 4752L.02T    HCS SB 980

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

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

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

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

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

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    

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 984 - Purgason - Adds a circuit judge position within the Twenty-Sixth Judicial Circuit
   LR: 4885S.02I    

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 985 - Cauthorn - Modifies the definition of "point source" to exclude any agricultural storm water discharges and return flows from agriculture
   LR: 4787S.01I    

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 986 - Green - Modifies laws on mental health facilities and group homes for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled
   LR: 4348S.02I    

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 987 - Green - Designates a portion of I-44 in St. Louis County as the "Trooper Ralph Tatoian Memorial Highway"
   LR: 4962S.01I    

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 988 - Green - Amends law relating to the hiring of unqualified employees on public projects
   LR: 4926S.01I    

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 989 - Bray - Requires committees to refund campaign contributions in some instances
   LR: 4895S.01I    

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 990 - Vogel - Designates various sections of state highways after law enforcement
   LR: 4957S.01T    

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 991 - Mayer - Changes and extends the current law pertaining to service contracts
   LR: 4928S.01I    

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

2/7/2006 -- Re-referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 992 - Scott - Modifies provisions regarding medical emergencies
   LR: 3460S.03I    

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 993 - Scott - Modifies processes for licensure and service of financial institutions
   LR: 4784S.01I    

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 994 - Dougherty - Alters the "special education threshold" for any school district with a higher-than-average student population with elevated blood lead levels
   LR: 4750S.01I    

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 995 - Dougherty - Establishes a "Business and After-School Partnership Program"
   LR: 4462S.02I    

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 996 - Dougherty - Creates the "St. Louis City School Lead Abatement and Removal Fund"
   LR: 4897S.02I    

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 997 - Kennedy - Allows certain St. Louis police officers to receive additional compensation for overtime
   LR: 4954S.01I    

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 998 - Champion - Requires physicians to identify which type of collaborative practice arrangement they are engaging in and provide copies to the board
   LR: 4553S.03C    SCS SB 998

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 999 - Alter - Allows counties to adopt noise ordinances
   LR: 4757S.04I    

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1000 - Loudon - Replaces all state administrative hearings with a new "Office of Administrative Hearings"
   LR: 4709S.01I    

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1001 - Griesheimer - Modifies lawful presence requirements for driver's licenses, modifies graduated driver's license law and allows the Highway Commission to revoke licenses and registrations of motor carriers in certain circumstances
   LR: 4958S.05T    CCS HCS SCS SBs 1001, 896 & 761

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 1002 - Mayer - Allows the imposition of an additional fee for drainage districts
   LR: 4381L.06T    HCS SB 1002

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1003 - Mayer - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property
   LR: 4994S.07T    SCS#2 SB 1003

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1004 - Days - Removes the special education statute from the sunset provision of the First Steps Program
   LR: 4955S.01P    

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

SB 1017 - Clemens - Modifies several agricultural programs
   LR: 5039S.03T    CCS HCS SB 1017

2/7/2006 -- S First Read

SB 1018 - Kennedy - Enacts licensing requirements for private investigators
   LR: 4729S.02I    

2/7/2006 -- S First Read

SB 1019 - Alter - Specifies the Amber Alert System aids in identifying and locating abducted children rather than adults
   LR: 5061S.01I    

2/7/2006 -- S First Read

SB 1020 - Vogel - Requires anyone who manufactures, installs, or repairs fuel storage tanks or piping for such tanks to maintain evidence of financial responsibility to cover the costs of corrective action after a fuel release
   LR: 5041S.02T    

2/7/2006 -- S First Read

SB 1021 - Dougherty - Modifies laws of the Missouri Health Insurance Pool
   LR: 4949S.01I    

2/7/2006 -- S First Read

SB 1022 - Dougherty - Raises income limit for Medical Assistance for Families recipients
   LR: 4924S.01I    

2/7/2006 -- S First Read

SB 1023 - Gibbons - Modifies the laws relating to DNA Profiling Analysis and resulting restitution
   LR: 3073L.06T    HCS SB 1023

2/7/2006 -- S First Read

SB 1024 - Koster - Establishes the "Criminal Forfeiture Reform Act"
   LR: 5011S.01I    

2/7/2006 -- S First Read

SB 1025 - Koster - Establishes a minimum salary for deputy sheriffs and creates the "Public Safety Enhancement Fund"
   LR: 3445S.05I    

2/7/2006 -- S First Read

SJR 31 - Ridgeway - Elevates the allowable level of bonded indebtedness for school districts from 15% to 20%
   LR: 3993S.01P    

2/7/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

HCR 5 - Bearden - Declares February 6th of each year to be "Ronald Reagan Day" in Missouri.
   LR: 3232L.01I    

2/7/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee