Senate Action for 4/6/2006

SB 561 - Gross - Limits the amount of expenditures from gaming boat admission fees revenue
   LR: 3339S.04T    
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Veterans Committee
4/6/2006 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee
4/6/2006 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee - Consent

SB 589 - Bartle - Adds one circuit judge position and modifies one circuit judge position within the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit
   LR: 3338L.02C    HCS SB 589
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
4/6/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
4/6/2006 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
4/6/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/6/2006 -- H First Read

SB 596 - Days - Authorizes a court to appoint a standby guardian for a minor
   LR: 3792S.03P    SS SB 596
4/6/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/6/2006 -- H First Read

SB 613 - Engler - Allows residential and business cell phone users to voluntarily sign up with the no-call list
   LR: 3468L.13C    HCS SS SCS SBs 613, 1030 & 899
4/6/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted
4/6/2006 -- H First Read (w/EC)

SB 614 - Stouffer - Creates an income tax credit for contributions to residential treatment agencies
   LR: 3603L.03T    HCS SCS SB 614
4/6/2006 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Ways & Means Committee
4/6/2006 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

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
4/6/2006 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Ways & Means Committee
4/6/2006 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 630 - Gross - Modifies eligibility requirements for the Homestead Preservation Tax Credit
   LR: 3309S.03T    SCS SB 630
4/6/2006 -- Voted Do Pass H Senior Citizen Advocacy Committee
4/6/2006 -- Reported Do Pass H Senior Citizen Advocacy Committee - Consent
4/6/2006 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 641 - Scott - Requires all contributions to the Missouri Higher Education Savings Program be held for twelve months
   LR: 3216S.01T    
4/6/2006 -- Voted Do Pass H Financial Institutions Committee - Consent

SB 643 - Scott - Establishes the "State Fair Escrow Fund"
   LR: 3466S.01P    
4/6/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/6/2006 -- H First Read

SB 646 - Griesheimer - Allows for the formation of and conversion to reorganized common sewer districts
   LR: 3389L.06C    HCS SCS SB 646
4/6/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted
4/6/2006 -- H First Read (w/EC)

SB 648 - Champion - Replaces the term "lunatic asylum" with "mental health facility" in statute about fire escapes and stairs
   LR: 3209S.02T    
4/6/2006 -- Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on Health Care Facilities Committee - Consent
4/6/2006 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 655 - Nodler - Allows the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority to provide primary school loans
   LR: 3404S.05C    SCS SB 655
4/6/2006 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 677 - Gross - Removes references to the Committee on Radiation Control from Chapter 192, RSMo
   LR: 3157S.01T    
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Health Care Policy Committee
4/6/2006 -- Voted Do Pass H Health Care Policy Committee
4/6/2006 -- Reported Do Pass H Health Care Policy Committee - Consent
4/6/2006 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 678 - Gross - Repeals the quarterly tax collections report requirement for temporary tax collection
   LR: 3088S.01T    
4/6/2006 -- Voted Do Pass H Ways & Means Committee - Consent
4/6/2006 -- Reported Do Pass H Ways & Means Committee - Consent
4/6/2006 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 689 - Scott - Modifies lobbyist reporting requirements and campaign finance disclosure for public officials
   LR: 3219L.02C    HCS SB 689
4/6/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/6/2006 -- H First Read

SB 690 - Champion - Prohibits closing a child abuse investigation if the child dies during the course of the investigation
   LR: 3597S.02P    SCS SB 690
4/6/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/6/2006 -- H First Read

SB 696 - Nodler - Modifies laws relating to economic development projects
   LR: 3397L.06C    HCS SS SB 696
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee
4/6/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee
4/6/2006 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
4/6/2006 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
4/6/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/6/2006 -- H First Read

SB 718 - Crowell - Modifies the authority of certain boards, commissions, and authorities to grant loans
   LR: 3198S.08T    SS SCS SB 718
4/6/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/6/2006 -- H First Read

SB 725 - Bray - Alters provisions regarding alcoholic beverages
   LR: 3638L.03T    HCS SB 725
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee

SB 751 - Stouffer - Allows the City of Corder to sell property purchased from the school district for any purpose after twenty-five years
   LR: 3715S.02T    SCS SB 751
4/6/2006 -- Voted Do Pass H Local Government Committee - Consent
4/6/2006 -- Reported Do Pass H Local Government Committee - Consent
4/6/2006 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 765 - Dougherty - Enacts provisions relating to emergency medical treatment
   LR: 3546L.04T    HCS SCS SB 765
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Health Care Policy Committee
4/6/2006 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Health Care Policy Committee - Consent

SB 766 - Vogel - Modifies the definition of "state agency" with regard to income tax set offs
   LR: 3941S.01P    
4/6/2006 -- Reported Do Pass H Ways & Means Committee
4/6/2006 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

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
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee
4/6/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee
4/6/2006 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
4/6/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/6/2006 -- H First Read

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
4/6/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/6/2006 -- H First Read

SB 802 - Shields - Defines the terms "owner", "registered voter" and "voter" when used in provisions about certain sewer districts
   LR: 4006S.02T    SCS SB 802
4/6/2006 -- Voted Do Pass H Local Government Committee - Consent
4/6/2006 -- Reported Do Pass H Local Government Committee - Consent
4/6/2006 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 809 - Graham - Provides municipalities the option of adopting the zoning regulations of the county in lieu of their own
   LR: 3553L.02T    HCS SB 809
4/6/2006 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Local Government Committee - Consent
4/6/2006 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Local Government Committee - Consent
4/6/2006 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

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
4/6/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/6/2006 -- H First Read

SB 837 - Loudon - Modifies the membership of various governing bodies that administer state insurance programs
   LR: 3660L.03T    HCS SB 837
4/6/2006 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Insurance Policy Committee - Consent
4/6/2006 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SRB 848 - Bartle - Repeals certain sections of law which have expired, sunset, terminated, or are ineffective
   LR: 3911L.03P    SCS SRB 848
4/6/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/6/2006 -- H First Read

SB 863 - Engler - Modifies the definition of "volunteer fire protection association"
   LR: 4414S.01T    
4/6/2006 -- Reported Do Pass H Local Government Committee - Consent
4/6/2006 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 882 - Engler - Regulates various blasting and excavation activities
   LR: 4352L.05C    HCS SCS SB 882
4/6/2006 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 884 - Callahan - Modifies Missouri's tax increment finance law
   LR: 4535L.03C    HCS SB 884
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee

SB 892 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to financial institutions
   LR: 4317L.05T    HCS SS SCS SB 892
4/6/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/6/2006 -- H First Read

SB 894 - Nodler - Renders multiple alterations to the state's education policy
   LR: 3097S.10T    CCS HCS SS SCS SB 894
4/6/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/6/2006 -- H First Read

SB 900 - Shields - Modifies provisions on the Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Fund
   LR: 4461S.01T    
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Health Care Policy Committee
4/6/2006 -- Voted Do Pass H Health Care Policy Committee - Consent
4/6/2006 -- Reported Do Pass H Health Care Policy Committee - Consent
4/6/2006 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 901 - Shields - Establishes the "Joint Committee on Health"
   LR: 4451S.02P    
4/6/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted
4/6/2006 -- H First Read (w/EC)

SB 932 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to county officials
   LR: 4624S.08T    CCS#2 HCS SCS SB 932
4/6/2006 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Local Government Committee - Consent
4/6/2006 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Local Government Committee - Consent
4/6/2006 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

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    
4/6/2006 -- Voted Do Pass H Local Government Committee - Consent
4/6/2006 -- Reported Do Pass H Local Government Committee - Consent
4/6/2006 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 951 - Cauthorn - Requires cities to send excess revenues derived from traffic violations to the Department of Revenue if such fines and court costs exceed 35% of the city's annual general operating revenue
   LR: 4670L.04C    HCS SB 951
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee

SB 953 - Engler - Substantially revises the title insurance code and modifies provisions relating to motor vehicle extended service contracts
   LR: 4184L.14C    HCS SCS SB 953
4/6/2006 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee
4/6/2006 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 965 - Bartle - Modifies poison control provisions
   LR: 4762L.04C    HCS SB 965
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Health Care Policy Committee
4/6/2006 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Health Care Policy Committee - Consent
4/6/2006 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Health Care Policy Committee - Consent
4/6/2006 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 968 - Green - Creates more requirements for fire protection districts, departments, and volunteer associations
   LR: 4463L.03C    HCS SCS SB 968
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee

SB 974 - Shields - Extends date for the Department of Mental Health to complete mental health services plans for persons on waitlists
   LR: 4630L.01T    
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Health Care Policy Committee
4/6/2006 -- Voted Do Pass H Health Care Policy Committee - Consent
4/6/2006 -- Reported Do Pass H Health Care Policy Committee - Consent
4/6/2006 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 976 - Gibbons - Assesses fees for the transportation of radioactive waste through or within the state
   LR: 4204L.10C    HCS SS SCS SB 976
4/6/2006 -- SS for SCS S offered (Gibbons)--(4204S.09F)
4/6/2006 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
4/6/2006 -- SS for SCS S adopted
4/6/2006 -- Perfected
4/6/2006 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules 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
4/6/2006 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Transportation Committee
4/6/2006 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 1009 - Klindt - Defines the scope of regulation for Missouri seed law
   LR: 5009S.01I    
4/6/2006 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee to Floor

SB 1016 - Gross - Requires county commissions to set tax rates by September 20
   LR: 4975S.01T    
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government 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
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee
4/6/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee
4/6/2006 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
4/6/2006 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1064 - Stouffer - Prohibits condition of issuing certain types of permits on removing outdoor advertising and allows Highways and Transportation Commission to void billboard permits under certain conditions
   LR: 5187L.05C    HCS SCS SB 1064
4/6/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/6/2006 -- H Second Read

SB 1066 - Klindt - Provides certain telecommunication companies the opportunity to request a waiver from the requirement that tariffs be filed to reduce rates for any service in which the current rate exceeds the maximum allowable price
   LR: 4840S.04T    SS SB 1066
4/6/2006 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/6/2006 -- H First Read

SB 1076 - Goodman - Prohibits health care professionals from billing for anatomic pathology services not personally rendered
   LR: 5267S.01P    
4/6/2006 -- Reported from S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee to Floor

SB 1084 - Gibbons - Extends the sunset date for the Healthcare for Uninsured Children Program and non-Medicaid eligible personal care services
   LR: 5196L.02T    HCS SB 1084
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Health Care Policy Committee
4/6/2006 -- Voted Do Pass H Health Care Policy Committee - Consent
4/6/2006 -- Reported Do Pass H Health Care Policy Committee - Consent
4/6/2006 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 1089 - Loudon - Exempts military pensions and retirement income from income taxation
   LR: 4898S.01I    
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1092 - Klindt - Prohibits political subdivisions from regulating the content, cost or distribution of information over a broadband Internet connection by imposing fees, licenses or taxes
   LR: 5311S.03C    SCS SB 1092
4/6/2006 -- Reported from S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 1094 - Champion - Allows Springfield to dissolve a special business district
   LR: 5148L.01T    
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee

SB 1101 - Griesheimer - Allows the City of Sullivan and the portion of the Sullivan C-2 School District located in Franklin County to levy a transient guest tax
   LR: 5286S.01P    
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee

SB 1107 - Cauthorn - Permits hand fishing for the months of June and July
   LR: 5376S.01P    
4/6/2006 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee to Floor

SB 1117 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions of the Missouri Rx Plan Advisory Commission
   LR: 5379S.02T    SCS SB 1117
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Health Care Policy Committee
4/6/2006 -- Voted Do Pass H Health Care Policy Committee - Consent
4/6/2006 -- Reported Do Pass H Health Care Policy Committee - Consent
4/6/2006 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 1130 - Green - Repeals the statute that allows fourth-class cities to pay members of certain city boards up to $200 per month
   LR: 5348S.01P    
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard H Local Government Committee

SB 1137 - Vogel - Removes the full-year residency requirement from the property tax credit program
   LR: 5149S.01I    
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1138 - Vogel - Allows the Director of Revenue to require certain tax returns be filed electronically
   LR: 5151S.01I    
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1175 - Stouffer - Allows the City of Excelsior Springs to issue bonds and impose a sales tax for the development of a community center
   LR: 5439L.03C    HCS SCS SB 1175
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee

SB 1177 - Callahan - Allows a local registrar to be an employee of either a county or city health agency
   LR: 5474S.01T    
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee

SB 1183 - Vogel - Exempts sales of motor fuel for use by interstate transportation authorities, city transit authorities, and city utility boards from the motor fuel tax
   LR: 5440S.01I    
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1185 - Engler - Reorganizes duties within state agencies
   LR: 5418L.09C    HCS SCS SBs 1185, 1163, 1174, 1200 & 1225
4/6/2006 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 1186 - Engler - Creates a tax credit for qualified equity investments
   LR: 5453S.01I    
4/6/2006 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1207 - Mayer - Allows New Madrid County to impose an additional sales tax, which proceeds shall be shared among the county and the cities, towns and villages within the county
   LR: 5449S.02T    
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee

SB 1210 - Koster - Authorizes individuals to sue for Medicaid fraud, and modifies various provisions relating to the reporting and investigation of such fraud
   LR: 5340L.07C    HCS SS SCS SBs 1210, 1244 & 844
4/6/2006 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Koster)--(5340S06.04S)
4/6/2006 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered (Koster)--(5340S06.05S)
4/6/2006 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1217 - Goodman - Modifies bidding and notice requirements for public projects
   LR: 5417S.01I    
4/6/2006 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor

SCR 25 - Cauthorn - Supports and encourages the state and all local governments to work in partnership with faith-based community organizations
   LR: 4312S.02C    SCS SCR 25
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/6/2006 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee
4/6/2006 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee

SR 2615 - Bray - Designates May 27, 2006, as Rachel Carson Day in Missouri
   LR: 5699S.01I    
4/6/2006 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

HB 994 - Dusenberg - Exempts motorcyclists age 21 and older from wearing a helmet when operating a motorcycle or motortricycle
   LR: 3239L.01P    
4/6/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1053 - Jolly - Allows victims of certain offenses against the family access to official court records in certain circumstances
   LR: 3677L.03T    HCS HB 1053
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1088 - Schaaf - Provides that when the usual and customary retail price of a prescription drug is less than the copayment applied by a HMO or insurer, the enrollee is only required to pay the usual and customary retail price
   LR: 3699L.01P    
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

HB 1099 - Schaaf - Modifies provisions on health care providers reporting ventilator-associated pneumonia
   LR: 3922L.02P    HCS HB 1099
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

HB 1135 - Nance - Extends the commercial zones of various communities
   LR: 3183L.03P    HCS HB 1135
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 1144 - May - Designates Big Bluestem as the official state grass
   LR: 3671L.01P    
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

HB 1145 - Portwood - Provides a tax deduction for 100% of the non-reimbursable amount a taxpayer has paid for long-term care insurance premiums
   LR: 3429L.02P    HCS HB 1145,1359 & 1121
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

HB 1149 - Bivins - Pertains to the regulation of water
   LR: 3774S.07T    SCS#2 HCS HB 1149
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

HB 1182 - Stevenson - Allows persons with custodial rights to petition the juvenile court to extend jurisdiction over a child until he or she reaches age 18
   LR: 3534L.07T    HCS HB 1182
4/6/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1302 - Cooper - Requires proof of payment of personal property taxes on certain vessels, raises vessel fees and creates Missouri State Water Patrol Fund
   LR: 3980L.01P    
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

HB 1317 - Lipke - Modifies the laws relating to crime victims' rights
   LR: 3678L.04P    HCS HB 1317
4/6/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1349 - Loehner - Creates the "Family Farms Act"
   LR: 3481S.05C    SCS HCS HB 1349
4/6/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1382 - Brown - Modifies various provisions relating to specialized military license plates
   LR: 4321S.05T    SCS HCS HBs 1382 & 1158
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 1411 - Smith - Modifies laws relating to certain boards, commissions and councils
   LR: 4281S.03C    SCS HB 1411
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 1440 - Sutherland - Creates an income tax checkoff for donations for cervical cancer awareness and treatment
   LR: 3878L.03T    SCS HCS HB 1440
4/6/2006 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee - Consent

HB 1461 - Ruestman - Modifies the laws regarding defensive use of force
   LR: 4370L.09P    HCS HB 1461, 1375, 1110 & 1103
4/6/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1477 - Schaaf - Modifies provisions on confidential medical test results
   LR: 4677L.01P    
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

HB 1488 - Roorda - Designates a portion of Interstate 55 in Jefferson County as the "Officer Thomas G. Smith Jr. Memorial Highway"
   LR: 4698L.01T    
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 1504 - Yates - Modifies the membership of various governing bodies that administer state insurance programs and creates the "Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact"
   LR: 4706L.01P    
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

HB 1511 - Lager - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop standards for high-quality early childhood education
   LR: 4604L.03T    HCS HB 1511
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 1532 - Lembke - Establishes a decentralized emission inspection program which utilizes on-board diagnostic testing on certain motor vehicles
   LR: 4128S.03C    SCS HCS HB 1532
4/6/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1552 - Brown - Allows homeless veterans to use addresses of certain charitable organizations on applications for state or federal assistance
   LR: 4420L.02T    HCS HB 1552
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

HB 1577 - Pollock - Designates the State Milk Board as the official rating agency for the enforcement of standards relating to milk production
   LR: 4878L.01P    
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

HB 1617 - McGhee - Adds to the circumstances where a landowner does not assume liability for injuries caused on his or her land
   LR: 4832L.02P    HCS HBs 1617 & 1374
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1623 - St. Onge - Authorizes the Highways and Transportation Commission to receive electonic bids for highway and bridge contracts
   LR: 4777L.01P    
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 1632 - Cooper - Addresses various areas of telephone communication
   LR: 4830S.08C    SCS HCS HB 1632
4/6/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1653 - Walton - Modifies requirements for continuing child support obligation for children over eighteen years of age
   LR: 4820L.02C    SCS HB 1653
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 1679 - Johnson - Revises the laws regarding chemical tests for intoxication by requiring that drivers involved in collisions which result in death or serious physical injury be administered the test
   LR: 4961L.02P    HCS HB 1679
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1703 - Yates - Provides that political subdivisions forming a business entity for the purpose of providing liability insurance are not to be considered an insurance company
   LR: 5067L.05T    HCS#2 HB 1703
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1707 - Dusenberg - Allows local registrars to be an employee of either a county or city health agency and gives the Jackson County Recorder of Deeds more discretion regarding where documents are recorded
   LR: 4538S.02T    SCS HB 1707
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 1710 - Robb - Provides the Boone County governing body exclusive control over a regional recreational district located only in that county on land owned by the county
   LR: 4279L.02P    HCS HB 1710
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 1711 - Robb - Changes the method in Boone County for disbursing funds among affected taxing districts in industrial development projects
   LR: 4501L.02P    HCS HB 1711
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 1739 - Dusenberg - Allows a vermiculture operation, which is a business raising earthworms under a controlled environment, to receive certain agricultural loans
   LR: 4965L.02T    HCS HB 1739
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 1746 - Day - Transfers the administration of certain veterans' programs and funds from the Missouri Veterans Commission to the Lieutenant Governor
   LR: 5142L.02P    HCS HB 1746
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 1762 - Wilson - Exempts persons who present proof of permanent disability from the United States Veterans Administration from the four-year certification requirement for renewal of disabled license plates and allows advanced practice registered nurses to issue statements to obtain disabled
   LR: 5105S.03T    SCS HCS HB 1762
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 1787 - Jackson - Creates the "Guard at Home" program to assist families of deployed guard members
   LR: 5137S.07T    SCS HCS HB 1787
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

HB 1827 - Wasson - Modifies law with respect to how group health insurance policies are issued and administered for certain types of associations
   LR: 5249L.01T    
4/6/2006 -- S First Read

HB 1858 - Lipke - Authorizes prosecuting and circuit attorneys to dismiss a complaint, information, or indictment without the consent of the court
   LR: 5298L.01P    
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1936 - Tilley - Modifies provisions on health care
   LR: 5526S.02C    SCS HB 1936
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental & Public Health Committee

HB 1988 - Wagner - Designates the white-tailed deer as the official state game animal
   LR: 5575L.01P    
4/6/2006 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

HJR 39 - Bearden - Secures a person's right to pray and acknowledge God according to personal convictions
   LR: 3226L.01P    
4/6/2006 -- S First Read