Senate Action for 1/29/2007

SB 8 - Kennedy - Provides a tax credit for modifying a home for a disabled person
   LR: 0161S.01I    
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 30 - Nodler - Expands the sales tax exemption for common carriers
   LR: 0246S.06T    CCS HCS SB 30
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 35 - Days - Authorizes a court to appoint a standby guardian for a minor
   LR: 0095S.01I    
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 40 - Ridgeway - Creates various tax incentives for certain energy uses
   LR: 0214L.06C    HCS SS SB 40
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 55 - Koster - Modifies the law on the establishment of paternity
   LR: 0491S.02I    
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 88 - Bartle - Creates the "Office of Enterprise Technology"
   LR: 0141S.01I    
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 145 - Bray - Modifies the law relating to the establishment of paternity
   LR: 0431S.01I    
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 155 - Engler - Regulates various blasting and excavation activities
   LR: 0170S.04C    SCS SB 155
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 156 - Engler - Modifies various provisions pertaining to agriculture and the Department of Agriculture
   LR: 0534L.07C    HCS SCS SB 156
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 158 - Engler - Bars entities from discriminating between licensed professional counselors
   LR: 0615S.01P    
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 159 - Engler - Modifies complaint procedures and record retention requirements for complaints against professional licensed counselors and social workers
   LR: 0614S.02P    SCS SB 159
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 199 - Stouffer - Exempts contractors from paying sales taxes on materials used in Department of Transportation projects
   LR: 0968L.05C    HCS SCS SBs 199 & 207
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 207 - Gross - Exempts contractors from paying sales taxes on materials used in Department of Transportation projects
   LR: 0124S.02I    
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 209 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions of the Municipal Telecommunications Business License Tax Simplification Act
   LR: 0917S.01I    
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 224 - Rupp - Allows married taxpayers filing joint returns to deduct a portion of contributions to the Missouri Higher Education Savings Program from income
   LR: 1247S.01I    
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 234 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to juvenile courts and officers
   LR: 1195S.01I    
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 235 - Shields - Modifies certain provisions relating to the Missouri State Water Patrol
   LR: 0876S.05P    SCS SB 235
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 246 - Goodman - Modifies provisions regarding the termination of alimony and maintenance payments
   LR: 0542S.02I    
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 250 - Ridgeway - Modifies certain provisions relating to the Water Patrol
   LR: 0974S.01I    
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 259 - Engler - Allows real estate agents to contribute to a buyer or seller's account to fund education
   LR: 1287S.01I    
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 278 - Koster - Requires certain sex offenders to serve a mandatory minimum prison term of at least three years
   LR: 1512S.01I    
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 343 - Justus - Adds a definition for "unknown father" as it relates to adoption, guardianship and termination of parental rights proceedings
   LR: 1019S.01I    
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 375 - Koster - Establishes the "Missouri Alternatives to Abortion Services Program" and the "Missouri Alternatives to Abortion Public Awareness Program"
   LR: 1796S.01I    
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 376 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions relating to the financial impact of tourism
   LR: 1756L.03T    CCS HCS SB 376
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 377 - McKenna - Increases driver's license suspension periods for motorists who fail to stop for school buses that are loading or unloading children
   LR: 1777S.01I    
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 378 - Goodman - Prohibits certain persons, including dangerous felons, from possessing an explosive weapon
   LR: 1538S.01I    
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 379 - Loudon - Requires the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Board to offer all qualified employees the option of receiving health care coverage through a high deductible health plan and the establishment of a health savings account
   LR: 1498S.02I    
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Health and Mental Health Committee

SB 380 - Koster - Provides for immunity from liability for certain health care professionals deployed during a state of emergency
   LR: 1652S.01I    
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 381 - Koster - Establishes regulations for discount medical plan organizations that issue health discount medical plans
   LR: 0847S.01I    
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 382 - Koster - Increases the maximum amount that may be appropriated to the Governmental Emergency Fund
   LR: 1246S.01I    
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 383 - Koster - Modifies provisions regarding creditable prior service within the prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement system
   LR: 1516S.01I    
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 384 - Coleman - Modifies procedure for replacing stolen license plate tabs and allows license plates to be encased in transparent covers
   LR: 1752L.04T    HCS SCS SB 384
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 385 - Gibbons - Repeals and reduces certain committees and commissions and sets a sunset date for other committees and commissions
   LR: 1803S.02C    SCS SB 385
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 386 - Mayer - Regulates various blasting and excavation activities
   LR: 1145S.02I    
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 387 - Mayer - Creates the "Missouri Rice Certification Act"
   LR: 0881S.03I    
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 388 - Mayer - Creates the "Missouri Environmental Covenants Law"
   LR: 0979S.04C    SCS SB 388
1/29/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 389 - Nodler - Modifies several provisions regarding the state's higher education system
   LR: 1654S.33T    SS#6 SCS SB 389
1/29/2007 -- S First Read

SB 390 - Koster - Creates the "Electrical Corporation Responsibility Act"
   LR: 1883S.01I    
1/29/2007 -- S First Read

SB 391 - Days - Authorizes the issuance of an additional $40 million in bonds for certain water-related grants and loans
   LR: 1791S.03P    SCS SB 391
1/29/2007 -- S First Read

SB 392 - Shoemyer - Requires state employee salaries to be annually adjusted by the Consumer Price Index
   LR: 1562L.02I    
1/29/2007 -- S First Read

SB 393 - McKenna - Establishes a consolidation process for fire protection districts located wholly in a county of the first classification
   LR: 1842S.02P    SCS SB 393
1/29/2007 -- S First Read

SB 394 - McKenna - Establishes the "Missouri Urban Pursuit Reduction Grant" to provide certain monetary assistance to urban police departments
   LR: 1843S.01I    
1/29/2007 -- S First Read

SB 395 - McKenna - Designates a portion of State Route M between Old Lemay Ferry Road and Moss Hollow Road in the city of Barnhart as the "Officer Stephen Strehl Memorial Highway"
   LR: 1841S.01P    
1/29/2007 -- S First Read

SB 396 - McKenna - Designates a portion of U.S. Highway 61/67 between Wolf Hollow Road and State Route M in the city of Barnhart as the "1922 Sulphur Springs Rail Disaster Memorial Highway"
   LR: 1840S.01I    
1/29/2007 -- S First Read

SB 397 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions relating to applications for long-term care facilities
   LR: 1779S.02T    SCS SB 397
1/29/2007 -- S First Read

SJR 9 - Crowell - Creates an exception to the prohibition against laws retrospective in operation by allowing the sexual offender registry laws to be applied retrospectively
   LR: 0928S.03P    SCS SJRs 9 & 17
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SJR 17 - Coleman - Creates an exception to the prohibition against laws retrospective in operation by allowing the sexual offender registry laws to be applied retrospectively
   LR: 1124S.01I    
1/29/2007 -- S First Read

HCR 13 - McGhee - Disapproves the recommendations of the Missouri Citizens' Commission on Compensation of Elected Officials
   LR: 1570L.01I    
1/29/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee