Senate Action for 2/21/2007

SB 18 - Shields - Repeals the law currently prohibiting Kansas City police officers from participating in certain political activities
   LR: 0358S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 19 - Shields - Allows motor vehicle owners to receive refunds for unused registration fees under certain conditions
   LR: 0444S.01P    

2/21/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 24 - Champion - Bans bus drivers who are convicted of intoxicated-related traffic offenses from possessing a school bus endorsement
   LR: 0247S.02I    

2/21/2007 -- Bill Combined w/SCS/SBs 239, 24 & 445

SB 25 - Champion - Modifies provisions relating to children's services
   LR: 0266S.05T    CCS HCS SB 25

2/21/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 39 - Ridgeway - Allows common household goods carriers to request rate adjustments, makes certain indemnity agreements in motor carrier transportation contracts unenforceable, and subjects intrastate household good movers to motor carrier regulations in certain areas
   LR: 0233S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- Bill Combined w/SCS/SBs 45 & 39

SB 45 - Mayer - Modifies various provisions relating to transportation and motor vehicles
   LR: 0346L.06C    HCS SCS SBs 45 & 39

2/21/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass w/SCS/SBs 45 & 39 S Transportation Committee - Consent (0346S.03C)

SB 49 - Engler - Modifies the state do-not-call list and requires political phone calls to include a "paid for by" statement
   LR: 0428L.12C    HCS SS SCS SBs 49, 65, 210 & 251

2/21/2007 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 52 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles
   LR: 0163L.06C    HCS SCS SB 52

2/21/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 81 - 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: 0259S.05T    CCS HCS SB 81

2/21/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 84 - Champion - Modifies provisions relating to child placements and protection
   LR: 0267S.05T    CCS HCS SB 84

2/21/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 115 - Scott - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property in Pettis County to the Girl Scouts-Heart of Missouri Council, Inc.
   LR: 0367S.03P    SCS SB 115

2/21/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 127 - Mayer - Modifies provisions within the Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol Employees' Retirement System
   LR: 0330L.04T    HCS SB 127

2/21/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 135 - Nodler - Allows the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority to provide primary school loans
   LR: 0243S.01P    

2/21/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee - Consent

SB 137 - Bray - Allows the hiring of a retired teacher to work up to full-time without losing their retirement benefits
   LR: 0437S.03P    SCS SB 137

2/21/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 152 - Engler - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property located in St. Francois County to the city of Park Hills
   LR: 0031S.02P    

2/21/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 161 - Shields - Modifies provisions relating to education
   LR: 0508L.06C    HCS SS#2 SCS SB 161

2/21/2007 -- SS for SCS S offered (Shields)--(0508S.03F)

2/21/2007 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Gross)--(0508S03.05S)

2/21/2007 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Coleman)--(0508S03.04S)

2/21/2007 -- SA 3 to SS for SCS S offered (Justus)--(0508S03.11S)

2/21/2007 -- SS for SCS S withdrawn

2/21/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 166 - Griesheimer - Modifies various provisions relating to tourism
   LR: 0192S.02T    

2/21/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 172 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions regarding supplemental retirement benefits for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees
   LR: 0544S.01T    

2/21/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee - Consent

SB 184 - Green - Creates certain registration requirements for fire protection districts, departments, and volunteer associations
   LR: 0734S.01P    

2/21/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee - Consent

SB 189 - Green - Requires the superintendent of each public school district to ensure that all students, prior to promotion from grade nine to grade ten, attend a tour of a proximate state correctional center
   LR: 0270S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 198 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to crime in or near parks, cooperative agreements with state parks, certain historic shipwrecks, and certain hunting activities on private land
   LR: 0868L.03T    HCS SCS SB 198

2/21/2007 -- SCS S adopted

2/21/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 203 - Lager - Adds an additional $500 annual payment to teachers under the Career Ladder Program
   LR: 0506S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 212 - Goodman - Establishes the "Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act"
   LR: 1039S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 218 - Graham - Provides the county governing body more control when a regional recreational district is located only in that county and changes the requirements for directors of Community Improvement District Boards
   LR: 1108L.02C    HCS SB 218

2/21/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee - Consent

SB 232 - Crowell - Designates a portion of Missouri Route 74/34 within Cape Girardeau County as the "John Oliver Jr. Parkway" and a portion of U.S. Highway 60 contained in Stoddard County as the "Sergeant Carl Dewayne Graham Jr. Memorial Highway"
   LR: 1159L.03C    HCS SCS SB 232

2/21/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 233 - Crowell - Authorizes a sales tax to fund certain services
   LR: 0929S.03T    CCS SB 233

2/21/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee - Consent

SB 236 - Shields - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop standards for high-quality mentoring for beginning teachers and principals
   LR: 1105S.02P    

2/21/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee - Consent

SB 239 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles
   LR: 1295L.26C    HCS SS SCS SBs 239, 24 & 445

2/21/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass w/SCS/SBs 239, 24 & 445 S Transportation Committee (1295S.10C)

SB 264 - Green - Alters the process for annexing property to a street light maintenance district
   LR: 0033S.01P    

2/21/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 275 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions relating to the Missouri Women's Council
   LR: 0973S.02C    SCS SB 275

2/21/2007 -- Removed S Consent Calendar

SB 284 - Griesheimer - Authorizes statewide video service franchise agreements
   LR: 0368L.06T    HCS SS SCS SB 284

2/21/2007 -- H First Read

SB 288 - Engler - Authorizes the Governor to convey certain state properties
   LR: 1319L.04T    HCS SCS SB 288, SB 152 & SCS SB 115

2/21/2007 -- SCS S adopted

2/21/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent (EC adopted)

SB 298 - Engler - Modifies the election process of hospital district directors in Iron County
   LR: 1405S.01T    

2/21/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 299 - Purgason - Modifies various provisions relating to liquor control
   LR: 1526S.06T    CCS HCS SCS SB 299 & SS SCS SB 616

2/21/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 322 - Engler - Modifies various provisions relating to construction-related activities such as changing the requirements for designing and constructing state buildings and expanding commercial zones in certain areas of the state
   LR: 1536L.04T    HCS SB 322

2/21/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 334 - Griesheimer - Modifies the provisions relating to brand extensions for beer products
   LR: 1576S.01P    

2/21/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 339 - Mayer - Creates the "Fairness in Public Construction Act"
   LR: 1248S.06T    SCS SB 339

2/21/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed

SB 345 - Shoemyer - Allows counties to impose a property tax to fund cemetery maintenance
   LR: 1657S.01P    

2/21/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 352 - Clemens - Adds vehicles driven by conservation agents to the list of vehicles considered "emergency vehicles"
   LR: 0650S.01T    

2/21/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee - Consent

SB 363 - Bartle - Limits certain types of vessels from being operated within 300 feet of docks and piers and allows the Commissioner of the Water Patrol to establish an equitable pay plan
   LR: 0044S.03I    

2/21/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee

SB 365 - Koster - Allows cities to impose a property tax to fund the construction, operation and maintenance of a community health center
   LR: 1653S.02C    SCS SB 365

2/21/2007 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 376 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions relating to the financial impact of tourism
   LR: 1756L.03T    CCS HCS SB 376

2/21/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee - Consent

SB 383 - Koster - Modifies provisions regarding creditable prior service within the prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement system
   LR: 1516S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

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    

2/21/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee - Consent

SB 401 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to purchases of creditable prior service by members of Missouri State Employees' Retirement System and MoDOT and Patrol Employees’ Retirement System
   LR: 1531S.01P    

2/21/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 402 - Crowell - Modifies provisions regarding retirement plan election options within Missouri State Employees' Retirement System
   LR: 1530S.01P    

2/21/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 403 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to orders for division of benefits under Missouri State Employees' Retirement System
   LR: 1520S.02P    

2/21/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 404 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to the reemployment of retired members of Missouri State Employees' Retirement System
   LR: 1514S.02P    

2/21/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 420 - Gibbons - Provides that no more than four, rather than three, members of the Clean Water Commission may be from the same political party
   LR: 1964S.02T    SCS SB 420

2/21/2007 -- SCS S adopted

2/21/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent (EC adopted)

SB 433 - Callahan - Changes laws relating to unemployment compensation for veterans
   LR: 1804S.01T    

2/21/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 445 - Goodman - Exempts church bus drivers who transport children from the child passenger restraint system requirements of Section 307.179
   LR: 1680S.02I    

2/21/2007 -- Bill Combined w/SCS/SBs 239, 24 & 445

SB 456 - Gross - Grants additional payment to school districts in certain situations
   LR: 2020S.07T    SCS SB 456

2/21/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee (2020S.07C)

SB 476 - Crowell - Authorizes the Board of Trustees of Missouri State Employees' Retirement System to invest certain state funds in order to fund retiree health care benefits and to assist with other state benefit programs as requested
   LR: 1681S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 480 - Ridgeway - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop mentoring standards for beginning teachers and principals and creates an alternative mechanism for teacher certification
   LR: 1949S.03C    SCS SB 480

2/21/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 492 - Crowell - Modifies several provisions regarding public employee retirement plans
   LR: 2180S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 519 - Shoemyer - Specifies the power of joint municipal utility commissions to tax
   LR: 1593L.02I    

2/21/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 520 - Engler - Modifies requirements for labor posters
   LR: 2230:03C    HCS SCS SB 520

2/21/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 521 - Lager - Removes weight limitation on certain farm use vehicles so that any commercial motor vehicle operated in intrastate commerce bearing a class F plate will be exempt from specified commercial motor vehicle laws
   LR: 1778S.02C    SCS SB 521

2/21/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 522 - Green - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to recalculate the state school aid for the Riverview Gardens School District to correct an error
   LR: 2332S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 523 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to the Board of Pharmacy
   LR: 2131S.02C    SCS SB 523

2/21/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 524 - Scott - Modifies the licensing of tattoo artists, branders, and body piercers
   LR: 2133S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 525 - Scott - Modifies funeral director and embalmer licenses
   LR: 2130S.02P    SCS SB 525

2/21/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 526 - Scott - Modifies licensing standards for real estate appraisers
   LR: 2132S.03P    SCS SB 526

2/21/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 527 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to the power of the Office of Athletics to regulate boxing, sparring, wrestling, kickboxing and full-contact karate contests
   LR: 2128S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 528 - Scott - Amends the requirements for state purchasing
   LR: 2101S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 529 - Bray - Allows certain homicide offenders to be eligible for early parole under certain circumstances
   LR: 2281S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 530 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions relating to the Alzheimer's Demonstration Project
   LR: 1527S.02P    SCS SB 530

2/21/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

SB 531 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions relating to the administrative duties of the Missouri State Highway Patrol
   LR: 1524S.05C    SCS SB 531

2/21/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 532 - Loudon - Modifies Missouri human rights law
   LR: 1475S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 533 - Loudon - Measures limits for tort liability for public entities at the time of the occurrence giving rise to the claim
   LR: 1673S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 534 - Nodler - Modifies the law relating to concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and the penalties for offenses perpetrated by these operations
   LR: 2349S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 535 - Goodman - Removes first and second degrees of criminal disposition of demolition or solid waste and increases certain penalties for violations of solid waste laws
   LR: 1792S.03I    

2/21/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 536 - Lager - Authorizes the Public Service Commission to assess a penalty up to $25,000 for violating any order relating to federal natural gas safety standards
   LR: 1899S.03C    SCS SB 536

2/21/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 537 - Lager - Amends the law relating to physician assistants
   LR: 2084S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 538 - Shoemyer - Prohibits the state of Missouri from participating in the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) or any similar program
   LR: 2073L.02I    

2/21/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 539 - Justus - Modifies requirements for anti-bullying policies of local school districts
   LR: 2352L.01I    

2/21/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 540 - Kennedy - Allows the Mehlville School District to impose up to a one percent sales tax to provide revenue for the operation of the school district
   LR: 2203S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 541 - Graham - Creates the "Missouri's Civil War Trail Fund"
   LR: 2250S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 542 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to the licensing of optometrists
   LR: 2139S.04C    SCS SB 542

2/21/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 543 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to license plates and exempts certain motor vehicles from state safety inspection
   LR: 2371L.03C    HCS SB 543

2/21/2007 -- S First Read

SB 544 - Shoemyer - Requires motor vehicle owners to deposit old license plates with the Department of Revenue as part of a recycling program to benefit certain nonprofit organizations
   LR: 2337L.01I    

2/21/2007 -- S First Read

SB 545 - Lager - Provides for immunity from liability for certain product retailers
   LR: 2104S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- S First Read

SB 546 - Bray - Enacts the Prevention First Act
   LR: 1865S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- S First Read

SB 547 - Griesheimer - Creates an exception to the intermediate driver's license passenger restriction for students
   LR: 2362S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- S First Read

SB 548 - Justus - Creates the "Missouri Earned Income Tax Credit"
   LR: 2367S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- S First Read

SB 549 - Scott - Adds emergency personnel killed while performing their duties to the list of individuals who are exempt from the formalized highway naming process
   LR: 2293S.01P    

2/21/2007 -- S First Read

SB 550 - Scott - Modifies and updates various superannuated statutes relating to the Missouri Highway Patrol
   LR: 2373S.01P    

2/21/2007 -- S First Read

SB 551 - Coleman - Repeals the statute authorizing the creation of the transitional school district in the city of St. Louis
   LR: 2345S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- S First Read

SB 552 - Bartle - Prohibits the Public Service Commission and political subdivisions from regulating voice over internet protocol (VOIP) service
   LR: 2292S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- S First Read

SB 553 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to the DNA profiling system
   LR: 2286S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- S First Read

SB 554 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions relating to the taxation of real property
   LR: 1944S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- S First Read

SB 555 - Gibbons - Prohibits the use or possession of alcoholic beverage vaporizers and modifies provisions relating to underage drinking
   LR: 1106S.04C    SCS SBs 555 & 38

2/21/2007 -- S First Read

SB 556 - Loudon - Establishes the "Missouri Health Insurance Exchange", the "Direct Payment Stop Loss Fund", and creates administrative procedure to collect unpaid medical claims
   LR: 0027S.10I    

2/21/2007 -- S First Read

SB 557 - Loudon - Modifies provisions relating to the DNA profiling system
   LR: 2287S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- S First Read

SB 558 - Loudon - Increases the penalty for stealing a debit card from a class A misdemeanor to a class C felony
   LR: 2356S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- S First Read

SB 559 - Shields - Allows levee districts to have ten years after the lapse of the corporate charter in which to reinstate and extend the time of the corporate existence
   LR: 2290S.01P    

2/21/2007 -- S First Read

SB 560 - Shields - Criminalizes residential mortgage fraud
   LR: 2224S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- S First Read

SCR 13 - Justus - Urges the United States Government to not escalate its involvement in Iraq or increase troop levels
   LR: 2068L.01I    

2/21/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

SCR 14 - Graham - Expresses opposition to the Bush Administration's proposed sale of national forest land
   LR: 2197L.01I    

2/21/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

SCR 15 - Barnitz - Urges Congress to withdraw the United States from any further participation in the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America and any other multilateral activity which seeks to advance the creation of the North America Union
   LR: 1497L.01I    

2/21/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

SCR 16 - Scott - Urges Congress to oppose legislation extending Social Security benefits to illegal immigrants
   LR: 2090S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

SCR 17 - Rupp - Calls on all public retirement systems to divest funds invested in any U.S. State Dept.-designated terrorist-sponsoring states
   LR: 2201S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

SCR 18 - Gibbons - Authorizes the General Assembly to employ an independent auditor to audit the State Auditor's Office
   LR: 1945S.01I    

2/21/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

SCR 19 - Coleman - Urges Congress to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to assure federal funding for the Missouri MC+ for Kids Program
   LR: 2259L.01I    

2/21/2007 -- S offered

SJR 23 - Ridgeway - Limits reassessment of residential real property to years in which transfer of title occurs
   LR: 2186S.02I    

2/21/2007 -- S First Read

SR 457 - Vogel - Use of the Senate Chamber by the Silver Haired Legislature on October 25 & 26, 2007.
   LR: 0025SR.01    

2/21/2007 -- S offered

2/21/2007 -- S adopted