Senate Action for 2/27/2007

SB 4 - Gross - Extends the Federal Reimbursement Allowance, Pharmacy Tax, Nursing Facility Reimbursement Allowance, and Medicaid Managed Care Reimbursement Allowance sunsets
   LR: 0545S.02T    SCS SB 4

2/27/2007 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Green)--(0545S02.02S)

2/27/2007 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted

2/27/2007 -- Perfected

2/27/2007 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 75 - Coleman - Provides for a tuition limitation for certain combat veterans
   LR: 0324L.05C    HCS SCS SB 75

2/27/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 79 - Scott - Creates the "State Fair Escrow Fund"
   LR: 0239S.01P    

2/27/2007 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 85 - Champion - Establishes a drug monitoring program and modifies existing record keeping for controlled substances and pseudoephedrine products
   LR: 0496L.13C    HCS SS SCS SB 85

2/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

SB 87 - Bartle - Requires the Governor to appoint new members of the Board of Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Company
   LR: 0140S.01I    

2/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 98 - Days - Modifies law regarding the use of credit information by insurance companies
   LR: 0097S.01I    

2/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 100 - Mayer - Requires health carriers to provide certain claims and financial data for the previous three years when requested by an employer
   LR: 0493S.01I    

2/27/2007 -- Hearing Cancelled S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 101 - Mayer - Modifies numerous penalties for violations of motor vehicle licensing, registration, and equipment laws
   LR: 0354S.02I    

2/27/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 109 - Wilson - Creates a trust fund and commission for youth smoking prevention
   LR: 0328S.02I    

2/27/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee (0328S.03C)

SB 129 - Stouffer - Modifies how local governments can regulate outdoor advertising and modifies provisions relating to sexually oriented billboards
   LR: 0039S.05P    SS#2 SCS SB 129

2/27/2007 -- SS for SCS S withdrawn

2/27/2007 -- SS#2 for SCS S offered (Stouffer)--(0039S.05F)

2/27/2007 -- SA 1 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & defeated (Bray)--(8026S07.01S)

2/27/2007 -- SS#2 for SCS S adopted

2/27/2007 -- Perfected

2/27/2007 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 153 - Engler - Establishes a consistent set of administrative, civil and criminal enforcement tools for all of Missouri's insurance laws and regulations of bail bond agents
   LR: 0355S.04C    SCS SB 153

2/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

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

2/27/2007 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 164 - Scott - Modifies various statutes to implement the Governor's executive order that created the Department of Insurance, Financial and Professional Regulation
   LR: 0288S.03P    

2/27/2007 -- SCA 1 S adopted

2/27/2007 -- SCA 2 S adopted

2/27/2007 -- SCA 3 S adopted

2/27/2007 -- SCA 4 S adopted

2/27/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

2/27/2007 -- SA 1 S offered & adopted (Gross)--(0288S03.11S)

2/27/2007 -- Perfected

SB 170 - Engler - Revises the filing fees paid by certain insurance organizations to cover administrative expenses incurred by the Department of Insurance, Financial and Professional Regulation
   LR: 0826S.02I    

2/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 195 - Crowell - Modifies the law relating to the licensing of pharmacists
   LR: 0110S.02T    SS SB 195

2/27/2007 -- SS S offered & adopted (Crowell)--(0110S.02F)

2/27/2007 -- Perfected

SB 197 - Loudon - Modifies law with respect to motor vehicle extended service contracts and enacts similar provisions relating to other types of service contracts
   LR: 0507L.09C    HCS SCS SB 197

2/27/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

2/27/2007 -- SCS S adopted

2/27/2007 -- Perfected

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

2/27/2007 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 235 - Shields - Modifies certain provisions relating to the Missouri State Water Patrol
   LR: 0876S.05P    SCS SB 235

2/27/2007 -- SCS S adopted

2/27/2007 -- Perfected

SB 244 - Mayer - Extends the termination date for certain alternative retirement provisions in the teacher and school employee retirement systems
   LR: 0505S.02P    

2/27/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 274 - Shields - Creates the "Healthcare Technology Fund"
   LR: 1477S.01I    

2/27/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 305 - Kennedy - Creates the "Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act"
   LR: 0158S.01I    

2/27/2007 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

SB 315 - Clemens - Modifies provisions pertaining to cleanup of hazardous waste spills, liability for crop damage, and the voluntary permitting of certain agricultural operations
   LR: 1293L.02C    HCS SB 315

2/27/2007 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 340 - Goodman - Prohibits insurers from taking adverse actions based upon a person's credit report or credit insurance score
   LR: 1198S.02I    

2/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 351 - Clemens - Requires small game hunters to wear certain orange safety clothing during firearms deer season
   LR: 0663S.01I    

2/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources 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

2/27/2007 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 388 - Mayer - Creates the "Missouri Environmental Covenants Law"
   LR: 0979S.04C    SCS SB 388

2/27/2007 -- Hearing Cancelled S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 417 - Goodman - Creates the "Farm Mentoring and Education Fund"
   LR: 1496S.03P    SS SB 417

2/27/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 418 - Champion - Increases the monthly personal needs payment under the Supplemental Nursing Care Program
   LR: 1787S.03T    SCS SB 418

2/27/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee (1787S.03C)

SB 428 - Purgason - Modifies various provisions relating to agriculture
   LR: 1607L.09C    HCS SS SCS SB 428

2/27/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee (1607S.02C)

SB 444 - Goodman - Directs the Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority to pay certain loan interests and administer dairy business planning grants
   LR: 1487S.01I    

2/27/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 446 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to fire safety standards in long-term care facilities
   LR: 1979S.01I    

2/27/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Health and Mental Health Committee (1979S.02C)

SB 447 - Goodman - Repeals superannuated provision of law from the Missouri Revised Statutes pertaining to the Housing Development Fund
   LR: 2067S.01I    

2/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 451 - Goodman - Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to regulate automotive lubricants
   LR: 2049S.01I    

2/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 467 - Goodman - Prohibits health care professionals from billing for anatomic pathology services not personally rendered
   LR: 0147S.03I    

2/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

SB 474 - Callahan - Allows fuel retailers to mix certain types of fuels without penalty
   LR: 1968S.01I    

2/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 488 - Clemens - Changes the names of a division, an advisory commission, and several funds within the Department of Agriculture
   LR: 2140S.01P    

2/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 499 - Engler - Allows fuel ethanol produced from qualified biomass to be eligible for certain fuel ethanol production subsidies
   LR: 2178S.03C    SCS SB 499

2/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

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    

2/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Health and Mental Health Committee

SB 568 - Loudon - Creates licensure requirements for electrical contractors
   LR: 0153S.04I    

2/27/2007 -- Re-referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 597 - Scott - Allows debt adjusters to administer debt management plans
   LR: 2294S.01I    

2/27/2007 -- S First Read

SB 598 - Engler - Modifies requirements pertaining to petition circulators
   LR: 2390S.01I    

2/27/2007 -- S First Read

SB 599 - Engler - Creates a military medal of freedom for certain veterans who served in a Middle East war or conflict after 1990
   LR: 2403S.02C    SCS SB 599

2/27/2007 -- S First Read

SB 600 - Ridgeway - Authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to issue cease and desist orders for violations of environmental laws
   LR: 2327S.01I    

2/27/2007 -- S First Read

SB 601 - Ridgeway - Requires the Department of Natural Resources to identify underground storage tanks that are ineligible to receive petroleum and prohibits the deposit of petroleum into such tanks
   LR: 2323S.01I    

2/27/2007 -- S First Read

SB 602 - Kennedy - Creates a sales and use tax exemption for purchases of aviation fuel for transoceanic flights
   LR: 1413S.03I    

2/27/2007 -- S First Read

SB 603 - Days - Revises provisions relating to child support enforcement
   LR: 2474S.01I    

2/27/2007 -- S First Read

SB 604 - Coleman - Modifies provisions relating to services provided during natural disaster and terrorist attacks
   LR: 2466S.01I    

2/27/2007 -- S First Read

SB 605 - Coleman - Modifies the "coupling provision" of Section 94.660, which currently requires both the city of St. Louis and St. Louis County to approve a transportation sales tax before a transportation sales tax can go into effect in either jurisdiction
   LR: 2199S.04P    

2/27/2007 -- S First Read

SB 606 - Loudon - Restricts worker's compensation payments for dependents
   LR: 2195S.02I    

2/27/2007 -- S First Read

SB 607 - Smith - Creates a collective bargaining process for public employees
   LR: 2149L.01I    

2/27/2007 -- S First Read

SB 608 - Smith - Creates an earned income tax credit
   LR: 2481S.01I    

2/27/2007 -- S First Read

SB 609 - Callahan - Exempts social security benefits from income taxation
   LR: 2252S.02I    

2/27/2007 -- S First Read

SB 610 - Callahan - Exempts purchases made by sports authorities from state and local sales and use tax
   LR: 2253S.01I    

2/27/2007 -- S First Read

SB 611 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to the public defender system
   LR: 2363S.03P    SCS SB 611

2/27/2007 -- S First Read

SB 612 - Goodman - Modifies provisions on confidential medical test results
   LR: 0541S.02I    

2/27/2007 -- S First Read

SRB 613 - Goodman - Repeals certain laws that have expired, sunset, terminated, or are ineffective
   LR: 0822L.03T    HCS SRB 613

2/27/2007 -- S First Read

SB 614 - Stouffer - Establishes an affirmative defense for motorcyclists who proceed through a malfunctioning red light and allows motorcycles to be equipped with headlamp modulators that meet federal standards
   LR: 2280S.01I    

2/27/2007 -- S First Read

SCR 20 - Crowell - Recognizes October 3rd of each year as Science Day
   LR: 1537S.01I    

2/27/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

SCR 21 - Shoemyer - Establishes a Joint Interim Committee on Access to Nontraditional Career and Technical Education
   LR: 1612L.01I    

2/27/2007 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

HJR 7 - Nieves - Makes English the language of all official proceedings in the state
   LR: 0401S.02T    SCS HJR 7

2/27/2007 -- S First Read