Senate Action for 3/27/2007

SB 3 - Gibbons - Enacts provisions on mental health reform
   LR: 0580S.14T    CCS HCS#2 SS SCS SB 3
3/27/2007 -- SS for SCS S offered (Gibbons)--(0580S.09F)
3/27/2007 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Lager)--(0580S09.01S)
3/27/2007 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Stouffer)--(0580S09.07S)
3/27/2007 -- SA 3 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Green)--(0580S09.11S)
3/27/2007 -- SA 4 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Green)--(0580S09.10S)
3/27/2007 -- SA 5 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Green)--(0580S09.05S)
3/27/2007 -- SA 6 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Bray)--(0580S09.01F)
3/27/2007 -- SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
3/27/2007 -- Perfected
3/27/2007 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 16 - Scott - Provides that each child enrolled in kindergarten or first grade is to receive a comprehensive vision examination
   LR: 0236S.03T    SCS SB 16
3/27/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee

SB 31 - Nodler - Authorizes the Missouri Board of Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors and Landscape Architects to impose civil penalties
   LR: 0313S.02P    SS SB 31
3/27/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 82 - Griesheimer - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of motor vehicles
   LR: 0319S.14T    CCS HCS SCS SB 82
3/27/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 112 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to special education
   LR: 0591L.07T    HCS SS SB 112
3/27/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
3/27/2007 -- SS S offered & adopted (Rupp)--(0591S.06F)
3/27/2007 -- Perfected
3/27/2007 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

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
3/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Corrections & Public Institutions Committee
3/27/2007 -- Bill Combined with (HCS SCS SB 288, SCS SB 115 & SB 152) H Corrections & Public Institutions Committee - Consent

SB 131 - Rupp - Renders the Missouri sunset provision not applicable to the early intervention program for infants and toddlers with disabilities (First Steps Program)
   LR: 0589S.01I    
3/27/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 133 - Rupp - Alters provisions regarding expedited due process hearings
   LR: 0588S.01P    
3/27/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 138 - Bray - Modifies paperwork requirements in the formation of a new political party
   LR: 0434S.01P    
3/27/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 150 - Mayer - Limits investment firm and law firm support in bond elections
   LR: 0539S.03P    SCS SB 150
3/27/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 152 - Engler - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property located in St. Francois County to the city of Park Hills
   LR: 0031S.02P    
3/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Corrections & Public Institutions Committee
3/27/2007 -- Bill Combined with (HCS SCS SB 288, SCS SB 115 & SB 152) H Corrections & Public Institutions Committee - Consent

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
3/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Government Affairs Committee
3/27/2007 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Government Affairs Committee - Consent

SB 233 - Crowell - Authorizes a sales tax to fund certain services
   LR: 0929S.03T    CCS SB 233
3/27/2007 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard H Special Committee on Tax Reform Committee

SB 250 - Ridgeway - Modifies certain provisions relating to the Water Patrol
   LR: 0974S.01I    
3/27/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 288 - Engler - Authorizes the Governor to convey certain state properties
   LR: 1319L.04T    HCS SCS SB 288, SB 152 & SCS SB 115
3/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Corrections & Public Institutions Committee
3/27/2007 -- HCS Voted Do Pass (HCS SCS SB 288, SCS SB 115 & SB 152) H Corrections & Public Institutions Committee - Consent

SB 298 - Engler - Modifies the election process of hospital district directors in Iron County
   LR: 1405S.01T    
3/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Healthcare Facilities Committee
3/27/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Healthcare Facilities Committee - Consent

SB 303 - Loudon - Changes the laws regarding midwives and the practice of midwifery
   LR: 1258S.04P    SS SB 303
3/27/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 305 - Kennedy - Creates the "Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act"
   LR: 0158S.01I    
3/27/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee (0158S.03C)

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
3/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Agri-Business Committee
3/27/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Agri-Business Committee

SB 333 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions relating to the Department of Health and Senior Services
   LR: 1511L.07C    HCS#2 SCS SB 333
3/27/2007 -- H Second Read

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    
3/27/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 364 - Koster - Prohibits counties from enacting public health ordinances addressing farming activities and exempts farms and farming activities from suits of trespass in certain circumstances
   LR: 1276S.06C    SCS SB 364
3/27/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 369 - Scott - Modifies requirements for certain law enforcement personnel
   LR: 1175L.07C    HCS SCS SB 369
3/27/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 397 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions relating to applications for long-term care facilities
   LR: 1779S.02T    SCS SB 397
3/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Healthcare Facilities Committee
3/27/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Healthcare Facilities Committee - Consent

SB 407 - Shoemyer - Allows public water supply districts to enter into contracts with other water districts and municipalities to supply water
   LR: 1754S.01T    
3/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Government Affairs Committee
3/27/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Government Affairs Committee - Consent

SB 426 - Justus - Allows the Supreme Court to direct the Judicial Finance Commission to consolidate its annual report with certain other reports
   LR: 1970S.01P    
3/27/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 430 - Shields - Creates the "Smart Start Scholarship Program"
   LR: 1285S.12P    SS#4 SCS SB 430
3/27/2007 -- SS for SCS S withdrawn
3/27/2007 -- SS#2 for SCS S offered (Shields)--(1285S.09F)
3/27/2007 -- SA 1 to SS#2 for SCS S offered (Purgason)--(1285S09.08S)
3/27/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
3/27/2007 -- SA 1 to SS#2 for SCS S defeated
3/27/2007 -- SA 2 to SS#2 for SCS S offered (Koster)--(1285S09.01F)
3/27/2007 -- SSA 1 for SA 2 to SS#2 for SCS S offered (Engler)--(1285S09.02F)
3/27/2007 -- SA 1 to SSA 1 for SA 2 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & defeated (Shields)--(1285S09.03F)
3/27/2007 -- SA 2 to SSA 1 for SA 2 to SS#2 for SCS S offered (Bray)--(1285S09.26S)
3/27/2007 -- SA 2 to SS#2 for SCS S withdrawn
3/27/2007 -- SA 3 to SS#2 for SCS S offered (Green)--(1285S09.14S)
3/27/2007 -- SA 1 to SA 3 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & adopted (Green)--(12895S09.20S)
3/27/2007 -- SA 2 to SA 3 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & adopted (Shields)--(1285S09.04F)
3/27/2007 -- SA 3 to SA 3 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & adopted (Bartle)--(1285S09.27S)
3/27/2007 -- SA 3 to SS#2 for SCS, as amended, S adopted
3/27/2007 -- SA 4 to SS#2 for SCS S offered (Callahan)--(1285S09.15S)
3/27/2007 -- SSA 1 for SA 4 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & withdrawn (Green)--(1285S09.33S)
3/27/2007 -- SSA 2 for SA 4 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & defeated (Green)--(1285S09.32S)
3/27/2007 -- SSA 3 for SA 4 to SS#2 for SCS S offered (Green)--(1285S09.31S)
3/27/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

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    
3/27/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

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    
3/27/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 478 - Gross - Limits amount of expenditures of revenue from gaming boat admission fees
   LR: 1927S.02P    
3/27/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 482 - Gibbons - Expands the definition of marital and family therapy to include the diagnosis of behavior and intrapersonal or interpersonal dysfunctions
   LR: 1710S.03P    SCS SB 482
3/27/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 488 - Clemens - Changes the names of a division, an advisory commission, and several funds within the Department of Agriculture
   LR: 2140S.01P    
3/27/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 490 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to citizens most at risk for exploitation
   LR: 2051S.01I    
3/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

SB 492 - Crowell - Modifies several provisions regarding public employee retirement plans
   LR: 2180S.01I    
3/27/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 497 - Scott - Modifies provisions relating to county officials
   LR: 1920L.04T    HCS SCS SB 497
3/27/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 498 - Scott - Modifies reciprocity requirements for professional counselor licenses
   LR: 2138S.01P    
3/27/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 502 - Koster - Authorizes the Governor to convey an easement over property in Johnson County to the city of Warrensburg
   LR: 2200L.03C    HCS SB 502
3/27/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 509 - Scott - Modifies the reciprocity requirements for marital and family counselors
   LR: 2127S.01P    
3/27/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 510 - Scott - Requires endowed care cemeteries to supply a trust fund report as a prerequisite for license renewal
   LR: 2129S.01P    
3/27/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 516 - Goodman - Modifies several provisions of law relating to judicial procedures and personnel
   LR: 1952L.04C    HCS SB 516
3/27/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 518 - Mayer - Establishes the "Missouri Catastrophe Fund" to help protect property and casualty insurers against insolvencies caused by certain natural disasters
   LR: 1676S.02I    
3/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 523 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to the Board of Pharmacy
   LR: 2131S.02C    SCS SB 523
3/27/2007 -- Removed S Consent Calendar

SB 525 - Scott - Modifies funeral director and embalmer licenses
   LR: 2130S.02P    SCS SB 525
3/27/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 526 - Scott - Modifies licensing standards for real estate appraisers
   LR: 2132S.03P    SCS SB 526
3/27/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 542 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to the licensing of optometrists
   LR: 2139S.04C    SCS SB 542
3/27/2007 -- Removed S Consent Calendar

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    
3/27/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 550 - Scott - Modifies and updates various superannuated statutes relating to the Missouri Highway Patrol
   LR: 2373S.01P    
3/27/2007 -- H Second 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    
3/27/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 570 - Clemens - Creates the Joint Committee on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)
   LR: 2415S.03P    SS SB 570
3/27/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 591 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to credit union membership expansion
   LR: 2296S.05T    SS SCS SB 591
3/27/2007 -- SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Scott)--(2296S.05F)
3/27/2007 -- Perfected
3/27/2007 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 592 - Scott - Modifies ethics filings
   LR: 2412S.04C    SCS SB 592
3/27/2007 -- Removed S Consent Calendar

SB 594 - Scott - Modifies law relating to ethics
   LR: 2411S.02P    SCS SB 594
3/27/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 621 - Engler - Changes the name of the "Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities" to the "Division of Developmental Disabilities"
   LR: 2455S.01I    
3/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

SB 622 - Engler - Requires construction employees to take drug tests before working on projects on school and state property
   LR: 2515S.01I    
3/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 627 - Ridgeway - Prohibits the use of language interpreters in connection with the commercial driver's license examination process
   LR: 2298S.01I    
3/27/2007 -- Removed S Consent Calendar

SB 634 - Loudon - Prohibits the substitution of anti-epileptic drugs
   LR: 2467S.01I    
3/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

SB 653 - Kennedy - Revises the eligibility requirements for the Uninsured Women's Health Program
   LR: 2440L.01I    
3/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Health and Mental Health Committee

SB 658 - Stouffer - Establishes the "Outside the Hospital Do-Not-Resuscitate Act"
   LR: 2562S.01I    
3/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

SB 664 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to the Board of Nursing Home Administrators
   LR: 2500L.04C    HCS SCS SB 664
3/27/2007 -- Removed S Consent Calendar

SB 668 - Loudon - Modifies workers' compensation payments
   LR: 2452S.05P    SS SCS SB 668
3/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee
3/27/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee (2452S.02C)

SB 671 - Justus - Provides changes to the Kansas and Missouri Regional Investment District Compact
   LR: 2520L.01P    
3/27/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 705 - Mayer - Modifies laws relating to emergency management
   LR: 2582S.01I    
3/27/2007 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Health and Mental Health Committee

SB 707 - Gibbons - Makes it an unfair trade practice for a life insurance company to deny, refuse to renew, or cancel a life insurance policy based upon the insured's past or future lawful travel destinations
   LR: 2586S.01I    
3/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SCR 18 - Gibbons - Authorizes the General Assembly to employ an independent auditor to audit the State Auditor's Office
   LR: 1945S.01I    
3/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Government Affairs Committee
3/27/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Government Affairs Committee

HB 454 - Jetton - Provides for supplemental food stamp assistance for the elderly
   LR: 0915L.01P    
3/27/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee