Senate Action for 4/16/2007

SB 5 - Loudon - Modifies the laws on child pornography
   LR: 0310L.12C    HCS SS SCS SB 5
4/16/2007 -- SS for SCS S offered (Loudon)--(0310S.06F)
4/16/2007 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered (Graham)--(0310S06.05S)
4/16/2007 -- SA 1 to SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Loudon)--(0310S06.06S)
4/16/2007 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
4/16/2007 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Coleman)--(0310S06.02S)
4/16/2007 -- SA 3 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Bartle)
4/16/2007 -- SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
4/16/2007 -- Perfected

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
4/16/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Fiscal Review Committee
4/16/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Fiscal Review Committee
4/16/2007 -- Reported Do Pass H Fiscal Review Committee

SB 21 - Griesheimer - Allows for the formation of and conversion to reorganized common sewer districts
   LR: 0256S.04P    SS SCS SB 21
4/16/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 25 - Champion - Modifies provisions relating to children's services
   LR: 0266S.05T    CCS HCS SB 25
4/16/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/16/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 30 - Nodler - Expands the sales tax exemption for common carriers
   LR: 0246S.06T    CCS HCS SB 30
4/16/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Fiscal Review Committee
4/16/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Fiscal Review 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
4/16/2007 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 40 - Ridgeway - Creates various tax incentives for certain energy uses
   LR: 0214L.06C    HCS SS SB 40
4/16/2007 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee
4/16/2007 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 46 - Mayer - Creates the "Faith-Based Organization Liaison Act"
   LR: 0353S.03P    SCS SB 46
4/16/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/16/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 66 - Rupp - Modifies various provisions of law relating to investments by insurance companies, enforcement powers of the Department of Insurance, and revises title insurance code
   LR: 0286S.03T    SCS SB 66
4/16/2007 -- Reported Do Pass H Insurance Policy Committee
4/16/2007 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 84 - Champion - Modifies provisions relating to child placements and protection
   LR: 0267S.05T    CCS HCS SB 84
4/16/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/16/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H 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
4/16/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 86 - Champion - Modifies provisions of the Children in Crisis Tax Credit Program
   LR: 0519S.06T    CCS#2 HCS SCS SB 86
4/16/2007 -- SCS S adopted
4/16/2007 -- Perfected
4/16/2007 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 91 - Nodler - Exempts dealers who sell only emergency vehicles from certain dealer licensure requirements
   LR: 0326S.02T    SCS SB 91
4/16/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/16/2007 -- Voted Do Pass NOT Consent H Rules Committee

SB 96 - Days - Amends laws relating to unsecured loans of $500 or less
   LR: 0094S.01I    
4/16/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 112 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to special education
   LR: 0591L.07T    HCS SS SB 112
4/16/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/16/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 135 - Nodler - Allows the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority to provide primary school loans
   LR: 0243S.01P    
4/16/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/16/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 200 - Stouffer - Authorizes the Highways and Transportation Commission to take the necessary steps to implement and administer a state plan to conform with the Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005
   LR: 0975S.01P    
4/16/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/16/2007 -- Voted Do Pass NOT Consent H Rules Committee

SB 204 - Stouffer - Requires all diesel fuel sold at retail in Missouri after April 1, 2009, to be a biodiesel-blended fuel
   LR: 0926L.12C    HCS SS#2 SCS SB 204
4/16/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/16/2007 -- H First Read

SB 205 - Stouffer - Assesses fee on certain transporters that ship or transport radioactive waste within the state
   LR: 0504S.03C    SCS SB 205
4/16/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 212 - Goodman - Establishes the "Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act"
   LR: 1039S.01I    
4/16/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 215 - Loudon - Allows for the formation of captive insurance companies within Missouri under certain conditions
   LR: 0058S.09T    SS SCS SB 215
4/16/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/16/2007 -- Voted Do Pass w/HCA 1 H Rules Committee

SB 223 - Rupp - Modifies the required time frame in which the Air Conservation Commission must set fees for air pollution emissions
   LR: 1055S.01P    
4/16/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/16/2007 -- Voted Do Pass NOT Consent H Rules Committee

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
4/16/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/16/2007 -- Voted Do Pass NOT Consent H Rules Committee

SB 238 - Stouffer - Requires removable windshield placards to be renewed every four years rather than two years
   LR: 1296S.01P    
4/16/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/16/2007 -- Voted Do Pass NOT Consent H Rules Committee

SB 257 - Engler - Modifies the treatment of firearms during state emergencies
   LR: 1357S.01T    
4/16/2007 -- Signed by Governor

SB 313 - Scott - Modifies various provisions relating to regulation of manufactured homes by the Public Service Commission
   LR: 1161L.09C    HCS#2 SCS SB 313
4/16/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 352 - Clemens - Adds vehicles driven by conservation agents to the list of vehicles considered "emergency vehicles"
   LR: 0650S.01T    
4/16/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/16/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 358 - Engler - Modifies several provisions of law relating to the regulation of motor vehicles
   LR: 1534L.05C    HCS SS SB 358
4/16/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

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
4/16/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/16/2007 -- Voted Do Pass NOT Consent H Rules Committee

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
4/16/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/16/2007 -- Voted Do Pass NOT Consent H Rules Committee

SB 429 - Gibbons - Modifies various provisions relating to crime
   LR: 0635L.09C    HCS SS SCS SB 429
4/16/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 433 - Callahan - Changes laws relating to unemployment compensation for veterans
   LR: 1804S.01T    
4/16/2007 -- H Second Read

SB 456 - Gross - Grants additional payment to school districts in certain situations
   LR: 2020S.07T    SCS SB 456
4/16/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/16/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 496 - Koster - Revises the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
   LR: 1352S.04P    SS SCS SB 496
4/16/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
4/16/2007 -- SS for SCS S offered (Koster)--(1352S.04C)
4/16/2007 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Justus)--(1352S04.01S)
4/16/2007 -- SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
4/16/2007 -- Perfected

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
4/16/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 520 - Engler - Modifies requirements for labor posters
   LR: 2230:03C    HCS SCS SB 520
4/16/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/16/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules 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
4/16/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 523 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to the Board of Pharmacy
   LR: 2131S.02C    SCS SB 523
4/16/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 537 - Lager - Amends the law relating to physician assistants
   LR: 2084S.01I    
4/16/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 542 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to the licensing of optometrists
   LR: 2139S.04C    SCS SB 542
4/16/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

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
4/16/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 563 - Lager - Allows electric utilities to manage vegetation within specified areas to ensure reliable service
   LR: 2328S.02C    SCS SB 563
4/16/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 572 - Vogel - Allows the curators of the University of Missouri to close certain financial records relating to donor or potential donors
   LR: 2341L.01I    
4/16/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 586 - Crowell - Allows hunting and fishing permit applicants to receive a voter registration application form as part of the application for such permits
   LR: 2449S.02C    SCS SB 586
4/16/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 591 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to credit union membership expansion
   LR: 2296S.05T    SS SCS SB 591
4/16/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/16/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee

SB 592 - Scott - Modifies ethics filings
   LR: 2412S.04C    SCS SB 592
4/16/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

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
4/16/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 611 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to the public defender system
   LR: 2363S.03P    SCS SB 611
4/16/2007 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Gross)
4/16/2007 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
4/16/2007 -- Perfected
4/16/2007 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 616 - McKenna - Modifies provisions relating to liquor control
   LR: 2485S.05P    SS SCS SB 616
4/16/2007 -- SS for SCS S offered (McKenna)--(2485S.05F)
4/16/2007 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Engler)--(2485S05.01S)
4/16/2007 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Callahan)--(2485S05.01F)
4/16/2007 -- SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
4/16/2007 -- Perfected

SB 627 - Ridgeway - Prohibits the use of language interpreters in connection with the commercial driver's license examination process
   LR: 2298S.01I    
4/16/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 635 - Loudon - Substantially revises the current law regarding the regulation of title insurance
   LR: 0299S.08C    SCS SB 635
4/16/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 654 - Kennedy - Allows the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners to delegate some of its powers to hearing officers
   LR: 2563L.06C    HCS SS SB 654
4/16/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 660 - Mayer - Modifies various provisions relating to crime
   LR: 2284S.02C    SCS SBs 660, 553, 557, 167, 258, 114 & 378
4/16/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 664 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to the Board of Nursing Home Administrators
   LR: 2500L.04C    HCS SCS SB 664
4/16/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 668 - Loudon - Modifies workers' compensation payments
   LR: 2452S.05P    SS SCS SB 668
4/16/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SCR 5 - Shields - Recognizes November 21, 2007, as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Day (COPD) and November as COPD month in Missouri
   LR: 1126S.02C    
4/16/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee
4/16/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Committee
4/16/2007 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee

HB 39 - Portwood - Establishes a medical assistance program for the employed disabled
   LR: 0458L.07C    SCS HCS HB 39
4/16/2007 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

HB 213 - Cunningham - Requires higher education institutions to adopt policies promoting academic freedom and to report on steps taken to protect student academic freedom
   LR: 0462S.09C    SCS HB 213
4/16/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 227 - Swinger - Creates an income tax credit for storm shelter construction
   LR: 0199L.02P    HCS HB 227
4/16/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

HB 233 - Tilley - Modifies the definition of the "practice of chiropractic"
   LR: 0742L.01P    
4/16/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 255 - Bruns - Amends the law relating to the Office of Administration
   LR: 0982S.04F    SS SCS HB 255
4/16/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee (0982S.03C)

HB 298 - Cooper - Regulates various blasting and excavation activities
   LR: 1110S.04T    SCS HCS HB 298
4/16/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

HB 327 - Richard - Modifies provisions of certain Department of Economic Development programs
   LR: 1217S.06T    SS SCS HCS HB 327
4/16/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee
4/16/2007 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
4/16/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted
4/16/2007 -- H refuses to concur SS for SCS
4/16/2007 -- H requests S recede or grant conference
4/16/2007 -- S refuses to recede and grants conference
4/16/2007 -- S conferees appointed: Griesheimer, Koster, Crowell, Callahan, Kennedy

HB 343 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions pertaining to cleanup costs for releases of hazardous substances
   LR: 0763L.04P    HCS HB 343
4/16/2007 -- S First Read

HB 453 - Jetton - Creates an income tax credit for contributions to food pantries and modifies provisions of the Residential Treatment Agency Tax Credit Program
   LR: 0914S.04T    SS HCS HB 453
4/16/2007 -- Signed by House Speaker
4/16/2007 -- Signed by Senate President
4/16/2007 -- Delivered to Governor

HB 457 - Sutherland - Modifies provisions of law providing property tax relief for senior citizens and disabled persons
   LR: 1084L.02P    HCS HB 457
4/16/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

HB 497 - Sater - Amends the law relating to physician assistants
   LR: 1364L.02T    HCS HB 497
4/16/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee
4/16/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 527 - Cooper - Limits the time period for the reservation of a corporate name to 180 days
   LR: 1579L.01P    
4/16/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 654 - Stream - Increases grants for veterans' service officer programs, establishes the Stolen Valor Act of 2007, and exempts real and personal property owned by veterans' organizations from taxation
   LR: 1769L.03T    HCS HB 654 & 938
4/16/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

HB 678 - Marsh - Exempts school districts in declared federal disaster areas based on inclement weather in January 2007 from making up days and time lost due to the inclement weather
   LR: 1712L.04T    HCS HB 678
4/16/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent - EC adopted
4/16/2007 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed (w/EC)

HB 801 - Kraus - Modifies provisions relating to telecommunication services and telephone calls
   LR: 1988L.01T    
4/16/2007 -- S First Read

HB 818 - Ervin - Establishes the Missouri Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and changes the laws regarding the Missouri Health Insurance Pool and small employer insurance availability
   LR: 1261S.22T    SS#2 SCS HCS HB 818
4/16/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Health and Mental Health Committee

HB 894 - Hoskins - Modifies certain provisions relating to elections
   LR: 2096S.04C    SCS HCS HB 894
4/16/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 914 - Dougherty - Modifies licensing standards of certain professionals
   LR: 2316L.05P    HCS HB 914
4/16/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 945 - Parson - Creates the crime of murder of a criminal justice official and expands the crime of assault of law enforcement officers, emergency personnel, or probation officers to include corrections officers
   LR: 2256L.02P    HCS HB 945
4/16/2007 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 987 - Wasson - Modifies licensing standards for real estate appraisers
   LR: 2476L.01P    
4/16/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee