Senate Action for 4/26/2007

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
4/26/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Health Care Policy Committee
4/26/2007 -- Voted Do Pass H Health Care Policy Committee
4/26/2007 -- Reported Do Pass H Health Care Policy Committee
4/26/2007 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

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
4/26/2007 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard H Special Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee

SB 40 - Ridgeway - Creates various tax incentives for certain energy uses
   LR: 0214L.06C    HCS SS SB 40
4/26/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Utilities Committee

SB 64 - Goodman - Authorizes school districts to set school opening date up to a certain date prior to Labor Day and provides for exemption to make-up days requirement based on inclement weather
   LR: 0543S.12T    CCS#3 HCS SCS SB 64
4/26/2007 -- S refuses to concur in HCS, as amended
4/26/2007 -- S requests H recede or grant conference

SB 75 - Coleman - Provides for a tuition limitation for certain combat veterans
   LR: 0324L.05C    HCS SCS SB 75
4/26/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Veterans Committee

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
4/26/2007 -- S refuses to concur in HCS, as amended
4/26/2007 -- S requests H recede or grant conference

SB 82 - Griesheimer - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of motor vehicles
   LR: 0319S.14T    CCS HCS SCS SB 82
4/26/2007 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Fiscal Review Committee

SB 86 - Champion - Modifies provisions of the Children in Crisis Tax Credit Program
   LR: 0519S.06T    CCS#2 HCS SCS SB 86
4/26/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Ways & Means Committee
4/26/2007 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Ways & Means Committee
4/26/2007 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Ways & Means Committee
4/26/2007 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 156 - Engler - Modifies various provisions pertaining to agriculture and the Department of Agriculture
   LR: 0534L.07C    HCS SCS SB 156
4/26/2007 -- Referred H Fiscal Review Committee

SB 168 - Mayer - Codifies the employment-at-will doctrine
   LR: 0191S.05C    SCS SB 168
4/26/2007 -- SS for SCS S offered (Mayer)--(0191S.06F)
4/26/2007 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered (Callahan)--(0191S06.01F)
4/26/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

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
4/26/2007 -- S refuses to concur in HCS
4/26/2007 -- S requests H recede or grant conference

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
4/26/2007 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Ways & Means Committee
4/26/2007 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

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
4/26/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Agri-Business Committee

SB 226 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to the administration of intoxication-related traffic offenses
   LR: 1107L.04C    HCS SCS SB 226
4/26/2007 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 235 - Shields - Modifies certain provisions relating to the Missouri State Water Patrol
   LR: 0876S.05P    SCS SB 235
4/26/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on State Parks and Waterways Committee

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
4/26/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee

SB 328 - Engler - Modifies various provisions relating to certain renewable fuel incentives and solid waste laws
   LR: 1407L.05C    HCS SCS SB 328
4/26/2007 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on Energy and Environment Committee
4/26/2007 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 333 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions relating to the Department of Health and Senior Services
   LR: 1511L.07C    HCS#2 SCS SB 333
4/26/2007 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Health Care Policy Committee
4/26/2007 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Health Care Policy Committee
4/26/2007 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SB 358 - Engler - Modifies several provisions of law relating to the regulation of motor vehicles
   LR: 1534L.05C    HCS SS SB 358
4/26/2007 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 368 - Barnitz - Modifies requirements for corporate filings
   LR: 1099L.04C    HCS SCS SB 368
4/26/2007 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 389 - Nodler - Modifies several provisions regarding the state's higher education system
   LR: 1654S.33T    SS#6 SCS SB 389
4/26/2007 -- H Second Read
4/26/2007 -- Referred H Higher Education Committee

SB 406 - Crowell - Modifies multiple provisions regarding several employee benefit plans
   LR: 1648S.08T    CCS#2 HCS#2 SB 406
4/26/2007 -- HA 1 to HCS#2 H offered (Cooper-120)--(1648L06.06H)
4/26/2007 -- HA 1 to HA 1 to HCS#2 H offered (Portwood)--(1648L06.16H)
4/26/2007 -- Bill Placed on Calendar

SB 418 - Champion - Increases the monthly personal needs payment under the Supplemental Nursing Care Program
   LR: 1787S.03T    SCS SB 418
4/26/2007 -- Referred H Fiscal Review (Fiscal Note) Committee

SB 428 - Purgason - Modifies various provisions relating to agriculture
   LR: 1607L.09C    HCS SS SCS SB 428
4/26/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Agriculture Policy Committee

SB 430 - Shields - Creates the "Smart Start Scholarship Program"
   LR: 1285S.12P    SS#4 SCS SB 430
4/26/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
4/26/2007 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor

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
4/26/2007 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee

SB 496 - Koster - Revises the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
   LR: 1352S.04P    SS SCS SB 496
4/26/2007 -- Referred H Health Care Policy Committee

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    
4/26/2007 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 582 - Shoemyer - Modifies provisions of law relating to sales tax
   LR: 2375L.02C    HCS SB 582
4/26/2007 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Ways & Means Committee
4/26/2007 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Ways & Means Committee
4/26/2007 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f)

SRB 613 - Goodman - Repeals certain laws that have expired, sunset, terminated, or are ineffective
   LR: 0822L.03T    HCS SRB 613
4/26/2007 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Rules Committee

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
4/26/2007 -- Referred H Urban Issues Committee

SB 664 - Scott - Modifies laws relating to the Board of Nursing Home Administrators
   LR: 2500L.04C    HCS SCS SB 664
4/26/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee

SB 668 - Loudon - Modifies workers' compensation payments
   LR: 2452S.05P    SS SCS SB 668
4/26/2007 -- Referred H Special Committee on Health Insurance Committee

HB 1 - Icet - To appropriate money to the Board of Fund Commissioners for the cost of issuing, processing and defeasing and to transfer money among certain funds.
   LR: 0001L.03T    CCS SCS HB 1
4/26/2007 -- H refuses to concur in SCS
4/26/2007 -- H requests S recede or grant conference

HB 2 - Icet - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the State Board of Education and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the several divisions.
   LR: 0002L.04T    CCS SCS HCS HB 2
4/26/2007 -- H refuses to concur in SCS
4/26/2007 -- H requests S recede or grant conference

HB 3 - Icet - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Higher Education, the several divisions, programs, and institutions of higher education.
   LR: 0003L.04T    CCS SCS HCS HB 3
4/26/2007 -- H refuses to concur in SCS
4/26/2007 -- H requests S recede or grant conference

HB 4 - Icet - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Revenue, Department of Transportation, the several divisions and programs.
   LR: 0004L.05T    CCS SCS HCS HB 4
4/26/2007 -- H refuses to concur in SCS
4/26/2007 -- H requests S recede or grant conference

HB 5 - Icet - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Office of Administration, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Public Safety, and the Chief Executi
   LR: 0005L.05T    CCS SCS HCS HB 5
4/26/2007 -- H refuses to concur in SCS
4/26/2007 -- H requests S recede or grant conference

HB 6 - Icet - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Agriculture, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Conservation, and the several divisions.
   LR: 0006L.04T    CCS SCS HCS HB 6
4/26/2007 -- H refuses to concur in SCS
4/26/2007 -- H requests S recede or grant conference

HB 28 - Cunningham - Allows common carriers of household goods to request rate adjustments from the State Highways and Transportation Commission and repeals exemption for household carriers under Chapter 390, RSMo
   LR: 0388L.03T    HCS#2 HB 28
4/26/2007 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor

HB 56 - Sater - Designates a memorial bridge after Senator Bond and designates several memorial highways.
   LR: 0190L.01T    
4/26/2007 -- SA 1 S offered & adopted (Crowell)--(0190L01.01S)
4/26/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed, as amended

HB 62 - Ruestman - Designates the Department of Agriculture's building at 1616 Missouri Boulevard in Jefferson City as the "George Washington Carver Building"
   LR: 0342L.01T    
4/26/2007 -- S Third and Passed - Consent
4/26/2007 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

HB 74 - Wilson - Allows rural empowerment zones to exist in any county with 16,000 or fewer residents
   LR: 0338L.02P    HCS HB 74
4/26/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor

HB 75 - Sutherland - Authorizes the Director of the Department of Natural Resources to enter into agreements with private, not-for-profit organizations to provide services for state parks
   LR: 0564L.01T    
4/26/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/26/2007 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

HB 134 - Guest - Modifies provisions regarding appropriations requests for equipment by the University of Missouri
   LR: 0707S.05T    SS HB 134
4/26/2007 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor

HB 159 - Bivins - Modifies laws pertaining to dam and reservoir safety
   LR: 0717S.04C    SCS HCS HB 159
4/26/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

HB 165 - Cooper - Enacts the 2007 Municipal Telecommunications Business License Tax Simplification Act
   LR: 0613S.05C    SCS HCS HB 165
4/26/2007 -- Reported from S Ways & Means Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 181 - Sander - Requires captioning of electronic video instructional material
   LR: 0390L.03P    HCS HB 181
4/26/2007 -- Reported from S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor

HB 182 - Bruns - Establishes the Outside the Hospital Do-Not-Resuscitate Act to permit the execution of do-not-resuscitate orders for use by emergency medical providers for patients receiving treatment outside a hospital
   LR: 0578L.02T    HCS HB 182
4/26/2007 -- Reported from S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee to Floor

HB 184 - Dempsey - Requires city or county reimbursement to the community children's services fund in an amount equal to the portion of tax revenues used for tax increment finance projects that would have been allocated to the fund
   LR: 0384L.03T    HCS HB 184
4/26/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor

HB 205 - Marsh - Modifies various provisions relating to the promotion of tourism
   LR: 0859L.02T    SS HB 205
4/26/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 265 - Cunningham - Modifies provisions relating to education
   LR: 0639L.01P    
4/26/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 267 - Jones - Modifies provisions relating to education
   LR: 0640L.01P    
4/26/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 268 - Moore - Authorizes the Governor to convey an easement over, on, and under state property located in Callaway County to the City of Fulton
   LR: 0845L.01T    
4/26/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/26/2007 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

HB 272 - Viebrock - Designates the three-toed box turtle as the official reptile of the State of Missouri
   LR: 1201L.02P    HCS HB 272
4/26/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 343 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions pertaining to cleanup costs for releases of hazardous substances
   LR: 0763L.04P    HCS HB 343
4/26/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

HB 344 - Munzlinger - Modifies liability for crop damage or destruction
   LR: 0765L.01T    
4/26/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/26/2007 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

HB 351 - Wood - Designates the crayfish as the official state invertebrate of the State of Missouri
   LR: 0248L.01T    
4/26/2007 -- SA 1 S offered & withdrawn (Loudon)--(0248L01.01F)
4/26/2007 -- SA 2 S offered & withdrawn (Smith)--(0248L01.01S)
4/26/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/26/2007 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

HB 352 - Hobbs - Modifies provisions relating to Sheltered Workshops
   LR: 1007L.02T    
4/26/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee
4/26/2007 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor

HB 405 - Moore - Modifies provisions relating to the administrative duties of the Missouri State Highway Patrol
   LR: 1471L.03T    HCS HB 405
4/26/2007 -- S Third and Passed - Consent - EC adopted
4/26/2007 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed (w/EC)

HB 428 - Cox - Creates the State Fair Escrow Fund for expenses associated with the Missouri State Fair and off-season events
   LR: 1304L.01T    
4/26/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 444 - Jetton - Exempts Social Security benefits from income taxation
   LR: 0761S.11T    SS#2 SCS HCS HB 444 et al
4/26/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee
4/26/2007 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor

HB 459 - Sutherland - Requires land transfers between municipalities to be filed with the county assessor
   LR: 0709L.02T    HCS HB 459
4/26/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/26/2007 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

HB 462 - Munzlinger - Modifies various provisions relating to firearms
   LR: 1453L.02P    
4/26/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
4/26/2007 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

HB 467 - Cox - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property in Pettis County to the Girl Scouts-Heart of Missouri Council, Incorporated
   LR: 1305L.01T    
4/26/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 488 - Wasson - Creates a tax credit for the use of idle reduction technology
   LR: 1190L.03S    CCS HB 488
4/26/2007 -- Reported from S Ways & Means Committee to Floor

HB 551 - Dempsey - Provides additional workers' compensation benefits for public safety workers killed in the line of duty
   LR: 1504S.05C    SCS HCS HB 551
4/26/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee (1504S.05C)
4/26/2007 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 574 - St. Onge - Modifies procedures for enforcing alcohol-related traffic offenses and allows the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners to delegate powers to hearing officers
   LR: 1372L.02T    CCS HB 574
4/26/2007 -- SA 1 S offered & adopted (Stouffer)--(1372L01.02S)
4/26/2007 -- SA 2 S offered & withdrawn (Stouffer)--(8178S07.01S)
4/26/2007 -- SA 3 S offered & adopted (Kennedy)--(0171S07.01S)
4/26/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed, as amended - EC adopted

HB 579 - Dempsey - Provides immunity from liability for health care professionals deployed during a state of emergency
   LR: 1395S.05T    SS HB 579
4/26/2007 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
4/26/2007 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

HB 616 - Wood - Removes the county assessor from a county board of equalization and requires the county commission to appoint two additional members to the board
   LR: 1433L.03T    HCS HB 616
4/26/2007 -- SA 1 S offered & adopted
4/26/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed, as amended

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
4/26/2007 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor

HB 665 - Ervin - Modifies various provisions relating to county documents
   LR: 1441L.01P    
4/26/2007 -- SS S offered (Ridgeway)--(1441S.04F)
4/26/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
4/26/2007 -- SA 1 to SS S offered & adopted (Bray)--(1441S04.01S)
4/26/2007 -- SS, as amended, S adopted
4/26/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed

HB 680 - May - Designates Big Bluestem as the official state grass
   LR: 1614L.01T    
4/26/2007 -- SA 1 S offered & withdrawn (Graham)
4/26/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/26/2007 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

HB 684 - Bruns - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property located in the cities of St. Louis and Kansas City and the counties of St. Francois, Texas, Newton, Greene, and Livingston
   LR: 1264S.02T    SCS HB 684
4/26/2007 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Green)--(1264S02.01F)
4/26/2007 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
4/26/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted

HB 686 - Smith - Expands the rule-making authority of the Board of Nursing Home Administrators
   LR: 1798L.01T    
4/26/2007 -- Reported from S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee to Floor

HB 732 - Parson - Adds emergency personnel killed while performing their duties to the list of individuals who are exempt from the formalized highway naming process set forth in Section 227.299, RSMo
   LR: 1827L.01T    
4/26/2007 -- S Third and Passed - Consent
4/26/2007 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

HB 740 - Pearce - Authorizes the Governor to convey an easement over state property to the City of Warrensburg and the Board of Regents of Northwest Missouri State University to convey state property located in Nodaway County
   LR: 1451S.03T    SS SCS HB 740
4/26/2007 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 741 - Pearce - Establishes the Missouri Economic Development Code and the Regional Economic Development District Law
   LR: 1592S.08T    SS HCS HB 741
4/26/2007 -- Reported from S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee to Floor

HB 754 - Kelly - Allows the Department of Corrections to disburse federal and other funds
   LR: 1748L.01T    
4/26/2007 -- S Third and Passed - Consent
4/26/2007 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

HB 791 - Wilson - Requires health carriers to provide certain claims and financial data for the previous three years when requested by an employer
   LR: 1506S.03T    SCS HB 791
4/26/2007 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee (1506S.03C)
4/26/2007 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 795 - Flook - Allows for the creation of theater, cultural arts, and entertainment districts in certain cities and counties, defines transect-based zoning, and authorizes certain taxes in certain political subdivisions
   LR: 1464S.06T    SCS HCS HB 795
4/26/2007 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Kennedy)--(1464S06.01S)
4/26/2007 -- SA 2 to SCS S offered & adopted (Shields)--(8183S07.01S)
4/26/2007 -- SA 3 to SCS S offered & adopted (Kennedy)--(1464S06.02S)
4/26/2007 -- SA 4 to SCS S offered & adopted (Barnitz)--(1464S06.03S)
4/26/2007 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
4/26/2007 -- S Third Read and Passed

HB 801 - Kraus - Modifies provisions relating to telecommunication services and telephone calls
   LR: 1988L.01T    
4/26/2007 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

HB 894 - Hoskins - Modifies certain provisions relating to elections
   LR: 2096S.04C    SCS HCS HB 894
4/26/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1014 - Wright - Requires the state to give preference in state purchasing contracts to certain disabled veteran businesses
   LR: 2376S.05C    SCS HB 1014
4/26/2007 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

HJR 19 - Bearden - Proposes a constitutional amendment guaranteeing a citizen's First Amendment right to free religious expression
   LR: 1934L.02P    
4/26/2007 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor