Senate Action for 2/25/2008

SB 711 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions regarding property taxation
   LR: 3297S.21Z    CCS HCS SS SCS SB 711
2/25/2008 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee
2/25/2008 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 718 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions of certain tax credit programs administered by the Department of Economic Development
   LR: 3497S.10T    CCS HCS#2 SS SCS SB 718
2/25/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 720 - Coleman - Modifies provisions relating to utilities
   LR: 3054S.07T    CCS#2 HCS SCS SB 720
2/25/2008 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Graham)--(3054S02.01S)
2/25/2008 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
2/25/2008 -- Perfected
2/25/2008 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 762 - Wilson - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
   LR: 3104L.03C    HCS SB 762
2/25/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 765 - Goodman - Modifies the process for incorporating a village
   LR: 3074S.08T    CCS HCS SCS SB 765
2/25/2008 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Callahan)--(3074S03.02S)
2/25/2008 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
2/25/2008 -- Perfected
2/25/2008 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 781 - Smith - Modifies various provisions relating to landlords, tenants, and real property
   LR: 3109L.10C    HCS#2 SCS SB 781
2/25/2008 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Smith)--(3109S03.02S)
2/25/2008 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
2/25/2008 -- Perfected

SB 797 - Bray - Modifies the laws relating to elections
   LR: 3178L.02C    HCS SB 797
2/25/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 808 - Engler - Limits the types of individuals and organizations to whom the director of the department of revenue may award fee office contracts
   LR: 3379S.01I    
2/25/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 811 - Stouffer - Creates a tax credit for the use of idle reduction technology
   LR: 3508S.02C    SCS SB 811
2/25/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 819 - Rupp - Modifies various provisions relating to dog fighting
   LR: 3103S.05I    
2/25/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 821 - Shoemyer - Modifies the membership of the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee
   LR: 3440S.05C    SCS SB 821
2/25/2008 -- SS for SCS S offered & Ruled out of order (Shoemyer)--(3440S.06F)
2/25/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 823 - Shoemyer - Creates a state and local sales and use tax exemption for sales of weather radios
   LR: 3242S.01I    
2/25/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee

SB 834 - Bartle - Creates penalties for owners of dogs that injure people or property and creates an absolute defense against civil liability or prosecution for killing a dog in certain circumstances
   LR: 3382S.01I    
2/25/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 894 - Green - Creates an income tax deduction for higher education expenses
   LR: 3730S.01I    
2/25/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 917 - Goodman - Creates licensing requirements for prescribing psychologists
   LR: 3629S.03I    
2/25/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 979 - Vogel - Terminates eligibility for surviving spouse of public safety officer income tax credit upon remarriage
   LR: 4348S.01T    
2/25/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 982 - Purgason - Modifies laws relating to dogs
   LR: 4611S.03C    SCS SBs 982, 834 & 819
2/25/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 988 - Shoemyer - Exempts Veterans, service, and fraternal organizations from bingo and pull tab taxes
   LR: 4448S.01I    
2/25/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 989 - Wilson - Creates an income tax credit for poll workers
   LR: 4441S.02I    
2/25/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee

SB 992 - Loudon - Limits increases in assessed value of residential real property due to reassessment until a transfer of ownership occurs
   LR: 4185S.02I    
2/25/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1009 - Loudon - Modifies the current legal requirement that funds conveyed to settlement agents in real estate closings be certified funds
   LR: 4647S.04T    SCS SB 1009
2/25/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee - Consent (4647S.04C)

SB 1016 - Mayer - Provides that a portion of the tort victims' compensation fund shall be transferred to the basic civil legal services fund
   LR: 4388S.01T    
2/25/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1032 - Dempsey - Modifies provisions relating to dangerous animal registration
   LR: 3727S.04I    
2/25/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1038 - Shields - Repeals campaign contribution limits and modifies reporting requirements
   LR: 4464S.01T    
2/25/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 1052 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to the allocation and use of gaming revenues
   LR: 4750S.02I    
2/25/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1058 - Mayer - Enacts provisions regarding the coercion of abortions
   LR: 4412S.02I    
2/25/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1064 - Dempsey - Authorizes a dependency exemption for stillborn children
   LR: 4869S.01I    
2/25/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1066 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
   LR: 4814S.02T    
2/25/2008 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 1073 - Dempsey - Creates a state and local sales and use tax exemption for defense articles sold to foreign governments
   LR: 4898S.01T    
2/25/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1105 - Coleman - Creates an income tax check-off for contributions to the breast cancer awareness trust fund
   LR: 4958S.02T    SCS SB 1105
2/25/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1107 - Scott - Modifies various provisions relating to the Water Patrol and watercraft regulations
   LR: 4840S.06P    SCS SB 1107
2/25/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1108 - Scott - Modifies the law relating to debt settlement providers
   LR: 4511S.02I    
2/25/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1109 - Scott - Modifies the scope of practice for licensed professional counselors
   LR: 4383S.02I    
2/25/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1119 - Griesheimer - Creates a ten-dollar court cost to reimburse counties for the cost of incarcerating state prisoners
   LR: 5026S.01I    
2/25/2008 -- Hearing Cancelled S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1126 - Scott - Exempts certain independent contractors from being licensed as private investigators
   LR: 5011S.01I    
2/25/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1143 - Mayer - Modifies the law regarding false or misleading television advertisements for legal services
   LR: 5069S.01I    
2/25/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1168 - Dempsey - Revises the formula for computing a refund for credit insurance
   LR: 5005S.02T    SCS SB 1168
2/25/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 1169 - Champion - Establishes a school-based influenza vaccination pilot program
   LR: 5189S.01I    
2/25/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

SB 1170 - Mayer - Creates the Rebuild Missouri Schools Program and allows education boards to enter into lease-purchase agreements with twenty-five successive options
   LR: 4809L.08T    HCS SCS SB 1170
2/25/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 1171 - Goodman - Places a two year moratorium upon the issuance of new licenses to operate excursion gambling boats
   LR: 5254S.01I    
2/25/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1172 - Goodman - Modifies various provisions relating to weapons
   LR: 5212L.04C    HCS SCS SB 1172
2/25/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1173 - Stouffer - Provides for transfer of long-term care beds to certain new health care facilities
   LR: 5217S.01I    
2/25/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

SB 1174 - Goodman - Provides that covenants for transfer fees on real estate shall be unenforceable against subsequent owners
   LR: 5292S.01I    
2/25/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1174-Goodman

SB 1175 - Goodman - Modifies various provisions of law relating to the Missouri Housing Development Commission
   LR: 5270L.02C    HCS SB 1175
2/25/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1175-Goodman

SB 1176 - Barnitz - Makes concealed carry endorsements valid for a period of six years rather than three years
   LR: 4882S.01I    
2/25/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1176-Barnitz

SB 1177 - Barnitz - Designates licensed professional counselors as mental health professionals in certain circumstances
   LR: 5008S.01T    
2/25/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1177-Barnitz

SB 1178 - Barnitz - Modifies property posting provisions
   LR: 5299S.01I    
2/25/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1178-Barnitz

SB 1179 - Crowell - Authorizes the Missouri Veterans' Commission to promulgate any rules necessary to administer current laws regarding the creation and maintenance of veterans' cemeteries
   LR: 5295S.01I    
2/25/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1179-Crowell

SB 1180 - Crowell - Modifies provisions of law authorizing an income tax exemption for certain retirement benefits
   LR: 5115S.01I    
2/25/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1180-Crowell

SB 1181 - Engler - Modifies and creates provisions pertaining to energy efficiency and energy regulation
   LR: 5267S.10T    CCS HCS SCS SBs 1181, 1100, 1262 & 1263
2/25/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1181-Engler

SB 1182 - Smith - Creates the Missouri 4 For More Program to allow four hours of paid leave per month for parents to work with their children in school
   LR: 5296S.01I    
2/25/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1182-Smith and Justus

SB 1183 - Bray - Modifies the membership on the Missouri Housing Development Commission
   LR: 5257S.03C    SCS SB 1183
2/25/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1183-Bray

SB 1184 - Bray - Modifies various provisions relating to domestic violence
   LR: 5255S.01I    
2/25/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1184-Bray

SB 1185 - Gibbons - Modifies various provisions relating to prosecutors
   LR: 5288S.02P    SCS SB 1185
2/25/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1185-Gibbons and Bartle

SCR 33 - Bray - Urges the President of the United States, the State Department and the United States Congress to support the peace process in Sudan
   LR: 5219S.01I    
2/25/2008 -- S First Read--SCR 33-Bray

SJR 46 - Purgason - Increases term limits for members of the General Assembly from eight years to twelve years in each house
   LR: 4879S.01I    
2/25/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SJR 47 - Wilson - Authorizes the creation of tax free zones
   LR: 3121S.02I    
2/25/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

HB 1310 - Hoskins - Modifies the filings for independent candidates
   LR: 3340L.01P    
2/25/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1310-Hoskins

HB 1406 - Deeken - Establishes the drunk driving memorial sign program
   LR: 3162L.01P    
2/25/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1406-Deeken, et al

HB 1661 - LeVota - Requires property taxes paid by certain nonresident taxpayers to be added-back to adjusted gross income
   LR: 3325L.02P    
2/25/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

HB 1774 - Wallace - Increases the maximum percentage of increase in annual compensation for certain members of the Public School Retirement System
   LR: 4530L.02P    HCS HB 1774
2/25/2008 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1774

HB 2019 - Icet - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes for the University of Missouri, for the purchase of equipment, planning, expenses for capital improvements, from funds designated for perion ending 5-30-08
   LR: 3019L.01T    
2/25/2008 -- Signed by Governor