Senate Action for 2/6/2008

SB 760 - Stouffer - Authorizes the State 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: 3493L.05C    HCS SCS SB 760
2/6/2008 -- Committee Vote Reconsidered
2/6/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee - Consent (3493S.03C)

SB 820 - Rupp - Allows a county, after meeting the required assessed valuation, to become a second class county upon a vote of the governing body to change classifications
   LR: 3496L.03C    HCS SB 820
2/6/2008 -- Committee Vote Reconsidered
2/6/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee - Consent

SB 822 - Shoemyer - Allows cities, towns, villages and counties to impose a property tax to fund cemetery maintenance
   LR: 3239S.02P    
2/6/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 845 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions
   LR: 3502L.02C    HCS SB 845
2/6/2008 -- Committee Vote Reconsidered
2/6/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee - Consent

SB 846 - Rupp - Modifies the A+ Schools Program and the Kids' Chance Scholarship Program
   LR: 3520S.04P    SS SCS SB 846
2/6/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 870 - Loudon - Modifies a provision of law relating to the practice of midwifery
   LR: 3742S.01I    
2/6/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 875 - Graham - Creates the "Missouri's Civil War Trail Fund"
   LR: 3854S.01I    
2/6/2008 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 890 - Green - Prohibits commercial inserts or other forms of advertising from accompanying motor vehicle registration notices
   LR: 3733S.01I    
2/6/2008 -- Voted Do Not Pass S Transportation Committee

SB 896 - Stouffer - Modifies the methods in which certain special road districts may form, expand or dissolve within fourth class counties
   LR: 3861S.02T    
2/6/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 897 - Wilson - Increases the fee collected by each recorder of deeds to fund the county homeless person assistance program from $3 to $10, upon voter approval, if such a program has been created
   LR: 3856S.01I    
2/6/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 905 - Loudon - Establishes the Regional Railroad Authorities Act
   LR: 4178S.01I    
2/6/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 925 - Days - Modifies provisions relating to school district procedures.
   LR: 3978L.03C    HCS SB 925
2/6/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 943 - Clemens - Allows cities to annex land within airport zones in Greene County if cities agree to enforce Springfield's airport zoning ordinance
   LR: 4179L.02C    HCS SB 943
2/6/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee - Consent

SB 949 - Scott - Modifies provisions of law relating to rural empowerment zones
   LR: 4302S.01I    
2/6/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 978 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions relating to boards overseeing emergency services
   LR: 4474L.03C    HCS SB 978
2/6/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee - Consent

SB 980 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions regarding supplemental and disability retirement benefits for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees
   LR: 4515S.01T    
2/6/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 991 - Loudon - Establishes the ice cream cone as the official state dessert
   LR: 4118S.01T    
2/6/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 994 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to compensation for education personnel
   LR: 4440L.04C    HCS SCS SB 994
2/6/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee (4440S.03C)

SB 997 - Crowell - Removes certain limitations from investments made by boards of trustees of police and firemen's retirement systems
   LR: 4101S.01I    
2/6/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1001 - Justus - Allows a Kansas City festival district's promotional association to obtain a license to sell alcohol for consumption
   LR: 4528S.01I    
2/6/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1010 - Nodler - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property in Jasper County and Camden County
   LR: 4625L.04C    
2/6/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 1021 - Loudon - Changes the laws regarding midwives and the practice of midwifery
   LR: 4656S.09P    SS#2 SCS SBs 1021 & 870
2/6/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1026 - Scott - Designates a portion of State Highway 13 as the "Rick Seiner Memorial Highway"
   LR: 4692S.01I    
2/6/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 1047 - Vogel - Modifies the definition of special education pupil count in the foundation formula to include certain nonpublic students
   LR: 4811S.01I    
2/6/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 1072 - Rupp - Allows expanded charter school operations for charters specifying certain special education students and modifies sponsors
   LR: 4636S.02I    
2/6/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 1073 - Dempsey - Creates a state and local sales and use tax exemption for defense articles sold to foreign governments
   LR: 4898S.01T    
2/6/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1074 - Dempsey - Modifies liens for certain design professionals
   LR: 4870L.02C    HCS SB 1074
2/6/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1075 - Engler - Limits liability of watercraft outfitters for injury or death resulting from the inherent risks of watercraft activities
   LR: 4935S.01I    
2/6/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1076 - Engler - Provides for immunity from civil and criminal liability on the basis of noise for owners and users of hunting preserves and firearm ranges
   LR: 4895S.02I    
2/6/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1077 - Goodman - Modifies law that limit indemnity agreements in construction work contracts
   LR: 4807S.04I    
2/6/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 1078 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to charter schools
   LR: 4434S.03I    
2/6/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 1079 - Bray - Enacts a state-wide smoking ban
   LR: 4640S.03I    
2/6/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

SB 1080 - Bray - Repeals a portion of the law that provides certain utilities the opportunity to apply for alternate rate schedules in certain circumstances
   LR: 4878S.01I    
2/6/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 1081 - Nodler - Modifies provisions regarding quality assurance and safety in the Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Community Programs
   LR: 4634L.06T    HCS SCS SB 1081
2/6/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Health and Mental Health Committee

SB 1082 - Days - Modifies the ballot requirements for elections
   LR: 4940S.01I    
2/6/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1083 - Coleman - Modifies law relating to voter registration and election offenses
   LR: 4745S.01I    
2/6/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1084 - Coleman - Eliminates penalization for state transportation aid for school districts operating magnet schools as part of a master desegregation settlement agreement
   LR: 4947S.01I    
2/6/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 1085 - Coleman - Allows school districts to participate in the A+ Schools Program irrespective of their accreditation status
   LR: 4946S.01I    
2/6/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 1086 - Smith - Creates a tax credit for contributions to certain after school programs
   LR: 3386S.02I    
2/6/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 1087 - Clemens - Creates the Non-Traditional Student Educational Expense Repayment Program
   LR: 4203S.02I    
2/6/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 1088 - Clemens - Makes it unlawful for a person to possess, distribute, deliver, manufacture, produce, or cultivate a restricted natural substance, also known as jimson weed
   LR: 4803S.02I    
2/6/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 1089 - Justus - Allows the City of Grandview to impose a transient guest tax
   LR: 4970S.02P    SCS SB 1089
2/6/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1089-Justus

SB 1090 - Bray - Modifies law regarding residential property insurance
   LR: 4971S.01I    
2/6/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1090-Bray

SB 1091 - Bray - Requires railroads to provide counseling services or other critical incident stress debriefing services to railroad employees involved in serious accidents
   LR: 3983S.03I    
2/6/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1091-Bray, et al

SB 1092 - Engler - Creates the Minimum Salary Fund for Teachers to provide minimum salary supplements to public school teachers
   LR: 4953S.01I    
2/6/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1092-Engler

SB 1093 - Loudon - Creates licensure requirements for electrical contractors
   LR: 4063S.01I    
2/6/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1093-Loudon, et al

SB 1094 - Loudon - Prescribes requirements for the interchange of anti-epileptic drugs
   LR: 4643S.03C    SCS SB 1094
2/6/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1094-Loudon

SB 1095 - Loudon - Creates the crime of aggravated child kidnapping
   LR: 4682S.02I    
2/6/2008 -- S First Read--SB 1095-Loudon

SCR 30 - Bray - Relating to the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution
   LR: 3184S.01I    
2/6/2008 -- S First Read--SCR 30-Bray