Senate Action for 4/7/2008

SB 733 - Champion - Requires crime laboratories providing reports or testimony to a state court to be accredited by 2012
   LR: 3291L.02T    HCS SB 733
4/7/2008 -- Referred H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

SB 761 - Stouffer - Modifies various laws relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles
   LR: 3509S.08P    SS SCS SBs 761 & 774
4/7/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 797 - Bray - Modifies the laws relating to elections
   LR: 3178L.02C    HCS SB 797
4/7/2008 -- Referred H Elections Committee

SB 830 - Coleman - Limits the tuition that may be charged by a higher education institution to certain combat veterans
   LR: 3061L.05T    HCS SCS SB 830
4/7/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
4/7/2008 -- Rules - HCS Voted Do Pass
4/7/2008 -- Rules - HCS Reported Do Pass

SB 839 - Engler - Modifies adjustment to funds payable resulting from transfer of title to real property for certain school districts
   LR: 3373S.01T    
4/7/2008 -- Referred H Elementary and Secondary Education Committee

SB 858 - Rupp - Modifies the law relating to illegal immigrants
   LR: 3595L.14C    HCS#2 SS SCS SBs 858, et al
4/7/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 873 - Graham - Provides for a voting student curator on the University of Missouri board of curators if Missouri loses a congressional district based on the 2010 census
   LR: 3851S.04T    SCS SB 873
4/7/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 885 - Graham - Modifies provisions relating to the Community Children's Services Fund
   LR: 3850S.01P    
4/7/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted

SB 928 - Green - Removes the requirement that the Public Service Commission issue an annual report on the economic impact of certain telecommunications laws
   LR: 3987S.01P    
4/7/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on Utilities Committee

SB 930 - Stouffer - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles
   LR: 4251S.10T    CCS HCS SCS SBs 930 & 947
4/7/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 932 - Loudon - Modifies provisions relating to law enforcement
   LR: 3601L.03T    HCS SB 932
4/7/2008 -- Referred H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

SB 951 - Scott - Modifies the law relating to emergency response within financial institutions
   LR: 4030S.03T    SCS SB 951
4/7/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
4/7/2008 -- Rules - Voted Do Pass Consent
4/7/2008 -- Rules - Reported Do Pass Consent

SB 956 - Kennedy - Modifies provisions relating to public water supply districts
   LR: 3441S.02T    
4/7/2008 -- Referred H Conservation and Natural Resources Committee

SB 970 - Scott - Amends requirements for filing financial interest statements
   LR: 4443S.01P    
4/7/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
4/7/2008 -- Rules - Voted Do Pass
4/7/2008 -- Rules - Reported Do Pass

SB 976 - Ridgeway - Modifies a variety of laws on a variety of topics, including but not limited to laws regarding business organizations, real property, compensation for sheriffs, disposition of dead human bodies, drug monitoring, juvenile law, workers' compensation, banks, and courts
   LR: 4255L.05C    HCS#2 SB 976
4/7/2008 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 980 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions regarding supplemental and disability retirement benefits for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees
   LR: 4515S.01T    
4/7/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on Retirement Committee

SB 991 - Loudon - Establishes the ice cream cone as the official state dessert
   LR: 4118S.01T    
4/7/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
4/7/2008 -- Rules - Voted Do Pass Consent
4/7/2008 -- Rules - Reported Do Pass Consent

SB 993 - Crowell - Creates the Missouri Special Needs Scholarship Tax Credit Program
   LR: 4227S.03C    SCS SBs 993 & 770
4/7/2008 -- Taken up for Perfection
4/7/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 999 - Scott - Allows the Attorney General to bring an action for unlawful merchandising practices when the name of a financial institution is deceptively used
   LR: 4444S.01T    
4/7/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
4/7/2008 -- Rules - Voted Do Pass Consent
4/7/2008 -- Rules - Reported Do Pass Consent

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
4/7/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
4/7/2008 -- Rules - Voted Do Pass Consent
4/7/2008 -- Rules - Reported Do Pass Consent

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    
4/7/2008 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee
4/7/2008 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 1033 - Griesheimer - Prohibits water or sewer line easements from being considered transfers of title of real property to counties and other political subdivisions
   LR: 4734L.03T    HCS SCS SB 1033
4/7/2008 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 1044 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions regarding minimum ambulance staffing for ambulances staffed with volunteers
   LR: 4796S.04T    SCS SB 1044
4/7/2008 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 1074 - Dempsey - Modifies liens for certain design professionals
   LR: 4870L.02C    HCS SB 1074
4/7/2008 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 1107 - Scott - Modifies various provisions relating to the Water Patrol and watercraft regulations
   LR: 4840S.06P    SCS SB 1107
4/7/2008 -- H Second Read

SB 1135 - Callahan - Changes the law regarding street grading in cities with over 300,000 inhabitants
   LR: 5140L.02C    HCS SB 1135
4/7/2008 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 1140 - Vogel - Modifies the law relating to the Office of Administration
   LR: 5114L.02T    HCS SB 1140
4/7/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on Government Affairs Committee

SB 1149 - Engler - Creates a procedure for when there is a lack of candidates for a fire protection district board of directors election
   LR: 5168S.01P    
4/7/2008 -- Referred H Elections Committee

SB 1150 - Barnitz - Extends the sunset provisions for fees to be credited to the technology trust fund
   LR: 5105S.03T    SCS SB 1150
4/7/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on Government Affairs Committee

SB 1151 - Barnitz - Restricts corporate name reservation
   LR: 5104S.01P    
4/7/2008 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 1153 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to several public employee retirement systems
   LR: 5077L.03C    HCS SCS SBs 1153, 1154, 1155 & 1156
4/7/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on Retirement Committee

SB 1157 - Green - Authorizes the Governor to convey state property located in St. Louis County
   LR: 5159S.02P    SCS SB 1157
4/7/2008 -- Referred H Corrections & Public Institutions Committee

SB 1168 - Dempsey - Revises the formula for computing a refund for credit insurance
   LR: 5005S.02T    SCS SB 1168
4/7/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on Financial Institutions Committee

SB 1172 - Goodman - Modifies various provisions relating to weapons
   LR: 5212L.04C    HCS SCS SB 1172
4/7/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee (5212S.02C)

SB 1175 - Goodman - Modifies various provisions of law relating to the Missouri Housing Development Commission
   LR: 5270L.02C    HCS SB 1175
4/7/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on Government Affairs Committee

SB 1177 - Barnitz - Designates licensed professional counselors as mental health professionals in certain circumstances
   LR: 5008S.01T    
4/7/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee

SB 1187 - Purgason - Removes the ninety-nine member cap on the Water Patrol membership
   LR: 5268S.01T    
4/7/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on State Parks and Waterways Committee

SB 1190 - Nodler - Authorizes the division of professional registration to reduce licensure fees by emergency rule under certain circumstances
   LR: 4993S.02T    
4/7/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee

SB 1194 - Goodman - Increases the punishment for forcibe rape or sodomy of a child under the age of twelve to be either death or life imprisonment without probation or parole
   LR: 5213S.02I    SB 1194
4/7/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1210 - Callahan - Adds professional corporations of eligible physicians to coverage under the state legal expense fund
   LR: 5343S.01I    
4/7/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1231 - Loudon - Implements instant runoff voting
   LR: 5277S.01I    
4/7/2008 -- Motion to vote bill do pass failed S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1245 - Nodler - Bars felons from holding public office
   LR: 5387S.01P    SB 1245
4/7/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 1261 - Bray - Creates requirements and provides incentives for energy efficient products and activities
   LR: 5402L.09C    HCS SCS SB 1261
4/7/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on Energy and Environment Committee

SB 1288 - Shields - Modifies lobbyist reporting requirements
   LR: 5405L.04C    HCS SB 1288
4/7/2008 -- Referred H Elections Committee

SJR 34 - Crowell - Creates an exception to the prohibition against laws retrospective in operation by allowing the sexual offender registry laws to be applied retrospectively
   LR: 3099S.03P    SS SCS SJRs 34 & 30
4/7/2008 -- H Second Read

HB 1310 - Hoskins - Modifies the filings for independent candidates
   LR: 3340L.01P    
4/7/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 1311 - Hoskins - Imposes certain requirements on write-in candidates for municipal office
   LR: 3341S.02T    SCS HB 1311
4/7/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee - Consent (3341S.02C)

HB 1341 - Ruestman - Requires owners of for-profit swimming pools to maintain adequate liability insurance in the event of injury or death of a patron
   LR: 3266L.06T    HCS HB 1341
4/7/2008 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1341

HB 1384 - Cox - Modifies certain provisions relating to protection of consumers against fraudulent practices
   LR: 3562S.06T    SS SCS HB 1384 & HB 2157
4/7/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1393 - Dusenberg - Exempts persons 21 years of age or older from wearing protective headgear when operating or riding motorcycles or motortricycles
   LR: 3189L.02P    HCS HB 1393
4/7/2008 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1393

HB 1416 - Nance - Designates the morel mushroom as the official state mushroom
   LR: 3909L.01P    
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

HB 1419 - Portwood - Modifies the law relating to licensed massage therapists
   LR: 3717L.01T    
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 1546 - Schaaf - Modifies provisions relating to infection incident rates reporting and control
   LR: 4124L.04P    HCS HB 1546
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Health and Mental Health Committee

HB 1570 - Franz - Adds services of guardian ad litems to the priority list of services for which moneys in the family services and justice fund shall be spent
   LR: 3143S.03T    SCS HB 1570
4/7/2008 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1617 - Cunningham - Authorizes financial institutions to assign fiduciary obligations relating to irrevocable life insurance trusts
   LR: 4047L.01P    
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 1640 - Schoeller - Provides for exceptions to the requirement for issuing a new birth certificate following adoption
   LR: 3029S.05T    SCS HB 1640
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1706 - Baker - Allows retired members of PSRS and PEERS to work up to full time for up to two years without losing benefits
   LR: 3475L.01P    
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

HB 1707 - Baker - Authorizes school districts to enter into design-build contracts for construction projects costing more than $15,000
   LR: 4167L.02P    HCS HB 1707
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 1710 - Flook - Modifies provisions regarding supplemental and disability retirement for Kansas City police officers and civilian employees
   LR: 4488L.01T    
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

HB 1715 - Schad - Modifies various provisions relating to the Water Patrol and watercraft regulations
   LR: 4105S.05T    SCS HCS HB 1715
4/7/2008 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1715

HB 1763 - Parson - Modifies requirements pertaining to petition circulators
   LR: 4622L.02P    HCS HB 1763
4/7/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 1773 - Funderburk - Creates an income tax dependency exemption for stillborn children
   LR: 4058L.01P    
4/7/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1773-Funderburk, et al

HB 1783 - Meadows - Requires all government buildings to fly the U.S. and Missouri flags at half-staff when any Missouri resident is killed in combat
   LR: 4306L.03P    HCS HB 1783
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

HB 1784 - Meadows - Requires any American or Missouri flag flown on state property to be manufactured in the United States
   LR: 4504L.01T    
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

HB 1790 - Cooper - Modifies provisions relating to municipal health care facilities and hospital designations
   LR: 4329S.06T    SS HCS HB 1790
4/7/2008 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1790

HB 1791 - Cooper - Designates licensed professional counselors as mental health professionals in certain circumstances
   LR: 4264L.01T    
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 1804 - Corcoran - Modifies certain provisions relating to home-rule cities and third class cities
   LR: 4619S.04T    SCS HCS HB 1804
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 1807 - Cox - Changes the name of the State Schools for Severely Handicapped Children to Missouri Schools for the Severely Disabled.
   LR: 3965S.03T    SCS HCS HB 1807
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 1824 - Schlottach - Establishes the ice cream cone as the official state dessert
   LR: 4659L.01P    
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

HB 1828 - Sutherland - Requires the Director of the Department of Revenue to establish and enforce reasonable sales and use tax rules and regulations
   LR: 4321L.01T    
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

HB 1832 - Cooper - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions
   LR: 4220S.03C    SCS HB 1832
4/7/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1832-Cooper (120), et al

HB 1849 - Pratt - Modifies the penalties for certain zoning violations
   LR: 4013L.01T    
4/7/2008 -- S First Read--HB 1849-Pratt and Curls

HB 1861 - Baker - Creates the Renewable Energy Information and Reporting Act
   LR: 3225L.01P    
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee

HB 1864 - Parson - Modifies provisions of law regarding the licensing of operators of excursion gambling boats by allowing checks to be deposited on the next business day of the financial institution
   LR: 4677L.01P    
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 1869 - Wilson - Requires the Missouri Revisor of Statutes to change all references of the term "junior college" to "community college" in the Revised Statutes of Missouri
   LR: 3675L.01T    
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 1881 - Schlottach - Changes the length of the term of office for the initially appointed directors of public water supply districts
   LR: 4583L.01T    
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee

HB 1883 - Nance - Modifies various laws relating to employment
   LR: 4667S.04T    SCS HCS HB 1883
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

HB 1887 - Parson - Designates a portion of State Highway 13 in Polk County as the "Rick Seiner Memorial Highway"
   LR: 4720L.01T    
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 1893 - Scharnhorst - Changes the requirements for premium refund calculations on credit insurance
   LR: 4718L.02T    HCS HB 1893
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

HB 1904 - Cox - Modifies various provisions of law relating to financial limitations placed on boards and commissions
   LR: 4669S.04C    SCS HCS HB 1904
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

HB 1910 - Ervin - Exempts first class counties from certain procedural requirements when promulgating regulations relating to increasing speed limits
   LR: 4518L.02P    HCS HB 1910
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 1937 - Pearce - Modifies procedure for forming transportation development districts within multiple counties
   LR: 4539S.03C    SCS HB 1937
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 1946 - Franz - Modifies provisions relating to adoption subsidies and youth development programs
   LR: 4828S.0T    SCS HB 1946
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

HB 1952 - Loehner - Designates a bridge in Maries County as the "Roy Bassett Memorial Bridge"
   LR: 4846L.01T    
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 1995 - Schieffer - 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: 4799L.01P    
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 2036 - Nance - Repeals the formula distribution requirements for additional funding for certain services for the elderly
   LR: 4571L.02T    HCS HB 2036
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee

HB 2041 - Fisher - Modifies provisions relating to unemployment compensation
   LR: 4500S.04T    SCS HCS HB 2041
4/7/2008 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 2041

HB 2047 - Curls - Changes the law regarding street grading in cities with over 300,000 inhabitants and allows certain counties of the third classification to impose a tax on agricultural and horticultural land, upon voter approval, for purchasing road rock
   LR: 4783S.02T    HCS HB 2047
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 2048 - Zimmerman - Creates the Textbook Transparency Act requiring textbook publishers to provide certain information to higher education institutions
   LR: 4627S.03T    SCS HCS HB 2048
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 2051 - Kelly - Authorizes the Director of the Department of Corrections to serve as or to appoint a member of the Board of Probation and Parole as the acting chairman in the case of a vacancy until the Governor appoints a new chairman
   LR: 4994L.01P    
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 2064 - Wasson - Modifies the law relating to licensed health care professionals
   LR: 4862L.02P    HCS HB 2064
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 2068 - Wasson - Modifies the law relating to licensed physical therapists and physical therapy assistants
   LR: 4863L.03P    HCS HB 2068
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 2082 - Dougherty - Modifies the law relating to licensed barbers and cosmetologists
   LR: 4991L.03P    HCS HB 2082
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 2104 - Viebrock - Modifies laws relating to several public employee retirement systems
   LR: 4888S.06C    SCS HCS HB 2104, 1574, 1706, 1774, 2055, 2056
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

HB 2157 - Grill - Allows an individual who has learned or reasonably suspects that he or she has been the victim of identity theft to file a police report with the local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over his or her residence
   LR: 4850L.01P    
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 2188 - Pearce - Creates civil and criminal penalties for mortgage fraud and imposes sanctions upon certain licensed professionals and unlicensed individuals who commit the crime
   LR: 4918S.05T    SCS HCS HB 2188
4/7/2008 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 2188

HB 2204 - Ervin - Modifies provisions relating to compensation for education personnel
   LR: 4831S.06C    SCS HCS HB 2204
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee

HB 2206 - Sutherland - Requires the Department of Transportation to provide full consideration for bicyclists, pedestrians, disabled persons, and transit users in its plans, programs, and projects
   LR: 4492L.02P    HCS HB 2206
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 2213 - Kraus - Requires the Governor to annually issue a proclamation declaring the second week of September as Parent and Family Involvement in Education Week
   LR: 3161L.02T    
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 2224 - Jones - Modifies various provisions relating to law enforcement
   LR: 4606L.08T    CCS SCS HB 2224
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 2226 - Muschany - Allows married taxpayers filing jointly to deduct up to $16,000 in contributions to the Missouri Higher Education Savings Program from their taxable income
   LR: 5211L.01P    
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

HB 2233 - Page - Bars certain individuals from advocating for political appointments
   LR: 3425L.02T    
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 2258 - Pollock - Requires the Commissioner of the State Water Patrol to be appointed by the Governor from its uniformed membership
   LR: 5239L.01P    
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 2360 - Guest - Designates a portion of Highway 169 in Gentry County as the "Mo. Hwy. Patrol Corporal Henry C. Bruns Memorial Highway"
   LR: 5460L.02T    HCS HB 2360
4/7/2008 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HCR 23 - Dixon - Declares February 6th of each year to be "Ronald Reagan Day" in Missouri
   LR: 4832L.01I    
4/7/2008 -- S First Read--HCR 23-Dixon, et al

HJR 41 - Cunningham - Proposes a constitutional amendment providing that the general assembly is not required to enact legislation to comply with a court order declaring that it raise taxes
   LR: 3616S.04C    SCS HCS HJR 41
4/7/2008 -- S First Read--HCS for HJR 41