Senate Action for 5/1/2008

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
5/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Job Creation and Economic Development Committee
5/1/2008 -- HCS#2 Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Job Creation and Economic Development Committee

SB 720 - Coleman - Modifies provisions relating to utilities
   LR: 3054S.07T    CCS#2 HCS SCS SB 720
5/1/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
5/1/2008 -- Rules - HCS Voted Do Pass
5/1/2008 -- Rules - HCS Reported Do Pass

SB 724 - Scott - Gives advanced practice registered nurses prescriptive authority for scheduled drugs
   LR: 3351S.06T    CCS HCS SCS SB 724
5/1/2008 -- HA 1 to HCS H offered & adopted (Jones)--(3351L05.03L)
5/1/2008 -- HA 2 to HCS H offered (Bruns)--(3351L05.05H)
5/1/2008 -- HA 1 to HA 2 to HCS H offered & withdrawn (Roorda)--(3351L05.01F)
5/1/2008 -- HA 2 to HCS H adopted
5/1/2008 -- HA 3 to HCS H offered & adopted (Portwood)--(3351L05.01L)
5/1/2008 -- HCS, as amended, H adopted
5/1/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed

SB 726 - Shields - Modifies provisions relating to child care
   LR: 3388L.08C    HCS SS SCS SB 726
5/1/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on Family Services Committee

SB 732 - Champion - Establishes a drug monitoring program and modifies existing record keeping for controlled substances and pseudoephedrine products
   LR: 3442L.10C    HCS SCS SB 732
5/1/2008 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee
5/1/2008 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee
5/1/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 738 - Nodler - Modifies penalties for persistent violations of air or water pollution laws, prohibits certain county solid waste laws, and requires energy efficiency disclosures for new home sales
   LR: 3345L.05C    HCS SS SCS SB 738
5/1/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on Energy and Environment Committee

SB 754 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to the DNA profiling system
   LR: 3690L.06C    HCS SCS SBs 754 & 794
5/1/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
5/1/2008 -- Rules - HCS Voted Do Pass
5/1/2008 -- Rules - HCS Reported Do Pass

SB 767 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to the public defender system and the number of judges in various circuits
   LR: 3680L.08C    HCS SCS SB 767
5/1/2008 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Judiciary Committee

SB 781 - Smith - Modifies various provisions relating to landlords, tenants, and real property
   LR: 3109L.10C    HCS#2 SCS SB 781
5/1/2008 -- Hearing Continued H Judiciary Committee

SB 788 - Scott - Moves certain divisions and boards to the Department of Insurance and modifies law with respect to preneed funeral contracts, physical therapists and real estate brokers
   LR: 3494S.04T    SCS SB 788
5/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee
5/1/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee
5/1/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee
5/1/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 817 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to anatomic pathology services and vision services
   LR: 3320L.07C    HCS SS SB 817
5/1/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on Health Care Transformation 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
5/1/2008 -- HA 1 to HCS H offered & defeated (Frame)--(3061L05.02H)
5/1/2008 -- HCS H adopted
5/1/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed

SB 839 - Engler - Modifies adjustment to funds payable resulting from transfer of title to real property for certain school districts
   LR: 3373S.01T    
5/1/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed
5/1/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

SB 841 - Stouffer - Modifies law with respect to certain motor vehicle weight regulations
   LR: 3510L.03C    HCS SB 841
5/1/2008 -- H refuses to recede and grants conference
5/1/2008 -- H conferees appointed: St. Onge, Cooper-120, Wasson, Fallert, Meadows
5/1/2008 -- S conferees appointed: Stouffer, Clemens, Goodman, Shoemyer, Callahan

SB 865 - Rupp - Prohibits life insurers from taking underwriting actions or charging different rates based upon a person's past or future lawful travel destinations unless such action is based upon sound actuarial principles
   LR: 3277S.04P    SCS SB 865
5/1/2008 -- 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
5/1/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Higher Education Committee
5/1/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Higher Education Committee
5/1/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 907 - Engler - Modifies provisions pertaining to motor fuel storage tanks and equipment
   LR: 3580L.06T    HCS SCS SB 907
5/1/2008 -- HA 1 to HCS H offered & adopted (Cooper-120)--(3580L06.01H)
5/1/2008 -- HA 2 to HCS H offered & adopted (Stevenson)--(3580L06.05H)
5/1/2008 -- HA 3 to HCS H offered & Ruled out of order (Wildberger)--(3580L06.04H)
5/1/2008 -- HCS, as amended, H adopted
5/1/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed

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
5/1/2008 -- Rules - Committee vote reconsidered
5/1/2008 -- Rules - HCS Voted Do Pass
5/1/2008 -- Rules - HCS Reported Do Pass

SB 931 - Purgason - Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs
   LR: 4116S.14T    CCS HCS SS SCS SB 931
5/1/2008 -- CCR S offered & adopted
5/1/2008 -- CCS S Third Read and Passed

SB 958 - Goodman - Allows rural electric cooperatives to manage vegetation within specified areas to ensure reliable service
   LR: 3859L.03T    HCS SB 958
5/1/2008 -- H refuses to recede and grants conference
5/1/2008 -- H conferees appointed: Schad, Sutherland, Hobbs, Walsh, Bringer
5/1/2008 -- S conferees appointed: Goodman, Stouffer, Clemens, McKenna, Justus

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
5/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted H Judiciary Committee
5/1/2008 -- HCS#2 Voted Do Pass H Judiciary Committee

SB 994 - Crowell - Modifies provisions relating to compensation for education personnel
   LR: 4440L.04C    HCS SCS SB 994
5/1/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
5/1/2008 -- Rules - HCS Voted Do Pass
5/1/2008 -- Rules - HCS Reported Do Pass

SB 1040 - Clemens - Modifies requirements relating to the issuance of grants and loans by the Department of Natural Resources for storm water control
   LR: 4435S.04T    SCS SB 1040
5/1/2008 -- Referred H Conservation and Natural Resources Committee

SB 1066 - Ridgeway - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
   LR: 4814S.02T    
5/1/2008 -- Signed by Governor

SB 1107 - Scott - Modifies various provisions relating to the Water Patrol and watercraft regulations
   LR: 4840S.06P    SCS SB 1107
5/1/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on State Parks and Waterways Committee

SB 1139 - Dempsey - Revises the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
   LR: 5024S.03T    SCS SB 1139
5/1/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Judiciary Committee
5/1/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Judiciary Committee
5/1/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 1159 - Gibbons - Modifies provisions relating to forensic examinations of sexual offense victims
   LR: 3977S.07P    SS SB 1159
5/1/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
5/1/2008 -- Rules - Voted Do Pass
5/1/2008 -- Rules - Reported Do Pass

SB 1172 - Goodman - Modifies various provisions relating to weapons
   LR: 5212L.04C    HCS SCS SB 1172
5/1/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on General Laws Committee

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
5/1/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on Utilities Committee

SB 1185 - Gibbons - Modifies various provisions relating to prosecutors
   LR: 5288S.02P    SCS SB 1185
5/1/2008 -- Voted Do Pass H Judiciary Committee
5/1/2008 -- Reported Do Pass H Judiciary Committee
5/1/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 1209 - Callahan - Modifies provisions of law relating to taxes and fees
   LR: 5303L.05C    HCS SCS SB 1209
5/1/2008 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Ways & Means Committee
5/1/2008 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(21)(f)

SB 1245 - Nodler - Bars felons from holding public office
   LR: 5387S.01P    SB 1245
5/1/2008 -- Referred H Elections Committee

SB 1283 - Dempsey - Creates the Missouri Health Transformation Act
   LR: 5271L.10C    HCS SS SCS SB 1283
5/1/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on Health Care Transformation Committee

SCR 27 - Champion - Encourages the Missouri Supreme Court to work with various entities to efficiently allocate resources among the state judicial circuits
   LR: 3392S.01I    
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor

SCR 29 - Mayer - Requests the U.S. Department of Agriculture to add June 1st and September 1st as additional rice reporting dates on the Agricultural Statistics Board calendar
   LR: 3317S.02I    
5/1/2008 -- Referred H Conservation and Natural Resources Committee

SCR 31 - Barnitz - Expresses support for the Chamois ferryboat project and urges various agencies to assist in securing moneys for the location and construction of the ferryboat
   LR: 5027S.01I    
5/1/2008 -- Rules - Hearing Conducted
5/1/2008 -- Rules - Voted Do Pass
5/1/2008 -- Rules - Reported Do Pass

SCR 32 - Purgason - Urges Congress to withdraw the United States from any further participation in the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America and any other multilateral activity which seeks to advance the creation of North America Union
   LR: 4748S.01I    
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor

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    
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor

SCR 35 - Shoemyer - Urges the U.S. Congress to support the continuation of horse processing in the United States
   LR: 5310S.01I    
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor

SCR 39 - Shields - Request the withdrawal of proposed federal rules relating to Direct Graduate Medical Education Funds
   LR: 5485S.03C    SCS SCR 39
5/1/2008 -- Referred H Special Committee on Student Achievement Committee

SJR 45 - Clemens - Modifies requirements relating to the issuance of grants and loans by the Department of Natural Resources for storm water control
   LR: 4436S.01T    
5/1/2008 -- Referred H Conservation and Natural Resources Committee

HB 1319 - Brown - Authorizes an income tax credit for employers who hire qualified high school students for summer jobs
   LR: 3151L.01P    
5/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

HB 1358 - Flook - Enacts the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
   LR: 3486L.01P    
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

HB 1463 - Nolte - Prohibits the admission of unlawfully present aliens to public institutions of higher education
   LR: 3748S.05C    SCS HCS#2 HB 1463
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1474 - Cunningham - Establishes a process for converting manufactured homes from personal property into real property and vice versa
   LR: 3708S.04C    SCS HCS HB 1474
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1516 - Bruns - Changes the laws regarding protections for vulnerable adults and children and transfers the Division of Aging from the Department of Social Services to the Department of Health and Senior Services
   LR: 3834L.05C    SCS HCS HB 1516
5/1/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee (3834S.05C)
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Seniors, Families and Public Health Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1549 - Onder - Modifies the law relating to illegal immigrants
   LR: 3681S.12T    CCS SS HCS HB 1549, 1771, 1395 & 2366
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee to Floor

HB 1722 - Wallace - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
   LR: 3813S.04C    SCS HCS HB 1722
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1790 - Cooper - Modifies provisions relating to municipal health care facilities and hospital designations
   LR: 4329S.06T    SS HCS HB 1790
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Health and Mental Health Committee to Floor w/SCS (SCS/HCS/HB 1790, HB 1805 & HCS/HB 1546)

HB 1813 - Dougherty - Repeals certain bingo and pull-tab card taxes
   LR: 4428L.05P    HCS HB 1813
5/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

HB 2016 - Icet - Appropriates money for capital improvement and other purposes for several departments of state government
   LR: 3016L.02T    HCS HB 2016
5/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
5/1/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor

HB 2023 - Icet - Appropriates money for planning, expenses, and for capital improvements
   LR: 3023L.04T    CCS SCS HCS HB 2023
5/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
5/1/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (3023S.03C)
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Appropriations Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 2034 - Munzlinger - Modifies various provisions relating to weapons
   LR: 4708S.08T    SCS HCS HB 2034
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Natural Resources Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 2041 - Fisher - Modifies provisions relating to unemployment compensation
   LR: 4500S.04T    SCS HCS HB 2041
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 2058 - Pearce - Provides tax incentives for business development
   LR: 4495S.16T    SS SCS HCS HB 2058
5/1/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local Government Committee (4495S.11C)

HB 2081 - Dougherty - Modifies the definition of "practice of embalming"
   LR: 4865S.02C    SCS HB 2081
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

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
5/1/2008 -- H concurs in SCS
5/1/2008 -- H Third Read and Passed
5/1/2008 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

HB 2191 - Nasheed - Modifies provisions relating to higher education scholarships
   LR: 5133S.04T    SS SCS HB 2191
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 2260 - Storch - Modifies provisions of the qualified research expense tax credit program
   LR: 5134L.06P    HCS HB 2260
5/1/2008 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 2260

HB 2279 - Wright - Modifies provisions relating to utilities
   LR: 5192S.11C    SCS HCS HB 2279
5/1/2008 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee (5192S.11C)
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 2328 - Wasson - Exempts purchases of utilities by certain businesses operated in former mines from sales tax, establishes the Regional Economic Development Initiative Tax Credit Program
   LR: 5351L.05P    HCS HB 2328
5/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

HB 2393 - Richard - Modifies provisions of the enhanced enterprise tax benefit program
   LR: 5383S.06T    SS SCS HCS HB 2393
5/1/2008 -- Committee Vote Reconsidered
5/1/2008 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
5/1/2008 -- SS for SCS S offered (Shields)--(5383S.06F)
5/1/2008 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & Ruled out of order (Rupp)--(5383S06.15S)
5/1/2008 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & withdrawn (Scott)--(5383S06.01F)
5/1/2008 -- SA 3 to SS for SCS S offered & withdrawn (Green)--(5383S06.17S)
5/1/2008 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
5/1/2008 -- SA 4 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Graham)--(5383S06.19S)
5/1/2008 -- SA 5 to SS for SCS S offered (Shields)--(5383S06.30S)
5/1/2008 -- SSA 1 for SA 5 to SS for SCS S offered & withdrawn (Shields)--(5383S06.31S)
5/1/2008 -- SSA 2 for SA 5 to SS for SCS S offered (Shields)--(5383S06.02F)
5/1/2008 -- SA 1 to SSA 2 for SA 5 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Days)--(5383S06.34S)
5/1/2008 -- SSA 2 for SA 5 to SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
5/1/2008 -- SA 6 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Smith)--(5383S06.20S)
5/1/2008 -- SA 7 to SS for SCS S offered & Ruled out of order (Callahan)--(5383S06.06S)
5/1/2008 -- SA 8 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Green)--(5383S06.03F)
5/1/2008 -- SA 9 to SS for SCS S offered (Callahan)--(5383S06.24S)
5/1/2008 -- SSA 1 for SA 9 to SS for SCS S offered & Ruled out of order (Callahan)--(5383S06.25S)
5/1/2008 -- SA 9 to SS for SCS S defeated
5/1/2008 -- SA 10 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Graham)--(5383S06.37S)
5/1/2008 -- SA 11 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Graham)--(5383S06.38S)
5/1/2008 -- SA 12 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Graham)--(5383S06.39S)
5/1/2008 -- SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
5/1/2008 -- S Third Read and Passed

HCR 7 - Pearce - Encourages students and faculty to promote international education at Missouri colleges and universities
   LR: 3395L.01I    
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor

HCR 23 - Dixon - Declares February 6th of each year to be "Ronald Reagan Day" in Missouri
   LR: 4832L.01I    
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor w/SCA 1

HCR 30 - Emery - Creates the Joint Interim Committee on Voice Communications Regulation
   LR: 5246S.05F    SS SCS HCR 30
5/1/2008 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee to Floor w/SCS

HJR 70 - Icet - Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting appropriations in any fiscal year from exceeding certain limits
   LR: 4904L.04P    HCS HJR 70
5/1/2008 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee