Senate Action for 3/2/2009

SB 9 - Champion - Modifies provisions relating to the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee, the Hospital District Sales Tax Fund, and health insurance
   LR: 0368L.05C    HCS SCS#2 SB 9
3/2/2009 -- H Second Read

SB 15 - Nodler - Authorizes the conveyance and lease of certain state properties
   LR: 0439L.08T    HCS SCS SB 15
3/2/2009 -- H Second Read

SB 37 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to the public defender system
   LR: 0516S.02T    SCS SB 37
3/2/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
3/2/2009 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 55 - Days - Modifies provisions relating to education
   LR: 0154L.03C    HCS SB 55
3/2/2009 -- H Second Read

SB 66 - Scott - Amends requirements for filing financial interest statements
   LR: 0264S.01P    
3/2/2009 -- Voted Do Pass S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee - Consent

SB 79 - Wilson - Modifies provisions relating to education
   LR: 0052L.03C    HCS SB 79
3/2/2009 -- H Second Read

SB 88 - Stouffer - Modifies several provisions of law relating to transportation
   LR: 0552L.06C    HCS SCS SB 88
3/2/2009 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 104 - Justus - Provides information and the opportunity to be immunized for the human papilloma virus
   LR: 0158S.02P    SCS SB 104
3/2/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
3/2/2009 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 126 - 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: 0844S.01T    
3/2/2009 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 152 - Clemens - Modifies definition of eligible student for nursing student loan program
   LR: 0785L.04T    HCS SCS SB 152
3/2/2009 -- H Second Read

SB 157 - Schmitt - Codifies into law the five regional autism projects currently serving persons with autism
   LR: 0935L.06T    HCS SCS SB 157
3/2/2009 -- H Second Read

SB 179 - Wright-Jones - Authorizes several real property interest conveyances to various entities
   LR: 1104L.06T    HCS SCS SB 179
3/2/2009 -- H Second Read

SB 204 - Goodman - Creates licensing requirements for prescribing psychologists
   LR: 0974S.03I    
3/2/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 215 - Shields - Modifies various provisions of law relating to taxation
   LR: 0321L.04C    HCS SB 215
3/2/2009 -- S Third Read and Passed

SB 216 - Scott - Modifies the law relating to debt settlement providers
   LR: 1058S.02T    SCS SB 216
3/2/2009 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee (1058S.02C)

SB 217 - Goodman - Allows remote participation in certain corporate shareholders' meetings and allows limited liability companies and limited partnerships to administratively cancel their respective documents of organization
   LR: 0997S.01T    
3/2/2009 -- H Second Read

SB 218 - Ridgeway - Allows jury trials in termination of parental rights actions
   LR: 0781S.02I    
3/2/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 224 - Goodman - Modifies the requirements of a restated articles of incorporation
   LR: 0998S.02T    
3/2/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
3/2/2009 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee - Consent

SB 243 - Pearce - Allows for the sale of deficiency waiver addendums and other similar products with respect to certain loan transactions
   LR: 1410S.02T    SCS SB 243
3/2/2009 -- H Second Read

SB 255 - Pearce - Modifies the composition of the Board of Curators for the University of Missouri
   LR: 1449S.01P    
3/2/2009 -- SA 1 to SA 1 S withdrawn
3/2/2009 -- SA 1 S withdrawn
3/2/2009 -- SA 2 S offered & Ruled out of order (Smith)--(1449S01.04S)
3/2/2009 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 262 - Bartle - Modifies several provisions of law relating to the courts, judicial proceedings, and various other provisions
   LR: 1516L.05C    HCS SB 262
3/2/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
3/2/2009 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee - Consent

SB 264 - Mayer - Enacts provisions regarding the coercion of abortions
   LR: 0908S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 294 - Barnitz - Restricts corporate name reservation
   LR: 1107S.01T    
3/2/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
3/2/2009 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee - Consent

SB 296 - Scott - Modifies laws regarding cemeteries and cemetery operators, physician assistants, the Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects, Dental Care Professionals, Nurses, Pharmacy, and Mental Health Benefits
   LR: 1311S.07T    CCS HCS SB 296
3/2/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 298 - Scott - Modifies provisions relating to the Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors and Landscape Architects
   LR: 1310S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 319 - Lembke - Modifies the manner in which lien titles for motor vehicles, trailers, outboard motors, aircrafts, and vessels are issued
   LR: 1709L.01I    
3/2/2009 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee (1709L.03C)

SB 478 - Shoemyer - Forbids health carriers from requiring providers to disclose their reimbursement rates with other carriers as a condition to contract
   LR: 2063S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 479 - Shoemyer - Allows certain contributions to downtown revitalization preservation development projects to be substituted on a dollar-for-dollar basis for the local match of payments in lieu of taxes and economic activity taxes
   LR: 2173S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 480 - Shoemyer - Creates the Missouri Board on Geographic Names and modifies the name and duties of the Second Capitol Commission
   LR: 2181L.02T    HCS SB 480
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 481 - Ridgeway - Creates income tax exemptions for corporations which do not receive funds from programs administered by the Department of Economic Development
   LR: 2174S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 482 - Ridgeway - Regulates tanning facilities
   LR: 1934S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 483 - Rupp - Revises Missouri's annual financial reporting law to correspond with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) model regulations
   LR: 2099S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 484 - Rupp - Provides that the St. Louis Region Transportation District shall receive at least 33% of any federal highway and bridge funds received by the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission
   LR: 2184S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 485 - Pearce - Requires the Ethics Commission to redact the bank account number contained on a committee's statement of organization before it makes the statement public
   LR: 2185S.01T    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 486 - Green - Grants employees of any public body the right to form and join labor organizations
   LR: 2071S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 487 - Stouffer - Revises provisions relating to the renamed Missouri Brain Injury Advisory Council
   LR: 2159S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 488 - Vogel - Allows the city of Lake Ozark to withdraw from a special road district located in Camden and Miller Counties and form a new district with boundaries identical to the city's boundaries
   LR: 2172S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 489 - Dempsey - Allows cities to impose license taxes upon hotels and motels
   LR: 2095S.03I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 490 - Wilson - Amends various provisions of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement
   LR: 2087S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 491 - Mayer - Modifies procedures for the lapse of a school district that has been classified as "unaccredited" for two successive years
   LR: 1786S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 492 - Mayer - Creates the GED Revolving Fund for the payment and expenses related to GED test administration
   LR: 1824S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 493 - Mayer - Modifies requirements for public career-technical schools to participate in the A+ Schools Program
   LR: 1803S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 494 - Griesheimer - Allows certain counties to seek voter approval for a sales tax to fund interoperable emergency communications
   LR: 2120S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 495 - Griesheimer - Modifies various provisions relating to employment security
   LR: 2121L.05C    HCS SCS SB 495
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 496 - Cunningham - Allows the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, at the discretion of the State Board of Education, to have authority over extracurricular competitive activities
   LR: 2149S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 497 - Cunningham - Allows a school district receiving students from a district that does not maintain an accredited school to request that the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education withhold delinquent tuition payments
   LR: 2142S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 498 - Cunningham - Requires school districts to include in their school accountability report cards whether they have a gifted education program and have had one over the past three years
   LR: 2150S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 499 - Cunningham - Requires public higher education institutions to annually report on steps taken to ensure intellectual diversity
   LR: 2132S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 500 - Cunningham - Requires school districts to allow parents to withhold permission for students to participate in school-sponsored clubs and extracurricular activities
   LR: 2131S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 501 - Cunningham - Limits increases in assessed value of residential real property until transfer of ownership
   LR: 2111S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 502 - Cunningham - Establishes procedures for the evaluation of student credits when a student transfers to a public school from another educational setting
   LR: 2154S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 503 - Cunningham - Allows two or more adjacent school districts to share a superintendent under certain circumstances
   LR: 2140S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 504 - Cunningham - Requires students at public higher education institutions to pay the full cost of tuition if they take the same course more than twice
   LR: 2147S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 505 - Cunningham - Prohibits a superintendent of an unaccredited or provisionally accredited school district from transferring a teacher if the principal of the receiving school refuses
   LR: 2152S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 506 - Callahan - Creates fire sprinkler business regulations
   LR: 2153S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 507 - Callahan - Authorizes the City of Sugar Creek to impose a transient guest tax
   LR: 1671S.01P    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 508 - Bray - Modifies provisions of law regarding metropolitan zoological parks and museum districts
   LR: 2222S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 509 - Scott - Modifies provisions relating to review of advanced practice registered nurses by collaborating physicians
   LR: 2179S.02C    SCS SB 509
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 510 - Lager - Repeals provisions of law authorizing the imposition and collection of nonresident earnings taxes by cities
   LR: 1055S.01I    
3/2/2009 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SJR 3 - Crowell - Creates an exception to the prohibition against laws retrospective in operation by allowing certain laws pertaining to sexual offenders and other felons to be applied retrospectively
   LR: 0079S.02P    SS SJR 3
3/2/2009 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 65 - Wilson - Allows rural empowerment zones to exist in any county with 18,000 or fewer residents and prohibits more than two rural empowerment zones in any county
   LR: 0211L.01P    
3/2/2009 -- S First Read--HB 65-Wilson (119), et al

HB 242 - Kingery - Allows school boards to adopt a four-day school week instead of a five-day school week
   LR: 0472L.02P    HCS HB 242
3/2/2009 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 242