Senate Action for 2/23/2010

SB 607 - Stouffer - Requires drug testing for work-eligible Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) applicants and recipients based upon reasonable suspicion
   LR: 3411S.03C    SCS for SBs 607, 602, 615 & 725
2/23/2010 -- Taken up for Perfection
2/23/2010 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 614 - Wilson - Modifies the definition of "bullying" as used in school district antibullying policies to include cyberbullying and electronic communications
   LR: 3063S.01P    
2/23/2010 -- Removed S Consent Calendar

SB 621 - Lager - Modifies provisions relating to Digital Cadastral Parcel Mapping
   LR: 3565S.01P    
2/23/2010 -- Perfected
2/23/2010 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 625 - Justus - Modifies provisions on child care subsidies
   LR: 3090S.03P    SS SCS SB 625
2/23/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee (3090S.02C) - Consent

SB 630 - Cunningham - Modifies various provisions pertaining to manufactured homes
   LR: 3142S.05T    SCS SB 630
2/23/2010 -- Removed S Consent Calendar

SB 633 - Pearce - Modifies the state do-not-call list and creates "paid for by" requirements for political phone calls
   LR: 3575S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 636 - Lembke - Modifies various provisions of the prompt pay statutes as they relate to the calculation of interest and penalties, the payment of attorney fees, and other ancillary matters
   LR: 3355S.03P    SCS SB 636
2/23/2010 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Callahan)--(3355S03.01F)
2/23/2010 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
2/23/2010 -- Perfected
2/23/2010 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 663 - Rupp - Modifies the state do-not-call list and creates "paid for by" requirements for political phone calls
   LR: 3231S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 721 - Nodler - Modifies provisions relating to required travel club assets
   LR: 3192S.03P    SCS SB 721
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 768 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to school districts charging tuition for non-resident children of district teachers and employees
   LR: 3134S.03P    
2/23/2010 -- Removed S Consent Calendar

SB 774 - Lembke - Creates additional measures intended to increase safety at the Department of Mental Health
   LR: 4370S.02T    SCS SB 774
2/23/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee (4370s.02C)

SB 778 - Pearce - Changes an expiration date on state universities being able to convey land without authorization from the General Assembly and allows the Governor to convey certain state property
   LR: 4404L.06C    HCS#2 SCS SB 778
2/23/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee (4404S.02C) - Consent

SB 779 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to the DNA profiling system
   LR: 3561S.02P    
2/23/2010 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee
2/23/2010 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 795 - Mayer - Modifies various provisions regarding animals and agriculture
   LR: 4396L.06T    CCS HCS SB 795
2/23/2010 -- SCA 1 S adopted
2/23/2010 -- SA 1 S offered & adopted (Mayer)--(4396S01.02S)
2/23/2010 -- Perfected, as amended
2/23/2010 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 820 - McKenna - Updates Missouri's traffic laws to reflect that the majority of pedestrian control signals now display the international symbols for pedestrian control
   LR: 4648S.01P    
2/23/2010 -- Removed S Consent Calendar

SB 844 - Shields - Modifies the law relating to ethics
   LR: 4135S.15T    CCS#3 HCS#2 SB 844
2/23/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee - Consent

SB 855 - Schaefer - Allows the State Registrar to issue heritage birth or marriage certificates celebrating the unique heritage of Missouri citizens
   LR: 4018S.04P    SCS SB 855
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 867 - Mayer - Modifies various provisions relating to real estate liens
   LR: 4149S.02I    
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee

SB 878 - Lembke - Allows debts owed to ambulance service providers to be collected from income tax refunds and lottery winnings of patients
   LR: 4691S.02C    SCS SB 878
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 884 - Schaefer - Amends various provisions of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement
   LR: 4831S.05T    SS SCS SB 884
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 894 - Dempsey - Requires state employee health care plan to offer actuarially equivalent benefit products to Medicare eligible participants and enacts various provisions relating to the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders
   LR: 4894L.03C    HCS SB 894
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 895 - Dempsey - Establishes the Missouri Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act
   LR: 4472S.03C    SCS SBs 895, 813, 911, 924, 922 & 802
2/23/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 897 - Lager - Modifies provisions pertaining to utilities and certain clean water requirements and fees
   LR: 4938L.04C    HCS SB 897
2/23/2010 -- Removed S Consent Calendar

SB 900 - Rupp - Makes numerous revisions to the Missouri Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act
   LR: 4866S.01P    
2/23/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 902 - Nodler - Requires nonresidents to maintain financial responsibility which conforms to the requirements of the laws of the nonresident's state of residence
   LR: 4888S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 923 - Mayer - Establishes the Missouri Catastrophe Fund to help protect property and casualty insurers against insolvencies caused by earthquakes
   LR: 4936S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Cancelled S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 929 - Lager - Makes it lawful for Caldwell County to enter into a contract with private corporations engaged in delivering water at wholesale for domestic consumption
   LR: 4858S.01P    
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 933 - Dempsey - Requires chiropractors to be reimbursed under MO HealthNet for providing services currently covered and within the scope of chiropractic practice
   LR: 4891S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Cancelled S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 934 - Griesheimer - Modifies the law relating to mechanic's lien rights
   LR: 5008S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee

SB 935 - Griesheimer - Modifies the law relating to priority in mechanic's lien rights
   LR: 4933S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee

SB 962 - Schaefer - Modifies provisions relating to gifted education
   LR: 4601S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 963 - Shoemyer - Transfers the administration of the Minority Teaching Scholarship and the Minority and Underrepresented Environmental Literacy Program to the Department of Higher Education
   LR: 5144S.02P    SCS SB 963
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 964 - Barnitz - Allows criminal investigators with the Department of Revenue to be appointed by the department director as peace officers and to carry firearms
   LR: 5014S.02I    
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 965 - Barnitz - Places a surcharge on certain electricity generated from nuclear sources
   LR: 5159S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 966 - Barnitz - Modifies provisions pertaining to enhanced 911 services
   LR: 5034S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 967 - Cunningham - Allows any winery, distiller, manufacturer, wholesaler or brewer to provide beverage samples on a licensed retail premises for tasting purposes
   LR: 4478S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

SB 968 - Stouffer - Lowers the age requirement for a concealed carry endorsement from 23 to 21
   LR: 5119S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 969 - Keaveny - Modifies provisions relating to school attendance
   LR: 4785S.05P    SCS SB 969
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 970 - Lembke - Exempts transportation management companies, and their subcontractors, who contract with the state from certain regulations
   LR: 5115S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 971 - Lembke - Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to make available resources relating to umbilical cord blood
   LR: 4886L.02C    HCS SB 971
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 972 - Dempsey - Enacts provisions relating to documents and materials for health insurance enrollees
   LR: 5146S.02I    
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 973 - Ridgeway - Authorizes state and local sales and use tax exemptions for shooting ranges
   LR: 5193S.02I    
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 974 - Mayer - Designates a portion of Highway 80 in New Madrid County as the "Gene Curtis Memorial Highway"
   LR: 5010S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 975 - Schaefer - Authorizes the use of an electronic death registration system
   LR: 5177S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 976 - Rupp - Creates the Race to the Top Fund to receive any funds received from the federal government through the Race to the Top Program
   LR: 5184S.01P    
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 977 - Rupp - Requires courts to not electronically display protective order cases, unless a full order of protection is granted
   LR: 5189S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 978 - Rupp - Enacts various provisions of law related to the treatment of qualified financial contracts and similar agreements in insurance insolvency proceedings
   LR: 5091S.02I    
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 979 - Rupp - Requires long-term care insurance rates to be approved by the Director of the Department of Insurance as a condition of issuance of such policies within Missouri
   LR: 5161S.02P    SCS SB 979
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 980 - Pearce - Requires the Joint Committee on Education to conduct a study on voluntary prekindergarten in Missouri
   LR: 5197S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 981 - Callahan - Modifies various provisions of law regarding sales taxes
   LR: 5191S.01T    
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 982 - Bray - Enacts the Prevention First Act
   LR: 4714S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 983 - Bray - Creates the Missouri Energy Efficiency Performance Standard
   LR: 5145S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 984 - Lembke - Modifies the provision of law which makes it a class B misdemeanor for any gaming licensee to exchange tokens, chips, or other forms of credit used on gambling games for anything of value
   LR: 5143S.02T    SS SB 984
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 985 - Goodman - Modifies certain requirements about identification information in certain court pleadings, liens, notices of garnishment, and writs of sequestration
   LR: 5186S.01P    
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

SB 986 - Barnitz - Authorizes physical therapists to accept prescriptions for treatment from advanced practice registered nurses licensed in Missouri
   LR: 5182S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 987 - Stouffer - Increases the statutory award amount for research projects funded by the University of Missouri Board of Curators
   LR: 5200S.01T    
2/23/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 988 - Shoemyer - Creates registration, reporting, and fee requirements for composting facilities
   LR: 5192S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- S First Read--SB 988-Shoemyer and Clemens

SB 989 - Shoemyer - Modifies provisions of law allowing certain counties to impose a tax to fund road rock purchases
   LR: 5190S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- S First Read--SB 989-Shoemyer

SB 990 - Scott - Reauthorizes the Children's Vision Examination Program pursuant to the Missouri Sunset Act
   LR: 5035S.02I    
2/23/2010 -- S First Read--SB 990-Scott

SB 991 - Scott - Eliminates, combines, and revises certain state boards, commissions, committees, and councils
   LR: 5039L.11C    HCS SCS SBs 991 & 645
2/23/2010 -- S First Read--SB 991-Scott

SB 992 - Clemens - Creates the Missouri Farmland Trust
   LR: 5147S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- S First Read--SB 992-Clemens

SB 993 - Crowell - Authorizes the Governor to convey certain state properties
   LR: 5183S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- S First Read--SB 993-Crowell

SB 994 - Crowell - Creates the Missouri Electrical Industry Licensing Board to license certain electrical contractors
   LR: 5074S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- S First Read--SB 994-Crowell

SB 995 - Justus - Authorizes the Department of Corrections to establish a pilot program for a mental health assessment process
   LR: 4928S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- S First Read--SB 995-Justus

SB 996 - Justus - Modifies provisions regarding licensure of residential care facilities and foster homes
   LR: 5178S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- S First Read--SB 996-Justus

SCR 31 - Pearce - Encourages students and faculty to promote international education at Missouri colleges and universities
   LR: 4273S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
2/23/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
2/23/2010 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee to Floor

SCR 33 - Nodler - Encourages the United States Congress to urge federal agencies to exercise regulatory forbearance with respect to well-managed community depositories
   LR: 4076S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
2/23/2010 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee to Floor

SCR 46 - Stouffer - Urges Congress not to enact cap and trade legislation
   LR: 4739S.01I    
2/23/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
2/23/2010 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee to Floor

SCR 47 - Engler - Authorizes employment of an independent certified public accountant to perform an audit on the State Auditor's Office
   LR: 4965S.02I    
2/23/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

HB 1540 - Lipke - Modifies provisions relating to infractions
   LR: 4191L.06T    HCS HB 1540
2/23/2010 -- SA 1 S offered (Rupp)--(4191L06.01S)
2/23/2010 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
2/23/2010 -- SA 1 S adopted
2/23/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed, as amended - EC adopted