Senate Action for 2/8/2010

SB 578 - Shields - Allows port authority boards to establish port improvement districts to fund projects with voter-approved sales taxes or property taxes
   LR: 3168S.04T    SS SB 578
2/8/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways and Means Committee

SB 586 - Bartle - Regulates sexually oriented businesses
   LR: 3570L.06T    HCS SS SCS SBs 586 & 617
2/8/2010 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 587 - Nodler - Creates the Tenth Amendment Commission
   LR: 3227S.04C    SCS SB 587
2/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 588 - Nodler - Modifies provisions of law requiring notices of projected tax liability
   LR: 3308S.04T    SS SCS SB 588
2/8/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Ways and Means Committee (3308S.03C)

SB 597 - Ridgeway - Requires 10% of state contracts be awarded to businesses with less than 25 employees
   LR: 3234S.02I    
2/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 599 - Ridgeway - Removes the requirement that goods and services be purchased by the state and public institutions from the Vocational Enterprises Program
   LR: 3230S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 624 - Shoemyer - Allows certain contributions to downtown revitalization preservation development projects to be substituted on a dollar-for-dollar basis for the local match in lieu of taxes and economic activity taxes
   LR: 3293S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee

SB 629 - Dempsey - Establishes the Missouri Healthy Workplace Recognition Program
   LR: 3572S.01P    
2/8/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee - Consent

SB 630 - Cunningham - Modifies various provisions pertaining to manufactured homes
   LR: 3142S.05T    SCS SB 630
2/8/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Ways and Means Committee (3142S.05C) - Consent

SB 644 - Shields - Modifies provisions of law regarding certain taxes to fund tourism and convention centers
   LR: 3322S.04T    SCS SB 644
2/8/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Ways and Means Committee (3322S.04C)

SB 686 - Rupp - Modifies various provisions of law relating to taxation
   LR: 3448L.05C    HCS SB 686
2/8/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways and Means Committee - Consent

SB 726 - Bray - Exempts admission fees for yoga and certain other physical training programs from state and local sales and use tax
   LR: 3733S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee

SB 756 - Bray - Allows certain political subdivisions to satisfy statutory publication requirements by posting certain information on their web sites
   LR: 3952S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 758 - Rupp - Requires notes, bonds, and other instruments in writing issued by the Bi-State Development Agency to mature not more than 40 years from the date of issuance, rather than 30 years
   LR: 4397S.01T    
2/8/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee - Consent

SB 767 - Bartle - Removes the restriction on certain counties using a court fee for courtroom renovation and technology
   LR: 3056S.01P    
2/8/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee-Consent

SB 771 - Scott - Modifies provisions relating to financial institutions offering bids to become the official county depositary
   LR: 4347S.01T    
2/8/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee - Consent

SB 772 - Scott - Removes the minimum time for holding investments in the Missouri Higher Education Savings Program
   LR: 3986S.02T    SCS SB 772
2/8/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee (3986S.02C) - Consent

SB 773 - Dempsey - Allows owners of automated teller machines to charge access fees to those with bank accounts in foreign countries
   LR: 4190S.02P    
2/8/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee - Consent

SB 776 - Days - Requires that two of three commissioners appointed in condemnation cases be real estate brokers or appraisers
   LR: 4078S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 779 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to the DNA profiling system
   LR: 3561S.02P    
2/8/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 806 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to children who are victims of pornographic offenses
   LR: 4520S.01P    
2/8/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 810 - Lager - Modifies provisions relating to the regulation of fireworks
   LR: 4400S.03C    SCS SB 810
2/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

SB 816 - Lembke - Modifies provisions of law allowing interest on overpayments of income tax
   LR: 4581L.05C    HCS SB 816
2/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee

SB 823 - Ridgeway - Exempts utilities, machinery, and equipment used in data storage from state and local sales and use tax
   LR: 4216S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee

SB 839 - Wright-Jones - Modifies provisions of law regarding licensed gambling
   LR: 4720S.02C    SCS SB 839
2/8/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Ways and Means Committee (4720S.02C)
2/8/2010 -- Reported from S Ways and Means Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 860 - Bray - Modifies the date by which certain political subdivisions must set property tax rates
   LR: 4786S.01P    
2/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee

SB 868 - Shields - Creates state and local sales and use tax exemptions for data storage centers and server farm facilities
   LR: 4740S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee

SB 880 - Schaefer - Modifies various provisions relating to intoxication-related traffic offenses
   LR: 4877S.02C    SCS SBs 880, 780 & 836
2/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 888 - Crowell - Bars employers from requiring employees to engage in or cease engaging in certain labor practices
   LR: 4693S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 889 - Crowell - Prohibits the state minimum wage from exceeding the federal minimum wage
   LR: 4789S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 890 - Crowell - Places a one year moratorium on the authorization of low income housing tax credits
   LR: 4787S.02I    
2/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 891 - Crowell - Modifies provisions of certain tax credit programs
   LR: 4575S.02I    
2/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 892 - Days - Modifies provisions governing the regulation of the bail bond industry by the Department of Insurance
   LR: 4631S.02I    
2/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 893 - Days - Requires a law enforcement agency to enter certain information regarding orders of protection into the Missouri Uniform Law Enforcement system within 24 hours and modifies various other provisions of law
   LR: 4890L.05C    HCS SB 893
2/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence 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
2/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred 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
2/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 896 - Shields - Requires the boards of the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System and the Missouri Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol Employees' Retirement System to create a defined contribution retirement plan for certain employees and judges
   LR: 4934S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Veterans' Affairs, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee

SB 897 - Lager - Modifies provisions pertaining to utilities and certain clean water requirements and fees
   LR: 4938L.04C    HCS SB 897
2/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 898 - Pearce - Authorizes the City of Peculiar to seek voter approval to impose a sales tax for public safety improvements
   LR: 4893S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 899 - Pearce - Establishes the Missouri Promise Program to provide financial awards to students pursuing higher education at certain institutions
   LR: 4690S.02I    
2/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 900 - Rupp - Makes numerous revisions to the Missouri Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act
   LR: 4866S.01P    
2/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 901 - Lembke - Allows the Commissioner of Administration to expedite the bid process for state purchasing contracts under certain circumstances
   LR: 4113S.02I    
2/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections 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    
2/8/2010 -- S First Read--SB 902-Nodler

SB 903 - Bray - Modifies provisions of law regarding metropolitan zoological parks and museum districts
   LR: 4969S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- S First Read--SB 903-Bray

SB 904 - Bray - Repeals the Clean Indoor Air Act and enacts new provisions relating to the prohibition of smoking in public places
   LR: 4929S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- S First Read--SB 904-Bray and Days

SB 905 - Bray - Implements the provisions of the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement
   LR: 4461S.03C    SCS SB 905
2/8/2010 -- S First Read--SB 905-Bray, et al

SB 906 - Bray - Modifies various tax provisions
   LR: 4966S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- S First Read--SB 906-Bray

SB 907 - Rupp - Creates the Early High School Graduation Scholarship Program for public high school students who graduate from high school early
   LR: 4152S.02I    
2/8/2010 -- S First Read--SB 907-Rupp

SB 908 - Green - Revises provisions relating to the renamed Missouri Brain Injury Advisory Council
   LR: 4991S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- S First Read--SB 908-Green

SB 909 - Green - Allows persons who have been awarded the combat action badge to obtain "COMBAT ACTION" specialized license plates
   LR: 4937S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- S First Read--SB 909-Green

SB 910 - Lembke - Modifies provisions relating to child support when there is equal parenting time
   LR: 4270S.03I    
2/8/2010 -- S First Read--SB 910-Lembke

SB 911 - Shields - Authorizes the issuance of tax credits for Show-me Fund Projects under the Quality Jobs Act
   LR: 4987S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- S First Read--SB 911-Shields

SB 912 - Cunningham - Expands the ban on public fund expenditures for political purposes and bars lobbyists from serving on advisory committees
   LR: 3064S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- S First Read--SB 912-Cunningham

SB 913 - Cunningham - Prohibits a municipality from requiring any of its employees to reside within the municipality if the only public school district fails to meet certain accreditation standards
   LR: 4473S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- S First Read--SB 913-Cunningham

SB 914 - Cunningham - Exempts wholesale drug distributors who meet certain conditions from having to obtain a license from the Board of Pharmacy for out-of-state distribution sites
   LR: 4796S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- S First Read--SB 914-Cunningham

SB 915 - Barnitz - Authorizes Montgomery County to seek voter approval for the imposition of a transient guest tax
   LR: 4471S.02P    SCS SB 915
2/8/2010 -- S First Read--SB 915-Barnitz

SB 916 - Barnitz - Allows the City of Waynesville to seek voter approval to impose a transient guest tax
   LR: 3600S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- S First Read--SB 916-Barnitz

SB 917 - Schaefer - Enacts provisions relating to health care data standardization and transparency
   LR: 4930S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- S First Read--SB 917-Schaefer

SB 918 - Schaefer - Establishes provisions regarding pharmacy benefit managers
   LR: 4861S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- S First Read--SB 918-Schaefer

SB 919 - Ridgeway - Changes the date for submission of a consolidated public library district's annual report to the district board, county commission, and state library
   LR: 4892S.01P    
2/8/2010 -- S First Read--SB 919-Ridgeway

SB 920 - Keaveny - Modifies provisions of law relating to trusts and wills
   LR: 4935L.07C    HCS SS SCS SB 920
2/8/2010 -- S First Read--SB 920-Keaveny

SB 921 - Callahan - Updates the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
   LR: 4835S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- S First Read--SB 921-Callahan and Keaveny

SB 922 - Callahan - Authorizes the creation of Missouri Jobs for the Future Districts
   LR: 4865S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- S First Read--SB 922-Callahan

SB 923 - Mayer - Establishes the Missouri Catastrophe Fund to help protect property and casualty insurers against insolvencies caused by earthquakes
   LR: 4936S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- S First Read--SB 923-Mayer

SB 924 - Griesheimer - Authorizes the issuance of tax credits for Show-me Fund Projects under the Quality Jobs Act
   LR: 4967S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- S First Read--SB 924-Griesheimer, et al

SB 925 - Dempsey - Prohibits agreements between health carriers and providers from containing provisions that requires providers to disclose their reimbursement rates under contracts with other health carriers
   LR: 4470S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- S First Read--SB 925-Dempsey

SCR 36 - Schmitt - Urges Congress to pass a balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution
   LR: 3702L.02C    HCS SCR 36
2/8/2010 -- S adopted

SCR 37 - Schmitt - Urges Missouri's Attorney General to investigate the constitutionality of the Nebraska Compromise to federal health care legislation
   LR: 4408S.01P    
2/8/2010 -- SA 1 S offered (Callahan)--(4408S01.02S)
2/8/2010 -- SSA 1 for SA 1 S offered & adopted (Schmitt)--(4408S01.03S)
2/8/2010 -- SCR, as amended, S adopted

SCR 46 - Stouffer - Urges Congress not to enact cap and trade legislation
   LR: 4739S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- S Offered--SCR 46-Stouffer

SJR 20 - Bartle - Creates an exception to the prohibition against laws retrospective in operation by allowing certain laws pertaining to DNA profiling analysis to be applied retrospectively
   LR: 3566S.01P    
2/8/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SJR 33 - Bartle - Allows in prosecutions for crimes of a sexual nature involving a victim under eighteen years of age, evidence of prior criminal acts to be admissible into evidence for certain purposes
   LR: 3453S.01I    
2/8/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SJR 34 - Goodman - Requires the Attorney General to seek appropriate relief against actions of the federal government when directed by the Governor, General Assembly, or a petition of the voters
   LR: 4524S.02I    
2/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1544 - Fisher - Allows the state to continue to receive extended federal unemployment benefit funds and extends participation in the shared work plan
   LR: 4246S.04T    SCS HCS HB 1544
2/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee