Senate Action for 4/15/2010

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
4/15/2010 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee
4/15/2010 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee

SB 586 - Bartle - Regulates sexually oriented businesses
   LR: 3570L.06T    HCS SS SCS SBs 586 & 617
4/15/2010 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Small Business Committee
4/15/2010 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 631 - Cunningham - Creates the Amy Hestir Student Protection Act
   LR: 3358S.06P    SCS SB 631
4/15/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/15/2010 -- Motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was laid on table S adopted
4/15/2010 -- Motion to reconsider the motion by which the title was agreed to S adopted
4/15/2010 -- Motion to reconsider Third Reading Vote S adopted
4/15/2010 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 639 - Schmitt - Authorizes individuals to sue for MO HealthNet fraud under a state false claims act
   LR: 3471S.03C    SCS SB 639
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 643 - Keaveny - Allows the City of St. Louis to control its police force without state intervention
   LR: 3356S.08C    SCS SB 643
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S General Laws Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 644 - Shields - Modifies provisions of law regarding certain taxes to fund tourism and convention centers
   LR: 3322S.04T    SCS SB 644
4/15/2010 -- Voted Do Pass H Tourism Committee
4/15/2010 -- Reported Do Pass H Tourism Committee
4/15/2010 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 649 - Days - Requires the Governor to issue an annual proclamation designating March 12th as "Girl Scout Day"
   LR: 3207S.01T    
4/15/2010 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee - Consent
4/15/2010 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee - Consent

SB 734 - Pearce - Requires Regional Professional Development Centers to provide assistance to school districts and modifies gifted education requirements
   LR: 3791L.07C    HCS SCS SB 734
4/15/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 754 - Dempsey - Modifies provisions related to cemeteries, the licensing of certain professions, death certificates, public assistance programs, and various other provisions
   LR: 3900S.09T    CCS#2 HCS SCS SB 754
4/15/2010 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Special Standing Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing Committee
4/15/2010 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 757 - Rupp - Establishes the Joint Committee on Recovery Accountability and Transparency, requires amounts withheld from the state budget and out of state travel to be posted on the Missouri Accountability Portal, and requires county auditors to inventory certain property
   LR: 4331S.02P    
4/15/2010 -- Hearing Continued H Budget 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    
4/15/2010 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee - Consent
4/15/2010 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Pursuant 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
4/15/2010 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee - Consent
4/15/2010 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee - 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    
4/15/2010 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee - Consent
4/15/2010 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee - Consent

SB 793 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to abortion
   LR: 4230S.08T    SS SCS SB 793
4/15/2010 -- SA 1 to SCS S withdrawn
4/15/2010 -- SS to SCS S offered & adopted (Mayer)--(4230S.08F)
4/15/2010 -- Perfected

SB 815 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
   LR: 3644L.08C    HCS SCS SB 815
4/15/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted

SB 816 - Lembke - Modifies provisions of law allowing interest on overpayments of income tax
   LR: 4581L.05C    HCS SB 816
4/15/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor

SB 851 - Schmitt - Requires at least 4 days notice before voting by governing bodies of local governments on tax increases, eminent domain, and certain districts and projects
   LR: 4142L.04T    HCS SB 851
4/15/2010 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee - Consent
4/15/2010 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee - Consent

SB 877 - Keaveny - Modifies provisions relating to child support
   LR: 4712S.01P    
4/15/2010 -- Referred H Special Standing Committee on General Laws Committee

SB 940 - Pearce - Modifies various provisions relating to bingo
   LR: 4996L.02T    HCS SB 940
4/15/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed

SB 942 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to municipal annexation
   LR: 5094L.03T    HCS SCS SB 942
4/15/2010 -- Voted Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee - Consent
4/15/2010 -- Reported Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee - Consent

SB 943 - Shields - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education funding and planning processes
   LR: 5090L.07C    HCS SS SB 943
4/15/2010 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight 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
4/15/2010 -- Hearing Conducted H Tourism Committee
4/15/2010 -- Voted Do Pass H Tourism Committee
4/15/2010 -- Reported Do Pass H Tourism Committee
4/15/2010 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 1014 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to crime
   LR: 5235S.05P    SS SCS SB 1014
4/15/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed

SB 1018 - Nodler - Grants priority in the fee office competitive bidding to nonprofit organizations if their primary administrative office is located in the same county, legislative district, or senatorial district as the fee office bid upon
   LR: 5307S.01I    
4/15/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 1022 - Stouffer - Adds to the list of entities that are required to report disciplinary action against health care professionals
   LR: 5290S.02P    
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor

SB 1026 - Rupp - Denies unemployment benefits for those with outstanding overpayment penalties
   LR: 5285S.01P    
4/15/2010 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SCR 54 - Purgason - Creates the Joint Interim Committee on Reducing the Size of State Government
   LR: 5266L.02C    HCS SCR 54
4/15/2010 -- Hearing Continued H Budget Committee

SJR 45 - Shields - Modifies the State Board of Education and requires the advice and consent of the Senate for the appointment of the Commissioner of Education
   LR: 5512S.06P    SS#3 SCS SJR 45
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S General Laws Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1244 - Sater - Exempts sales of over-the-counter drugs prescribed by a practitioner and medical equipment, supplies, or devices paid for by Medicare, Medicaid, or a third-party provider from state and local sales and use tax
   LR: 3105L.02P    HCS HB 1244
4/15/2010 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1244

HB 1268 - Meiners - Removes Lincoln's and Truman's birthdays as state holidays and establishes certain times of the year as days, weeks, or months of special recognition for various subjects
   LR: 3266S.03F    SS#2 HB 1268
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Progress and Development Committee to Floor

HB 1270 - Meiners - Changes the name of the Crippled Children's Service to the Children's Special Health Care Needs Service and modifies references to crippled children accordingly
   LR: 3255L.01T    
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1290 - Gatschenberger - Modifies various provisions relating to political subdivisions
   LR: 3557S.03C    SCS HCS HB 1290
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 1336 - Brandom - Requires the Governor to issue an annual proclamation designating March 12 as "Girl Scout Day"
   LR: 3783L.01P    
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Progress and Development Committee to Floor

HB 1340 - Dugger - Repeals the provision of law allowing fire protection districts in Douglas County to seek voter approval to impose a sales tax
   LR: 3641L.02T    
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1392 - Kirkton - Modifies provisions of law regarding property taxes
   LR: 3042S.03T    SCS HB 1392
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 1404 - Cox - Creates the crime of failure to adequately control an animal
   LR: 3491L.02P    HCS HB 1404
4/15/2010 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1404

HB 1524 - Largent - Modifies laws connected to military forces
   LR: 4001S.08T    SCS HCS HB 1524 & 2260
4/15/2010 -- S First Read--HCS for HBs 1524 & 2260

HB 1543 - Wallace - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
   LR: 3136L.10T    CCS SS#2 SCS HCS#2 HB 1543
4/15/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 1595 - Dugger - Includes construction, extension, and improvement of public roads in the definition of project for the purposes of industrial development corporations
   LR: 3972L.01T    
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1609 - Diehl - Modifies requirements regarding the presiding judge of a circuit court's assignment of certain types of cases and provisions regarding judges, certain juries, and various other provisions
   LR: 4041S.05C    SCS HB 1609
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 1612 - Molendorp - Modifies provisions relating to sewer districts
   LR: 4316S.02T    SCS HB 1612
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 1640 - Roorda - Allows part-time municipal court judges to be a judge or prosecutor for another court and the appointment of an acting county municipal court judge
   LR: 4294L.01P    
4/15/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

HB 1643 - Brown - Modifies provisions relating to recording fees
   LR: 3802L.01T    
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1654 - Zimmerman - Modifies certain requirements about federal taxpayer identification numbers in notices of garnishment and writs of sequestration
   LR: 4361L.01T    
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1662 - Brown - Authorizes the State Veterinarian to restrict the movement of animals or birds under investigation for carrying a toxin
   LR: 4379L.01T    
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee to Floor

HB 1675 - Nolte - Establishes the Manufacturing Jobs Act
   LR: 4083S.05C    SCS HCS HB 1675
4/15/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee -4083S.05C
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1691 - Kraus - Requires the Governor to issue annual proclamations designating "Walk & Bike to School Month," "Walk & Bike to School Day," "Missouri Bicycle Month," and "Bike to Work Week"
   LR: 4095L.01P    
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Progress and Development Committee to Floor

HB 1695 - Stevenson - Modifies provisions relating to intoxication-related traffic offenses
   LR: 4453S.14T    SS SCS HCS HB 1695, 1742 & 1674
4/15/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1705 - Molendorp - Modifies provisions pertaining to sewer districts in certain counties
   LR: 4415S.03C    SCS HB 1705
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 1713 - Sander - Modifies various laws relating to health insurance
   LR: 3907S.02F    
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1787 - Jones - Modifies various provisions relating to firearms and the use of force
   LR: 4619L.03P    HCS HB 1787
4/15/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

HB 1806 - Franz - Modifies provisions relating to county classification and municipal annexation
   LR: 4433S.07T    SS HCS HB 1806
4/15/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee - Consent
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1831 - Jones - Allows school districts, after ten years, to return donated property to the original donor or sell it as surplus if the original donor refuses it
   LR: 4658S.03T    SCS HCS HB 1831
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 1848 - Holsman - Creates the Joint Committee on Urban Farming
   LR: 4556S.03T    SS HCS HB 1848
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1858 - Zimmerman - Transfers the administration of the Minority Teaching Scholarship and the Minority and Underrepresented Environmental Literacy Program to the Department of Higher Education
   LR: 4695S.03T    SCS HCS HB 1858
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 1871 - Schoeller - Modifies provisions pertaining to environmental protection
   LR: 4752S.08C    SCS HCS HB 1871
4/15/2010 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1871

HB 1892 - Nasheed - Authorizes school personnel other than the school superintendent to issue a work certificate
   LR: 4378S.02T    SCS HB 1892
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 1894 - Bringer - Requires the Director of the Department of Mental Health, or his or her designee, to certify overdue patient accounts submitted to a court for collection
   LR: 4661L.01T    
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1898 - Zerr - Establishes the Women's Heart Health Program to provide heart disease risk screenings to certain uninsured and underinsured women
   LR: 4679L.04T    HCS HB 1898
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1941 - Parson - Designates several portions of highways located within Missouri after deceased individuals
   LR: 4801S.02T    SCS HB 1941
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1942 - Parson - Modifies provisions pertaining to emergency telephone service 911 boards
   LR: 4781L.01T    
4/15/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee
4/15/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee - Consent
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1977 - Wasson - Modifies the laws regarding emergency services and emergency medical technicians-intermediate
   LR: 4826L.03T    HCS HB 1977
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 2048 - Sutherland - Modifies various provisions of law regarding the collection of taxes
   LR: 4879S.06C    SCS HCS HB 2048
4/15/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

HB 2056 - Diehl - Modifies certain requirements about Social Security numbers in certain liens
   LR: 4974L.01T    
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 2070 - Kelly - Modifies provisions of law regarding the use of revenues derived from taxes levied for joint central fire and emergency dispatching services
   LR: 4962L.05T    CCS HCS HB 2070
4/15/2010 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 2070

HB 2081 - Riddle - Allows a woman to use deadly force if she reasonably believes that such deadly force is necessary to protect her unborn child against death, serious physical injury, or any forcible felony
   LR: 4958L.03T    HCS HB 2081
4/15/2010 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 2081

HB 2109 - Ruzicka - Modifies provisions pertaining to natural resources
   LR: 4911S.02C    SCS HB 2109
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 2111 - Faith - Modifies several provisions of law relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles
   LR: 4498S.09F    SS SCS HB 2111
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 2147 - Brown - Exempts certain students who are dependents of recently retired military personnel from the three-year attendance requirement under the A+ Schools Program
   LR: 5020L.02T    HCS HB 2147 & 2261
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 2161 - Guest - Specifies that "commercial purposes" as it relates to the sale of driver's license application information will not include when used, compiled, or obtained for certain purposes expressly allowed by law
   LR: 5084L.02T    HCS HB 2161
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S General Laws Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 2182 - Munzlinger - Defines the term "agritourism"
   LR: 5085L.01T    
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 2231 - Wasson - Modifies the procedures by which a funeral establishment may dispose of cremated remains
   LR: 5221L.02T    HCS HB 2231
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S General Laws Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 2262 - Day - Allows the Adjutant General of the Missouri National Guard to establish a residential academy for at-risk high school age youth
   LR: 5289L.02T    HCS HB 2262 & 2264
4/15/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

HB 2270 - Cooper - Allows child abuse medical resource centers and SAFE CARE providers to collaborate to promote improved services to children who are suspected victims of abuse in need of a forensic medical exams
   LR: 5241L.02T    
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 2297 - Molendorp - Authorizes the establishment of the Kansas City Zoological District
   LR: 5326L.06T    CCS SCS HCS HB 2297
4/15/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee -Consent - 5326S.05C
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 2317 - Tracy - Authorizes the Governor to convey certain state properties and requires the Office of Administration to provide senators and representatives the access to the dome of the state capitol
   LR: 5330S.04T    SS SCS HB 2317
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S General Laws Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 2357 - Smith - Modifies provisions relating to public retirement plans
   LR: 5181S.04F    SS HCS HB 2357
4/15/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Veterans' Affairs, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee

HJR 76 - Dethrow - Requires a 2/3rds majority of voters to pass a ballot initiative relating to the harvest of forests, fish, or wildlife
   LR: 3938S.02C    SCS HJR 76
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee to Floor w/SCS

HJR 86 - Loehner - Amends the Constitution to require a 2/3rds majority to approve initiative petitions that harm, restrict, or regulate the right to raise domesticated animals
   LR: 4617S.11C    SCS HCS HJR 86
4/15/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee
4/15/2010 -- Reported from S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor

HJR 88 - Nieves - Prohibits Missouri state government from recognizing, enforcing, or acting in furtherance of certain actions of the federal government
   LR: 4464L.01P    
4/15/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee