Senate Action for 4/8/2010

SB 577 - Shields - Modifies various provisions relating to ethics
   LR: 3568L.09C    HCS SS#2 SCS SB 577
4/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted H Special Standing Committee on Gov. Accountability & Ethics Reform Committee

SB 588 - Nodler - Modifies provisions of law requiring notices of projected tax liability
   LR: 3308S.04T    SS SCS SB 588
4/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted H Ways and Means Committee

SB 628 - Dempsey - Requires the auditor of any county with a charter form of government to take an annual inventory of county property with an original value of $1,000 or more, rather than $250
   LR: 3445S.01P    
4/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted H Ways and Means Committee

SB 644 - Shields - Modifies provisions of law regarding certain taxes to fund tourism and convention centers
   LR: 3322S.04T    SCS SB 644
4/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted H Tourism Committee

SB 649 - Days - Requires the Governor to issue an annual proclamation designating March 12th as "Girl Scout Day"
   LR: 3207S.01T    
4/8/2010 -- Hearing Scheduled H Tourism Committee--(8:00 am - HR 7)
4/8/2010 -- Voted Do Pass H Tourism Committee - Consent
4/8/2010 -- Reported Do Pass H Tourism Committee - Consent
4/8/2010 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 686 - Rupp - Modifies various provisions of law relating to taxation
   LR: 3448L.05C    HCS SB 686
4/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted H Ways and Means Committee

SB 721 - Nodler - Modifies provisions relating to required travel club assets
   LR: 3192S.03P    SCS SB 721
4/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted H Tourism Committee

SB 733 - Pearce - Modifies provisions of the Bright Flight Scholarship Program and Access Missouri Financial Assistance Program
   LR: 3902S.09T    CCS HCS SCS SB 733
4/8/2010 -- Referred H Higher Education Committee

SB 739 - Lembke - Modifies the provisions governing fire department employee residency requirements
   LR: 4274L.02T    HCS SB 739
4/8/2010 -- Referred H Public Safety Committee

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    
4/8/2010 -- Hearing to be continued (4/12/10) 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    
4/8/2010 -- Reported Do Pass H Financial Institutions Committee - Consent
4/8/2010 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 772 - Scott - Removes the minimum time for holding investments in the Missouri Higher Education Savings Program
   LR: 3986S.02T    SCS SB 772
4/8/2010 -- Reported Do Pass H Financial Institutions Committee - Consent
4/8/2010 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 773 - Dempsey - Allows owners of automated teller machines to charge access fees to those with bank accounts in foreign countries
   LR: 4190S.02P    
4/8/2010 -- Reported Do Pass H Financial Institutions Committee - Consent
4/8/2010 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 774 - Lembke - Creates additional measures intended to increase safety at the Department of Mental Health
   LR: 4370S.02T    SCS SB 774
4/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted H Corrections & Public Institutions Committee

SB 786 - Rupp - Requires health benefit plans to provide orally administered anticancer medications on a basis no less favorable than intravenously administered anticancer medications
   LR: 4398S.02P    SS SB 786
4/8/2010 -- Referred H Special Standing Committee on General Laws Committee

SB 795 - Mayer - Modifies various provisions regarding animals and agriculture
   LR: 4396L.06T    CCS HCS SB 795
4/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted H Agriculture Policy Committee

SB 808 - Callahan - Modifies compensation and continuing education requirements for public administrators
   LR: 4021S.02T    SCS SB 808
4/8/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/8/2010 -- H First Read

SB 819 - Lembke - Allows employees of certain employers to take a leave of absence for civil air patrol emergency service duty or counter narcotics missions
   LR: 4582S.02P    
4/8/2010 -- Referred H Tourism Committee

SB 826 - Griesheimer - Authorizes sales taxes to fund ambulance and fire protection services
   LR: 4650S.04P    SCS SB 826
4/8/2010 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 877 - Keaveny - Modifies provisions relating to child support
   LR: 4712S.01P    
4/8/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/8/2010 -- H First Read

SB 920 - Keaveny - Modifies provisions of law relating to trusts and wills
   LR: 4935L.07C    HCS SS SCS SB 920
4/8/2010 -- Referred H Health Care Policy Committee

SB 940 - Pearce - Modifies various provisions relating to bingo
   LR: 4996L.02T    HCS SB 940
4/8/2010 -- Reported from S Ways and Means Committee to Floor

SB 942 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to municipal annexation
   LR: 5094L.03T    HCS SCS SB 942
4/8/2010 -- Referred H Public Safety 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
4/8/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/8/2010 -- H First Read

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    
4/8/2010 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted
4/8/2010 -- H First Read

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
4/8/2010 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 1007 - Dempsey - Amends various requirements for public assistance programs administered by the state
   LR: 5096S.10T    CCS HCS SS SB 1007
4/8/2010 -- Reported from S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee to Floor

SB 1014 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to crime
   LR: 5235S.05P    SS SCS SB 1014
4/8/2010 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 1016 - Mayer - Provides the Department of Revenue with various mechanisms for the enforcement and collection of state taxes
   LR: 5270S.03C    SCS SB 1016
4/8/2010 -- Reported from S Ways and Means Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 1057 - Shields - Reorganizes certain entities, divisions and departments within state government
   LR: 5300S.04P    SS SB 1057
4/8/2010 -- Reported from S General Laws Committee to Floor

SCR 36 - Schmitt - Urges Congress to pass a balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution
   LR: 3702L.02C    HCS SCR 36
4/8/2010 -- Hearing to be continued (4/12/10) H Budget Committee

SCR 54 - Purgason - Creates the Joint Interim Committee on Reducing the Size of State Government
   LR: 5266L.02C    HCS SCR 54
4/8/2010 -- Referred H Budget Committee

SCR 56 - Schmitt - Urges the Department of Natural Resources to consider the use of certain coal technology in its permitting of new coal-fired power plants
   LR: 5201S.03I    
4/8/2010 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SCR 57 - Ridgeway - Endorses an observer status for Taiwan in the International Civil Aviation Organization
   LR: 5500S.01I    
4/8/2010 -- S Offered

SCR 58 - Wright-Jones - Urges the Gaming Commission to allow Missouri's first excursion gambling boat license to remain in the City of St. Louis
   LR: 5414S.01I    
4/8/2010 -- S Offered

SCR 59 - Rupp - Urges the United States Senate to reject the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
   LR: 5511S.01I    
4/8/2010 -- S Offered

SJR 44 - Shields - Proposes a constitutional amendment to eliminate the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Higher Education and instead create a new Department of Education
   LR: 5296S.04P    SS SJR 44
4/8/2010 -- Reported from S General Laws Committee to Floor

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
4/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

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
4/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Progress and Development Committee
4/8/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Progress and Development Committee - Consent
4/8/2010 -- Reported from S Progress and Development Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1336 - Brandom - Requires the Governor to issue an annual proclamation designating March 12 as "Girl Scout Day"
   LR: 3783L.01P    
4/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Progress and Development Committee
4/8/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Progress and Development Committee - Consent
4/8/2010 -- Reported from S Progress and Development Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1372 - Parson - Modifies telecommunications provisions relating to carrier of last resort obligations and emergency phone service
   LR: 3826L.01P    
4/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

HB 1442 - Jones - Modifies provisions of law regarding taxes
   LR: 3380L.07T    CCS SS SCS HB 1442
4/8/2010 -- SS for SCS S offered (Nodler)--(3380S.05F)
4/8/2010 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Griesheimer)--(3380S05.13S)
4/8/2010 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Rupp)--(3380S05.03S)
4/8/2010 -- SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
4/8/2010 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

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    
4/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

HB 1677 - Hoskins - Removes Lincoln's and Truman's birthdays as state holidays and enacts "Dress Blue for Colon Cancer Awareness Day"
   LR: 4450S.02C    SCS HB 1677
4/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Progress and Development Committee
4/8/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Progress and Development Committee (4450S.02C)
4/8/2010 -- Reported from S Progress and Development 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    
4/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Progress and Development Committee
4/8/2010 -- Voted Do Pass S Progress and Development Committee - Consent
4/8/2010 -- Reported from S Progress and Development Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1741 - Pratt - Allows corporate board members to consent to certain actions by electronic transmission
   LR: 4526L.01T    
4/8/2010 -- Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

HB 1747 - Viebrock - Creates requirements for processors and sellers of horse meat intended for human consumption
   LR: 4105L.03P    HCS HB 1747
4/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

HB 1778 - Gray - Removes Lincoln's and Truman's birthdays as state holidays and enacts "Organ Donor Awareness Day"
   LR: 4264L.01P    
4/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Progress and Development Committee
4/8/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Progress and Development Committee (4264S.03C)
4/8/2010 -- Reported from S Progress and Development Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1806 - Franz - Modifies provisions relating to county classification and municipal annexation
   LR: 4433S.07T    SS HCS HB 1806
4/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

HB 1840 - Wright - Modifies criteria for certain representatives on the Rice Advisory Council
   LR: 3935L.03T    HCS HB 1840
4/8/2010 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1848 - Holsman - Creates the Joint Committee on Urban Farming
   LR: 4556S.03T    SS HCS HB 1848
4/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

HB 1893 - Kelly - Modifies provisions of law regarding excursion gambling boats
   LR: 3899S.06T    SS#2 HCS HB 1893
4/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

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    
4/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

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
4/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

HB 1965 - McNary - Repeals and modifies provisions deemed to be obsolete
   LR: 4654L.05T    CCS SCS HCS HB 1965
4/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

HB 2001 - Icet - Appropriates money to the Board of Fund Commissioners
   LR: 3001S.04T    SCS HCS HB 2001
4/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
4/8/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (3001S.04C)

HB 2002 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the State Board of Education and Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
   LR: 3002L.06T    CCS SS SCS HCS HB 2002
4/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
4/8/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (3002S.04C)

HB 2003 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Higher Education
   LR: 3003L.06T    CCS SS SCS HCS HB 2003
4/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
4/8/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (3003S.04C)

HB 2004 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Revenue
   LR: 3004L.05T    CCS SCS HCS HB 2004
4/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
4/8/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (3004S.04C)

HB 2005 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Office of Administration, Department of Transportation, and Department of Public Safety
   LR: 3005S.04T    CCS SCS HCS HB 2005
4/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
4/8/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (3005S.04C)

HB 2006 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Agriculture, Department of Natural Resources, and Department of Conservation
   LR: 3006L.05T    CCS SCS HCS HB 2006
4/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
4/8/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (3006S.04C)

HB 2007 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses and distributions of the Depts. of Economic Development,Insurance, Financial Institutions, Professional Registration,Labor Industrial Relations, Transportation
   LR: 3007L.05T    CCS SCS HCS HB 2007
4/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
4/8/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (3007S.04C)

HB 2008 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Public Safety
   LR: 3008L.05T    CCS SCS HCS HB 2008
4/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
4/8/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (3008S.04C)

HB 2009 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Corrections
   LR: 3009L.05T    CCS SCS HCS HB 2009
4/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
4/8/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (3009S.04C)

HB 2010 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Mental Health, Board of Public Buildings, and Department of Health and Senior Services
   LR: 3010L.05T    CCS SCS HCS HB 2010
4/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
4/8/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (3010S.04C)

HB 2011 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, and distributions of the Department of Social Services
   LR: 3011L.05T    CCS SCS HCS HB 2011
4/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
4/8/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (3011S.04C)

HB 2012 - Icet - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of statewide elected officials, the Judiciary, Office of the State Public Defender, and General Assembly
   LR: 3012L.05T    CCS SCS HCS HB 2012
4/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
4/8/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (3012S.04C)

HB 2013 - Icet - Appropriates money for real property leases and related services
   LR: 3013L.04T    CCS SCS HCS HB 2013
4/8/2010 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
4/8/2010 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (3013S.03C)

HB 2014 - Icet - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes for several departments and offices of state government,purchase of equipment,payment of claims for refunds,for persons,firms and corporations
   LR: 3014S.03T    SCS HCS HB 2014
4/8/2010 -- Motion to reconsider H adopted
4/8/2010 -- H concurs in SCS, as amended
4/8/2010 -- H Third Read & Passed
4/8/2010 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

HB 2114 - Hoskins - Recognizes "prisoner of war" and "missing in action" as valid descriptions of casualty status and category classification
   LR: 5024L.01P    
4/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Veterans' Affairs, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee

HB 2198 - Parson - Modifies provisions of the Motor Vehicle Franchise Practices Act
   LR: 5133S.08T    SS SCS HCS HB 2198
4/8/2010 -- Reported from S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 2220 - Dugger - Requires election judges to swear to support and defend the United States and Missouri constitutions
   LR: 5167L.01P    
4/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 2294 - Dugger - Party emblems shall no longer be printed on ballots
   LR: 5319L.01P    
4/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 2297 - Molendorp - Authorizes the establishment of the Kansas City Zoological District
   LR: 5326L.06T    CCS SCS HCS HB 2297
4/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

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
4/8/2010 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee