Senate Action for 4/19/2011

SB 48 - Wright-Jones - Modifies provisions relating to utilities
   LR: 0251S.06T    CCS HCS SB 48
4/19/2011 -- SS for SCS S offered (Wright-Jones)--(0251S.03F)
4/19/2011 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered (Kraus)--(0251S03.08S)
4/19/2011 -- SS for SCS Ruled out of order
4/19/2011 -- SCS Ruled out of order
4/19/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
4/19/2011 -- Perfected
4/19/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 52 - Cunningham - Requires county assessors to consider market factors in determining the value of real property for tax purposes
   LR: 0222S.01I    
4/19/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 63 - Mayer - Modifies provisions pertaining to utilities
   LR: 0525L.02C    HCS SB 63
4/19/2011 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Utilities Committee

SB 90 - Dempsey - Modifies various provisions regarding benefits provided by the state health care plan, rules promulgated by certain county health center boards, and the capping of non-covered dental and optometric services
   LR: 0752L.02C    HCS SB 90
4/19/2011 -- Hearing Conducted H Health Insurance Committee

SB 100 - Stouffer - Creates a tax credit for contributions to developmental disability care providers and modifies provisions of the residential treatment agency tax credit program
   LR: 0725L.06C    HCS#2 SCS SB 100
4/19/2011 -- Referred H Economic Development Committee

SB 155 - Rupp - Modifies provisions of Missouri's Real Property Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act
   LR: 1041S.04C    SCS SB 155
4/19/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 174 - Dempsey - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions
   LR: 0102L.07C    HCS SB 174
4/19/2011 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H General Laws Committee

SB 202 - Crowell - Requires authorization for certain labor unions to withhold fees from paychecks to make political contributions
   LR: 0281L.07C    HCS SS SB 202
4/19/2011 -- Referred H Workforce Development & Workplace Safety Committee

SB 226 - Engler - Modifies provisions relating to emergency services
   LR: 1363S.05T    CCS HCS SS SB 226
4/19/2011 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H General Laws Committee

SB 243 - Cunningham - Modifies provisions relating to educational resources and services
   LR: 0249L.06C    HCS SB 243
4/19/2011 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Elementary and Secondary Education Committee

SB 270 - Kraus - Modifies various provisions relating to public elections
   LR: 1258L.05C    HCS SCS SB 270
4/19/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
4/19/2011 -- SCS S adopted
4/19/2011 -- Perfected
4/19/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 277 - Lager - Modifies the law with respect to how municipalities and the legal system treats the lawful use of motor vehicles on public roads
   LR: 1416S.01I    
4/19/2011 -- Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee

SB 298 - Munzlinger - Lowers the minimum age for an applicant of a concealed carry endorsement from twenty-three to twenty-one
   LR: 0829S.02I    
4/19/2011 -- Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee

SB 300 - Munzlinger - Allows the use of centerfire handguns during the muzzleloader portion of firearms deer season
   LR: 0886S.02P    SCS SB 300
4/19/2011 -- Referred H General Laws Committee

SB 311 - Pearce - Repeals the sunset provision for the Childrens's Vision Examination Program
   LR: 1595S.01I    
4/19/2011 -- Hearing Cancelled S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 312 - Keaveny - Modifies provision relating to administrative child support orders
   LR: 1677S.01I    
4/19/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee
4/19/2011 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee - (1677S.02C)

SB 325 - Wasson - Modifies various laws relating to professional registration
   LR: 1709L.04T    HCS SB 325
4/19/2011 -- Referred H Professional Registration and Licensing Committee

SB 326 - Wasson - Authorizes a peer review process for architects, landscape architects, land surveyors, and engineers, including providing for immunity from liability and prohibiting the disclosure of certain documents and testimony
   LR: 1120S.03I    
4/19/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 340 - Wasson - Modifies licensing requirements for funeral directors, embalmers, and funeral establishments and certain requirements for preneed funeral contracts
   LR: 1674S.03P    SCS SB 340
4/19/2011 -- SCS S adopted
4/19/2011 -- Perfected
4/19/2011 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 356 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions pertaining to agriculture
   LR: 1787S.08T    CCS#2 HCS SCS SB 356
4/19/2011 -- Hearing Conducted H Agriculture Policy Committee

SB 366 - Goodman - Creates Missouri cooperative associations and modifies the law relating to the conversion of certain business organizations
   LR: 1676L.03T    HCS SCS SB 366
4/19/2011 -- Hearing Conducted H General Laws Committee
4/19/2011 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H General Laws Committee

SB 375 - Parson - Modifies provisions of the master settlement agreement regarding the refund of escrow payments
   LR: 1700S.01I    
4/19/2011 -- Hearing Cancelled S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 376 - Parson - Modifies laws relating to the provision of natural gas utility service
   LR: 1747S.01I    
4/19/2011 -- Hearing Cancelled S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 408 - Crowell - Extends the MO RX prescription drug plan until August 28, 2014
   LR: 1750S.02C    SCS SBs 408 & 80
4/19/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SJR 12 - Green - Limits the total service in the General Assembly to sixteen years in any proportion between the Senate and the House of Representatives
   LR: 0811S.01P    
4/19/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
4/19/2011 -- Taken up for Perfection
4/19/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
4/19/2011 -- SA 1 S offered & adopted (Green)--(0811S01.03)
4/19/2011 -- Perfected, as amended

SJR 15 - Nieves - Prohibits Missouri state government from recognizing, enforcing, or acting in furtherance of certain actions of the federal government
   LR: 1183S.01I    
4/19/2011 -- SS S offered (Nieves)--(1183S.02F)
4/19/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SJR 22 - Parson - Provides that a member of the General Assembly shall vacate his or her office if such member leaves the state during a legislative session for the purpose of avoiding any official duty or vote
   LR: 1753S.01I    
4/19/2011 -- Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee

HB 14 - Silvey - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes
   LR: 0014S.03T    SCS HCS HB 14
4/19/2011 -- H concurs in SS for SCS
4/19/2011 -- H Third Read & Passed
4/19/2011 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

HB 29 - Sater - Establishes the Volunteer Health Services Act to allow for licensed health care professionals to provide volunteer services for a sponsoring organization
   LR: 0068L.02P    HCS HB 29
4/19/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

HB 98 - Ruzicka - Extends expiration dates for the collection of fees for lead-acid batteries and hazardous waste
   LR: 0610L.01P    
4/19/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

HB 108 - Smith - Modifies the law relating to campaign finance
   LR: 0650L.02P    HCS HB 108
4/19/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
4/19/2011 -- SCA 1 S adopted
4/19/2011 -- SA 1 S offered & adopted (Crowell)--(0650L02.02S)
4/19/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed, as amended

HB 143 - Schoeller - Changes the laws regarding hotline calls reporting child abuse and neglect to the Children's Division
   LR: 0235L.05P    HCS HB 143
4/19/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee
4/19/2011 -- Voted Do Pass S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

HB 167 - Nolte - Requires Missouri driver's license examinations to only be administered in English
   LR: 0547L.01P    
4/19/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee
4/19/2011 -- Voted Do Pass (w/SCA 1) S General Laws Committee - (0547L01.01S)

HB 182 - Gray - Designates the first Friday in March of each year as "Dress in Blue for Colon Cancer Awareness Day"
   LR: 0363L.01T    
4/19/2011 -- SA 1 S offered & Ruled out of order (Stouffer)--(0363L01.01S)
4/19/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/19/2011 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

HB 197 - Jones - Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to post on its web site resources relating to umbilical cord blood
   LR: 0698L.02T    HCS HB 197
4/19/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee
4/19/2011 -- Voted Do Pass (w/SCA 1) S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee - (0698L02.01S)

HB 204 - Hoskins - Modifies the procedures for driver's license renewal for members of the armed forces and their dependents
   LR: 0139L.01T    
4/19/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 213 - Jones - Modifies provisions relating to abortion with respect to viability
   LR: 0647S.05T    SS HCS HB 213
4/19/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee
4/19/2011 -- Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee

HB 272 - Kirkton - Increases the number of members on the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee by adding one licensed or registered nurse
   LR: 0630L.01P    
4/19/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

HB 294 - Riddle - Modifies the law regarding weapons
   LR: 1118S.07T    SS#2 SCS HCS HB 294, 123, 125, 113, 271 & 215
4/19/2011 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee (1118S.04C)

HB 307 - Gatschenberger - Authorizes the Department of Revenue to issue specified special license plates
   LR: 0627S.02T    SCS HB 307 & HB 812
4/19/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
4/19/2011 -- SCS S adopted
4/19/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed

HB 315 - McNary - Combines and modifies the provisions of the Revised Statutes of Missouri that have been enacted in more than one bill so that there is only one version of a statute exists
   LR: 0923L.02T    HCS HB 315
4/19/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee
4/19/2011 -- Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee

HB 338 - Pollock - Allows telecommunications companies to exempt themselves from filing tariffs and being subject to certain state regulations when similar federal regulations exist
   LR: 1158S.04T    SS HCS HB 338
4/19/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 339 - Pollock - Modifies telecommunications provisions relating to carrier of last resort obligations
   LR: 1159S.02T    SS HB 339
4/19/2011 -- SS S offered (Lager)--(1159S.02F)
4/19/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 354 - Faith - Exempts a qualified plug-in electric drive vehicle from the state's motor vehicle emissions inspection program
   LR: 1205L.02T    HCS HB 354
4/19/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/19/2011 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

HB 388 - Burlison - Requires the attending physician, rather than the Department of Health and Senior Services, to provide a breast implantation patient with information on the advantages, disadvantages, and risks associated with the procedure
   LR: 1236S.02T    SCS HB 388
4/19/2011 -- SCS S Adopted
4/19/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed

HB 423 - Burlison - Enacts the interstate Health Care Compact in which member states pledge to improve health care policy by returning the authority to regulate health care to the states
   LR: 1030L.01T    
4/19/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 442 - Franz - Gives bidding preference to veteran owned businesses for state contracts
   LR: 1199L.01P    
4/19/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee
4/19/2011 -- Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee

HB 462 - Pollock - Modifies provisions pertaining to the Office of Public Counsel, cost recovery for early site permits, and the Missouri Energy Task Force
   LR: 1403S.02C    SCS HB 462
4/19/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee
4/19/2011 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee (1403S.02C)

HB 556 - Grisamore - Requires each school board to annually provide instruction on disability history and awareness and designates October as "Disability History and Awareness Month"
   LR: 0617L.03P    HCS HB 556
4/19/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 557 - Grisamore - Allows the Mental Health Earnings Fund to be used for the deposit of revenue received from the proceeds of any sales and services from Mental Health First Aid USA
   LR: 1196L.03T    HCS HB 557
4/19/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/19/2011 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

HB 578 - Thomson - Allows the state and political subdivisions to give scrap tires to businesses when the cost is less than other methods of disposal
   LR: 1422S.03T    SCS HCS HB 578
4/19/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

HB 631 - Grisamore - Creates an income tax check-off for contributions to certain funds
   LR: 1685S.03T    SCS HCS HB 631
4/19/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
4/19/2011 -- SCS S adopted
4/19/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed

HB 656 - Brandom - Amends laws relating to unsecured loans of $500 or less
   LR: 0602L.03P    
4/19/2011 -- S First Read--HB 656-Brandom, et al

HB 678 - Schatz - Modifies provisions pertaining to Missouri One Call and the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission
   LR: 1758L.01P    
4/19/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee

HB 738 - Nasheed - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
   LR: 1443S.02C    SCS HB 738
4/19/2011 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 749 - Lasater - Designates the month of April as "Child Abuse Prevention Month" and recognizes the "blue ribbon" as the official state symbol for child abuse prevention
   LR: 1737L.02T    
4/19/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/19/2011 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

HB 795 - Kelley - Designates the second Friday in March of each year as "Missouri School Read-In Day"
   LR: 1913L.01T    
4/19/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed
4/19/2011 -- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

HB 798 - Brown - Designates various highways and bridges within the state of Missouri after individuals and modifies the Heroes Way Interstate Interchange Designation Program
   LR: 1963S.03T    HB 798, HB 141, HB 153, HCS HB 363, HB 415 HB 813
4/19/2011 -- SCS S adopted
4/19/2011 -- S Third Read and Passed

HCR 11 - Nolte - Urges Congress to designate the Liberty Memorial as the National World War I Memorial
   LR: 0227L.01I    
4/19/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
4/19/2011 -- Voted Do Pass S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

HCR 34 - Hampton - Urges the United States Forest Service to amend or rescind its regulation to allow greater motor vehicle access in the Mark Twain National Forest
   LR: 1392L.02I    
4/19/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
4/19/2011 -- Voted Do Pass S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

HCR 42 - Funderburk - Urges the United States Congress to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions
   LR: 1644L.01I    
4/19/2011 -- Reported to the Senate

HJR 2 - McGhee - Proposes a constitutional amendment reaffirming a citizen's right to prayer
   LR: 0293L.01T    
4/19/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee
4/19/2011 -- Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee

HJR 5 - Pollock - Asserts the right of Missourians to hunt and fish
   LR: 0597L.03P    HCS HJR 5
4/19/2011 -- S First Read--HCS for HJR 5

HJR 6 - Cierpiot - Requires voting by secret ballot for elections and employee representation
   LR: 0366L.01P    
4/19/2011 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee
4/19/2011 -- Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee