Senate Summaries on House Bills

HB 1 - (Truly Agreed) - Appropriates money to the Board of Fund Commissioners
HB 2 - (Truly Agreed) - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the State Board of Education and Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
HB 3 - (Truly Agreed) - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Higher Education
HB 4 - (Truly Agreed) - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Revenue and Department of Transportation
HB 5 - (Truly Agreed) - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Office of Administration, Department of Transportation, and Department of Public Safety
HB 6 - (Truly Agreed) - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Agriculture, Department of Natural Resources, and Department of Conservation
HB 7 - (Truly Agreed) - Appropriates money for the expenses and distributions of the departments of Economic Development; Insurance, Financial Institutions & Professional Registration; and Labor & Industrial Relations
HB 8 - (Truly Agreed) - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Public Safety
HB 9 - (Truly Agreed) - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Corrections
HB 10 - (Truly Agreed) - 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
HB 11 - (Truly Agreed) - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, and distributions of the Department of Social Services
HB 12 - (Truly Agreed) - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of statewide elected officials, the Judiciary, Office of the State Public Defender, and General Assembly
HB 13 - (Truly Agreed) - Appropriates money for real property leases and related services
HB 14 - (Truly Agreed) - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes
HB 15 - (Truly Agreed) - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
HB 17 - (Truly Agreed) - Appropriates money for capital improvement and other purposes as provided in Article IV, Section 28
HB 18 - (Truly Agreed) - Reappropriates federal stimulus money
HB 21 - (Truly Agreed) - Appropriates money for capital improvement projects involving maintenance, repair, replacement, and improvement of state buildings and facilities
HB 22 - (Truly Agreed) - Appropriates money for capital improvement projects, for grants, land acquisition, planning, expenses, and to transfer money among certain funds
HB 28 - Modifies provisions relating to abortion-inducing drugs
HB 29 - Establishes the Volunteer Health Services Act to allow for licensed health care professionals to provide volunteer services for a sponsoring organization
HB 32 - Allows the State Registrar to issue heritage birth certificates
HB 38 - (Truly Agreed) - Requires jail administrators to nofify MULES when certain felons escape and modifies the amount of fines that are satisfied for one day of labor by a prisoner
HB 45 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies provisions of the Big Government Get Off My Back Act and creates an income tax deduction for small business job creation
HB 46 - Extends the expiration date concerning the installation of fire sprinklers in certain home dwellings and modifies adoption by a political subdivision of certain residence codes
HB 61 - Prohibits the state minimum wage from exceeding the federal minimum wage and sets wages for tipped employees at $3.63 per hour
HB 68 - (Truly Agreed) - Prohibits political subdivisions from assessing penalties on owners of pay phones for calls made to 911 from the pay phone
HB 70 - (Truly Agreed) - Changes the compensation and mileage allowance for certain members of a county highway commission
HB 71 - Allows the City of St. Louis to establish and maintain a municipal police force completely under the city's authority
HB 73 - (Truly Agreed) - Enacts provisions regarding drug testing for TANF applicants and recipients and requires the benefit card to include a photo of the recipient or payee
HB 76 - Phases-out the corporate franchise tax over a five-year period
HB 79 - Allows certain veterans who served in the Missouri National Guard to receive medals regardless of whether the veteran is or ever was a legal resident of Missouri
HB 83 - (Truly Agreed) - Allows owners of automated teller machines to charge access fees to those with bank accounts in foreign countries
HB 88 - Requires courts to transfer certain cases upon the request of the public administrator
HB 89 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies provisions relating to natural resources
HB 98 - Extends expiration dates for the collection of fees for lead-acid batteries and hazardous waste
HB 101 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies provisions relating to liquor control
HB 107 - Modifies the manner in which vacancies are filled for statewide offices and the office of United States Senator
HB 108 - Modifies the law relating to campaign finance
HB 109 - (Truly Agreed) - Removes a provision restricting the investment in certain linked deposits
HB 111 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies and enacts various provisions of law relating to the judiciary
HB 112 - Classifies sawmills and planing mills as agricultural and horticultural property for tax purposes
HB 116 - Modifies provisions of law regarding the collection of state money
HB 118 - Requires a law enforcement agency to enter certain information regarding orders of protection into the Missouri Uniform Law Enforcement System within 24 hours
HB 127 - Provides that a sheriff elected at a special election shall receive credit for the entire term for the purposes of receiving retirement benefits from the Sheriffs' Retirement System
HB 136 - (Truly Agreed) - Allows certain military spouses to qualify for unemployment compensation and requires state agencies or boards to give temporary licenses to certain military spouses
HB 137 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies provisions relating to the transfer of property
HB 138 - Exempts schools and certain school districts from the prevailing wage law
HB 139 - Requires financial and policy information about public schools, county and municipal governments and the Governor's travel to be included on the Missouri Accountability Portal
HB 141 - Renames the Heroes Way Interstate Interchange Designation Program to the Heroes Way Interchange Designation Program and expands the program to include state-numbered highway interchanges
HB 142 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions
HB 143 - Changes the laws regarding hotline calls reporting child abuse and neglect to the Children's Division
HB 149 - (Truly Agreed) - Eliminates the expiration date on the provision allowing an individual or corporation to credit part of a tax refund to the Missouri Military Family Relief Fund
HB 151 - (Truly Agreed) - Authorizes a check-off box for the Organ Donor Program Fund on income tax forms
HB 153 - Designates a portion of Highway 8 in St. Francois County as the "Ferlin Huskey Highway"
HB 161 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies provisions of law regarding certain taxes imposed by local governments
HB 162 - Modifies workers' compensation laws
HB 163 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies the law relating to unemployment
HB 167 - Requires Missouri driver's license examinations to only be administered in English
HB 171 - Allows certain third class cities to eliminate the primary elections for general municipal elections at which a mayor and councilmen are to be elected
HB 174 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies the composition of the Coordinating Board for Higher Education, Board of Curators of the University of Missouri and the governing board of Missouri State University
HB 182 - (Truly Agreed) - Designates the first Friday in March of each year as "Dress in Blue for Colon Cancer Awareness Day"
HB 183 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies provisions of the Police Retirement System of Kansas City and the Civilian Employees' Retirement System of the Police Department of Kansas City
HB 184 - (Truly Agreed) - Allows road district commissioners to receive compensation for their services of up to $100 per month and specifies that risk coverages procured by certain political subdivision associations shall not require the solicitation of competitive bids
HB 186 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies provisions relating to elected or appointed county commission clerks and county recorders
HB 187 - Repeals a provision requiring party emblems to be printed on the ballot above the party caption and removes the February and June election dates
HB 189 - Repeals the provision that prohibits expanded polypropylene coolers from being on or within 50 feet of any river in this state except for certain rivers and areas
HB 190 - (Truly Agreed) - Allows the Office of Administration to make monies available to the Department of Natural Resources to be used for cash transactions in the sale of items to the public
HB 192 - Modifies various provisions pertaining to environmental protection
HB 193 - (Truly Agreed) - Establishes new congressional districts
HB 197 - (Truly Agreed) - Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to post on its web site resources relating to umbilical cord blood
HB 199 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies community service requirements for prior and persistent violators of intoxication-related traffic
HB 204 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies the procedures for driver's license renewal for members of the armed forces and their dependents
HB 205 - Modifies the law relating to the Missouri Human Rights Act and employment discrimination
HB 209 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies the laws regarding nuisances and junkyards
HB 211 - Prohibits the enactment of rules or regulations relating to lead abatement that are stricter than those required by federal law
HB 213 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies provisions relating to abortion with respect to viability
HB 214 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies the human trafficking provisions
HB 217 - (Truly Agreed) - Allows election authorities to use electronic voter identification systems and electronic signature pads to verify certain information
HB 220 - (Truly Agreed) - Specifies that real estate brokers and salespersons do not lose immunity from liability for certain statements by only ordering a report or inspection
HB 223 - (Truly Agreed) - Establishes the Advanced Placement Incentive Grant and the Nursing Education Incentive Program
HB 229 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies provisions relating to the Public School Retirement System of Kansas City
HB 250 - (Truly Agreed) - Exempts certain charitable organizations from well construction requirements
HB 252 - Modifies the law regarding duties of business owners or operators to guard against criminal acts
HB 256 - (Truly Agreed) - Extends the expiration date on the Basic Civil Legal Services Fund to December 2018
HB 257 - Abolishes the Sentencing Advisory Commission
HB 259 - Closes certain foster care licensure records and requires the Children's Division to prepare a detailed report of specific information in the licensure process
HB 260 - (Truly Agreed) - Updates the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
HB 263 - Caps the amount of the reduced monthly benefit that certain members of LAGERS who choose to receive a partial lump sum payment may receive
HB 264 - Changes the laws regarding the Manufacturing Jobs Act
HB 265 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies the law regarding the licensure of certain professions
HB 266 - Changes the laws regarding weight limitations for vehicles hauling livestock or agricultural products on state highways
HB 270 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies provisions relating to the administration of health care benefits by the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan
HB 272 - Increases the number of members on the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee by adding one licensed or registered nurse
HB 276 - Modifies funeral protest provisions
HB 282 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies provisions regarding public employee retirement
HB 287 - Modifies provisions relating to health care professional identification badges
HB 291 - Requires window stickers to show current motor vehicle registration instead of license plate tabs
HB 294 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies the law regarding weapons
HB 300 - (Truly Agreed) - Establishes the "Interscholastic Youth Sports Brain Injury Prevention Act"
HB 307 - (Truly Agreed) - Authorizes the Department of Revenue to issue specified special license plates
HB 315 - (Truly Agreed) - 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
HB 327 - Makes it optional for the circuit court and circuit clerk in Cape Girardeau County to hold court and maintain certain offices in both Jackson and Cape Girardeau
HB 336 - Creates a tax credit to attract sporting events to the state
HB 338 - (Truly Agreed) - Allows telecommunications companies to exempt themselves from filing tariffs and being subject to certain state regulations when similar federal regulations exist
HB 339 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies telecommunications provisions relating to carrier of last resort obligations
HB 340 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies provisions relating to county jails and courthouses
HB 344 - (Truly Agreed) - Creates the Farm-to-Table Advisory Board and modifies a provision pertaining to certain agricultural commodity fees
HB 354 - (Truly Agreed) - Exempts a qualified plug-in electric drive vehicle from the state's motor vehicle emissions inspection program
HB 357 - Modifies provisions of law providing tax incentives for job creation and retention and capital investment
HB 358 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies provisions of the retirement plan of the Police Retirement System of St. Louis
HB 360 - Allows certain retirees who are part of LAGERS to authorize the board to deduct certain insurance premiums from their benefits
HB 361 - Declares that certain firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition are not subject to federal law or regulation
HB 363 - Designates a portion of Interstate 44 in the City of St. Louis as the "Officer David Haynes Memorial Highway"
HB 366 - Modifies provisions of law to provide various economic development incentives
HB 369 - Allows cities, towns and villages to seek voter approval to impose a fee for water line repairs and allows certain assessments to be collected on property tax bills
HB 388 - (Truly Agreed) - 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
HB 402 - Modifies liens for certain design professionals and the statute of limitations for lawsuits based on errors in a land survey
HB 407 - (Truly Agreed) - Prohibits a person from preparing or issuing a certificate of insurance form relating to property and casualty insurance unless it has been filed with the director
HB 412 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies provisions relating to pharmacy
HB 415 - Designates a portion of U. S. Highway 67 in Butler County as the "Missouri State Highway Patrol Sergeant David May Memorial Highway"
HB 423 - (Truly Agreed) - 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
HB 430 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies various provisions relating to transportation
HB 431 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies provisions relating to fosters care and adoption promotion
HB 434 - Restricts co-employee liability in workers' compensation cases
HB 442 - Gives bidding preference to veteran owned businesses for state contracts
HB 448 - Specifies how duty-related death benefits are funded for the Missouri Local Government Employees' Retirement System
HB 458 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies provisions pertaining to agriculture
HB 459 - Designates the new Interstate 70 Mississippi River Bridge connecting downtown St. Louis and southwestern Illinois as the "Jerry F. Costello - William 'Bill' Clay Sr. Veterans Memorial Bridge"
HB 462 - Modifies provisions pertaining to the Office of Public Counsel, cost recovery for early site permits, and the Missouri Energy Task Force
HB 464 - (Truly Agreed) - Eliminates, combines, and revises certain state boards, commissions, committees, and councils
HB 465 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies laws relating to the administration of credit unions
HB 468 - Modifies provisions of law providing tax incentives for job creation and retention and capital investment and establishes the Missouri Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act
HB 470 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies provisions of law regarding the nonresident entertainer and athlete tax
HB 473 - Modifies provisions relating to charter schools
HB 475 - Enacts provisions relating to health care data standardization and transparency
HB 484 - (Truly Agreed) - Establishes the Missouri State Transit Assistance Program to provide financial assistance to public mass transportation providers
HB 499 - (Truly Agreed) - Adds licensed professional counselors to the list of health care professionals who can report potentially unsafe drivers to the Department of Revenue
HB 503 - Moves the presidential primary from February to March and removes the February and June election dates
HB 504 - Changes the laws regarding domestic violence and orders of protection
HB 506 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies provisions of law requiring certain political subdivisions to revise property tax rates
HB 513 - Modifies provisions relating to the rights to public accommodation and service dogs afforded to persons with mental disabilities
HB 523 - Establishes a limited-lines insurance license to sell portable electronics insurance and modifies the law with respect to motor vehicle extended service contracts and surplus lines insurance
HB 525 - Establishes rules and procedures that allow guaranty associations and receivers to elect to succeed to the rights of an insolvent insurer with respect to certain reinsurance contracts
HB 545 - Repeals certain requirements for board members of a tourism community enhancement district in the city of Riverside and modifies provisions relating to transient guest taxes
HB 546 - Modifies provisions relating to the Missouri Housing Development Commission and the Missouri Housing Trust Fund
HB 548 - Modifies the law relating to state employee leave and layoffs
HB 550 - (Truly Agreed) - Revises the laws regarding liens and encumbrances on motor vehicles, trailers, watercraft, and manufactured homes
HB 552 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies provisions relating to the treatment of persons with bleeding disorders
HB 555 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies various provisions relating to individuals with disabilities
HB 556 - Requires each school board to annually provide instruction on disability history and awareness and designates October as "Disability History and Awareness Month"
HB 557 - (Truly Agreed) - 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
HB 560 - Requires all new signs erected beginning August 28, 2011, relating to disabled parking to contain the words "Accessible Parking" and to not contain "Handicap Parking" or "Handicapped Parking"
HB 561 - Increases the membership of the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee by adding one mental health professional
HB 562 - Modifies the Children's Services Commission as well as provisions regarding child care providers and enacts a task force on prematurity and infant morality
HB 578 - (Truly Agreed) - Allows the state and political subdivisions to give scrap tires to businesses when the cost is less than other methods of disposal
HB 579 - Modifies various provisions relating to health care policies
HB 591 - (Truly Agreed) - Authorizes the Dental Board to issue a limited teaching license
HB 597 - Assigns certain characteristics to the treatment of conservation easements under the law
HB 600 - Modifies provisions relating to public safety
HB 604 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies provisions relating to parental rights
HB 609 - Establishes the Show-Me Health Insurance Exchange Act to comply with the requirements of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to facilitate the purchase and sale of qualified health plans
HB 630 - Establishes the Missouri Task Force on Prematurity and Infant Mortality
HB 631 - (Truly Agreed) - Creates an income tax check-off for contributions to certain funds
HB 641 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies provisions relating to controlled substances
HB 648 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies provisions relating to individuals with disabilities
HB 656 - Amends laws relating to unsecured loans of $500 or less
HB 658 - Reclassifies most methamphetamine precursor substances as Schedule III controlled substances requiring a prescription in order to be dispensed
HB 661 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies the law regarding debt adjusters
HB 664 - (Truly Agreed) - Changes the laws regarding the Firemen's Retirement System of St. Louis and creates a presumption that certain infectious diseases are duty-related for the purposes of firefighters' disability and death benfits
HB 667 - (Truly Agreed) - Establishes a prostate cancer pilot program to provide screening, referral services, treatment and outreach
HB 673 - Authorizes the Adjutant General and the Governor to present awards to certain individuals
HB 675 - (Truly Agreed) - Requires county coroners to complete training requirements within six months of appointment or election
HB 677 - Removes the June 30, 2012, sunset date of the law requiring a comprehensive vision examination for each child enrolling in kindergarten or first grade in public school
HB 678 - Modifies provisions pertaining to Missouri One Call and the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission
HB 697 - Requires the review of all administrative rules
HB 707 - Allows the City of Kansas City to establish a land bank agency for the management, sale, transfer, and other disposition of tax delinquent land to return it to effective use and provide specified benefits
HB 708 - Specifies how the courts may rule in contractual disputes involving the law of other countries and jurisdictional issues involving other countries
HB 731 - Requires the State Highway Patrol to request a determination of the legal status of any non-citizen on the sex offender registry
HB 732 - Establishes the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Act and changes the laws regarding professions and businesses regulated by the Division of Professional Registration
HB 737 - (Truly Agreed) - Modifies provisions of law regarding property taxes
HB 738 - Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
HB 746 - Creates an income tax check-off for contributions to the puppy protection trust fund
HB 749 - (Truly Agreed) - Designates the month of April as "Child Abuse Prevention Month" and recognizes the "blue ribbon" as the official state symbol for child abuse prevention
HB 773 - Amends surplus lines insurance law to comply with the federal Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010 (NRRA)
HB 787 - Modifies various provisions of law under the title relating to investment transactions
HB 795 - (Truly Agreed) - Designates the second Friday in March of each year as "Missouri School Read-In Day"
HB 798 - (Truly Agreed) - Designates various highways and bridges within the state of Missouri after individuals and modifies the Heroes Way Interstate Interchange Designation Program
HB 812 - Allows the Department of Revenue to issue "Cass County - The Burnt District" special license plates
HB 813 - Designates a bridge on State Highway E within Wright County as the "Pvt Ova A. Kelley Medal of Honor Memorial Bridge"
HB 825 - Prohibits the assessment of penalties or the issuance of traffic tickets for failing to renew motor vehicle registrations prior to the last day of the month following the expiration of the 12-month registration period
HB 828 - Modifies Missouri's prevailing wage law
HB 840 - Authorizes tax incentives to encourage foreign trade
HB 999 - Modifies provisions relating to the sex offender registration
HB 1008 - (Truly Agreed) - Allows the state Highways and Transportation Commission to enter into binding highway infrastructure improvement agreements to reimburse any funds advanced by political subdivisions or private entities
HCR 1 - State of the State Wednesday, January 19, 2011, at 7:00p.m.
HCR 2 - Joint Session to receive a message from Chief Justice William Ray Price, Jr., Wednesday, February 2, 2011, at 10:30a.m.
HCR 3 - Submits to Congress a proposed federal balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution
HCR 7 - Encourages the Missouri Veterans Commission to reach out to women veterans to encourage them to bring their specific concerns to the attention of the agency officials
HCR 11 - Urges Congress to designate the Liberty Memorial as the National World War I Memorial
HCR 15 - Designates November 13, 2011, as "Buck O'Neil Day" in the state of Missouri
HCR 17 - Urges Congress to support a plan for the Upper Mississippi River Basin that provides flood-control without adverse impacts on existing levees and communities
HCR 23 - Declares support for Complete Streets policies and urges their adoption at all levels of government regarding the shared use of our roads and highways by motorists, bicyclists, and walkers
HCR 24 - Joint Session Wednesday, February 9, 2011, 2:00pm, for the State of the Judiciary message from the Honorable William Ray Price, Jr., Chief Justice of the State of Missouri
HCR 30 - Urges the Governor and Attorney General to send a letter to the President of the United States expressing the urgency of resolving the constitutionality of the federal health care reform act
HCR 31 - Calls on the United States Congress to annually allocate at least 40% of the Land and Water Conservation Fund to the state LWCF programs
HCR 32 - Establishes a Joint Interim Committee on State Employee Wages to address the need to increase Missouri's ranking as 50th worst in the nation in state employee compensation
HCR 33 - Designates the Honor and Remember Flag as Missouri's emblem of military members who died in the line of duty
HCR 34 - Urges the United States Forest Service to amend or rescind its regulation to allow greater motor vehicle access in the Mark Twain National Forest
HCR 37 - (Truly Agreed) - Asks the Governor to recognize every third week in June as Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Week in Missouri
HCR 39 - Urges the U.S. Department of the Interior to add Grants Farm as part of the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
HCR 42 - Urges the United States Congress to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions
HCR 46 - Recognizes Kansas City as host of FUTURALLIA KC 2011 and encourages the Department of Economic Development to showcase Missouri as an ideal location for foreign trade and business
HJR 2 - (Truly Agreed) - Proposes a constitutional amendment reaffirming a citizen's right to prayer
HJR 3 - Proposes a constitutional amendment declaring the right of citizens to humanely raise livestock without undue state economic burden and limits the validity of certain criminal laws regarding animal welfare
HJR 5 - Asserts the right of Missourians to hunt and fish
HJR 6 - Requires voting by secret ballot for elections and employee representation
HJR 16 - Modifies the number of signatures required for initiatives and referenda
HJR 27 - Amends the constitution to protect certain activities relating to ammunition and arms parts
HJR 29 - Amends the Constitution to require the development and sale of a veterans lottery ticket