Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 4/12/2012


SB 448 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to child care providers
4/12/2012 -- Reported from S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 469 - Dixon - Modifies provisions regarding administrative rules
4/12/2012 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Downsizing State Government Committee

SB 470 - Dixon - Modifies various provisions relating to transportation
4/12/2012 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules - Pursuant Committee
4/12/2012 -- Voted to recommit to committee of origin

SB 482 - Stouffer - Increases the statutory award amount for Alzheimer's disease research projects funded by the University of Missouri Board of Curators
4/12/2012 -- Referred H Higher Education Committee

SB 484 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to telecommunications
4/12/2012 -- Referred H Utilities Committee

SB 492 - Crowell - Modifies retirement benefits for new members of the general assembly and statewide elected officials and modifies interest paid on retirement refunds
4/12/2012 -- Referred H Retirement Committee

SB 510 - Cunningham - Modifies the laws regarding municipal annexations, the taxation of security companies, assessment of real estate, the termination of water and sewer services, and complaints about real estate appraisals
4/12/2012 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 557 - Brown - Modifies the law with respect to the issuance of certificates of titles
4/12/2012 -- Referred H General Laws Committee

SB 563 - Dixon - Modifies provisions relating to higher education
4/12/2012 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules - Pursuant Committee
4/12/2012 -- Voted to recommit to committee of origin

SB 565 - Schaaf - Modifies the membership of the Missouri Health Insurance Pool
4/12/2012 -- Referred H Health Insurance Committee

SB 591 - Parson - Modifies provision regarding state and local revenues, various interest rates, and the authority of fire protection districts
4/12/2012 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H General Laws Committee

SB 595 - Kraus - Transfers the administration of special education due process hearings from the State Board of Education to the Administrative Hearing Commission
4/12/2012 -- Referred H Special Standing Committee on Disability Services Committee

SB 599 - Schaefer - Modifies provisions relating to education
4/12/2012 -- Referred H Elementary and Secondary Education Committee

SB 628 - Schaefer - Modifies provisions relating to the judiciary
4/12/2012 -- S Third Read and Passed

SB 631 - Parson - Modifies provisions relating to animals and agriculture
4/12/2012 -- Referred H Agriculture Policy Committee

SB 648 - Dempsey - Modifies law on temporary instruction permits, towing companies, and use of ignition interlock devices by drunk drivers
4/12/2012 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 657 - Rupp - Provides for the conscience rights of all individuals who provide medical services
4/12/2012 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 667 - Wasson - Modifies provisions relating to design professionals, school social workers, real estate appraising, and residential construction
4/12/2012 -- Referred H Professional Registration and Licensing Committee

SB 668 - Lembke - Modifies several provisions of law concerning taxation, the composition of county sport complex authorities, fire protection district regulations, and real estate appraiser licensing
4/12/2012 -- S Third Read and Passed

SB 699 - Goodman - Modifies laws relating to criminal offenders under the supervision of the Department of Corrections
4/12/2012 -- Reported Do Pass H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee
4/12/2012 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 715 - Kraus - Allows the Adjutant General to waive the age limit for service in the state militia and repeals a complaint procedure for the state militia
4/12/2012 -- Referred H Veterans Committee

SB 729 - Schaefer - Modifies provisions relating to county purchases
4/12/2012 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 739 - Keaveny - Modifies provisons relating to administrative child support orders and the Sentencing Advisory Commission
4/12/2012 -- Reported from S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee to Floor

SB 742 - Brown - Modifies provisions relating to health care including credentialing of health care professionals, medical records and pharmacy
4/12/2012 -- S Third Read and Passed

SB 755 - Mayer - Enacts the "House of Worship Protection Act"
4/12/2012 -- Referred H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

SB 758 - Wasson - Modifies provisions relating to children
4/12/2012 -- Reported from S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 767 - Goodman - Designates several highways and bridges and creates or modifies several special license plates
4/12/2012 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 803 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to behavior analysts and the Behavior Analyst Advisory Board
4/12/2012 -- Reported from S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 804 - Engler - Criminalizes the failure to vacate leased premises in a rent and possession case under chapter 535
4/12/2012 -- S Third Read and Passed

SB 806 - Cunningham - Modifies the teacher tenure systems
4/12/2012 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 811 - Dixon - Authorizes the Board of Governors of Missouri State University to convey certain real property to the City of Springfield
4/12/2012 -- Referred H Higher Education Committee

SB 816 - Kraus - Redefines "misconduct" and "good cause" for the purposes of disqualification from unemployment benefits
4/12/2012 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 817 - Parson - Modifies the laws relating to initiative and referendum petitions
4/12/2012 -- Reported from S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 834 - Mayer - Requires certain funds received by sheriffs to be placed in a special fund in the county treasury
4/12/2012 -- Reported from S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 837 - Dempsey - Modifies what is considered to be a franchise between alcohol wholesalers and suppliers
4/12/2012 -- S Third Read and Passed

SB 844 - Lamping - Modifies provisions relating to the Public Service Commission
4/12/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Veterans' Affairs, Emerging Issues, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee

SB 854 - Mayer - Modifies provisions relating to home- and community-based care
4/12/2012 -- Reported from S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee to Floor

SB 865 - Pearce - Allows University of Missouri Extension Councils to form extension districts made up of cooperating counties
4/12/2012 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 893 - Kraus - Requires certain offenders to undergo criminal history checks in order to have their driver's licenses reinstated or have limited driving privileges granted
4/12/2012 -- Reported from S Transportation Committee to Floor

SB 905 - Mayer - Allows certain political subdivisions to contract out engineering, water quality management, and maintenance services on existing water storage tanks
4/12/2012 -- Reported from S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee to Floor

SB 906 - Kraus - Prohibits certain taxpayers from receiving benefits under certain programs administered by the Department of Economic Development
4/12/2012 -- Reported from S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

SCR 16 - Stouffer - Urges the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to modify its river management protocol to make flood control a top priority
4/12/2012 -- SS S offered & adopted (Stouffer)--(5281S.02F)
4/12/2012 -- S adopted

SCR 25 - Mayer - Urges the federal government to manage the Mississippi River to protect against devastating flood events
4/12/2012 -- S adopted

SJR 37 - Crowell - Requires all meetings of apportionment commissions to be conducted in public and prohibits commission members from serving in the General Assembly for six years after service on commission
4/12/2012 -- Referred H Special Standing Committee on Judicial Reform Committee

SJR 40 - Kraus - Amends the constitution to modify the ban on retrospective laws
4/12/2012 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SJR 45 - Nieves - Prohibits Missouri state government from recognizing, enforcing, or acting in furtherance of certain actions of the federal government
4/12/2012 -- Reported from S General Laws Committee to Floor

HB 1060 - Dugger - Modifies the law relating to elections
4/12/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

HB 1105 - Day - Allows the Adjutant General to waive the age limit for service in the state militia
4/12/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S Veterans' Affairs, Emerging Issues, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee

HB 1109 - Brattin - Prohibits state and local public entities from banning or restricting the practice, mention, celebration or discussion of any federal holiday
4/12/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

HB 1110 - Barnes - Authorizes circuit courts to create veterans treatment courts
4/12/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Veterans' Affairs, Emerging Issues, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee

HB 1111 - Gosen - Modifies the law regarding the release of towed abandoned vehicles and requires the return of nonvehicular personal property within towed vehicles regardless of payment arrangements
4/12/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 1128 - Largent - Authorizes certain military honors and days of observance
4/12/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S Veterans' Affairs, Emerging Issues, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee

HB 1134 - Scharnhorst - Prohibits health carriers from imposing copays that exceed 50% of the total cost of providing any single physical therapy service and prohibits fee capping for non-covered optometric services
4/12/2012 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1134

HB 1150 - Smith - Modifies the law with respect to the issuance of certificates of titles
4/12/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 1256 - Diehl - Modifies provisions relating to the judiciary
4/12/2012 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1256

HB 1272 - Kelley - Specifies a standard of proof of gross negligence for actions against detention facilities for inmate suicides
4/12/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1273 - Kelley - Requires the State Board of Education to promulgate rules authorizing local school boards to lease advertising space on the interior and exterior of school buses
4/12/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 1331 - Jones - Modifies fund transfers between retirements systems, modifies retirement for certain public officials, and sets interest paid on member contributions at T-Bill rate
4/12/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Veterans' Affairs, Emerging Issues, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee - 5027S.02C

HB 1361 - Pollock - Allows telecommunications and broadband service providers and rural electric cooperatives to attach equipment to others' utility poles for smart grid or broadband purposes
4/12/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

HB 1383 - Cox - Requires agencies that receive federal grants to track and disclose the usage of the funds and the Governor to report withholdings
4/12/2012 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1383

HB 1403 - Schatz - Modifies the law relating to workers' compensation
4/12/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

HB 1444 - Smith - Modifies requirements relating to confiscated animals
4/12/2012 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1444

HB 1458 - Hinson - Modifies provisions relating to emergency services
4/12/2012 -- S First Read (w/EC)--HCS for HB 1458

HB 1515 - Schad - Modifies provisions relating to crime and criminal procedure
4/12/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1549 - Richardson - Modifies the state do-not-call list by allowing cell phone numbers on the list
4/12/2012 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 1549

HB 1608 - McNary - Repeals unfunded and obsolete state programs and establishes expiration dates for specified provisions
4/12/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

HB 1640 - Denison - Modifies laws relating to the regulation of motor vehicles
4/12/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 1680 - Davis - Renames the Heroes at Homes program the Show-Me Heroes program and modifies the provisions relating to it
4/12/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Veterans' Affairs, Emerging Issues, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee

HB 1691 - Dugger - Allows applicants for salvage dealer licenses to list wireless telephone numbers as the means for the public to contact their places of business
4/12/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

HB 1789 - Schad - Modifies provisions relating to travel hardships for public school students
4/12/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S General Laws Committee

HB 2001 - Silvey - Appropriates money to the Board of Fund Commissioners
4/12/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
4/12/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee

HB 2002 - Silvey - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the State Board of Education and Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
4/12/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
4/12/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (4002S.05C)

HB 2003 - Silvey - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Higher Education
4/12/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
4/12/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (4003S.04C)

HB 2004 - Silvey - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Revenue and Department of Transportation
4/12/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
4/12/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (4004S.04C)

HB 2005 - Silvey - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Office of Administration, Department of Transportation, and Department of Public Safety
4/12/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
4/12/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (4005S.04C)

HB 2006 - Silvey - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Agriculture, Department of Natural Resources, and Department of Conservation
4/12/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
4/12/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (4006S.04C)

HB 2007 - Silvey - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the departments of Economic Development; Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration; and Labor and Industrial Relations
4/12/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
4/12/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (4007S.04C)

HB 2008 - Silvey - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Public Safety
4/12/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
4/12/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (4008S.04C)

HB 2009 - Silvey - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Corrections
4/12/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
4/12/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (4009S.04C)

HB 2010 - Silvey - 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
4/12/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
4/12/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (4010S.04C)

HB 2011 - Silvey - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Social Services
4/12/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
4/12/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (4011S.04C)

HB 2012 - Silvey - Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of statewide elected officials, the Judiciary, Office of the State Public Defender, and General Assembly
4/12/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
4/12/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (4012S.04C)

HB 2013 - Silvey - Appropriates money for real property leases and related services
4/12/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee
4/12/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee (4013S.04C)

HCR 7 - Rowland - Reaffirms Missouri's sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment
4/12/2012 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

HCR 31 - Schieffer - Urges Congress to support a plan for the Upper Mississippi River Basin that provides flood-control without adverse impacts on existing levees and communities
4/12/2012 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

HCR 36 - Asbury - Reaffirms the relationship between the United States and Israel
4/12/2012 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

HCR 37 - Barnes - Urges Congress to support greater domestic development of North American sources of oil and approve the Keystone XL pipeline project
4/12/2012 -- S adopted

HCR 42 - Rowland - Endorses the "Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children's Bill of Rights"
4/12/2012 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

HCR 53 - Schoeller - Revises the summary statement for House Committee Substitute #2 for Senate Joint Resolution #2 (2011)
4/12/2012 -- Second Read and Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

HJR 47 - Dugger - Modifies the threshold number of signatures to be collected for initiative and referendum petitions
4/12/2012 -- S First Read--HCS for HJR 47

HJR 49 - Brattin - Affirms certain rights to posses, purchase, and manufacture ammunition and mechanical parts for firearms
4/12/2012 -- S First Read--HJR 49-Brattin, et al

HJR 71 - Elmer - Amends the constitution to exempt personal property of active duty military personnel from taxation
4/12/2012 -- S First Read--HJR 71-Elmer, et al

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