Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 4/4/2012


SB 451 - Cunningham - Modifies provisions relating to school operations
4/4/2012 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 454 - Pearce - Modifies the elementary and secondary education funding formula
4/4/2012 -- Motion to vote bill do pass failed S Education Committee

SB 475 - Lamping - Requires the joint election of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor
4/4/2012 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 489 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions relating to weapons
4/4/2012 -- Referred H General Laws Committee

SB 491 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions pertaining to agriculture
4/4/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

SB 548 - Purgason - Modifies certain tax credit programs
4/4/2012 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 576 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions relating to charter schools
4/4/2012 -- Taken up for Perfection
4/4/2012 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 578 - Parson - Modifies provisions relating to property owned by the state
4/4/2012 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee

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

SB 592 - Lager - Modifies the law relating to the Missouri Human Rights Act and employment discrimination
4/4/2012 -- Referred H Workforce Development & Workplace Safety Committee

SB 607 - Stouffer - Establishes procedure for resetting billboards during periods of highway construction
4/4/2012 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 625 - Kehoe - Modifies fund transfers between retirement systems, modifies retirement for certain public officials, and sets interest paid on member contributions at T-Bill rate
4/4/2012 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 631 - Parson - Modifies provisions relating to animals and agriculture
4/4/2012 -- SCS S adopted
4/4/2012 -- Perfected
4/4/2012 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 655 - Green - Creates the Higher Education Capital Fund to provide matching funds to public colleges and universities for capital projects under certain circumstances
4/4/2012 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Higher Education Committee
4/4/2012 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 661 - Schmitt - Creates a phased-in individual income tax deduction for business income and reduces the corporate income tax rate over a five-year period
4/4/2012 -- Taken up for Perfection
4/4/2012 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 673 - Brown - Modifies law regarding motor vehicle licensing and driver's licenses
4/4/2012 -- SCS S adopted
4/4/2012 -- Perfected
4/4/2012 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 689 - Engler - Modifies provisions relating to crimes committed against the elderly and disabled
4/4/2012 -- Hearing Conducted H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

SB 699 - Goodman - Modifies laws relating to criminal offenders under the supervision of the Department of Corrections
4/4/2012 -- Hearing Conducted H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

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
4/4/2012 -- SCS S adopted
4/4/2012 -- Perfected
4/4/2012 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 736 - Engler - Exempts St. Francois County from a requirement that certain amounts of money from the county's special road and bridge tax be spent in certain areas
4/4/2012 -- Voted Do Pass H Local Government Committee

SB 781 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to emergencies and political subdivisions
4/4/2012 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 797 - Justus - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to establish a voluntary prekindergarten program
4/4/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 813 - Richard - Modifies provisions relating to financial transactions
4/4/2012 -- Perfected
4/4/2012 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 820 - Nieves - Adds training requirements for 911 dispatch operators and provides certain civil immunity
4/4/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 837 - Dempsey - Modifies what is considered to be a franchise between alcohol wholesalers and suppliers
4/4/2012 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
4/4/2012 -- Taken up for Perfection
4/4/2012 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 839 - Lembke - Exempts certain school districts governed by a special administrative board from having to pay tuition and transportation for students who attend an accredited school under certain circumstances
4/4/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee

SB 842 - Lamping - Modifies the Public School Retirement System of Missouri and the Public Education Employee Retirement System of Missouri
4/4/2012 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
4/4/2012 -- Taken up for Perfection
4/4/2012 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
4/4/2012 -- SCS S adopted
4/4/2012 -- Perfected
4/4/2012 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 843 - Lamping - Allows motorists to purchase an additional third license plate to serve as a visible plate when a bicycle rack or other item obstructs the view of the mounted plate
4/4/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee 5901S.02C

SB 856 - Rupp - Establishes the "Senate Interim Committee on the Structure of the Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Company" to study whether MEMIC should be sold, privatized, or have its current structure modified
4/4/2012 -- SCS S adopted
4/4/2012 -- Perfected
4/4/2012 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 860 - Nieves - Authorizes the State Fire Marshal to issue certificates to fire sprinkler contractors
4/4/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

SB 865 - Pearce - Allows University of Missouri Extension Councils to form extension districts made up of cooperating counties
4/4/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee - 5797S.04C

SB 879 - Wasson - Allows insurers that purchase vehicles through the claims adjustment process to obtain salvage certificate of titles or junking certificates under certain conditions
4/4/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee

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
4/4/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 911 - Ridgeway - Prohibits employers from using the last four digits of an employee's Social Security number as their employee identification number
4/4/2012 -- Perfected
4/4/2012 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SCR 20 - Rupp - Authorizes the Department of Economic Development to approve certain investments under the New Markets Development Program
4/4/2012 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee to Floor

SCR 25 - Mayer - Urges the federal government to manage the Mississippi River to protect against devastating flood events
4/4/2012 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee to Floor

SCR 28 - Mayer - Establishes the Joint Committee on the Missouri Criminal Code to study the state's criminal laws
4/4/2012 -- S offered--SCR 28-Mayer
4/4/2012 -- S adopted
4/4/2012 -- Reported to the House

SJR 48 - Dixon - Modifies provisions regarding members and meetings of Missouri Senate and House of Representative apportionment commissions
4/4/2012 -- Referred H Special Standing Committee on Judicial Reform Committee

HB 1042 - Thomson - Modifies provisions relating to higher education
4/4/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

HB 1300 - Franz - Changes how motor vehicles are valued for assessment purposes
4/4/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

HB 1311 - Silvey - Creates state and local sales and use tax exemptions for data storage centers and allows municipalities to enter into loan agreements, or sell, lease, or mortgage municipal property for a technology business facility project
4/4/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

HB 1324 - Loehner - Declares the right of persons to raise livestock in conformance with state and local laws that are in effect as of a certain date
4/4/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

HB 1466 - Nasheed - Creates the "Math and Science Tutoring Act" to establish a pilot program for the establishment and support of nonprofit math and science tutoring centers in the St. Louis City School District
4/4/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

HB 1504 - Richardson - Modifies provisions of law regarding sales taxes
4/4/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

HCR 37 - Barnes - Urges Congress to support greater domestic development of North American sources of oil and approve the Keystone XL pipeline project
4/4/2012 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee to Floor

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