Senate Action for 1/24/2012

SB 435 - Crowell - Requires authorization for certain labor unions to use dues and fees to make political contributions and bars them from withholding earnings from paychecks
   LR: 4228S.01I    
1/24/2012 -- Bill Combined (w/SCS/SBs 553 & 435)

SB 438 - Mayer - Bars employers from requiring employees to engage in or cease engaging in certain labor practices
   LR: 4296S.01I    
1/24/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee

SB 439 - Mayer - Modifies the law relating to the prevailing wage
   LR: 4295S.03C    SCS SB 439
1/24/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee - (4295S.03C)

SB 449 - Rupp - Requires the Department of Mental Health to develop a transition plan for services of residents of state developmental disabilities facilities to the most appropriate setting
   LR: 4182S.01I    
1/24/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 459 - Wright-Jones - Requires those engaging in public works projects to employ individuals from the locality in which the project is being constructed
   LR: 4168S.01I    
1/24/2012 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 464 - Schaaf - Prohibits the establishment and operation of health insurance exchanges in Missouri unless certain criteria are met
   LR: 4313S.03T    SS SB 464
1/24/2012 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
1/24/2012 -- SA 1 to SS S offered & defeated (Justus)--(4313S03.01S)
1/24/2012 -- SS S adopted
1/24/2012 -- Perfected

SB 467 - Munzlinger - Requires agencies that receive federal grants to track and disclose the usage of the funds and the Governor to report withholdings
   LR: 4291L.06C    HCS SS SCS SB 467
1/24/2012 -- SS for SCS S offered (Munzlinger)--(4291S.04F)
1/24/2012 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Green)--(4291S04.02S)
1/24/2012 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered (Lager)--(4291S04.04S)
1/24/2012 -- SA 1 to SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Crowell)--(4291S04.05S)
1/24/2012 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
1/24/2012 -- SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
1/24/2012 -- Perfected
1/24/2012 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 477 - Crowell - Modifies the state do-not-call list by allowing cell phone numbers on the list and banning certain automated calls
   LR: 4227S.01I    
1/24/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee
1/24/2012 -- Bill Combined (w/SCS SBs 484 & 477)

SB 484 - Rupp - Modifies provisions relating to telecommunications
   LR: 4252L.06C    HCS SCS SBs 484, 477 & 606
1/24/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass (w/ SCS SBs 484 & 477) S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee - (4252S.03C)

SB 511 - Schaaf - Provides that no amendments shall be made to the Missouri State Medicaid Plan without first obtaining approval from the Joint Committee on MO HealthNet
   LR: 4476S.01I    
1/24/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 515 - Schaaf - Requires Director of the Department of Insurance to prescribe by rule uniform application forms for group health insurance policies
   LR: 4334S.01I    
1/24/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

SB 524 - Curls - Modifies the membership qualifications for the Missouri Housing Development Commission
   LR: 4186S.01I    
1/24/2012 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S General Laws Committee

SB 540 - Chappelle-Nadal - Bars discriminatory employers from receiving public works contracts and requires employers to provide cause to terminated employees
   LR: 4099S.01I    
1/24/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 547 - Purgason - Bars employers from requiring employees to engage in or cease engaging in certain labor practices
   LR: 4371S.01I    
1/24/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee

SB 553 - Brown - Requires authorization for certain labor unions to use dues and fees to make political contributions and bars them from withholding earnings from paychecks
   LR: 4559S.02C    SCS SBs 553 & 435
1/24/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass (w/SCS SBs 553 & 435) S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee - (4559S.02C)

SB 560 - Ridgeway - Prohibits the establishment and operation of health insurance exchanges in Missouri unless certain criteria are met
   LR: 4473S.01I    
1/24/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee - (4473S.02C)

SB 565 - Schaaf - Modifies the membership of the Missouri Health Insurance Pool
   LR: 4703S.02P    SCS SB 565
1/24/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 578 - Parson - Modifies provisions relating to property owned by the state
   LR: 4760L.04C    HCS SB 578
1/24/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee

SB 590 - Kraus - Modifies the law relating to unlawfully present aliens
   LR: 4556S.02I    
1/24/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee

SB 594 - Kraus - Modifies provisions relating to utility uses and service
   LR: 4112L.02C    HCS SB 594
1/24/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 596 - Brown - Modifies the law relating to prevailing wage and project labor agreements
   LR: 4925S.02C    SCS SB 596
1/24/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee - (4925S.02C)

SB 689 - Engler - Modifies provisions relating to crimes committed against the elderly and disabled
   LR: 5371S.04T    SS SCS SB 689
1/24/2012 -- S First Read--SB 689-Engler and Schmitt

SB 690 - Engler - Modifies provisions related to public safety
   LR: 5393L.03C    HCS SB 690
1/24/2012 -- S First Read--SB 690-Engler

SB 691 - Engler - Expands eligibility and increases benefits for suppliers of automobile manufacturers under the Manufacturing Jobs Program
   LR: 5392S.01I    
1/24/2012 -- S First Read--SB 691-Engler and Callahan

SB 692 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions
   LR: 5469L.04C    HCS SCS SB 692
1/24/2012 -- S First Read--SB 692-Stouffer

SB 693 - Crowell - Prohibits state agencies from printing calendars representing the agency to public and private entities
   LR: 5477S.01I    
1/24/2012 -- S First Read--SB 693-Crowell

SB 694 - Nieves - Modifies the use of the Capitol complex grounds by nonpublic entities
   LR: 4166S.01I    
1/24/2012 -- S First Read--SB 694-Nieves

SB 695 - Parson - Requires farm employees who videotape suspected acts of animal abuse to turn over the recording to law enforcement within 24 hours
   LR: 4677S.02I    
1/24/2012 -- S First Read--SB 695-Parson

SB 696 - Kraus - Allows uninsured motor vehicles to be towed under certain circumstances and increases fines, suspensions and reinstatement fees for certain uninsured motorists
   LR: 5038S.01I    
1/24/2012 -- S First Read--SB 696-Kraus

SB 697 - Wasson - Expands the civil immunity provided to insurers for furnishing information related to insurance fraud investigations
   LR: 5474S.01I    
1/24/2012 -- S First Read--SB 697-Wasson

SB 698 - Richard - Establishes construction contract bidding standards for political subdivisions
   LR: 5109S.01I    
1/24/2012 -- S First Read--SB 698-Richard

SB 699 - Goodman - Modifies laws relating to criminal offenders under the supervision of the Department of Corrections
   LR: 5321S.12P    SCS SB 699
1/24/2012 -- S First Read--SB 699-Goodman, et al

SCR 16 - Stouffer - Urges the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to modify its river management protocol to make flood control a top priority
   LR: 5281S.02F    
1/24/2012 -- S Offered--SCR 16-Stouffer

SCR 17 - Lamping - Urges the use of the slogan "The Great Rivers State" by the State of Missouri
   LR: 4596S.07C    SCS SCR 17
1/24/2012 -- S Offered--SCR 17-Lamping

SCR 18 - Rupp - Rescinds Missouri's 1983 call for a constitutional convention
   LR: 5322S.01I    
1/24/2012 -- S Offered--SCR 18-Rupp

SJR 29 - Lamping - Requires the legislative session to end in late March rather than mid-May, beginning with the 98th General Assembly
   LR: 4436S.02I    
1/24/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee