Senate Action for 4/4/2012

SB 451 - Cunningham - Modifies provisions relating to school operations
   LR: 4507S.05C    SCS SB 451
4/4/2012 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 454 - Pearce - Modifies the elementary and secondary education funding formula
   LR: 4366S.02I    
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
   LR: 4438S.02I    SB 475
4/4/2012 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 489 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions relating to weapons
   LR: 4464S.05T    SS SCS SBs 489 & 637
4/4/2012 -- Referred H General Laws Committee

SB 491 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions pertaining to agriculture
   LR: 4459S.03C    SCS SB 491
4/4/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee

SB 548 - Purgason - Modifies certain tax credit programs
   LR: 4400S.07C    SCS SB 548
4/4/2012 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 576 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions relating to charter schools
   LR: 4705S.08T    SS SCS SB 576
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
   LR: 4760L.04C    HCS SB 578
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
   LR: 4702L.05C    HCS SCS SB 591
4/4/2012 -- Referred H General Laws Committee

SB 592 - Lager - Modifies the law relating to the Missouri Human Rights Act and employment discrimination
   LR: 4933L.07C    HCS SS SCS SB 592
4/4/2012 -- Referred H Workforce Development & Workplace Safety Committee

SB 607 - Stouffer - Establishes procedure for resetting billboards during periods of highway construction
   LR: 4942S.04T    SS SB 607
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
   LR: 5110H.03T    HCS SCS SB 625
4/4/2012 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 631 - Parson - Modifies provisions relating to animals and agriculture
   LR: 5053S.05T    CCS HCS SCS SB 631
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
   LR: 4680L.03C    HCS SCS SB 655
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
   LR: 5177S.03C    SCS SB 661
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
   LR: 5037L.07C    HCS SCS SB 673
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
   LR: 5371S.04T    SS SCS SB 689
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
   LR: 5321S.12P    SCS SB 699
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
   LR: 5607S.02T    SCS SB 715
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
   LR: 4528S.01T    
4/4/2012 -- Voted Do Pass H Local Government Committee

SB 781 - Goodman - Modifies provisions relating to emergencies and political subdivisions
   LR: 4499L.08C    HCS SS SB 781
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
   LR: 5829S.02I    
4/4/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 813 - Richard - Modifies provisions relating to financial transactions
   LR: 5878L.02C    HCS SB 813
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
   LR: 5857S.02I    
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
   LR: 6000S.02T    SCS SB 837
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
   LR: 5898S.02I    
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
   LR: 5194S.04P    SCS SB 842
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
   LR: 5901S.02C    SCS SB 843
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
   LR: 6067L.03C    HCS SCS SB 856
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
   LR: 4783S.06C    SCS SB 860
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
   LR: 5797S.04C    SCS SB 865
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
   LR: 6048S.01I    
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
   LR: 6092S.01P    
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
   LR: 6085L.05C    HCS SB 911
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
   LR: 4626S.02I    
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
   LR: 5849S.03I    
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
   LR: 6326S.02I    
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
   LR: 5476L.05C    HCS SS#2 SJR 48
4/4/2012 -- Referred H Special Standing Committee on Judicial Reform Committee

HB 1042 - Thomson - Modifies provisions relating to higher education
   LR: 4431S.04T    SCS HCS HB 1042
4/4/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

HB 1300 - Franz - Changes how motor vehicles are valued for assessment purposes
   LR: 5283S.03C    SCS HCS HB 1300
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
   LR: 5033H.03P    HCS HB 1311
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
   LR: 5193S.05C    SCS HCS HB 1324
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
   LR: 4570L.02P    
4/4/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

HB 1504 - Richardson - Modifies provisions of law regarding sales taxes
   LR: 5509S.03T    SCS HB 1504
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
   LR: 5541L.01I    
4/4/2012 -- Reported from S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee to Floor