Senate Action for 5/8/2012

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
5/8/2012 -- Voted Do Pass H Health Insurance Committee

SB 489 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions relating to weapons
   LR: 4464S.05T    SS SCS SBs 489 & 637
5/8/2012 -- Hearing Cancelled H Rules Pursuant Committee

SB 569 - Kraus - Modifies the law relating to elections, law enforcement districts, and transit authority taxes
   LR: 4738S.06T    CCS HCS SCS SB 569
5/8/2012 -- S conferees appointed: Kraus, Engler, Ridgeway, Justus, Wright-Jones

SB 576 - Stouffer - Modifies provisions relating to charter schools
   LR: 4705S.08T    SS SCS SB 576
5/8/2012 -- Hearing Cancelled H Rules Pursuant 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
5/8/2012 -- HA 1 to HCS H offered & adopted (Franz)--(4702L05.28H)
5/8/2012 -- HA 2 to HCS H offered & adopted (Silvey)--(4702L05.29H)
5/8/2012 -- HA 3 to HCS H offered & adopted (Flanigan)--(4702L05.32H)
5/8/2012 -- HA 4 to HCS H offered & adopted (Diehl)--(4702L05.12H)
5/8/2012 -- HA 5 to HCS H offered (Jones-117)--(4702L05.08H)
5/8/2012 -- HA 1 to HA 5 to HCS H offered & adopted (Barnes)--(4702L05.35H)
5/8/2012 -- HA 5 to HCS, as amended, H adopted
5/8/2012 -- HCS, as amended, H adopted
5/8/2012 -- H Third Read and Passed, as amended - EC adopted

SB 607 - Stouffer - Establishes procedure for resetting billboards during periods of highway construction
   LR: 4942S.04T    SS SB 607
5/8/2012 -- Taken up for Third Reading
5/8/2012 -- Laid over

SB 611 - Lembke - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of transportation
   LR: 4983S.03S    CCS SB 611
5/8/2012 -- S conferees appointed: Lembke, Stouffer, Kehoe, McKenna, Wright-Jones

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
5/8/2012 -- Hearing Conducted H Retirement Committee
5/8/2012 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Retirement Committee
5/8/2012 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Retirement Committee
5/8/2012 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 633 - Engler - Allows scrap metal operators to purchase older inoperable motor vehicles or vehicle parts from such vehicles without receiving a title under certain conditions
   LR: 5036S.06P    SS SCS SB 633
5/8/2012 -- Hearing Cancelled H Rules Pursuant 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
5/8/2012 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Rules Pursuant Committee

SB 682 - Dempsey - Requires that certain pain management techniques be performed by licensed physicians
   LR: 4808H.05T    HCS SS SCS SB 682
5/8/2012 -- Hearing Cancelled H Rules Pursuant Committee

SB 711 - Lamping - Modifies provisions relating to adoption
   LR: 5423L.04C    HCS SCS SB 711
5/8/2012 -- Hearing Cancelled H Rules Pursuant 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
5/8/2012 -- HA 1 H offered & adopted (Allen)--(5607S02.15H)
5/8/2012 -- HA 2 H offered & adopted (Webber)--(5607S02.11H)
5/8/2012 -- H Third Read and Passed, as amended

SB 719 - Kehoe - Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of transportation
   LR: 5618S.07T    CCS#2 SS SCS SB 719
5/8/2012 -- S conferees appointed: Kehoe, Schmitt, Goodman, McKenna, Wright-Jones

SB 739 - Keaveny - Modifies provisons relating to administrative child support orders and the Sentencing Advisory Commission
   LR: 4209L.03C    HCS SB 739
5/8/2012 -- Hearing Cancelled H Rules Pursuant Committee

SB 760 - Dempsey - Modifies various provisions relating to natural resources, use of weapons, and utilities
   LR: 5714H.04C    HCS SB 760
5/8/2012 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Tourism & Natural Resources Committee
5/8/2012 -- Referred to Rules Committee pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f)

SB 767 - Goodman - Designates several highways and bridges and creates or modifies several special license plates
   LR: 5761L.08C    HCS SCS SBs 767, 653, 754, 705, 441, 528, 831, 833 & 847
5/8/2012 -- Hearing Cancelled H Rules Pursuant Committee

SB 788 - Keaveny - Requires appointment of St. Louis City circuit clerk
   LR: 5390S.02P    SCS SB 788
5/8/2012 -- Hearing Cancelled H Rules Pursuant Committee

SB 835 - Kehoe - Modifies references to fireworks classifications
   LR: 5877S.02T    SCS SB 835
5/8/2012 -- Hearing Cancelled H General Laws Committee

SCR 24 - Stouffer - Urges the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to rescind its newly published rule regarding hours of service and refrain from adopting regulations concerning sleep apnea and other measures affecting the trucking industry
   LR: 5986S.01I    
5/8/2012 -- Hearing Cancelled H Rules Pursuant Committee

SCR 25 - Mayer - Urges the federal government to manage the Mississippi River to protect against devastating flood events
   LR: 5849S.03I    
5/8/2012 -- H adopted

SJR 51 - Lembke - Modifies the composition of Appellate Judicial Commission and number of nominees for vacancies in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
   LR: 5988S.06T    SCS SJR 51
5/8/2012 -- Hearing Cancelled H Rules Pursuant Committee

SR 1762 - Schmitt - Urges religious freedom for the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Turkey
   LR: 6195S.02I    
5/8/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SR 2075 - Dempsey - Declares May 3, 2012, the Missouri Day of Prayer
   LR: 5964S.02I    
5/8/2012 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics 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
   LR: 4212S.03C    SCS HCS HB 1134
5/8/2012 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee - 4212S.03C

HB 1323 - Black - Modifies provisions relating to child care services and child abuse and neglect investigations
   LR: 5196S.09T    SCS HCS#2 HB 1323
5/8/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

HB 1540 - Jones - Modifies the law relating to co-employee liability in workers' compensation
   LR: 5125L.02T    
5/8/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee
5/8/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

HB 1758 - Long - Modifies provisions relating to custody/visitation rights for those with a parent/child relationship, military parents and race consideration in adoption proceedings
   LR: 5552S.06T    SCS HCS HB 1758
5/8/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee

HB 2099 - Elmer - Modifies the law relating to whistle-blower protection for employees
   LR: 6309L.01P    
5/8/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

HCR 25 - Allen - Recognizes the important health and educational services provided by professional school nurses and urges school districts to recognize their dedication and value
   LR: 5376L.01I    
5/8/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
5/8/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

HCR 43 - Franklin - Encourages school boards, in conjunction with the Missouri Youth Sport Shooting Alliance, to voluntarily promote and include trapshooting as a high school sport for the youth of Missouri
   LR: 5666L.01I    
5/8/2012 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
5/8/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

HCR 46 - Franklin - Urges Ameren Missouri, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Lake of the Ozarks property owners to develop a shoreline management plan that respects property rights
   LR: 6026L.01I    
5/8/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

HCR 49 - Fallert - Calls on Congress to disapprove the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed regulation on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
   LR: 6196L.01I    
5/8/2012 -- Voted Do Pass S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

HJR 41 - Nasheed - Limits the total service in the General Assembly to sixteen years in any proportion between the Senate and the House of Representatives
   LR: 4478L.02P    HCS HJR 41
5/8/2012 -- Referred S Ways & Means & Fiscal Oversight Committee