Senate Action for 1/28/2014

SB 492 - Pearce - Modifies provisions relating to the authorization for funding and administrative processes in higher education
   LR: 4393S.11T    CCS HCS SCS SB 492
1/28/2014 -- Reported from S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 506 - Munzlinger - Modifies provisions relating to agriculture
   LR: 4601H.03T    HCS SB 506
1/28/2014 -- Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee
1/28/2014 -- Motion to pass bill as consent taken by S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee - Consent vote adopted

SB 507 - Dixon - Modifies the gubernatorial appointment process for acting directors and the process for filling vacancies in certain state public offices
   LR: 4496H.06C    HCS SS SB 507
1/28/2014 -- SS S offered (Dixon)--(4496S.03F)
1/28/2014 -- SA 1 to SS S offered & defeated (Sifton)--(4496S03.03S)
1/28/2014 -- SA 2 to SS S offered (Schmitt)--(4496S03.08S)
1/28/2014 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 509 - Kraus - Modifies provisions relating to income taxes
   LR: 4324S.18T    SS#3 SCS SBs 509 & 496
1/28/2014 -- Reported from S Ways and Means Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 529 - Wallingford - Modifies the Missouri Public Prompt Payment Act and the law relating to public works projects
   LR: 4629S.02T    SCS SB 529
1/28/2014 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 530 - Libla - Allows for alcohol or drug use or related convictions to be considered in determining parental fitness in termination of parental rights proceedings
   LR: 4301H.07T    HCS SCS SB 530
1/28/2014 -- Hearing Conducted S Seniors, Families and Pensions Committee

SB 532 - Nasheed - Modifies provisions relating to educational and medical consent provided by relative caregivers
   LR: 4160S.03T    SS SCS SB 532
1/28/2014 -- Hearing Conducted S Seniors, Families and Pensions Committee

SB 537 - Parson - Modifies insurance holding company regulation and expands the power of the director of the department of insurance to examine insurance holding company systems
   LR: 4576S.03P    SS SB 537
1/28/2014 -- Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 546 - Lamping - Modifies Missouri' Health Care Freedom Act by prohibiting the state from implementing a health insurance exchange, prohibiting insurers from accepting remuneration and prescribing duties of the Attorney General for enforcement of the act
   LR: 4499S.01I    
1/28/2014 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 552 - Sater - Modifies provisions regarding the termination of alimony and maintenance payments
   LR: 4424S.01I    
1/28/2014 -- Hearing Conducted S Seniors, Families and Pensions Committee

SB 561 - Munzlinger - Creates a permit for hobby manufacturers of fireworks
   LR: 4241S.02P    
1/28/2014 -- Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 591 - Sater - Modifies provisions relating to agriculture
   LR: 4503H.03C    HCS SB 591
1/28/2014 -- Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee
1/28/2014 -- Motion to pass bill as consent taken by S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee - Consent vote adopted

SB 609 - Parson - Modifies applicability of electronic communication of insurance documents to other provisions of law
   LR: 4744S.01T    
1/28/2014 -- Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 613 - Nieves - Modifies provisions relating to firearms
   LR: 4538S.04RP    SCS SB 613
1/28/2014 -- Hearing Conducted S General Laws Committee
1/28/2014 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S General Laws Committee (4538S.04C)

SB 617 - Rupp - Establishes rights of insurers to present reservation of rights to insured without breaching insurance contract, to defend against loss prior to garnishment, and to refuse to enter contracts to limit recovery
   LR: 4628S.02C    SCS SB 617
1/28/2014 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 649 - Lager - Modifies provisions relating to right-of-way of political subdivisions
   LR: 5009S.02T    
1/28/2014 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 650 - Lager - Modifies provisions relating to wireless communications infrastructure deployment
   LR: 5012S.03T    SS SCS SB 650
1/28/2014 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 651 - Lager - Modifies provisions relating to communications services
   LR: 5010S.02T    SCS SB 651
1/28/2014 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 652 - Lager - Modifies provisions relating to utility access to railroad right-of-way
   LR: 5008S.01P    
1/28/2014 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 653 - Lager - Modifies provisions relating to municipal utility poles
   LR: 5011H.10T    HCS SS SCS SB 653
1/28/2014 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee

SB 663 - Munzlinger - Requires health benefit plans to establish equal out of pocket costs for covered oral and intravenously administered chemotherapy medications
   LR: 5122S.02C    SCS SB 663
1/28/2014 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 668 - Silvey - Requires health benefit plans to establish equal out of pocket costs for covered oral and intravenously administered chemotherapy medications
   LR: 5155S.02T    SS SB 668
1/28/2014 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SB 787 - Justus - Creates the Capital Sentencing Procedures and Protocols Commission
   LR: 5551S.04C    SCS SBs 787 & 804
1/28/2014 -- S First Read--SB 787-Justus

SB 788 - Brown - Authorizes charities to utilize sweepstakes terminal devices on their premises
   LR: 5692S.01I    
1/28/2014 -- S First Read--SB 788-Brown

SB 789 - Dixon - Modifies the authority of the State Auditor with respect to tax returns and grant agreements
   LR: 4244S.01I    
1/28/2014 -- S First Read--SB 789-Dixon

SB 790 - Dixon - Modifies penalties for first degree murder when the person was under the age of 18 at the time of committing the offense
   LR: 5333S.03I    
1/28/2014 -- S First Read--SB 790-Dixon

SB 791 - Parson - Exempts sales of motorcycles in Platte and Jackson counties from criminal penalties for Sunday sales
   LR: 5585S.01I    
1/28/2014 -- S First Read--SB 791-Parson and Schaaf

SB 792 - Parson - Raises the amount the Crime Victims' Compensation Fund can pay to eligible victims and provides that the Public Safety Department can negotiate costs on behalf of victims
   LR: 5620S.01I    
1/28/2014 -- S First Read--SB 792-Parson

SB 793 - Dixon - Modifies provisions relating to criminal procedure
   LR: 5538S.01I    
1/28/2014 -- S First Read--SB 793-Dixon

SCR 17 - Wallingford - Establishes the Joint Committee on Solid Waste Management District Operations
   LR: 5002S.02I    
1/28/2014 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SCR 19 - Romine - Establishes the Missouri Lead Industry Employment, Economic Development and Environmental Remediation Task Force
   LR: 5208S.01I    
1/28/2014 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SCR 20 - Walsh - Recognizes every September 26th as Mesothelioma Awareness Day
   LR: 4574S.01I    
1/28/2014 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SCR 22 - Cunningham - Urges the National Park Service to not take action on the Ozark National Scenic Riverways general management plan, and for the Department of the Interior to negotiate the return of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways to the state
   LR: 5305S.03F    
1/28/2014 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

SCR 27 - Keaveny - Requires the Oversight Division of the Committee on Legislative Research to study the costs of death penalty cases
   LR: 5528S.01I    
1/28/2014 -- S Offered

SJR 25 - Lager - Grants the General Assembly the power to limit by statute jury awards of noneconomic damages
   LR: 4582S.01I    
1/28/2014 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee

SJR 30 - Dixon - Modifies the gubernatorial appointment process
   LR: 4234H.04C    HCS SJR 30
1/28/2014 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SR 1168 - Parson - Urges the United States Department of Justice to investigate the price increase of propane, the price disparity of propane among storage facilities, and the supply shortage of propane available to consumers
   LR: 5652S.02I    
1/28/2014 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee