Senate Action for 2/27/2017

SB 43 - Romine - Modifies the law relating to unlawful discrimination
   LR: 0524S.07T    SS#2 SCS SB 43
2/27/2017 -- SS for SCS S offered (Romine)--(0524S.06F)
2/27/2017 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered (Schupp)--(0524S06.06S)
2/27/2017 -- SSA 1 for SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Holsman)--(0524S06.12S)
2/27/2017 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 45 - Romine - Modifies laws regarding arbitration agreements between employers and at-will employees
   LR: 0366S.01P    
2/27/2017 -- H Second Read

SB 74 - Schaaf - Establishes a Prescription Drug Monitoring Act
   LR: 0207S.03P    SS SCS SB 74
2/27/2017 -- Hearing Conducted S Fiscal Oversight Committee
2/27/2017 -- Voted Do Pass S Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 113 - Schatz - Modifies the law relating to discharge of employees under workers' compensation statutes
   LR: 0248H.09C    HCS SS SCS SB 113
2/27/2017 -- H First Read

SB 240 - Schatz - Creates a statewide license for electrical contractors
   LR: 1045S.03T    SCS SB 240
2/27/2017 -- Hearing Conducted S Professional Registration Committee

SB 242 - Emery - Establishes the Rate Case Modernization Act
   LR: 1022S.03C    SCS SB 242
2/27/2017 -- Reported from S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee w/SCS

SB 353 - Wallingford - Specifies that royalty payments to a dental franchisor by a licensee of the Dental Board operating a franchised dental office is not unlawful
   LR: 1577S.03C    SCS SB 353
2/27/2017 -- Voted Do Pass S Professional Registration Committee
2/27/2017 -- Motion to pass bill as consent taken by S Professional Registration Committee - Consent vote adopted

SB 366 - Koenig - Provides that a doctoral degree from programs accredited or provisionally accredited by the Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System are acceptable for licensure as a psychologist if the program meets certain requirements
   LR: 1595S.01P    
2/27/2017 -- Voted Do Pass S Professional Registration Committee
2/27/2017 -- Motion to pass bill as consent taken by S Professional Registration Committee - Consent vote adopted

SB 381 - Riddle - Modifies provisions relating to reports on audits issued by the State Auditor
   LR: 1473S.01I    
2/27/2017 -- Hearing Conducted S Professional Registration Committee

SB 418 - Hegeman - Modifies certain provisions relating to emergency medical services
   LR: 1769S.02C    SCS SB 418
2/27/2017 -- Hearing Conducted S Professional Registration Committee

SB 474 - Schatz - Specifies circumstances under which an employment variance may be granted to an ignition interlock device requirement
   LR: 2183S.01I    
2/27/2017 -- S First Read--SB 474-Schatz

SB 475 - Schatz - Repeals the requirement for the Department of Transportation to participate in arbitration as a defendant at the request of the plaintiff in a tort claim
   LR: 2181S.01I    
2/27/2017 -- S First Read--SB 475-Schatz

SB 476 - Schatz - Modifies the process by which travel hardships are granted to public school pupils
   LR: 2133S.01I    
2/27/2017 -- S First Read--SB 476-Schatz

SB 477 - Riddle - Modifies the Statewide Telecommunications Equipment Distribution Program to provide financial assistance for hearing aids as well as support service providers for deaf-blind children and adults
   LR: 2170S.01I    
2/27/2017 -- S First Read--SB 477-Riddle

SB 478 - Silvey - Modifies provisions relating to educational institutions
   LR: 2142H.02C    HCS SB 478
2/27/2017 -- S First Read--SB 478-Silvey and Holsman

SB 479 - Kraus - Modifies provisions relating to sales taxes on manufactured homes
   LR: 1654S.03I    
2/27/2017 -- S First Read--SB 479-Kraus

SB 480 - Kraus - Allows retailers of intoxicating liquors to transport products to and from a central warehouse
   LR: 2054S.01I    
2/27/2017 -- S First Read--SB 480-Kraus

SB 481 - Sifton - Modifies provisions relating to occupational diseases under workers' compensation laws
   LR: 0489S.03I    
2/27/2017 -- S First Read--SB 481-Sifton

SB 482 - Sifton - Prohibits discrimination by certain public officials between licensed professional counselors and other mental health professionals
   LR: 2136S.01I    
2/27/2017 -- S First Read--SB 482-Sifton

SB 483 - Holsman - Adds a requirement for motor vehicles to stop at railroad tracks when on-track equipment other than a train is approaching
   LR: 2159S.01I    
2/27/2017 -- S First Read--SB 483-Holsman

SB 484 - Koenig - Requires the judges of the twenty-second judicial circuit to appoint the sheriff of the City of St. Louis
   LR: 2144S.01I    
2/27/2017 -- S First Read--SB 484-Koenig

SB 485 - Hoskins - Excludes funds designated by taxpayers in an urban district as early childhood education funds from the local tax revenue calculation used to provide funding to charter schools that declared themselves as a local education agency
   LR: 2141S.02I    
2/27/2017 -- S First Read--SB 485-Hoskins

SB 486 - Kehoe - Authorizes the conveyance of a certain state property located in Cole County to the City of Jefferson
   LR: 2188S.01T    
2/27/2017 -- S First Read--SB 486-Kehoe

SB 487 - Curls - Designates each month of April as "Parliamentary Law Month"
   LR: 2140S.01I    
2/27/2017 -- S First Read--SB 487-Curls

HB 115 - Shull - Modifies provisions relating to intoxicating liquor
   LR: 0485S.08T    SS SCS HCS HB 115
2/27/2017 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 115

HB 130 - Mathews - Enacts provisions relating to transportation network companies
   LR: 0590S.07T    SS#2 SCS HCS HB 130
2/27/2017 -- Referred S Fiscal Oversight Committee

HB 138 - Spencer - Modifies provisions relating to course access in education
   LR: 0240S.07C    SCS HCS HB 138
2/27/2017 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 138

HB 288 - Fitzpatrick - Modifies the duration of unemployment compensation, modifies the method to pay federal advances, and raises the fund trigger causing contribution rate reductions
   LR: 0301H.01P    
2/27/2017 -- S First Read--HB 288-Fitzpatrick

HB 655 - Engler - Extends the expiration date of tax credits for donations to pregnancy centers
   LR: 1420H.01P    
2/27/2017 -- S First Read--HB 655-Engler

HB 662 - Rone - Allows the Department of Agriculture to assess civil penalties for the use of a herbicide for a crop for which the herbicide was not labeled for use
   LR: 0071S.08T    SCS HCS HB 662
2/27/2017 -- S First Read--HCS for HB 662