2010 Regular Session

Allows for the sale of certain financial products and plans associated with certain loan transactions and enacts various measures to ensure insurer financial solvency

Sponsor: Kenny Jones

Prohibits persons, employers, or health care providers from being compelled to participate in any health care system and allows certain domestic insurance companies to dissolve under certain conditions

Sponsor: John Diehl

Requires each member of the General Assembly to be provided with a key which accesses the State Capitol dome and authorizes the Governor to convey certain state property

Sponsor: Clint Tracy

Allows child abuse medical resource centers and SAFE CARE providers to collaborate to promote improved services to children who are suspected victims of abuse in need of a forensic medical exam

Sponsor: Wayne Cooper

Changes the laws regarding a meeting of a board of directors or the executive committee of a corporation

Sponsor: Bryan Pratt

Requires certain public governing bodies to hold a public meeting and to allow public comment four business days prior to voting on certain issues

Sponsor: Timothy Jones

Modifies provisions relating to municipal annexation

Sponsor: Scott Dieckhaus

Requires the development of a brochure regarding human papillomavirus and allows a physician to use expedited partner therapy by dispensing medications to certain persons who are not patients

Sponsor: Wayne Cooper

Modifies the provision of law which makes it a class B misdemeanor for any gaming licensee to exchange tokens, chips, or other forms of credit used on gambling games for anything of value

Sponsor: Anne Zerr

Changes the laws regarding real estate; death registrations; cemeteries; architects, engineers, and surveyors; mechanic's liens; child support; clean energy projects; and appraisers

Sponsor: Jason Smith

Allows port authority boards to establish port improvement districts to fund projects with voter-approved sales taxes or property taxes

Sponsor: Tim Flook

Authorizes the establishment of the Kansas City Zoological District

Sponsor: Chris Molendorp

Modifies various provisions of law regarding sales taxes

Sponsor: Mike Sutherland

Modifies various provisions regarding animals and agriculture

Sponsor: Tom Loehner

Requires each member of the General Assembly to be provided a key which accesses the State Capitol dome and authorizes the Governor to convey certain state property

Sponsor: Mike Thomson

Changes the laws regarding local taxes

Sponsor: Timothy Jones

Changes the time period before interest is paid on an overpayment of income tax from four months to 90 days after the last date to file a return, including an extension, or the date the return was filed

Sponsor: Stanley Cox

Modifies provisions of law requiring notices of projected tax liability

Sponsor: Mike Parson

Changes the dates for submitting an annual status report and an independent audit to the consolidated library district, county commission, and the Missouri State Library

Sponsor: Jason Brown

Modifies provisions pertaining to sewer and water utilities

Sponsor: Ed Emery

Changes the laws regarding common sewer districts

Sponsor: Chris Molendorp

Amends various provisions of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement

Sponsor: John Diehl

Requires notes, bonds, and other instruments in writing issued by the Bi-State Development Agency to mature not more than 40 years from the date of issuance, rather than 30 years

Sponsor: Mike Leara

Modifies various provisions pertaining to manufactured homes

Sponsor: Kenny Jones

Allows county commissions to invest cemetery trust funds in certificates of deposit

Sponsor: Mark Parkinson

Changes the laws regarding the disposition of cremated human remains by a licensed funeral establishment

Sponsor: Jay Wasson

Repeals various expired provisions of law, changes the laws regarding certain state publications, and establishes a joint committee on Missouri's future and a committee on accountability

Sponsor: Cole McNary

Changes the laws regarding joint central fire and emergency dispatching services taxes

Sponsor: Chris Kelly

Modifies compensation and continuing education requirements for public administrators

Sponsor: Mike Sutherland

Authorizes the State Veterinarian to restrict the movement of animals or birds under investigation for the presence or suspected presence of a toxin

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Modifies provisions relating to public assistance programs administered by the state

Sponsor: Rick Stream

Specifies that a pregnant woman may use deadly force if she reasonably believes that deadly force is necessary to protect her unborn child against death, serious physical injury, or any forcible felony

Sponsor: Jeanie Riddle

Modifies the provisions governing fire department employee residency requirements

Sponsor: Bryan Pratt

Changes the laws regarding school employee liability, safety practices, reporting acts of violence, and school funding

Sponsor: Maynard Wallace

Specifies that, as used in Missouri statutes, "agritourism" means the act of visiting a working farm or any agricultural operation for the enjoyment, education, training, or involvement in its activities

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

Requires a lien on real estate that is obtained based on a judgment or order for unpaid child support or maintenance to state only the last four digits of the obligor's Social Security number

Sponsor: John Diehl

Repeals various expired provisions of law as contained in the January 2010 Annual Report of the Joint Committee on Legislative Research on Laws Which Expire, Sunset, Terminate, or Become Ineffective

Sponsor: Jason Smith

Creates additional measures intended to increase safety at the Department of Mental Health

Sponsor: Jeanie Riddle

Transfers the administrative responsibility for the Minority Teaching Scholarship and the Minority and Underrepresented Environmental Literacy Program to the Department of Higher Education

Sponsor: Jake Zimmerman

Appropriates money to the Board of Fund Commissioners

Sponsor: Allen Icet

Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Higher Education

Sponsor: Allen Icet

Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Mental Health, Board of Public Buildings, and Department of Health and Senior Services

Sponsor: Allen Icet

Appropriates money for the expenses and distributions of the departments of Economic Development; Insurance, Financial Institutions Professional Registration; Labor Industrial Relations; Transportation

Sponsor: Allen Icet

Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the State Board of Education and Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Sponsor: Allen Icet

Appropriates money for supplemental purposes

Sponsor: Allen Icet

Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, and distributions of the Department of Social Services

Sponsor: Allen Icet

Removes the minimum time for holding investments in the Missouri Higher Education Savings Program

Sponsor: Mike Cunningham

Changes the laws regarding intoxication-related traffic offenses

Sponsor: Bryan Stevenson

Changes the laws regarding veterans and members of the military and establishes the Missouri Youth Challenge Academy

Sponsor: Scott Largent

Exempts certain students who are dependents of recently retired military personnel from the three-year attendance at a state school requirement for eligibility for a grant under the A+ Schools Program

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Modifies provisions relating to abortion

Sponsor: Bryan Pratt

Amends the Senate Rules to provide that each employee of the Senate must provide a statement to the Secretary of the Senate if the employee earns more than $5,000 of outside income in a calendar year

Sponsor: Charlie Shields

Requires the legislative session to end in late March rather than mid-May

Sponsor: Luann Ridgeway

Modifies provisions of law regarding the retirement of neighborhood improvement district bonds

Sponsor: Charlie Shields

Endorses an observer status for Taiwan in the International Civil Aviation Organization

Sponsor: Luann Ridgeway

Reorganizes certain entities, divisions and departments within state government

Sponsor: Charlie Shields

Replaces all taxes on income with a sales and use tax

Sponsor: Jane Cunningham

Recognizes that tax refunds lawfully belong to the people and that the Governor and the Department of Revenue must ensure that income tax refunds are processed and returned in a timely manner

Sponsor: Brad Lager

Transfers the administration of the Minority Teaching Scholarship and the Minority and Underrepresented Environmental Literacy Program to the Department of Higher Education

Sponsor: Wes Shoemyer

Requires voting by secret ballot for elections and employee representation

Sponsor: Jack Goodman

Urges Missouri's Attorney General to investigate the constitutionality of the Nebraska Compromise to federal health care legislation

Sponsor: Eric Schmitt

Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education funding and planning processes

Sponsor: Maynard Wallace

Proposes a constitutional amendment reaffirming a citizen's right to free expression of religion

Sponsor: Delbert Scott

Urges state agencies to address light pollution at state facilities, calls for a study on impacts of light pollution, and encourages the creation of starlight preserves

Sponsor: Joan Bray

Creates state and local sales and use tax exemptions

Sponsor: Charlie Shields

Makes numerous revisions to the Missouri Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act

Sponsor: Kevin Wilson

Modifies provisions of law regarding licensed gambling

Sponsor: Robin Wright-Jones

Authorizes the Department of Revenue to transmit certain statutory notices via electronic mail

Sponsor: Ryan McKenna

Modifies provisions relating to the DNA profiling system

Sponsor: Matt Bartle

Modifies provisions relating to the regulation of fireworks

Sponsor: Brad Lager

Requires the boards of the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System and the Missouri Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol Employees' Retirement System to create a defined contribution retirement plan for certain employees and judges

Sponsor: Jason Crowell

Modifies the process for appealing a decision of the Department of Public Safety regarding a crime victims' compensation fund claim

Sponsor: Scott Rupp

Authorizes sales taxes to fund ambulance and fire protection services

Sponsor: John Griesheimer

Modifies various provisions relating to intoxication-related traffic offenses

Sponsor: Kurt Schaefer

Implements the provisions of the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement

Sponsor: Frank Barnitz

Creates state and local sales and use tax exemptions for data storage centers and server farm facilities

Sponsor: Charlie Shields

Modifies provisions regarding the justice system

Sponsor: Scott Lipke

Modifies provisions relating to abortion

Sponsor: Tom Dempsey

Modifies the law relating to the Missouri Human Rights Act and employment discrimination

Sponsor: Brad Lager

Creates various specialty license plates and modifies the administrative process for issuing and developing specialty license plates

Sponsor: Bob Dixon

Prohibits health insurance exchanges established in Missouri from offering health insurance policies or optional riders that provide coverage for elective abortions

Sponsor: Jim Lembke

Modifies various provisions relating to ethics

Sponsor: Kevin Wilson

Allows adopted persons eighteen and over to obtain copies of their original birth certificate under certain circumstances

Sponsor: Rita Days

Proposes a change in the Rules of the House to require all introduced bills to have a summary provided by the primary sponsor

Sponsor: Sue Allen

Modifies provision relating to foreign adoption orders and embryo transfers

Sponsor: Bryan Stevenson

Adds comprehensive day services as a covered service under MO HealthNet

Sponsor: William Stouffer

Allows the City of St. Louis to control its police force without state intervention

Sponsor: Joseph Keaveny

Establishes the Show-me Small Business Act

Sponsor: Victor Callahan

Requires drug testing for work-eligible Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) applicants and recipients based upon reasonable suspicion

Sponsor: William Stouffer

Enacts provisions relating to community health centers

Sponsor: Jay Wasson

Creates the Amy Hestir Student Protection Act

Sponsor: Jane Cunningham

Proposes a constitutional amendment changing the laws regarding campaign contributions to candidates and committees

Sponsor: Rachel Bringer

Modifies various provisions of law relating to taxation

Sponsor: Mike Sutherland

Proposes a constitutional amendment reducing, beginning with the 97th General Assembly, the number of state representatives to 103

Sponsor: Denny Hoskins

Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the Revisor of Statutes to remove certain sections of law with an expiration or termination date in the year after its expiration or termination

Sponsor: Cole McNary

Proposes a constitutional amendment exempting from taxation all business personal property

Sponsor: Doug Ervin

Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the St. Louis Board of Freeholders to meet monthly and authorizing the people of St. Louis city and county to change the constitution regarding the board

Sponsor: Maria Chappelle-Nadal

Endorses an observer status for Taiwan in the International Civil Aviation Organization

Sponsor: Gerald Nolte

Urges Congress to designate the Liberty Memorial at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City as the National World War I Memorial

Sponsor: Will Kraus

Establishes this State's position on the power and limits of the federal government

Sponsor: Stanley Cox

Proposes a constitutional amendment exempting from taxation the personal property of any resident who is on active military duty and permanently stationed outside the state

Sponsor: Steve Hodges

Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing an exemption from property tax on all real and personal property of any citizen of the state who is 65 years of age or older

Sponsor: Bryan Pratt

Urges the United States Environmental Protection Agency to not lower ozone standard

Sponsor: Joseph Fallert

Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring separate salary recommendations by the Missouri Citizens' Commission on Compensation for elected state officials, judges, and General Assembly members

Sponsor: Jason Kander

Proposes a constitutional amendment replacing the Highways and Transportation Commission with a Director of Transportation

Sponsor: Paul LeVota

Supports the procurement of the F/A-18E/F Block II Super Hornet to mitigate the Navy's TACAIR shortfall

Sponsor: Steve Webb

Expresses the opposition of the General Assembly to any federal or state effort to impose discriminatory taxes on food or beverages

Sponsor: Joe Smith

Urges Congress to submit a proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution for ratification which makes all laws apply equally to citizens and members of Congress

Sponsor: Chuck Gatschenberger

Creates the Joint Interim Committee on Reducing the Size of State Government

Sponsor: Mike Dethrow

Petitions the Council of State Governments to transfer the State of Missouri's membership from the Southern Region to the Midwestern Region of the Council

Sponsor: Charles Schlottach

Urges the United States Congress to refuse to enact cap and trade legislation establishing a cap on greenhouse gas emissions which will result in increased costs of goods and services

Sponsor: Gerald Nolte

Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring impeachments to be tried by the Senate except for an impeachment of the Governor which is to be tried by the Missouri Supreme Court

Sponsor: Ed Emery

Urges Congress to authorize and fund the United States Army Corps of Engineers' Comprehensive Plan for Flood Control in the Upper Mississippi River Valley

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

Directs the Governor to instruct the Department of Revenue pay interest on any taxpayer refund that is not paid out within 45 days after receipt of a tax return

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Urges Congress to pass a federal balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution

Sponsor: Bryan Pratt

Disapproves the State Tax Commission's proposed state regulation regarding the value of each grade of agricultural and horticultural land in Section 137.021, RSMo, for the 2011 and 2012 assessment years

Sponsor: Therese Sander

Establishes the State Sovereignty Commission

Sponsor: Ed Emery

Proposes a constitutional amendment transferring initial responsibility for congressional and legislative redistricting from a congressional committee to a state demographer

Sponsor: Rachel Storch

Advises the Commissioner of Education and State Board of Education to review the policy implications of Missouri's application for "Race to the Top" federal funds

Sponsor: Cynthia Davis

Directs the Missouri Department of Transportation to respond to the request for improvements on a 3500-foot portion of Highway 94 in St. Charles County which frequently floods

Sponsor: Joe Smith

Urges Congress to reject any federal legislation which caps carbon emissions

Sponsor: Will Kraus

Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring certain Department of Transportation highway user revenue and all non-highway related administrative expenses to be subject to appropriation

Sponsor: Mike Leara

Urges Attorney General Koster to investigate the constitutionality of the Nebraska Compromise to federal health care legislation made by Senator Ben Nelson

Sponsor: Bob Dixon

Urges Congress to end or strictly limit the application of the Department of Defense Stop Loss Program which involuntarily extends the active duty service obligation of military personnel

Sponsor: Jeff Roorda

Reduces the annual salary of each member of the General Assembly by $5,000

Sponsor: Tim Flook

Proposes a constitutional amendment raising the allowable level of bonded indebtedness for school districts

Sponsor: Chris Molendorp

Proposes a constitutional amendment reducing, beginning with the 97th General Assembly, the number of state representatives to 137

Sponsor: Will Kraus

Declares support for Complete Streets policies to create roads, streets, and communities where all road users can feel safe, secure, and welcome

Sponsor: Mike Sutherland

Designates the Highway Patrol's airport hangar in Jefferson City as the "Greim-May Memorial Hangar" in honor of two patrol officers lost in the line of duty in aircraft-related accidents

Sponsor: Gary Dusenberg

Establishes the Joint Committee on Missouri's Future and repeals the provisions regarding the Joint Committee on Wetlands and the legislative committee to review county salaries and schedules

Sponsor: Bob Dixon

Proposes a constitutional amendment raising the allowable level of bonded indebtedness for school districts

Sponsor: Mike Thomson

Encourages the Missouri Veterans Commission to work with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to address the needs of women veterans and formally honors the heroic service of women veterans

Sponsor: Rochelle Walton Gray

Urges Congress to replace the "don't ask don't tell" policy of the United States military with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation

Sponsor: Beth Low

Establishes the Joint Interim Committee on Use of Less-Lethal Options by Law Enforcement to study and make recommendations regarding the use and relative dangers of less than lethal force by law enforcement

Sponsor: Jeff Roorda

Encourages dog training programs and kennel clubs to provide training and education for community pet owners that result in dogs being "Canine Good Citizens"

Sponsor: Rob Schaaf

Eliminates the individual income tax on Missouri taxable income of $9,000 or less and changes the tax rate to 4% on the amount of income over $9,000

Sponsor: Bryan Pratt

Proposes a constitutional amendment allowing a simple majority approval for school district bond issues at certain elections

Sponsor: Sue Schoemehl

Strongly urges Congress to close the loophole in the "Prevent Deceptive Census Look Alike Mailings Act" and strengthen the penalties for violators

Sponsor: Jeff Roorda

Urges Congress to designate the Liberty Memorial at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City as the National World War I Memorial

Sponsor: Mike Talboy

Urges Congress to immediately repeal the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act

Sponsor: Gerald Nolte

Creates procedures for open enrollment of public school students across school district boundary lines

Sponsor: Scott Dieckhaus

Changes the laws regarding criminal background checks conducted under the Family Care Safety Registry

Sponsor: Jeff Grisamore

Prohibits a city from adopting an ordinance which requires the screening or concealment of or restricts the use of commercial recycling containers or inhibits a current recycling plan

Sponsor: Steve Hobbs

Requires a cost-benefit analysis to be submitted by the Department of Mental Health to the House and Senate appropriations committees prior to closure or downsizing of any state-operated facility

Sponsor: Barney Fisher

Requires an approved and operational carbon monoxide detector and smoke alarm to be installed in certain residential and rental property

Sponsor: Rebecca McClanahan

Establishes the Uniform Common Interest Owners Bill of Rights Act

Sponsor: Belinda Harris

Increases the number of students the Missouri Preschool Plus Grant Program may serve and expands the list of those who may receive a grant

Sponsor: Jason Holsman

Requires the Governor to issue an annual proclamation designating the first Sunday in June as "Children's Day"

Sponsor: Shane Schoeller

Requires the Governor to issue an annual proclamation designating March 17 as "St. Patrick's Day"

Sponsor: Tom Flanigan

Requires cell phone companies who make an improper city or county sales tax charge to refund the customer three times the amount of the improperly collected tax

Sponsor: Mike Cunningham

Changes the requirements for providing notice of the relocation of a child by the custodial parent

Sponsor: Joe Aull

Reauthorizes the provisions regarding the Missouri Homestead Preservation Act and extends the expiration date until December 31, 2016

Sponsor: Rick Stream

Establishes regulations for contract carriers that transport railroad employees for compensation

Sponsor: Rodney Schad

Prohibits the City of Byrnes Mill from annexing any property adjacent to the city if there are no registered voters residing on the property

Sponsor: Michael Frame

Allows an ambulance district board member to be recalled from office by petition of the registered voters

Sponsor: Scott Dieckhaus

Requires reciprocity between the City of Kansas City and the Office of Administration for the certification of women's and minority business enterprises

Sponsor: Shalonn Curls

Establishes the Transportation and Warehouse Jobs Act which authorizes a qualified transportation facility or qualified warehouse to retain 50% of the withholding tax from retained jobs for 10 years

Sponsor: Gerald Nolte

Reduces the consent requirement to two-thirds of the owners when making certain changes by amendment to a condominium's declaration

Sponsor: Dwight Scharnhorst

Designates a portion of U. S. Highway 136 in Clark County as the "Deputy Don McCutcheon Memorial Highway"

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

Requires the Governor to issue an annual proclamation designating the fourth week of May as "Missouri Safe Boating Week"

Sponsor: Nita Ayres

Requires any school district designated as unaccredited or provisionally accredited to meet certain attendance requirements

Sponsor: Jason Holsman

Requires all water quality testing for E. coli to determine compliance with EPA standards for full body contact recreation or testing of state park beaches to be done by the Deparment of Natural Resources

Sponsor: Darrell Pollock

Requires certain food or food products sold or offered for sale as kosher or kosher for Passover to have a label or symbol affixed to it identifying the person, agency, or entity that certified the product

Sponsor: Jake Zimmerman

Authorizes an income tax deduction for tuition, attendance fees, and school supplies purchased for educating a dependent enrolled in a Missouri elementary or secondary school

Sponsor: Dwight Scharnhorst

Requires certain employers to pay, upon an employee's termination or resignation, the monetary equivalent of all unused paid vacation time at the final pay rate unless otherwise provided in an agreement

Sponsor: Anne Zerr

Repeals the crime of victim tampering, expands the crime of tampering with a witness, and creates the crimes of intimidating a witness or victim in the first, second, and third degrees

Sponsor: Steve Webb

Authorizes the Highways and Transportation Commission to create high occupancy vehicle lanes and after federal approval to convert a high occupancy vehicle lane to a high occupancy toll lane

Sponsor: Sally Faith

Changes the laws regarding the employment of retired teachers and their retirement benefits

Sponsor: Charles Denison

Expands the definition of "emergency vehicle" to include any vehicle operated by an authorized member of specified groups while responding to an emergency or in route to a fire station or ambulance garage

Sponsor: Jason Holsman

Changes the state and local sales tax rate for a retail sale of personal property or taxable service at a temporary business location or a door-to-door sale to the rate in effect at the purchase location

Sponsor: Rodney Schad

Requires certain employees of the state or any political subdivision to be given leave with pay to attend conventions of the Fraternal Order of Police or the International Association of Firefighters

Sponsor: Jeff Roorda

Allows a municipality to annex a parcel of land within a research, development, or office park project located in an unincorporated area of the county under certain circumstances

Sponsor: Scott Dieckhaus

Specifies who qualifies as a voter in elections for directors of a community improvement district board in a residential district

Sponsor: Jill Schupp

Requires the certification of school food service directors and menu planners in public and private schools which receive funding through the federal school lunch program

Sponsor: Joe Aull

Eliminates, combines, and revises certain state boards, commissions, committees, and councils

Sponsor: Steve Hobbs

Requires the prosecuting or circuit attorney to file a motion for the court-ordered sexually transmitted disease testing of a defendant charged with certain sexual offenses

Sponsor: Jeff Roorda

Changes the laws regarding the release of information regarding the licensure records of a foster or adoptive home

Sponsor: Ward Franz

Authorizes a school district to impose, upon voter approval, a sales tax of up to one cent for educational purposes

Sponsor: Joe Aull

Requires all state departments and agencies to review the fees imposed for services and licensing to determine whether they are sufficient to cover the actual costs incurred by the state

Sponsor: Charles Schlottach

Requires schools to implement specified criteria regarding the enrollment and educational success of foster care children and allows certain foster care adults to be eligible for MO HealthNet benefits

Sponsor: Rick Stream

Removes the $15 fee charged to a person applying for a "AMATEUR RADIO" special license plate in addition to the regular registration fees

Sponsor: Joe Smith

Specifies that a state employee who works 10-hour days and 40 hours per week is not required to take two hours of vacation leave for paid holidays

Sponsor: Rochelle Walton Gray

Specifies that any employee of the University of Missouri will be able to take a leave of absence because of military deployment or election to public office

Sponsor: Gerald Nolte

Requires the Children's Division to make reasonable efforts to place siblings in the same foster care, kinship, guardianship, or adoptive placement with certain exceptions

Sponsor: Ward Franz

Prohibits persons from knowingly selling handgun ammunition in Kansas City and North Kansas City

Sponsor: Shalonn Curls

Establishes the Missouri Health Policy Authority to develop and maintain a coordinated health policy agenda for the effective purchasing and administration of health care with public strategies

Sponsor: Rebecca McClanahan

Changes the laws regarding who may sell, offer for sale, or solicit the sale of a motor vehicle extended service contract

Sponsor: Mike Talboy

Renames the St. Louis Students' Bill of Rights to the Metropolitan School District Students' Bill of Rights and removes the voter-approval requirement

Sponsor: Michele Kratky

Requires a political subdivision to provide employees with the opportunity to contribute to a continuing committee through voluntary payroll deductions under certain conditions

Sponsor: Jeff Roorda

Requires the Governor when selecting appointees to state boards, commissions, committees, and councils to ensure that the membership reflects racial and gender equity based on population if possible

Sponsor: Margo McNeil

Changes the laws regarding the Clean Water Commission

Sponsor: Don Ruzicka

Changes the membership and duties of the Missouri Children's Services Commission

Sponsor: Jeff Grisamore

Prohibits an elected public official who is a licensed attorney from practicing criminal law before a court in the county or political subdivision if the attorney is entitled to vote on the court's budget

Sponsor: Curt Dougherty

Authorizes an income tax deduction equal to the amount of the down payment on the first-time purchase of a primary residence

Sponsor: Mike Leara

Changes the laws regarding employers and unemployment benefits

Sponsor: Barney Fisher

Requires educational institutions to allow an individual with a service dog to have access to his or her service dog at all times and not to discriminate against him or her because of the service dog

Sponsor: Stacey Newman

Establishes the GED+ Program to ensure that students achieve a certificate of general educational development (GED) and continue to a post-secondary education or to a high-wage job

Sponsor: Sally Faith

Requires sheriffs and police chiefs to process within 15 business days of a request from a person purchasing a firearm all the required documents the purchaser must submit under federal law

Sponsor: Mike Leara

Requires the governing body of each county and municipality to adopt a plumbing code that has equivalent or higher standards than that of the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials

Sponsor: Douglas Funderburk

Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Securities Act

Sponsor: Scott Lipke

Prohibits real property taxes from increasing or decreasing by more than 5% above or below the tax levied in the previous year

Sponsor: Edward Schieffer

Requires the state employee health care plan to offer benefit products that are actuarially equivalent to Medicare as part of a supplemental plan to eligible employees instead of the state-sponsored plan

Sponsor: Eric Burlison

Changes the laws regarding the regulation of fireworks

Sponsor: Mark Bruns

Changes the laws regarding the licensure of barbers and cosmetologists

Sponsor: Bryan Pratt

Changes the laws regarding the Hero at Home Program

Sponsor: Joe Smith

Requires the Missouri Supreme Court standards from September 17, 1996, regarding representation of children by guardians ad litem to be updated

Sponsor: Ward Franz

Requires all bills filed with the Secretary of the Senate or the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives to be referred to a committee within 20 legislative days of the date of filing

Sponsor: Mary Still

Changes the laws regarding blasting

Sponsor: Wayne Cooper

Eliminates the in-lieu watercraft tax for most watercraft making the owner liable for any state and local sales and use tax and directs the appropriation of funds for certain purposes

Sponsor: Ryan Silvey

Specifies that a landlord will not be required to have a property tax liability as a requirement for a renter to receive a property tax credit under the senior citizens property tax credit

Sponsor: Jamilah Nasheed

Requires the Missouri Health Insurance Pool to establish a premium assistance program to subsidize health insurance coverage for individuals and their families based on financial need

Sponsor: Roman LeBlanc

Prohibits a member of the General Assembly from receiving state funds for certain out-of-state travel expenses if he or she is ineligible for election because of term limits or was defeated for re-election

Sponsor: Kenneth Biermann

Requires certain corporations to file an annual tax disclosure statement

Sponsor: Beth Low

Requires law enforcement officers to attempt to contact the registered owners of abandoned motor vehicles prior to towing if circumstances do not require immediate removal

Sponsor: Eric Burlison

Authorizes the City of St. Robert to impose, upon voter approval, a transient guest tax to be used for economic development initiatives

Sponsor: David Day

Authorizes a check-off box for the Organ Donor Program Fund to be added to the individual and corporate income tax forms and allows for a separate check donation to be sent in with payment of taxes

Sponsor: Chris Kelly

Authorizes the State Treasurer to sell unclaimed property online

Sponsor: Vicki Englund

Requires public governmental bodies, upon written request, to immediately withdraw personal identifying information from a web site which is open to the public with the exception of registered offenders

Sponsor: Kate Meiners

Phases out over a five-year period the state sales and use tax on the retail sales of food and replaces the revenue with an increase in the excise tax on wine and liquor

Sponsor: Jamilah Nasheed

Allows the State Highway Patrol to use rotation lists when requesting wrecker or towing services for removal of a vehicle from public or private property for being improperly parked or abandoned

Sponsor: Ward Franz

Authorizes the transfer of specified maximum amounts of money from a list of 23 specified state funds to the General Revenue Fund by June 30, 2011

Sponsor: Chris Kelly

Changes the laws regarding midwifery

Sponsor: Mike Talboy

Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to collect and submit specified financial and policy information on school districts to be included on the Missouri Accountability Portal

Sponsor: Tim Flook

Allows for a special "In God We Trust" license plate

Sponsor: Cynthia Davis

Changes the definition of "employment" as it relates to a licensed real estate salesperson or real estate broker qualifying for unemployment compensation

Sponsor: John Diehl

Changes the laws regarding the direct rollover provisions of the County Employees' Retirement System

Sponsor: Ward Franz

Allows a person employed by a public school for 17 hours or less per week to work at another public school for up to 17 hours per week but the hours cannot be combined to establish eligibility for retirement

Sponsor: Joseph Fallert

Allows taxpayers who own real property to request the assessor and the office of any other county or city official to review the assessment of his or her property

Sponsor: Edward Schieffer

Removes the exemption for police, deputy sheriffs, State Highway patrolmen, members of the Missouri National Guard, and teachers from the right to form and join labor unions and to collectively bargain

Sponsor: Sara Lampe

Specifies that any person who steals property or services valued at less than $25,000 from a patient or resident of a health care facility will be guilty of a class C felony

Sponsor: Scott Dieckhaus

Requires the Department of Mental Health to develop a plan for transitioning the services for a resident of a state developmental disabilities facility to the most appropriate living setting

Sponsor: Jim Guest

Requires that only one license plate be issued for all motor vehicles, except those with personalized plates, instead of the current two plates

Sponsor: Joe Smith

Requires the Governor to issue an annual proclamation designating February 14 as "Epilepsy Awareness Day"

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Changes the laws regarding concealed carry endorsements

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

Establishes the Property Assessment Clean Energy Act which authorizes municipalities to form a clean energy development board to finance energy efficiency or renewable energy improvement projects

Sponsor: Rachel Storch

Authorizes the Department of Mental Health to contract with agencies, entities, and commissions to improve public understanding of mental disorders, developmental disabilities, and alcohol and drug abuse

Sponsor: Wayne Cooper

Establishes the Fire Equipment Distributors Regulation and Licensing Law

Sponsor: Mark Bruns

Requires chain restaurants to provide nutritional information for menu items

Sponsor: Wayne Cooper

Creates the Race to the Top Fund which will consist of educational moneys awarded to the state from the federal Race to the Top Program under the American Recovery and Reimbursement Act of 2009

Sponsor: Rodney Schad

Changes the laws regarding security deposits of renters

Sponsor: Raymond Weter

Authorizes the Governor to convey state property located at the Missouri Lottery headquarters in Cole County to certain private property owners for the purpose of an easement

Sponsor: Bill Deeken

Requires an employment contract for a vocational agriculture teacher to be for a 12-month period to ensure continuing coverage of all duties relating to the subject when school is not in session

Sponsor: James Viebrock

Prohibits certain major users of water resources from unduly interfering with the reasonable and normal irrigation of certain farm operations within the Southeast Missouri Regional Water District

Sponsor: Gayle Kingery

Eliminates the in-lieu watercraft tax for most watercraft making an owner liable for any state and local sales taxes and requires the revenue be used to assist victims of domestic violence or sexual abuse

Sponsor: Mike Talboy

Changes the laws regarding child support

Sponsor: Timothy Meadows

Allows any registered voter who is eligible to vote in a particular election to do so by absentee ballot without being required to state a reason

Sponsor: Roman LeBlanc

Authorizes additional powers to a community improvement district

Sponsor: Chris Molendorp

Creates the crime of disturbing a worship service when a person knowingly disturbs, interrupts, or disquiets any assembly of people met for religious worship by specified actions

Sponsor: Bryan Stevenson

Changes the laws regarding the establishment of the parentage of a child

Sponsor: Chris Kelly

Establishes the Green Building Tax Credit which authorizes a tax credit for an individual who constructs or rehabilitates an existing structure into a green building, base building, or tenant space

Sponsor: Chris Carter

Reduces the minimum number of acres required for an eligible project area in the Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit Program

Sponsor: Michael Brown

Establishes the Toxic Fire Retardant Prevention Act

Sponsor: Vicki Englund

Establishes the Fairness for Responsible Drivers Act which waives an uninsured motorist's right to recovery for noneconomic losses against a driver who complies with the financial responsibility law

Sponsor: Chris Molendorp

Changes the laws regarding the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement

Sponsor: John Diehl

Changes the designation of a portion of U. S. Highway 160 in Greene County from the "Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel Memorial Highway" to the "Ralph K. Manley Highway"

Sponsor: Charles Denison

Requires any applicant taking the driving portion of the Missouri driver's license examination to be assessed a $25 fee

Sponsor: Chuck Gatschenberger

Increases the period of time a concealed carry endorsement is valid from three years to five years from the date of issuance or renewal

Sponsor: Michael Frame

Requires, subject to appropriations, the Department of Transportation to take corrective action to reduce flooding along a portion of State Highway 94 in St. Charles County

Sponsor: Joe Smith

Specifies that certain vehicles used to transport persons under a contract between a state agency and a transportation management company will not be subject to Regional Taxicab Commission regulations

Sponsor: David Sater

Prohibits any public middle, junior high, or high school student who has received a failing grade in any course from participating in an interscholastic activity during the next report card grading period

Sponsor: Steve Webb

Specifies that any personal identifying information that is utilized in a voluntary registry of persons with health-related ailments to assist them during a disaster is not considered a public record

Sponsor: Steve Hobbs

Exempts residential property owned by an individual 62 years of age or older from certain increases in assessed valuation

Sponsor: Michael Frame

Requires Missouri state employees to be compensated an amount equal to the difference between their military compensation and their state salary when their military leave of absence exceeds 120 hours

Sponsor: Stephen Webber

Prohibits a person younger than 21 years of age, except an underage entertainer, from being allowed inside a drinking establishment

Sponsor: Ryan Silvey

Requires a company that has a contract containing an automatic renewal provision to send a notice to the person with whom it has a contract at least 31 days before the contract automatically renews

Sponsor: Darrell Pollock

Requires licensed chiropractors to be reimbursed under the MO HealthNet Program for providing services currently covered and within the scope of chiropractic practice

Sponsor: Shane Schoeller

Lowers the age at which a person can obtain a concealed carry endorsement from 23 to 21 years of age

Sponsor: Michael Frame

Changes the laws regarding the authority of the MO HealthNet Division to collect payments from third-party payers

Sponsor: Rick Stream

Prohibits any person whose primary business is contracting with providers for health care services from selling, renting, or giving a third party the entity's rights to a participating provider's services

Sponsor: John Diehl

Requires driver's license examinations to only be administered in English and establishes a fee for taking the written or driving portion of the examination

Sponsor: Chuck Gatschenberger

Allows mental health patients, residents, or clients who receive state-funded care or services to have their cases managed by a qualified case worker employed by the state

Sponsor: Shalonn Curls

Changes the interest rate charged for delinquent property taxes in the City of St. Louis

Sponsor: Jacob Hummel

Authorizes a state and local sales and use tax exemption for new vehicles assembled and sold in Missouri on or after January 1, 2011, including motorcycles and boats

Sponsor: Michael Frame

Authorizes an individual income tax credit of up to $1,000 for actual educational expenses paid for a taxpayer's dependent or up to $2,000 if the dependent has special emotional and physical needs

Sponsor: Cynthia Davis

Authorizes a claim clearinghouse to process and verify a request for an offset of an income tax refund and lottery winnings to satisfy an outstanding debt for ambulance services an individual received

Sponsor: Wayne Cooper

Changes the requirements for the admissibility of evidence regarding the value of medical treatment provided when introducing evidence for admissibility in a court proceeding for overdue medical services

Sponsor: Tim Flook

Requires each public school district to provide the name and address of the parents or guardians of a student entering the sixth grade to mail them information regarding human papillomavirus immunizations

Sponsor: Chris Kelly

Creates the Reverend Nathaniel Cole Memorial Pursuit Reduction Grant to provide grants to urban police departments for the purchase of real-time pursuit management systems

Sponsor: James Morris

Changes the laws regarding ethics, lobbying, and campaign contributions

Sponsor: Will Kraus

Requires an applicant for a Missouri driver's license to be a United States citizen

Sponsor: Chuck Gatschenberger

Prohibits any interest or penalty from being charged on delinquent property taxes for a taxpayer who requests a waiver because of an illness and meets certain requirements

Sponsor: Gina Walsh

Specifies that a completed form for the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity is not a public record but allows certain specified persons to receive a copy of the form

Sponsor: Jason Grill

Increases the overall appropriation amount for small school grants from $15 million to $20 million with $15 million being distributed to eligible districts in proportion to their average daily attendance

Sponsor: Maynard Wallace

Prohibits the Director of the Department of Revenue from supplying or permitting the use of foreign language interpreters in connection with the required Missouri driver's license written and driving tests

Sponsor: Chuck Gatschenberger

Allows the Department of Conservation, in collaboration with the Department of Natural Resources, to establish a program for good forest management

Sponsor: Bob Nance

Reduces the maximum interest rate that may be charged on delinquent property taxes

Sponsor: Larry Wilson

Prohibits a person from possessing or drinking any alcoholic beverage in the State Capitol or on the State Capitol grounds unless authorized by a Governor's order for a special event

Sponsor: Trent Skaggs

Prohibits elected officials of the state or any political subdivision from registering or acting as lobbyists within two years after leaving office

Sponsor: Sara Lampe

Allows sellers to advertise that the required sales tax will be assumed or absorbed into the price of the property sold or the services rendered if the amount of the tax is separately stated

Sponsor: Joe Smith

Establishes requirements for the licensure of naturopathic physicians

Sponsor: Sue Schoemehl

Extends the expiration date from June 30, 2011, to December 31, 2011, for collection of the $0.50 fee on the sale of a lead-acid battery

Sponsor: Don Ruzicka

Creates the crime of obstruction of justice

Sponsor: Rachel Bringer

Requires a nonresident motorist operating a vehicle within the state to maintain financial responsibility that meets the requirements of his or her state

Sponsor: Tom Flanigan

Establishes the William John Yates Law which allows a person who is or has been incarcerated to be a voluntary donor of an anatomical gift

Sponsor: Kenneth Biermann

Allows a temporary exemption from the proof of lawful presence requirement for a victim of domestic violence who is applying for a driver's license or instruction permit

Sponsor: Beth Low

Authorizes an additional 2% deduction from the collection of all tax increment financing property taxes each year in certain counties to fund the identification and tracking of property tax abatements

Sponsor: Mike Sutherland

Creates the crime of endangering a Department of Mental Health employee and certain other persons at a secure facility and adds criminal offenses which prevent a person from providing direct care

Sponsor: Walt Bivins

Requires certain businesses to provide four weeks of paid family leave for their employees for the birth or adoption of a child

Sponsor: Beth Low

Authorizes a state and local sales and use tax exemption on all sales of horse or utility trailers used solely for agricultural purposes

Sponsor: Larry Wilson

Adds prescribed, medically necessary hearing aids to the list of services covered under the MO HealthNet Program

Sponsor: Jeff Grisamore

Requires any information contained in certain court records that could be used to identify or locate certain crime victims to be redacted prior to disclosure to the public

Sponsor: Bryan Stevenson

Establishes the Renewable Energy Information and Reporting Act which requires the Missouri Public Service Commission to provide an annual report on renewable energy trends and new developments

Sponsor: Beth Low

Requires the Family Support Division within the Department of Social Services to charge fees for certain child support-related services

Sponsor: Bryan Stevenson

Requires an electrical corporation to pay a surcharge of one-tenth of one cent per kilowatt hour on all nuclear energy produced in the state and sold out of its service territory

Sponsor: Tom Loehner

Requires 10% of the natural resources damages collected under the Missouri Clean Water Law to be deposited into the Chemical Emergency Preparedness Fund

Sponsor: Mike Sutherland

Requires health insurers to provide coverage for periodic human papillomavirus screenings for cervical cancer

Sponsor: Beth Low

Establishes the Missouri Earned Income Tax Credit Act which authorizes an individual income tax credit equal to 20% of any earned income tax credit claimed by the taxpayer on his or her federal income tax return

Sponsor: Jeanette Oxford

Adds comprehensive day rehabilitation services beginning soon after trauma for individuals with disabling impairments to the list of services covered under the MO HealthNet Program

Sponsor: Jeff Grisamore

Allows, instead of requires, the court or jury to visit the property alleged to be affected in any action for private nuisance where the amount in controversy exceeds $1 million if requested by any party

Sponsor: Bryan Stevenson

Specifies that certain felons must be eligible for food stamp program benefits

Sponsor: Shalonn Curls

Establishes the Missouri Alternative Energy Loan Authority to provide low-interest loans to public and private entities for financing various energy-saving products and services

Sponsor: Beth Low

Requires certain court records regarding dissolutions of marriage to be subject to inspection by certain individuals

Sponsor: Bryan Stevenson

Authorizes a sales and use tax exemption for machinery, equipment, and computers used by certain data center and server farm facilities and establishes the Missouri Advantage Act

Sponsor: Jeff Grisamore

Authorizes the Governor to convey certain state property located in St. Francois County to the City of Farmington

Sponsor: Steven Tilley

Repeals the hotel and motel license tax limits for all fourth class cities

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes Christy's Law requiring health providers to inform victims of rape or sexual assault of their right to request a drug test to determine if a drug was used to facilitate the rape or sexual assault

Sponsor: Beth Low

Allows a resident of Missouri to purchase rifles and shotguns in any state and allows a resident of any state to purchase rifles and shotguns in Missouri if he or she conforms to certain laws

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

Prohibits lenders from imposing a fine, fee, or penalty for prepaying a loan and repeals the provision allowing a prepayment fee to be charged on a second mortgage loan

Sponsor: Jeanette Oxford

Allows any registered voter who is eligible to vote in a particular election to do so by absentee ballot without being required to state a reason

Sponsor: Jake Zimmerman

Authorizes an income tax credit for certain small businesses who hire a person who is disabled or recently discharged from a correctional facility

Sponsor: Michele Kratky

Requires county governing bodies to allow for installment payments of all or any portion of a taxpayer's current or delinquent real property taxes over a six-month period following the due date

Sponsor: Joe Smith

Establishes the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act to prohibit large-scale commercial breeding of dogs that is harmful and unhealthy

Sponsor: Beth Low

Specifies that it is unlawful for a person to distribute a theft detection device, to possess or use a theft detection remover or shielding device, or to knowingly remove a theft detection device

Sponsor: Anne Zerr

Authorizes the City of Arnold to use a portion of the revenues received from its transient guest tax for promoting tourism to make improvements to the city's school district's football field

Sponsor: Jeff Roorda

Prohibits hospitals from requiring physicians to agree to make patient referrals as a condition of receiving medical staff membership or privileges

Sponsor: Rob Schaaf

Establishes the Missouri Global Warming Solutions Act of 2010 to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases

Sponsor: Beth Low

Designates the timber rattlesnake as the official state snake

Sponsor: Rodney Schad

Requires certain gas station attendants to dispense motor fuel for persons with a disability and requires the Governor's Council on Disability to post on its web site a list of all full-service stations

Sponsor: Jeff Grisamore

Adds one active member of the Missouri Deputy Sheriff's Association to the Missouri Sheriff Methamphetamine Relief Taskforce (MoSMART)

Sponsor: Jeff Roorda

Repeals the provision allowing certain individuals with ministerial or tocological certification to provide midwifery services in this state

Sponsor: Mike Talboy

Requires state agencies to engage in energy conservation and requires state buildings to comply with the International Energy Conservation Code

Sponsor: Beth Low

Allows for the organization of a low-profit limited liability company or L3C

Sponsor: Rachel Storch

Requires school board members to have lived in the school district for one year prior to serving on the board

Sponsor: Jason Grill

Requires at least two of the three commissioners who are appointed in condemnation proceedings to be a licensed real estate broker or a state-licensed or -certified real estate appraiser

Sponsor: Walt Bivins

Specifies that certain felons must be eligible for food stamp program benefits

Sponsor: Shalonn Curls

Requires hospitals to daily compile and conspicuously post staffing information in the patient care area of each unit of the hospital

Sponsor: Beth Low

Changes the laws regarding accessible electronic text material use in elementary and secondary schools

Sponsor: Jeff Grisamore

Creates the School Safety and School Violence Prevention Fund

Sponsor: Joe Aull

Expands the No-call List to include cell phone numbers, prohibits sending unsolicited faxes and text messages, and prohibits using automatic dialing announcing devices in certain situations

Sponsor: Jake Zimmerman

Designates October as "Disability History and Awareness Month" in all public schools and requires each school board to annually provide instruction on the topic during the month

Sponsor: Jeff Grisamore

Establishes the Public Employee Bargaining Act which allows public employees to form, join, or assist a labor organization for the purpose of collective bargaining

Sponsor: Gina Walsh

Changes the laws regarding the Joint Committee on Education's review of the Commissioner of Education's proposed expenditures on statewide areas of critical needs

Sponsor: Joe Aull

Prohibits a political subdivision from imposing a fine or penalty on the owner of a pay telephone on his or her property for calls to the emergency telephone service from the pay telephone

Sponsor: Walt Bivins

Removes the provision that makes an excursion gambling boat licensee guilty of a class B misdemeanor if he or she exchanges tokens, chips, or other forms of credit to be used on games for anything of value

Sponsor: Timothy Meadows

Changes the laws regarding actions against a person for conduct or speech at a public hearing or meeting

Sponsor: Jeanette Oxford

Changes the laws regarding driving while intoxicated

Sponsor: Jeff Roorda

Allows licensed veterinarians to administer and prescribe legend drugs for use in only animals and changes the membership of an advisory committee to the Board of Pharmacy

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Prohibits a workforce development agency from knowingly omitting from any bidding process an entity with whom it has a contract

Sponsor: Maria Chappelle-Nadal

Authorizes a property tax credit to an individual who rents a homestead located in a tax-free housing unit

Sponsor: Stanley Cox

Authorizes the expungement of certain criminal records

Sponsor: Jamilah Nasheed

Reduces from 17 cents to seven cents per gallon the motor fuel tax for gasoline and diesel fuel used in a personal vehicle for a four-day period during the Memorial Day and Labor Day holiday weekends

Sponsor: Gerald Nolte

Establishes the Uniform Debt-Management Services Act to regulate debt-management services

Sponsor: John Burnett

Requires all health insurance carriers or health benefit plans to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders

Sponsor: Rick Stream

Allows any registered voter who is eligible to vote in a particular election to do so by absentee ballot without being required to state a reason

Sponsor: Jake Zimmerman

Changes the laws regarding probation costs and maximum fines for municipal ordinance violations and repeals provisions regarding contracts for the collection of delinquent court-ordered payments

Sponsor: John Burnett

Prohibits a person or business from misrepresenting its geographic location by using a fictitious or assumed business name in a telephone directory or advertisement

Sponsor: Edward Schieffer

Changes the age in the definitions of "child" and "adult household member" as it relates to child orders of protection

Sponsor: Bryan Stevenson

Prohibits any state agent from seeking the death penalty on the basis of race and permits the use of statistical evidence in certain criminal and post-conviction relief proceedings in death penalty cases

Sponsor: Don Calloway

Requires election authorities to remove the name of any registered voter from the authority's registration records upon receipt of a written and notarized request from the voter

Sponsor: John Diehl

Prohibits certain entities from establishing regulations which discriminate between certain professional counselors and other licensed health care professionals

Sponsor: Wayne Cooper

Authorizes a court to appoint a parenting coordinator as a neutral third party to assist in the resolution of disputes between parents regarding the implementation of a court-ordered parenting plan

Sponsor: Belinda Harris

Changes the laws regarding the Open Meetings and Records Law, commonly known as the Sunshine Law, on records or documents involving law enforcement officers

Sponsor: Jeff Roorda

Authorizes the Clean Water Commission to designate publicly accessible bodies of water as distressed under certain circumstances and to issue cease and desist orders for certain activities

Sponsor: Sara Lampe

Prohibits the sales tax on firearms or ammunition from being levied at a higher rate than for any sales tax or other excise tax charged on sporting goods or equipment or hunting equipment

Sponsor: Edward Schieffer

Authorizes the Office of the State Land Surveyor to establish rules setting minimum standards for digital cadastral parcel mapping and adds certain activities that a professional land surveyor can perform

Sponsor: Mike Sutherland

Requires public schools to notify the custodial parent or guardian of any unexcused absence by the student and requires the suspension of his or her driver's license for excessive absences

Sponsor: Chuck Gatschenberger

Repeals provisions which prohibit an audio recording of any closed public body meeting and requires all public governmental bodies to take and retain a verbatim audio recording of any closed meeting

Sponsor: Walt Bivins

Changes the laws regarding private probation services

Sponsor: Scott Lipke

Changes the laws regarding the use of paper ballots at elections

Sponsor: Jake Zimmerman

Allows employees of any public body to form and join labor organizations to collectively bargain regarding salaries and other conditions of employment

Sponsor: Jeff Roorda

Requires apartment buildings with more than six dwelling units located in St. Louis County to have security cameras installed in all common areas of the building

Sponsor: Theodore Hoskins

Changes the laws regarding carrying concealed weapons in the State Capitol Building

Sponsor: Jeanie Riddle

Expands the crime of interference with lawful hunting, fishing, or trapping in the second degree to include when a person knowingly interferes with the lawful taking of wildlife

Sponsor: Martin Rucker

Establishes the Missouri Commission on Prevention and Management of Obesity

Sponsor: Michael Brown

Removes the provision that requires fire protection districts located in Greene County to have an audit performed every two years

Sponsor: James Viebrock

Establishes smaller class sizes for school districts in Kansas City than the established minimum and desirable standards of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Sponsor: Jason Holsman

Requires insurers to obtain approval from the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration before raising any insurance premium rate by 15% or more

Sponsor: Joe Aull

Requires retailers of tobacco products to have a license issued by the Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control, pay an annual fee, and have a retail sales tax license before selling any products

Sponsor: Bryan Stevenson

Requires certain offenders of an intoxication-related traffic offense to use an ignition interlock device on any vehicle he or she operates

Sponsor: Jeanne Kirkton

Changes the membership of the board of trustees of the St. Louis Public School Retirement System

Sponsor: Maria Chappelle-Nadal

Requires the Department of Social Services to implement and enforce a policy which subjects employees to termination for failure to report suspected illegal drug use or fraud by public assistance recipients

Sponsor: Rob Schaaf

Authorizes an annual salary increase for state employees based on the cost-of-living adjustment for that calendar year, unless the increase is disapproved by the General Assembly before July 1

Sponsor: Paul LeVota

Requires counties to accept quarterly payments of real and personal property taxes when the assessed valuation of a taxpayer's property increases by at least 5% over the previous assessment

Sponsor: Edward Schieffer

Requires a person who has reasonable cause to believe that a pharmacist's or health care professional's conduct is illegal or could cause serious injury to make a report to specified authorities

Sponsor: Paul LeVota

Allows a first classification county to establish a county court

Sponsor: Wayne Cooper

Authorizes a sales and use tax exemption for amounts paid to yoga studios or similar facilities where yoga is practiced or taught

Sponsor: Rachel Storch

Requires any applicant taking the written or driving portion of the driver's license examination to be assessed a $10 fee

Sponsor: Edward Schieffer

Prohibits any person from possessing dog fighting paraphernalia and adds a penalty for a second or subsequent offense for persons committing specified acts related to dog fighting

Sponsor: Paul LeVota

Requires fire protection district boards to have five members with three-year terms

Sponsor: Don Calloway

Establishes regulations regarding pharmacy benefit managers

Sponsor: Bryan Stevenson

Specifies that "farm machinery and equipment" as it relates to exemptions for sales tax will include certain all-terrain vehicles

Sponsor: David Sater

Changes the penalty for any person practicing dentistry or dental hygiene without a license

Sponsor: Chris Molendorp

Authorizes the City of Ashland to impose, upon voter approval, a transient guest tax for the promotion of tourism

Sponsor: Chris Kelly

Repeals a school district's authority to set policies allowing the use of tobacco products in certain school areas and prohibits smoking and the use of tobacco products on all school property and school buses

Sponsor: Wayne Cooper

Establishes the Anticramming Protection Act which prohibits telecommunications companies from billing a customer for miscellaneous products or services without prior approval

Sponsor: Gina Walsh

Authorizes an income tax credit for taxpayers 70 years of age or older for 50% of the personal property taxes paid on motor vehicles they own

Sponsor: Theodore Hoskins

Changes the laws regarding the telemarketing No-call List and creates the crime of caller identification spoofing

Sponsor: Paul LeVota

Changes the laws regarding the telemarketing No-call List by expanding it to include all calls and prohibiting the use of automatic dialing devices in certain situations

Sponsor: Bryan Pratt

Clarifies the laws regarding the conveyance of real or personal property owned by a husband and wife as tenants by entirety

Sponsor: John Diehl

Exempts certain previously licensed emergency medical technicians whose license lapsed prior to 1998 from the education and training requirements for relicensure

Sponsor: Timothy Meadows

Requires that only one license plate, instead of the current two, be displayed on any motor vehicle

Sponsor: Jason Grill

Requires the certificate of inspection and approval for motor vehicles provided by the State Highway Patrol for use by vehicle inspection stations to be printed on an official watermarked form

Sponsor: Anne Zerr

Authorizes the Family Support Division to assist certain elderly individuals who qualify for the federal Food Stamp Program in obtaining supplemental food stamps

Sponsor: Bob Nance

Extends the time period from one to up to three years for which an order of protection will be valid and changes the laws regarding the admissibility of statements from certain children in abuse hearings

Sponsor: Gina Walsh

Authorizes a sales and use tax exemption for certain physical exercise or personal training classes that provide spiritual benefits to their practitioners

Sponsor: Jeanne Kirkton

Requires new parking lots and parking lots being restriped to designate a certain number of lift van accessible only parking spaces with at least one having an access aisle

Sponsor: Timothy Meadows

Authorizes certain fire protection districts that impose a sales tax for emergency dispatching services to use, upon voter approval, the property tax revenue for county general revenue purposes

Sponsor: Jeff Roorda

Adds state correctional centers and their grounds to the definition of "public place" as it relates to smoking and the Indoor Clean Air Act

Sponsor: Chris Molendorp

Prohibits any state agent from seeking the death penalty on the basis of race and permits the use of statistical evidence in certain criminal and post-conviction relief proceedings

Sponsor: Don Calloway

Specifies that volunteers of nonprofit homeowners organizations will not be liable for damages in civil actions for certain conduct

Sponsor: Chris Molendorp

Changes the laws regarding absent uniformed services and overseas voters

Sponsor: Stephen Webber

Authorizes an income tax deduction from a taxpayer's Missouri adjusted gross income for payments made on a loan obtained to repair flood damage to the taxpayer's premises if not caused by the taxpayer

Sponsor: Shane Schoeller

Requires residential and commercial septage removal companies to register with the Department of Natural Resources

Sponsor: James Viebrock

Increases the annual cap on the tax credits certified for qualified film production projects from $4.5 million to $10 million

Sponsor: Jason Grill

Changes the laws regarding the recording of certain custodial interrogations by law enforcement agencies

Sponsor: Don Calloway

Establishes Susie's Law which prohibits any child younger than 18 years of age from riding as a passenger on any machinery or heavy equipment not manufactured for passengers

Sponsor: Linda Black

Establishes the Twenty-first Century Scholars Program

Sponsor: Rachel Storch

Establishes lower maximum speed limits for certain motor vehicles and prohibits any operator of a motor vehicle from driving more than nine consecutive hours within the state

Sponsor: Paul LeVota

Requires a car rental company to alert a renter of a vehicle or motorcycle of the use of electronic surveillance technology for the purpose of tracking the renter and imposing fines or surcharges

Sponsor: Kenneth Biermann

Lowers the minimum service retirement age for county road workers under the Missouri Local Government Employees' Retirement System from 60 to 55 years of age

Sponsor: Linda Black

Establishes the Missouri Universal Health Insurance Act and the Universal Health Insurance Program to provide comprehensive and necessary health care services for Missouri residents

Sponsor: Leonard Hughes

Specifies that any person who gratuitously and in good faith renders any service to another individual will not be civilly or criminally liable for any act or omission with certain specified exceptions

Sponsor: Steve Hodges

Exempts certain hearings or proceedings concerning the rights of students to participate in extracurricular activities from the administrative hearing process

Sponsor: Gayle Kingery

Prohibits a utility or affiliate from selling home generators for electrical production unless there are no existing heating, ventilation, or air conditioning providers in the service area

Sponsor: Rob Schaaf

Limits the amount of interest a title lender can charge on loans and requires the average interest rate being charged by credit unions to be made available to the public at least quarterly

Sponsor: Leonard Hughes

Revises the laws regarding fresh pursuit to include allowing law enforcement officers of fourth class cities to arrest and hold in custody certain specified individuals

Sponsor: Steve Hodges

Lowers the age limit for juvenile court jurisdiction for state or local traffic violations from 15 1/2 to 15 years of age

Sponsor: Ward Franz

Prohibits a health insurance carrier or health benefit plan from denying reimbursement for diagnostic imaging services based solely on a licensed physician's specialty or professional board certification

Sponsor: Rob Schaaf

Revises the grade required for renewing an Access Missouri Scholarship, combines the award categories, revises the award amounts, and specifies that the program will not be terminated

Sponsor: Mike Thomson

Allows a landlord to file a claim in a small claims court for the ejectment of a tenant in order to obtain possession of a premises

Sponsor: Ellen Brandom

Revises the appropriations for small schools by specifying that the calculation is to be based on their regular-term average daily attendance rather than the full year's average daily attendance

Sponsor: Mike Thomson

Authorizes a tax credit to banking institutions in an amount equal to the tax imposed by foreign states when the Missouri bank doesn't have a physical presence in the taxing state

Sponsor: Ward Franz

Allows public schools to offer ballroom dance courses which will be treated as a qualified fine arts and a physical education activity for academic credit

Sponsor: Tim Flook

Reduces the minimum number of acres required for an eligible project area in the Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit Program

Sponsor: Leonard Hughes

Allows only an in-state entity to circulate a referendum or initiative petition and requires the entity to register with the Secretary of State at least one year prior to circulating any petition

Sponsor: J Kuessner

Expands eligibility for the Missouri Rx Plan to include retired Missouri residents 65 years of age or older with annual incomes of up to $25,000 for individuals and of up to $50,000 for married couples

Sponsor: Joseph Fallert

Exempts motor fuel used to operate school buses transporting students for educational purposes from the motor fuel tax

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

Authorizes the expungement of certain criminal records including convictions for any nonviolent crime, misdemeanor, or nonviolent drug violation

Sponsor: Leonard Hughes

Requires health care facilities to notify the local fire department when they provide oxygen tanks or apparatuses to a patient or customer in a residential setting

Sponsor: Steve Hodges

Imposes a fine for any person who illegally kills an antlered deer and requires courts to inform the Conservation Commission when a person fails to appear in court or pay a fine for illegally taking wildlife

Sponsor: Charles Denison

Requires a non-custodial parent to pay child suppport until his or her child reaches 22 years of age instead of the current 21 years of age

Sponsor: Jeanne Kirkton

Prohibits the Secretary of State from approving certain electronic voting systems and specifies that the official ballot must be a paper ballot

Sponsor: Mike McGhee

Requires the Department of Social Services to identify eligible children who are not participating in the State Children's Health Insurance Program

Sponsor: Bob Nance

Places a one-year statute of limitation on any action for electronic funds transfer beginning on the date the violation occurred

Sponsor: Timothy Jones

Limits the amount of aid the Attorney General may give in death penalty cases and establishes the Death Increment Fiscal Accountability Committee

Sponsor: Mike McGhee

Eliminates the payment of an intervention fee as a condition of parole

Sponsor: Leonard Hughes

Increases the number of members on the MO HealthNet Oversight Committee from 18 to 19 by adding a licensed or registered nurse who cares for participants in the MO HealthNet Program

Sponsor: Jeanne Kirkton

Prohibits any person, except law enforcement personnel, from climbing, standing, or working on top of any tanker trailer stopped along any highway unless proper safety precautions are taken

Sponsor: Joseph Fallert

Prohibits denial of mental health care and treatment for children who are alleged victims of abuse and neglect and requires guardians ad litem to have training in child abuse and neglect or in mental health

Sponsor: Jeff Roorda

Increases the length of time from no later than 15 days to no later than 60 days after the birth of a child in which the father has to establish paternity prior to an adoption

Sponsor: Leonard Hughes

Prohibits reductions in county officials' salaries when a county changes classifications until the current official leaves office

Sponsor: Steve Hodges

Allows certain students participating in the A+ Schools Program to serve as election judges in order to fulfill their community service requirement

Sponsor: Kenneth Biermann

Changes the law regarding clemency in death penalty cases

Sponsor: Mike McGhee

Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to implement strategies to raise public awareness regarding food allergens

Sponsor: Joe Smith

Establishes the Economic Development Grant Program to be used to reopen a manufacturing factory that has been closed

Sponsor: Leonard Hughes

Allows an employee who is injured on the job to select his or her own health care provider to cure and relieve the effects of the injury at the expense of the employer

Sponsor: Joseph Fallert

Exempts a tenant from rent payments when his or her residence is destroyed by an act of God or other disaster unless the tenant caused the disaster

Sponsor: Stanley Cox

Allows, upon voter approval, political subdivisions to replace any personal property taxes levied for funding the political subdivision with a revenue-neutral increase in the local sales tax

Sponsor: Sam Komo

Designates the day after Thanksgiving Day until midnight December 26 of each year as the "Christmas Season" in Missouri

Sponsor: Douglas Funderburk

Revises the laws regarding firearms to make them consistent with federal law by specifying that a convicted felon will be guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm only if the firearm is concealable

Sponsor: Jeff Roorda

Reduces from 45 to 20 the different types of draft beer that a restaurant bar without an on-site brewery must serve to be able to sell 32 fluid ounces or more of beer for consumption off the premises

Sponsor: Maria Chappelle-Nadal

Expands the No-call List to include all calls regardless of content and prohibits using automatic dialing announcing devices in certain situations

Sponsor: Rachel Bringer

Requires school districts to establish special programs or services for students who are identified as academically gifted

Sponsor: Sara Lampe

Authorizes public library districts to impose, upon voter approval, a sales tax for the operation and maintenance of public libraries within the district

Sponsor: Jeanne Kirkton

Increases resource limits for medical assistance eligibility and requires the Department of Social Services to apply for an amendment to the home and community-based waiver to extend eligibility

Sponsor: Maria Chappelle-Nadal

Prohibits any employee of a seller of cigarettes or tobacco products who is younger than 18 years of age from selling cigarettes or tobacco products in the course of his or her employment

Sponsor: Shalonn Curls

Prohibits the transfer of a mental health patient from one facility to another without the consent of the patient or the patient's parent, legal guardian, or nearest known relative

Sponsor: Sara Lampe

Repeals a school district's authority to set policies allowing the use of tobacco products in certain school areas and prohibits smoking and the use of tobacco products on all school property and school buses

Sponsor: Don Wells

Establishes the Firearms and Ammunition Sales Tax Holiday

Sponsor: Chuck Gatschenberger

Allows members of the reserves of any branch of the United States armed forces to be eligible for a Missouri National Guard educational assistance grant

Sponsor: Mike Cunningham

Establishes the Evan de Mello Reimbursement Program to provide financial assistance for the cost of transportation and ancillary services associated with the medical treatment of an eligible child

Sponsor: Scott Lipke

Changes the laws regarding the identification, assessment, and education of children with autism spectrum disorder

Sponsor: Sara Lampe

Specifies that certain spouses of Missouri State Employees' Retirement System members will be ineligible to receive a retirement allowance upon the dissolution of the member's marriage

Sponsor: Sam Komo

Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to strongly encourage long-term care facilities to institute policies encouraging familial involvement in the well-being and support of its residents

Sponsor: Maria Chappelle-Nadal

Lowers the age when a child must start attending school from seven to six years of age and requires, beginning in the 2010 school year, all public schools to have a full-day kindergarten program

Sponsor: Sara Lampe

Requires all counties and fire protection districts to adopt and enforce the 2003 ICC International Fire Code

Sponsor: Jeff Roorda

Reduces from $200,000 to $75,000 the required annual gross income from the sale of prepared food consumed on the premises that certain restaurant bars must have to obtain a license to sell liquor on Sunday

Sponsor: Ray Salva

Allows criminal investigators of the Criminal Investigation Bureau within the Department of Revenue to be appointed by the department director as peace officers and to carry firearms at all times

Sponsor: Mark Bruns

Changes the laws regarding bingo

Sponsor: Mike Lair

Revises the definition of "police animal" as it relates to crimes committed against these animals to include a dog, horse, or other animal used by public or private search and rescue units or agencies

Sponsor: Steve Hodges

Authorizes counties to assess a fee on all civil case filings by the circuit court to provide funding to qualified nonprofit organizations to implement a neutral site child custody exchange program

Sponsor: Jeff Roorda

Establishes the Senior Services Growth and Development Program to provide additional funding for senior services in the state by imposing a surcharge on certain health insurance premiums

Sponsor: David Sater

Increases from 26 to 52 the number of weeks an individual is eligible to receive shared work benefits under the Shared Work Unemployment Compensation Program in the Division of Employment Security

Sponsor: Belinda Harris

Establishes the Volunteer Health Services Act which allows a licensed health care provider to render volunteer professional health care services for a sponsoring organization

Sponsor: David Sater

Changes the laws regarding bingo and repeals the two-tenths of one cent tax on each bingo card

Sponsor: Denny Hoskins

Provides an annual 2% pay increase in Fiscal Year 2012 through Fiscal Year 2014 for non-custodial employees in certain divisions of the Department of Corrections

Sponsor: Mike McGhee

Authorizes the Department of Social Services to select certain nonprofit organizations in the metropolitan areas of Kansas City and St. Louis to deploy and manage a regional health record bank

Sponsor: Maria Chappelle-Nadal

Requires the Revisor of Statutes to make all copies of laws, resolutions, and constitutional measures available electronically to the public and eliminates the printing of certain state documents

Sponsor: Sara Lampe

Requires gasoline kept, offered, or exposed for sale or sold at retail which is advertised as premium gasoline to be identified as containing or not containing ethanol

Sponsor: David Sater

Specifies that prisoners who commit sexual misconduct in the second degree in the presence of a minor or a person working in a jail, prison, or correctional facility will be guilty of a class D felony

Sponsor: Linda Black

Prohibits insurance companies from acquiring any ownership interest in an auto body repair shop or offering an incentive for a referral to a specific auto body repair shop

Sponsor: Belinda Harris

Allows certain small employers to obtain medical coverage through the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan

Sponsor: Sam Komo

Creates the crime of assaulting an athletic official

Sponsor: Jason Grill

Allows the Land Reclamation Commission to reject applications for permits to reactivate an inactive quarry if residential homes are located near the site

Sponsor: Steve Hodges

Imposes a 90-day license suspension for any intermediate driver's licensee who accumulates six or more points in a 12-month period or is convicted of exceeding the speed limit by 26 or more miles per hour

Sponsor: David Sater

Establishes the Uniform Planned Community Act which specifies the requirements for creating, governing, managing, and terminating planned community developments

Sponsor: Belinda Harris

Changes the laws regarding the Open Meetings and Records Law, commonly known as the Sunshine Law

Sponsor: Sara Lampe

Adds home nursing visits and follow-up care as needed for certain at-risk newborns to the list of covered services under the MO HealthNet Program

Sponsor: Jason Holsman

Removes the Blue Springs School District from the requirement that nonresident teachers or employees pay nonresident tuition for their children and adds the Lee's Summit School District to this provision

Sponsor: Gary Dusenberg

Requires an inmate receiving on-site medical examination or treatment from any correctional facility's medical personnel to be assessed 25 cents per visit

Sponsor: J Kuessner

Requires only persons younger than 21 years of age to wear protective headgear when operating or riding as a passenger on any motorcycle or motortricyle

Sponsor: Gary Dusenberg

Exempts from real property taxes certain eligible taxpayers 75 years of age and older with certain income levels

Sponsor: Gary Dusenberg

Requires a health screening for public school students in the second and eighth grades

Sponsor: Gary Dusenberg

Exempts real property owned by individuals 65 years of age and older from increases in the tax rate and assessed valuation until the owner moves, sells the property, or fails to notify of continued eligibility

Sponsor: Gary Dusenberg

Establishes Sam Pratt's Law which authorizes the Department of Health and Senior Services to prohibit unlicensed child care providers from continuing to provide services if there are pending criminal charges

Sponsor: Linda Black

Changes the laws regarding conflicts of interest and lobbying, ethics, and campaign finance

Sponsor: Kevin Wilson

Proposes a constitutional amendment guaranteeing a citizen's right to pray and worship on public property and reaffirming a citizen's right to choose any or no religion

Sponsor: Mike McGhee

Authorizes the State Veterinarian to restrict the movement of animals or birds under investigation for carrying a toxin

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Allows an insurer to provide health insurance information regarding an enrollee's health benefit plan online unless a paper copy is requested by the enrollee by written, oral, or electronic means

Sponsor: Eric Burlison

Urges Congress to pass a balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution

Sponsor: Allen Icet

Urges the Department of Natural Resources to consider the use of certain coal technology in its permitting of new coal-fired power plants

Sponsor: Walt Bivins

Urges Missouri's Congressional delegation to oppose funding the Missouri River Authorized Purposes Study

Sponsor: William Stouffer

Requires the Governor to issue an annual proclamation designating the first Friday in March as "Dress in Blue for Colon Cancer Awareness Day"

Sponsor: Theodore Hoskins

Allows a resident of Missouri to purchase rifles and shotguns in any state and allows a resident of any state to purchase rifles and shotguns in Missouri if he or she conforms to certain laws

Sponsor: Chuck Gatschenberger

Changes the laws regarding environmental protection

Sponsor: Shane Schoeller

Modifies provisions relating to court actions by the Department of Mental Health and to taxation

Sponsor: Jason Smith

Allows employees of certain employers to take a leave of absence for civil air patrol emergency service duty or counter narcotics missions

Sponsor: Joe Aull

Modifies various provisions of law regarding political subdivisions and the conservation of natural resources

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Encourages the United States Congress to urge federal agencies to exercise regulatory forbearance with respect to well-managed community depositories

Sponsor: Mike Cunningham

Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring a three-fifths majority vote to amend the Missouri Constitution

Sponsor: Jason Smith

Changes the laws regarding absent uniform services and overseas voters and elections

Sponsor: John Diehl

Removes the requirement that a presiding judge must certify certain cases for assignment

Sponsor: John Diehl

Enacts the Foster Care and Adoptive Parents Recruitment and Retention Fund

Sponsor: Cynthia Davis

Urges the President of the United States and Congress to lift tariffs on die cast magnesium alloys to prevent die cast companies from going out of business

Sponsor: Rachel Bringer

Proposes a constitutional amendment to eliminate the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Higher Education and instead create a new Department of Education

Sponsor: Mike Thomson

Modifies the law relating to voter registration and absentee ballots for overseas voters

Sponsor: Frank Barnitz

Eliminates, combines, and revises certain state boards, commissions, committees, and councils

Sponsor: Steve Hobbs

Requires all health insurance policies issued to Missouri residents on or after January 1, 2011, to include coverage for adopted children on the same basis as other dependents of the enrollee

Sponsor: Therese Sander

Expands the Amber Alert System to include missing endangered adults, specifies the criteria for being a missing endangered adult, and changes the system's name to Amber Alert and Silver Alert System

Sponsor: Bob Nance

Allows public administrators to file petitions to transfer cases to another county and allows the court to order ward transportation upon the petition of the public administrator

Sponsor: Mike Sutherland

Authorizes certain regulatory actions against insurance companies operating in hazardous financial conditions and establishes a risk-based capital trend test calculation for testing an insurance company's capital

Sponsor: Scott Rupp

Adds certain emergency medical technicians to the list of persons who can report anyone diagnosed or assessed with a condition that may prevent the safe operation of a motor vehicle

Sponsor: Gary Dusenberg

Changes the date for submission of a consolidated public library district's annual report to the district board, county commission, and state library

Sponsor: Luann Ridgeway

Requires health carriers to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders under certain conditions

Sponsor: Kevin Wilson

Requires the reporting of health insurance information on Missouri income returns and the providing of a notice to those taxpayers eligible for health insurance assistance for dependent children

Sponsor: Bob Nance

Creates the Race to the Top Fund to receive any funds received from the federal government through the Race to the Top Program

Sponsor: Scott Rupp

Changes the laws regarding firearms and the defensive use of force

Sponsor: Kenny Jones

Updates Missouri's traffic laws to reflect that the majority of pedestrian control signals now display the international symbols for pedestrian control

Sponsor: Ryan McKenna

Authorizes certain community improvement districts to sponsor and operate a science-tech specialty school and establishes the Science-Tech Specialty School Blue Ribbon Panel

Sponsor: Tim Flook

Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to develop information for school districts to provide parents and students about meningococcal disease and the availability of a vaccine to prevent it

Sponsor: Timothy Jones

Proposes a constitutional amendment changing the minimum legal voter signature requirement for placing a constitutional amendment on the ballot through the initiative petition process

Sponsor: Mike Dethrow

Adds to the list of entities that are required to report disciplinary action against health care professionals

Sponsor: William Stouffer

Requires a law enforcement agency to enter certain information regarding orders of protection into the Missouri Uniform Law Enforcement system within 24 hours and modifies various other provisions of law

Sponsor: Bryan Stevenson

Changes the laws regarding initiative petitions and referendums

Sponsor: Mike Parson

Changes the laws regarding sales tax collections

Sponsor: Mike Sutherland

Modifies several provisions of law relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles

Sponsor: Bob Dixon

Proposes a constitutional amendment changing the number of signatures required when submitting an initiative petition proposing an amendment to the Missouri Constitution or a change in state law

Sponsor: Mike Parson

Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to make available resources relating to umbilical cord blood

Sponsor: Cynthia Davis

Establishes the 2010 State Employee Retirement Incentive Program

Sponsor: Kenny Jones

Prohibits health insurance exchanges in Missouri or any exchange administered by the federal government from offering policies or optional riders that provide coverage for elective abortions

Sponsor: Darrell Pollock

Allows certain unsubstantiated complaints made against licensed professional counselors by certain sexually violent predators to be removed from the regulating entity's records

Sponsor: Don Wells

Authorizes an income tax credit for the eligible costs of bringing conventions or sporting games to Missouri

Sponsor: Timothy Jones

Modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions, controlled substances, law enforcement agencies, taxes, tax credits, waste management and crimes

Sponsor: Kurt Schaefer

Changes the laws regarding the filing fees for marriage licenses, dissolutions of marriage or legal separation, and judgments of certain dissolutions involving a child younger than 21 years of age

Sponsor: Cynthia Davis

Establishes each February 14th as Epilepsy Awareness Day

Sponsor: Eric Schmitt

Designates various stretches of highways after deceased individuals

Sponsor: Eric Schmitt

Exempts from state use taxes certain business donations of tangible personal property held as inventory given to a sales tax exempt organization

Sponsor: Clint Tracy

Changes the laws regarding highway corridors

Sponsor: Sally Faith

Allows electrical corporations to charge for services based on the costs of certain construction work in progress and establishes the Missouri Energy Security Construction Act

Sponsor: Ed Emery

Allows the Department of Revenue to issue a special event motor vehicle auction license to an applicant auctioning certain vehicles

Sponsor: Jay Wasson

Changes the laws regarding the Animal Care Facilities Act

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

Changes the classification of certain watercraft from personal property to residential property for property taxation purposes

Sponsor: Wayne Cooper

Establishes the Missouri Appraisal Management Company Registration and Regulation Act to regulate real estate appraisal management companies

Sponsor: Steve Hobbs

Changes the laws regarding state purchasing as it relates to giving preference to any qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or the severely disabled

Sponsor: Bryan Pratt

Changes the laws regarding the regulation of bail bond agents

Sponsor: Chris Molendorp

Changes the laws regarding rates charged by natural gas corporations and assistance for eligible households through the Utilicare Program

Sponsor: Shane Schoeller

Requires all dental assistants and dental hygienists to obtain a permit from the Missouri Dental Board in order to perform expanded-functions duties

Sponsor: Sue Schoemehl

Creates the crime of failure to adequately control an animal

Sponsor: Stanley Cox

Modifies provisions pertaining to utilities and certain clean water requirements and fees

Sponsor: Ed Emery

Adds an advanced practice registered nurse to the list of approved health care providers who are authorized to write a prescription to refer a patient to a physical therapist

Sponsor: Sue Allen

Grants the Silver Haired Legislature use of the House Chamber on Thursday, October 7, 2010, from 7:30 am to 6 pm

Sponsor: Bill Deeken

Adds the person designated by a military member in a United States Department of Defense form to the term next-of-kin as it relates to the right of sepulcher in final disposition of the decedent's remains

Sponsor: David Day

Proposes a constitutional amendment replacing the individual and corporate income tax and sales and use tax with a fair sales tax on retail sales of new tangible property and taxable services

Sponsor: Ed Emery

Gives preference in the awarding of a fee office contract to a tax exempt organization whose primary administrative office is in the same county, legislative district, or senatorial district as the fee office

Sponsor: Tom Flanigan

Increases the assessed valuation thresholds for a county to move into a higher classification

Sponsor: Gayle Kingery

Changes the laws regarding adoption records

Sponsor: Bryan Stevenson

Instructs the Director of the Department of Public Safety to conduct a study regarding the safety of rural lettered highways in Missouri

Sponsor: Scott Rupp

Allows corporate board members to consent to certain actions by electronic transmission

Sponsor: Jack Goodman

Changes the laws regarding the Open Meetings and Records Law, commonly known as the Sunshine Law

Sponsor: Timothy Jones

Allows an eligible homeowner purchasing a single-family dwelling to receive a loan from the Linked Deposit Loan Program for the down payment on the home

Sponsor: Mike Cunningham

Changes the laws regarding sexual offenses involving a child

Sponsor: Therese Sander

Re-establishes the Motorist Insurance Identification Database Program to establish and administer a database to verify compliance with motor vehicle financial responsibility requirements

Sponsor: Mike Colona

Establishes the Joint Committee on Recovery Accountability and Transparency, requires amounts withheld from the state budget and out of state travel to be posted on the Missouri Accountability Portal, and requires county auditors to inventory certain property

Sponsor: Scott Rupp

Requires the Department of Revenue to establish the necessary rules to implement the compliance provisions of the multistate Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement

Sponsor: Mike Sutherland

Changes the laws regarding consent requirements for obtaining an abortion, reporting abortions, and immunity from liability for certain pharmacies and creates the crime of coercing an abortion

Sponsor: Cynthia Davis

Changes the laws regarding federal work authorization programs, adds citizenship information to the sex offender registration form, and requires reporting of non-U.S. citizens on the sex offender registry

Sponsor: Gerald Nolte

Mandates that insurers provide coverage for eating disorders and establishes the Missouri Eating Disorder Council to administer various eating disorder education and awareness programs

Sponsor: David Pearce

Urges the President and Congress to lift tariffs on die cast magnesium alloys from China and find a creative solution to protect the nation's lone magnesium producer and the United States die casting industry

Sponsor: Wes Shoemyer

Allows certain active-duty military parents to send their children to a public school within a 30-mile radius of the parent's military installation

Sponsor: Terry Witte

Changes the laws regarding the criminal justice system

Sponsor: Scott Lipke

Modifies provisions pertaining to enhanced 911 services

Sponsor: Frank Barnitz

Prohibits an offender in the custody of the Department of Corrections from making a false report against any department employee for the purpose of implicating an employee in a crime

Sponsor: Linda Black

Adds nuclear energy to the definition of "renewable energy resources" so that it can be used to meet the requirements of investor-owned electric utilities under the Renewable Energy Standard

Sponsor: Gerald Nolte

Bars employers from requiring employees to engage in or cease engaging in certain labor practices

Sponsor: Jason Crowell

Establishes the Manufacturing Jobs Act which provides incentives for qualified suppliers or manufacturing facilities that create or retain Missouri jobs

Sponsor: Gerald Nolte

Authorizes an alternate procedure for issuing bonds for a common sewer subdistrict in Cass County

Sponsor: Chris Molendorp

Increases the penalty for endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree when the person creates a substantial risk to the life of a child under the age or 5 by shaking him or her

Sponsor: Kurt Schaefer

Designates September 2010 as "Organ Donor Awareness Month" in Missouri

Sponsor: Rochelle Walton Gray

Grants priority in the fee office competitive bidding to nonprofit organizations if their primary administrative office is located in the same county, legislative district, or senatorial district as the fee office bid upon

Sponsor: Gary Nodler

Classifies certain sawmills and planing mills as agricultural and horticultural property instead of commercial property for property taxation purposes

Sponsor: David Day

Allows an employer to pay an employee who is younger than 18 years of age a wage that is not less than 75% of the required minimum wage under certain conditions

Sponsor: Mike Parson

Combines and modifies the provisions of the Revised Statutes of Missouri that have been enacted in more than one bill so that there is only one version of a statute

Sponsor: Cole McNary

Designates a portion of State Highway 80 in New Madrid County as the "Gene Curtis Memorial Highway"

Sponsor: Steve Hodges

Requires the Governor to issue an annual proclamation designating September 14 as "Organ Donor Awareness Day"

Sponsor: Rochelle Walton Gray

Requires notification from a city or political subdivision to certain entities of its intent to own or operate a solid waste processing facility

Sponsor: Steve Hobbs

Requires devices used to electronically monitor certain sexual offenders to immediately alert law enforcement if the offender travels into an area which has been restricted by law

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Requires the Division of School Improvement to develop and coordinate a program to provide a fine arts education consultant at each regional professional development center

Sponsor: Bob Dixon

Modifies various provisions of the prompt pay statutes as they relate to the calculation of interest and penalties, the payment of attorney fees, and other ancillary matters

Sponsor: Kenny Jones

Exempts transportation management companies, and their subcontractors, who contract with the state from certain regulations

Sponsor: Jim Lembke

Allows a retiree of the Missouri Local Government Employees' Retirement System to serve as an elected official without forfeiting his or her monthly retirement benefit under specified situations

Sponsor: Curt Dougherty

Creates the Joint Committee on Missouri's Promise

Sponsor: Charlie Shields

Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to solicit bids for establishing a consumer health information website

Sponsor: Eric Schmitt

Establishes the Missouri Animal Care Advisory Committee to review and make recommendations on the welfare of poultry, livestock, and licensed dog breeding facilities in this state

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

Specifies that any fine collected for a red light violation by an entity utilizing an automated photo red light enforcement system must be given to the local school district where the infraction occurred

Sponsor: Will Kraus

Grants the 21st Century Leadership Academy permission to use the House Chamber for the Sue Shear Institute for Women in Public Life Leadership Day on Wednesday, May 26, 2010, from 10 am to 1 pm

Sponsor: Sally Faith

Establishes the Missouri Patient Privacy Act which limits the disclosure of patient medical information

Sponsor: Doug Ervin

Changes the laws regarding the curriculum and licensure of schools of cosmetology

Sponsor: Don Wells

Proposes a constitutional amendment declaring that all persons have a natural right to economic freedom

Sponsor: Brian Nieves

Changes the laws regarding the Public School Retirement System of Kansas City

Sponsor: Shalonn Curls

Changes the amounts of financial assistance awards from the Access Missouri Financial Assistance Program and revises the grade required for renewing a scholarship under the program

Sponsor: Gayle Kingery

Adds veterinarians to the statute of limitations for filing any action for medical malpractice against certain health care providers

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Licenses clinical laboratory personnel

Sponsor: Dan Clemens

Licenses auto body repair facilities and physical damage appraisers

Sponsor: Wes Shoemyer

Allows any winery, distiller, manufacturer, wholesaler, or brewer to provide beverage samples on certain licensed retail premises for tasting purposes

Sponsor: Charles Schlottach

Changes the laws regarding local exchange voice telecommunications carriers

Sponsor: Mike Parson

Authorizes an income tax deduction of up to $250 for the amount of payments made on a student loan to a lending institution for the taxpayer's education expenses at a Missouri college or university

Sponsor: Scott Dieckhaus

Allows for the appointment of an acting county municipal court judge on a temporary basis if any judge of a county municipal court becomes ill or is otherwise unavailable

Sponsor: Jeff Roorda

Requires establishments processing or selling horse meat for human consumption to annually register and affirms the right to raise domestic animals, fish, and game birds in a humane manner

Sponsor: James Viebrock

Requires all basic life support ambulances and stretcher vans to be equipped with an automated external defibrillator and be staffed by at least one individual trained in its use

Sponsor: Steve Hobbs

Modifies provisions relating to the compromise of taxes and penalties for properties subject to certain actions as abandoned property in Jackson County

Sponsor: Jolie Justus

Allows the formation of clean energy development boards to finance energy projects

Sponsor: Joan Bray

Establishes the Missouri Healthy Workplace Recognition Program

Sponsor: Tom Dempsey

Allows the State Registrar to issue heritage birth or marriage certificates celebrating the unique heritage of Missouri citizens

Sponsor: Kurt Schaefer

Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting appropriations in any fiscal year from exceeding certain limits

Sponsor: Allen Icet

Establishes provisions regarding pharmacy benefit managers

Sponsor: Kurt Schaefer

Changes the laws regarding the admission of a person for comprehensive psychiatric services

Sponsor: Bryan Stevenson

Authorizes Montgomery County to seek voter approval for the imposition of a transient guest tax

Sponsor: Frank Barnitz

Designates a portion of Interstate 64/U. S. Highway 40 as the "Jack Buck Memorial Highway"

Sponsor: John Diehl

Adds certain health professionals for whom the State Legal Expense fund is available and allows child abuse medical resource centers and SAFE CARE providers to collaborate on improved services to the abused

Sponsor: Wayne Cooper

Allows the City of Grandview to impose a transient guest tax

Sponsor: Jolie Justus

Designates a portion of Lindbergh Boulevard in St. Louis County as the "Dave Sinclair Boulevard"

Sponsor: Walt Bivins

Changes the laws regarding the use of force by employees of the Department of Mental Health

Sponsor: Jeanie Riddle

Modifies provisions relating to child support when there is equal parenting time

Sponsor: Jim Lembke

Requires the Missouri Health Insurance Pool to establish a program to allow individuals to purchase supplemental health insurance coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder

Sponsor: Tishaura Jones

Prohibits an employer from requiring a nonexempt state employee to take time off during any week the employee works more than an eight-hour workday or his or her regularly assigned hours of work

Sponsor: Bill Deeken

Designates Seaman, the dog accompanying Lewis and Clark on their expedition of the Louisiana Purchase territory, as the official state historical dog

Sponsor: Jason Brown

Renames "Mark McGwire Highway", the portion of Interstate 70 in St. Louis City to the Illinois state line, as the "William L. Clay, Sr. Highway"

Sponsor: Theodore Hoskins

Requires the Governor to issue annual proclamations designating November 13 as "Buck O'Neil Day" and the fourth week of May as "Missouri Safe Boating Week"

Sponsor: Roman LeBlanc

Expands the allowable uses of the Loan Guaranty Program for agricultural business development loans

Sponsor: Frank Barnitz

Allows counties of any classification to erect and maintain a jail or holding cell facility outside the county seat

Sponsor: Rob Schaaf

Authorizes the creation of tax free zones

Sponsor: Robert Mayer

Requires the Joint Committee on Education to conduct a study on voluntary prekindergarten in Missouri

Sponsor: David Pearce

Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act to make it consistent with the model act adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners

Sponsor: Kevin Wilson

Modifies various provisions relating to political subdivisions

Sponsor: Timothy Green

Changes the laws regarding the school budgeting and planning process

Sponsor: Maynard Wallace

Revises the laws regarding the reporting of any disciplinary action against certain health care professionals or the voluntary resignation of a professional against whom a complaint might have led to an action

Sponsor: Jay Wasson