2011 Regular Session

Modifies liens for certain design professionals and the statute of limitations for actions against land surveyors

Sponsor: John Diehl

Modifies provisions relating to loans available for sprinkler system requirements in long-term care facilities and to a definition in the long-term care facilities chapter

Sponsor: David Sater

Allows the spouse of certain active military members to be eligible for unemployment benefits and to receive a temporary courtesy license to practice his or her occupation or profession in this state

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires sexual assault offenders to complete certain programs prior to being eligible for parole and prohibits them from living near child care facilities

Sponsor: Rodney Schad

Repeals the authority of certain state university boards to convey or transfer property without authorization from the General Assembly and authorizes the Governor to convey certain state properties

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Modifies provisions relating to abortion with respect to viability

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Renames the Heroes Way Interstate Interchange Designation Program as the Heroes Way Interchange Designation Program and designates several memorial highways and bridges

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes the Interscholastic Youth Sports Brain Injury Prevention Act which requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to develop guidelines on the risk of concussion and brain injury

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding professional registration

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding human trafficking

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires certain applicants for and recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program benefits to be tested for illegal drug use and the benefit card to include a photo of the recipient or payee

Sponsor: Ellen Brandom

Establishes a task force on foster care recuitment, licensing, and retention and the Missouri State Foster Care and Adoption Board and changes the laws regarding parental rights, foster care, and adoption

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding individuals with disabilities

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Expands the types of directional signs which may be erected within highway right-of-ways and creates numerous memorial highway designations

Sponsor: Charles Denison

Changes the laws regarding natural resources

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Modifies provisions pertaining to agriculture

Sponsor: Tom Loehner

Modifies provisions regarding judicial procedures

Sponsor: Stanley Cox

Requires that the September 1996 Supreme Court standards for representation by guardians ad litem be updated

Sponsor: Jolie Justus

Authorizes an individual or corporation to designate all or a portion of his or her income tax refund to the Organ Donor Program or to send a separate check with the payment of his or her taxes

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Conveys certain property owned by the state

Sponsor: Kevin Engler

Changes the laws regarding debt adjusters

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Allows an election authority to use an electronic voter identification system or electronic signature pad to verify voter identification information at any polling place

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Extends the expiration date of the provisions regarding the Basic Civil Legal Services Fund from December 31, 2012, to December 31, 2018

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding political subdivisions

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding firearms, ammunition, and concealed carry endorsements

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding public employee retirement

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Allows the Department of Revenue to issue specified special license plates for any vehicle except an apportioned motor vehicle or a commercial motor vehicle in excess of 18,000 pounds gross weight

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding transportation

Sponsor: Eric Burlison

Authorizes the Missouri Dental Board to issue a limited teaching license to a dentist employed as an instructor in an accredited dental school located in this state

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Allows the state or any political subdivision or agency of the state to transfer ownership of used tires, scrap tires, or tire shred to a private entity for disposal or recycling under certain conditions

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Modifies provisions of law relating to transportation and infrastructure

Sponsor: Bob Dixon

Changes the laws regarding renewable energy in enhanced enterprise zones and the taxation of hydroelectric power generating equipment

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding county officers

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding health insurance benefits for state employees

Sponsor: Eric Burlison

Specifies that the ordering of a report or an inspection alone will not constitute selecting or engaging a person regarding a real estate licensee's immunity from liability for certain expert statements

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Modifies motor vehicle extended service contracts law, amends surplus lines insurance law, establishes a limited-lines insurance license to sell portable electronics insurance, and modifies the retaliatory tax law

Sponsor: Scott Rupp

Modifies laws relating to the administration of credit unions

Sponsor: Jay Wasson

Changes the laws regarding the Division of Credit Unions within the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires every elected or appointed coroner, deputy coroner, and assistant to the coroner to complete the annually required educational training within six months of his or her election or appointment

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Modifies provisions relating to emergency services

Sponsor: Ward Franz

Changes the laws regarding the nonresident entertainer and professional athletic team member income tax

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

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

Sponsor: Dwight Scharnhorst

Changes the laws regarding notice of liens on motor vehicles, trailers, watercraft, and manufactured homes

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Creates requirements for contractors who perform home exterior and roof work

Sponsor: Bob Nance

Removes the provisions requiring the Department of Health and Senior Services to provide information to physicians to give to breast implantation patients regarding advantages, disadvantages, and risks

Sponsor: Eric Burlison

Repeals and re-enacts provisions regarding the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act to be consistent with the changes adopted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding water well regulations

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding telecommunications as they relate to the carrier of last resort obligations

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Modifies provisions pertaining to environmental protection

Sponsor: Kenny Jones

Authorizes the issuance of subpoenas for the production of records by the General Assembly

Sponsor: John Diehl

Adds certain licensed professional counselors 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: Michael Corcoran

Recognition of every third week in June as Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Week

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Allows a resident who is on active military duty to renew his or her expired driver's license without a complete examination if the renewal is made within a specified time from discharge or residency

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Specifies that a prior or persistent offender of an intoxication-related offense must perform a specified minimum number of hours of community service as an alternative to imprisonment

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

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

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Appropriates money for capital improvement projects involving maintenance, repair, replacement, and improvement of state buildings and facilities

Sponsor: Ryan Silvey

Changes the laws regarding pharmacies

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Appropriates money for planning and capital improvement projects and land improvements or acquisitions and transfers money among certain funds

Sponsor: Ryan Silvey

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

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Appropriates money for capital improvement projects involving the maintenance, repair, replacement, and improvement of state buildings and facilities

Sponsor: Ryan Silvey

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

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Office of Administration, Department of Transportation, and Department of Public Safety

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Revenue and Department of Transportation

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Appropriates money for capital improvement and other purposes as provided in Article IV, Section 28

Sponsor: Ryan Silvey

Modifies provisions of law regarding the collection of taxes

Sponsor: Tom Flanigan

Establishes the Ratepayer Fairness Act which allows an aluminum smelting facility to keep any special utility rate at the ratepayer class as long as it employs 200 employees

Sponsor: Jason Barnes

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: Michael Corcoran

Limits the total service in the General Assembly to sixteen years in any proportion between the Senate and the House of Representatives

Sponsor: Timothy Green

Specifies certain employee rights as they relate to labor organizations

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Issues articles of impeachment for Judge John A. Ross, Twenty-First Judicial Circuit, and orders him to stand trial before the Missouri Supreme Court for violations of the Missouri Constitution

Sponsor: Rochelle Walton Gray

Modifies the composition of the board of directors of the Kansas City School District

Sponsor: David Pearce

Authorizes tax incentives to encourage foreign trade

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

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

Sponsor: David Sater

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

Sponsor: Joseph Keaveny

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

Sponsor: Luann Ridgeway

Modifies various provisions of law regarding the licensing of certain professions

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Eliminates a requirement that banks, savings institutions, and credit unions file a certain notice with the Missouri Real Estate Appraisers Commission

Sponsor: Mike Parson

Establishes procedures for the transfer of students from an unaccredited school district to an accredited school district in the same or an adjoining county

Sponsor: David Pearce

Modifies law relating to voter registration and election offenses

Sponsor: Robin Wright-Jones

Modifies various regulations governing the operation of motor vehicles

Sponsor: Ryan McKenna

Exempts motorcyclists age 21 and older from wearing a helmet when operating a motorcycle or motortricycle

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Enacts various provisions relating to local government

Sponsor: Jamilah Nasheed

Modifies and adopts provisions relating to nuisances

Sponsor: Rob Schaaf

Strongly urges the United States Congress to support the Pea Ridge Mine in the extraction of thorium and the development of refineries for thorium power plants

Sponsor: Dave Schatz

Modifies various provisions relating to billboards

Sponsor: William Stouffer

Requires the Attorney General to sue the federal government to enforce federal immigration laws

Sponsor: Will Kraus

Modifies various provisions relating to the regulation of transportation

Sponsor: Charles Denison

Creates a tax credit for contributions to developmental disability care providers and modifies provisions of the residential treatment agency tax credit program

Sponsor: Anne Zerr

Creates a tax credit to attract sporting events to the state

Sponsor: Ronald Richard

Modifies Missouri's prevailing wage law

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

Modifies telecommunications provisions relating to carrier of last resort obligations

Sponsor: Brad Lager

Prohibits Missouri state government from recognizing, enforcing, or acting in furtherance of certain actions of the federal government

Sponsor: Brian Nieves

Modifies provisions pertaining to agriculture

Sponsor: Casey Guernsey

Removes any requirement that a telecommunications company must file tariffs and exempts compliance with certain state regulations when federal regulations exist

Sponsor: Brad Lager

Modifies restrictions on the use of organized labor on public contract projects

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

Modifies the Senate Rules to prohibit the consideration of a conference committee substitute until members have had a copy for at least one legislative day

Sponsor: Chuck Purgason

Modifies provisions relating to educational resources and services

Sponsor: Scott Dieckhaus

Strongly urges Congress and the Administration to immediately seek long-term and short-term solutions to the rapidly rising fuel costs in this country

Sponsor: Lyle Rowland

Modifies the elementary and secondary education funding formula

Sponsor: David Pearce

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

Sponsor: Jack Goodman

Allows a pupil to enroll in an adjoining school district if the student's residence is located closer to a school in the adjoining district or in cases of transportation hardship

Sponsor: Jane Cunningham

Modifies the ability of state educational institutions to issue bonds and incur debt

Sponsor: Jason Crowell

Repeals the provisions requiring the Missouri Energy Task Force to reconvene at least one time a year and issue an annual status report to the Governor and General Assembly

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Creates the "TANF Child Protection and Drug Free Home Act" regarding drug testing for work-eligible TANF applicants and recipients

Sponsor: Jack Goodman

Modifies various provisions relating to public elections

Sponsor: Tony Dugger

Requires the cumulative state and local tax rate to be printed on sales receipts

Sponsor: Will Kraus

Modifies provisions of Missouri tax credit programs in accordance with recommendations made by the Missouri Tax Credit Review Commission Report

Sponsor: Will Kraus

Modifies provisions relating to charter schools

Sponsor: David Pearce

Requires the Department of Conservation to compensate for damage caused by wild elk

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

Requires the school board of each school district and charter school to establish an evaluation system for teachers and teaching

Sponsor: Brad Lager

Extends the sunsets on certain provider taxes to 2016 and on the Missouri RX plan to 2015

Sponsor: Chris Kelly

Modifies provisions relating to rural community development

Sponsor: Brad Lager

Modifies provisions pertaining to the filing of appeals regarding decisions made by environmental commissions

Sponsor: Brian Nieves

Adds provisions to the crime of receiving stolen property relating to offenses in which the value of property or services is an element of the crime

Sponsor: Jack Goodman

Allows the Missouri State Highway Patrol to sell surplus watercraft and watercraft motors and trailers in the same manner as the highway patrol currently sells surplus vehicles

Sponsor: Kevin Engler

Changes the laws regarding charter schools and establishes the Missouri Charter Public School Commission

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes a Joint Interim Committee on State Employee Wages to address the need to increase Missouri's ranking as 50th worst in the nation in state employee compensation

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Declares support for Complete Streets policies and urges their adoption at all levels of government regarding the shared use of our roads and highways by motorists, bicyclists and walkers

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding public safety

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Urges the United States Congress to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions or to take action on climate change

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Proposes a constitutional amendment affirming the right of persons to raise livestock in a humane manner without the state imposing an undue economic burden on their owners

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Reclassifies some forms of methamphetamine precursor drugs from Schedule IV and V controlled substances to Schedule III requiring a prescription to be known as the Meth Lab Elimination Act

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Children's Services Commission and establishes the Missouri Task Force on Prematurity and Infant Mortality

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Supports the work of Missouri's pregnancy resource centers and maternity homes in providing outstanding service to women and families

Sponsor: Thomas Long

Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act, insurance coverage for portable electronics, and residential and home warranty service contracts

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Act and changes the laws regarding professions and businesses regulated by the Division of Professional Registration

Sponsor: Ellen Brandom

Changes the laws regarding sexual offender registration

Sponsor: Rodney Schad

Modifies provisions pertaining to agriculture

Sponsor: Tom Loehner

Requires Missouri driver's license examinations to only be administered in English

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding early distributions from certain annuities or retirement plans, the Missouri Higher Education Saving Program, and residential mortgage loan brokers

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes the Show-Me Health Insurance Exchange Act

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding the electronic transmission of prescriptions and pharmacy benefit managers

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Submits an official application by the State of Missouri for the calling of a federal amendment convention

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Exempts a qualified plug-in electric drive vehicle from the state's motor vehicle emissions inspection program

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding the regulation of surplus lines insurance to comply with the federal Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Proposes a constitutional amendment specifying that the right of every citizen to possess, purchase ammunition, and any parts or articles for the proper functioning of arms must not be infringed

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Designates April as "Child Abuse Prevention Month" and designates the "blue ribbon" as the official state symbol for child abuse prevention

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Grants the Silver Haired Legislature use of the House Chamber on Tuesday, September 20, 2011, from 8 am to 4 pm and Wednesday, September 21, 2011, from 8 am to noon

Sponsor: Mike Bernskoetter

Establishes the Fair Fare Passenger Safety Act of 2011 which prohibits any person operating a motor vehicle for compensation and transporting passengers from using a hand-held wireless communications device

Sponsor: Timothy Meadows

Requires a court to assess a surcharge of up to 6% in each criminal proceeding if authorized by the municipal or county government where the violation occurred

Sponsor: Tom McDonald

Allows for release on electronic monitoring for people who can afford to pay the costs associated with the monitoring

Sponsor: Jason Smith

Grants use of the House Chamber for presentation of Glory Awards on Thursday, April 7, 2011, upon adjournment

Sponsor: Chuck Gatschenberger

Designates the new Interstate 70 Mississippi River Bridge connecting downtown St. Louis and southwestern Illinois as the "Jerry F. Costello - William 'Bill' Clay Sr. Veterans Memorial Bridge"

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Transfers land survey duties from the Department of Natural Resources to the Department of Agriculture

Sponsor: William Stouffer

Changes the requirements for background screenings of long-term care professionals

Sponsor: Luann Ridgeway

Changes the laws regarding the state school funding formula

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Authorizes an income tax credit for the eligible costs of bringing certain sporting events to Missouri

Sponsor: Eric Burlison

Proposes a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right of individuals to vote by secret ballot

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Modifies provisions of the master settlement agreement regarding the refund of escrow payments

Sponsor: Mike Parson

Clarifies the current exemptions from sales and use tax by defining "manufacturing, processing, compounding, mining, or producing" to include testing, installing, calibrating, maintaining, and repairing

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes the Transparency in Private Attorney Contracts Act

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Exempts the City of Riverside from the requirement that a member of the board of a tourism community enhancement district be a resident, own property, be employed, or operate a business within the district

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes the Missouri Firearms Freedom Act

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding county nuisance abatement ordinances, junkyards, and private nuisance actions

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Appropriates money for supplemental purposes for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

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

Sponsor: Dan Brown

Declares the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as unauthorized by the United States Constitution and creates criminal penalties for persons enforcing or attempting to enforce the act

Sponsor: Kurt Bahr

Changes the composition of the Coordinating Board for Higher Education, the University of Missouri Board of Curators, and the Missouri State University Board of Governors

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Appropriates money for supplemental purposes

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Extends the expiration date concerning the installation of fire sprinklers in certain home dwellings to December 31, 2019 and modifies adoption by a political subdivision of certain residence codes

Sponsor: Dan Brown

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

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding hotline calls reporting suspected child abuse and neglect to the Children's Division within the Department of Social Services

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Modifies provisions relating to education

Sponsor: Scott Dieckhaus

Specifies how the courts may rule in contractual disputes involving the law of other countries and jurisdictional issues involving other countries

Sponsor: Brian Nieves

Prohibits any department or political subdivision of the state from contracting any liability of the state in excess of $1 million in any one-year period without the consent of the General Assembly

Sponsor: Nick Marshall

Changes the laws regarding prevailing wages

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

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: Michael Corcoran

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

Sponsor: Rodney Schad

Modifies provisions relating to agriculture

Sponsor: Casey Guernsey

Modifies the Animal Care Facilities Act and the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act

Sponsor: Tom Loehner

Revises the crime of abuse of a child to include knowingly inflicting cruel or excessive punishment upon a child younger than 17 years of age or knowingly causing physical injury by any means

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

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

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Urges the President of the United States and the United States Congress to uphold and defend the federal Defense of Marriage Act

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Specifies that any person who makes a report of suspected child abuse to the proper authorities will be immune from civil and criminal liability

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding excavation notification centers

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Modifies the human trafficking provisions

Sponsor: Jack Goodman

Changes the laws regarding unsecured loans of $500 or less, commonly known as payday loans

Sponsor: Ellen Brandom

Modifies licensing requirements for funeral directors, embalmers, and funeral establishments and certain requirements for preneed funeral contracts

Sponsor: Jay Wasson

Phases-out the corporate franchise tax over a five year period

Sponsor: Gerald Nolte

Changes the laws regarding environmental protection programs

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Allows the use of centerfire handguns during the muzzleloader portion of firearms deer season

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

Authorizes a landlord to bring an action to remove a tenant without being represented by an attorney and to file a claim in small claims court for the ejectment of a tenant to obtain possession of a premises

Sponsor: Ellen Brandom

Increases, upon voter approval, the excise tax on cigarettes from 17 cents to 98 cents per pack of 20 cigarettes

Sponsor: Chris Kelly

Proposes a constitutional amendment guaranteeing citizens the right to hunt, fish, trap, and harvest wildlife using traditionally approved devices or methods

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Allows a seller 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: Andrew Koenig

Updates the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

Sponsor: Stanley Cox

Authorizes any city, town, or village in Lincoln County to annex areas along a road or highway for up to two miles from its existing boundaries

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Allows an employer or labor organization to obtain political contributions through a payroll deduction if the employee or member consents to the contribution in writing annually

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Specifies that risk coverages procured by certain political subdivision associations shall not require the solicitation of competitive bids

Sponsor: Victor Callahan

Changes the laws regarding the notice of the relocation of a child by the custodial parent

Sponsor: Joe Aull

Changes the laws regarding weight limitations for vehicles hauling livestock or agricultural products on state highways

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Prohibits the voluntary or involuntary annexation of a parcel of property under certain circumstances

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Extends the issuance of job retention tax credits and authorizes economic incentives for job retention projects within high-risk metropolitan statistical areas

Sponsor: Gerald Nolte

Changes the laws regarding the establishment of a law enforcement district under the Missouri Law Enforcement District Act

Sponsor: Diane Franklin

Changes the laws regarding property taxes and energy

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes the Economic Development Grant Program to allow a company to reopen a closed manufacturing factory

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding workers' compensation and the Second Injury Fund

Sponsor: Todd Richardson

Increases the penalty for child molestation in the first degree when the victim is a child younger than 13 years of age to a class A felony

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Supports the relocation of the ABC Heart of America Education Trust's trade and technical school from Mission, Kansas to Kansas City, Missouri

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding the compulsory school attendance of certain students

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires a distressed municipality in St. Louis County to provide a minimum level of public services

Sponsor: John Diehl

Changes the laws regarding the licensure of funeral directors and embalmers

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

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: Michael Corcoran

Authorizes Missouri to enter into the Interstate Compact on the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote Act

Sponsor: Lincoln Hough

Adds automotive lubricants to the list of petroleum products regulated by the Department of Agriculture

Sponsor: Joseph Fallert

Authorizes an income tax credit for certain costs incurred in the renovation of a taxpayer's rented dwelling or residence

Sponsor: Michele Kratky

Prohibits any person who has pled guilty or nolo contendre to or has been found guilty of specified offenses from election or appointment to certain city offices in a third or fourth class city

Sponsor: Darrell Pollock

Requires a telecommunications company to provide caller location information in certain emergency situations

Sponsor: Gerald Nolte

Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting anyone elected to the General Assembly after November 1, 2008, from serving more than 12 years in any one house nor more than 24 years total in both houses

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Modifies provision relating to administrative child support orders

Sponsor: Joseph Keaveny

Creates the class four election offense of electioneering which involves the refusal, upon the request of any person, to remove certain political materials inside or with 250 feet of a polling place

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

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: Michael Corcoran

Prohibits a higher education institution from charging a Missouri resident who is a full-time student a tuition rate that exceeds the amount charged when the student first enrolled for the next five years

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding the board of directors of public water supply districts

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding domestic violence and orders of protection

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

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: Michael Corcoran

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

Sponsor: Michael Brown

Allows the Land Reclamation Commission to deny a mining permit if the affected land is within one mile of a school, child care facility, church, nursing home, public building, or cemetery

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Extends from June 30, 2011, to December 31, 2015, the 50-cent fee that is collected on the retail sale of a lead-acid battery as well as the fees for any hazardous waste generated

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Repeals a provision of law which requires the Department of Transportation to submit to binding arbitration in negligence actions

Sponsor: Stanley Cox

Regulates contingency-fee contracts between state entities and private attorneys

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

Revises 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: Michael Corcoran

Removes the element of good cause from the crime of nonsupport

Sponsor: Jack Goodman

Modifies the law relating to debt adjusters

Sponsor: John Lamping

Changes the laws regarding enhanced enterprise zones

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes the 2011 State Employee Retirement Incentive Program

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Increases from $14,300 to $16,000 the minimum base used to calculate the senior citizens property tax credit, commonly known as circuit breaker

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Prohibits the use of economic incentives to attract jobs from Kansas to Missouri if Kansas does likewise or requires Missouri to exceed Kansas's economic development funding in the metropolitan area

Sponsor: T.J. Berry

Requires the Missouri Housing Development Commission's executive director or chief executive officer to reside within 40 miles of Jefferson City

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Modifies the law with respect to highway design-build project contracts and sewer district design-build contracts

Sponsor: Charles Denison

Renames the Heroes Way Interstate Interchange Designation Program to the Heroes Way Interchange Designation Program and expands the program to include state-numbered highway interchanges

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Exempts the sale of any accessories and upgrades to farm machinery and equipment, freight charges on exempt items, and fabrication labor from the state and local sales and use taxes

Sponsor: John Cauthorn

Authorizes the City of St. Joseph to impose, upon voter approval, a sales tax of up to 0.5% for the operation of public safety departments

Sponsor: Pat Conway

Establishes county drinking water supply lake authorities, prohibits major water users from transporting or diverting certain water, and establishes the Missouri Sustainable Local Food Policy Council

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding the Manufacturing Jobs Act

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires all fire protection districts and municipal fire departments in St. Louis County to consolidate into one fire district upon the approval of the voters of the county

Sponsor: Dave Hinson

Changes the laws regarding enrollment options for students from school districts that have been declared unaccredited

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes qualifications and appointment procedures for county recorders where the offices of the court clerk and recorder of deeds are separate

Sponsor: Mike Parson

Requires any contractor who engages in the installation or service of fire sprinkler systems to register with the State Fire Marshal

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes the Developmental Disability Care Provider Tax Credit Program and extends the expiration date of several specified tax credits

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Authorizes a state and local sales and use tax exemption for certain drugs which are prescribed by a practitioner; certain medical equipment, supplies, and devices; and eyeglasses

Sponsor: Bert Atkins

Modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

Sponsor: Maria Chappelle-Nadal

Changes the appellate procedures for an issue initially decided by the Missouri Public Service Commission

Sponsor: Jason Smith

Requires all purchases made with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits by a recipient in this state to be limited to in-state purchases only

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes the Prompt Credentialing Act which requires a health carrier to credential a health care professional within 60 days of receiving a completed application

Sponsor: Keith Frederick

Authorizes any city, town, or village to impose, upon voter approval, a fee for the repair or replacement of water lines due to failure

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes provisions regulating amateur unarmed combat competitions

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Revises the laws regarding private nuisances when it originates from property used for farming, agriculture, crop, or animal production purposes and when a court must visit an alleged affected property

Sponsor: Kent Hampton

Allows organizations with temporary possession of certain property the additional options of filing a petition for a sheriff's deed or a court administrator's deed

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires the development of caseload standards by the departments of Health and Senior Services and Mental Health

Sponsor: Chris Carter

Changes the laws regarding the required number of days and hours in a school calendar and the earliest opening and latest closing day of a school year

Sponsor: Steve Cookson

Increases the excise tax on cigarettes of 17 cents per pack of 20 cigarettes by 12.5 cents per pack per year for eight years until the excise tax on cigarettes reaches $1.17 per pack

Sponsor: Rory Ellinger

Prohibits the disclosure of personal information contained in motor vehicle and driver registration records regarding any state or federal judge or drug court commissioner or his or her family members

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

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: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding ethics, lobbying, and campaign contributions

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Expands the mental health insurance parity requirements under the Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Insurance Act to include all policies or contracts providing long-term disability benefits

Sponsor: Jeanne Kirkton

Requires each county to publish a financial statement that includes detailed compensation information, all extra duty compensation, employee benefits, and the county budget

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes the Small Business and Entrepreneurial Growth Act to provide assistance for the expansion of certain small businesses

Sponsor: Paul Curtman

Proposes a constitutional amendment replacing the individual and corporate income tax, corporation and bank franchise taxes, and sales and use tax with a sales tax on certain property and services

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires a student wanting to drop out of high school to attend a dropout prevention seminar

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Designates a portion of Interstate 70 in Lafayette County as the "Sergeant Joe C. Specker Memorial Highway"

Sponsor: Mike McGhee

Changes the laws regarding midwifery and establishes registration requirements for midwives

Sponsor: Keith Frederick

Changes the laws regarding the responsibility for the payment of past due water and sewer services and on the termination of service for past due water and sewer services

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Creates the Parents as Teachers Advancement Fund

Sponsor: Delus Johnson

Requires the accusing party in a dispute arising against a farmer for unauthorized use of intellectual property based on discovery of alien seed to submit to a dispute resolution before filing a court action

Sponsor: Leonard Hughes

Allows an exception for the 2010-2011 school year regarding the laws for school make-up days due to inclement weather

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes smaller class sizes for the Kansas City School District than the established minimum and desirable standards of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires the Missouri Gaming Commission to make annual accounting reports of public safety moneys retained by home dock cities and counties from the taxes levied on adjusted gross receipts of excursion

Sponsor: Cloria Brown

Allows the Commissioner of the Office of Administration, upon voter approval, to increase the wireless fee per telephone user from not to exceed 50 cents to not to exceed 75 cents per month

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Urges Congress to restore the Glass-Steagall law to regulate the banking system and prevent commercial banks from engaging in financial speculation

Sponsor: Bert Atkins

Proposes a constitutional amendment reducing the number of members of the House of Representatives from 163 to 99 beginning with the 98th General Assembly

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Adds a member of a fire department who works full-time as a fire investigator to the list of individuals who are exempt from the prohibition on carrying a concealed firearm under certain conditions

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes the Civil Disaster Response Corps to be available for call-up by the Governor or General Assembly in the event of a state emergency

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Increases the number of students the Missouri Preschool Plus Grant Program may serve and expands the list of grantees

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Repeals several obsolete provisions regarding education

Sponsor: Sara Lampe

Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting a person from serving more than 16 years in the General Assembly in any proportion split between the House of Representatives and the Senate

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Urges the United States Congress to enact the Improved and Expanded Medicare for All Act

Sponsor: Jeanette Oxford

Specifies that certain provisions regarding the distribution of a controlled substance were enacted to create a safe zone around certain areas and serve as an enhancement of the punishment

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding the Missouri low-income housing tax credit

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Allows any person with a valid concealed carry endorsement to openly carry firearms on or about his or her person or in a vehicle regardless of any other state law or local ordinance

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan Board of Trustees to develop a cost-neutral or cost-positive plan to provide coverage for temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ) for plan participants

Sponsor: Jason Barnes

Allows a candidate committee to purchase tickets, membership dues, meals, advertising, and other similar items from a political action committee if it is related to education or service in office

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires an assessor to use any nationally recognized motor vehicle valuation guide to determine the assessed valuation of a used motor vehicle for personal property taxation

Sponsor: Ward Franz

Establishes a public campaign financing system for state elections which allows a candidate to voluntarily agree to campaign finance limitations in exchange for public funding

Sponsor: Jeanne Kirkton

Changes the laws regarding mechanic's liens on residential real property

Sponsor: Donna Lichtenegger

Requires the State Board of Education and other public school entities to encourage students to explore scientific questions and to allow the teaching of scientific theories of biological or chemical evolution

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Proposes a constitutional amendment changing the laws regarding the repeal or modification of a statutory provision of a referendum passed by voters

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes the Missouri Cooperative Associations Act which allows a cooperative to be formed and organized to conduct or promote any lawful business or purpose for the mutual welfare of its members

Sponsor: John Diehl

Removes the provisions which require non-merit state agencies to adopt dismissal procedures similar to those for merit employees

Sponsor: Thomas Long

Requires health carriers to establish or otherwise utilize web-based estimating systems so that consumers can obtain health care cost estimates and compute other related health care costs

Sponsor: Rob Schaaf

Requires a court to order sexually transmitted disease testing of certain defendants within one week of the date the prosecuting or circuit attorney filed the motion requesting it

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes Missouri's ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires any food or food product sold in Missouri which contains a hormone growth substance or any product or by-product of any genetically manipulated material to be labeled with that information

Sponsor: Leonard Hughes

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

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Urges Congress to support a plan for the Upper Mississippi River Basin that provides flood-control without adverse impacts on existing levees and communities

Sponsor: Scott Rupp

Establishes a public campaign financing system for state elections which allows a candidate to voluntarily agree to campaign finance limitations in exchange for public funding

Sponsor: Jason Holsman

Allows a prevailing tenant in a forcible entry action to recover all damages caused by the landlord's exclusion of the tenant from the premises

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Prohibits a person who is not lawfully present in the United States from bringing a claim or seeking legal or equitable relief in a court of this state

Sponsor: Timothy Meadows

Increases the excise tax on cigarettes from 17 cents to 33 cents per pack of 20 cigarettes to be deposited, less a 3% collection fee, into the General Revenue Fund

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Eliminates the state income tax deduction for federal income tax liability beginning January 1, 2012

Sponsor: Jeanette Oxford

Changes the laws regarding child support for higher education

Sponsor: Jeanne Kirkton

Changes the laws regarding education

Sponsor: Sara Lampe

Proposes a constitutional amendment specifying who can participate in the operation of a bingo game

Sponsor: Joe Aull

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

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Specifies that certain companies that provide telecommunications infrastructure will be eligible for linked deposit loans and authorizes a tax credit for the cost of Internet broadband equipment

Sponsor: Delus Johnson

Establishes the Middle Class Reinvestment Act

Sponsor: Leonard Hughes

Establishes the Farm-to-Table Advisory Board to increase awareness of local agriculture and promote the incorporation of locally grown agricultural products into school and state institution cafeterias

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Creates the crime of unlawfully intercepting computer and electronic communication device information

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Proposes a constitutional amendment preventing the proposed compensation schedule from the Commission on Compensation for Elected Officials from including any increase in certain circumstances

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding the collection of sales and use taxes relating to nexus with Missouri

Sponsor: Douglas Funderburk

Authorizes an officer designated as the director of elections in a charter county to be the election authority if the county does not have a board of election commissioners

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding the use of credit information when underwriting insurance contracts and prohibits insurers from taking adverse actions based on a person's credit report or insurance score

Sponsor: Rochelle Walton Gray

Requires the Director of the Department of Revenue to enter into the multistate Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement and the department to implement the compliance provisions

Sponsor: Douglas Funderburk

Requires all purchases and withdrawals made with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits by a recipient in this state to be limited to in-state purchases and withdrawals only

Sponsor: Chuck Gatschenberger

Prohibits a person from making, continuing, or allowing to be made or continued any noise that can be heard on the Lake of the Ozarks from exceeding a certain decibel level during certain hours

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Restricts the authority of radiology benefit managers to deny diagnostic testing ordered and recommended by a licensed physician

Sponsor: Caleb Jones

Allows a rotation list to be used by law enforcement when requesting wrecker or towing services and requires a towing company to remove debris from the road when responding to an accident

Sponsor: Bert Atkins

Establishes the Missouri Employment Work Pass Program to assist unemployed persons in obtaining employment and to encourage small businesses to hire unemployed persons

Sponsor: Wayne Wallingford

Specifies that the circuit clerk in the 22nd Judicial Circuit must be appointed by a majority of the circuit and associate circuit judges of the circuit

Sponsor: John Diehl

Changes the laws regarding inadequate and deficient housing as it relates to landlord-tenant actions

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

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

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Allows an individual who is 62 years of age or older to defer paying property taxes on his or her residence under certain conditions by filing a claim with the county assessor

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requests the Department of Health and Senior Services to assess chronic disease management of stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation

Sponsor: Galen Higdon

Requires certain employers to grant a leave of absence to workers performing civil air patrol emergency service duty or counter narcotics missions

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Authorizes any county of the third classification to impose, upon voter apprroval, a special road rock fund tax on agricultural and horticultural property

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Extends the sunset provision of the MO RX prescription drug program to 2016

Sponsor: Jolie Justus

Requires the Department of Economic Development to establish the Compete Missouri Training Program

Sponsor: Lincoln Hough

Specifies who qualifies as a voter in an election for directors of a community improvement district board

Sponsor: Jill Schupp

Establishes the Contract for Deed Act regarding transactions involving an executory contract for the conveyance of real property

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

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

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Adds a law enforcement officer of a fourth class city to the list of officers who are authorized to arrest and hold in custody any person of whom the officer is in fresh pursuit

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

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

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Designates the new Interstate 70 Mississippi River Bridge connecting downtown St. Louis and southwestern Illinois as the "William Lacy 'Bill' Clay Sr. Mississippi River Expressway Bridge"

Sponsor: Chris Carter

Allows Greene County, upon approval by the county commission, to charge an additional $5 surcharge to any party filing a civil case

Sponsor: Shane Schoeller

Establishes two prostate cancer pilot programs to fund prostate cancer screening and treatment services and to provide education to men residing in the state

Sponsor: Chris Carter

Specifies that no person will be eligible to run or to be selected to fill a vacancy for the office of county sheriff unless he or she holds a valid peace officer license

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Revises the definition of "rehabilitation" as it relates to abandoned housing to include demolition

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring any office of a senator or representative to be deemed vacated if the member removes himself or herself from the state during session to avoid an official vote

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of weapons

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Specifies that the statute of limitations will be two years for a class A misdemeanor and one year for a class B or class C misdemeanor instead of one year for any misdemeanor

Sponsor: Don Ruzicka

Renames the Missouri Certificate of Need Law as the Missouri Long-term Care Certificate of Need law and limits the provisions of the law to only apply to long-term care facilities and services

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the age when the juvenile court will have jurisdiction over a child involving a state or local traffic violation from a child up to 15 1/2 years of age to a child up to 15 years of age

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes the Solar Water Heating System Incentive Program which provides financial incentives for the purchase and installation of solar water heating systems in private residences

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Adds an independent two-year college accredited by the Higher Learning Commission that offers officer candidate training to the list of institutions where a student may use A+ School Program reimbursement

Sponsor: Joe Aull

Requires vehicles to yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians and bicyclists crossing a city or neighborhood street in Kansas City in an appropriate crosswalk

Sponsor: Michael Brown

Specifies that the circuit clerks in the 22nd and 28th judicial circuits and the circuit clerk for Scott County must be appointed by the majority of their respective circuit and associate circuit judges

Sponsor: John Diehl

Requires every applicant for a motorcycle license or endorsement to show proof that he or she has successfully completed an approved motorcycle training course

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes school funding formula phase-in percentages and allows up to 2% of the weighted average daily attendance for summer school attendance during phase-in period if the formula is underfunded

Sponsor: Joe Aull

Allows an election authority to randomly select individuals from a cross-section of voter registrations to serve as election judges if there is a shortage of election judges in the authority's jurisdiction

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Specfies that any person who manufactures an article or a product while using stolen or misappropriated information technology will be deemed to engage in an unfair act under certain specified conditions

Sponsor: Gerald Nolte

Requires special elections to fill certain vacancies in the positions of United States Senator, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, State Auditor, and State Treasurer

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires title agencies and title agents to maintain a physical place of business in Missouri as a condition of licensure

Sponsor: Jack Goodman

Bar felons from holding public office

Sponsor: David Pearce

Allows certain third class cities to cancel any primary election for the office of mayor and councilman

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Prohibits certain persons from being appointed to the Regional Taxicab Commission, removes the requirement that four of the members be chosen from the industry, and establishes an advisory committee

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Creates a mental health assessment pilot program for criminal offenders

Sponsor: Kevin Engler

Changes the laws regarding judicial procedures

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding political activities of a member of the Kansas City Police Department

Sponsor: Nick Marshall

Authorizes the St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District to enter into a design-build contract for a construction project exceeding $1 million

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires the Commissioner of the Office of Administration to develop a statewide system or to contract with a third party to allow all state agencies and departments to accept electronic payments

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires twins or other multiple-birth siblings to be placed in the same classroom if the parent or legal guardian makes a timely request

Sponsor: Melissa Leach

Requires schools to provide instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator and makes the instruction part of the high school graduation requirements

Sponsor: Rick Stream

Authorizes the presentation of a Missouri National Guard Overseas Training Ribbon, a Missouri National Guard State Partnership Program Ribbon, and the Order of Minuteman Award

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires a licensed audiologist or a person fitting a hearing instrument to provide a customer with a purchase agreement verifying that the customer has been informed about certain information

Sponsor: Jeff Grisamore

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

Sponsor: Jeff Grisamore

Establishes the Missouri Task Force on Prematurity and Infant Mortality

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires a statewide athletic organization that has a public school district as a member to publish an annual report regarding the impact of concussions and head injuries on student athletes

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding the transient guest tax in Carter County

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires the Board of Probation and Parole to review the case history of certain convicted offenders serving sentences of more than 15 years or life without parole

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Creates the crimes of abuse of the Internet, criminal defamation, and failure to comply with a search warrant seeking computer-related identifying information

Sponsor: Jason Holsman

Requires all new signs erected beginning August 28, 2011, relating to disabled parking to contain the words "Accessible Parking" and to not contain "Handicap Parking" or "Handicapped Parking"

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes the Common Interest Owners Bill of Rights Act

Sponsor: Lyle Rowland

Changes the laws regarding midwifery

Sponsor: Thomas Long

Requires the Missouri Lottery Commission to establish a statewide video lottery terminal network

Sponsor: Mike Talboy

Requires local law enforcement agencies and other government agencies serving ex parte orders of protection to enter the data into the Missouri Uniform Law Enforcement System (MULES) within 24 hours

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Authorizes a check-off box for the newly created Puppy Protection Trust Fund to be added to the individual and corporate income tax forms and allows for a separate check donation with a tax payment

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Allows a public administrator to file a petition to transfer a case to another county and requires the court to transfer the case if certain requirements are met and the receiving county consents to the transfer

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Creates a funding mechanism for survivor benefits when a member of the Missouri Local Government Employees' Retirement System dies as a result of a duty-related injury or disease

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires co-employees to be released from liability for negligence in performing the nondelegable duty of an employer to provide a safe workplace when the negligence contributes to injury or death

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Designates June of each year as "Bone Marrow Awareness Month"

Sponsor: Karla May

Allows each representative and senator to employ one legislator assistant, instead of one stenographer or secretary, during any session of a general assembly

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Proposes a constitutional amendment reducing the number of members of the House of Representatives from 163 to 103 beginning with the 98th General Assembly

Sponsor: Eric Burlison

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

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires a lending institution purchasing property at a foreclosure sale and selling the property in an amount that exceeds the purchase price to apply excess amount to any deficiencies or judgments

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Removes the requirement that the circuit court in Cape Girardeau must hold court and maintain an office of the probate division in the courthouses in Jackson and Cape Girardeau but allows them to do so

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Revises the definition of "construction" as it relates to prevailing wages on public works projects and abrogates the ruling in Utility Service Co., Inc. v. the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations

Sponsor: Barney Fisher

Changes the laws regarding members of the military, military spouses, and veterans

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Urges the United States Congress to support a comprehensive plan for flood control on the Upper Mississippi River Basin

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding transportation

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Allows certain organizations who sell intoxicating liquor by the drink on the premises to obtain a special permit to remain open until 3:00 a.m. each day and to open on Sundays at 9:00 a.m.

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes the Common Interest Owners Bill of Rights Act

Sponsor: Mary Nichols

Prohibits a political subdivision from restricting a paid member of a fire department or fire district from becoming a candidate for public office or from engaging in other political activity while off duty

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Authorizes the Governor to convey certain state properties

Sponsor: Mike Bernskoetter

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

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires the parent or guardian of any person younger than 18 years of age prior to the minor using a tanning device in a tanning facility to appear in person giving consent to the minor's use of the facility

Sponsor: Gary Cross

Requires the State Board of Education to limit a student's participation in and practice for extracurricular activities to during the school day and week to the extent possible

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding the Missouri State Board of Accountancy by prohibiting the board from receiving any revenue from the General Revenue Fund or any of its costs to be incurred by the state

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes the Paperless Documents and Forms Act which requires the Department of Revenue to develop and implement a method of providing to the public all department documents and forms electronically

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes the Caring for Missourians Program to provide grants to eligible Missouri public higher education institutions that maintain certain nursing programs

Sponsor: David Pearce

Modifies provisions regarding gubernatorial appointments

Sponsor: Rob Schaaf

Establishes the Compete Missouri Program and the Compete Missouri Training Program within the Department of Economic Development

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Allows Iron County by adoption of an order or ordinance to hold a nonpartisan election for the office of sheriff

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Allows for the cancellation of an election to fill a vacancy in the General Assembly under certain specified conditions

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the requirements for school anti-bullying policies

Sponsor: Timothy Green

Requires the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Board to offer high deductible plans that meet certain annual deductibles and other standards

Sponsor: Luann Ridgeway

Requires $2 from every business registration fee collected by the Secretary of State to be deposited into the Missouri Small Business Development Centers Fund

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Removes the requirement that the Department of Agriculture publish the list of all livestock brands in a book format and requires that information to be made available on a public web site

Sponsor: Tom Loehner

Changes the laws regarding bullying in schools

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding bullying in schools

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Defines "cyberbullying" as it relates to the antibullying policy that school districts must adopt and establishes specific requirements for each school district in implementing the policy

Sponsor: Sue Allen

Changes the laws regarding the circulation of initiative and referendum petitions

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Designates a portion of U. S. Highway 160 in Greene County as the "Rabbi Ernest I. Jacob Memorial Highway" and repeals the designation of "Rabbi Abrham Joshua Heschel Memorial Highway" in Greene County

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Designates the month of May each year as "Lupus Awareness Month"

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding unclaimed property

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Allows a sheriff to receive reimbursement for the actual costs of transporting a person to and from a mental health facility

Sponsor: Luann Ridgeway

Changes the laws regarding powers of attorney, the Missouri Uniform Trust Code, and the Uniform Principal and Income Act

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Urges Congress to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions

Sponsor: Jim Lembke

Creates the Missouri Juneteenth Heritage and Jazz Festival and Memorial Fund and changes the distribution of funds from the professional athletes and entertainers tax

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes the Minority Business Enterprise and Women's Business Enterprise Oversight Review Committee to assist these business enterprises in bidding on state contracts

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Authorizes a one-time expungement of certain criminal records including a conviction for any nonviolent crime, misdemeanor, or nonviolent drug violation

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

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: Michael Corcoran

Authorizes the State Highway Patrol to sell surplus watercraft, watercraft motors, and trailers as well as vehicles

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Authorizes an income tax credit to any taxpayer who donates cash or food to a senior citizen services center

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires a school district to include in its annual accountability report card whether it has a state-appoved gifted education program and the percentage and number of students currently being served

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

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: Michael Corcoran

Prohibits any person operating a school bus who is transporting children at the time from using a hand-held electronic wireless communications device

Sponsor: Noel Torpey

Re-establishes the Motorist Insurance Identification Database Program to verify compliance with motor vehicle financial responsibility requirements and changes the laws regarding towing of certain vehicles

Sponsor: Mike Colona

Repeals all provisions allowing for and related to the death penalty, dissolves the Capital Litigation Division, and creates the Cold Case Investigation Revolving Fund

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding the Police Retirement System of St. Louis

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Adds automotive lubricants to the fuels that the Department of Agriculture is authorized to regulate

Sponsor: Joseph Fallert

Changes the composition of the University of Missouri Board of Curators

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Prohibits spanking from being used in a public school on any student with an individualized education plan who is receiving special education services

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Allows a retiree of the Missouri Local Government Employees' Retirement System to have health insurance or long-term care insurance premiums deducted from his or her retirement allowance

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Designates a portion of State Highway 30 in Jefferson County as the "SFC Wm. Brian Woods, Jr. Memorial Highway"

Sponsor: John McCaherty

Amends the Constitution to require the development and sale of a veterans lottery ticket

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

Establishes the Business Premises Safety Act

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding the filing of a financial interest statement with the Missouri Ethics Commission

Sponsor: Jason Kander

Allows an employee of any public body to form and join a labor organization to collectively bargain regarding salaries and other conditions of employment

Sponsor: Mike Colona

Requires the Governor to maintain and regularly update a listing of appointees to state boards, commissions, committees, and councils including residences, races, genders, and term expiration dates

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Repeals the provision which prohibits expanded polypropylene coolers from being on or within 50 feet of any river in this state except for certain specified rivers and areas

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Specifies that any partial term served by a member of the Sheriffs' Retirement System who is elected sheriff at a special election will be counted as serving an entire term when calculating benefits

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Prohibits a member of the General Assembly from being eligible to receive a retirement benefit based on his or her service as a member of the General Assembly beginning January 1, 2013

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding unsecured loans of $500 or less, commonly known as payday loans

Sponsor: Ward Franz

Creates the crime of practicing medicine while intoxicated

Sponsor: Bert Atkins

Creates the crime of caller identification spoofing when a person places a call knowingly inserting false information into a caller identification system to mislead, defraud, or deceive

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires window stickers to show current motor vehicle registration instead of license plate tabs

Sponsor: Mike Kehoe

Authorizes the Governor to convey certain state properties in the City of Farmington to St. Francois County and to Habitat for Humanity of St. Francois County, Inc.

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding immunizations for children

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Allows an economic development tax board to increase the number of members of the board

Sponsor: Rory Ellinger

Allows persons who have been awarded the combat action badge to obtain "COMBAT ACTION" specialized license plates

Sponsor: Timothy Green

Requires certain health spas and fitness facilities to have at least one automated external defibrillator and an employee on staff during hours of operation properly trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Modifies provisions relating to charter schools

Sponsor: Joseph Keaveny

Allows the Special Administrative Board governing the St. Louis City School District to sponsor charter schools under certain circumstances

Sponsor: Robin Wright-Jones

Adds certain not-for-profit organizations to the term "public entity" as it relates to tort immunity and limits the state's liability in tort claims involving motor vehicles and dangerous conditions

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires all inmates receiving on-site medical examination or treatment from correctional center personnel to be charged 50 cents per visit

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires one cent from the six cent fee that is deposited into the Missouri Wine and Grape Fund to be deposited into the newly created Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control Enforcement Fund

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Authorizes additional powers to a community improvement district

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Designates a portion of Interstate 70 from the eastern city limits of Independence west to the Kansas state line as the "Truman/Eisenhower Presidential Highway" contingent on Kansas making a designation

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Lowers the maximum award of punitive damages to the greater of $250,000 or two times the net amount of the judgment

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Specifies the conditions when storm water runoff will be considered to flow to a sewer maintained by the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District for purposes of charging the property owner a storm water fee

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Modifies various provisions pertaining to the regulation and protection of natural resources

Sponsor: Brad Lager

Creates a scholarship program for resident pupils of an unaccredited school district to enroll in a different school

Sponsor: Jane Cunningham

Requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a study regarding the safety impact of putting four-foot shoulders on all two- lane U. S. highways in Missouri

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Designates a portion of Interstate 40/64 in St. Louis County as the "Missouri State Highway Patrol Sergeant Joseph G. Schuengel Memorial Highway"

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Extends the expiration date for tax credits allowed against a freight line company's property taxes for eligible expenses incurred on qualified rolling stock in Missouri to August 28, 2020

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires the Department of Mental Health to develop a transition plan for services of residents of state developmental disabilities facilities to the most appropriate setting

Sponsor: Jolie Justus

Changes the laws regarding commercial driver's licenses

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Allows public school principals to opt out of the election authority designation that their school be used as a polling place

Sponsor: Will Kraus

Affirms the right of Missouri citizens to raise livestock in a humane manner without the state imposing an undue burden on their owners

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Specifies that licensed professional counseling includes the diagnosis of mental, emotional, and behavior disorders and allows the committee for professional counselors to require certain education or training in diagnostic skills

Sponsor: Jay Wasson

Establishes a special license plate for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

Sponsor: Paul Fitzwater

Creates the crimes of assault of an employee of a mass transit system while in the scope of his or her duties in the first, second, and third degree

Sponsor: Robin Wright-Jones

Prohibits a political subdivision from requiring any party to file a certificate of value with a deed or other instrument at the time of the sale or conveyance of real property

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding unlawful picketing or protesting of a funeral

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Modifies provisions of the qualified research expense tax credit program

Sponsor: Mike Kehoe

Requires the Missouri Housing Development Commission to maintain its headquarters in Jefferson City and prohibits it from leasing or purchasing real estate in any county other than Cole County

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Prohibits all drivers, regardless of age, from text messaging while operating a moving vehicle unless the device being used is equipped with technology allowing for voice-recognition hands-free texting

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires all facility plans submitted to the Department of Natural Resources as part of the permitting process for all environmental programs to be certified by a licensed professional engineer

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Creates a tax credit for investments in technology-based early stage Missouri companies

Sponsor: Eric Schmitt

Changes the laws regarding unlawful discriminatory employment practices as they relate to the Missouri Human Rights Law and establishes the Whistleblower Protection Act

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Expands the crime of making a false declaration with the purpose to mislead a public servant in the performance of his or her duty

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Grants use of the House Chamber for presentation of Glory Awards on Thursday, March 31, 2011, upon adjournment

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires a scrap metal dealer purchasing catalytic converters or a person refining platinum from catalytic converters to keep a record of each purchase and restricts the number that they can buy per day

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Revises the punishment for the crime of receiving stolen property

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Prohibits the manufacture, sale, or distribution of certain products and containers having certain levels of bisphenol-A

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

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: Michael Corcoran

Removes the requirement that the crime of sexual contact with a student be committed while on public school property

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Creates the Missouri Homeowners Mutual Insurance Company for the purpose of providing homeowners insurance coverage

Sponsor: Robert Mayer

Requires a health benefit plan to establish equal out-of-pocket requirements for an orally administered anti-cancer medication and an intravenously administered or injected cancer medication

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Adds bath salts to the list of Schedule I controlled substances

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Prohibits elected officials of the state or any political subdivision or their staff from registering or acting as a lobbyist for one year after leaving office or employment with certain exceptions

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Places a cap on summer school average daily attendance reimbursement when the school funding formula is underfunded

Sponsor: Joe Aull

Specifies that any moneys generated by the Spinal Cord Injury Fund or granted by the University of Missouri Board of Curators for research programs not be used for abortion or human cloning research

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding unsecured loans of $500 or less, commonly known as payday loans

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Increases the amount in controversy from less than $3,000 to less than $5,000 for a case where the judge of a small claims court will have original jurisdiction

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Revises the crime of property damage in the first degree to include damaging a motor vehicle while making entry into it to steal or when the damage occurs while committing the crime within the vehicle

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Exempts any security issued by an agricultural cooperative corporation operated as an agricultural cooperative association from state security registration requirements under certain conditions

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding the imposition of a transient guest tax

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Designates April 30 of each year as "Vietnam Veterans Day"

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Grants use of the House Chamber and Rotunda for swearing in of attorneys on Friday, May 6, 2011, from 11a.m. to 3 p.m., and Monday, September 26, 2011, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Allows a school district to use a calendar based on hours of attendance, rather than hours and days of attendance, if the minimum number of hours is at least 1,073

Sponsor: Joe Aull

Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Uniform Trust Code

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding virtual schools

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Designates the exercise commonly known as "jumping jacks" as the official state exercise

Sponsor: Pat Conway

Establishes the Sickle Cell Disease Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding the impact of sickle cell disease on urban communities, examine existing services, and address any needs

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires restitution to be paid through the office of the prosecuting or circuit attorney and authorizes certain administrative costs to be assessed and restitution to be taken from an inmate's account

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Designates October 3, 2011, as "Missouri Animal Agriculture Day"

Sponsor: Mike Kelley

Requires the Missouri Supreme Court when reviewing any case in which the death penalty is imposed to determine whether the sentence is excessive or disproportionate to the penalty in similar cases

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires health carriers to reimburse a physical therapist in the same amounts as paid to a licensed physicial therapitst for rendering the same services regardless of the setting or venue

Sponsor: Ellen Brandom

Establishes provisions regarding pharmacy services

Sponsor: Kurt Schaefer

Changes the laws regarding the Animal Care Facilities Act and the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Creates a liquor license for wine shops to allow them to serve alcohol on Sundays

Sponsor: Luann Ridgeway

Requires a municipality to allow at least one street to be used by commercial vehicles to access any state highway and prohibits a civil action for the legal use a motor vehicle on a public street

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Prohibits a health carrier from denying coverage for a refill of prescription eye drops under certain conditions

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

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

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires a health care provider to provide medical records within 15 business days of a request

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

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: Michael Corcoran

Requires the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan Board of Trustees to develop a cost-neutral or cost-positive plan to provide bariatric coverage for individuals under the plan

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Revises provisions relating to the renamed Missouri Brain Injury Advisory Council

Sponsor: Timothy Green

Reduces the annual cumulative amount of tax credits that can be authorized for donations to a food pantry from $2 million to $1 million and extends the expiration date to August 28, 2020

Sponsor: Ellen Brandom

Proposes a constitutional amendment exempting a portion of a veteran's homestead property from property tax based on his or her degree of service-connected disability

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

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

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Modifies the use of the Capitol complex grounds by non-public entities

Sponsor: Brian Nieves

Licenses clinical laboratory personnel

Sponsor: Maria Chappelle-Nadal

Establishes the Missouri Homeowners Mutual Insurance Company Act to provide homeowners and renters physical and personal property coverage

Sponsor: Ellen Brandom

Specifies that any owner or operator of pipelines transporting petroleum or natural gas who fails to maintain an easement for a period of 10 years will be deemed to have abandoned the easement

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Removes the requirement that a municipality must hold an election in nonpartisan elections when there are the same number of candidates as open offices

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding teacher contracts and establishes the Teacher Continuing Contract Act

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Specifies that a person commits the crime of unlawful use of weapons if he or she knowingly possesses a firearm while also in possession of a specified amount of a controlled substance

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Prohibits the approval of new applications under the Missouri Downtown and Rural Stimulus Act after August 28, 2011

Sponsor: Jason Crowell

Changes the laws regarding a member of the Firemen's Retirement System of St. Louis who retires because of accidental disability

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

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: Michael Corcoran

Allows certain inmates who become physically or mentally disabled, infirm, incompetent, or incapacitated to be released on parole if they are eligible for specified federal medical or financial benefits

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop standards for professional improvement plans for teachers and principals

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Allows the governing body of Macon County to grant tax relief to certain properties to alleviate blight

Sponsor: William Stouffer

Requires health carriers to provide Internet access to its standard fee schedules and prohibits carriers from refusing to contract with providers willing to meet certain provider participation terms and conditions

Sponsor: Rob Schaaf

Allows the Division of School Improvement to ensure that each regional professional development center in the state provides professional development education assistance for fine arts

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires certain landlords to hold security deposits in federally insured accounts, separate from the landlord's own funds

Sponsor: John Lamping

Specifies that for two years the daily expense allowance for members of the General Assembly will be the same as the rate in effect on September 30, 2010, and cannot be increased

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Modifies the law relating to deeds of trust

Sponsor: Will Kraus

Allows certain persons to carry concealed firearms in the State Capitol Building or at a meeting of the General Assembly if they have a valid concealed carry endorsement

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Modifies the law currently prohibiting Kansas City police officers from participating in some political activities

Sponsor: Will Kraus

Establishes the Night Sky Protection Act to reduce the amount of light emitted into the night sky to near natural levels for designated military training areas

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Adds an elected official or his or her staff to the list of persons protected by enhanced penalties for assault in the first, second, and third degrees

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding automated external defibrillators

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires any person younger than 16 years of age to wear an approved personal flotation device when on a watercraft on Missouri waters unless the person is in a fully enclosed part of the watercraft

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Specifies certain employee rights as they relate to labor organizations

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

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: Michael Corcoran

Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to issue recommendations on adequate nurse staffing levels in certain health care facilities

Sponsor: Luann Ridgeway

Changes the laws regarding fire sprinkler system installations

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires the development and implementation of an interscholastic athletic head injury safety training program by the 2012-2013 school year

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes the Every Child Can Learn Act which requires all St. Louis City public schools to use a response-to-intervention tiered approach to reading instruction for certain struggling students

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Allows certain cost recovery by electric companies for energy generation and requires utilities to pay an assessment for the Office of Public Counsel

Sponsor: Jason Crowell

Establishes the Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies (CARE) Act which requires hospitals and health care facilities to provide emergency contraception to sexual assault victims

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires at least two of three commissioners appointed in condemnation cases in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, and Jackson County to be real estate brokers or appraisers

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Allows Cass County to enact nuisance abatement ordinances

Sponsor: David Pearce

Allows electric companies to recover costs from ratepayers associated with early site development for certain electrical generation facilities

Sponsor: Brad Lager

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

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes the Public Fraud Prevention Act

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes the Embryo Transfer Act which authorizes the legal relinquishment and subsequent transfer of human embryos

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding a dissolution petition for a community improvement district

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires any entity performing or assisting in certain abortions or counseling a woman to have an abortion to file an annual report regarding moneys received under the federal Public Health Service Act

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding the Safe Place for Newborns Act by increasing the number of days that a parent can relinquish physical custody of a newborn without being prosecuted

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Allows electric companies to recover costs from ratepayers associated with early site development for certain electrical generation facilities

Sponsor: Kevin Engler

Requires pawnbrokers to photograph anybody selling jewelry, gold, or silver and to complete a form for such transactions

Sponsor: Timothy Green

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: Michael Corcoran

Requires the driver and all passengers in a car or truck to wear a safety belt with certain exceptions

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes the Agritourism Promotion Act which allows for the registration of any person who is engaged in a business which provides agritourism activities in this state

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Expands the amount of employees and functions of the small business regulatory fairness board

Sponsor: Bob Dixon

Extends the income tax credit for donations to a food pantry from August 28, 2011, to August 28, 2015

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes from six months to 60 days the period of time that a temporary motorcycle permit is valid

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Prohibits any entity that is authorized to issue traffic tickets from using an automated red light enforcement system at any intersection within its jurisdiction

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Reduces the corporate income tax rate from 6.25% to 3.125%, authorizes an additional sales tax of .494%, and eliminates the corporate franchise tax beginning January 1, 2013

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Removes the provision limiting the annual surcharge paid by employers to the Second Injury Fund to 3% of the employer's workers' compensation net deposits, premiums, or assessments

Sponsor: Mike Colona

Creates the Medical Harm Disclosure Act

Sponsor: Robin Wright-Jones

Requires MOSERS and MPERS to transfer funds between the retirement systems when service is transferred between the systems

Sponsor: Jason Crowell

Imposes an additional admission fee for excursion gambling boat licensees to fund veterans' commission capital improvements

Sponsor: Brian Munzlinger

Requires the Department of Higher Education to make available a nonrenewable advanced placement grant of $500 to certain recipients of financial aid under the A+ Schools or Access Missouri programs

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

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

Sponsor: Eric Burlison

Changes voter reauthorization on city earnings taxes from every five years to every 20 years

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Specifies that certain funds placed in an irrevocable trust for funeral services will not be considered an asset when determining eligibility and benefits under certain public assistance programs

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Allows a resident of Missouri to purchase a firearm in any state, increases to five years the period that a concealed carry endorsement is valid, and lowers the age to obtain an endorsement to 21years

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes the Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act

Sponsor: Robin Wright-Jones

Specifies that an employer and his or her employees will not be liable for any injury or death for which compensation is recoverable under provisions of the Workers' Compensation Law

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Modifies the state auditor authority to examine audits of the Public School Retirement System to allow the auditor to audit the system

Sponsor: Jason Crowell

Changes the laws regarding the renewable energy standards enacted by Proposition C in 2008

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

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

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Lowers the age at which a person can obtain a concealed carry endorsement from 23 to 21 years of age if the person is a member of the armed forces

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Allows an individual at a general election to vote a straight party line ticket by voting for all candidates of the same political party with a single punch or mark

Sponsor: Mike Colona

Modifies provisions relating to crime

Sponsor: Jolie Justus

Allows the Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority to make loan guarantees to certain agribusinesses under the Agricultural Product Utilization and Business Development Loan Program

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Specifies that health plans providing services for conditions within the scope of practice of athletic trainers may not deny reimbursement to a licensed athletic trainer if reimbursable to another provider

Sponsor: Chris Carter

Abolishes the sentencing advisory commission

Sponsor: Luann Ridgeway

Modifies penalties for multiple violations of air or water pollution laws by recycling companies that convert animal parts into petroleum

Sponsor: Ronald Richard

Exempts United States attorneys who have completed the firearms safety training course required to obtain a conceal carry endorsement from certain otherwise unlawful uses of a weapon

Sponsor: Jason Crowell

Requires the development of caseload standards by the departments of Health and Senior Services and Mental Health

Sponsor: Chris Carter

Adds bath salts to the list of schedule I controlled substances

Sponsor: Rob Schaaf

Requires persons convicted of failing to pay a fare for the use of Bi-State Development Agency facilities to reimburse the reasonable costs attributable to the enforcement, investigation and prosecution of such offense to the agency

Sponsor: Robin Wright-Jones

Modifies provisions relating to the Family Care Safety Registry

Sponsor: Jack Goodman

Establishes a commission on the death penalty and places a moratorium on all executions until January 1, 2014

Sponsor: Mike Colona

Establishes "Sam Pratt's Law" and "Nathan's Law" and modifies provisions relating to child care providers

Sponsor: Scott Rupp

Requires the state treasurer to transfer the balance in any fund in excess of 200% of the previous fiscal year's expenditures into the state general revenue fund

Sponsor: Timothy Green

Enacts the interstate Health Care Compact in which member states pledge to improve health care policy by returning the authority to regulate health care to the states

Sponsor: Brian Nieves

Modifies provisions relating to sexual education

Sponsor: Jolie Justus

Establishes the Prompt Credentialing Act which requires a health carrier to credential a health care professional within 60 days of receiving a completed application

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Prohibits all drivers, regardless of age, from text messaging while operating a moving motor vehicle on any highway in this state and prohibits anyone from being stopped solely to determine compliance

Sponsor: Mike Colona

Authorizes corporations or unincorporated associations to be represented in small claims court by their president or vice-president for any claim of $500 or less for certain actions to remove a tenant

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Allows for house arrest with electronic monitoring or shackling for certain nonviolent offenders and requires the state to provide reimbursement for the total cost of house arrest in certain cases

Sponsor: Ellen Brandom

Prohibits all drivers, regardless of age, from text messaging while operating a moving motor vehicle on any highway in this state

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Creates the Nonhuman Primate Act

Sponsor: Joseph Keaveny

Adds Cass County to the list of counties authorized to enact nuisance abatement ordinances regarding the condition of real property

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Strongly urges the federal Department of Homeland Security and Congress to increase the level of enforcement of illegal immigration, especially the hiring of unauthorized workers

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes the Missouri Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Initiative within the Department of Higher Education

Sponsor: David Pearce

Authorizes any ambulance district formed after August 28, 2011, to impose, upon voter approval, a sales tax of up to 0.5% in lieu of a property tax to fund the district

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Prohibits beer manufacturers from having any interest in liquor wholesalers

Sponsor: Mike Parson

Reduces from 45 to 20 the different types of beer that must be served by certain restaurant bars in order to serve 32 or more ounces of beer for off-premise consumption

Sponsor: Maria Chappelle-Nadal

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

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Establishes the Missouri Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Initiative within the Department of Higher Education

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Rescinds Missouri's 1983 call for a constitutional convention

Sponsor: Scott Rupp

Requests the Adjutant General of the Missouri National Guard to establish a voluntary reporting program for Missouri National Guard members and veterans who have been exposed to depleted uranium

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Specifies that work certificates will permit the employment of children fourteen or fifteen years of age

Sponsor: Timothy Green

Requires proof of identity and proof of United States citizenship for the office of President and Vice President to be submitted with the other required certification documents to the Secretary of State

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires driver's license examinations to only be administered in English and establishes a $15 fee for an applicant to take the written portion of the examination

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Removes the 10-year limitation that an outstanding obligation under a financial agreement between the Board of Unemployment Fund Financing and a lender can continue

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Modifies provisions relating to children who are victims of pornographic offenses

Sponsor: Kurt Schaefer

Changes the laws regarding contracts for public construction projects which are funded in any amount with public funds

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Prohibits an employer from using a job applicant's personal credit history as a hiring criteria except where the credit history is shown to be directly related to the position sought by the applicant

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Makes St. Louis city a part of St. Louis county

Sponsor: Maria Chappelle-Nadal

Establishes Nathan's Law which changes the laws regarding child care facilities

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires presidential and vice presidential candidates to show valid birth certificates

Sponsor: Rob Schaaf

Specifies that acts of animal husbandry for compensation are not prohibited or required to be performed by a veterinarian

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

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

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Designates August 1, 2011, as "Minority Organ Donor Awareness Day" in Missouri

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Authorizes Cass County to establish a county municipal court

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Designates "Walk & Bike to School Month," "Walk & Bike to School Day," "Missouri Bicycle Month," and "Bike to Work Day," and "Bike to Work Week" in Missouri

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the classification of certain human trafficking crimes and establishes fines and prison terms for the crimes

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Requires each voter to affix the proper postage before returning an absentee ballot by mail

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Proposes a constitutional amendment changing the laws regarding the repeal or modification of a statutory provision of a referendum passed by voters

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding quality early childhood care

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Designates December 17, 2011, as "American Red Cross Minority Blood Drive Day" in Missouri

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Designates the week of May 8 - 14, 2011, as "Sickle Cell Awareness Week" in the State of Missouri

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Repeals certain requirements for board members of tourism community enhancement districts

Sponsor: Rob Schaaf

Requires a person conducting a home inspection to be licensed by the Division of Professional Registration within the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Changes the laws regarding ethics, lobbying, and campaign finance

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Specifies that the common law doctrine of adverse possession cannot apply in the state of Missouri and repeals certain provisions regarding the statute of limitations for an adverse possession action

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Creates a four day work week for state employees

Sponsor: Ryan McKenna

Allows certain ambulance and fire protection to seek voter approval for a sales tax to fund such districts

Sponsor: Mike Kehoe

Changes the laws regarding unsecured loans of $500 or less, commonly known as payday loans, and allows the Attorney General to maintain an action to enforce compliance

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

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: Michael Corcoran

Requires a mortgage value disclosure statement to be filed with the assessor before the recorder of deeds can accept the filing of any document by which any interest in certain real property is conveyed

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Creates a crime for employers who divulge certain personal information of employees and customers

Sponsor: Maria Chappelle-Nadal

Establishes rules and procedures that allow guaranty associations and receivers to elect to succeed to the rights of an insolvent insurer with respect to certain reinsurance contracts

Sponsor: Scott Rupp

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

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Adds blunt wraps to the list of items in the definition of "drug paraphernalia" as it relates to the regulation of drugs

Sponsor: Ellen Brandom

Prohibits any person or business from engaging in blasting, excavating, or mining within one mile of a business or residential area

Sponsor: Michael Corcoran

Authorizes the MO HealthNet Division to implement a statewide dental delivery system to ensure recipient participation and access to providers of dental services under MO HealthNet