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2015 Bill(s)

HCS SCS SB 109
Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
Status: H 3rd Read
Description: Give the attorney general exclusive authority to decide on a settlement of legal claim involving higher education that is covered by the state's Legal Expense Fund.
See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 110
    Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
    Status: H Select Com. on General Laws
    Description: Prohibit a University of Missouri member of the Board of Curators from voting on hiring the governor who appointed him. Likely would rule Jay Nixon out as a University of Missouri president.
    See: 
  • Senate roll call - SB 110 (02/26/2015): 3rd reading of a bill to prohibit a University of Missouri curator named by the governor from voting on hiring that governor for a university position.
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 158
    Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
    Status: S Judiciary
    Description: Add murder when committed as an act of terrorism as one of the conditions for which the death sentence can be sought.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HCS SCS SB 210
    Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Extend the 2015 sunset for the medical facility reimbursement allowance tax to September 2016. It's a tax the state imposes on health facilities to use to match with federal Medicaid funds. The state tax money then is returned to health facilities.
    See: 
  • Senate roll call - SA 2 SCS SB 210 (03/31/2015): 3rd reading of an amendment to a medical tax bill to expand Medicaid health care coverage to adults making up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level.
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 248
    Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
    Status: S Education
    Description: Prohibit public higher education from discriminating against religious student associations.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 260
    Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
    Status: S Appropriations
    Description: Extend the 2015 sunset for the medical facility reimbursement allowance tax to September 2016. It's a tax the state imposes on health facilities to use to match with federal Medicaid funds. The state tax money then is returned to health facilities.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 261
    Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
    Status: S Appropriations
    Description: Extend the 2015 sunset for the ambulance service reimbursement allowance tax to September 2016. It's a tax the state imposes on health facilities to use to match with federal Medicaid funds. The state tax money then is returned to services.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 262
    Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
    Status: S Appropriations
    Description: Extend the 2015 sunset for the nursing service reimbursement allowance tax to September 2016. It's a tax the state imposes on nursing service to use to match with federal Medicaid funds. The state tax money then is returned to services.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 263
    Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
    Status: S Appropriations
    Description: Extend the 2015 sunset for the pharmacy reimbursement allowance tax to September 2016. It's a tax the state imposes on pharmacies to match with federal Medicaid funds. The state tax money then is returned to pharamacies.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 264
    Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
    Status: S Appropriations
    Description: Extend the 2015 sunset for the managed care organization reimbursement allowance tax to September 2016. It's a tax the state imposes on health facilities to use to match with federal Medicaid funds. The state tax money then is returned to the HMOs.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 265
    Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
    Status: S Appropriations
    Description: Extend the 2015 sunset for the federal reimbursement allowance tax on intermediate care facilities to September 2016. It's a tax the state imposes on health facilities to use to match with federal Medicaid funds. The state tax money then is returned to the facilities.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SCS SB 266
    Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
    Status: S Perfection
    Description: Restrict when a city can offer a service that competes with a service being provided by a private business.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SCS SB 267
    Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
    Status: S Perfection
    Description: Increase the penalty for failing to yield to a pedestrian while driving. Require completion of a safety course if the violation leads to death.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 290
    Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
    Status: S Education
    Description: Impose requirements on school districts on how to define gifted children for which extra state funds are provided for courses for gifted children. Prohibit basing the definition simply by enrolling in an advanced placement course or an international BA course. Require a cut in state funds for a school district gifted course program in 2015-2016 if there had been a drop of more than 20 percent of the number of children in the program the prior school year.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 348
    Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
    Status: S Appropriations
    Description: Transfer the balances of all funds be transferred to the state's General Revenue Fund beginning July 1, 2015, with exceptions.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 349
    Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
    Status: S Transport., Infrastructure & Safety
    Description: Impose an extra $5 registration fee for motorcycles to fund a motorcycle safety trust fund.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 350
    Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
    Status: S Ways & Means
    Description: Shorten from 120 days to 45 days the deadline after which the Revenue Department is required to pay interest for an overpayment or refund due a taxpayer.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 351
    Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
    Status: S Commerce, Consumer & Energy
    Description: Impose requirements and require a permit from the state for companies like Uber that compete with taxi cabs. Require they have insurance.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 352
    Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
    Status: S 3rd Read (IN BUDGET)
    Description: Establish a crime of racketeering involving various current felony offenses. Give the attorney general power to file suit to acquire property held by a person involved in racketeering.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 441
    Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
    Status: S Financial, Gov't Organ. & Elections
    Description: Establish a definition of "correspondence" in the chapter on licensing of real estate agents and brokers. Exclude "ephemeral" communiction. The chapter uses the term "correpondence" only in a section dealing with courses that can be counted for the education requirements for a license.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 442
    Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
    Status: S Perfection
    Description: Change the makeup of the tax increment financing board in Boone Couunty. Add members appointed by the county comissioner, reduce number appointed by the city. TIFs provide tax breaks for developers.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 462
    Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
    Status: S Ways & Means
    Description: Provide an income tax deduction for penalities paid to the federal government for failing to have health insurance as required by the federal health care law.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 544
    Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
    Status: S Transport., Infrastructure & Safety
    Description: Require the the Public Safety Department to establish a training policy to eliminate police stopping a person simply for riding a motorcycle or wearing a motorcycle helmet.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 545
    Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
    Status: S Jobs, Economic & Local Gov't
    Description: Let a Boone County hospital invest up to 15 percent of its funds in mututual funds.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    * SB 546
    Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
    Status: S Education
    Description: Restrict the use and sale of information collected by Internet service providers to schools.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • Note: The descriptions of bills, amendments and roll-call votes are written by MDN journalists. MDN's database may not include committee assignments of bills made on the last day of the session since it is too late for the committee to act on the bill and, thus, the delayed assignment has no practical effect.