All Bills Passed in 2015

Appropriations to make payments on state bonds.

Appropriations the Education and public schools.

Appropriations for higher education.

Appropriations for the Revenue Department and tax refunds.

Appropriations for the departments of Transportation, Conservation and Public Safety.

Appropriations for the departments of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Conservation.

Appropriations for the departments of Economic Development, Insurance, Financial Institutions and Labor.

Appropriations for the Public Safety Department.

Appropriations for the Corrections Department.

Appropriations for the deartments of Health and Mental Health.

Appropriations for the Social Services Department.

Appropriations for the offices of statewide elected officials and the legislature.

Appropriations for government building leases and other related expenses.

Supplemental appropriations that provides extra funds for various programs for the remainder of the fiscal year that ends June 30, 2015.

Supplemental appropriations for the current fiscal year to cover various disaster relief services.

Re-appropriations of unspent approrpations for various capital improvements items that had been appropriated in prior years involving building maintenance, repair and construction.

Appropriations for various building repair and maintenance.

Appropriations for capital improvements and new buildings. Inlcudes funds to expand space for legislators.

Repeal various antiquated sections in the law allocating state funds to public schools.

Impose restrictions on the ability of students to transfer out of unaccredited school districts. Establish a system for accrediting attendance centers within a district rather than the entire district.

Expand Insurance Department power over insurance holding companies. Expand reporting requirements.

Exempt some local governments from a state law imposing requirements on primaries. The SS prohibits a fomer school district superintendent from running for the district's school board. It also includes various provisions for special election provisions in specific school districts.

Make July 3 Organ Donor Recognition Day.

Exempt waters under federal jurisdiction from the state's hazardous cleanup and Clean Water laws.

Expand a sales tax break on manufactured homes to include used homes.

"Right to Work." Prohibit requiring an employee to join a union or pay dues to a union. The governor indicated he will veto this bill.

Require the Revenue Department to follow a state law on competitive bidding for a license fee office contract. Prohibit awarding points for a return-to-the-state provision offer.

Lower of weeks a person can get unemployment benefits when the unemployment rate drops. The governor vetoed a similar bill, SB 673, in 2014. The House voted to override the veto. A Democratic filibuster in the Senate prevented on the override, along with a long list of other bills.

Include a federal Uniformed Services Identification Card as proof of military service when seeking a veteran designation on a driving license.

Establish a program for the state Agriculture Department to pay some of the insurance costs of dairy producers when margins are below threshold levels for payments. Earmark sales taxes from dairy products to a dairy revitalization fund. Create a college scholarship program for dairy students.

Reduce from two to one B1 fire extinguisher if on some types of motorboats if the motorboat has a fixed fire extinguishing system. Current law requires either two B1 extinguishers or one B1 type on class 2 motorboats.

Restrict to defined benefit plans a law that requires a program for training members of various government-worker pension boards.

Require the Social Services and Health departments estabilish a committee to study the possibility of a program to assist aged persons to move from nursing facility other community settings.

Designate the third week of February "Engineer Awareness Week."

Provide a one-time amnesty of penalties for persons who owe back state taxes owed in 2014 if they are paid by July of 2015. Legislative staff estimate the bill would bring in an more than $60 million.

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.

Change a current requirement that some auto insurance notices be delivered by certified mail. Allow any mail tracking system approved by the U.S. Postal Service.

Declare November "Epilepsy Awareness Month."

Designate a week in May "Missouri Safe Boating Week."

Designate Missouri as a "Purple Heart State."

Designate a week in May "Missouri's Peae Officers Memorial Week." There already is a day in May designated "Missouri's Peace Officers Memorial Day."

Require public school sex education teach about the danger of sex predators and the consequences of text messaging.

Exempt from review by the regulating Public Service Commission water and sewer service provided by the annexing city if a majority of the owners in the area approve the annexation and that it provides for the service.

Provide tax breaks for redevelopment of unused automobile manufacturing plants in St. Louis County that ceased operations after 2007. Aimed at the Chrysler plan in Fenton. The Senate version includes tax breaks for development of land to keep a federal mapping facility in St. Louis.

Remove reference in law on the St. Louis city police retirement system from the old board of police commissoners to the police chief to bring the law into conformity with the voter-approved provision giving the city full control over the department. Change the makeup of the board that determines disability.

Exempt mandatory tips charged by restaurants from the sales tax. The SS contains several other unrelated tax items.

Name a portion of Highway 160 in Ripley County the "Billy Yates Highway." The SCS contains several other highway naming bills.

Allow the Revenue Department to implement a system to electronically release a lien on a motor vehicle, but only if the the vehicle's lien had been filed electronically with the department.

Require nicotine liquid containers meet federal child-resistant standards and impose separate state fines. If adopted, the bill would not take effect until the federal Food and Drug Administration issues final regulations mandating child-resistant standards.

Declare December 4 as "Alpha Phi Alpha Day."

Various changes in provisions dealing with sales of property for failure to pay property taxes. Allow entry onto the property to provide notice of the sale. Establish provisions for allocating the costs of the sale.

Exempt from property tax payments for the first year of a newly establish political subdivision if the subdivision was established by the voters on or after July 1, in which case, taxes would be owed beginning the next year. If the subdivision was established before July 1, taxes would be due in the year in which voters approved the creation.

Give a funeral director power to let a majority of those with equal priority to determine the disposition of a dead body if there is a disagreement.

Allow rollover of retirement benefits to another retirement plan by a non-spouse beneficiary in the Kansas City retirement system.

Allow additional lights on motorcycles.

Various changes in motor vehicle junking certificates.

Let the Insurance Department issue advisory bulletins on regulatory topics.

Require stores offer customers with the option of paper or plastic bags. Ban cities from banning plastic bags.

Allow health care services to be provided through a medical retainer agreement with a physician without being regulated as insurance.

Designate the 26th week of each year the "22q Awarness Week."

Move one circuit court division from Kansas City to Independence. The amended SS contains other unrelated judicial provisions.

Designate April 15 "Jackie Robinson Day."

Declare the first full week of March "Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week."

Expand exemptions to the sales tax for titling motor vehicles and boats to include non-profit organizations and schools.

Designate October 16 the "Walt Disney - 'A Day to Dream' Day.

Give the Public Safety Department power to commission corporate security advisors. Deny licensed corporate security advisors arrest powers unless commissioned by the department. Grant immunity to the department from lawsuits for commissioning corporate security officers.

Authorize the sale or transfer of various state properties including the Nevada Rehabilitation Center

Let an insurance policy provide a refund for a person who has not had a claim within a defined period of time. Declare that such refunds will not be considered an unfair trade practice.

Classify as valid a legal description of land that was not prepared by a professional land surveyor. Remove identifying easements as requiring surveryor licensing.

Create a separate office to advocate keeping U.S. military bases in Missouri.

Various changes involving out-of-state banks and trust companies. Require the company to state in its filing with the state whether it intends to open an office in Missouri. Allow delivery of legal documents to such a company's Missouri office.

Declare May 7 "ROHHAD Awareness Day."

Declare a mid-April Monday to be "Missouri Lineworker Appeciation Day."

Various changes in laws dealing with juvenile offenders. Allow establishment of day treatment programs by the Youth Services Division. Allow youth convicted of violent crimes to participate in work projects.

Reduce from 30 percent to 20 percent the amount of a city budget that can be financed from traffic violations for all but towns in St. Louis County. Lower the limit of St. Louis County and towns in the county to 12.5 percent. Transfer the excess to county schools. Limit the total of fines and court costs that can be charged in minor traffic violations to $300.

A number of unrelated issues dealing with agriculture. Establish college student scholarships for dairy students. Restrict fees charged under the Livestock Marketing Law to no more required to adminster the law. Ease requirements on filing proof of bonding by pesticide applicators. Change requirements for alternative fuel labeling at pumps. And more.

Require the Revenue Department to notify a seller of a change in sales tax coverage caused by a rule change or court decision before a seller is liable for the tax.

Expand the definition of what constitutes a sale of property in Missouri subject to the corporate income tax.

Provide a sales tax exemption for energy, machinery and material purchases by commercial laundries.

The final CCS would impose work-program restrictions on the welfare programs. Expand the requirement for seeking a job for food stamps and impose a 45 month life-time limit for TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families).

Provide an extension of the voter-registration deadline for persons who returned from the U.S. after military service or federal employment outside of the U.S.

Repeal several expired statutes creating various special legislative committees.

Impose an extra $10 surcharge in a court proceeding in Howell County to finance a new county justice center. The House version includes a number of unrelated circuit court and municipal court provisions.

Add St. Francois County to a provision that lets a board member of a city industrial development corporation live outside the city, so long as the member lives within the county.

Require the person submitting a petition for an audit of a local government by the state auditor be a resident or owner of property in the local government to be audited. Also allow a person who signed the petition to rescind the signature.

Establish free speech rights on public universities and colleges. Declare outdoor areas of campuses public forums and limit restrictions universities can impose on speech or gatheriengs in those areas.

Impose a deadline for a court to issue a decision on a lawsuit challenging a statewide ballot issue no later than 56 days before the election date. The House version would prohibit a person from running for public office if the person is delinquent in state or local taxes.

Authorize professional licensing boards to issue advisory opinions.

Extend a residency exemption for student enrollment in a public school for children with parents "deployed" by the military out of state to include those who are "stationed" out of the state.

Increase the maximum weekly payment from the Crime Victims' Compensation Program for employment loss or injury.

Require the Natural Resources Department file with the legsilature a regulatory impact statement at least one month before submitting any implementation plan to federal Environmental Protection Agency.

Require health insurance cover eating disorders.

Provide tax breaks for large-data storage centers and technology companies. Let local government enter into financial agreements for technology projects.

Name a portion of Highway 115 in St. Louis City the Theodore McNeal Highway. He was a former state senator and MU curator. The House version has other highway naming provisions.

Exempt from attachment claims to pay a debt up to $15,000 of life insurance proceeds used to pay the funeral and burial expenses of a deceased spouse, child or parent of the beneficiary.

Change the words on the "I HAVE A DREAM" Special auto license plate to "DARE TO DREAM."

Provide tax deductability for contributions to an account to provide care for a physically or mentally disabled person.

Extend from 2015 to 2020 the expiration of the voter approved sales tax for transportation in Kansas City.

Expand the deadline for getting tax credits for expanding or creating a new business facility from 2020 to 2025.

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.

Restrict the A+ scholarship program for college students to U.S. citizens or permanent residents in the U.S.

Reduce from two to one B1 fire extinguisher if on some types of motorboats if the motorboat has a fixed fire extinguishing system. Current law requires either two B1 extinguishers or one B1 type on class 2 motorboats.

Restrict the grounds under which a health care provider can be sued for malpractice. The Supreme Court recently struck down a legislation that had limited non-economic damage awards in medical malpractice lawsuits.

Give a broker power to refuse to disburse from the account of an elderly person or who suffering from some types of disabilities if the broker believes an attempt of financial explitation is happening. Provide a right to notify relatives.

Change the wording of what organization gets fees paid to get a "God Bless America" auto license plate from the World War II memorial trust fund to the World War I trust fund. The House version includes provisions dealing with disabled license plates.

Extend into Boone County a commerical zone in Columbia for higher truck weight and size limits. The Columbia commercial zone law was passed by the legislature in 2014, HB 2163.

Authorize transfer of property held by the state in several counties to the Transportation Department.

Name a portion of Highway 160 in Ripley County the "Billy Yates Highway."

Create a separate crime for a registered sex offender to have contact with the victim of the offense for the purpose of harassment.

Expand the type of degrees that can be awarded by Harris-Stowe State College in St. Louis.

Prohibit the Revenue Department from requiring an employer to withhold for taxes under-reported cash tips of an employee. Hold the employer responsible for withholding based on the amount of tips the employee reports to the employer.

Fix the section referenced concerning time limits in a law on inheritance.

Require the Children's Services Division to immediately notify it's local office when it gets a report of a juvenile with a sexual behavior problem. Require the local office to use a "family assessment and services approach" in evaluating the case.

Raise various fees charged by the Division of Finance that regulates banks and other types of financial institutions.

Require health insurance cover amino acid based formulas for various gastrointestinal disorders.

Include Internet access and equipment in higher education costs that can be covered by the higher education savings program.

Transfer 70 percent of alcohol and tobacco license fees to a separate fund for Alcohol and Tobacco Division administration and enforcement.

Change the law that provides an insurance agent license requirement exemption for fraternal benefit society agents to those who spend less than 50 percent of his/her time selling insurance contracts for the society. Current law exempts any representative who sells insurance for the society for no compensation.

Change the threshold of total county property taxes collected that limits the percentage of taxes the collector can charge to cover the of collection. Currenly, a collector can collect 2.5 percent of the first $350,000 of taxes so long as tota collections to do not exceed $2 million. It total collections exceed $2 million, only 1 percent can be collected of all taxes. The bill would raise that $2 million trigger to $3 million. The bill sponsor said only Worth County is the only county that would be affected because it is the only county with collections lower than $2 million.

Give access to some confidential mental health records to persons designated by the Mental Health Department as community mental health liaisons.

Authorize the governor to sell or transfer a parcel of property in St. Louis County to St. Louis County.

Various changes in auto licensing. Extend the validity of license plates transferred to another vehicle from 30 days to 60 days. Numerous other changes.

Extend the sunset for a couple of programs providing tax credits for contributions for health treatment of a child or disabled person.

Expand a law allowing designation of highways for military killed while on duty since 9-11 to include bridges and other types of roads covered.

Change how a motion to dissolve a special purpose district is filed. Let a court dismiss the petition.

Remove jam and jelly from an exemption from state requriements the production of sale of home-produced food products. Limit the exemption to honey. Increase the maximum amount that can be sold.

Prohibit a financial institution from counting as interest any fee charged for overdrawing the balance of a deposit account.

Let a county commission offer services to process applications for passports and passport renewals.