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2016 Bill(s)

SCS SB 585
Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
Description: Split the judicial circuit for Taney and Christian counties into two separate circuits.
See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SCS SB 586
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: GOVERNOR VETOED: OVERRIDDEN
    Description: Lower the legal minimum for legislative appropriations to local public schools that the legislature has failed to meet for several years.
    See: 
  • Senate roll call - SCS SB 586 (03/03/2016): 3rd reading of a bill to lower the legislative goals for increases in funding for local public schools.
  • House roll call - SCS SB 586 (04/19/2016): 3rd reading and final passage of a bill to lower the legislative goals for increases in funding for local public schools.
  • Senate roll call - SCS SB 586 (05/04/2016): Adoption of a motion to overrride the governor's veto of a bill to lower the target for state funding to local public schools.
  • House roll call - SCS SB 586 (05/05/2016): Adoption of a motion overriding the governor's veto of a bill to lower the state funding target for local public schools.
  • Get the veto letter
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 587
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Rules
    Description: Have Missouri enter a compact with other states calling for a constituitional convention to adopt a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Seeks to prohibit the convention from proposing an amendment on any other issue.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 658
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: H Civil & Criminal Proceedings
    Description: Include robbery, stealing and similar crimes under a provision that allows offenses to be prosecuted in the county in which victim resides or conducts business.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * HCS SS SB 659
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: H 3rd Read
    Description: Exempt from the requirement to wear a helmet a driver of passenger of a three-wheeled vehicle that is enclosed and has seat belts with shoulder restraints.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 660
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Set a specific amount of $2,500 that must be paid as a guaranty of good faith in bid to a county government to handle deposits. Current law bases the amount of the county's general revenue.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SCS SB 789
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Perfection
    Description: Various changes in local government contracts covering construction management services and authorizing design-build contracts that cover both the design and construction.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 829
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Financial, Gov't Organ. & Elections
    Description: Establish restrictions on when the legislature can regulate a profession. Establish a new review process for bills that would add new professions to be regulated.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SCS SB 830
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Perfection
    Description: Prohibit a health plan imposing a fee schedule for an optometrist if the services are not covered by the plan.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HCS SB 831
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: Back to S
    Description: Require professional licensing boards accept payment for fees by check, credit card, electronic check or other methods of payment. Require licensing boards to accept electronic license renewals and requests for extension of time to complete continuing education requirements. The House added several unrelated provisions.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HCS SB 835
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: H 3rd Read
    Description: Switch from the Higher Education Department to the Nurisng Board responsibility to administer the Nursing Education Incentive Program which provides grants to nursing schools.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HCS SCS SB 836
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: H 3rd Read
    Description: Exempt students in optometry schools from licensing requirements if practicing under the supervision of of licensed instructors.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 868
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Perfection
    Description: Extend from 2017 to 2020 a current law requiring health insurance plans allow early refills of prescription eye drop medication.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 906
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Governmental Accountability
    Description: Extend from 2016 to 2022 the deadline for a local government to put on the ballot a measure on collecting motor vehicle sales taxes on a resident who purchased a vehicle from other than a licensed Missouri dealer. Current law required the measure be put on the ballot by November 2016 in order for a local government to continue to collect the tax. If it did not, the tax was repealed.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 949
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Jobs, Economic & Local Gov't
    Description: Prevent an local government from losing a power granted by state law for local government of a certain population range if local government's population grows or falls outside that range. Currently, only St. Louis City can retain the statuatory power if its population falls below the population range.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SCS SB 950
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: DEFEATED S Consent
    Description: Require that tax refurn information on wage withholdings be submitted eletronically by an employer of 250 or more employees.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 951
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Perfection
    Description: Various changes in pre-need funeral contract requirements.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • CCS SB 973
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Let a pharmacist fill up to 90 days of dosage units authorized in the original prescription, with some exceptions. The final version contains a number of other unrelated health issues.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 974
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Small Business
    Description: Define that transfer of a policy among affiliated insurers of a holding company is not cancellation or non-renewal of a policy that is restricted by state law. Essentially exempts policy transfer from those restrictions.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 975
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Commerce, Consumer & Energy
    Description: Expand the types of coverage that are covered under a law providing requirements on policies that provide coverage for automobile repair.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 985
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: H Professional Registration
    Description: Establish a multistate license for varous nurse licenses that recognizes licenses from other states. Have Missouri be part of a multi-state commission on the licenses.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 1044
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Jobs, Economic & Local Gov't
    Description: Various changes in abatement of public nusances. Allow inclusion in the annual property tax of the property the costs to government for demolishing, repairing or cleaning the property. Current law provides that the costs are assessed in a specal tax bill.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 1116
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Jobs, Economic & Local Gov't
    Description: Establish a task force of the legislature to report on various workforce issues.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SCS SB 1117
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Perfection
    Description: Prohibit local government from prohibiting or "unreasonably" restricting residential dwelling rentals.
    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.