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2013 Bill(s)

* HCS SS SB 20
Sponsor: Dixon, Bob
Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
Description: Extend the termination date for various tax credits for non-profit services including child advocacy centers, home remodeling for disabled and pregnancy resource centers.
See: 
  • Senate roll call - SS SB 20 (01/31/2013): 3rd reading of a bill to extend the termination date for various tax credits for non-profit services and groups.
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 21
    Sponsor: Dixon, Bob
    Status: S Perf
    Description: Give the state Supreme Court power to transfer circuit and associate circuit judge positions to different circuits.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 22
    Sponsor: Dixon, Bob
    Status: S Perf
    Description: Let the state Supreme Court redraw circuit court boundaries every ten years.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 44
    Sponsor: Dixon, Bob
    Status: S Judiciary
    Description: Increase from $15 to $20 that fee some courts can charge cover salaries of family court commissioners. Allow the higher fee by courts that reimburse the state for family court commissioner salaries.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HCS SCS SB 45
    Sponsor: Dixon, Bob
    Status: Conference
    Description: Extend to the 31st judicial circuit an exemption granted the 11th circuit for state reimbursement of family court commissoners.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 64
    Sponsor: Dixon, Bob
    Status: S Judiciary
    Description: Impose higher standards for a jury to award non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases. Change the proof from a preponderance of the evidence to clear and convincing evidence. The state Supreme Court struck down a law that had prohibited non-economic damage awards in medical malpractice cases.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SCS SB 65
    Sponsor: Dixon, Bob
    Status: S Perf
    Description: Expand the powers of the state auditor. Expand what he can audit and when. Expand the auditor's access to government records.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 66
    Sponsor: Dixon, Bob
    Status: H Downsizing State Government
    Description: Repeal several expired statutes.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HCS SB 67
    Sponsor: Dixon, Bob
    Status: H Rules
    Description: Technical corrections to higher education laws, changing references to specific statute numbers that changed.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 322
    Sponsor: Dixon, Bob
    Status: S Judiciary
    Description: Provide full civil liability immunity for law enforcement officers for acts made during employment and that were not made in bad faith or with malice.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 323
    Sponsor: Dixon, Bob
    Status: S Jobs
    Description: Provide extra tax breaks to qualified businesses for creating new jobs.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • CCS SB 327
    Sponsor: Dixon, Bob
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Allow release with electronic monitoring for an arrested person if the person cannot afford the costs of monitoring and the county commission agrees to pay the costs.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 377
    Sponsor: Dixon, Bob
    Status: S Perf
    Description: Implement a U.S. Supreme Court decision that exempts persons from the death penalty who committed the crime when under the age of 18.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 391
    Sponsor: Dixon, Bob
    Status: S Judiciary
    Description: Enact into law common law provisions concerning child support court orders. Establishes various provisions for handling violations of child support orders.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 392
    Sponsor: Dixon, Bob
    Status: S Education
    Description: Extend to five years the period for approval by the Higher Education Department of a proprietary school that is exempt from state regulation.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 414
    Sponsor: Dixon, Bob
    Status: S Judiciary
    Description: Expand when an indigent person can have public defender representation. Restrict the state public defender office from limiting availability of district office services based on exceeding a caseload standard.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 415
    Sponsor: Dixon, Bob
    Status: S Ways & Means
    Description: Let Green County or any city in Green County impose a sales tax for early childhood programs, upon local voter approval.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 416
    Sponsor: Dixon, Bob
    Status: S Commerce
    Description: A number of changes involving the Natural Resources Department. Abolish various councils/committees like the Interagency Council for Outdoor Recreation and the State Oil, Gas Council, Land Survey Commission and more.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 479
    Sponsor: Dixon, Bob
    Status: S Small Business
    Description: Repeal a requirement that a person selling prepaid legal services be licensed as insurance agents.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SJR 7
    Sponsor: Dixon, Bob
    Status: S Rules
    Description: Require state legislative redistricting commission meets be open to the public. Extend the ban on commission members running for the legislature from four to ten years. Require a written statement if a new district does not contain at least part of the old district. Jane Cunningham got redistricted out in 2012 because her district number was moved from the St. Louis area to the Kansas City area.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SJR 8
    Sponsor: Dixon, Bob
    Status: S Judiciary
    Description: Repeal antiquated references to Supreme Court commissioners serving on legislative reapportionment commissions. The position of court commissioner no longer exists.
    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.