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2016 Bill(s)
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SB 643
Sponsor:
Onder, Bob
Status:
S Rules
Description:
Prohibit legislators and statewide elected officials (along with staff and family) from accepting lobbyist gifts. Prohibit a legislator from working as a lobbyist until two years after the term of office expires. Various other ethics provisions.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
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SCS SB 644
Sponsor:
Onder, Bob
Status:
S Perfection
Description:
Prohibit donation of fetal tissue from an abortion. Require that all tissue, not just part, from an abortion be sent to a pathology lab. Expand inspection requirements of abortion facilities.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
SB 645
Sponsor:
Onder, Bob
Status:
S Transport., Infrastructure & Safety
Description:
Phase in transfer of 0.5 percent of the sales tax on motor vehicles to the road fund.
See:
Official legislative description and status
SB 771
Sponsor:
Onder, Bob
Status:
S Perfection
Description:
Phase out electronic voting machines and replace them with paper ballots. Require electronic voting machines to produce the a paper ballot.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
SCS SB 772
Sponsor:
Onder, Bob
Status:
S Perfection
Description:
Prohibit the Healing Arts Board from requiring periodic exams to be re-certified in a medical specialty. Prohibit requiring specialty medical board certification.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
SB 773
Sponsor:
Onder, Bob
Status:
S Financial, Gov't Organ. & Elections
Description:
Regulate and license electrical contractors.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
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SB 782
Sponsor:
Onder, Bob
Status:
S Transport., Infrastructure & Safety
Description:
Allow a person with a concealed weapons permit carry concealed weapons on public transportation systems including buses and trains, with exceptions.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
SB 783
Sponsor:
Onder, Bob
Status:
S 3rd Read
Description:
Give telephone companies the right to choose a different method for assessing property for taxation that includes depreciation.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
SB 784
Sponsor:
Onder, Bob
Status:
S Ways & Means
Description:
Exempt from the sales tax purchases by a utility used to transmit electricity to customers.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
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SCS SB 804
Sponsor:
Onder, Bob
Status:
H 3rd Read
Description:
Expand the crime of sexual trafficking of a child to include advertising of a child for sexual purposes.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
SCS SB 805
Sponsor:
Onder, Bob
Status:
S Perfection
Description:
Impose a limit on the tax breaks for tax increment financing projects in the St. Louis area to not exceed the costs of building demolition, land clearing and grading. A TIF provides tax breaks for developers.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
SCS SB 806
Sponsor:
Onder, Bob
Status:
S Perfection
Description:
Require a reauthorization vote every two years for a union to be the exclusive bargaining agency for a unit of state or local government workers.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
SB 889
Sponsor:
Onder, Bob
Status:
S Small Business
Description:
Extend to tax breaks a law that restricts government construction contracts that require bidders to enter into labor organization agreements on similar projects. Also Include repair, remodeling and demolition contracts in the ban. Expand the ban to include local governments, not just the state.
See:
Official legislative description and status
SB 989
Sponsor:
Onder, Bob
Status:
S Education
Description:
Prohibit state government employees from assisting or participating in federal collection of electronic data without a warrant. Impose restrictions on government collection of various types of personal information.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
SB 990
Sponsor:
Onder, Bob
Status:
S Education
Description:
Let a student enroll in a district in which the student does not reside in order to take virtual courses.
See:
Official legislative description and status
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SB 991
Sponsor:
Onder, Bob
Status:
S Commerce, Consumer & Energy
Description:
Require that taxi companies like Uber that compete with taxi cabs have insurance. Impose various requirements and restrictions on them. Prohibit accepting street hails or accepting cash payments.
See:
Official legislative description and status
SB 1003
Sponsor:
Onder, Bob
Status:
S Perfection
Description:
Prohibit local governments from participating in a federal court action to collect any tax.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
SB 1004
Sponsor:
Onder, Bob
Status:
S Perfection
Description:
Prohibit local governments from participating in a state court to collect any tax.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
SB 1089
Sponsor:
Onder, Bob
Status:
S Veterans' Affairs & Health
Description:
Require long-term care facilities to offer flu vaccinations or information about vaccinations to their staff between Oct. 1 and March 1.
See:
Official legislative description and status
SB 1121
Sponsor:
Onder, Bob
Status:
S Commerce, Consumer & Energy
Description:
Restrict when a city can charge a business license tax on sale of a pre-paid wireless phone service. The Supreme Court struck down a similar legislative effort to restrict city taxing authority of wireless services.
See:
Official legislative description and status
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SS SJR 39
Sponsor:
Onder, Bob
Status:
DEFEATED: H Emerging Issues
Description:
Prohibit the state imposing a penalty on a religious organization or a person for refusing to provide services or goods for marriage of two persons of the same sex.
See:
Senate roll call - SS SJR 39 (03/09/2016)
: The first of two motions to shut off a Democratic filibuster and force a vote on the gay marriage proposal.
Senate roll call - SS SJR 39 (03/09/2016)
: Perfection of a constitutional amendment to allow a person or business to refuse to provide services or products for a same-sex marriage.
Senate roll call - SS SJR 39 (03/10/2016)
: 3rd reading of a constitutional amendment to establish a right to refuse to provide services or products for same-sex marriages.
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.