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2011 Bill(s)

* HCS SB 187
Sponsor: Lager, Brad
Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
Description: Restrict nuisance lawsuits against use of a property unless the person bringing the suit has an ownership interest in other property being affect. See HB 209, a similar bill vetoed by the governor who objected to the bill prohibiting punitive damages.
See: 
  • House roll call - HCS SB 187 (05/05/2011): 3rd reading of the House version of a bill that would restrict lawsuits against agricultural sites or other properties unless the person suing as an interest in the property affected.
  • Senate roll call - SB 187 (02/28/2011): 3rd reading of a bill that would restrict nuisance lawsuits against agricultural sites or other property unless the person suing has an interest in the property being affected.
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SCS SB 188
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: GOVERNOR VETOED
    Description: Impose restrictions in the employment discrimination law. Require that illegal discrimination be a motivating factor in a lawsuit. Limit damages. Exempt individuals working for an employer.
    See: 
  • House roll call - SS SB 188 (04/13/2011): 3rd reading of a bill to impose restrictions in the employment discrimination law and lawsuits filed under the law.
  • Senate roll call - SCS SB 188 (03/10/2011): 3rd reading of a bill to impose restrictions on employment discrimination lawsuits and limit damages against employers.
  • Get the veto letter
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * HCS SB 207
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: H 3rd Read
    Description: The HCS includes letting Ameren raise rates to pay the costs of getting a nuclear power plant early permit. The HCS has become an omnibus energy bill providing tax credits, utility rates, what counts as renewable energy and more. The original bill would repeal a law requiring an annual meeting of the Missouri Energy Task Force and annual reports. HA 8 changes the renewable energy measure approved by the voters.
    See: 
  • House roll call - HA 8 HCS SB 207 (05/05/2011): An amendment to an energy bill to revise the renewable energy requirements approved by Missouri voters. Require electric utilities provide payments to customers for generating renewable energy.
  • House roll call - HA 9 HCS SB 207 (05/05/2011): An amendment to an unrelated bill to authorize raising utility rates to pay up to $45 million for the costs of getting an early site nuclear power plant permit by an electric utility.
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 208
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Perf
    Description: Exempt phone companies from rate regulation or filing tariffs with the state Public Service Commission. Exempt them from some state rules that duplicate federal rules.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 209
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Perf
    Description: Let a telephone company refuse to provide service to someone who contracts with an alternative service or allows an alternative service to install equipment on his/her property.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HCS SCS SB 230
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: H 3rd Read (IN BUDGET)
    Description: Let the state or any local government to transfer possession of used tires to a private company, so long as not burned or put in a landfill and if cheaper than other disposal manners.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SS SB 231
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S 3rd Read
    Description: Prohibit a fire district from prohibiting workers from supporting candidates for office while off duty. Prohibit banning a firefighter from running for office, except for the fire district itself.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 277
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S General Laws
    Description: Prohibit a municipality from banning commercial trucks on city roads.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 338
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Judiciary
    Description: Repeal a requirement that the state Supreme Court collect the records for persons sentence to life imprisonment without probation or parole. Limit the record collection requirement to only those sentence to death.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 359
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Veterans
    Description: Allow electric utilities to charge ratepayers for the costs of seeking a nuclear plant permit up to a total of $45 million. The rate increase would be allowed only after an early site permit is granted.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HCS SS SB 360
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: Back to S
    Description: Create a water supply lake authority in Sullivan County. The HCS contains several other unrelated issues involving topics like airports, highway construction agreements, sales tax exemptions, local sales tax authorizations,
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 391
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Perf
    Description: Require school districts to establish evaluation criteria and processes for their teachers.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 422
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Commerce
    Description: Require production in Missouri or a neighboring state for renewable energy for it to count for the renewable energy requirement approved by the voters.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    * SB 423
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Commerce
    Description: Add language requiring prompt reporting of and public access to drinking water tests by the state and local government. Several other changes involving septic tanks and sewage treatment.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SJR 20
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Ways & Means
    Description: Impose a limit on the growth of state budget appropriations.
    See: 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.