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2013 Bill(s)

* SB 4
Sponsor: Lager, Brad
Status: S Rules
Description: Prohibit a legislator from serving as a political consultant for legislator's campaign. Former House Speaker Rod Jetton served as a consultant for legislators while also serving as speaker. Former House Speaker Steve Tilley
See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • * SB 5
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Jobs
    Description: Phase out the corporate income tax. Eliminate several tax credits. Lower the cap on historic preservation tax credts from $140 million to $50 million. Impose restrictions on low-income housing tax credits.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 6
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Commerce
    Description: Give various types of communications the right to attach lines, smart grid technologies and broadband communications equipment to rural electric cooperative utility poles without approval of the pole owner. But set a fee that must be paid.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SCS SB 240
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: GOVERNOR VETOED
    Description: Let a natural gas company charge customers to recover 90 percent of net write-offs. Increase the size of an infrastructure system replacement surcharge the Public Service Commission can approve for a gas company. The governor's veto letter cited a provision expanding bad-debth collection powers of gas companies and another provision expanding from three to five years how long a gas utility can charge customers an infrastructure system replacement surcharge.
    See: 
  • Get the veto letter
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SS SB 241
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: H 3rd Read
    Description: Restrict local regulation over wireless towers and structures. Prohibit restricting signal strength or requiring certain types of tests. Prohibit local government from stopping the placement of an emergency power system that complies with state and federal environmental requirements.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 295
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Jobs
    Description: Prohibit a fire district or fire department from restricting an employee from supporting or opposing a candidate, party or petition while off duty and not in uniform.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    * SB 296
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Transportation
    Description: Let university police enforce state traffic laws on campus.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SCS SB 297
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: H 1st Read
    Description: Expand powers of a water service company to raise rates for energy efficiency projects, service lines and meters.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 351
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Judiciary
    Description: Prohibit an appeals-level judge hearing an appeal if he/she served on the nominating panel that nominated the judge whose decision is being appealed.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 352
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S General Laws
    Description: Prohibit local government from participating in any program that offers payment for turning in a firearm.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • * SB 353
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Judiciary
    Description: Impose a limit on awards in a discrimination lawsuit by an employee against an employer. Exempt small employers. The governor vetoed a similar bill in 2012, HB 1219.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 417
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Commerce
    Description: Several waste regulation changes. Exempt a solid waste landfill in a specific 3rd class county from from having to have a solid waste permit. Expand who must submit a disclosure statement involving a solid waste facility permit application.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 418
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Commerce
    Description: Establish procedures by which a utility can construct facilities crossing or under railroad rights of way. Require a $1,5000 fee that can be charged. Establish arbitration provisions in contested cases.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SCS SB 419
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Perf
    Description: Let the governor transfer state property to the Transportation Department in various counties.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 420
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Commerce
    Description: Impose restrictions on the requirement for an electric utility to credit a customer who generates power and puts it on the grid. Allow charging the customer an application fee and recover metering costs.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • * SJR 1
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Judiciary
    Description: Give the legislature power to limit awards for non-economic losses in liability lawsuits. Prompted by a state Supreme Court decision tossing out a law limiting medical malpractice lawsuit awards.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SJR 2
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Perf
    Description: Impose a limit on the growth of state spending with an inflation and population-growth adjustment each year.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SJR 19
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Rules
    Description: Extend the two-term limit to all the statewide elected officials, not just the governor and state treasurer.
    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.