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2014 Bill(s)

* SB 488
Sponsor: Lager, Brad
Status: S Rules
Description: Prohibit a legislator from being a lobbyist for two years after leaving office. Prohibit a legislator or legislative candidate from being a paid political consultant for another legislator. Rod Jetton was a paid consultant for legislators while he was speaker of the House.
See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 489
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Judiciary
    Description: Prohibit a non-partisan appointed judge from hearing a case in which one of the parties or lawyers in the case had been a member of the commission that nominated the judge.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SCS SB 490
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Perf
    Description: Impose a limit on awards in a discrimination lawsuit by an employee against an employer. Exempt small employers. The governor vetoed similar bills HB 1219 in 2012 and SB 188 in 2011. The measure also establishes legal rights for whistleblowers against employers.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 649
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Expand a provision banning local government from requiring public access to a right-of-way granted to a utility. Currently, the ban applies only to grants authorized prior to August 2001. The bill could cover all grants to utilities. Also contains a couple of technical corrections in the laws on right-of-way provisions by local government.
    See: 
  • Senate roll call - SB 649 (02/06/2014): 3rd reading of a bill to restrict local government from prohibiting wireless communication equipment on government poles or structures.
  • House roll call - SB 649 (03/05/2014): 3rd reading and final passage of a bill to restrict local government from prohibiting wireless communication equipment on government poles or structures.
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SS SB 650
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Change how a rate is established if a wireless company cannot reach agreement government authority on the costs for locating a wireless structure on the government's property. Let the wireless applicant select the initial appraiser. If either side disputes the appraiser's decision, require the court expedite the case. Require cases be decided by courts located in Missouri.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SCS SB 651
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Exempt from liability lawsuit damages against a communications service for loss of service during an emergency. Extend from August 2013 to August 2014 when a telecommunications company can provide phone service through voice over internet protocol (VOIP).
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 652
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: H 3rd Read
    Description: Let both sides in a dispute between a railroad and a governmental body mutually argree to rules for arbitration rather than having to follow the current legal requirement that arbitration be under the American Arbitration Association rules.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HCS SB 653
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Include wireless communications providers to a law requiring various types of communications utilities be allowed to attach to a municipal utility pole, under some circumstances. Restrict a city or city utility from denying access to its poles.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 701
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Let two or more school districts have the same person serve as the districts' superintendent.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 702
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Commerce
    Description: Let smaller electric companies recover transmissions costs and government-mandated property taxes.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 703
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Judiciary
    Description: Restrict discrimination lawsuits against employers. Require the discrimination was a protracted or motivating factor. Impose additional requirements for a summary judgment.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SCS SB 704
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: H Professional Registration
    Description: Establish a new licensed surveyor as a surveyor-in-training.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 705
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S General Laws
    Description: Impose additional requirements on local government sales of general obligation bonds. Limit the interest the bonds can bear to no more than 14 percent. Prohibit being involved in the sale any financial advisor involved in the sale
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SCS SB 714
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: H Downsizing State Government
    Description: Repeal a number of expired and obsolete laws.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 715
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Governmental Accountability
    Description: Put into law a number of reorganization orders issued by the governor that moved or changed the name of various agencies.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 764
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Jobs
    Description: Allow initiative petitions for voter-approved ordinances in fourth-class cities and also allow referendum votes on ordinances adopted by the council.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 795
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Repeal a law prohibiting any government agency from establishing a quality rating system for early childhood education programs.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 862
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Commerce
    Description: Include sewer districts in a law that lets St. Louis County water districts apply to the Public Service Commission for a surcharge for infrastructure costs, but limit it to replacement of aging facilities.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 964
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: H Agri-Business
    Description: Add cervids and elk raised for human consumption or animal husbandary to a sales tax exemption for livestock and livestock feed.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 965
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Commerce
    Description: Impose requirements and restrictions on standards the Natural Resources Department can impose on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. Require separate standards for coal-fired plants versus plants fueled by natural gas.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 966
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Perf
    Description: Prohibit a legislator from being a lobbyist for two years after leaving office. Prohibit a legislator or legislative candidate from being a paid political consultant for another legislator. Rod Jetton was a paid consultant for legislators while he was speaker of the House. Expand lobbyist reporting requirements.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 967
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Jobs
    Description: Allow initiative petitions for voter-approved ordinances and referendum petitions on council-adopted ordinances any city.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 968
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Commerce
    Description: Changes in a number of environmental laws involving the Natural Resources Department. Extend the sunset for a tax on tires to finance cleanup of illegally dumped waste tires. Impose additional requirements on issuing various permits. Require an assessment of need before water quality standards can be changed.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SJR 25
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Perf
    Description: Let the legislature limit non-economic awards in liability lawsuits. The state Supreme Court has thrown out a law that had limited such awards in medical malpractice lawsuits.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    * SJR 26
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Perf
    Description: Limit the growth of state appropriations to the prior year's amount adjusted for inflation.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SJR 47
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Rules
    Description: Impose a two-term limit on all statewise elected officials. The current two-term limit applies only to the governor and state treasurer.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SJR 57
    Sponsor: Lager, Brad
    Status: S Ways & Means
    Description: Impose a $200 million cap on the total amount of tax credits the legislature can authorize each year.
    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.