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2018 Bill(s)

* SS SB 590
Sponsor: Hegeman, Dan
Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
Description: Reduce the cap on total historic preservation tax credits that can be issued in a year. Exclude residential property from the tax credits. Create a fund for improvements to the Capitol complex financed by a 1 percent fee on tax credits. Legislative staff estimate a provision expanding historic preservation tax credits could cost the state more than $30 million per year in lost revenue.
See: 
  • Senate roll call - SS SB 590 (03/29/2018): 3rd reading of a bill to restrict tax credits for restoration of historic preservation projects.
  • House roll call - CCS SB 590 (05/18/2018): 3rd reading and final passage of changes in historic preservation tax credits that legislative staff estimate could cost the state up to $30 million in lost tax revenue.
  • Senate roll call - CCS SB 590 (05/18/2018): 3rd reading of changes in historic preservation tax credits that legislative staff estimate could cost the state up to $30 million in lost tax revenue.
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SCS SB 591
    Sponsor: Hegeman, Dan
    Status: S Perfection
    Description: Impose an annual $50 million limit on low income housing project construction tax credits, but increased by tax credits that are recaptured.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SS SB 592
    Sponsor: Hegeman, Dan
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Various election law changes. Make the state responsible for the state-office and ballot issue costs for general elections and general-election primaries. Allow absentee ballot requests by mail. Set a deadline for filing as an independent candidate for filling a legislative vacancy.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 657
    Sponsor: Hegeman, Dan
    Status: S Local Gov't & Elections
    Description: Enhance provisons for county authority to require clearing of brush on private property.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 658
    Sponsor: Hegeman, Dan
    Status: S Local Gov't & Elections
    Description: Lower from two-thirds to a simple majority the voter approval margin required to sell a water and waste water system in a 4th class city.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * HCS SB 659
    Sponsor: Hegeman, Dan
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Increase from $1,400 to $3,000 per connection the maximum grant the Natural Resources Department can provide to public water and sewer systems. The House added unrelated amendments to extend a fee on lead-acid batteries, creating a radioactive waste investigation fund and limit state regulation of coal fly ash waste sites.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 702
    Sponsor: Hegeman, Dan
    Status: S Local Gov't & Elections
    Description: Require the Secretary of State and local election officials to provide names and addresses of voters who requested absentee ballots, at a fee.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 703
    Sponsor: Hegeman, Dan
    Status: S Perfection
    Description: Change the formula for calculating the preference for awarding bonus points on bids for state contracts.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HCS SS SB 704
    Sponsor: Hegeman, Dan
    Status: Back to S
    Description: Wording changes in various local government provisions. Legislative staff describe the changes as "technical corrections." The Senate perfected version includes a variety of other unrelated provisions covering education, transportation partnerships, full-time prosecutors, county planning around a National Guard site, prosecuting attorney retirement, school transportation in an urban district, and more.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 770
    Sponsor: Hegeman, Dan
    Status: S Local Gov't & Elections
    Description: Increase the amount of a project below which competitive bids are not required for a county.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SCS SB 822
    Sponsor: Hegeman, Dan
    Status: S Perfection
    Description: Allow not wearing a seat belt to be a factor in a lawsuit involving damages caused by a motor vehicle accident. Current law prohibits not wearing a seat belt to be a factor in recovering damages.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SCS SB 861
    Sponsor: Hegeman, Dan
    Status: S Perfection
    Description: Allow trucks to tailgate if using a system that coordinates breaking between the trucks. The governor vetoed a similar bill in 2016, HB 1733.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • CCS SB 870
    Sponsor: Hegeman, Dan
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Allow emergency medical paramedics place a person in temporary hold for transport if the person presents a danger to himself/herself or to others because of alcohol or drugs. Expand provisions for emergency medical services to the 911 emergency services laws. The perfected Senate version includes restrictions on use of restraints and handling of pregnant women in jails. The House a number of unrelated provisions covering emergency phone service taxes, fire distict taxes, medical record access, paramedic licensing and more.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 922
    Sponsor: Hegeman, Dan
    Status: S Commerce, Consumer, Energy & Env.
    Description: Establish a fund to provide grantgs for broadband development in rural areas.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 933
    Sponsor: Hegeman, Dan
    Status: S Local Gov't & Elections
    Description: Expand a law passed in 2010 that authorized municipalities to establish clean energy development boards with the power to issue bonds. Extend the period of a project funding from 20 to 25 years. Establish requirements and restrictions for projects and taxes involving residential property.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 934
    Sponsor: Hegeman, Dan
    Status: S Perfection
    Description: Limit the deadline for filing a personal injury lawsuit from five years after the incident to three years.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 935
    Sponsor: Hegeman, Dan
    Status: S Local Gov't & Elections
    Description: Expand a requirement for a newly elected water district board member to complete six hours of training to impose the requirement every time a board member is elected -- in order to get attendance fees and other compensation.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 940
    Sponsor: Hegeman, Dan
    Status: S Local Gov't & Elections
    Description: Require that the ballot issue for abolishment of a county township structure also include language to authorize a countywide property tax.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SCS SB 990
    Sponsor: Hegeman, Dan
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Let a community college board submit to on the ballot having the junior college become part of a local school board. Current law provides that the issue can be submitted to voters only by the local school board of a petition signed by ten percent of the district's voters.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 1001
    Sponsor: Hegeman, Dan
    Status: S Health & Pensions
    Description: Exempt a death occuring in a licensed hospice care facility from the requirement for a corner investigation if the death is certified by the treating physician.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 1002
    Sponsor: Hegeman, Dan
    Status: S Local Gov't & Elections
    Description: Authorize a method for on-line notarization of documents. Require acceptance of a electronic record to meet state or local government requirements for documents, in some cases.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 1018
    Sponsor: Hegeman, Dan
    Status: S Agriculture, Food & Outdoor Resources
    Description: Prohibit local government from regulating the labeling, cultivation or other use of fertilizers, seeds or soil conditioners.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 1039
    Sponsor: Hegeman, Dan
    Status: S Professional Registration
    Description: Expand the information that an agency has to file for an administrative rule. Require an administrative rule to include a "fiscal note" of estimated costs. Require emailing information to interested parties.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 1055
    Sponsor: Hegeman, Dan
    Status: S Professional Registration
    Description: Expand an exemption provision involving collaborative practice agreements with a licensed nurse to include work in community behavioral health clinics. Expand the number of practice arrangements with advanced practice nurses for behavioral health care services.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 1079
    Sponsor: Hegeman, Dan
    Status: S Government Reform
    Description: Restrict lawsuits for medical injuries caused by silica inhalation.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SJR 28
    Sponsor: Hegeman, Dan
    Status: S Government Reform
    Description: Let a non-partisan court selection panel submit as many names as it wants to the governor for a judicial vacancy. Currently, a nominating panel is limited to submitting three names.
    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.