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2015 Bill(s)
* HCS SS SB 12 Sponsor:Munzlinger, Brian Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED Description: A number of unrelated issues dealing with agriculture. Establish college student scholarships for dairy students. Restrict fees charged under the Livestock Marketing Law to no more required to adminster the law. Ease requirements on filing proof of bonding by pesticide applicators. Change requirements for alternative fuel labeling at pumps. And more.
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HCS SB 13 Sponsor:Munzlinger, Brian Status: Conference Description: Increase the number of membes of the Career and Technical Education Advisory Council. Have the Education Department commissioner appoint the members rather than the governor. The House version has several other unrelated education provisions including alternative outside courses, gifted education, vrtual education.
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HCS SS SB 14 Sponsor:Munzlinger, Brian Status: H 3rd Read Description: Require state agencies to place on the state's accountability portal website information about contracts with private law firms.
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SB 54 Sponsor:Munzlinger, Brian Status: S Agriculture, Food & Outdoor Resources Description: Prohibit a nuisance lawsuit an agricultural operation if the property was being used in compliance with a state or federal permit
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SB 55 Sponsor:Munzlinger, Brian Status: S Perfection Description: Change the definition of livestock under a couple of laws regulating livestock. The bill just replaces the word "buffalo" with "bison."
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SCS SB 56 Sponsor:Munzlinger, Brian Status: S 3rd Read (IN BUDGET) Description: Impose a $2 limit on the fee the Conservation Department can charge for a hunting, fishing or trapping permit.
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SB 168 Sponsor:Munzlinger, Brian Status: S Commerce, Consumer & Energy Description: Add watershed districts to the list of local governments that get allocated the tax on railroads.
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* SCS SB 177 Sponsor:Munzlinger, Brian Status: S Perfection Description: Provide a tax credit for transferring property to a beginning farmer.
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* SB 178 Sponsor:Munzlinger, Brian Status: S Governmental Accountability Description: Authorize the sale of captive cervids (like deer). Strip the Conservation Department of authority to regulate deer and other captive cervids and turns that authority over to the Agriculture Department. The governor vetoed a similar bill, SB 506, in 2014.
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SB 192 Sponsor:Munzlinger, Brian Status: S Judiciary Description: Exempt a defendant from liability in a product liability lawsuit if the harm was caused solely by the plaintiff including improper use of the product.
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SB 284 Sponsor:Munzlinger, Brian Status: S Jobs, Economic & Local Gov't Description: Let a business retain income tax withholdings for up to three years for new jobs created by expansion of some types of manufacturing.
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* SB 292 Sponsor:Munzlinger, Brian Status: S Agriculture, Food & Outdoor Resources Description: Lower the maximum amount of farm land a foreign interest can own in Missouri, but allow a foreign interest acquire another 20 percent of farm land above what it owned as of August 28, 2015.
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SB 323 Sponsor:Munzlinger, Brian Status: S Jobs, Economic & Local Gov't Description: Let a non-resident run for the board of alderman or mayor in 3rd class city if the person has owned property in the city and submits a petition signed by ten percent of registered votes.
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SB 324 Sponsor:Munzlinger, Brian Status: S Agriculture, Food & Outdoor Resources Description: Define property in a law on private nuisance actions against farm operations to be limited to financial interests.
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SB 337 Sponsor:Munzlinger, Brian Status: S Rules Description: Impose prohibitions on activity the Conservation Department can prohibit by some non-profit organizations.
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SB 338 Sponsor:Munzlinger, Brian Status: S Financial, Gov't Organ. & Elections Description: Various changes in elections for political party candidate. Prohibit write-in votes being counted. Prohibit serving as chair or vice-chare for more than one legislative district committee.
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SB 339 Sponsor:Munzlinger, Brian Status: S Perfection Description: Authorize any third or fourth class county to impose a road rock fund tax upon voter approval.
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* SB 370 Sponsor:Munzlinger, Brian Status: S Transport., Infrastructure & Safety Description: Impose restrictions on automated traffic enforcement systems. Restrict use on local roads to school and construction zones. Require warning signs.
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SB 371 Sponsor:Munzlinger, Brian Status: S Perfection Description: Repeal the December 2015 sunset of subsidies for ethanol prodcuers.
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SB 384 Sponsor:Munzlinger, Brian Status: S Jobs, Economic & Local Gov't Description: Require an automatic pay raise for county office holders at the start of each term until the maximum salary level is reached, unless the county commission votes to disapprove the increase.
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SB 406 Sponsor:Munzlinger, Brian Status: S Small Business Description: Various changes in refunds of improperly paid unemployment compensation fund payments. Give the agency power to either deduct the required refund from future beneits or require repayment.
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SB 469 Sponsor:Munzlinger, Brian Status: S Perfection Description: Establish a board to regulate fertilizer sales.
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SB 552 Sponsor:Munzlinger, Brian Status: S Transport., Infrastructure & Safety Description: Prohibit extra fees for costs involved with a concealed weapons permit such as costs for criminal background checks.
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SB 553 Sponsor:Munzlinger, Brian Status: S Agriculture, Food & Outdoor Resources Description: Exempt agricultural buildings from local government ordinances.
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SB 554 Sponsor:Munzlinger, Brian Status: S Ways & Means Description: Require that property assessment for tax purposes of quarries and mining property be based on the pervious year's production.
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SB 568 Sponsor:Munzlinger, Brian Status: S Financial, Gov't Organ. & Elections Description: Require an election to fill a vacancy in a U.S. Senate seat. Change the basis by which ballot language can be challenged. Impose a deadline for a court ruling on a ballot issue challenge to 56 days prior to the election.
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SJR 1 Sponsor:Munzlinger, Brian Status: S Agriculture, Food & Outdoor Resources Description: Increase the number of Conservation Commission members from four to eight members.
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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.