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2017 Bill(s)

SS SB 10
Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
Status: H Rules - Administrative Oversight
Description: Provide a tax break to a business that new jobs created in an area of economic distress with low wages.
See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * HCS SCS SB 11
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: Conference
    Description: Clarify that statute providing the the loan agreement power granted to cities for industrial development projects is limited only to the power to loan the the municipality's facilities -- not to borrow money with loans. The Senate did not take up the conference report. The House added a number of unrelated issues including prohibiting local government from regulating seed or fertilizer use, county treasurer training cost reimbursement, limits on hotel tax increases, authorizing property taxes for local public safety and more.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 12
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Insurance & Banking
    Description: Exempt from security registration requires sale of a security by an insurer under in some circumstances.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 78
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Economic Development
    Description: Provide tax credits for investment in a Missouri knowledge-based business.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 79
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Economic Development
    Description: Create a program for grants and tax credits for businesses to expand in rural areas.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SCS SB 80
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Perfection
    Description: Exclude from the sales tax sales at private country clubs and golf courses that are not open to the public.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SS SB 124
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: Back to S
    Description: Prevent an local government from losing a power granted by state law for local government of a certain population range if local government's population grows or falls outside that range. Currently, only St. Louis City can retain the statuatory power if its population falls below the population range. The House added unrelated provisions including lower rates for aluminum and steel plants and allowing automatic electric rate increases by the PSC.
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  • House roll call - HA 1 SS SB 124 (05/11/2017): Adoption of an amendment to an unrelated bill authorizing lower electric rates for some types aluminum and steel plants and authorizing the PSC to allow automatic electric rate increases.
  • House roll call - HCS SS SB 124 (05/11/2017): 3rd reading of a bill that authorizes lower electric rates for steel and aluminum manufacturing plants and authorizes automatic electric rate increases by the PSC for infrastructure improvements.
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HCS SB 125
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: Back to S
    Description: Require professional licensing boards accept payment for fees by check, credit card, electronic check or other methods of payment. Require licensing boards to accept electronic license renewals and requests for extension of time to complete continuing education requirements. The House added unrelated provisions including repealing licensing requirements for hair braiding, requiring martial arts licensing and post doctoral internship provisions for psychologist licensing.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 126
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Perfection
    Description: Include robbery, stealing and similar crimes under a provision that allows offenses to be prosecuted in the county in which victim resides or conducts business.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 199
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Perfection
    Description: Exclude from a cap on a TIF tax breaks for project that generates at least 15,000 new jobs with an annual salary of $75,000. The Tax Increment Finance law provides tax breaks for development in selected areas.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 211
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Transport., Infrastructure & Safety
    Description: Create a state office to coordinate resources for long-term disaster recovery of a city or region of the state suffering a disaster.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SCS SB 271
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Perfection
    Description: Exempt from some liquor regulations retailer near a recreational resort. Allow the seller to have a financial interest in a distillery. Allow sales in repackaged containers.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 272
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Education
    Description: Require the Education Department to recalculate how much state aid a school district would have gotten based on how much the district recorded revenues from taxes in 2005 if the district had placed the money in the capital projects fund or the debt service fund. The provision would take effect only when the legislature fully funds the School Foundation Formula. Technically, the bill would adjust upwards the local effort of taxing which is a factor in the formula.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 273
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Local Gov't & Elections
    Description: Provide tax breaks for new or expanded large-data storage centers and other types of technology operations. Let local government enter into financial agreements for technology projects.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 310
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Economic Development
    Description: Prohibit local government from prohibiting or restricting residential dwelling rentals.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SCS SB 311
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Perfection
    Description: Change a provision on how the Missouri mileage of a truck that travels in more than one states is calculated for tax purposes. Allow use average distances if historical distance records are not available.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 312
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Health & Pensions
    Description: Extend the legal limit on a drug prescription from 90 days to 180 days.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 348
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Perfection
    Description: Extend from the end of 2017 to the end of 2025 authority for the secretary of state to charge a $5 fee for trademark and similar filings to fund a technology fund in the secretary of state's office. SA 1 (pending) adds business filing-fee exemptions for military veterans, veteran spouses and first reponders.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 349
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Perfection
    Description: Impose restrictions on a program providing tax breaks for businesses creating new jobs. Require 100 percent of the wages be treated as Missouri income. Limit the tax breaks to new jobs. Expand another tax-break program for business expansion.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 406
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Perfection
    Description: Require the Education Department to grant a license to a non-profit organization to operate three high schools to serve adults in various counties and/or St. Louis city.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SCS SB 426
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Perfection
    Description: Impose a 25 year time limit for property exemptions in Springfield in an enhanced enterprise zone that provides tax breaks for real estate improvements.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 427
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Perfection
    Description: Impose internal audit requirements on insurance companies.Provide exemptions for some insurance companies.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 517
    Sponsor: Wasson, Jay
    Status: S Perfection
    Description: Establish a tax credit for making a contribution to an organization that funds various unmet health, hunger and hygiene needs for children in school.
    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.