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2012 Bill(s)

* SS SB 572
Sponsor: Dempsey, Tom
Status: GOVERNOR VETOED
Description: Expand Workers' Compensation to cover occupational disease, thus restricting lawsuits for occupational disease awards. A number of other changes. Eliminate coverage for persons in prison. The SS eliminates provisions dealing the financial problems of the Second Injury Fund.
See: 
  • Senate roll call - SS SB 572 (03/29/2012): A motion to override the governor's veto of a measure that would restrict lawsuits against employers by workers with toxic diseases.
  • House roll call - SS SB 572 (03/07/2012): 3rd reading and final passage to a measure that would restrict lawsuits against employers for occupational diseases by their workers.
  • Senate roll call - SS SB 572 (02/16/2012): 3rd read of a measure that would restrict employee lawsuits against employers for diseases caused by occupational diseases.
  • Get the veto letter
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 582
    Sponsor: Dempsey, Tom
    Status: S Ways & Means
    Description: Extend the August 2012 sunset to Dec 2018 for tax credits for contributions to pregnancy resource centers.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 597
    Sponsor: Dempsey, Tom
    Status: S Jobs
    Description: Strip St. Louis city of control over Lambert Airport. Transfer control to the metropolitan area authority.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 598
    Sponsor: Dempsey, Tom
    Status: S Ways & Means
    Description: Require reimbursement to a school district or library district for revenue lost from tax increment financing tax breaks for developers.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HCS SCS SB 648
    Sponsor: Dempsey, Tom
    Status: Back to S
    Description: Allow anyone at least 25 years of age who has had a driving license for at least three years to be among those who can accompany a driver with a temporary instruction permit.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 659
    Sponsor: Dempsey, Tom
    Status: S Perf
    Description: Require all county collectors to mail property tax bills at least 30 days before they become delinquent. Current law exempts charter counties from the deadline. Prohibit any penalty for late payment if mailed late and paid within 15 days of delinquency.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HCS SS SB 682
    Sponsor: Dempsey, Tom
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Allow only licensed physicians to give spinal injections for pain in some cases.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HCS SB 760
    Sponsor: Dempsey, Tom
    Status: Back to S
    Description: Allow the Conservation Commission to deny a hunting permit for ten years of a person who killed someone while hunting. The amended House version contains a number of unrelated issues covering criminal record expungement, canoes, yield traffic signs and more.
    See: 
  • Senate roll call - SB 760 (03/29/2012): 3rd reading of a bill to let the Conservation Commission impose a ten-year hunting license suspension for a fatal hunting accident.
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 807
    Sponsor: Dempsey, Tom
    Status: S Perf
    Description: Establish a priority for claims against the Second Injury Fund that covers workers injured on the job who have previous injuries. Allow a surcharge on business if the fund is not large enough to cover claims, which is the current situation.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SCS SB 837
    Sponsor: Dempsey, Tom
    Status: GOVERNOR VETOED
    Description: Expand the legal definition of a franchise between a liquor wholesaler and a supplier. Abrogate a recent federal court definition.
    See: 
  • Get the veto letter
  • 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.