"If you're a clergy that's intending that these minors do all of that -- skip the judicial option and go to Illinois -- then you probably ought to be prosecuted or brought to court civilly," Sen. John Loudon, R-St. Louis County, told the House Children Committee.
JEFFERSON CITY - Both Republican Senator John Loudon of St. Louis County and Democratic Senator Victor Callahan of Independence propsosed bills to help family pets.
Both Republican Senator John Loudon of St. Louis County and Democrat Senator Victor Callahan of Independence backed animal bills that didn't go anywhere during this legislative session.
"Hindsight is 20/20, but if I had to do it all over again, I probably wouldn't have tried to get so much done in one year," said Sen. John Loudon, R-St. Louis County.
While Shields attempted to engineer a plan that would limit the number of gaming boats while increasing loss limits and the gross receipts taxes the boats must pay, a filibuster begun by Sen. John Loudon, R-St. Louis County, and continued by Sens. Victor Callahan, D-Jackson County, and Tim Green, D-St. Louis County, has made this idea seem doubtful.
The bill sponsor, and Saint Louis County Republican John Loudon said pressure from conservative groups, as well as the public make passing the bill a priority.
"Civilized society should be on the side of life," said the bill's sponsor, Sen. John Loudon, R-St. Louis County, "Deciding to end someone's life should not be left up to one person."
Senate procedure: As has happened so many times before in the Missouri Senate, one Republican senator, in this case John Loudon of St. Louis County, offers a bill that the Democrats, namely Victor Callahan of Independence, dislike: and so they offer amendments designed to damage the legislation, and then they filibuster.
JEFFERSON CITY - Democratic Senator Victor Callahan is filibustering Republican John Loudon's bill that makes it easier for nonunion workers to work in the state of Missouri.
Gibbons says the program isn't covered under a lot of health plans. His bill would change that by requiring private insurance companies to pay up to 3 thousand dollars a year to families with a child in First Steps. Senator John Loudon a Republican from Ballwin says forcing insurance companies to pay is inefficient.
Sen. John Loudon, R-Ballwin,s had contest with the provision that private insurance have primary financial responsibility, saying it did not evenly spread the burden of cost. Sen. John Loudon, R-Ballwin, asked for the clause addressing private insurers to be removed.
Under the bill, doctors would need written consent from the patient before removing feeding tubes. Sen. John Loudon, R-St. Louis County, sponsored a related bill in early March that would allow anyone to continue their guardianship for patient.
The bill's original sponsor, Senator John Loudon, says lawmakers will have to work out the differenes between the House and Senate versions in a conference committee.
"I've had three kids and I've been married," said Sen. John Loudon (R-St. Louis County), sponsor of the workers' comp bill. "But this ranks up there as one my more productive legislative days."
But Republican supporters like St. Louis County Sen. John Loudon, say they have no doubt the new Republican governor will sign it into law this time around.
The proceedings Monday were controlled by the Republican majority. The bill's sponsor, Sen. John Loudon (R-Ballwin), rolled out a new version that tread the line between the differing bills which passed the Republican-controlled House and Senate. The remainder of the hearing was spent rebuffing Democratic efforts to change the legislation.
"I think there's broad agreement on most of the bill," Sen. John Loudon, R-St. Louis County, said. "Even the people who are unhappy with this are not outraged with those elements with which they disagree."
The 90-66 vote broke mostly down party lines. The bill's sponsor, Sen. John Loudon, said he wants to work out its differences with the Senate version in a conference committee.
During the proposal, St. Louis County Republican Senator John Loudon said he found irony in this bill... since Green had just proposed another bill stressing employer-based health insurance.
The bill's original sponsor, Senator John Loudon, says lawmakers will have to work out the differenes between the House and Senate versions in a conference committee.
A Senate committee voted seven to two in favor of Republican Senator Matt Bartle's bill to ban human cloning. Republican Senator John Loudon said he voted in favor of the bill because of the consequences of human cloning.
The bill, SB1, was sponsored by Sen. John Loudon, R-St. Louis County. Republicans in the capital, including Gov. Matt Blunt, claim changes are necessary to make Missouri more business friendly.
The bill's sponsor, Sen. John Loudon, R-St. Louis County, said the talks came at the request of the governor's office and were aimed at paving the road to passage for a bill that would restrict worker's compensation claims to injuries in which work was the "prevailing cause" and exempt injuries of an unknown cause and injuries that result from a preexisting condition.
JEFFERSON CITY - Two bills proposed by Sen. John Loudon (R-St. Louis County) seek to create a state holiday in honor of President Ronald Reagan and name the yet to be constructed St. Louis bridge over the Mississippi River after the former commander-in-chief.
The bill, sponsored by Sen. John Loudon (R-St. Louis County), would redefine when workers' compensation fees are awarded. The proposed legislation would narrow the definition of injury so that workers could only collect benefits if their job was the "prevailing" cause of the accident. It reduces benefits when an injury worsens a pre-existing condition. And it eliminates benefits for injuries that happen en-route to work and ailments whose cause cannot be determined.
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