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2012 Bill(s)

* SB 472
Sponsor: Kraus, Will
Status: S Ways & Means
Description: Freeze authorization of various tax credits and terminate others. Redirect any increase in state revenue from the tax credit reductions to a reduction in the corporate income tax rate.
See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 473
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: S Governmental Accountability
    Description: Require the state attorney general to sue the federal government to enforce immigration laws. Make implementation subject to voter approval.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SCS SB 474
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: S Perf
    Description: Require a photo ID to get food stamps, if the federal government grants the state an exemption for the requirement.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • CCS SB 569
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: GOVERNOR VETOED
    Description: Remove the first Tuesday after the first Monday in Feburary and June as dates when elections can be held. The final version covers a number of unrelated local elections issues including banning party emblems on ballots.
    See: 
  • House roll call - HCS SCS SB 569 (04/30/2012): 3rd reading of a bill that would repeal the governor's power to fill a vacancy in a statewide-elected office, requiring a special to fill the office.
  • Get the veto letter
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 570
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: S Transportation
    Description: Require only one license plate rather than two on motor vehicles.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 571
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: S Ways & Means
    Description: Require tax credit recipients to file campaign finance disclosure reports with the Ethics Commission.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SCS SB 589
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: S Perf
    Description: Require that fees collected by a city from an automated traffic enforcement system be distributed to the local school district in which the violation occurred.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 590
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: S General Laws
    Description: Require a school to determine whether an student being enrolled was born in the U.S. and whether the student's parents are illegal ly in the U.S.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HCS SB 594
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: H 3rd Read
    Description: Add cell phones and FAXes to the telemarketing no-call law.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HCS SS SB 595
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Prohibit prior school district employees from serving on the due process hearing panel established by the Education Department to hear a student placement challenge by a parent.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 696
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: S Small Business
    Description: Impose an additional fine for a repeat offense of operating a motor vehicle without insurance. Allow impoundment of the vehicle.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SCS SB 715
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: GOVERNOR VETOED
    Description: Let the National Guard adjutant general waive the maxium age limit for a member of the National Guard. The final measure passed includes repeal of a procedure by which a guard member who file a complaint about the member's commanding officer to a higher level officer.
    See: 
  • House roll call - HA 1 SCS SB 715 (05/08/2012): An amendment to a National Guard bill to transfer $35 million of tobacco settlement money to veterans' programs and ban any government evaluation system of early childhood education services.
  • Get the veto letter
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 768
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: S Veterans
    Description: Allow a circuit court to establish a veterans treatment court for cases involving veterans with substance abuse or mental illness.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    CCS SB 769
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Require special markings and painting on towers higher than 50 feet that measure wind speed and are located outside city limits. The final CCS version includes a number of unrelated issues covering enterprize zones and health care.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 776
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: S Ways & Means
    Description: Repeal a property tax break for propter improvements within the ultimate airport boundary of St. Louis airport.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SCS SB 789
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Various changes in the DNA profiling law. repeal expiration of a criminal conviction fine to finance the DNA Profiling Analysis Fund. Require a DNA sample at the time of registering as a sex offender.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SCS SB 816
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: S Perf
    Description: Expand the definition of misconduct that disqualifies a worker from unemployment compensation coverage. Include conduct off the job.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 892
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: S Financial
    Description: Require the Secretary of State to implement an electronic system for military serving overseas to be able to vote.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 893
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: Back to H
    Description: Require criminal background checks to reinstate the driving license of some drunken driving offenders. The H refused to accept the Senate request for a conference and sent the bill back to the Senate on the last day with a demand to just accept the House version.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SCS SB 906
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: S Perf
    Description: Prohibit economic development tax credits for a facility acquired by another business for a substantially similar business enterprise.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SJR 38
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: S Ways & Means
    Description: Require a partial refund to taxpayers if growth total state revenues in a year exceeds 7.5 percent from the prior year.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SCS SJR 40
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: H Judiciary
    Description: Repeal the ban on retrospective laws. Allow admission of prior criminal acts and other factors in prosecution of a sex crime against a victim under the age of 18.
    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.