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2015 Bill(s)

* SCS SB 18
Sponsor: Kraus, Will
Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
Description: Require the Revenue Department to notify a seller of a change in sales tax coverage caused by a rule change or court decision before a seller is liable for the tax.
See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SCS SB 19
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Expand the definition of what constitutes a sale of property in Missouri subject to the corporate income tax.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 20
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: VETO OVERRIDDEN
    Description: Provide a sales tax exemption for energy, machinery and material purchases by commercial laundries. In his veto letter, Nixon termed it poor tax policy to award a tax break to businesses that wash dirty clothes, but deny the same tax break to other types companies.
    See: 
  • Senate roll call - SB 20 (04/09/2015): 3rd reading of a bill to provide a tax break for commercial laundries.
  • House roll call - SCS SB 20 (05/15/2015): 3rd reading and final passage of a bill to provide a tax break for commercial laundries.
  • House roll call - SB 20 (09/16/2015): Passage of a resolution to override the governor's veto of a bill to provide a tax break for large commercial laundries.
  • Senate roll call - SB 20 (09/16/2015): Passage of a resolution to override the governor's veto of a bill to provide a tax break for large commercial laundries.
  • Get the veto letter
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * HCS SB 104
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Impose a deadline for a court to issue a decision on a lawsuit challenging a statewide ballot issue no later than 56 days before the election date. The House version would prohibit a person from running for public office if the person is delinquent in state or local taxes.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 105
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: IN SCS SB 34
    Description: Expand the definition of military and others out of the state who are eligible to vote.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 106
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: S Small Business
    Description: Waive the first year's business registration filing fees with the Secretary of State for a new business that will employ at least ten employees.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 114
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: S Jobs, Economic & Local Gov't
    Description: Require a 50 percent reimbursement by a project for revenues a school or library district has lost from a tax increment financing project that provides tax breaks for developers.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SS SB 115
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: Conference
    Description: Allow an extension of the deadline for filing a refund claim for a state tax overpayment in some cases. The House version includes tax breaks for bed and breakfast inns, still births, short-term rentals, business expansion and other unrelated tax issues.
    See: 
  • House roll call - HCS SS SB 115 (04/30/2015): 3rd reading of a bill that the House made into a package of various tax breaks.
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 116
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Extend a residency exemption for student enrollment in a public school for children with parents "deployed" by the military out of state to include those who are "stationed" out of the state.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 170
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: S Financial, Gov't Organ. & Elections
    Description: Remove the fourth Thursday before an election the requirement for a voter give an excuse for requesting an absentee ballot. Require a photo ID to vote, if a corresponding constitutional amendment is approved by the voters.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HCS SB 254
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Change the wording of what organization gets fees paid to get a "God Bless America" auto license plate from the World War II memorial trust fund to the World War I trust fund. The House version includes provisions dealing with disabled license plates.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 298
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: S Veterans' Affairs & Health
    Description: Require a hospital provide written notice of the billing consequences and insurance coverage of the pateitn's outpatient status. Essentially, the bill would require warning to a patient of the consequences of going to a hospital emergency room.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HCS SCS SB 336
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Prohibit the Revenue Department from requiring an employer to withhold for taxes under-reported cash tips of an employee. Hold the employer responsible for withholding based on the amount of tips the employee reports to the employer.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 367
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: S Commerce, Consumer & Energy
    Description: Various changes in requirements and restrictions of construction management services that oversee contracts awarded to other companies for construction. Repeal a provision that prohibits a construction mangement firm from bidding for or actually doing construction.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 448
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: S Small Business
    Description: Make parties involved in construction work liable for their own negligence and prohibit transferring responsibility, with exemptions.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 449
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: S Small Business
    Description: Expand the law prohibiting employment of an illegal foreigner to include recruiting or referring for a fee an illegal foreigner for a job. Prohibit allowing tax deductions of wages paid an illegal foreigner. Require a passport be provided for a foreigner to get a driving license.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 523
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: S Financial, Gov't Organ. & Elections
    Description: Expand when a political party challenger can be present at a polity place to include until all equipment is closed and taken down and other required procedures are completed.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SJR 5
    Sponsor: Kraus, Will
    Status: S Financial, Gov't Organ. & Elections
    Description: Give the legislature power to require a photo ID to vote.
    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.