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2016 Bill(s)
* SCS SB 638 Sponsor:Riddle, Jeanie Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED Description: Require passing a civics test prior to being awarded a high school graduation in public or private schools. Require the state to use the questions similar to the 100 questions given to applicants for U.S. citizenship. The legislature added a number of unrelated issues involving education requirements involving dyslexia, bonding requirements for school district officials, expanding a requirement for the pledge of allegiance in schools, charter school requirements, gifted education and more.
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HCS SB 639 Sponsor:Riddle, Jeanie Status: Conference Description: Let the statewide retirement plan for local government workers take responsibility for operation a local government worker's retirement coverage if the worker had a plan similar to the local government retirement system's plan. The House-amended HCS contains several other local gov't retirement provisions.
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SB 860 Sponsor:Riddle, Jeanie Status: S Judiciary Description: Include Callaway County's circuit court in a law allowing appointment of a circuit court marshal. Technically, the bill would allow appointment in any circuit that has a Mental Health Department facility which houses persons found non-guilty by reason of mental disease criminal patients and provides sex offender treatment.
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SB 883 Sponsor:Riddle, Jeanie Status: S Perfection Description: Expand the requirement to provide written material on the risks of an abortion to include when a woman is referred for an abortion that would be performed outside of Missouri.
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SCS SB 921 Sponsor:Riddle, Jeanie Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED Description: Require domestic violence reports be included in the Highway Patrol's annual crime report. Currently the requirement is restricted to the voluntary system for reports. The House added unrelated issues including drunken driving penalties.
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SB 922 Sponsor:Riddle, Jeanie Status: S Veterans' Affairs & Health Description: Extend Medicaid coverage to include "structured family caregiving."
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SB 926 Sponsor:Riddle, Jeanie Status: S Jobs, Economic & Local Gov't Description: Include sheltered workshop boards under the definition of a political subdivision that includes rights such as protection from lawsuits and inter-governmental agreements.
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SB 995 Sponsor:Riddle, Jeanie Status: S Perfection Description: Allow the sale of alcohol through orders placed through mobile digital devices at entertainment facilities, arenas and stadiums.
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SCS SB 1009 Sponsor:Riddle, Jeanie Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED Description: Designate a portion of Highway FF in Audrain County the Trooper James Matthew Bava Memorial Highway.
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SB 1047 Sponsor:Riddle, Jeanie Status: S Jobs, Economic & Local Gov't Description: Allow consolidation of nearby towns in some first and class counties if not separated by more than one mile and already have agreeements on governmental services.
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SB 1048 Sponsor:Riddle, Jeanie Status: S Seniors, Families & Public Health Description: Require the Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing provide grants to private organizations for various services for deaf children, adults and providers, subject to appropriation.
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SB 1055 Sponsor:Riddle, Jeanie Status: S Judiciary Description: Give the Mental Health Department standing to file motions and participate in hearings involving involuntary medications of a person committed to the department for a mental illness that prevents the person from standing trial for a criminal charge.
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SB 1056 Sponsor:Riddle, Jeanie Status: S Veterans' Affairs & Health Description: Include physician assistants in the list of collaborative practice medical professionals who can order or remove restraints or seclusion of a person committed to a mental health institution.
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SB 1079 Sponsor:Riddle, Jeanie Status: S Transport., Infrastructure & Safety Description: Make some crime scene photos and video records involving a deceased person closed records, exempting them from the public records law.
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SB 1091 Sponsor:Riddle, Jeanie Status: S Perfection Description: Impose a ten-year deadline to bring a lawsuit for damages caused by a defective or unsafe product.
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SB 1092 Sponsor:Riddle, Jeanie Status: S Veterans' Affairs & Health Description: Require Medicaid provide coverage for chiropractors.
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SB 1107 Sponsor:Riddle, Jeanie Status: S Commerce, Consumer & Energy Description: Prohibit use of eminent domain for a high-voltage, direct-current electric transmission line financed entirely by private funds.
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SB 1128 Sponsor:Riddle, Jeanie Status: S Education Description: Require the Education Department to report student immunizations based on a longitudinal data system established by another statute.
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SB 1129 Sponsor:Riddle, Jeanie Status: S Seniors, Families & Public Health Description: Establish criteria by which a court determines who has custody of an embryo in a surrogate mother. Establish legal rights for the in vitro human embryo. Require a judge make the decision based on the best interest of the embryo.
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SB 1130 Sponsor:Riddle, Jeanie Status: S Commerce, Consumer & Energy Description: Establish a mechanism for the Public Service Commission to assess fees on utilities to finance the public counsel who represents consumers in utility cases.
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SB 1147 Sponsor:Riddle, Jeanie Status: S Jobs, Economic & Local Gov't Description: Extend from the end of 2016 to 2022 a law providing tax credits for some non-profit agricultural cooperatives.
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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.
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