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2016 Bill(s)

* SB 632
Sponsor: Sifton, Scott
Status: S Rules
Description: Ban legislators and state officials as well as their staff, spouses and children from accepting gifts or campaign contributions from lobbyists. Ban lobbyists from making campaign contributions to candidates for the legislature or statewide office.
See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • * SB 633
    Sponsor: Sifton, Scott
    Status: S Education
    Description: Impose restrictions on the ability of students to transfer out of unaccredited school districts. Establish a system for accrediting attendance centers within a district rather than the entire district. Also contains a large number of other school issues. The governor vetoed the school transfer bill in 2014 and 2015 (HB 42).
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 634
    Sponsor: Sifton, Scott
    Status: S Ways & Means
    Description: Revive an expired law that provided a tax credit for property tax increases of residences of lower income and disabled elderly that has expired.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • * SB 695
    Sponsor: Sifton, Scott
    Status: S Small Business
    Description: Strengthen provisions against gender discrimination in pay. Remove the burden of proof being on the worker. Increase penalties that can be assessed.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 696
    Sponsor: Sifton, Scott
    Status: S Judiciary
    Description: Allow a lawsuit to be filed for damages by a victim of sexual abuse by a relative at any time. Current law imposses ten-year time limit for a lawsuit. Also remove the statute of limitations for prosecution.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 697
    Sponsor: Sifton, Scott
    Status: S Education
    Description: Require public schools to operate parent/teacher involvement programs.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 727
    Sponsor: Sifton, Scott
    Status: S Education
    Description: Require the Education Department to note if a school report published by the depeartment includes children in a home for negliected or delinquent children.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 728
    Sponsor: Sifton, Scott
    Status: S Education
    Description: Expand the law against school bullying. Require schools to issue statements prohibiting bullying and develop a process for discussing anti-bullying policy.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 729
    Sponsor: Sifton, Scott
    Status: S Judiciary
    Description: Expand a law requiring a person older than 16 years who is arrested for certain felonies to submit a sample for DNA profiling. Expand the requirement to every felony arrest.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 749
    Sponsor: Sifton, Scott
    Status: S Financial, Gov't Organ. & Elections
    Description: Expand absentee ballot voting to include emergency workers engaged in an emergency reponse. Allow voting materials to be provided to an emergency worker by FAX, mail or email when an emergency is declared.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 750
    Sponsor: Sifton, Scott
    Status: S Financial, Gov't Organ. & Elections
    Description: Increase the penalty for various voter registration crimes. Prohibit suspending imposition of sentence. Require at least 30 days imprisonment before parole or probation eligibility.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • * SB 751
    Sponsor: Sifton, Scott
    Status: S Commerce, Consumer & Energy
    Description: Require a signed agreement by the purchaser of a live event or sporting event ticket that imposes any limit on resale of the ticket if the purchase requires display of the consumer's credit card as a valid ID for entry.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 803
    Sponsor: Sifton, Scott
    Status: S Small Business
    Description: Require an employer provide up to three days of leave for an employee who has had a relaive die within the preceding 15 days.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 809
    Sponsor: Sifton, Scott
    Status: S Education
    Description: Require schools to test students for dyslexia and provide treatment.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HCS SB 827
    Sponsor: Sifton, Scott
    Status: H 3rd Read
    Description: Create a legislative task force on dyslexia.
    See: 
  • Senate roll call - SB 827 (04/14/2016): 3rd reading of a bill to require alternative taxi services like Uber to have insurance for their drivers.
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 828
    Sponsor: Sifton, Scott
    Status: S Small Business
    Description: Let attorneys and title insurance agents prepare maps without a survey license when preparing land description or legal descriptions to clients.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • * SB 834
    Sponsor: Sifton, Scott
    Status: S Jobs, Economic & Local Gov't
    Description: Let St. Louis County impose a sales tax up to one-half percent to finance law enforcement, upon voter approval.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SCS SB 905
    Sponsor: Sifton, Scott
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Change the effective date of a law dealing with an interstate agreement on child support. Remove a provision making the change in law conditional on the U.S. ratifying a Hague Convention agreement on child support and family maintenance.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 925
    Sponsor: Sifton, Scott
    Status: S Veterans' Affairs & Health
    Description: Expand eligibility for the "Ticket to Work" program that allows some persons to buy into Medicaid health care coverage in order to get a job.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 955
    Sponsor: Sifton, Scott
    Status: S Rules
    Description: Ban lobbyists from providing anything of value to legislators or state officials as well as their staff, spouses and children. Ban lobbyists from making campaign contributions to candidates for the legislature or statewide office for food, travel, lodging or entertainment.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 1020
    Sponsor: Sifton, Scott
    Status: S Small Business
    Description: Establish an income tax deduction for a small business that hires a person recently released from a prison within the past year or a disabled person.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    * SB 1131
    Sponsor: Sifton, Scott
    Status: S Perfection
    Description: Regulate, license and tax sports fantasy team games involving gambling on sports.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 1132
    Sponsor: Sifton, Scott
    Status: S Commerce, Consumer & Energy
    Description: Allow an appeal of a Public Service Commission decision to be made directly to an appeals court rather than through the PSC.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 1133
    Sponsor: Sifton, Scott
    Status: S Financial, Gov't Organ. & Elections
    Description: Include mental health professionals under a law that prohibits government discrimination in regulation of licensed health professionals.
    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.