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2010 Bill(s)

* HCS SS SB 618
Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
Status: H Rules
Description: Require health insurance plans cover diagnosis and treatment autism and related conditions (called autism spectrum disorders]. Require applied behavior analysis coverage up to $72,000 per year for children under the age of 21. See HB 1311 that has become the vehicle for the autism issue. Reported out of H Rules on May 4, but by May 10, it still had not shown up on the calendar of SBs for House 3rd Reading.
See: 
  • Senate roll call - SS SB 618 (03/18/2010): 3rd reading of a bill to require insurance policies cover therapy and treatment for autism and related ailments.
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 619
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: S Jobs
    Description: Repeal inclusion of St. Charles from a law that imposes various truck size and weight restrictions on trucks.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 620
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: S Judiciary
    Description: Add a circuit judge to the 45th judicial circuit that covers Lincoln and Pike counties.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    * SB 663
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: S Commerce
    Description: Expand the state's no-call law on telemarketers to include cell phones, text messaging and FAXes. Restrict blocking caller IDs. Require a political solicitation call to identify the sponsor of the call. A similar bill, SB 65, cleared the Senate in 2009, but what killed by the House speaker who refused to assin the measure to committee in time for the bill to be considered.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 664
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: S Judiciary
    Description: Toughen the provisions for enforcment of the law against dog fighting. Make attendance at a fight a felony crime for a second offense.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 665
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: S Veterans
    Description: Allow a government employee to use any combination of annual leave, comp time and military leave for National Guard military service.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HCS SB 684
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: Back to S
    Description: Fix an incorrect statute reference in a law dealing with recognition of foreign adoption orders.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SCS SB 685
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: H Insurance
    Description: Expand the authority of the Insurance Department over insurance companies determined to be in hazardous financial condition.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * HCS SB 686
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: H 3rd Read (IN BUDGET)
    Description: Allow one no-cause challenge to a hearing officer by a party in a State Tax Commission appeal. Part of the administration's package to balance the state's budget.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 706
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: S Small Business
    Description: Require the Insurance Division to review the insurance license exam if the passage rate falls below 70% in a year. Require collection of demographic information of those taking the test.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 725
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: IN SCS SB 607
    Description: Require drug screening of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families welfare recipients.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 747
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: S Perf
    Description: Extend a requirement that only optional riders to a health insurance plan can provide coverage for elective abortion to include any state or federal health insurance exchange.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 748
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: S Small Business
    Description: Prohibit an non-economic damage award to an uninsured auto dirver.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 749
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: S Veterans
    Description: Require the National Guard to warn guard members as to the health risks of exposure to depleted uranium. Provide non-financial state assistance to Missouri veterans who have been exposed.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 750
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: S Commerce
    Description: Prohibit an auto dealer from selling or leasing a car that does not comply with the state restrictions on window tinting.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SS SB 757
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: H Budget
    Description: Establish a legislative committee to oversee state use of federal economic recovery funds. Give the committee subpoena power. Require daily Web site updates by the administration of budget withholdings. The governor vetoed a similar bill, HB 544, in 2009.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 758
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Extend the maximum maturation period for bonds issued by the St. Louis area Bi-State Development Agency from 30 years to 40 years.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SS SB 786
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: H Health Care Policy
    Description: Require health insurance provide coverage for oral cancer medication "no less favorable" than intravenous or injected medications.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SCS SB 787
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: H Crime Prevention
    Description: Change procedures for appealing a decision for coverage of the Crime Victims' Compensation Fund. The House speaker delayed assigning the bill to committee until the last day of the session when it constitutionally was too late to take any further action on the measure.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 801
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: H Financial Institutions
    Description: Require a consumer credit service to block access to information resulting from an alleged identity theft.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SCS SB 834
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Let a stock insurance company dissolve upon approval with the Insurance Department director.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 835
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: S Education
    Description: Allow some charter schools to use alternative approaches, including off-site teaching, work experience and preformance-based credits for at-risk students if approved by the Education Department.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 837
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: S Transportation
    Description: Several changes in the laws involving false auto license plates and licenses. Include nondriver identification cards in the law making it a crime to display or possess a false ID.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 838
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: S Education
    Description: Several changes involving charter schools. Expand the areas where they can operate. Several other provisions.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 900
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: H 3rd Read
    Description: Various changes in the life insurance guarantee law that provides coverage for life insurance policies written by firms that go broke. Expand what is not covered.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 907
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: S Education
    Description: Provide a college scholarship program for students who graduate from high school early. The scholarship would cover both public and private higher education institutions.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HCS SCS SB 942
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Let a city annex unused land of a research park. Aimed at the MU research park in St. Charles County.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 976
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: H Budget
    Description: Establish a fund to hold "Race to the Top Fund" federal funds.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 977
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: S Judiciary
    Description: Prohibit providing electronic access to protective order court cases until and unless a full order of protection has been granted by the court.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 978
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: S Financial
    Description: Establish provisions for recognizing and enforcing various types of financial contracts involving insurance insolvency.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SCS SB 979
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: H Health Insurance
    Description: Regulate long-term care insurance rates. Require approval by the Insurance Department.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 1026
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: H Rules
    Description: Deny unemployment benefits for any week a claimant has an overpayment penalty.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 1027
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: S Transportation
    Description: Expand the requirement for the Transportation Department to file a copy of a highway corridor plan.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 1028
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: S Jobs
    Description: Lower the penalty for a delinquent property tax from 18% to 9% if the delinquency occured between 2011 and 2013.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 1029
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: S Transportation
    Description: Require the Public Safety to conduct a study on the safety of rural lettered roads.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 1030
    Sponsor: Rupp, Scott
    Status: S Financial
    Description: Regulate and license persons who provide applied behavior analysis services.
    See: 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.