June 2, 2016
2016 Sierra Club Legislative session (5.13.16)
Support
Bill Number | Issue | Sponsor | Summary |
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| HB 1547 | Water and Energy Conservation | McNeil | Requires all government buildings to measure and track energy and water consumption by utilizing the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Portfolio Manager | 3.16.16 - Referred to Energy and the Environment | |
| HB 1548 | Solar | McNeil | Establishes the Solar Garden Project act and authorizes a tax deduction for solar gardens | 4.12.16 - Referred to Energy and the Environment | |
| HB 1581 | Fuel Tax | McNeil | Authorizes a tax increase on diesel fuel by eight cents and on all other motor fuels by seven cents | 5.10.16 - Voted Do Pass from Transportation | |
| HB 1781 | Conservation | Fitzwater | Changes the laws regarding feral hogs | 1.7.16 - Second Read | |
| HB 1971 | Conservation | Black | Increases penalties for poaching turkey, deer and elk | 2.16.16 - Hearing in Agriculture Completed | |
| HB 1980 | Clean Power Plan | McCreery | Allows the Missouri Air Conservation Commission to enact clean air standards that are more strict than Federal requirements | 4.12.16 - Referred to Energy and the Environment | |
| HB 2301 | Solar | Berry | Modifies provisions relating to community solar gardens | 3.8.16 - Voted Do Pass in Energy and the Environment Completed, referred to Select Committe on Utilities | |
| HB 2312 | Energy Efficiency | McNeil | Requires all electric and gas utilities to report annually the percentage of energy efficiency incentives used by low-income customers to the Division of Energy | 2.16.16 - Hearing in Energy and the Environment Completed | |
| HB 2313 | Energy Efficiency | McNeil | Authorizes a sales tax exemption for energy star certifie | 4.12.16 - Referred to Ways and Means | |
| HB 2436 | Energy Effciency | Zerr | Changes the laws regarding the energy efficiency investment act by removing certain restrictions on participants' eligibility | 3.30.16 - Referred to Economic Development and Retention | |
| HB 2519 | Energy | McNeil | Authorizes the Missouri Public Service Commission to adopt rules for the interconnection of combined heat and power systems | 4.12.16 - Referred to Utility Infrastructure | |
| HB 2747 | Elephants | Kirkton | Prohibits the sale, purchase, trade, barter, and distribution of ivory, ivory products, rhinoceros horns, or rhinoceros horn products | 3.30.16 - Referred to Civil and Criminal Proceedings | |
| HB 2760 | State Parks | Pogue | Requires that all state parks be maintained and managed by Missouri business | 5.13.16 - Referred to Conservation | |
| SB 617 | Conservation | Wallingford | Modifies provisions concerning feral hogs | 1.13.16 - Hearing in Agriculture | |
| SB 629 | Net Metering | Holsman | Modifies the definition of "customer-generator" in the Net Metering and Easy Connection Act | 2.9.16 - Hearing in Commerece | |
| SB 630 | Solar | Holsman | Modifies provisions relating to community solar gardens | 1.7.16 - Second Read and Referred to Commerece | |
| SB 631 | Solar | Holsman | Solar Bill of Rights | 1.26.16 - Hearing in Commerce | |
| SB 824 | Renewable Energy | Schatz | Creates the Energy Efficiency Competitive Resource Aquisition Act | 1.12.16 - Second Read and Referred to Commerece | |
| HCR 68 | Radioactive Materials | English | Requests American Water Company to test the drinking water at the North County Water Treatment Facility quarterly for the presence of dangerous contaminants | 2.9.16 - Withdrawn | |
| HCR 71 | Radioactive Materials | English | Requests the United States Congress to transfer authority for the remediation of the West Lake Landfill radioactive waste from the EPA to the Corps of Engineers Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program | 5.13.16 - Referred to Emerging Issues | |
| HCR 75 | Radioactive Materials | Smith | Strongly urges the United States Army to explain chemical testing that occurred in St. Louis in the 1950s and 1960s and requests the federal government to conduct a study on the health effects | 5.13.16 - Referred to Government Oversight | |
| HCR 109 | Solid Waste | English | Urges the Bridgeton Landfill to cease dumping leachate, or contaminated rainwater, into the Missouri River | 5.13.16 - Referred to Emerging Issues | |
| SCR 64 | Flood Plain Development | Nasheed | Urges Maryland Heights City Council to not provide tax incentives for certain developments | 2.9.16 - Referred to Rules |
Oppose
Bill Number | Issue | Sponsor | Summary | Status |
HB 1374 | MDC | Miller | Specifies that the Department of Conservation is liable for any damages caused by a wild otter, elk, or bear | 5.13.16 - Referred to Conservation |
| HB 1375 | Water | Miller | Specifies that the Department of Natural Resources shall conduct an evaluation as part of an implementation of any changes to the water quality standards | 4.4.16 - Hearing completed in Conservation and Natural Resources |
| HB 1411 | CAFO / MDC | Houghton | Allows for the slaughter and processing of captive cervids for human consumption at facilities inspected by the USDA or Department of Agriculture | 5.13.16 - Referred to Conservation |
| HB 1412 | MDC | Houghton | Specifies that the Department of Agriculture has the authority to regulate agricultural deer | 5.13.16 - Referred to Conservation |
| HB 1413 | Transportation | Houghton | Repeals the expiration date for provisions relating to the Missouri Qualified Fuel Ethanol Producer Incentive Fund | 4.27.16 - Voted Do Pass in Agriculture Policy, Voted Do Pass in Select Committee on Agriculture, Reported Do Pass from Fiscal Review, Passed in House, Voted Do Pass from Senate Agriculture |
| HB 1414 | Agriculture | Houghton | Exempts agricultural data collected by state agencies from disclosure under Missouri's sunshine law | 5.10.16 - Passed by House, SCS passed in Senate, reported Do Pass in House Fiscal Review, truly agreed and finally passed |
| HB 1415 | MDC | Houghton | Specifies that captive deer used to produce deer urine for commercial sale are included in the definition of captive wildlife for sales tax exemption purposes | 5.13.16 - Referred to Conservation |
| HB 1417 | MDC | Houghton | Removes the term 'captive elk' from the definition of captive wildlife for sales tax exemption purposes | 5.13.16 - Referred to Conservation |
| HB 1470 | Clean Power Plan | Burlison | Creates the "Interstate Power Compact" to protect member states' sovereignty and assurances granted under the Tenth Amendment with regard to the prevention and control of air pollution | 2.2.16 - Voted Do Pass in Energy and the Environment |
| HB 1529 | MDC | Brown | Requires the Department of Conservation to reimburse automobile owners up to $500 for damages inflicted upon their vehicles by wildlife | 5.13.16 - Referred to Conservation |
| HB 1631 | Elections | Alferman | Requires a person to submit a specified form of photo identification in order to vote in a public election with specified exemptions | 5.4.16 - SS#2 for SCS Truly Agreed and Finally passed by both chambers |
| HB 1648 | Biofuel | Jones | Establishes the Missouri Qualified Gaseous Biofuel Producer Incentive Fund | 1.4.16 - Withdrawn |
| HB 1729 | CAFO | Reiboldt | Prohibits political subdivisions from adopting any ordinance or regulation relating to the labeling, cultivation, or other use of fertilizers or soil conditioners | 4.19.16 - Passed in House, Reported to Senate, SCS on Informal Calendar in the Senate |
| HB 1782 | State Parks | Barnes | Requires the Department of Natural Resources to sell certain lands acquired through environmental settlement funds | 2.3.16 - Voted Do Pass in Conservation, Hearing in Select Committee, action postponed |
| HB 1790 | MDC | Rone | Allows all-terrain vehicles to be used by individuals sixty years of age or older on conservation land for the purposes of hunting or fishing | 1.20.16 - Second Read. referred to Conservation |
| HB 1791 | Clean Power Plan | Remole | Specifies that any federal regulation or rule promulgated as a result of an executive order issued by the President of the United States must be declared invalid in Missouri and of no effect | 5.13.16 - Referred to Government Oversight |
| HB 1804 | Energy | Miller | Specifies that the Division of Energy shall review and update, if necessary, the Missouri Comprehensive State Energy Plan | 5.12.16 - Voted Do Pass in Energy, reported Do Pass from Select Committee on Utilities, Perfected, Passed in the House, SCS Reported Do Pass from Commerce and placed on the informal calendar |
| HB 1823 | CAFOs | McGaugh | Exempts certain structures used for agricultural purposes from county health orders, ordinances, rules, or regulations | 2.18.16 - Voted Do Pass in Agriculture Policy, Reported Do Pass in Select Committee on Agriculture |
| HB 1830 | CAFOs | McGaugh | Specifies that any person who disseminates false information relating to a perishable food product implying that the product is not safe for consumption will be liable to the food product producer | 4.27.16 - Voted Do Pass in Agriculture Policy, Reported Do Pass in Select Committee on Agriculture. Passed in House. Voted Do Pass from Senate Agriculture, Food Production, and Outdoor Resources |
| HB 1857 | Good Governance | Mathews | Repeals the earnings tax in the cities of Kansas City and St. Louis | 4.12.16 - Voted Do Pass in Emerging Issues, referred to Select Committee on General Laws, Action postponed |
| HB 1886 | Good Governance | Dogan | Repeals the earnings tax in the cities of Kansas City and St. Louis on December 31, 2019 | 3.2.16 - Public Hearing in Emerging Issues |
| HB 1887 | Good Governance | Dogan | Prohibits the levying of an earnings tax on nonresidents of St. Louis City on January 1, 2018 | 2.24.16 - Referred to Emerging Issues |
| HB 1967 | Clean Power Plan | Berry | Requires electrical corporations to track costs for complying with the Clean Power Plan and itemize such costs on customer bills | 2.17.16 - Second Hearing in Utility Infrastruction, action postponed |
| HB 2047 | Katy Trail | Houghton | Allows certain individuals to use motorized vehicles on the Katy Trail on certain days | 4.11.16 - Reported Do Pass in Conservation, , reported Do Pass from Select Committee on Agriculture |
| HB 2187 | State Parks | Ross | Requires the Department of Natural Resources to sell certain lands acquired through environmental settlement funds | 4.25.16 - Passed by House, Voted Do Pass in Senate Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight, placed on Informal Calendar |
| HB 2231 | Biomass | Houghton | Establishes the Missouri Qualified Fuel Solid Biomass Producer Incentive Fund | 5.13.16 - Referred to Energy and the Environment |
| HB 2368 | CAFOs | McGaugh | Provides a person is not guilty of peace disturbance for creating a loud noise or a noxious or offensive odor if such noise or odor arises from the raising, caring, or maintaining of livestock | 4.7.16 - Voted Do Pass in Agriculture, Voted Do Pass in Select Committee on Agriculture |
| HB 2405 | Water | Ross | Changes the laws regarding water rights | 4.7.16 - Voted Do Pass in Conservation, voted Do Pass to Select Committee on Agriculture |
| HB 2418 | Wind Power | Remole | Modifies provisions relating to eminent domain power of utilities (Anti-Grainbelt Express) | 5.5.16 - Voted Do Pass from Public Hearing in Utility Infrastructure, referred to Select Committee on Utilities, motion to Do Pass failed |
| HB 2498 | State Parks | Pogue | Requires all sales, transfers, or other conveyances of lands owned by the state, and acquisition of lands by the state, to be approved by the General Assembly | 5.13.16 - Referred to Corrections |
| HB 2514 | Clean Power Plan | Bondon | Prohibits the department of natural resources from submitting or implementing a state plan for purposes of compliance with the Clean Power Plan | 3.3.16 - Referred to Energy and the Environment |
| HB 2543 | Clean Power Plan | Bondon | Requires the department of natural resources to immediately suspend all activity related to the Clean Power Plan | 5.5.16 - Passed in Energy and the Environment, refered to Select Committee on Utilities, voted Do Pass |
| HB 2582 | Clean Power Plan | Moon | Prohibits the enforcement of any federal regulation by any state department or agency unless the enforcement is approved by the General Assembly | 5.13.16 - Referred to Emerging Issues |
| HB 2670 | State Parks | Ross | Changes the laws regarding the purchase of state lands | 5.13.16 - Referred tio Conservation |
| HB 2733 | Enforcement | Pogue | Prohibits the collection of water, soil, or commodity samples by governmental entities without the written consent of the landowner | 5.13.16 - Referred to Conservation |
| HB 2735 | ONSR | Pogue | Changes the laws regarding jurisdiction ceded to the United States within the Ozark National Scenic Riverways | 5.13.16 - Referred to Conservation |
| HB 2746 | Hazardous Waste | Frederick, Keith | Allows for the recycling of hazardous secondary zinc materials, which can be used as fertilizer | 4.14.16 - Voted Do Pass from Energy and the Environment |
| SB 682 | State Parks | Cunningham | Modifies provisions relating to land purchases made on behalf of state departments | 5.13.16 - Voted Do Pass in Government Accountability, Passed in the Senate, Voted Do Pass from House Government Efficiency, voted Do Pass in House Select Committee on General Laws, Voted Do Pass in Fiscal Review, on Calendar for Third Reading |
| SB 683 | State Parks | Cunningham | Removes a property tax exemption for real property belonging to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources | 3.3.16 - Voted Do Pass in Ways and Means |
| SB 687 | Clean Power Plan | Romine | Requires electrical corporations to track costs for complying with the Clean Power Plan and itemize such costs on customer bills | 1.11.16 - Second Read, referred to Commerce |
| SB 769 | CAFOs | Munzlinger | Prohibits political subdivisions from enacting ordinances relating to the labeling or use of fertilizers or soil conditioners | 2.17.16 - Voted Do Pass in Agriculture |
| SB 770 | Biofuels | Munzlinger | Creates Economic subsidies for qualified gaseous biofuel producers | 1.5.16 - Withdrawn |
| SB 796 | Clean Power Plan | Romine | The Department of Natural Resources is required to submit an initial state plan for complying with the Clean Power Plan to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by June 30, 2016, in addition to a 2-year extension for submitting the complete state plan | 1.12.16 - Second read, referred to Commerce |
| SB 858 | Clean Power Plan | Romine | Requires the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to submit 2-year extension for submitting a final plan to the Environmental Protection Agency by June 6, 2016 | 5.13.16 - Voted Do Pass in Commerce, on informal calendar for perfection |
| SB 894 | CAFOs | Munzlinger | Prohibits private nuisance actions from being brought when the property owner has a government issued permit | 5.13.16 - On Informal Calendar for Perfection |
| SB 928 | CAFOs | Munzlinger | Modifies privacy protections for certain agricultural entities | 2.17.16 - Voted Do Pass in Agricultre |
| SB 945 | Biofuels | Munzlinger | Creates economic subsidies for qualified gaseous biofuel producers | 3.16.16 - Voted Do Pass in Agriculture |
| SB 1008 | Biofuels | Munzlinger | Creates the Missouri Qualified Solid Biomass Fuel Producer Incentive Fund to provide economic subsidies to solid biomass fuel producers | 3.10.16 - Voted Do Pass in Ways and Means |
| SB 1011 | State Parks | Cunningham | Requires the Director of the Department of Natural Resources to sell at public auction property located in Oregon County by December 31, 2016 | 2.17.16 - Voted Do Pass in Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee |
| SB 1035 | State Parks | Romine | Creates a Commission to use money from sale of Oregon County parkland for restoration projects | 3.2.16 - Voted Do Pass in Governmental Accountability and Fisal Oversight |
| SB 1064 | State Parks | Brown | Requires the Department of Natural Resources to submit a budget analysis to certain committees in the General Assembly | 3.2.16 - Voted Do Pass in Governmental Accountability and Fisal Oversight |
| SB 1107 | Cleanline | Riddle | Prohibits the use of eminent domain for certain electric transmission line projects | 3.3.16 - Referred to Senate Commerce Committee |
| HCR 69 | Clean Power Plan | Miller | Encourages the attorney general to take all necessary legal actions regarding EPA's final Clean Power Plan to prevent unlawful obligations being imposed on states and others | 5.11.16 - Passed in Select Committee on Utlilities, passed in the House, Referred to Senate Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics, hearing held in Senate Rules, Reported Do Pass. Motion to adopt withdrawn |
| SB 1028 | Utilities | Silvey | Modifies provisions related to ratemaking for public utilities | 5.13.16 - Voted Do Pass in Commerce, on informal calendar for perfection |
| HCR 79 | Agriculture | Korman | Opposes legislative or regulatory actions that are not based on sound science that may restrict the use of modern agricultural technologies | 4.13.16 - Voted Do Passin Agriculture, Reported Do Pass in Select Committee on Agriculture, Passed in House, Referred to Senate Rules |
| HCR 101 | Agriculture | Alferman | Urges the California legislature to repeal provisions relating to egg production and sales | 5.13.16 - Referred to Agricultural Policy |
| SCR 62 | Public Lands | Emery | Urges the federal government to return certain lands to western states where such lands are located | 3.29.16 - Hearing in Rules |
| SCR 63 | Agriculture | Curls | Urges the Missouri congressional delegation to support the use of science-based data to assess the impacts and regulation of modern agricultural technologies | 5.13.16 - Voted Do Pass in Rules, on Resolutions Calendar |
| HJR 53 | Voting | Dugger | Proposes a constitutional amendment specifying that a person seeking to vote in a public election may be required by general law to provide a valid government-issued photo identification | 5.12.16 - Voted Do Pass in Elections, Voted Do Pass in Select Committee on State and Local Governments, Passed House 114 - 40, Voted Do Pass in Senate Public Finance, Voted Do Pass in Senate Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight, placed on Informal Calendar, Senate Substitute adopted, voted Do Pass from GAFO, Truly agreed and finally passed |
| HJR 101 | State Parks | Ross | Proposes a constitutional amendment to remove the five-year limitation for the Department of Natural Resources to make payments to counties in lieu of real property taxes for land acquired by the department | 4.4.16 - Voted do pass in Conservation and Natural Resources |
| HJR 102 | State Parks | Ross | Proposes a constitutional amendment to remove the property tax exemption for real property owned by the Department of Natural Resources or Department of Conservation | 5.13.16 - Referred to Conservation |
| HJR 103 | Conservation | Ross | Proposes a constitutional amendment to repeal the Conservation Commission's authority to acquire land | 5.13.16 - Referred to Conservation |
| HJR 105 | Conservation | Moon | Changes the laws regarding the conservation sales tax so that the tax must be renewed by voters every five years | 5.13.16 - Referred to Conservation |
| SJR 19 | MDC | Munzlinger | Modifies the membership composition and terms of service of the commissioners on the Conservation Commission | 5.4.16 - Passed in Senate, Hearing conducted in House Government Oversight and Accountability |
| SJR 20 | Voting | Kraus | Modifies provisions of law as it relates to voter photo identification | 1.25.16 - Voted Do Pass in Financial and Governmental Organizations |
Watch
| HB 1445 | Transmission Lines | Redmon | Changs the laws regarding eminent domain for electric transmission line projects | 5.13.16 - Referred to Energy and the Environment |
| SB 600 | West Lake Landfill | Chapelle-Nadal | Allows homeowners near the Westlake landfill to sell their home to the DNR | 3.1.16 - Voted Do Pass in Commerce |
| SB 665 | Fertilizer | Parson | Repeals the Advisory Council to the Director of the Missouri Agriculture Experiment Station and establishes the Fertilizer Control Board | 5.5.16 - Truely Agreed and Finally Passed in Senate and House |
| SB 849 | Natural Gas | Onder | Modifies provisions relating to ratemaking for gas corporations | 2.9.16 - Hearing scheduled in Commerce |
| SB 880 | State Parks | Brown | Requires the Director of the Department of Natural Resources to give preference to Missouri residents or businesses whose primary place of business is located in Missouri when awarding state park public concessions contracts | 2.3.16 - Hearing scheduled but not heard in Agriculture |
| HB 2423 and HB 2424 | Hybrid Vehicles | Korman | Modifies provisions relating to the alternative fuel decal fee for plug-in electric hybrid vehicles | 4.20.16 - Referred to Transportation, voted Do Pass, Referred to Select Committee on State and Local Governments |
| HB 2265 | Energy Efficiency |
Korman | Specifies that certain improvements of sewer and drinking water installations, repairs, and modifications qualify as energy efficiency improvements under the Property Assessment Clean Energy Act | 4.14.16 -Voted Do Pass in Energy, voted Do Pass from Select Committee on Utilities |
| HJR 90 | Hunting and Fishing | McGaugh | Proposes a constitutional amendment to assert the right of Missourians to hunt and fish | 5.13.16 - Referred to Conservation |
| HB 2495 | Utility Rates | Miller | Modifies provisions related to ratemaking for public utilities | 3.15.16 - Referred to Energy and the Environment - Hearing scheduled not heard |
| HB 2559 | Utilities | Remole | Allows customers of utilities to opt out of installation of certain types of meters | 3.9.16 - Public Hearing Conducted in Utility Infrastructure |
| SB 1094 | Trails | Kehoe | Creates a property tax exemption for trails operated through railroad easements | 5.13.16 - Voted Do Pass in Ways and Means, on informal calendar for perfection |
| HB 2556 | PACE | Dugger | Changes the laws regarding the Property Assessment Clean Energy Act | 2.29.16 - Public Hearing in Banking scheduled, bill not heard |
| SB 1093 | PACE | Romine | Changes the laws regarding the Property Assessment Clean Energy Act | 3.3.16 - Referred to Senate Commerece |