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2013 Bill(s)

* SCS SB 7
Sponsor: Pearce, David
Status: H Education
Description: Eliminate the two year delay before a school district losing accreditation is taken over by a state board. Give the state Education Board more power to decide what actions to take, including conditions for continuing the local board's control. Prompted by the loss of accreditation for the Kansas City School District.
See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 8
    Sponsor: Pearce, David
    Status: S Education
    Description: A few technical corrections in various laws on higher education.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * CCS SB 9
    Sponsor: Pearce, David
    Status: VETO OVERRIDDEN
    Description: Allow creation of districts for University of Missouri Extension that could levy property taxes, upon voter approval. The final CCS amends a law banning foreign ownership of farm land to allow up to 1 precent ownership by a non-US interest. The amended HCS contains a number of unrelated issues including various regulations over agriculture.
    See: 
  • House roll call - CCS SB 9 (09/11/2013): Approval a motion to override the governor's veto of a bill that would allow a foreigner to hold up to one percent interest in a company owning farm land in Missouri.
  • Senate roll call - CCS SB 9 (09/11/2013): Approval a motion to override the governor's veto of a bill that would allow a foreigner to hold up to one percent interest in a company owning farm land in Missouri.
  • Senate roll call - SCS SB 9 (02/18/2013): 3rd reading of a bill to allow creation of districts that could seek voter approval for tax increases for University of Missouri Extension programs.
  • Get the veto letter
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 160
    Sponsor: Pearce, David
    Status: S Seniors & Families
    Description: Require health insurance to cover eating disorders.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * CCS SB 161
    Sponsor: Pearce, David
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Require the legislature's Oversight Division to conduct a study on the financial impact of mandating health insurance to cover eating disorders.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SCS SB 254
    Sponsor: Pearce, David
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Raise the maximum interest that can be charged for open-ended credit, like credit cards. Raise it from 5 percent to 10 percent.
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  • Senate roll call - SCS SB 254 (04/04/2013): 3rd reading of a bill that would raise the maximum interest that can be charged for some open-ended credit loans.
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 293
    Sponsor: Pearce, David
    Status: S Education
    Description: Repeal the August 2017 expiration date for a law that lets some public higher education institutions transfer property without legislative authority.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 315
    Sponsor: Pearce, David
    Status: S Perf
    Description: Repeal the 2015 expiration of a requirement that a part of property taxes collected by some county be deposited in a fund for property assessments.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SCS SB 378
    Sponsor: Pearce, David
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Various changes in higher education scholarship programs. Impose higher achievement requirements.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SS SB 437
    Sponsor: Pearce, David
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Establish a forumla for allocating state funds to public higher education institutions.
    See: 
  • Senate roll call - SS SB 437 (05/09/2013): 3rd reading of a bill to establish a performance-based formula for allocating money to public universities.
  • 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.