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2014 Bill(s)

CCS SB 492
Sponsor: Pearce, David
Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
Description: Require university budget recommendations by the Higher Education Department be based on a performance formula.
See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * CCS SB 493
    Sponsor: Pearce, David
    Status: GOVERNOR VETOED
    Description: Restrict the right of students in unaccredited schools to transfer to other school districts. Require the state Education Board to determine accreditation for separate buildings in a district that is unaccredited. The SCS also requires the schools to pay some of the tuition costs for students to attend private schools in some cases. The HCS requires district voter approval before districting funding for transfers to private schools. The House did not take up the Senate-approved override motion.
    See: 
  • Senate roll call - SCS SB 493 (02/27/2014): 3rd reading of a bill to restrict students from being able to transfer out of unaccredited schools.
  • House roll call - HCS SCS SB 493 (04/30/2014): 3rd reading of a bill to impose restrictions on students transferring out of unaccredited schools, but provide private-school funding options.
  • Senate roll call - CCS SB 493 (05/14/2014): 3rd reading of the final conference report restricting transfer rights of students in unaccredited districts, but opening up an option for private school funding.
  • House roll call - CCS SB 493 (05/15/2014): 3rd reading and final passage of the bill restricting transfer rights of students in unaccredited districts, but opening up an option for private school funding.
  • Get the veto letter
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 494
    Sponsor: Pearce, David
    Status: S Perf
    Description: Require the legislature's Joint Committee on Education conduct a study of the state's college student scholarship programs. Require a report by November 2014.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 699
    Sponsor: Pearce, David
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Let the Higher Education Department enter into interstate agreements for offering higher education distance education that would allow non-Missouri institutions offer online courses for fees and give the department power to provide consumer protections for students.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 768
    Sponsor: Pearce, David
    Status: S Ways & Means
    Description: Add Saline County to the list of counties where a library district can impose a sales tax upon voter approval.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SCS SB 769
    Sponsor: Pearce, David
    Status: S Perf
    Description: Require health insurance cover eating disorders.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SCS SB 815
    Sponsor: Pearce, David
    Status: S Perf
    Description: Ban the Education Department from mandating curriculum, textbooks or instructional materials on schools. Require the Education Department establish a rule reqluiring collection of school data inlcuding individual student data, but restrict who has access to it.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 840
    Sponsor: Pearce, David
    Status: S Transportation
    Description: Extend the ban on text messaging while driving to cover adults and cover voice communication, but hands-free use.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 885
    Sponsor: Pearce, David
    Status: S Financial
    Description: Various changes in licensing of audiologists and speech-language pathologists. Allow restricting or limiting a license for an indefinite period.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 938
    Sponsor: Pearce, David
    Status: S Education
    Description: Remove the August 2017 expiration of a law authorizing some public universities to transfer real estate without legislative approval.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 983
    Sponsor: Pearce, David
    Status: S Jobs
    Description: Provide a tax break for hiring as an intern a college student majoring in science, technology, math or engineering education.
    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.