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2015 Bill(s)

* SB 4
Sponsor: Schmitt, Eric
Status: S Ways & Means
Description: Increase the rate of the phase in for income tax cuts and the ultimate cut for both the personal and business income tax in the tax-cut bill passed in 2014. The 2014 bill ultimately cut the highest personal income tax rate to 5.5%. This bill would cut it to 5%. The ultimate cut in business income tax would be cut from 25% to 50% when fully phased in.
See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SCS SB 5
    Sponsor: Schmitt, Eric
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Reduce from 30 percent to 20 percent the amount of a city budget that can be financed from traffic violations for all but towns in St. Louis County. Lower the limit of St. Louis County and towns in the county to 12.5 percent. Transfer the excess to county schools. Limit the total of fines and court costs that can be charged in minor traffic violations to $300.
    See: 
  • House roll call - CCS SB 5 (05/07/2015): 3rd reading and final passage of the conference version of the bill to lower how much of a city's budget can be financed by municipal court fines.
  • Senate roll call - CCS SB 5 (05/06/2015): 3rd reading of the final conference version of the bill to lower how much of a city's budget can be financed by municipal court fines.
  • House roll call - HCS SS SB 5 (04/22/2015): 3rd reading of the House version of a bill to lower the percentage of a city budget that can be financed by municipal court fines.
  • Senate roll call - SS SB 5 (02/12/2015): 3rd reading of a measure to lower the percentage of a city budget that can be financed by traffic fines.
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • HCS SS SB 174
    Sponsor: Schmitt, Eric
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Provide tax deductability for contributions to an account to provide care for a physically or mentally disabled person.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 175
    Sponsor: Schmitt, Eric
    Status: S Jobs, Economic & Local Gov't
    Description: Correct statute on school budget procedures. It removes reference to a statute that does not exist.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 176
    Sponsor: Schmitt, Eric
    Status: S Judiciary
    Description: Expand when a municipal judge can grant parole or probation to persons found guilty, but not actually convicted (which requires imposition of a sentence. A couple of other minor wording changes.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 195
    Sponsor: Schmitt, Eric
    Status: S Jobs, Economic & Local Gov't
    Description: Place all new tax credit programs under the Tax Credit Accountability Act that requires assigning tax credits to various categories and collecting information about them.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 243
    Sponsor: Schmitt, Eric
    Status: S Veterans' Affairs & Health
    Description: Require Medicaid managed care organizations to maintain a minimum medical loss ratio. Impose requirements on reimbursement for out of network providers.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 244
    Sponsor: Schmitt, Eric
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Give a broker power to refuse to disburse from the account of an elderly person or who suffering from some types of disabilities if the broker believes an attempt of financial explitation is happening. Provide a right to notify relatives.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 312
    Sponsor: Schmitt, Eric
    Status: S Jobs, Economic & Local Gov't
    Description: Let beer merchants sell draft beer in containers provided by the customer for consumption off the premises. It's the old way beer once was sold.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 365
    Sponsor: Schmitt, Eric
    Status: H Select Com. on Education
    Description: Impose additional requirements on school districts involving special needs students. Restrict the district from using an attorney or law firm involving an evaluation. Let parents record any conversation involving the student.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 366
    Sponsor: Schmitt, Eric
    Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
    Description: Include Internet access and equipment in higher education costs that can be covered by the higher education savings program.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 401
    Sponsor: Schmitt, Eric
    Status: H Select Com. on Commerce
    Description: Provide tax breaks for redevelopment of unused automobile manufacturing plants in St. Louis County that ceased operations after 2007.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 420
    Sponsor: Schmitt, Eric
    Status: S Perfection
    Description: Allow direct deposit of tax refunds int the Missouri Higher Education Savings Program.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 434
    Sponsor: Schmitt, Eric
    Status: S Small Business
    Description: Include health insurance under a law that restricts paying extraordinary dividends to shareholders.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • * SB 452
    Sponsor: Schmitt, Eric
    Status: S Perfection
    Description: Exempt from the crime of failure to appear for a court office moving traffic violations that are infractions.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 465
    Sponsor: Schmitt, Eric
    Status: S Education
    Description: Require a public college and university post all its courses, requirements, syllabi and reading lists on its website.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 466
    Sponsor: Schmitt, Eric
    Status: S Veterans' Affairs & Health
    Description: Require written consent from a guardian or parent before a health care facility can withhold life-sustaining care. Require disclosure of the policies on life-support by the facility to the patient, parent or legal guardian.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SB 502
    Sponsor: Schmitt, Eric
    Status: S Veterans' Affairs & Health
    Description: Require an "objective test or measure" when determing if a student athlete has suffered a concussion and should be removed from the game.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

    • SJR 8
    Sponsor: Schmitt, Eric
    Status: S Rules
    Description: Shorten by one week the length of the time a legislative session can vote on bills -- moving the last day the legislature can act on bills to the first Friday after the first Monday in May. Currently, the deadline is the first Friday after the second Monday in May.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    * SJR 9
    Sponsor: Schmitt, Eric
    Status: S Ways & Means
    Description: Impose a limit on the growth of the state's budget. Use excess revenues for the operating reserve fund or reductions in income taxes.
    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.