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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 565
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE CHANGE
Notice is hereby given by the Senator from the 1st
District of the one day notice required by rule of intent
to put a motion to adopt the following rule change:
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the One Hundred Third
General Assembly, Second Regular Session, that Senate Rules 28
and 47 be amended to read as follows:
"Rule 28. The duties of the standing committees of the
senate are as follows:
1. The Committee on Administration shall superintend
and have sole and complete control of all financial
obligations and business affairs of the senate, the
assignment of offices and seats, and the supervision of
certain designated employees. The committee shall be
authorized to employ an administrator, who shall be provided
with office space as designated by the committee. The
administrator or the secretary of the senate may be
authorized to act for the committee, but only in the manner
and to the extent as may have previously been authorized by
the committee with such authorization entered in the minutes
of the committee. No voucher calling for payment from the
contingent fund of the senate shall be drawn, nor shall any
valid obligation exist against the contingent fund until the
same shall have been approved by the committee or its
administrator and be recorded in the minutes thereof. All
vouchers must be signed by the chairman of the committee or
the administrator, if so authorized. The committee or its
administrator shall provide for the receiving and receipt of
all supplies, equipment and furnishings purchased for the
account of the senate, and the distribution thereof. The
administrator shall keep a detailed running account of all
transactions and shall open his records for inspection to
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any senator who so requests. All employees other than
elected officials of the senate and employees of the
individual senators, shall be selected by the committee, who
shall control their tenure, set their compensation, assign
their duties and exercise complete supervision over them.
When necessary, the committee shall assign office space and
seats in the senate chamber.
2. The Committee on Agriculture, Food Production and
Outdoor Resources shall consider and report upon bills and
matters referred to it relating to animals, animal disease,
pest control, agriculture, food production, the state park
system, conservation of the state's natural resources, soil
and water, wildlife and game refuges.
3. The Committee on Appropriations shall consider and
report upon all bills and matters referred to it pertaining
to general appropriations and disbursement of public money.
4. The Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection,
Energy and the Environment shall consider and report upon
bills and matters referred to it relating to the development
of state commerce, the commercial sector, consumer
protection, telecommunications and cable issues, the
development and conservation of energy resources and the
disposal of solid, hazardous and nuclear wastes and other
matters relating to environmental preservation.
5. The Committee on Economic and Workforce Development
shall consider and report upon bills and matters referred to
it relating to the promotion of economic development,
workforce development, creation and retention of jobs,
tourism and the promotion of tourism as a state industry,
and community and business development. The Committee shall
also consider and report upon bills and matters referred to
it relating to revenue and public debt of the state, and
interest thereon, the assessment of real and personal
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property, and the classification of property for taxation
purposes.
6. The Committee on Education shall consider and
report upon bills and matters referred to it relating to
education in the state, including the public schools,
libraries, programs and institutions of higher learning .
7. The Committee on Emerging Issues and Professional
Registration shall consider and report upon bills and
matters referred to it relating to recent trends and
emerging issues. The committee shall also consider and
report upon bills and matters referred to it relating to the
licensing of professionals in this state.
8. The Committee on Families, Seniors, and Health
shall consider and report upon bills and matters referred to
it relating to health, MO HealthNet, alternative health care
delivery system proposals, public health, disease control,
hospital operations, mental health, developmental
disabilities, and substance abuse and addiction. The
Committee shall also consider and report upon bills and
matters referred to it concerning the preservation of the
quality of life for senior citizens, nursing home and
boarding home operations, alternative care programs for the
elderly, and family and children's issues. It shall also
consider and report upon bills and matters referred to it
concerning income maintenance, social services, and child
support enforcement.
9. The Committee on Fiscal Oversight shall review,
study, and investigate all bills and matters referred to it
relating to the fiscal affairs of the state, local
governments, political subdivisions, or any state agency or
department as well as any policy impacting the operation and
effectiveness of any state agency or department or program
thereof. The Committee on Fiscal Oversight shall also
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consider and report upon all bills, except regular
appropriation bills, that require new appropriations or
expenditures of appropriated funds in excess of $250,000, or
that reduce such funds by that amount during any of the
first three years that public funds will be used to fully
implement the provisions of the Act, or that result in an
increase in revenue to the state in excess of $250,000
during any of the first three years in which the provisions
of the Act will be fully implemented, or that would fiscally
impact local governments and political subdivisions in
excess of $1,000,000, in the aggregate. Any such senate
bill, after having been approved by the regular standing
committee to which it has been assigned and after the same
has been perfected and ordered printed by the senate, shall
thereafter be referred to the Committee on Fiscal Oversight
for its consideration prior to its submission to the senate
for final passage thereof by the senate. Any such house
bill after having been reported by the regular standing
committee to which it was assigned shall be referred to the
Committee on Fiscal Oversight for its consideration prior to
it being considered by the senate for third reading and
final passage. Any such senate bill, having been third read
by the senate and returned from the house with house
amendments, shall thereafter be referred to the Committee on
Fiscal Oversight for its consideration prior to its
submission to the senate for final passage thereof by the
senate. Any such conference committee substitute shall
thereafter be referred to the Committee on Fiscal Oversight
for its consideration prior to its submission to the senate
for final passage thereof by the senate. Any senate or
house bill amended so as to increase expenditures or reduce
revenue in excess of $250,000 during any of the first three
years that public funds will be used to fully implement its
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provisions, or amended so as to increase revenue to the
state in excess of $250,000 during any of the first three
years in which its provisions will be fully implemented,
shall upon timely motion be referred or re-referred to the
Committee on Fiscal Oversight. The author or first named
sponsor of a bill referred to the Committee on Fiscal
Oversight shall be entitled to a hearing on his or her bill
but such committee hearing shall be limited to the reception
of testimony presented by the author or first-named sponsor
in person and none other. Any senate or house bill that
would increase expenditures in excess of one million dollars
during any fiscal year up to and including full
implementation of its provisions shall require an
affirmative vote of two-thirds or more of the committee
members to be reported do pass by the committee. The
Committee on Fiscal Oversight may recommend the passage of a
bill subject to the adoption of an amendment specifying a
certain effective date proposed by the committee, and if
such an amendment is not adopted, the bill shall again be
referred to the Committee on Fiscal Oversight.
10. The Committee on General Laws shall consider and
report upon bills and matters referred to it relating to
general topics. The committee shall also consider and
report upon bills and matters relating to labor management,
fair employment standards, and employment security within
the state.
11. The Committee on Government Efficiency shall
review, study, and investigate all matters referred to it
relating to the application, administration, execution, and
effectiveness of all state laws and programs, the
organization, operation, consolidation, or abolition of
state agencies and other entities having responsibility for
the administration and execution of state laws and programs,
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and any conditions or circumstances that may indicate the
necessity or desirability of enacting new or additional
legislation to improve the efficiency of any state law or
program.
12. The Committee on Gubernatorial Appointments shall
consider and report upon gubernatorial appointments referred
to it.
13. The Committee on Insurance and Banking shall
consider and report upon bills and matters referred to it
relating to the ownership and operation of insurance and
banking; and life, accident, indemnity, workers'
compensation, and other forms of insurance. The committee
shall also take into consideration and report on bills and
matters referred to it relating to banks and banking,
savings and loan associations, and other financial
institutions in the state.
14. The Committee on the Judiciary and Civil and
Criminal Jurisprudence shall consider and report upon bills
and matters relating to the judicial department of the state
including the practice of the courts of this state, civil
procedure and criminal laws, criminal costs and all related
matters. The Committee shall also consider and report upon
bills and matters referred to it relating to probation or
parole of persons sentenced under the criminal laws of the
state.
15. The Committee on Local Government, Elections, and
Pensions shall consider and report upon bills and matters
referred to it relating to the county government, township
organizations, and political subdivisions. The committee
shall consider and report upon bills and matters referred to
it relating to election law. The committee shall also
consider and report upon bills and matters referred to it
concerning retirement and pensions and pension plans.
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16. The Committee on Progress and Development shall
consider and report upon bills and matters referred to it
concerning the changing or maintenance of issues relating to
human welfare.
17. The Committee on Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions
and Ethics shall consider and report on rules for the
government of the senate and joint rules when requested by
the senate, shall consider, examine and report upon bills
and matters referred to it relating to ethics and the
conduct of public officials and employees, shall recommend
to the Senate the rules by which investigations and
disciplinary proceedings will be conducted, and shall
examine and report upon all resolutions and other matters
which may be appropriately referred to it. The committee
shall see that bills and amendments are properly perfected
and printed. The committee shall examine all Truly Agreed
To and Finally Passed bills carefully, and report that the
printed copies furnished the senators are correct. Upon the
written request of the sponsor or floor handler of a bill,
the committee may recommend that any such bill on the
calendars for perfection or house bills on third reading be
called up or considered out of order in which the bill
appears on that calendar. A recommendation to consider
bills out of order shall require approval by a majority of
the committee with the concurrence of two-thirds of the
senate members. No floor debate shall be allowed on the
motion to adopt the committee report. The Committee shall
examine bills placed on the Consent Calendar and may, by
majority vote, remove any bill from the consent calendar
within the time period prescribed by Rule 45, that it
determines is too controversial to be treated as a consent
bill.
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18. The Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure
and Public Safety shall consider and report upon bills and
matters referred to it concerning roads, highways, bridges,
airports and aviation, railroads, port authorities, and
other means of transportation and matters relating to motor
vehicles, motor vehicle registration and drivers' licenses
and matters relating to the safety of the general public.
19. The Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
shall consider and report upon bills and matters concerning
veterans and military affairs.
Rule 47. Each bill or joint resolution shall, before
being finally acted upon by any committee, be submitted to
the committee on legislative research for preparation of a
fiscal note examining the cost of the proposed legislation
to the state for the first two years that public funds will
be used to fully implement the provisions of the Act,
whether or not the proposed legislation will establish a
program or agency that will duplicate an existing program or
agency, whether or not there is a federal mandate for the
program or agency, whether or not the proposed program or
agency will have significant direct fiscal impact upon any
political subdivision of the state, or whether or not any
new physical facilities will be required.
The fiscal note for a bill shall accompany the bill
throughout its course of passage, and [may from time to
time] shall be revised to reflect changes made in the bill
prior to being voted do pass by any senate committee, third
read by the senate, third read and finally passed by the
senate, or its presentation to the governor for his
approval.".