As of 4 p.m. Friday, January 19, 2018, the 10th day of the regular session of the 83rd legislature 333 bills have been introduced to the senate. Of those bills, seven have passed and have been sent on to the House for further consideration.
Senate Bill 73 would modify crime of fleeing from scene of an accident. The bill adds penalties for drivers responsible for accidents and fleeing the scene if the other person involved has potential for a serious bodily injury.
Senate Bill 154 bundles two rules for the Department of Administration relating to parking and state owned vehicles.
Senate Bill 296 would allow state agencies to choose where the money made from the sale of surplus property is deposited when the funds used to purchase the property no longer exist.
Senate Bill 297 would eliminate taxation on annuity considerations collected by a life insurer
Senate Bill 298 adds two new categories of property listings for the Tax Commission’s landbook. The categories are the organization is exempt and the property is exclusively used for a purpose that is exempt under §11-3-9 and the organization is exempt and the property is not exclusively used for a purpose that is exempt under §11-3-9.
Senate Bill 301 removes limitations on the amount collected by county via hotel occupancy tax used for medical or emergency services.
Additional Senate Bills
Senate Bill 37 would eliminate the distinction between daytime and nighttime burglary and equalize the penalty for general burglary 1 to 15 years.
Senate Bill 39 would create the Sexual Assault Victims’ Bill of Rights.
Senate Bill 53 will correct an incorrect code reference.
Senate Bill 62 would allow counties to hire an attendance director with professional administrative certificates and five years of experience.
Senate Bill 71 would define the term “veteran” to also include active members of the Guard and Reserve components of the Armed Forces of the United States.
Senate Bill 75 would allow some video lottery retailers to transfer or sell the retailer’s location where limited video lottery is offered.
Senate Bill 98 would create incentives for consolidation at the municipal, county and metro government level.
Senate Bill 110 would require vendors selling alcoholic beverages to report any life-threatening medical emergencies that happen on their property to emergency medical services and law enforcement, along with the Alcohol Beverage Control Administration within 48 hours of the incident occurring.
Senate Bill 133 would exempt renewal of certain contracts entered into during a declared state of emergency.
Senate Bill 134 would authorize the Division for Homeland Security and Emergency Management to engage individuals for emergency response and recovery.
Senate Bill 146 would correct a technical error in the Solid Waste Management Act.
Senate Bill 263 would eliminate the film tax credit.
Senate Bill 270 would authorize the Director of Natural Resources to implement a management for plan for state parks that would include the harvesting and sale of timber on state park land, provide requirements for the deposit and expenditure of proceeds, and authorize emergency rule making.
Senate Bill 292 would specify that the President and Speaker of the Senate and the House respectively must be members of the Commission on Special Investigations, requires a quorum vote to enter an executive session, allows the Commission to request instead of subpoena records for state, county, and local government entities, allows the Commission to award duty weapons to retiring members, creates the felony to impersonate a Commission member or staff, and removes the requirements that the Joint Committee must approve expense report and that the Joint Committee on Government and Finance approve payment of the Commissions Expenses.
Senate Bill 300 would create a tax credit for businesses that locate on post coal mining sites. Business would be eligible for the tax credit for the first five years after moving to the site.
