Here's how some of the major bills fared in the Missouri Legislature:
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
UNEMPLOYMENT • Temporarily extends federally funded unemployment benefits to 99 weeks from 79 weeks. Reduces future benefits paid by state's employers to 20 weeks from 26. (HB163)
DOG BREEDING • Repeals most of Proposition B and sets new standards for veterinary care, housing and outdoor exercise at dog-breeding facilities. (SB113, SB161)
PIG ODOR • Restricts lawsuits stemming from odors and other environmental nuisances against large industrial hog operations. (SB187)
FRANCHISE TAX • Phases out tax on business assets over five years. (SB19)
PASSED
ABORTION • Bans abortion after 20 weeks of gestation except in medical emergency or when fetus is not viable. (HB213, SB65)
CONCEALED GUNS • Lowers minimum age to obtain a concealed-gun permit to 21 from 23. (HB294)
WATER PERMIT FEES • Renews water permit fees until Dec. 31, 2012, and makes other changes in environmental regulations. (HB89)
PROVIDER TAXES • Extends various medical provider taxes that help draw federal matching funds for Medicaid program. (SB62)
FOSTER CARE • Sets up fund to recruit and retain foster parents. (HB431)
STIMULUS • Reappropriates about $450 million for projects approved in 2009 and 2010 and paid for with federal stimulus funds. (HB18)
DRUG TESTS • Requires welfare recipients suspected of using illegal drugs to undergo drug testing. (HB73)
VOTER ID • Places a constitutional amendment on the November 2012 ballot that would require photo IDs to vote. Also establishes early voting. (SJR2, SB3)
SYNTHETIC DRUGS • Bans "bath salts" and expands ban on K2, synthetic marijuana. (HB641)
MISSOURI RX • Renews prescription drug subsidy program for elderly and disabled, which expires this summer. (HB412)
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY • Moves state's presidential primary from February to March. (SB282)
SMALL BUSINESS • Gives small businesses a $10,000 tax deduction for every new job they create from 2011 through 2014 if the job pays at least the county's average wage. (HB45)
HUMAN TRAFFICKING • Increases punishment for human trafficking crimes. (HB214)
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE • Revises law on orders of protection and extends address confidentiality program for stalking victims. (SB320)
SEXUAL ABUSE • Requires school districts to inform other districts if a teacher is fired or forced to resign for sexually abusing a student. (SB54)
PRAYER • Proposes a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to pray on public property. (HJR2)
LICENSE PLATES • Authorizes a "Don't Tread on Me" specialty license plate. (HB307)
DID NOT PASS
TAX CREDITS • Authorizes $360 million in tax credits to entice international cargo shippers to use Lambert-St. Louis International Airport and revamps and reduces other tax credits. (HB116, SB100)
LOCAL CONTROL • Transfers control of St. Louis Police Department from state to city of St. Louis. (HB71, SB61)
TAX AMNESTY • Waives interest and penalties on delinquent state taxes for those who pay up between Aug. 1 and Oct. 31, 2011. (HB116)
TEACHERS • Abolishes tenure and institutes merit pay for public school teachers. (HB628)
COLD MEDICINES • Requires a prescription to purchase some cold and allergy medications with pseudoephedrine, an ingredient used in making meth. (HB658)
EDUCATION FORMULA • Rewrites formula that distributes aid to public elementary and secondary schools. (HB446, SB247)
HEALTH EXCHANGES • Establishes a board to help uninsured people and businesses buy health insurance as outlined under federal law. (HB609)
JUDGES • Changes nominating process for appellate and urban trial court judgeships selected under the Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan. (SJR17)
SENTENCING COMMISSION • Abolishes Missouri Sentencing Advisory Commission. (HB257)
BRIDGE NAME • Names the new Mississippi River bridge in St. Louis the Jerry F. Costello-William Lacy "Bill" Clay Sr. Veterans Memorial Bridge. (HB459)
'RIGHT TO WORK' • Outlaws employment contracts that make union dues or fees a condition of employment. (SB1)
PAYDAY LOANS • Caps interest on payday loans and allows loans to be renewed three times. (HB656)
SIZE OF HOUSE • Lowers the number of House members to 103 from 163. (SJR10)
HABILITATION CENTERS • Requires state to develop plan to transition disabled people living in six state-run facilities to community-based settings. (HB411)
'FAIR TAX' • Replaces state income tax with higher sales tax on broadened base. (HJR8)
DRIVERS LICENSES • Requires that drivers license tests be administered only in English or American Sign Language. (HB167)
CHARTER SCHOOLS • Broadens areas where charter schools can be located and who can sponsor them. (HB473)
MINIMUM WAGE • Eliminates annual cost-of-living adjustment approved by voters and caps state's minimum wage at federal level. (HB61)
PROPERTY TAX • Eliminates a tax break, part of the "circuit breaker," for elderly and disabled people who rent their homes. (HB116)
NUCLEAR PLANT • Lets Ameren Missouri recoup $45 million from ratepayers to pay for early site permit for a second nuclear reactor in Callaway County. (HB124, SB48)
TURNER FIX • Lets school districts limit the number of students they accept from unaccredited schools based on availability of teachers and classroom space. (HB763)
SHARIA LAW • Prohibits state courts from using international law or Sharia law. (HB708, HJR31)
SCHOOL SERVICES • Lets school districts jointly purchase supplies and share resources to reduce costs. (SB243)
CHILD CARE • Bars child care providers from operating while facing certain criminal charges. (HB562)
VETERANS • Proposes a constitutional amendment to require the state Lottery to establish a lottery ticket to support veterans homes. (HJR29)
ETHICS • Fixes unconstitutional ethics law that barred some banks from contributing to political action committees. (HB108)
A-PLUS SCHOOLS • Expands free community college tuition to all high school students who meet income guidelines.(HB232)
WORKERS' COMP • Restricts an employee's liability when a co-worker is injured. (SB8)
RENEWABLE ENERGY • Revises renewable energy standards enacted by Proposition C in 2008. (HB613)
VETOED
DISCRIMINATION SUITS • Makes it harder to prove discrimination cases against former employers. (SB188)
ENACTED OVER VETO
REDISTRICTING • Redraws boundaries for Missouri's congressional districts and reduces districts to eight from nine in accord with latest census. (HB193)
