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2013 Bill(s)

* SS SB 125
Sponsor: Nasheed, Jamilah
Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
Description: Allow removal of an tenured teacher in the St. Louis City School District on the basis of incompetency. HA 2 gives the Education Department more authority to determine the governing structure for a school district that has become unaccredited and imposes additional requirements.
See: 
  • House roll call - HCS SS SB 125 (05/08/2013): Adoption of the HCS to expand a bill to require evaluations of St. Louis City school teachers cover all public schools in the state.
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 131
    Sponsor: Nasheed, Jamilah
    Status: S Veterans & Health
    Description: Expand Medicaid health care coverage to persons at 133 percent or lower of the federal poverity level.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • * SB 155
    Sponsor: Nasheed, Jamilah
    Status: S Agriculture
    Description: Require notification on the package of genetically modified meath or fish.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    * SB 173
    Sponsor: Nasheed, Jamilah
    Status: S Education
    Description: Return control of the St. Louis School District to the locally elected board one year after gaining provisional accreditation.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    * SB 249
    Sponsor: Nasheed, Jamilah
    Status: S Education
    Description: Lower the mandatory school starting age from seven to five years of age in St. Louis city or Kansas City.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 310
    Sponsor: Nasheed, Jamilah
    Status: S Judiciary
    Description: Allow a court to expunge some criminal records after five years.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    * SB 311
    Sponsor: Nasheed, Jamilah
    Status: S Education
    Description: Allow parents to petition to convert to a charter school a school in the bottom 20 percent of the state's school improvement program. Other provisions for parental rights to force changes in an under-performing school districts. The House speaker has sponsored a similar bill, HB 603.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 347
    Sponsor: Nasheed, Jamilah
    Status: S Progress
    Description: Lower the penalty for criminal nonsupport to an infraction. Under current law it is a misdemeanor unless the amount owed exceeds 12 months in which case it is a felony.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 387
    Sponsor: Nasheed, Jamilah
    Status: S Jobs
    Description: Extend the sunset for tax credits to film producers and lower the maximum amount of credits that can be issued in a year from $4 million to $3.5 million.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 423
    Sponsor: Nasheed, Jamilah
    Status: S Perf
    Description: Merge enforcement of parking and enforcement of parking meters into a single division in St. Louis City.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • SB 424
    Sponsor: Nasheed, Jamilah
    Status: S Judiciary
    Description: Require a jail employee to report to the sheriff immediately, in writing, when the worker has cause to believe an offender has been abused.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 425
    Sponsor: Nasheed, Jamilah
    Status: S Judiciary
    Description: Establish rights for an owner-occupant in a foreclosure. Establish a right for an owner-occupant to seek dispute resolution when facing foreclosure action.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 426
    Sponsor: Nasheed, Jamilah
    Status: S Education
    Description: Establish a pilot math and science tutoring program for students in St. Louis City, subject to appropriations.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 482
    Sponsor: Nasheed, Jamilah
    Status: S Judiciary
    Description: Establish in the St. Louis City circuit court a separate criminal case docket for armed robbery and various firearms felonies.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SB 483
    Sponsor: Nasheed, Jamilah
    Status: S Education
    Description: Establish various alternatives for education. Expand charter schools. Allow school credit for demonstrated competency.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SJR 10
    Sponsor: Nasheed, Jamilah
    Status: S Rules
    Description: Extend legislative terms limits from eight to 16 years in any one chamber, but retain the 16-year limit for total service in the General Assembly. Currently, a person is limited to eight years in each chamber.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • 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.