Major bills that have passed the 2012 legislative session

Major bills clearing the legislature include:

- HB 1042: Establish a system for transferring credit among the state's public universities. Require the Higher Education Department to establish a list of at least 25 courses.

- HB 1219 (Vetoed by the governor): Restrict discrimination lawsuits by an employee against an employer. Impose limits on awards. Require proof that discrimination was a motivating factor.

- HB 1323: Give the Health Department the power to investigate and shut down an unlicensed childcare provider if there are pending criminal charges against the provider.

- HB 1498: Allow earlier Sunday morning opening times for the sale of liquor by the drink at St. Louis Lambert International Airport.

- HB 1504: Authorize a sales tax for the Gateway Arch in the St. Louis area, upon local voter approval.

- HB 1540: Release from Workers' Compensation coverage liability a co-employee performing non-delegable duty of an employer in some circumstances.

- HB 1549: Expand the no-call telemarketing law to include cell phones and faxes.

- HB 1577: Impose additional requirements on local public schools on dealing with foster children. Require timely enrollment and participation in extracurricular activities.

- HB 1731: Transfer gambling boat fees to veterans homes and ban the state from operating any program that evaluates early childhood education programs.

- SB 566: Establish a statewide requirement that cats and dogs be vaccinated against rabies.

- SB 572 (GOVERNOR VETOED): Expand Workers' Compensation to cover occupational disease, thus restricting lawsuits for occupational disease awards.

- SB 576: Expand who can sponsor charter schools that get public funds and compete with regular public schools. Let a charter school operate in any district that is unaccredited or provisionally accredited. Expand reporting and accountability requirements for charter schools. Let the state auditor audit charter schools.

- SB 749: Prohibit requiring a employer or health plan provider from having to cover abortion, contraception or sterilization if it violates religious beliefs.