Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 2/15/00

SB 0531 - Wiggins - Authorizes state tax credit for contributions to authorized scholarship charities
02/15/00 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SBs 599 & 531

SB 0541 - Mathewson - Allows school bus exhaust tailpipes to extend two inches beyond of the perimeter of the body or bumper
02/15/00 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent

SB 0545 - Staples - Allows Native Americans to acquire specialized license plates
02/15/00 -- SCS Voted Do Pass w/SCS SBs 545, 628, 728, 834 & 832
S Transportation Committee

SB 0553 - Singleton - Requires boxing promoters to file proof of health insurance of $100,000 for each boxer they promote
02/15/00 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SBs 807, 553, 574, 614, 747 & 860

SB 0574 - House - Requires health plans to cover all services provided or ordered by registered nurse first assistants
02/15/00 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SBs 807, 553, 574, 614, 747 & 860

SB 0599 - Schneider - Authorizes state income tax deduction for school tuition, attendance fees, supplies and transportation costs
02/15/00 -- SCS Voted Do Pass w/SCS SBs 599 & 531 S Ways & Means
Committee

SB 0610 - Staples - Requires that all persons under 21 years of age wear motorcycle helmets
02/15/00 -- SA 1 S offered & adopted (Singleton)
02/15/00 -- SA 2 S offered & adopted (Singleton)
02/15/00 -- SA 3 S offered (Singleton)

SB 0614 - Singleton - Requires a standardized form to be used by health carriers for explanation of benefits and referrals
02/15/00 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SBs 807, 553, 574, 614, 747 & 860

SB 0616 - Johnson - Revises Local Government Employee Retirement provisions
02/15/00 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0624 - Ehlmann - Changes operational control of the St. Louis International Airport
02/15/00 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0628 - Westfall - Allows license plates relating to a civil war battlefield park
02/15/00 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SBs 545, 628, 728, 834 & 832

SB 0629 - Westfall - Exempts driver's license applicants with religious beliefs from providing their social security numbers
02/15/00 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee

SB 0633 - Childers - Exempts truck-tractors equipped with short freight compartments from certain length restrictions
02/15/00 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent

SB 0637 - Bland - Authorizes a two-year tax free zone in Kansas City
02/15/00 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Local Government &
Economic Development Committee

SB 0647 - Russell - Exempts retired members of the armed services from paying personalized license plate fee
02/15/00 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0651 - Goode - Specifies that article used in trade-in to offset sales tax must have had tax paid or been exempted from tax
02/15/00 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0676 - Bland - Expands scope of documents to be charged a fee
02/15/00 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Local Government &
Economic Development Committee

SB 0703 - Steelman - Expands list of donees for state surplus property
02/15/00 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental
Organizations Committee to Floor-Consent

SB 0721 - Caskey - Establishes statewide telecomunications equipment program for disabled persons
02/15/00 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0724 - Rohrbach - Authorizes a tourism tax for Hickory County
02/15/00 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0725 - Graves - Allows the Department of Transportation to contract with private individuals to mow the rights-of-way
02/15/00 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee

SB 0727 - Goode - Revises sunset on closure of certain municipal utility records
02/15/00 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental
Organizations Committee to Floor-Consent

SB 0728 - Flotron - Allows members of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of North America to apply for a specialized license plate
02/15/00 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SBs 545, 628, 728, 834 & 832

SB 0734 - Stoll - Revises child labor laws regarding youth sporting events
02/15/00 -- S Third Read and Passed (EC adopted) - Consent

SB 0740 - Wiggins - Allows State to withhold moneys due to political subdivisions for audits unreimbursed
02/15/00 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental
Organizations Committee to Floor-Consent

SB 0743 - Klarich - The Dept. of Revenue shall advise taxpayers that they are eligible for the pharmacy tax credit
02/15/00 -- Reported From S Ways & Means Committee to
Floor w/SCA 1 - Consent

SB 0745 - Goode - Increases penalties for violations of utility laws
02/15/00 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0747 - Singleton - Requires certain insurance companies to authorize or deny coverage for surgical procedures within specific time limits
02/15/00 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SBs 807, 553, 574, 614, 747 & 860

SB 0760 - Klarich - Makes the St. Louis County auditor an elected official
02/15/00 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0763 - Howard - Regulates unsolicited telephone sales calls
02/15/00 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee

SB 0787 - Childers - Establishes an ambulance district fund and revises the current funding mechanism for the fire education fund
02/15/00 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0789 - Mathewson - Authorizes a sales tax to fund Jail Districts
02/15/00 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent

SB 0791 - Goode - Revises motor vehicle emissions inspections for certain areas
02/15/00 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0804 - Yeckel - Allows mortgage insurance for up to 100% of the market value of the property
02/15/00 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental
Organizations Committee to Floor-Consent

SB 0807 - Jacob - Allows insurers to carry forward premium tax credits if those credits were not used in the year accrued
02/15/00 -- SCS Voted Do Pass w/SCS SBs 807, 553, 574, 614,
747 & 860 S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0810 - Goode - Extends the hospital federal reimbursement allowance to September 30, 2001
02/15/00 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0816 - Stoll - Raises Maximum Benefit in Public School Retirement System
02/15/00 -- Reported From S Pensions & General Laws Committee to
Floor

SB 0820 - Maxwell - Makes several changes to individual and small employer health insurance laws
02/15/00 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0831 - Childers - Allows any person replacing stolen license plates to receive at no cost up to two license plates per year
02/15/00 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee

SB 0832 - Childers - Allows owners of different classes of motor vehicles to apply for Korean War Veteran license plates
02/15/00 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SBs 545, 628, 728, 834 & 832

SB 0834 - Kenney - Allows members of the nobles of the Mystic Shrine of North America to apply for a specialized license plate
02/15/00 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SBs 545, 628, 728, 834 & 832

SB 0842 - Flotron - Changes how fire districts can contract with cities within St. Louis County
02/15/00 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent

SB 0860 - Jacob - Prohibits health carriers from retracting their health care services unless their coverage is secondary
02/15/00 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Committee
02/15/00 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SBs 807, 553, 574, 614, 747 & 860

SB 0863 - Caskey - Provides uniformed conservation agents and retirees with an additional 33.3% retirement benefit
02/15/00 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0865 - Goode - Creates the "Community Comeback Act" for eradication of blight and neighborhood revitalization in St. Louis County
02/15/00 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0867 - Maxwell - Revises certain provisions of the law relating to Certified Capital Companies
02/15/00 -- SS for SCS S offered (Maxwell)
02/15/00 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Flotron)
02/15/00 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Rohrbach)
02/15/00 -- SA 3 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Sims)
02/15/00 -- SA 4 to SS for SCS S offered (House)
02/15/00 -- SA 1 to SA 4 to SS for SCS S offered (Maxwell)

SB 0868 - Stoll - Revises governance of countywide sewer districts
02/15/00 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
02/15/00 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent

SB 0873 - Flotron - Provides for administrative review of agency rules which affect small business
02/15/00 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Local Government &
Economic Development Committee

SB 0876 - Clay - Names a portion of Interstate Highway 55 located in St. Louis County the "Rosa Parks Highway"
02/15/00 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent

SB 0893 - Quick - Property tax payments must be applied against back taxes first except for payment made by financial institutions
02/15/00 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent

SB 0894 - Quick - Creates a City land Trust and a County Land Trust for the disposition of property
02/15/00 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0902 - Mathewson - Changes certain licensing and enforcement procedures for excursion gambling boats
02/15/00 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0910 - Stoll - Revises local match funding provisions for public community colleges
02/15/00 -- Hearing Conducted S Pension & General Laws Committee

SB 0913 - Ehlmann - Regulates resale of tickets to certain sporting events and concerts
02/15/00 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0924 - Maxwell - Authorizes Kirksville to impose a sales tax for economic development to fund a transportation corporation
02/15/00 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Local Government &
Economic Development Committee

SB 0928 - Stoll - Changes several Provisions of governmental retirement systems
02/15/00 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0945 - Staples - Exempts subdivisions with lots of 5 acres or more in unincorporated areas from subdivision regulations
02/15/00 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0946 - Johnson - Changes required format and fees for items handled by the Recorder of Deeds
02/15/00 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
02/15/00 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent

SB 1018 - Bentley - Relating to the conveyance of property owned by Southwest Missouri State University to the city of Springfield
02/15/00 -- S First Read

SJR 047 - Quick - Tobacco settlement funds are not total state revenues; designates uses
02/15/00 -- SA 3 to SSA 1 for SA 1 to SS for SCS S withdrawn
02/15/00 -- SA 4 to SSA 1 for SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered &
defeated (Childers)
02/15/00 -- SA 5 to SSA 1 for SA 1 to SS/SCS S offered (Jacob)

SJR 053 - Quick - Changes number of members of General Assembly
02/15/00 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions & General Laws Committee

HB 1114 - Franklin - To appropriate money for supplemental purposes for the several departments and offices of state government
02/15/00 -- S First Read