Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 1/14/02

SB 0682 - Stoll - Authorizes nuisance abatement in Jefferson County
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Local Government &
Economic Development Committee

SB 0683 - Stoll - Authorizes Festus to impose a hotel-motel sales tax for promotion of tourism
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Local Government &
Economic Development Committee

SB 0684 - Steelman - Modifies the reporting of elder abuse and neglect and the provision of in-home services to the elderly
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental
Health Committee

SB 0685 - Steelman - Revises the Sunshine Law
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organizations Committee

SB 0686 - Steelman - Prohibits sealing of civil court records, with limited exceptions
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary Committee

SB 0687 - Gibbons - Protects a parent from liability for relinquishing custody of a newborn to a hospital
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental
Health Committee

SB 0688 - Gibbons - Limits increases in assessed valuation of real property and modifies reassessment procedures
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0689 - Gibbons - Creates Project Exile
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary Committee

SB 0690 - Gross - Adds the Chief Information Officer to the State Records Commission
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization

SB 0691 - Gross - Exempts the homestead of those aged 65 and older from increases in property tax assessments
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0692 - Gross - School boards to establish the daily observance of one minute of silence in each classroom
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0693 - Dougherty - Increases the foster care reimbursement and adoption subsidy rates over a three-year period
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental
Health Committee

SB 0694 - Dougherty - Does not require the court to make reasonable efforts if a child is abused by a person other than the parent
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental
Health Committee

SB 0695 - Dougherty - Expands the Children's Trust Fund Board from seventeen to twenty-one members
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental
Health Committee

SB 0696 - Cauthorn - Requires performance-based budgeting for state departments
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

SB 0697 - Cauthorn - Creates more funding for textbooks and signing bonuses for rural schools
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0698 - Cauthorn - Allows covenant marriages
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary Committee

SB 0699 - Wiggins - Various modifications to tax laws affecting commercial airlines
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0700 - Wiggins - Revises dram shop liability
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions & General Laws
Committee

SB 0701 - Wiggins - Modifies law to reflect the fact the Federal Aviation Administration issues airmen certificates
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0702 - Caskey - Creates the Older Visually Impaired Missourians Fund
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental
Health Committee

SB 0703 - Caskey - Revises law regarding tinted windows
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0704 - Caskey - Revises numerous theft crimes to reflect new felony limit of $500
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0705 - Russell - Allows departments and divisions to exempt certain employees from union membership
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Labor & Industrial
Relations Committee

SB 0706 - Russell - Allows nonattorneys to represent themselves before certain state agencies
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary Committee

SB 0707 - Russell - Disqualifies individuals for unemployment compensation for failing or refusing to take a drug test
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Labor & Industrial
Relations Committee

SB 0708 - Mathewson - Revises membership of Clean Water Commission
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce & Environment
Committee

SB 0709 - Goode - Revises the Sunshine Law
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Committee

SB 0710 - Goode - Raises gas tax, sales tax, registration fees and shifts highway revenues for transportation purposes
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0711 - Goode - Gives the power of eminent domain to towns and villages
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Local Government &
Economic Development Committee

SB 0712 - Singleton - Creates the Missouri State Emergency Health Powers Act to address state public health emergencies
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Public Health & Welfare
Committee

SB 0713 - Singleton - Clarifies the use of noncompete clauses in contracts between physicians and hospitals
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Labor & Industrial
Relations Committee

SB 0714 - Singleton - Allows the state to temporarily license certain health care practitioners during a state public health emergency
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Public Health & Welfare
Committee

SB 0715 - Rohrbach - Creates the Environmental Regulation Consistency Act
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce & Environment
Committee

SB 0716 - House - Exempts residential property owned by the elderly from certain increases in assessed valuation
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0717 - House - Regulates contracts for services formerly delivered by public bodies
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organizations Committee

SB 0718 - House - Mandates weekly Pledge of Allegiance for school children
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0719 - Westfall - Creates state aid payment for educating pupils with limited English proficiency
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0720 - Westfall - Limits the bond amount for deputies and assistants appointed by collectors and treasurer ex officio collectors
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0721 - Westfall - Drivers must take certain actions when emergency vehicle is approaching and obey signals of sheriff or deputy sheriff
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0722 - Bentley - Allows individuals to obtain a temporary administrator certificate
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0723 - Bentley - Creates a grant and loan program to promote cultural tourism
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation,
Parks & Tourism Committee

SB 0724 - Bentley - Requires certain facilities for children to show proof of accreditation or compliance with safety standards
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental
Health Committee

SB 0725 - Childers - Requires Transportation Commission to issue permits in order to erect structures which might impede airplane safety
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0726 - Childers - September 11th is Emergency Services Day
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organizations Committee

SB 0727 - Yeckel - Revises the law regarding tinted windows
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0728 - Yeckel - Revises laws pertaining to mortgage brokers
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organizations Committee

SB 0729 - Yeckel - Mortgages may be insured at time loan is made if secured by first lien
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organizations Committee

SB 0730 - Bland - Requires insurance companies to cover treatment for overweight and obese persons
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Insurance & Housing
Committee

SB 0731 - Bland - Creates a commission to study the death penalty and imposes a temporary moratorium on executions
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary Committee

SB 0732 - Bland - Requires the Division of Family Services to provide an annual report on the status of welfare reform in Missouri
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental
Health Committee

SB 0733 - Steelman - Exempts from state and local sales taxes all sales to athletic events and dues for health and fitness centers
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0734 - Steelman - Creates a tax credit for 25% of the unreimbursed cost of health insurance premiums paid by individuals
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0735 - Steelman - Authorizes state tax credit for contributions to authorized scholarship charities
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0736 - Dougherty - Prohibits the refusal of residential treatment services to children with mental disorders or addiction
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental
Health Committee

SB 0737 - Cauthorn - Allows 4-H members and parents of 4-H members to obtain special license plates
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0738 - Cauthorn - Allows the Department of Transportation to contract with private individuals to mow and maintain the right-of-ways
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0739 - Wiggins - Establishes the Uniform Athlete Agents Act
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Interstate Cooperation
Committee

SB 0740 - Wiggins - Creates the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental
Health Committee

SB 0741 - Wiggins - Modifies the Organ Donation Advisory Committee and allows increased contributions to organ donation programs
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Public Health & Welfare
Committee

SB 0896 - Yeckel - Permits temporary practice of foreign CPAs in this state
01/14/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organizations Committee

SB 0920 - Caskey - Relating to rehabilitation services for the blind
01/14/02 -- S First Read

SB 0921 - Sims - Relating to prohibitions on transportation of hazardous waste
01/14/02 -- S First Read

SB 0922 - Sims - Relating to child protection
01/14/02 -- S First Read

SB 0923 - Sims - Relating to foster parents rights & responsibilities
01/14/02 -- S First Read

SB 0924 - Sims - Relating to non profit organizations that provide dental care
01/14/02 -- S First Read

SB 0925 - Sims - Relating to seat belts
01/14/02 -- S First Read

SB 0926 - Kenney - Relating to sale of motor vehicles & vessels
01/14/02 -- S First Read

SB 0927 - Jacob - Relating to temporary suspension of sales tax on school clothing and supplies
01/14/02 -- S First Read

SB 0928 - Jacob - Relating to sales tax on health & fitness centers
01/14/02 -- S First Read

SB 0929 - Stoll - Relating to organ donation and procurement
01/14/02 -- S First Read

SB 0930 - Stoll - Relating to drivers license permits
01/14/02 -- S First Read

SB 0931 - Klarich - Relating to business organizations
01/14/02 -- S First Read

SCR 035 - Stoll - Relating to Medicare reimbursements
01/14/02 -- S First Read

HCR 001 - Crump - Invites the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri to deliver a State of Judiciary message on Tuesday, January
01/14/02 -- S adopted

HCR 002 - Crump - Invites the Governor of the State of Missouri to deliver a State of the State message on Wednesday, January 23, 2002.
01/14/02 -- S adopted