Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 1/16/02

SB 0633 - Schneider - Prohibits health carriers from changing conditions of their drug formulary during contract period
01/16/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0635 - Wiggins - Creates statutory warranties for homeowners and prevents home solicitors from engaging in certain practices
01/16/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0656 - Rohrbach - Requires insurance policies to be governed by the English version filed with the Insurance Department
01/16/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0658 - House - Lengthens notice requirement for termination of mobile home tenancy
01/16/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0659 - House - Revises charter school laws
01/16/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 0662 - Westfall - Allows Sheriff to seize misappropriated property held by a pawnbroker
01/16/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SB 0668 - Bentley - Establishes grant program for improving mathematics instruction
01/16/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 0673 - Childers - Creates crime of sexual contact with an inmate
01/16/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SB 0674 - Childers - Requires state-sponsored professional development events for teachers to occur on scheduled days
01/16/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 0727 - Yeckel - Revises the law regarding tinted windows
01/16/02 -- Reported From S Transportation Com. to Floor w/SCS

SB 0742 - Caskey - Makes technical correction to trusts and estates law
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary Committee

SB 0743 - Caskey - Rulings on termination of parental rights shall be final for purposes of appeal
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary Committee

SB 0744 - Caskey - Allow Cass County to elect a county surveyor
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Local Government &
Economic Development Committee

SB 0745 - Russell - Allows Marines and Navy personnel who participated in combat to receive Combat Action Ribbon license plates
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0746 - Russell - Allows recognition of bargaining unit upon approval of majority of employees in unit
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Labor & Industrial
Relations Committee

SB 0747 - Russell - Nonattorneys may represent corporations in certain state proceedings
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary Committee

SB 0748 - Goode - Authorizes design-build projects in certain instances
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Labor & Industrial
Relations Committee

SB 0749 - Goode - Specifies the effective dates for laws passed by initiative and vetoed bills when veto is overridden
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organizations Committee

SB 0750 - Goode - Specifies that article used in trade-in to offset sales tax must have had tax paid or been exempted from tax
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0751 - Singleton - Prohibits Medicaid from reimbursing providers for nontherapeutic circumcisions
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Public Health & Welfare
Committee

SB 0752 - House - Requires health plans to cover all services provided or ordered by registered nurse first assistants
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Insurance & Housing
Committee

SB 0753 - House - Limits noncompetition clauses in employment contracts of certain broadcast employees
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Labor & Industrial
Relations Committee

SB 0754 - House - Provides limited due process rights for certain law enforcement officers
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Labor & Industrial
Relations Committee

SB 0755 - Westfall - Exempts retailers from sales tax for inventory donated to private or public education entities
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0756 - Westfall - Allows student participation in events of certain organizations during school hours
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0757 - Westfall - Creates the Head Injury Fund for use by the Missouri Head Injury Advisory Council
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0758 - Bentley - Clarifies registration requirements for offenders
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0759 - Yeckel - Freezes residential property valuations for senior citizens at local option
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0760 - Yeckel - Fire district board members may be recalled for misconduct in office or criminal convictions
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organizations Committee

SB 0761 - Yeckel - Requires counties to pay PILOTS for certain county-purchased property
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Local Government &
Economic Development Committee

SB 0762 - Bland - Establishes the "Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program" to provide health care benefits to all MO citizens
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Insurance & Housing
Committee

SB 0763 - Bland - Lowers age for jury duty from 21 to 18; excuses certain students
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary Committee

SB 0764 - Bland - Establishes a Needle Exchange Program within the Department of Health
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Public Health & Welfare
Committee

SB 0765 - Steelman - Establishes a School Building Construction and Renovation Fund
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0766 - Steelman - Regulates inaugural committees
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organizations Committee

SB 0767 - Steelman - University of Missouri-Rolla may sponsor charter schools
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0768 - Wiggins - Authorizes the conveyance of certain state property to the Children's Mercy Hospital
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Local Government &
Economic Development Committee

SB 0769 - Russell - Limits the amount of tax credits redeemed in any given year to that amount appropriated for each tax credit program
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0770 - Russell - Revises documentation required for telecommunications companies to charge for Internet services
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce & Environment
Committee

SB 0771 - Russell - Exempts boats under 24 feet with electric trolling motors from licensure requirements
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0772 - Goode - Creates a grant program for employees who purchase homes in areas of economic decline near where they work
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Insurance & Housing
Committee

SB 0773 - Goode - Exempts certain leased personal property from taxation
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0774 - Goode - Reduces speed limit by five m.p.h. for trucks on certain highways, expressways and interstates of this state
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0775 - House - Renames Missouri River Bridge as American Military Veterans Bridge
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0776 - House - Missouri Higher Education Savings Program personal information shall be confidential
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organizations Committee

SB 0777 - Yeckel - Allows waiver of portion of appeal bonds for certain defendants
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0778 - Yeckel - Allows a tax deduction for those who contribute to medical savings accounts
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0779 - Yeckel - Makes several changes to the Sunshine Law governing meetings and records of public entities
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organizations Committee

SB 0780 - Bland - Exempts food local sales tax and reduces federal income tax deduction, subject to referendum
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0781 - Bland - Prohibits sale of firearms without a trigger locking device
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0782 - Bland - Authorizes an appropriation to the MO Housing Development Commission for grants to housing development groups
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Insurance & Housing
Committee

SB 0783 - Steelman - Requires school districts to provide phonics instruction
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0784 - Russell - Requires posting of notice and limits times for application of pesticides, insecticides and herbicides
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce & Environment
Committee

SB 0785 - Goode - Allows additional counties to establish homeless programs and increases fees on recorded instruments to $5
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Insurance & Housing
Committee

SB 0786 - Goode - Authorizes certain design and build contracts when the contractor is not licensed in Missouri
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Labor & Industrial
Relations Committee

SB 0787 - Yeckel - Allows counties to give discounts for prepayment of property taxes
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0788 - Yeckel - Revises distribution of gaming tax proceeds for schools
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0789 - Bland - Requires racial profiling information for every stop of a motor vehicle
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0790 - Bland - Establishes the General Assembly Scholarship Program funded by a nonresident earnings tax
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0791 - Bland - Establishes Pilot Program of Urban Early Compulsory School Attendance
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0792 - Bland - Prohibits health carriers from changing conditions of its drug formulary during contract period
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Insurance & Housing
Committee

SB 0793 - Bland - Modifies the Grandparents as Foster Parents Program
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental
Health Committee

SB 0794 - Bland - School districts may create after-school and summer educational programs for at-risk youth
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0795 - Schneider - Creates Emergency Communications Systems Fund for use of counties
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Local Government &
Economic Development Committee

SB 0796 - Mathewson - Increases independent agency fees for motor vehicle registration and driver's licenses
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0797 - Westfall - Allows municipalities in certain counties to use condem- nation in order to construct or acquire natural gas service
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Local Government &
Economic Development Committee

SB 0798 - Westfall - Allows two sets of specialized plates to be issued to U.S. Congressional members
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0799 - Westfall - Includes departments of Agriculture, Economic Development and Revenue in merit system
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organizations Committee

SB 0800 - DePasco - Removes statute of limitations for certain unclassified crimes
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary Committee

SB 0837 - Cauthorn - Exempts ethanol from oxygenate labeling requirement
01/16/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation,
Parks & Tourism Committee

SB 0941 - DePasco - Allows owners of business property to appoint representative in matters involving drainage districts
01/16/02 -- S First Read

SB 0942 - Schneider - Appeals of Public Service Commission orders shall go directly to the Court of Appeals
01/16/02 -- S First Read

SB 0943 - Schneider - Requires state to pay for secondary health insurance coverage for certain public officials over the age of 65
01/16/02 -- S First Read

SB 0944 - Goode - Increases sales tax by one quarter percent and puts a surcharge on corporate income to fund education
01/16/02 -- S First Read

SB 0945 - Stoll - Modifies the World War II medallion program
01/16/02 -- S First Read

SB 0946 - Jacob - Restricts big trucks to 65 mph on interstates and increases diesel fuel tax and other registration fees
01/16/02 -- S First Read

SB 0947 - Stoll - Extends to public junior colleges access to bond agreements with the Health & Educational Facilities Authority (MOETHA)
01/16/02 -- S First Read

SB 0948 - Cauthorn - Requires disclosure of the transfer of human fetal parts for research purposes
01/16/02 -- S First Read

SB 0949 - Bentley - Raises the admission fee for each person embarking on an excursion gambling boat from two dollars to four dollars
01/16/02 -- S First Read

SB 0950 - Gibbons - Designates a portion of Interstate 44 as the "Henry Shaw Ozark Corridor"
01/16/02 -- S First Read

SB 0951 - Loudon - Allows parents to refuse to immunize their children without providing certain justifications
01/16/02 -- S First Read

SB 0952 - Loudon - Requires state to use lowest qualified bidder
01/16/02 -- S First Read

SB 0953 - Loudon - Repeals the transferability of adoption tax credits
01/16/02 -- S First Read

SB 0954 - Loudon - Modifies the definition of "totally unemployed" to include certain suspended workers
01/16/02 -- S First Read

SB 0955 - Loudon - Limits reassessment of property values to the rate of inflation
01/16/02 -- S First Read

SB 0956 - Loudon - Makes various technical changes to the law regarding casualty insurance
01/16/02 -- S First Read

SB 0957 - Loudon - Allows those who serve in Operation Enduring Freedom to receive a special license denoting such service
01/16/02 -- S First Read

SB 0958 - Kinder - Enacts the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
01/16/02 -- S First Read

SB 0959 - Kenney - Adds separately managed accounts to the term management services for income tax purposes
01/16/02 -- S First Read

SB 0960 - Kenney - Creates the "God Bless America" license plate
01/16/02 -- S First Read

SCR 036 - Bentley - Continuation of the Joint Interim Committee on Education Funding
01/16/02 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics
Committee

SR 0879 - Jacob - Notice of Proposed Rule Change - Rule 97
01/16/02 -- S defeated

SR 0881 - Schneider - Notice of Proposed Rule Change - Rule 97
01/16/02 -- SS S offered (Schneider)
01/16/02 -- SA 1 to SS S offered (Jacob)
01/16/02 -- SSA 1 for SA 1 to SS S offered & adopted (Schneider)
01/16/02 -- SS, as amended, S adopted
01/16/02 -- S adopted

SR 0908 - Steelman - Notice of Proposed Rule Change - Rule 93
01/16/02 -- S First Read

HB 1386 - O'Connor - Revises tinted window restrictions.
01/16/02 -- S First Read (w/EC)