Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 1/29/02

SB 0632 - Schneider - Requires retailers to return sales tax refunds to those paying the tax
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0641 - Russell - Prohibits union service fees from being required or being paid by payroll deduction
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Labor & Industrial Relations
Committee

SB 0651 - Singleton - Requires a health carrier to allow any qualified health care provider to participate in its network
01/29/02 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Caskey)
01/29/02 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 0662 - Westfall - Allows Sheriff to seize misappropriated property held by a pawnbroker; revises felony theft limit to $500
01/29/02 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Westfall)
01/29/02 -- SA 2 to SCS S offered & adopted (Kenney)
01/29/02 -- SA 3 to SCS S offered (DePasco)
01/29/02 -- SA 1 to SA 3 to SCS S offered & adopted (DePasco)
01/29/02 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 0670 - Sims - Makes a number of changes designed to protect the elderly
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee

SB 0684 - Steelman - Modifies the reporting of elder abuse and neglect and the provision of in-home services to the elderly
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee

SB 0686 - Steelman - Prohibits sealing of civil court records, with limited exceptions
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee

SB 0687 - Gibbons - Protects a parent from liability for relinquishing custody of a newborn to a hospital
01/29/02 -- Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee-Consent
01/29/02 -- Reported From S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 0689 - Gibbons - Creates Project Exile
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee

SB 0695 - Dougherty - Expands the Children's Trust Fund Board from seventeen to twenty-one members
01/29/02 -- Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee-Consent
01/29/02 -- Reported From S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 0702 - Caskey - Creates the Older Visually Impaired Missourians Fund
01/29/02 -- Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee-Consent
01/29/02 -- Reported From S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 0705 - Russell - Allows departments and divisions to exempt certain employees from union membership
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Labor & Industrial Relations
Committee

SB 0725 - Childers - Requires Transportation Commission to issue permits in order to erect structures which might impede airplane safety
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0727 - Yeckel - Revises the law regarding tinted windows
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted H Motor Vehicle & Traffic
Regulations Committee
01/29/02 -- Voted Do Pass H Motor Vehicle & Traffic Regulations
Committee

SB 0733 - Steelman - Exempts from state and local sales taxes all sales to athletic events and dues for health and fitness centers
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0740 - Wiggins - Creates the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
01/29/02 -- Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee-Consent
01/29/02 -- Reported From S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 0742 - Caskey - Makes technical correction to trusts and estates law
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee
01/29/02 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCA 1 S Judiciary Committee
(2965S01.01S)

SB 0743 - Caskey - Rulings on termination of parental rights shall be final for purposes of appeal
01/29/02 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Judiciary Committee

SB 0749 - Goode - Specifies the effective dates for laws passed by initiative and vetoed bills when veto is overridden
01/29/02 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Org., Vet.
Affairs & Elections Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 0768 - Wiggins - Authorizes the conveyance of certain state property to the Children's Mercy Hospital
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0772 - Goode - Creates a grant program for employees who purchase homes in areas of economic decline near where they work
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0773 - Goode - Exempts certain leased personal property from taxation
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0776 - House - Missouri Higher Education Savings Program personal information shall be confidential
01/29/02 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Org., Vet.
Affairs, & Elections Com. to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 0785 - Goode - Allows additional counties to establish homeless programs and increases fees on recorded instruments to $5
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0787 - Yeckel - Allows counties to give discounts for prepayment of property taxes
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0804 - DePasco - Authorizes Governor to convey 12 property interests held by the Department of Mental Health to Kansas City
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent

SB 0805 - DePasco - Extends the commercial zone around Kansas City from 12 to 15 miles
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0810 - Dougherty - Expands the Utilicare program for elderly, disabled, and other qualifying individuals
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment
Committee-Consent

SB 0818 - Westfall - Revises portions of the Model Traffic Ordinance chapter
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0819 - Bentley - Raises age limit for death penalty from 16 to 18
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee

SB 0821 - Dougherty - Allows division of design and construction to contract for guaranteed energy cost savings
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0851 - Westfall - Modifies various regulations regarding billboards
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0853 - Stoll - Establishes the "Collaborative for Applied Experiences in Science" (CAES) program
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Labor & Industrial Relations
Committee

SB 0856 - Russell - Establishes an enterprise zone for Wright County
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0867 - Cauthorn - Allows Transportation Commission to enter into design-build contracts
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0868 - Cauthorn - Eliminates the requirement that road projects be bid in sections not to exceed 10 miles
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0877 - Sims - Moves the Missouri Board of Nursing Home Administrators to the Division of Professional Registration
01/29/02 -- Hearing Cancelled S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee

SB 0881 - Steelman - Creates the Environmental Hearing Commission
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0885 - Bentley - Allows satellite economic development zones in Springfield
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0887 - Sims - Requires municipalities to provide additional notice about industrial development projects
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0891 - Kenney - Amends a techincal error created in House Bill 202 from the past session
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent

SB 0893 - Rohrbach - Prohibits life insurance companies from owning certain investments in excess of specific limitations
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Committee-
Consent

SB 0894 - Kinder - Establishes sales tax holiday and requires retailers to return sales tax refunds to those paying the tax
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0900 - Goode - Allows for aggregate purchasing of natural gas by public school districts
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0910 - Gibbons - Allows abatement and prospective application of taxes in certain situations
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0921 - Sims - Prohibits transporting of hazardous materials in tunnels and on certain highways designated by highway commission
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0927 - Jacob - Creates a clothing and school supplies sales tax holiday
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0928 - Jacob - Exempts health club services from sales tax
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0930 - Stoll - Requires permit drivers to display sign bearing the words "PERMIT DRIVER" while operating a motor vehicle
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0931 - Klarich - Makes several changes regarding limited liability companies and corporations
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee
01/29/02 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Judiciary Committee (3681S.05C)

SB 0932 - Klarich - Clarifies the notice due to a tenant when the landlord sells the rented property
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee
01/29/02 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary Committee-Consent

SB 0956 - Loudon - Makes various technical changes to the law regarding casualty insurance
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0968 - Westfall - Repeals limit on aviation fuel tax and removes it from the sunset clause
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0970 - Westfall - Repeals sunset on motor fuel tax and allows transportation department to engage in design-build contracts
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0975 - Steelman - Creates a sales tax holiday for school supplies, clothing and computers for nine days in August
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0995 - Rohrbach - Modifies law with respect to insurance companies purchasing and conveying real estate
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance and Housing Committee-
Consent

SB 1009 - Rohrbach - Modifies the law on the types of investments in which insurance companies can participate in
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance and Housing Committee

SB 1052 - Sims - Defines and regulates assisted living facilities in the state
01/29/02 -- S First Read

SB 1053 - Bentley - Establishes pilot projects for the payment of incentives to early childhood education professionals
01/29/02 -- S First Read

SB 1054 - Steelman - Relates to commor sewer districts and sanitary sewer improvement subdistricts
01/29/02 -- S First Read

SB 1055 - Cauthorn - Creates a grant program for the establishment of an umbilical cord blood bank
01/29/02 -- S First Read

SB 1056 - Cauthorn - Requires informed consent at least twenty-four hours before an abortion
01/29/02 -- S First Read

SB 1057 - Cauthorn - Limits a successor of asbestos-related liabilities of a domestic business corporation
01/29/02 -- S First Read

SB 1058 - Childers - Exempts ticket sales for railway excursions that travel fewer than fifty miles from their origination
01/29/02 -- S First Read

SB 1059 - Bentley - Performance schools to be eligible for waivers of certain administrative rules
01/29/02 -- S First Read

SB 1060 - Westfall - Revises the fees collected by county collectors and treasurers ex officio collectors
01/29/02 -- S First Read

SB 1061 - Rohrbach - Deems that documents filed by health services corporations and HMOs are not subject to change after 30 days
01/29/02 -- S First Read

SB 1062 - Rohrbach - Carriers that are certified as a Medicare + Choice organization or by NCQA or JCAHO are deemed network adequate
01/29/02 -- S First Read

SB 1063 - Rohrbach - Creates provisions relating to insurance mandates, reporting of health data, and the provision of charity care
01/29/02 -- S First Read

SB 1064 - Stoll - Mandates insurance coverage for maple syrup urine disease disease
01/29/02 -- S First Read

SCR 041 - Rohrbach - Establishes the Joint Interim Committee on Primary Care Workplace Adequacy
01/29/02 -- S First Read

SR 0978 - Rohrbach - Use of Senate Chamber by the Jefferson City Downtown Rotary Club - March 25, 2002
01/29/02 -- S First Read
01/29/02 -- S adopted

HB 1037 - Monaco - Eliminates statute of limitations for forcible rape and sodomy
01/29/02 -- S First Read

HB 1338 - Relford - Provides bases for State Board of Education to refuse to issue or renew certificates to teach.
01/29/02 -- S First Read

HB 1386 - O'Connor - Revises tinted window restrictions.
01/29/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee