Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 1/31/02

SB 0641 - Russell - Exempts certain employees from union membership, prohibits payroll deductions for, and the requirement of, service fees
01/31/02 -- SCS Voted Do Pass (SCS SBs 641 & 705) S Labor &
Industrial Relations Committee
01/31/02 -- Reported From S Labor & Industrial Relations
Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 0650 - Singleton - Removes statute of limitations for forcible rape and forcible sodomy
01/31/02 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 0656 - Rohrbach - Requires insurance policies to be governed by the English version filed with the Insurance Department
01/31/02 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Insurance & Housing
Committee-Consent

SB 0665 - Kenney - Regulates Internet access for minors in public libraries and schools
01/31/02 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Org.,
Vet. Affairs & Elections Committee to Floor

SB 0675 - Yeckel - Revises election laws
01/31/02 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Org.,
Vet. Affairs & Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 0687 - Gibbons - Protects a parent from liability for relinquishing custody of a newborn to a hospital
01/31/02 -- Removed from S Consent Calendar

SB 0705 - Russell - Allows departments and divisions to exempt certain employees from union membership
01/31/02 -- Bill Combined (SCS SBs 641 & 705) S Labor &
Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0708 - Mathewson - Revises membership of Clean Water Commission
01/31/02 -- Voted Do Pass S Commerce & Environment Comm-Consent

SB 0712 - Singleton - Increases state health emergency powers
01/31/02 -- Reported From S Public Health & Welfare Committee to
Floor w/SCS

SB 0721 - Westfall - Amends several provisions of law regulating traffic offenses
01/31/02 -- Reported From S Transportation Committee to
Floor w/SCS

SB 0722 - Bentley - Allows qualified applicants to be enrolled in a master's degree program rather than requiring a master's degree
01/31/02 -- Reported From S Education Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 0740 - Wiggins - Creates the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
01/31/02 -- Removed from S Consent Calendar

SB 0813 - Mathewson - Modifies appropriations procedures for community college districts
01/31/02 -- Reported From S Education Committee to Floor-Consent

SB 0836 - Gross - Codifies Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act
01/31/02 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Pensions and General Laws
Committee (3450S.03C)

SB 0837 - Cauthorn - Exempts ethanol from oxygenate labeling requirement
01/31/02 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks
& Tourism Committee (3336S.02C)

SB 0840 - Gross - Revises the statute of limitations and requires an affidavit be filed in actions against certain professionals
01/31/02 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Pensions and General Laws
Committee (3397S.02C)

SB 0856 - Russell - Establishes an enterprise zone for Wright County
01/31/02 -- Reported From S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee to Floor

SB 0860 - Rohrbach - Changes the name of the Missouri Commission for the Deaf to Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
01/31/02 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions & General Laws Comm-Consent

SB 0865 - Foster - Changes the assessment renewal on boll weevil eradication from five years to ten years
01/31/02 -- Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks &
Tourism Committee-Consent

SB 0881 - Steelman - Creates the Environmental Hearing Commission
01/31/02 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce & Environment
Committee
01/31/02 -- Reported From S Commerce & Environment Committee to
Floor w/SCS

SB 0882 - Sims - Changes the name of the Missouri Commission for the Deaf to the Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
01/31/02 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Pensions and General Laws
Committee (3561S.04C)

SB 0893 - Rohrbach - Prohibits life insurance companies from owning certain investments in excess of specific limitations
01/31/02 -- Voted Do Pass S Insurance & Housing Committee-Consent

SB 0895 - Yeckel - Amends various provisions related to financial institutions
01/31/02 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Org.,
Vet. Affairs & Elections Committee to Floor

SB 0900 - Goode - Allows for aggregate purchasing of natural gas by public school districts
01/31/02 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce and Environment
Committee (3470S.07C)

SB 0931 - Klarich - Makes several changes regarding business and commerce
01/31/02 -- Reported From S Judiciary Committee to
Floor w/SCS

SB 0938 - Cauthorn - Provides application and licensing requirements for carrying concealed weapons
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary Committee

SB 0956 - Loudon - Makes various technical changes to the law regarding casualty insurance
01/31/02 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Insurance & Housing
Committee

SB 0970 - Westfall - Repeals sunset on motor fuel tax, provides for design-build and removes cap on aviation trust fund
01/31/02 -- Reported From S Transportation Committee to
Floor w/SCS

SB 0972 - Klindt - Expands tax credits to include new generation fuel processing entity
01/31/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation,
Parks & Tourism Committee

SB 0974 - Childers - Eliminates the issuance of permits to haul lumber products and earth-moving equipment under fourteen feet in width
01/31/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks
& Tourism Committee

SB 0990 - Cauthorn - Creates "MO Qualified Biodiesel Producer Incentive Fund" to promote the production of Biodiesel fuel
01/31/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks
& Tourism Committee

SB 0995 - Rohrbach - Modifies law with respect to insurance companies purchasing and conveying real estate
01/31/02 -- Voted Do Pass S Insurance & Housing Committee-Consent

SB 1009 - Rohrbach - Modifies the law on the types of investments in which insurance companies can participate in
01/31/02 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Insurance & Housing
Committee
01/31/02 -- Reported From S Insurance & Housing Committee to
Floor w/SCS

SB 1011 - Caskey - Removes references to used tires from the waste tire law
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce & Environment
Committee

SB 1012 - Caskey - Extends the period of payments from 10 to 20 years on guaranteed energy cost savings contracts
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce & Environment
Committee

SB 1013 - Steelman - Allows for transfers of generation of electrical corporations to an affiliated party
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce & Environment
Committee

SB 1014 - Klindt - Adopts the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Interstate Cooperation
Committee

SB 1015 - Foster - Revises long-term contract provisions at state parks and creates Endowment Fund for Arrow Rock State Park
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation,
Parks & Tourism Committee

SB 1016 - Foster - Phases in the use of gasoline-oxygenate blend fuels
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation,
Parks & Tourism Committee

SB 1017 - Cauthorn - Expands transient guest tax to include Clark County
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Local Government &
Economic Development Committee

SB 1018 - Westfall - Expands "ticket price" to allow seller to recoup additional charges assessed without being guilty of scalping
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee

SB 1019 - Stoll - Posting requirements regarding the use of pool tables
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce & Environment
Committee

SB 1020 - Stoll - Allows a taxpayer to claim a portion of the federal earned income tax credit against their state tax liability
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1021 - Wiggins - Enacts the Revised Uniform Arbitration Act
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary Committee

SB 1022 - Rohrbach - Court shall determine punishment if jury is unable to decide in first degree murder trials
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary Committee

SB 1023 - Bentley - Modifies the definition of distressed community
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1024 - Bentley - Requires physicians to maintain adequate and complete medical records for their patients
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Public Health & Welfare
Committee

SB 1025 - Jacob - Prohibits erection of new billboards, except billboards under 100 square feet if allowed by local ordinance
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 1026 - Kenney - Allows physicians to refer patients who have been newly diagnosed with cancer to a specialist for a second opinion
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Public Health & Welfare
Committee

SB 1027 - Kinder - Prohibits certain suits by political subdivisions and the state against firearm manufacturers and dealers
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary Committee

SB 1028 - Russell - Revises process for creation of law enforcement districts
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organizations, Veterans Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 1029 - Sims - Modifies the certificate of need law
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental
Health Committee

SB 1030 - Kennedy - Changes the custodian of the Statutory County Recorder's Fund
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organizations, Veterans Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 1031 - Schneider - Expands the duties of the administrative hearing commission
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary Committee

SB 1032 - Childers - Allows the treasurer to contract with property locators to assist in locating owners of abandoned property
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Local Government &
Economic Development Committee

SB 1033 - Kennedy - Creates the public school beautification adoption program
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 1034 - Kennedy - Mandates that all schools in Missouri receiving public moneys shall recite the Pledge of Allegiance
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 1035 - Yeckel - Revises laws related to lobbyists, the Missouri Ethics Commission and campaign finance disclosure
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organizations, Veterans Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 1036 - Yeckel - Extends a homestead assessment freeze to all property, except when it changes hands
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1037 - Singleton - Authorizes automated traffic enforcement programs
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 1038 - DePasco - Prohibits the state from engaging in electronic commerce services which duplicate or compete with the private sector
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organizations, Veterans Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 1039 - DePasco - Revises the composition and selection of the Kansas City housing commissioners
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Local Government &
Economic Development Committee

SB 1040 - Gibbons - Requires an approved plan of development for industrial development projects
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1041 - Russell - Authorizes conveyance of property owned by Dept. of Natural Resources to private ownership
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Local Government &
Economic Development Committee

SB 1042 - Bland - Dedicates additional revenue to the energy assistance program
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce & Environment
Committee

SB 1043 - Bland - Preserves Walt Disney Film Studio as historic site
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation,
Parks & Tourism Committee

SB 1044 - Bland - Requires health insurance policies to provide coverage for 24 hours of inpatient care following surgery
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Insurance & Housing
Committee

SB 1045 - Bland - Authorizes a 2-year tax free zone in Kansas City
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1046 - Gross - Changes operational control of the St. Louis International Airport
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions & General Laws
Committee

SB 1047 - Kenney - Revises the moratorium on the certificate of need expenditure minimum for new beds
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental
Health Committee

SB 1048 - Kenney - Makes a technical correction to section 304.027 regarding the spinal cord injury fund
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organizations, Veterans Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 1049 - Stoll - Specifies the annual leave accrual rate and options for excess accrued leave for Dept. of Transportation employees
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 1050 - Foster - Applies standards to be utilized in determining the necessity of proposed school district boundary changes
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 1083 - Russell - Revises law regarding operation of motorboats and requires i.d. cards to operate watercraft for certain individuals
01/31/02 -- S First Read

SB 1084 - Stoll - Allows certain counties to enact a 1% sales tax for law enforcement purposes
01/31/02 -- S First Read

SB 1085 - Yeckel - Creates a State Board of Naturopathic Medicine
01/31/02 -- S First Read

SB 1086 - DePasco - Allows home rule cities in first class counties to remove weeds or trash from property violating ordinances
01/31/02 -- S First Read

SB 1087 - Gibbons - Revises certificate of need law and enacts a review certification procedure for acute care facilities
01/31/02 -- S First Read

SB 1088 - Foster - Creates State Board of Auctioneers to oversee licensing of persons engaged in practice of auctioneering
01/31/02 -- S First Read

SB 1089 - Goode - Creates a life sciences research program
01/31/02 -- S First Read

SB 1090 - Loudon - Makes it illegal to install fake air bags in automobiles
01/31/02 -- S First Read

SB 1091 - Loudon - Establishes the open contracting act for state and local public works projects
01/31/02 -- S First Read

SB 1092 - Loudon - Expands authority of courts to set aside past convictions and expunge criminal records
01/31/02 -- S First Read

SB 1093 - Loudon - Revises the process for the registration of historic motor vehicle plates
01/31/02 -- S First Read

SCR 037 - Dougherty - Relating to the availability of oral cancer medications on the federal level
01/31/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutons
& Ethics Committee

SCR 039 - Caskey - Recognizing the Northern Cherokee Indian People of Missouri
01/31/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions
& Ethics Committee

SCR 040 - Sims - Urges the Governor to appoint a task force to develop plans that will help keep the Ford-Hazelwood Plant open
01/31/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions
& Ethics Committee

SJR 023 - Singleton - Provides for joint election of candidates for Lt. Governor and Governor
01/31/02 -- Voted Do Pass S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions &
Ethics Committee
01/31/02 -- Reported From S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions &
Ethics Committee to Floor

HB 1037 - Monaco - Eliminates statute of limitations for forcible rape and sodomy
01/31/02 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary Committee

HB 1386 - O'Connor - Revises tinted window restrictions
01/31/02 -- Reported From S Transportation Committee to Floor

HB 1399 - Ransdall - Extends application deadline for World War II medals to January 1, 2003.
01/31/02 -- S First Read (w/EC)