Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 2/12/02

SB 0644 - Mathewson - Allows veterans to obtain a specialized veteran motorcycle license plate
02/12/02 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0650 - Singleton - Removes statute of limitations for forcible rape and forcible sodomy
02/12/02 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 0659 - House - Revises charter school laws
02/12/02 -- SS withdrawn
02/12/02 -- SS#2 S offered (House)
02/12/02 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 0669 - Bentley - Authorizes removal of property from the Springfield Community Improvement District
02/12/02 -- SCS S adopted
02/12/02 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0670 - Sims - Makes a number of changes designed to protect the elderly
02/12/02 -- SCS Voted Do Pass (SCS SBs 670 & 684) 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
02/12/02 -- Bill Combined (SCS SBs 670 & 684) S Aging, Families &
Mental Health Committee

SB 0690 - Gross - Adds the Chief Information Officer to the State Records Commission
02/12/02 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Org., Vet.
Affairs & Elections Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 0694 - Dougherty - Does not require the court to make reasonable efforts if a child is abused by a person other than the parent
02/12/02 -- Bill Combined (SCS SBs 923, 828, 876, 694 & 736)
S Aging, Families & Mental Health Committee

SB 0701 - Wiggins - Modifies law to reflect the fact the Federal Aviation Administration issues airmen certificates
02/12/02 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0710 - Goode - Raises gas tax, sales tax, registration fees and shifts highway revenues for transportation purposes
02/12/02 -- Bill Combined (SCS SBs 915, 710 & 907) S
Transportation Committee

SB 0712 - Singleton - Increases state health emergency powers
02/12/02 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered (Singleton)
02/12/02 -- SSA 1 for SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Singleton)
02/12/02 -- SA 2 to SCS S offered (Klindt)
02/12/02 -- SSA 1 for SA 2 to SCS S offered & withdrawn (Jacob)
02/12/02 -- SA 2 to SCS S adopted
02/12/02 -- SA 3 to SCS S offered & adopted (Klindt)
02/12/02 -- SA 4 to SCS S offered & adopted (Sims)
02/12/02 -- SA 5 to SCS S offered (Gross)
02/12/02 -- SA 1 to SA 5 to SCS S offered & adopted (Bentley)
02/12/02 -- SA 5 to SCS, as amended, S adopted
02/12/02 -- SA 6 to SCS S offered & adopted (Gibbons)
02/12/02 -- SA 7 to SCS S offered & adopted (Singleton)
02/12/02 -- SA 8 to SCS S offered & adopted (Caskey)
02/12/02 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
02/12/02 -- Perfected

SB 0713 - Singleton - Clarifies the use of noncompete clauses in contracts between physicians and hospitals
02/12/02 -- Voted Do Pass S Labor & Industrial Relations
Committee

SB 0718 - House - Mandates weekly Pledge of Allegiance for school children
02/12/02 -- Reported From S Education Committee to Floor-Consent

SB 0720 - Westfall - Limits the bond amount for deputies and assistants appointed by collectors and treasurer ex officio collectors
02/12/02 -- H First Read

SB 0726 - Childers - September 11th is Emergency Services Day
02/12/02 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0729 - Yeckel - Mortgages may be insured in an amount not to exceed 103% of fair market value of the property
02/12/02 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Org., Vet.
Affairs & Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS-Consent

SB 0733 - Steelman - Exempts from state and local sales taxes all sales to athletic events and dues for health and fitness centers
02/12/02 -- SCS Voted Do Pass (SCS SBs 733 & 928) S Ways &
Means Committee

SB 0736 - Dougherty - Prohibits the refusal of residential treatment services to children with mental disorders or addiction
02/12/02 -- Bill Combined (SCS SBs 923, 828, 876, 694 & 736)
S Aging, Families & Mental Health Committee

SB 0737 - Cauthorn - Allows 4-H members and parents of 4-H members to obtain special license plates
02/12/02 -- SCS S adopted
02/12/02 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0744 - Caskey - Allow Cass County to elect a county surveyor
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
02/12/02 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent

SB 0745 - Russell - Allows Marines and Navy personnel who participated in combat to receive Combat Action Ribbon license plates
02/12/02 -- SCS S adopted
02/12/02 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0753 - House - Limits noncompetition clauses in employment contracts of certain broadcast employees
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Labor & Industrial Relations
Committee

SB 0756 - Westfall - Allows student participation in events of certain organizations during school hours
02/12/02 -- Reported From S Education Committee to
Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 0758 - Bentley - Clarifies registration requirements for offenders
02/12/02 -- H First Read

SB 0760 - Yeckel - Fire district board members may be recalled for misconduct in office or criminal convictions
02/12/02 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Org., Vet.
Affairs & Elections Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 0773 - Goode - Exempts certain leased personal property from taxation
02/12/02 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0775 - House - Renames Missouri River Bridge as American Military Veterans Bridge
02/12/02 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent

SB 0778 - Yeckel - Allows a tax deduction for those who contribute to medical savings accounts
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0809 - Gross - Exempts movie tickets from state and local sales taxes
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0812 - Russell - Requires all executive orders to be published in the Missouri Register after January 1, 2003
02/12/02 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Org., Vet.
Affairs & Elections Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 0817 - Gross - Revises dram shop liability
02/12/02 -- Reported From S Pensions & General Laws Committee to
Floor w/SCS

SB 0820 - Bentley - Allows certain foster parents to receive a dependency exemption on their state income tax returns
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0822 - Dougherty - Insurance coverage for certain cancer screenings
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0823 - Cauthorn - Exempts pension and retirement income of seniors from state income tax
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0827 - Dougherty - Mandates insurance coverage for clinical trials for treatment of cancer or other life-threatening illnesses
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0828 - Dougherty - Details rights and responsibilities of foster parents
02/12/02 -- Bill Combined (SCS SBs 923, 828, 876, 694 & 736)
S Aging, Families & Mental Health Committee

SB 0831 - Loudon - Establishes December 15th as Bill of Rights Day
02/12/02 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Org., Vet.
Affairs & Elections Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 0834 - Sims - Allows Sunday liquor sales by the drink at establishments within an international airport
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment
Committee-Consent

SB 0837 - Cauthorn - Promotes production and usage of agricultural-based fuels
02/12/02 -- Reported From S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks &
Tourism Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 0838 - Caskey - Requires insurers to provide coverage for hearing aids for children
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0841 - Klarich - Requires health carriers to provide chiropractic care as part of their basic health care services
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0842 - Klarich - Requires managed care organizations to provide chiropractic benefits to enrollees
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0862 - DePasco - Creates a home builders licensure board to license and regulate residential home builders
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0869 - Cauthorn - Removes ability of Marion Co. circuit clerk to appoint Divi- sion I circuit clerk if office is separated from recorder
02/12/02 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0876 - Sims - Allows foster parents to be automatically registered with the Family Care Safety Registry at no additional cost
02/12/02 -- Bill Combined (SCS SBs 923, 828, 876, 694 & 736)
S Aging, Families & Mental Health Committee

SB 0885 - Bentley - Allows satellite economic development zones in Springfield
02/12/02 -- Reported From S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 0892 - Kenney - Allows certain additional services to be prepurchased from cemeteries
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0903 - Klindt - Increases the membership of the Northwest Missouri State University's Board of Regents from seven to nine
02/12/02 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Org., Vet.
Affairs & Elections Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 0907 - House - Raises various highway user fees and diverts money from state agencies to fund transportation projects
02/12/02 -- Bill Combined (SCS SBs 915, 710 & 907) S
Transportation Committee

SB 0910 - Gibbons - Allows abatement and prospective application of taxes in certain situations
02/12/02 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0912 - Mathewson - Extends business hours for qualified resorts in Miller, Morgan and Camden counties to sell liquor by the drink
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee
02/12/02 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee (3571S.02C)

SB 0915 - Westfall - Raises motor fuel tax and sales tax and diverts other revenues to fund transportation projects
02/12/02 -- SCS Voted Do Pass (SCS SBs 915, 710 & 907) S
Transportation Committee

SB 0918 - Klarich - Exempts displays of the U.S. flag from statutes and ordinances
02/12/02 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Org., Vet.
Affairs & Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS-Consent

SB 0923 - Sims - Provides foster parent rights and responsibilities
02/12/02 -- SCS Voted Do Pass (SCS SBs 923, 828, 876, 694 & 736)
S Aging, Families & Mental Health Comm.

SB 0925 - Sims - Changes seat belt law from secondary enforcement to primary enforcement
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0926 - Kenney - Revises numerous provisions relating to the sale of motor vehicles and vessels
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0928 - Jacob - Exempts health club services from sales tax
02/12/02 -- Bill Combined (SCS SBs 733 & 928) S Ways &
Means Committee

SB 0938 - Cauthorn - Provides application and licensing requirements for carrying concealed weapons
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee

SB 0945 - Stoll - Extends the World War II medallion program from January 1, 2002, to July 1, 2003
02/12/02 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Org., Vet.
Affairs & Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS-Consent

SB 0950 - Gibbons - Designates a portion of Interstate 44 as the "Henry Shaw Ozark Corridor"
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent

SB 0953 - Loudon - Repeals the transferability of adoption tax credits
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0954 - Loudon - Modifies the definition of "totally unemployed" to include certain suspended workers
02/12/02 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Labor & Industrial Relations
Committee

SB 0957 - Loudon - Allows those who serve in Operation Enduring Freedom to receive a special license denoting such service
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent

SB 0960 - Kenney - Creates the "God Bless America" license plate
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent

SB 0966 - Kennedy - Creates the St. Louis College of Pharmacy special license plate
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent

SB 0973 - Klindt - Creates the Missouri Biomass Technology Commission
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0974 - Childers - Eliminates the issuance of permits to haul lumber products and earth-moving equipment under fourteen feet in width
02/12/02 -- Reported From S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks &
Tourism Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 0988 - Caskey - Expands the Kansas City commercial zone to include the City of Harrisonville
02/12/02 -- Reported From S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 0989 - Caskey - Expands provisions of new property assessment provisions to include additional county
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
02/12/02 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent

SB 0992 - Johnson - Authorizes Buchanan County to seek a grant from the Contiguous Property Redevelopment Fund
02/12/02 -- Reported From S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 0993 - Rohrbach - Revises residency requirements for fire protection district directors
02/12/02 -- Reported From S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 0996 - Quick - Authorizes county commissions to pay the salaries of deputy circuit clerks and division clerks
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0997 - Quick - Modifies duties of county collectors with respect to financial institutions
02/12/02 -- Reported From S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee to Floor w/SCS- Consent

SB 1001 - Mathewson - Requires all counties or St. Louis who participate in the sheriff retirement system to also fund the system
02/12/02 -- Reported From S Pensions and General Laws Committee
to Floor - Consent

SB 1005 - Loudon - Deems a positive test for controlled substances or excessive blood alcohol content misconduct connected with work
02/12/02 -- Voted Do Pass S Labor & Industrial Relations
Committee

SB 1011 - Caskey - Removes references to used tires from the waste tire law
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment
Committee-Consent

SB 1012 - Caskey - Extends the period of payments from 10 to 20 years on guaranteed energy cost savings contracts
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment
Committee-Consent

SB 1017 - Cauthorn - Expands transient guest tax to include Clark County
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
02/12/02 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent

SB 1029 - Sims - Modifies the certificate of need law
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee

SB 1032 - Childers - Allows the treasurer to contract with property locators to assist in locating owners of abandoned property
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee
02/12/02 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 1039 - DePasco - Revises the composition and selection of the Kansas City housing commissioners
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
02/12/02 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent

SB 1040 - Gibbons - Requires an approved plan of development for industrial development projects
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 1041 - Russell - Authorizes conveyance of property owned by Dept. of Natural Resources to private ownership
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
02/12/02 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent

SB 1047 - Kenney - Revises the moratorium on the certificate of need expenditure minimum for new beds
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee

SB 1048 - Kenney - Makes a technical correction to section 304.027 regarding the spinal cord injury fund
02/12/02 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Org., Vet.
Affairs & Elections Committee to Floor - Consent

SB 1052 - Sims - Defines and regulates assisted living facilities in the state
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental
Health Committee

SB 1060 - Westfall - Revises the fees collected by county collectors and treasurers ex officio collectors
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 1139 - Sims - Modifies certain provisions of the child labor laws
02/12/02 -- S First Read

SB 1140 - Rohrbach - Relating to department of health and senior services document services fund
02/12/02 -- S First Read

SB 1141 - Bland - Requires parity between insurance coverage for mental health services and other health care services
02/12/02 -- S First Read

SB 1142 - Jacob - Modifies the closing of criminal records
02/12/02 -- S First Read

SB 1143 - Jacob - Modifies state auditor duties regarding bonds
02/12/02 -- S First Read

SB 1144 - Dougherty - Modifies provisions of the air conservation statutes relating to enacting stricter standards than the EPA
02/12/02 -- S First Read

SB 1145 - Schneider - Modifies the regulation and supervision of physician assistants
02/12/02 -- S First Read

SB 1146 - Schneider - Defines and regulates assisted living facilities in the state
02/12/02 -- S First Read

SB 1147 - Kennedy - Regulates the making of high-cost home loans
02/12/02 -- S First Read

SB 1148 - Yeckel - Creates the state property preservation fund
02/12/02 -- S First Read

SB 1149 - Singleton - Adds a tax on the sale of certain tobacco products and creates the "Fund for Lifelong Health"
02/12/02 -- S First Read

SB 1150 - Kinder - Limits state agency contracts for legal services
02/12/02 -- S First Read

SB 1151 - Kinder - Expands purposes for which certain local tourism taxes can be used
02/12/02 -- S First Read

SCR 037 - Dougherty - Relating to the availability of oral cancer medications on the federal level
02/12/02 -- S adopted
02/12/02 -- H First Read

SCR 044 - Cauthorn - Urges Congress to authorize funding for modernization of lock and dam infrastructure
02/12/02 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics
Committee

SCR 045 - Gross - Relating to student prayer in schools
02/12/02 -- S First Read

SJR 022 - Schneider - Revises term limits for members of the General Assembly
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee

SJR 024 - Johnson - Revises term limits to exclude certain partial terms of service in the General Assembly
02/12/02 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee

SR 1026 - Jacob - Notice of Proposed Rule Change - Rule 10
02/12/02 -- S First Read

SR 1028 - Schneider - Notice of Proposed Rule Change - Rule 50
02/12/02 -- S First Read

HB 1151 - Smith (011) - Corrects an erroneous internal cross-reference in the law on administration of trusts
02/12/02 -- S First Read

HCR 005 - Reynolds - Urges the Governor to declare a week in September as "Deaf Awareness Week".
02/12/02 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics
Committee

HCR 006 - Jetton - Recommends a condemnation of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and expresses the concerns of the House
02/12/02 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics
Committee

HCR 007 - Boykins - Requests federal financial assistance for emergency preparedness for each state.
02/12/02 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics
Committee