Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 1/21/03

SB 0010 - Goode - Creates a no-spam list in Attorney General's office for unsolicited commercial email
01/21/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & the Environment
Committee

SB 0011 - Kinder - Establishes a sales tax holiday
01/21/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0019 - Yeckel - Allows a tax deduction for those who contribute to medical savings accounts
01/21/03 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Ways & Means Comm.

SB 0030 - Gross - Creates a statewide AMBER Alert program
01/21/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0031 - Foster - Alters provisions concerning suspension and offences for which a pupil may be prohibited from public school
01/21/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 0041 - Cauthorn - Creates signing bonuses for teachers in rural schools
01/21/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 0050 - Coleman - Modifies time for election authority to complete verification of initiative or referendum petition signatures
01/21/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Org.,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0051 - Shields - Aspires to rename Missouri Western State College as Missouri Western State University
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions & General Laws
Committee

SB 0053 - Shields - Renames MO Western State College as MO Western State Univ. & MO Southern State College as MO Southern State Univ.-Joplin
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions & General Laws
Committee

SB 0054 - Griesheimer - Allows biennial vehicle emissions testing in certain attainment areas
01/21/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & the Environment
Committee

SB 0055 - Nodler - Alters the name, and residency requirements for members of the Board of Regents, of Missouri Southern State College
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions & General Laws
Committee

SB 0056 - Nodler - Permits Missouri Southern State College to offer Master's of Science in Business & Masters of Arts in Teaching degrees
01/21/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 0057 - Nodler - Modifies the filing procedure for campaign finance reports when done electronically
01/21/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Org.,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0058 - Russell - Revises documentation required for telecommunications companies to charge for Internet service
01/21/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0067 - Childers - Requires state-sponsored professional development events for teachers to occur on scheduled days
01/21/03 -- Hearing Scheduled, Not Heard S Education Committee

SB 0078 - Gross - Allows Transportation and Highway Patrol employees to purchase certain service for retirement credits
01/21/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0079 - Loudon - Limits reassessment of property values to the rate of inflation
01/21/03 -- Hearing Cancelled S Ways and Means Committee

SB 0100 - Caskey - Changes the eligibility age for retirement under MOSERS and HTEHPRS systems
01/21/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee
Consent

SB 0107 - Bland - Creates a statewide AMBER Alert program
01/21/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0108 - Gross - Adds the Chief Information Officer to the State Records Commission
01/21/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Org.,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0109 - Gross - Expands mechanic's lien law to include equipment rentals
01/21/03 -- Hearing Scheduled, Not Heard S Commerce & Environment
Committee

SB 0116 - Shields - Prohibits Public Service Commission members from having campaign committees
01/21/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Org,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0118 - Shields - Changes the eligibility age for retirement under MOSERS and HTEHPRS systems
01/21/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0131 - Gross - Revises eligibility of felons to vote
01/21/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Org.,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0136 - Goode - Changes opening filing date for offices in political subdivisions and special districts
01/21/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Org.,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0141 - Gross - Limits the availability of low income housing tax credits
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 0142 - Goode - Gives the power of eminent domain to towns and villages
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 0143 - Goode - Specifies the effective dates for vetoed bills when veto is overridden
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental
Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 0144 - Goode - Revises the sunshine law
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0145 - Bland - Requires racial profiling information for every stop of a motor vehicle or a pedestrian
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary & Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0146 - Bland - Requires parity between insurance coverage for mental health services and other health care services
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance
and Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0147 - Bland - Outlines minimum staffing requirements for skilled nursing facilities
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental &
Public Health Committee

SB 0148 - Goode - Reduces speed limit by 5 mph for trucks on certain highways, expressways and interstates of this state
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0149 - Bland - Creates a braider classification requiring licensing by the Board of Cosmetology
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0150 - Bland - School districts may create after-school and summer educational programs for at-risk youth
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0151 - Bland - Authorizes a two-year tax free zone in Kansas City
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 0153 - Bland - Authorizes an appropriation to the Missouri Housing Development Commission for grants to local groups
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0154 - Bland - Prohibits health carriers from changing conditions of its drug formulary during contract period
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance
and Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0155 - Bland - Designates Walt Disney Film Studio as a state historic site
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation,
Parks and Natural Resources Committee

SB 0156 - Bland - Extends the sunset on the waste tire fee to 2011
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce & Environment
Committee

SB 0157 - Bland - Makes changes to the bail bondsmen licensing provisions
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0158 - Bland - Creates the State Board of Public Records
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0159 - Bland - Establishes coordinated health program board to prevent student obesity, cardiovascular disease, & type II diabetes
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental &
Public Health Committee

SB 0160 - Bland - Makes arson motivated by hate crimes a class A felony
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary & Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0162 - Bland - Requires health insurance policies to provide coverage for twenty-four hours of inpatient care following surgery
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance
and Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0163 - Bland - Authorizes the department of revenue to use biometric identification methods for driver license purposes
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0165 - Bland - Makes changes to the Missouri minority business advocacy commission
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0166 - Bland - Establishes a Needle Exchange Program within the Department of Health
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental &
Public Health Committee

SB 0167 - Russell - Modifies jurisdiction for election contests involving the offices of circuit and associate judge
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0168 - Quick - Creates a $150,000 death benefit for public safety officers killed in the line of duty
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0169 - Quick - Eliminates the death penalty
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary & Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0170 - Quick - Authorizes the Clay County Commission to pay the salaries of deputy circuit clerks and division clerks
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 0171 - Loudon - Allows surviving spouses/other relatives of a firefighter killed in the line of duty to receive license plates
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0173 - Quick - Modifies initial term of office for certain fire protection district directors
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 0175 - Loudon - Creates a food recovery program to provide food to needy persons
01/21/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental &
Public Health Committee

SB 0291 - Caskey - Creates a tax credit program for certain railroad ad valorem property tax
01/21/03 -- S First Read

SB 0292 - Yeckel - Limits disclosure of credit card account numbers on sales receipts provided to cardholder
01/21/03 -- S First Read

SB 0293 - Vogel - Allows the department of revenue to specify the minimum income tax filing level
01/21/03 -- S First Read

SB 0294 - Vogel - Allows the lottery commission the authority to require a fingerprint background check on employees
01/21/03 -- S First Read

SB 0295 - Shields - Makes various modifications to laws regarding tax sales of land
01/21/03 -- S First Read

SB 0296 - Griesheimer - Requires rules for classifying public schools to be in place for two years prior to implementation
01/21/03 -- S First Read

SB 0297 - Griesheimer - Allows access to state-operated sewer lines
01/21/03 -- S First Read

SB 0298 - Griesheimer - Relating to liquor control
01/21/03 -- S First Read

SB 0299 - Champion - Requires performance-based budgeting
01/21/03 -- S First Read

SB 0300 - Cauthorn - Regulates the licensing and registration of anesthesiologist assistants
01/21/03 -- S First Read

SB 0301 - Bray - Increases maximum lateral sewer service repair fee to be imposed from $28 to $50 per year
01/21/03 -- S First Read

SB 0302 - Bray - Creates the crime of criminally negligent storage of a firearm
01/21/03 -- S First Read

SB 0303 - Gibbons - Authorizes licensed ground ambulance services in St. Louis County to provide critical care ambulance service
01/21/03 -- S First Read

SB 0304 - Jacob - Raises motor fuel tax and sales tax and diverts other revenues to fund transportation projects
01/21/03 -- S First Read

SB 0305 - Jacob - Exempts health club services from sales tax
01/21/03 -- S First Read

SCR 002 - Bland - Renames the Joint Interim Committe on After-School Programs the Joint Committee on Out-of-School Programs
01/21/03 -- Referred Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics
Committee