Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 1/28/03

SB 0008 - Goode - Creates a senior property tax deferral program
01/28/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0012 - Kinder - Enacts the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
01/28/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0019 - Yeckel - Allows a tax deduction for those who contribute to medical savings accounts
01/28/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0020 - Yeckel - Creates a tax exemption for property leased or transferred by certain interstate compact agencies
01/28/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0025 - Steelman - Transfers hearings on environmental issues to the Administrative Hearing Commission
01/28/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0026 - Steelman - Creates a tax credit for 25% of the unreimbursed cost of health insurance premiums paid by individuals
01/28/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0027 - Gibbons - Creates a single-rate tax on individual income with increased personal exemptions
01/28/03 -- Hearing Cancelled S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0051 - Shields - Aspires to rename Missouri Western State College as Missouri Western State University
01/28/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0052 - Shields - Extends the distribution of funds raised by the non-resident athletes and entertainers tax
01/28/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0055 - Nodler - Alters the name, and residency requirements for members of the Board of Regents, of Missouri Southern State College
01/28/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0094 - Shields - Creates a tax credit for teachers' related out-of-pocket expenses
01/28/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee

SB 0109 - Gross - Expands mechanic's lien law to include equipment rentals
01/28/03 -- Hearing Cancelled S Commerce and Environment
Committee

SB 0128 - Bland - Dedicates additional revenue to the energy assistance program
01/28/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0135 - Goode - Exempts certain leased personal property from taxation
01/28/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0161 - Bland - Requires persons guilty of boating while intoxicated to complete the SATOP program
01/28/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0164 - Bland - Prohibits open containers of alcohol in motor vehicles
01/28/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0207 - Mathewson - Modifies the law regarding damage claims by rental companies for rental motor vehicles
01/28/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce & the Environment
Committee

SB 0215 - Foster - Alters conditions by which a school district may transfer moneys from the incidental fund to the capital projects fund
01/28/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 0217 - Champion - Renames Southwest Missouri State University as "Missouri State University"
01/28/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0222 - Steelman - Allows counties to create a County Crime Reduction Fund for narcotics investigation and law enforcement equipment
01/28/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 0225 - Klindt - Enumerates the rights of persons with service animals
01/28/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental &
Public Health Committee

SB 0246 - Steelman - Modifies provisions for Public Service Commission residency, staffing, and ex parte communications
01/28/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0265 - Shields - State board shall issue teaching certificates valid for the life span of the teacher
01/28/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 0278 - Steelman - Allows for recovery of certain purchased energy costs by electrical corporations
01/28/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0279 - Scott - Establishes a licensing system for manufactured housing setup contractors
01/28/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0286 - Dougherty - Allows metropolitan school districts the power to raise the compulsory attendance age to 17
01/28/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 0288 - Dolan - Changes the time for the owner of lost property to prove property from one year to 90 days after publication
01/28/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary & Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0328 - Coleman - Creates the mobile home landlord and tenant rights act
01/28/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance
and Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0330 - Caskey - Allows child support orders to be sent to employers by regular or certified mail
01/28/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary & Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0370 - Foster - Allows political subdivisions to enter into agreements for reciprocal emergency aid without approval of the governor
01/28/03 -- S First Read

SB 0371 - Foster - Allows MOHELA to provide loans for nonsectarian tuition and other costs for certain students
01/28/03 -- S First Read

SB 0372 - Yeckel - Relating to the regulation and licensing of the practice of naturopathic medicine
01/28/03 -- S First Read

SB 0373 - Bartle - Modifies provisions of the self-storage facilities act
01/28/03 -- S First Read

SB 0374 - Shields - Allows certain state employees an option of how they will be compensated for overtime work
01/28/03 -- S First Read

SB 0375 - Steelman - Creates an enterprise zone in Pulaski County and the City of Richland
01/28/03 -- S First Read

SCR 001 - Gross - Rejects salary increase recommendations of the Citizens' Commission on Compensation for Elected Officials
01/28/03 -- H Third Read and Passed
01/28/03 -- Truly agreed to and finally passed

SJR 015 - Gross - Abolishes the Missouri Citizen's Commission on Compensation
01/28/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

HCR 006 - Bruns - Dissapproves the salary recommendations submitted by the MO. Citizen's Comm. on Comensation for Elected Officials
01/28/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions &
Ethics Committee
01/28/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions &
Ethics Committee
01/28/03 -- Reported From S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions &
Ethics Committee to Floor
01/28/03 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal
Oversight Committee
01/28/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability &
Fiscal Oversight Committee
01/28/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal
Oversight Committee to Floor
01/28/03 -- Reported From S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal
Oversight Committee To Floor