Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 2/04/03

SB 0001 - Russell - Requires boating safety identification card to operate watercraft for certain individuals
02/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0012 - Kinder - Enacts the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
02/04/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0018 - Yeckel - Creates the Missouri Higher Education Deposit Program
02/04/03 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 0027 - Gibbons - Creates a single-rate tax on individual income with increased personal exemptions
02/04/03 -- Hearing Cancelled S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0037 - Klindt - Adopts the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act
02/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0051 - Shields - Aspires to rename Missouri Western State College as Missouri Western State University
02/04/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0052 - Shields - Extends the distribution of funds raised by the non-resident athletes and entertainers tax
02/04/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee
02/04/03 -- (0328S.02C)

SB 0055 - Nodler - Alters the name, and residency requirements for members of the Board of Regents, of Missouri Southern State College
02/04/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Pensions & General Laws
Committee (0260S.04C)

SB 0076 - Gross - Exempts the homestead of those aged 65 and older from increases in property tax assessments
02/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee

SB 0093 - Shields - Allows an exemption from sales tax on items purchased and given to the state
02/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee

SB 0095 - Shields - Establishes a small business health insurance tax credit program to offset employee health insurance premium costs
02/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0103 - Goode - Extends the fee on waste tires to 2014
02/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Enviornment Committee

SB 0117 - Shields - Allows the movement of motor vehicles or trailers for the purpose of transporting vehicles from one place to another
02/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent

SB 0124 - Goode - Specifies that article used in trade-in to offset sales tax must have had tax paid or been exempted from tax
02/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee

SB 0125 - Goode - Allows water corporations to bill for certain infrastructure system replacement costs
02/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0196 - Scott - The state may not automatically purchase goods or services from MO Voc. Ent. if MO businesses provide the services
02/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0211 - Cauthorn - Specifies that sales at prison stores are subject to sales tax
02/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0212 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to the Kansas City police retirement system
02/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws
Committee-Consent

SB 0215 - Foster - Alters conditions by which a school district may transfer moneys from the incidental fund to the capital projects fund
02/04/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee

SB 0216 - Foster - Allows members of the Missouri Association of State Troopers Emergency Relief Society to obtain special license plates
02/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0217 - Champion - Renames Southwest Missouri State University as "Missouri State University"
02/04/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0220 - Bartle - Creates a partial lump-sum option plan for KC police officers retirement system and changes board membership
02/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws
Committee-Consent

SB 0247 - Dolan - Modifies the provisions of the public school and nonteacher retirement systems
02/04/03 -- Re-referred S Pensions & Generals Laws Committee

SB 0248 - Gross - Allows ALJs and legal advisors hired after 2003 to be included in the state employees retirement system
02/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0249 - Shields - Revises laws on economic development
02/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committe

SB 0254 - Goode - Increases the taxes on cigarette and tobacco products
02/04/03 -- Hearing Cancelled S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0255 - Kinder - Eliminates PSC ratemaking oversight for certain not-for- profit electrical cooperatives
02/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee
02/04/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Commerce & Environment Committee -
Consent

SB 0264 - Shields - Certain school districts shall not be obligated to comply with certain salary compliance provisions
02/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 0265 - Shields - State board shall issue teaching certificates valid for the life span of the teacher
02/04/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee (0574S.06C)

SB 0270 - Foster - Establishes the Highway Patrol Trust Fund and imposes a surcharge on licenses to fund it
02/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0278 - Steelman - Allows for recovery of certain purchased energy costs by electrical corporations
02/04/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce and Environment
Committee

SB 0289 - Dolan - Names the portion of Highway 71 within Jasper County the "Trooper Charles P. Corbin Memorial Highway"
02/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent

SB 0290 - Gross - Allows for recovery of certain infrastructure and security costs by electrical corporations
02/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0296 - Griesheimer - Requires rules for classifying public schools to be in place for two years prior to implementation
02/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 0298 - Griesheimer - Revises liquor license requirements, operational restrictions, and enforcement provisions
02/04/03 -- Re-referred S Economic Development, Tourism &
Local Government Committee

SB 0314 - Dolan - Repeals a doubly-enacted section regarding the towing of motor vehicles from private property
02/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent

SB 0325 - Steelman - Requires schools to observe Veterans Day
02/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 0329 - Griesheimer - Extends the waste tire collection fee from 2004 to 2014
02/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0337 - Cauthorn - Allows participation in FFA, FHA, FCCLA, 4-H, and State Fair competition to count as attendance for purpose of state aid
02/04/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0349 - Dougherty - Mandates insurance coverage for new phases of clinical trials undertaken for the treatment of cancer
02/04/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental &
Public Health Committee

SB 0361 - Steelman - Extends the fee on waste tires to 2006
02/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0372 - Yeckel - Regulates the licensing and registration of naturopathic physicians
02/04/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0373 - Bartle - Modifies provisions of the self-storage facilities act
02/04/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance
and Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0375 - Steelman - Creates an enterprise zone in Pulaski County and the City of Richland
02/04/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 0376 - Caskey - Changes the body that certifies a deputy coroner to the Missouri Coroners and Medical Examiners Association
02/04/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0377 - Childers - Creates a malpractice settlement tax
02/04/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 0378 - Steelman - Prohibits persons under 21 from dancing or being allowed to dance in an adult cabaret
02/04/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce and Environment
Committee

SB 0379 - Champion - Allows the City of Springfield to remove or transfer real property from a district or zone designation
02/04/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 0380 - Cauthorn - Allows nursing home districts to establish and maintain senior housing
02/04/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental &
Public Health Committee

SB 0381 - Dolan - Requires motorists to use their headlights whenever rain or other conditions require the use of windshield wipers
02/04/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0382 - Dolan - Allows motorists to obtain Special Olympics Missouri license plates
02/04/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0383 - Dolan - Modifies duties of county recorder in manner of recording certain documents
02/04/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 0384 - Dolan - Prohibits trucks from being driven in the far left-hand lane on certain highways of this state
02/04/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0385 - Scott - Modifies how taxes are calculated for workers compensation policies with deductible options
02/04/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance
and Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0386 - Cauthorn - Creates the Respect Life license plate and establishes a fund to promote alternatives to abortion
02/04/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0387 - Cauthorn - Requires director of insurance to approve or reject medical malpractice insurance rates on enumerated factors
02/04/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance&
and Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0388 - Klindt - Increases the amount borrowers can be guaranteed from the single purpose animal facilities loan guarantee fund
02/04/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation,
Parks & Tourism Committee

SB 0389 - Steelman - Requires consideration of use and income derived from property in setting damages in condemnation proceedings
02/04/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0401 - Dolan - Modifies the definition of crime under Chapter 595, RSMo
02/04/03 -- S First Read

SB 0402 - Dolan - Modifies the law regarding Children's Trust Fund license plates
02/04/03 -- S First Read

SB 0403 - Dolan - Allows members of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers to receive special license plates
02/04/03 -- S First Read

SB 0404 - Nodler - Makes manufacturing a controlled substance within 2,000 ft. of a school a class A felony
02/04/03 -- S First Read

SB 0405 - Klindt - Expands the immunity from civil liability for property owners that own land that adjoins public trails
02/04/03 -- S First Read

SB 0406 - Klindt - Makes information collected in the course of an insurance compliance audit privileged information
02/04/03 -- S First Read

SB 0407 - Klindt - Modifies the requirements for health insurance coverage of clinical trials
02/04/03 -- S First Read

SB 0408 - Klindt - Creates corrections officers certification and training
02/04/03 -- S First Read

SB 0409 - Steelman - Creates the crime of release of anhydrous ammonia
02/04/03 -- S First Read

SB 0410 - Shields - Modifies the amount of supplemental fees for the Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program
02/04/03 -- S First Read

SB 0411 - Shields - Allows closure of operational plans and documents used to respond to certain critical incidents
02/04/03 -- S First Read

SB 0412 - Foster - Enables tangible personal property to be depreciated in a scheduled manner
02/04/03 -- S First Read

SB 0413 - Steelman - Protects use of the title social worker
02/04/03 -- S First Read

SB 0414 - Steelman - Revises provisions of the sunshine law
02/04/03 -- S First Read

SB 0415 - Yeckel - Modifies licensing of dietitians
02/04/03 -- S First Read

SB 0416 - Yeckel - Increases from $3M to $7M the amount transferred to the Veteran's Commission Capital Improvement Trust Fund
02/04/03 -- S First Read

SB 0417 - Yeckel - Fire district board membes may be recalled for misconduct in office or criminal convictions
02/04/03 -- S First Read

SB 0418 - Cauthorn - Creates the crime of endangerment of corrections personnel
02/04/03 -- S First Read

SJR 016 - Jacob - Constitutional amendment to repeal legislative term limits, subject to voter approval
02/04/03 -- S First Read

SR 0131 - Vogel - Relating to Use of Chamber for Silver Haired Legislature
02/04/03 -- S First Read
02/04/03 -- S adopted

SR 0132 - Vogel - Relating to Use of Chamber for YMCA Youth in Government
02/04/03 -- S First Read
02/04/03 -- S adopted