Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 2/19/03

SB 0017 - Childers - A percentage of insurance premium taxes shall fund various fire protection programs
02/19/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism and
Local Government Committee

SB 0023 - Bland - Establishes the "Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program" to provide health care benefits to all MO citizens
02/19/03 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Small Business,
Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0024 - Steelman - Modifies provisions relating to in-home services for the elderly
02/19/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families and Mental &
Public Health Committee

SB 0055 - Nodler - Alters the name, and residency requirements for members of the Board of Regents, of Missouri Southern State College
02/19/03 -- SA 3 to SCS S withdrawn
02/19/03 -- SS#2 for SCS S offered & adopted (Jacob)
02/19/03 -- Perfected
02/19/03 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 0063 - Caskey - Rulings on termination of parental rights shall be final for purposes of appeal
02/19/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0064 - Goode - Authorizes counties to submit a tax to the voters to support enhanced 911 services
02/19/03 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCA S Economic Development, Tourism
& Local Government Committee

SB 0073 - Bland - Establishes the Missouri Commission of Prevention and Management of Obesity
02/19/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental & Public
Health Committee
02/19/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental & Public
Health Committee

SB 0130 - Gross - Authorizes conveyance of state property along Knaust Road in St. Charles County
02/19/03 -- SCS S adopted
02/19/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0142 - Goode - Gives the power of eminent domain to towns and villages
02/19/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local
Government Committee-Consent

SB 0173 - Quick - Modifies initial term of office for certain fire protection district directors
02/19/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0179 - Bland - Prohibits an insurer from refusing to insure an eligible person's interest in certain residential property
02/19/03 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Small Business,
Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0186 - Cauthorn - Removes ability of Marion County Circuit Court to appoint Div. I circuit clerk if office is separated from recorder
02/19/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local
Government Committee-Consent

SB 0194 - Scott - Allows Indian tribes to be considered employers
02/19/03 -- SCS S adopted
02/19/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted - Consent

SB 0215 - Foster - Alters conditions by which a school district may transfer moneys from the incidental fund to the capital projects fund
02/19/03 -- SCS S adopted
02/19/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0218 - Goode - Authorizes imposition of lateral sewer service repair fee on certain condominiums
02/19/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism &
Local Government Committee-Consent

SB 0224 - Vogel - Authorizes easement on state property to the city of Fulton
02/19/03 -- Committee Vote Reconsidered S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee
02/19/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism &
Local Government Committee-Consent

SB 0228 - Griesheimer - Enables the City of Warrenton to levy a transient guest tax
02/19/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0232 - Cauthorn - Authorizes conveyance of state property in Thousand Hills State Park
02/19/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0235 - Quick - Considers the value of a redevelopment area when calculating local indebtedness limit
02/19/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0238 - Caskey - Modifies provisions regarding incorporation or annexation of unincorporated areas in Cass County
02/19/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism &
Local Government Committee-Consent

SB 0250 - Stoll - Allows certain counties to enact a one-half percent sales tax for law enforcement purposes
02/19/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism & Local
Government Committee-Consent

SB 0255 - Kinder - Eliminates PSC ratemaking oversight for certain not-for- profit electrical cooperatives
02/19/03 -- SCA 1 S adopted
02/19/03 -- S Third Read and Passed, as amended - Consent

SB 0266 - Shields - Requires the DMH to develop a plan for developmentally disabled persons that are on the waiting list for services
02/19/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0269 - Quick - Enables Excelsior Springs to submit a public safety sales tax to its voters
02/19/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism &
Local Government Committee-Consent

SB 0274 - Caskey - Requires insurers to provide coverage for hearing aids for children
02/19/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and
Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0281 - Shields - Allows first class counties to acquire, erect, operate, manage, etc. buildings and property outside the county seat
02/19/03 -- Committee Vote Reconsidered S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee
02/19/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Economic Development, Tourism &
Local Government Committee-Consent

SB 0282 - Shields - Revises the maximum time a county commission may issue a lease or concession grant for certain public facilities
02/19/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0308 - Steelman - Creates the Missouri Calcium Initiative
02/19/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental & Public
Health Committee-Consent

SB 0313 - Dolan - Expands diseases that are considered occupational disease under Chapter 287, RSMo
02/19/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance &
Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0317 - Stoll - Establishes a December 15, 2003, deadline for a MCHCP study which is presently required by law but possesses no deadline
02/19/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and
Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0342 - Dolan - Adds various forms of cancer to the diseases currently presumed to be suffered by firemen in the line of duty
02/19/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental & Public
Health Committee

SB 0347 - Loudon - Changes definitions within the chapter and modifies regulations as to occupational diseases in workers comp
02/19/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance &
Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0349 - Dougherty - Mandates insurance coverage for new phases of clinical trials undertaken for the treatment of cancer
02/19/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental & Public
Health Committee

SB 0350 - Dougherty - Mandates insurance coverage for certain prostrate examinations
02/19/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and
Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0385 - Scott - Modifies how taxes are calculated for workers compensation policies with deductible options
02/19/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance &
Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0391 - Shields - Establishes the Missouri State Advisory Council on Pain and Symptom Management
02/19/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental & Public
Health Committee
02/19/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental & Public
Health Committee-Consent

SB 0410 - Shields - Modifies the amount of supplemental fees for the Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program
02/19/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental & Public
Health Committee

SB 0421 - Mathewson - Revises the times at which liquor by the drink may be served in certain convention trade areas
02/19/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism, &
Local Government Committee

SB 0431 - Gibbons - Modifies the law relating to informed consent for experimental treatments by accredited teaching hospitals
02/19/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental & Public
Health Committee

SB 0525 - Dolan - Adds a voting student member to the board of regents, governors, and curators of higher education institutions
02/19/03 -- S First Read

SB 0526 - Gross - Prohibits contingent attorney's fees in property tax appeals
02/19/03 -- S First Read

SB 0527 - Gross - Revises the fee structure for merchants' licenses
02/19/03 -- S First Read

SB 0528 - Gross - Sets out requirements for obtaining a warrant by telephone
02/19/03 -- S First Read

SB 0529 - Childers - Allows certain railroads within Missouri to be designated by the division of tourism as official state railroads
02/19/03 -- S First Read

SB 0530 - Childers - Exempts ticket sales for railway excursions that travel fewer than 50 miles from their origination
02/19/03 -- S First Read

SB 0531 - Childers - Eliminates the presidential primary in Missouri
02/19/03 -- S First Read

SB 0532 - Mathewson - Creates the Pesticide Project Fund
02/19/03 -- S First Read

SB 0533 - Cauthorn - Allows some individuals to waive the protections of the workers' compensation law
02/19/03 -- S First Read

SB 0534 - Cauthorn - Relating to supervision in nursing homes
02/19/03 -- S First Read

SB 0535 - Yeckel - Requires specified training for professional counselors wishing to diagnose mental and emotional disorders
02/19/03 -- S First Read

SB 0536 - Jacob - Relating to taxation
02/19/03 -- S First Read

SB 0537 - Jacob - Authorizes Boone County Counselor to prosecute certain actions resulting in civil fines
02/19/03 -- S First Read

SB 0538 - Dolan - Creates identity crimes
02/19/03 -- S First Read

SB 0539 - Bray - Modifies law regarding residential property insurance
02/19/03 -- S First Read

SB 0540 - Gross - Limits the number of microbrewer licenses available to an individual and his agents
02/19/03 -- S First Read

SB 0541 - Scott - Includes health care providers working in county jails in legal fund
02/19/03 -- S First Read

SB 0542 - Caskey - Relating to administrative law judges
02/19/03 -- S First Read

SB 0543 - Dougherty - Relating to background checks
02/19/03 -- S First Read

SB 0544 - Gross - Relating to the Missouri Sunset Act
02/19/03 -- S First Read

SB 0545 - Mathewson - Relating to the Missouri consolidated health care plan
02/19/03 -- S First Read

SJR 021 - Cauthorn - Puts to the vote of the people every four years the issue of conservation sales tax
02/19/03 -- S First Read

HB 0401 - Pratt - Revises provisions for the issuance of tobacco securitization bonds
02/19/03 -- SS for SCS S offered (Russell)
02/19/03 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered (Klindt)
02/19/03 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
02/19/03 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S withdrawn
02/19/03 -- SS for SCS S withdrawn
02/19/03 -- SS#2 for SCS S offered (Russell)
02/19/03 -- SA 1 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & adopted (Klindt)
02/19/03 -- SA 2 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & adopted (Goode)
02/19/03 -- SA 3 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & adopted (Russell)
02/19/03 -- SA 4 to SS#2 for SCS S offered (Quick)
02/19/03 -- SA 1 to SA 4 to SS#2 for SCS S offered (Steelman)
02/19/03 -- SSA 1 for SA 1 to SA 4 to SS#2 for SCS S offered &
withdrawn (Shields)
02/19/03 -- SA 1 to SA 4 to SS#2 for SCS S defeated
02/19/03 -- SA 4 to SS#2 for SCS S defeated
02/19/03 -- SA 5 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & defeated (Mathewson)
02/19/03 -- SA 6 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & adopted (Russell)
02/19/03 -- SS#2 for SCS, as amended, S adopted
02/19/03 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal
Oversight Committee
02/19/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability &
Fiscal Oversight Committee
02/19/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal
Oversight Committee
02/19/03 -- Reported From S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal
Oversight Committee to Floor
02/19/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted