Missouri Senate - Daily Action

Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 2/20/03

SB 0001 - Russell - Requires boating safety identification card to operate watercraft for certain individuals: 02/20/03 -- Removed from S Consent Calendar

SB 0024 - Steelman - Modifies provisions relating to in-home services for the elderly

02/20/03 -- Reported From S Aging, Families and Mental & Public

Health Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 0034 - Loudon - Imposes civil liability on any person violating Missouri's informed consent law for abortions

02/20/03 -- Reported From S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal

Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

SB 0055 - Nodler - Renames Missouri Southern State College as Missouri Southern State University-Joplin: 02/20/03 -- S Third Read and Passed; 02/20/03 -- H First Read

SB 0056 - Nodler - Allows cooperative agreements between higher education institutions for the purpose of offering graduate programs: 02/20/03 -- Removed from S Consent Calendar

SB 0057 - Nodler - Modifies the filing procedure for campaign finance reports when done electronically

02/20/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Financial & Governmental Organ.,

Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee - Consent

SB 0063 - Caskey - Rulings on termination of parental rights shall be final for purposes of appeal: 02/20/03 -- H First Read

SB 0069 - Yeckel - Creates the Small Business Regulatory Fairness Board to serve as liason between agencies and small businesses

02/20/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Financial & Governmental Organ.,

02/20/03 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Organization

Veterans' Affairs & Elections Com. to Floor w/SCS

SB 0084 - Cauthorn - Allows specific tax credits be taken on a quarterly basis

02/20/03 -- Reported from S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks,

and Natural Resources Committee to

SB 0102 - Goode - Creates the Invasive Species Council

02/20/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks

and Natural Resources Committee

SB 0130 - Gross - Authorizes conveyance of state property along Knaust Road in St. Charles County: 02/20/03 -- H First Read

SB 0136 - Goode - Changes opening filing date for offices in political subdivisions and special districts

02/20/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Financial & Governmental Organ.,

Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee - Consent

SB 0173 - Quick - Modifies initial term of office for certain fire protection district directors: 02/20/03 -- H First Read

SB 0194 - Scott - Allows Indian tribes to be considered employers: 02/20/03 -- H First Read (w/EC)

SB 0215 - Foster - Alters conditions by which a school district may transfer moneys from the incidental fund to the capital projects fund: 02/20/03 -- H First Read

SB 0228 - Griesheimer - Enables the City of Warrenton to levy a transient guest tax: 02/20/03 -- H First Read

SB 0232 - Cauthorn - Authorizes conveyance of state property in Thousand Hills State Park: 02/20/03 -- H First Read

SB 0234 - Quick - Allows Clay County to open or operate a concession stand at privately operated marinas

02/20/03 -- Reported From S Economic Development, Tourism &

Local Government Committee to Floor

SB 0235 - Quick - Considers the value of a redevelopment area when calculating local indebtedness limit: 02/20/03 -- H First Read

SB 0246 - Steelman - Modifies provisions for Public Service Commission residency, staffing, and ex parte communications: 02/20/03 -- S Third Read and Passed; 02/20/03 -- H First Read

SB 0255 - Kinder - Eliminates PSC ratemaking oversight for certain not-for- profit electrical cooperatives: 02/20/03 -- H First Read

SB 0266 - Shields - Requires the DMH to develop a plan for developmentally disabled persons that are on the waiting list for services: 02/20/03 -- H First Read

SB 0274 - Caskey - Requires insurers to provide coverage for hearing aids for children

02/20/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and

Industrial Relations Committee-Consent (1109S.02C)

SB 0282 - Shields - Revises the maximum time a county commission may issue a lease or concession grant for certain public facilities: 02/20/03 -- H First Read

SB 0287 - Childers - Removes work done on behalf of schools from the requirements of the prevailing wage laws in some instances

02/20/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and

Industrial Relations Committee (0730S.04C)

SB 0294 - Vogel - Requires criminal history check for certain persons related to the gaming industry, state gaming & lottery commissions

02/20/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Financial & Governmental Organ.,

Veterans' Affairs & Elect. Comm.-Consent (0956S.02C)

SB 0297 - Griesheimer - Allows access to state-operated sewer lines

02/20/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Financial & Governmental Organ.,

Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee - Consent

SB 0299 - Champion - Requires performance-based budgeting: 02/20/03 -- S Third Read and Passed; 02/20/03 -- H First Read

SB 0303 - Gibbons - Authorizes licensed ground ambulance services in St. Louis County to provide critical care ambulance service: 02/20/03 -- Removed from S Consent Calendar

SB 0317 - Stoll - Establishes a December 15, 2003, deadline for a MCHCP study which is presently required by law but possesses no deadline

02/20/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and

Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0347 - Loudon - Changes definitions within the chapter and modifies regulations as to occupational diseases in workers comp

02/20/03 -- Reported From S Small Business, Insurance &

Industrial Relations Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 0374 - Shields - Allows certain state employees an option of how they will be compensated for overtime work

02/20/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions & General Laws

Committee

SB 0376 - Caskey - Changes the body that certifies a deputy coroner to the Missouri Coroners and Medical Examiners Association

02/20/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Financial & Governmental Organ.,

Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee-Consent

SB 0398 - Griesheimer - Creates the Missouri natural resources and environmental commission

02/20/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation,

Parks and Natural Resources Committee

SB 0405 - Klindt - Expands the immunity from civil liability for property owners that own land that adjoins public trails

02/20/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks

and Natural Resources Committee

SB 0423 - Childers - Designates a portion of Highway 65 in Taney County as the "Trooper Jimmie Linegar Memorial Highway": 02/20/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent

SB 0481 - Dolan - Enacts various accountability measures which pertain to the operation of the department of transportation

02/20/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Comm.

02/20/03 -- Reported From S Transportation Committee to

Floor w/SCS

SB 0544 - Gross - Creates the Missouri Sunset Act

02/20/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental

Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 0546 - Caskey - Allows Johnson County to adopt and impose landfill fees: 02/20/03 -- S First Read

SB 0547 - Caskey - Removes one of two pay schedules for certain county treasurers: 02/20/03 -- S First Read

SB 0548 - Champion - Relating to the joint committee on legislative research: 02/20/03 -- S First Read

SB 0549 - Days - Prohibits the disclosure of nonpublic health information: 02/20/03 -- S First Read

SB 0550 - Scott - Adds rental contracts to stealing: 02/20/03 -- S First Read

SB 0551 - Yeckel - Creates the Missouri Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association: 02/20/03 -- S First Read

SB 0552 - Yeckel - Relating to property exempt from attachment: 02/20/03 -- S First Read

SB 0553 - Bartle - Relating to state aid to public schools: 02/20/03 -- S First Read

SB 0554 - Klindt - Relating to carry-back losses: 02/20/03 -- S First Read

SB 0555 - Kinder - Relating to the supply of electricial power and energy to certain large industrial customers: 02/20/03 -- S First Read

SB 0556 - Kinder - Modifies various provisions relating to the protection of the elderly: 02/20/03 -- S First Read

SB 0557 - Shields - Relating to the licensure and regulation of pharmacists, pharmacies, drug dsitributors & related services & personnel: 02/20/03 -- S First Read

SCR 004 - Jacob - Relating to the construction of a hotel/convention center complex in Columbia

02/20/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions &

Ethics Committee

SCR 006 - Stoll - Urges Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act

02/20/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions &

Ethics Committee

HB 0401 - Pratt - Authorizes the board of public buildings to issue additional revenue bonds for expanded purposes: 02/20/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - EC adopted; 02/20/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed (w/EC)