Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 2/25/03

SB 0001 - Russell - Requires boating safety identification card to operate watercraft for certain individuals
02/25/03 -- Committee Vote Reconsidered S Transportation Comm.
02/25/03 -- SCS#2 Voted Do Pass S Transportation
Committee-Consent

SB 0004 - Caskey - Creates the Antiterrorism Fund and Fight Terrorism license plate
02/25/03 -- H First Read

SB 0009 - Goode - Amends various provisions regarding the use of child restraint systems in motor vehicles
02/25/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0010 - Goode - Creates a no-spam list in Attorney General's office for unsolicited commercial email
02/25/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce & the Environment
Committee

SB 0013 - Kinder - Prohibits certain suits by political subdivisions and the state against firearm manufacturers and dealers
02/25/03 -- SS S offered (Kinder)
02/25/03 -- SA 1 to SS S offered & defeated (Jacob)
02/25/03 -- SA 2 to SS S offered & defeated (Dougherty)
02/25/03 -- SA 3 to SS S offered & ruled out of order (Bland)
02/25/03 -- SS S adopted
02/25/03 -- Perfected

SB 0029 - Gross - Prohibits courts from altering, setting aside, or ignoring withdrawal deadlines in elections
02/25/03 -- H First Read

SB 0035 - Loudon - Authorizes Joint Committee on Wagering and Gaming to solicit bids for university study of pathological gambling in MO
02/25/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 0050 - Coleman - Modifies time for election authority to complete verification of initiative or referendum petition signatures
02/25/03 -- H First Read

SB 0052 - Shields - Modifies the nonresident athletes and entertainers tax
02/25/03 -- Committee Vote Reconsidered
02/25/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee -Consent

SB 0083 - Cauthorn - Allows issuance of permits to carry concealed weapons
02/25/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0093 - Shields - Allows an exemption from sales tax on items purchased and given to the state
02/25/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0100 - Caskey - Changes the eligibility age for retirement under MOSERS and HTEHPRS systems
02/25/03 -- Bill Combined (SCS SBs 248, 100, 118, 233, 247, 341,
& 420) S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0103 - Goode - Extends the fee on waste tires to 2014
02/25/03 -- Bill Combined (SCS SBs 361, 103, 156, & 329) S
Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0108 - Gross - Adds the Chief Information Officer to the State Records Commission
02/25/03 -- H First Read

SB 0117 - Shields - Modifies law as it relates to driveaway operations and land improvement contractor's commercial motor vehicles
02/25/03 -- SCS S adopted
02/25/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0118 - Shields - Changes the eligibility age for retirement under MOSERS and HTEHPRS systems
02/25/03 -- Bill Combined (SCS SBs 248, 100, 118, 233, 247, 341
& 420) S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0122 - Caskey - Enables the assessor in third class counties to make certain entries to the assessor's book after delivery of the book
02/25/03 -- H First Read

SB 0156 - Bland - Extends the sunset on the waste tire fee to 2011
02/25/03 -- Bill Combined (SCS SBs 361, 103, 156, & 329) S
Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0172 - Goode - Revises regulation of tax increment financing
02/25/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee

SB 0187 - Yeckel - Revises the charter school laws
02/25/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 0204 - Yeckel - Authorizes school districts to designate an educational service agency
02/25/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee-Consent

SB 0216 - Foster - Allows members of the Missouri Association of State Troopers Emergency Relief Society to obtain special license plates
02/25/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0230 - Bray - Modifies law on formulation of transportation development districts
02/25/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0233 - Foster - Modifies the provisions of the public school and nonteacher retirement systems
02/25/03 -- Bill Combined (SCS SBs 248, 100, 118, 233, 247, 341,
& 420) S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0236 - DePasco - Creates a one-dollar check-off on income tax returns to fund the workers memorial
02/25/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0247 - Dolan - Modifies the provisions of the public school and nonteacher retirement systems
02/25/03 -- Bill Combined (SCS SBs 248, 100, 118, 233, 247, 341,
& 420) S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0248 - Gross - Allows ALJs and legal advisors hired after 2003 to be included in the state employees retirement system
02/25/03 -- Committee Vote Reconsiderd S Pensions & General Laws
Committee
02/25/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass (SCS SBs 248, 100, 118, 233, 247,
341, and 420) S Pensions & General Laws 0858.04C

SB 0253 - Steelman - Creates the Missouri Downtown Economic Stimulus Act
02/25/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce & Environment Committee
0734S.04C

SB 0276 - Jacob - Creates the Educational Job Retraining Fund which shall be funded by the repeal of the gambling loss limit
02/25/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee

SB 0285 - Dougherty - Repeals the $500 gambling boat loss limit
02/25/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee

SB 0289 - Dolan - Names the portion of Highway 71 within Jasper County the "Trooper Charles P. Corbin Memorial Highway"
02/25/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0291 - Caskey - Creates a tax credit program for certain railroad ad valorem property tax
02/25/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee
02/25/03 -- (1124S.02C)

SB 0292 - Yeckel - Limits disclosure of credit card account numbers on sales receipts provided to cardholder
02/25/03 -- H First Read

SB 0309 - Caskey - Excludes certain environmental accounts from the calculation of Hancock refunds
02/25/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0314 - Dolan - Repeals a doubly-enacted section regarding the towing of motor vehicles from private property
02/25/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0320 - Stoll - Creates a phased-in earned income tax credit
02/25/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee

SB 0329 - Griesheimer - Extends the waste tire collection fee from 2004 to 2014 SCS SBs 361, 103, 156, & 329
02/25/03 -- Bill Combined (SCS SBs 361, 103, 156, & 329) S
Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0341 - Wheeler - Revises provisions of the Kansas City Police and Civilians Retirement Systems
02/25/03 -- Bill Combined (SCS SBs 248, 100, 118, 233, 247, 341,
& 420) S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0343 - Dolan - Revises the procedures relating to the issuance of disabled license plates and placards
02/25/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0361 - Steelman - Extends the fee on waste tires to 2006
02/25/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass (SCS SBs 361, 103, 156, & 329) S
Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0362 - Steelman - Requires tobacco product manufacturers to file certain certifications
02/25/03 -- Committee Vote Reconsidered S Pensions & General
Laws Committee
02/25/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0363 - Jacob - Modifies the distribution of moneys from the Gaming Commission Fund
02/25/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee

SB 0414 - Steelman - Revises provisions of the sunshine law
02/25/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0420 - Stoll - Extends the 25 and out provisions of the public school and nonteacher retirement systems
02/25/03 -- Bill Combined (SCS SBs 248, 100, 118, 233, 247, 341,
& 420) S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0437 - Yeckel - Allows a tax credit for persons who contribute to pregnancy resource centers
02/25/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee

SB 0450 - Mathewson - Creates the division of community health
02/25/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee
02/25/03 -- (1332S.03C)

SB 0456 - Kennedy - Allows a self-directed deferred retirement plan program for the St. Louis Firefighters Retirement System
02/25/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions & General Laws Committee
Consent

SB 0458 - Childers - Extends the sunset on the dry fire hydrant tax credit
02/25/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee

SB 0477 - Griesheimer - Regulates the sale of motor vehicle extended service contracts
02/25/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce and Environment
Committee

SB 0501 - Gross - Exempts contractors from paying sales taxes on materials used in department of transportation projects
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 0502 - Vogel - Creates the Exhibition Center and Recreation Facility District Act for certain counties
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 0503 - Jacob - Allows certain teachers who job-share to receive creditable service for retirement and pro-rata leave and holidays
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0504 - Clemens - Enables a satellite enterprise zone in Springfield
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 0505 - Clemens - Limits taking farmland by eminent domain
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation,
Parks and Natural Resources Committee

SB 0506 - Clemens - Includes the use of lasers within the definition of dentistry
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental &
Public Health Committee

SB 0508 - Bray - Modifies provisions concerning industrial development
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 0509 - Bray - Requires the labeling of bottled water
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce and Environment
Committee

SB 0510 - Kinder - Extends the expiration date for the federal reimbursement allowance program for hospitals
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental &
Public Health Committee

SB 0511 - Kinder - Establishes the Joint Committee on the Life Sciences
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions & General Laws
Committee

SB 0513 - Kennedy - Removes discretion of board of police commissioners as to paid vacation and holidays in come situations
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 0515 - Bland - Modifies provisions relating to the licensing of advanced practice registered nurses and the practice of nursing
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0516 - Kennedy - Allows members of the St. Louis Police Retirement System to purchase their DROP period
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions & General Laws
Committee

SB 0517 - Jacob - Increases length of revocation periods and amount of liability insurance that must be carried by certain drivers
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance
and Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0518 - Steelman - Prohibits ALJs and Administrative Hearing Commissioners from having or contributing to a campaign account
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental
Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 0519 - Foster - Applies standards to be utilized in determining the necessity of proposed school district boundary changes
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0520 - Klindt - A+ reimbursements shall not be issued to any four-year institutions of higher education
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0521 - Gross - Prohibits public entities from requiring certain people to obtain a surety bond from a particular company
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 0522 - Gross - Provides an additional rate for the capital improvement sales tax
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 0523 - Kennedy - Creates the Board of Counselors and Therapists
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0524 - Jacob - Allows certain first classification counties to create a geographical information system
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0525 - Dolan - Adds a voting student member to the board of regents, governors, and curators of higher education institutions
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0526 - Gross - Prohibits contingent attorney's fees in property tax appeals
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary & Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0527 - Gross - Revises the fee structure for merchants' licenses
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 0528 - Gross - Sets out requirements for obtaining a warrant by telephone
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary & Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0529 - Childers - Allows certain railroads within Missouri to be designated by the division of tourism as official state railroads
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 0530 - Childers - Exempts ticket sales for railway excursions that travel fewer than 50 miles from their origination
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 0531 - Childers - Eliminates the presidential primary in Missouri
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0532 - Mathewson - Creates the Pesticide Project Fund
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation,
Parks and Natural Resources Committee

SB 0533 - Cauthorn - Allows some individuals to waive the protections of the workers' compensation law
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance
and Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0534 - Cauthorn - Includes definitions for protective oversight and voluntary leave in the Omnibus Nursing Home Act
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental &
Public Health Committee

SB 0535 - Yeckel - Requires specified training for professional counselors wishing to diagnose mental and emotional disorders
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0536 - Jacob - Enacts various changes to state income and sales tax laws
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

SB 0537 - Jacob - Authorizes Boone County Counselor to prosecute certain actions resulting in civil fines
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary & Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0538 - Dolan - Creates identity crimes
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary & Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0539 - Bray - Modifies law regarding residential property insurance
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance
and Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0540 - Gross - Limits the number of microbrewer licenses available to an individual and his agents
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 0541 - Scott - Includes health care providers working in county jails in legal fund
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0542 - Caskey - Revises compensation and retirement benefits for administrative law judges
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions & General Laws
Committee

SB 0543 - Dougherty - Revises various criminal background checks
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary & Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0546 - Caskey - Allows Johnson County to adopt and impose landfill fees
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 0547 - Caskey - Removes one of two pay schedules for certain county treasurers
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

SB 0548 - Champion - Requires annual report by the Jt. Committee on Legislative Research listing statutes expiring within the next 2 years
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0550 - Scott - Adds rental contracts to stealing
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary & Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0551 - Yeckel - Creates the Missouri Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance
and Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0552 - Yeckel - Expands the list of property exempt from attachment to clarify that all qualified retirement plans will be exempt
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions & General Laws
Committee

SB 0553 - Bartle - Alters the foundation formula by completely removing the line 1(b) calculation
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0554 - Klindt - Extends the carry-back operating losses from farming from 2 years to 3 years
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation,
Parks and Natural Resources Committee

SB 0555 - Kinder - Allows certain aluminum smelters to enter contracts to purchase energy outside of PSC oversight
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce and Environment
Committee

SB 0556 - Kinder - Modifies various provisions relating to the protection of the elderly
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental &
Public Health Committee

SB 0557 - Shields - Modifies the law relating to pharmacists, pharmacies, pharmaceutical services and drug distributors
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental &
Public Health Committee

SB 0573 - Dougherty - Modifies various provisions relating to the Missouri Family Trust
02/25/03 -- S First Read

SB 0574 - Days - DESE shall award salary supplement grants to priority school employing high quality teachers, subject to approprirations
02/25/03 -- S First Read

SB 0575 - Kennedy - Requires St. Louis City police members receive pay for unused vacation time annually rather than lose it
02/25/03 -- S First Read

SB 0576 - Vogel - Conveys state property in Cole County to the Missouri State Penitentiary Redevelopment Commission
02/25/03 -- S First Read

SB 0577 - Shields - Authorizes the conveyance of an easement in the form of a right-of-way in the City of St. Joseph
02/25/03 -- S First Read

SB 0578 - Shields - Authorizes the conveyance of land owned by the state in Platte County
02/25/03 -- S First Read

SB 0579 - Wheeler - Subjects nonprofit health entities to additional review by the AG before they can convert to for profit entities
02/25/03 -- S First Read

SB 0580 - Wheeler - Establishes the lifetime home grant program which is funded by an additional $1 fee on real estate instruments
02/25/03 -- S First Read

SB 0581 - Clemens - Amends various provisions regarding special license plates
02/25/03 -- S First Read

SB 0582 - Kennedy - Relating to the creation of the gang resistance education and training program
02/25/03 -- S First Read

SB 0583 - Nodler - Repeals the small business guaranty fee tax credit
02/25/03 -- S First Read

SB 0584 - Dolan - Creates several crimes relating to motor vehicles
02/25/03 -- S First Read

SB 0585 - Dolan - Calculation of summer school eligible pupil counts and demonstration of qualtifiable pupil assessment gains
02/25/03 -- S First Read

SCR 007 - Gross - Establishes a Joint Interim Committee on Judicial Resources
02/25/03 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics
Committee

SCR 008 - Dougherty - Renaming the St. Louis office of the division of workforce development after Nathaniel J. "Nat" Rivers
02/25/03 -- S First Read

SJR 003 - Gross - Exempts property owned by veterans' organizations from property taxation
02/25/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee

SJR 017 - Dolan - Revises the current transportation funding scheme with respect to various state agencies
02/25/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SR 0214 - Jacob - Use of Senate Chamber by Missouri Girls State - 6/24/2003
02/25/03 -- S First Read
02/25/03 -- S adopted

HB 0015 - Bearden - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes.
02/25/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee