Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 3/04/03

SB 0026 - Steelman - Creates a tax credit for 25% of the unreimbursed cost of health insurance premiums paid by individuals
03/04/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee
(0493S.03C)

SB 0031 - Foster - Alters provisions concerning suspension and offences for which a pupil may be prohibited from public school
03/04/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education
Committee-Consent

SB 0034 - Loudon - Imposes civil liability on any person violating Missouri's informed consent law for abortions
03/04/03 -- SS S offered (Loudon)
03/04/03 -- SA 1 to SS S offered (Coleman)
03/04/03 -- SA 1 to SA 1 to SS S offered (Coleman)
03/04/03 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 0036 - Klindt - Requires risk assessment and cost-benefit analysis be prepared when certain environmental rules are promulgated
03/04/03 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S defeated
03/04/03 -- SA 3 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Klindt)
03/04/03 -- SA 4 to SS for SCS S offered & withdrawn (Dougherty)
03/04/03 -- SA 5 to SS for SCS S offered (Steelman)
03/04/03 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
03/04/03 -- SA 1 to SA 5 to SS for SCS S offered &
adopted (Goode)
03/04/03 -- SA 2 to SA 5 to SS for SCS S offered &
withdrawn (Goode)
03/04/03 -- SA 3 to SA 5 to SS for SCS S offered &
adopted (Goode)
03/04/03 -- SA 5 to SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
03/04/03 -- SA 6 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Shields)
03/04/03 -- SA 7 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Dougherty)
03/04/03 -- SA 8 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Dougherty)
03/04/03 -- SA 9 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Dougherty)
03/04/03 -- SA 10 to SS for SCS S offered & defeated (Bray)
03/04/03 -- SA 11 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Caskey)
03/04/03 -- SA 12 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Dougherty)
03/04/03 -- SA 13 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Bray)
03/04/03 -- SA 14 to SS for SCS S offered (Goode)
03/04/03 -- SSA 1 for SA 14 to SS for SCS S offered &
withdrawn (Goode)
03/04/03 -- SSA 2 for SA 14 to SS for SCS S offered &
adopted (Klindt)
03/04/03 -- SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
03/04/03 -- Perfected

SB 0061 - Caskey - Limits the private use of an individual's Social Security Number in certain situations
03/04/03 -- Reported From S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS-Consent

SB 0076 - Gross - Exempts the homestead of those aged 65 and older from increases in property tax assessments
03/04/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee
(0124S.02C)

SB 0078 - Gross - Allows Transportation and Highway Patrol employees to purchase certain service for retirement credits
03/04/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0083 - Cauthorn - Allows issuance of permits to carry concealed weapons
03/04/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0094 - Shields - Creates a tax credit for teachers' related out-of-pocket expenses
03/04/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee
(0327S.02C)

SB 0095 - Shields - Establishes a small business health insurance tax credit program to offset employee health insurance premium costs
03/04/03 -- Voted Do Pass (w/SCA 1) S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0125 - Goode - Allows electric, gas, and water corporations to bill for certain infrastructure costs
03/04/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass (SCS SBs 125 & 290) S Commerce &
Environment Committee

SB 0136 - Goode - Changes opening filing date for offices in political subdivisions and special districts
03/04/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0180 - Bland - Allows teachers and administrators in KC to come out of retirement & not relinquish retirement benefits for 4 years
03/04/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee

SB 0203 - Bartle - Modifies enforcement of administrative subpoenas
03/04/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
03/04/03 -- H First Read

SB 0204 - Yeckel - Authorizes school districts to designate an educational service agency
03/04/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee-Consent

SB 0212 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to the Kansas City police retirement system
03/04/03 -- SCS S adopted
03/04/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0214 - Bartle - Modifies witness fees
03/04/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
03/04/03 -- H First Read

SB 0221 - Steelman - Prohibits the PSC from imposing any restrictions on high- speed Internet or broadband service
03/04/03 -- Motion to Report Bill Do Pass FAILED S Commerce and
Environment Committee

SB 0265 - Shields - Alters provisions regarding the certification of public school teachers
03/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability and
Fiscal Oversight
03/04/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and
Fiscal Oversight Committee
03/04/03 -- Reported From S Governmental Accountability and
Fiscal Oversight Committee to

SB 0288 - Dolan - Changes the time for the owner of lost property to prove property from one year to 180 days after publication
03/04/03 -- SCS S adopted
03/04/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
03/04/03 -- H First Read

SB 0290 - Gross - Allows for recovery of certain infrastructure and security costs by electrical corporations
03/04/03 -- Bill Combined (SCS SBs 125 & 290) S Commerce &
Environment Committee

SB 0294 - Vogel - Requires criminal history check for certain persons related to the gaming industry, state gaming & lottery commissions
03/04/03 -- SCS S adopted
03/04/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0296 - Griesheimer - Requires rules for classifying public schools to be in place for two years prior to implementation
03/04/03 -- H First Read

SB 0297 - Griesheimer - Allows access to state-operated sewer lines
03/04/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0305 - Jacob - Exempts health club services from sales tax
03/04/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Way & Means Committee

SB 0310 - Caskey - Revises the partnership, limited partnership, and limited liability company laws
03/04/03 -- H First Read

SB 0325 - Steelman - Requires schools to observe Veterans Day
03/04/03 -- H First Read

SB 0330 - Caskey - Allows child support orders to be sent to employers by regular or certified mail
03/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability and
Fiscal Oversight Committee
03/04/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and
Fiscal Oversight Committee
03/04/03 -- Reported From S Governmental Accountability and
Fiscal Oversight Committee to
03/04/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0353 - Stoll - Aspires to establish the "Collaborative for Applied Experiences in Science" (CAES) program
03/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 0363 - Jacob - Modifies the distribution of moneys from the Gaming Commission Fund
03/04/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee (Consent)

SB 0368 - Gibbons - Allows members of the Missouri State Society Daughters of the American Revolution to obtain special license plates
03/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0369 - Gibbons - Creates the "Friends of Kids with Cancer" license plate
03/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0371 - Foster - Allows MOHELA to provide loans for nonsectarian tuition and other costs for certain students
03/04/03 -- H First Read

SB 0374 - Shields - Allows certain state employees an option of how they will be compensated for overtime work
03/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0376 - Caskey - Changes the body that certifies a deputy coroner to the Missouri Coroners and Medical Examiners Association
03/04/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

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

SB 0392 - Shields - Extends the hazardous waste generator fees
03/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce and Environment
Committee-Consent
03/04/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Commerce & Environment Comm.-Consent

SB 0394 - Bartle - Modifies law governing corporate formalities
03/04/03 -- Reported From S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee to Floor-Consent

SB 0395 - Bartle - Revises civil procedure for challenging a board of directors decision and shareholder appraisal
03/04/03 -- Reported From S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee to Floor-Consent

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

SB 0412 - Foster - Enables tangible personal property to be depreciated in a scheduled manner
03/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee

SB 0419 - Stoll - Allows motorists to obtain organ donor special license plates
03/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0422 - Childers - Revises membership qualifications for seven-director or urban school district school boards
03/04/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee

SB 0432 - Cauthorn - Makes various changes to commercial motor vehicle laws
03/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0438 - Clemens - Designates a portion of U.S. Highway 60 as the Korea Veterans' Memorial Freeway
03/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0447 - Bartle - Creates the basic civil legal services fund
03/04/03 -- Reported From S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS-Consent

SB 0448 - Bartle - Extends sunset for statewide court automation fund
03/04/03 -- Reported From S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee to Floor-Consent

SB 0457 - Caskey - Allows a position on the executive council of the judicial conference to be filled
03/04/03 -- Reported From S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee to Floor-Consent

SB 0465 - Bartle - Modifies judicial finance commission annual report
03/04/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
03/04/03 -- H First Read

SB 0466 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to charges in criminal cases
03/04/03 -- SCS S adopted
03/04/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
03/04/03 -- H First Read

SB 0467 - Bartle - Increases criminal case filing surcharge
03/04/03 -- Reported From S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee to Floor-Consent

SB 0468 - Bartle - Modifies types of case dispositions that must be reported to the Uniform Law Enforcement System Records
03/04/03 -- Reported From S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee to Floor-Consent

SB 0469 - Bartle - Modifies service of summons in landlord-tenant actions
03/04/03 -- Reported From S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee to Floor-Consent

SB 0470 - Bartle - Modifies judgements creating liens on real estate
03/04/03 -- Reported From S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee to Floor-Consent

SB 0471 - Bartle - Modifies filing requirements for child support garnishment orders
03/04/03 -- Reported From S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee to Floor-Consent

SB 0474 - Bartle - Modifies procedure for changing surcharge amounts in civil case filings
03/04/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0476 - Jacob - Eliminates the minimum age qualification for admission to the University of the State of Missouri
03/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee-Consent

SB 0485 - Shields - Allows public hospitals in Clay County to close certain records and meetings
03/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0491 - Scott - Requires the department of transportation to submit to arbitration in certain contract disputes
03/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0509 - Bray - Requires the labeling of bottled water
03/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce and Environment
Committee

SB 0511 - Kinder - Establishes the Joint Committee on the Life Sciences
03/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee
03/04/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0516 - Kennedy - Allows members of the St. Louis Police Retirement System to purchase their DROP period
03/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0519 - Foster - Applies standards to be utilized in determining the necessity of proposed school district boundary changes
03/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee-Consent
03/04/03 -- Voted Do Pass (w/SCA 1) S Education
Committee-Consent

SB 0537 - Jacob - Authorizes Boone County Counselor to prosecute certain actions resulting in civil fines
03/04/03 -- Reported From S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee to Floor-Consent

SB 0542 - Caskey - Revises compensation and retirement benefits for administrative law judges
03/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0555 - Kinder - Allows certain aluminum smelters to enter contracts to purchase energy outside of PSC oversight
03/04/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce and Environment
Committee

SB 0604 - Vogel - Allows Cole County to adjust treasurers salary to the same as the public administrator
03/04/03 -- Re-referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0668 - Cauthorn - Decreases number of employees in an employee-qualified capital project from 100 to 60 to receive certain tax credit
03/04/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation,
Parks and Natural Resources Committee

SB 0686 - Russell - Articulates conditions upon which school districts may transfer unrestricted funds
03/04/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 0014 - Bearden - Appropriates money for emergency operations in the Office of Administration.
03/04/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 0015 - Bearden - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes.
03/04/03 -- SCS S adopted
03/04/03 -- S Third Read and Passed

HCR 015 - Behnen - Establishes March 6th as Lymphedema D-Day in Missouri.
03/04/03 -- S First Read