Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 3/11/03
- SB 0011 - Kinder - Establishes a sales tax holiday
- 03/11/03 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee to Floor
- 03/11/03 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal
- Oversight Committee
- SB 0024 - Steelman - Creates the "Safe at Home Act"
- 03/11/03 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Caskey)
- 03/11/03 -- SS for SCS S offered (Dougherty)
- 03/11/03 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
- SB 0029 - Gross - Prohibits courts from altering, setting aside, or ignoring withdrawal deadlines in elections
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted H Elections Committee
- SB 0034 - Loudon - Imposes civil liability on any person violating Missouri's informed consent law for abortions
- 03/11/03 -- S Third Read and Passed
- 03/11/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0050 - Coleman - Modifies time for election authority to complete verification of initiative or referendum petition signatures
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted H Elections Committee
- SB 0054 - Griesheimer - Allows biennial vehicle emissions testing in certain attainment areas
- 03/11/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- 03/11/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0089 - Kennedy - Requires that amateur radio license plates contain the words "AMATEUR RADIO" in place of the words "SHOW-ME-STATE"
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee
- SB 0134 - Loudon - Allows surviving spouses/other relatives of a peace officer killed in line of duty to receive special license plates
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee
- SB 0165 - Bland - Makes changes to the Missouri minority business advocacy commission
- 03/11/03 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Organization
- Vet. Affairs & Elections Committee to Floor - Consent
- SB 0171 - Loudon - Allows surviving spouses/other relatives of a firefighter killed in the line of duty to receive license plates
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee
- SB 0180 - Bland - Allows teachers and administrators in KC to come out of retirement & not relinquish retirement benefits for 4 years
- 03/11/03 -- Committee Vote Reconsidered S Education Committee
- 03/11/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee-Consent
- SB 0188 - Cauthorn - Exempts pension and retirement income of seniors from state income tax
- 03/11/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee
- SB 0240 - Mathewson - Allows honorably discharged veterans to obtain "U.S. VET" motor vehicle license plates
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee
- SB 0253 - Steelman - Creates the Missouri Downtown Economic Stimulus Act
- 03/11/03 -- SS for SCS S offered (Steelman)
- 03/11/03 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered (Klindt)
- 03/11/03 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
- SB 0255 - Kinder - Eliminates PSC ratemaking oversight for certain not-for- profit electrical cooperatives
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted H Communications, Energy &
- Technology Committee
- 03/11/03 -- Voted Do Pass H Communications, Energy & Technology
- Committee - Consent
- SB 0261 - Clemens - Allows members of the MO Foxtrotting Horse Breed Association to obtain specialized license plates
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee
- SB 0262 - Clemens - Exempts all public and private retirement benefits from income tax
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Ways & Means
- Committee
- SB 0293 - Vogel - Allows the department of revenue to specify the minimum income tax filing level
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee
- SB 0300 - Cauthorn - Regulates the licensing and registration of anesthesiologist assistants
- 03/11/03 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
- SB 0321 - Days - Requires persons discharged from prison or parole, to be informed of the procedures to register to vote
- 03/11/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- 03/11/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0331 - Childers - Allows any qualified applicant for the "SILVER STAR" license plate to obtain two sets of plates
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee
- SB 0334 - Goode - Changes the jurisdiction over underground storage tanks to the Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Commission
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment
- Committee-Consent
- 03/11/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Commerce & Envrionment Committee-
- Consent
- SB 0336 - Bray - Changes economic development programs regarding distressed communities and small business investment tax credits
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee
- SB 0355 - Stoll - Allows persons registering their vehicle to make a $1 donation to the organ donor program
- 03/11/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- 03/11/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0356 - Stoll - Makes a technical change in the organ donation license law
- 03/11/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- 03/11/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0374 - Shields - Allows certain state employees an option of how they will be compensated for overtime work
- 03/11/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions & General Laws Committee
- SB 0399 - Caskey - Expands the crime of delivering any controlled substances to prisons and city and county jails
- 03/11/03 -- Reported From S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
- Jurisprudence Committee to Floor - Consent
- SB 0423 - Childers - Designates a portion of Highway 65 in Taney County as the "Trooper Jimmie Linegar Memorial Highway"
- 03/11/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- 03/11/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0426 - Griesheimer - Modifies time state employees may receive paid leave for volunteering as a Red Cross disaster service volunteer
- 03/11/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- 03/11/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0428 - Shields - Alters definitions concerning Charles Gallagher Financial Awards and the Nursing Student Loan Program
- 03/11/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee
- SB 0440 - Steelman - Modifies the procedure for disconnection of water services for nonpayment of a sewer bill
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee
- SB 0449 - Bartle - Limits certificate of need to only long-term care facilities
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee
- SB 0456 - Kennedy - Allows a self-directed deferred retirement plan program for the St. Louis Firefighters Retirement System
- 03/11/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted - Consent
- 03/11/03 -- H First Read (w/EC)
- SB 0458 - Childers - Extends the sunset on the dry fire hydrant tax credit
- 03/11/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee-Consent
- SB 0463 - Gross - Increases term of director for nonprofit corporation from five to six years
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee
- 03/11/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions & General Laws Committee
- Consent
- SB 0475 - Jacob - Creates the "Video Gaming Machine Network" to generate revenue for higher education
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee
- SB 0478 - Gross - Creates inactive status for architects and psychologists and modifies duties of landscape architects
- 03/11/03 -- SCS S adopted
- 03/11/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- 03/11/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0480 - Dolan - Modifies licensing of physical therapists and physical therapists assistants
- 03/11/03 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Organization
- Vet. Affairs & Elections Comm. to Floor - Consent
- SB 0484 - Shields - Allows members or alumni of Alpha Phi Omega to obtain specialized license plates
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee
- SB 0485 - Shields - Allows public hospitals in Clay County to close certain records and meetings
- 03/11/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Pensions & General Laws Committee
- 1285S.02C
- SB 0490 - Dolan - Requires alcohol related reports submitted by law enforcement officers to be certified
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee
- SB 0492 - Scott - Revises the registration of a commercial interior designer
- 03/11/03 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Organization
- Vet. Affairs & Elections Comm. to Floor - Consent
- SB 0501 - Gross - Exempts contractors from paying sales taxes on materials used in department of transportation projects
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee
- SB 0502 - Vogel - Creates the Exhibition Center and Recreation Facility District Act for certain counties
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee
- SB 0508 - Bray - Modifies provisions concerning industrial development
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee
- SB 0511 - Kinder - Establishes the Joint Committee on the Life Sciences
- 03/11/03 -- Committee Vote Reconsiderd S Pensions and General
- Laws Committee
- 03/11/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions & General Laws Committee
- Consent
- SB 0525 - Dolan - Adds a voting student member to the board of regents, governors, and curators of higher education institutions
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
- SB 0548 - Champion - Requires annual report by the Jt. Committee on Legislative Research listing statutes expiring within the next 2 years
- 03/11/03 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Organization
- Vet. Affairs & Elections Comm. to Floor - Consent
- SB 0552 - Yeckel - Expands the list of property exempt from attachment to clarify that all qualified retirement plans will be exempt
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee
- 03/11/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions & General Laws Committee
- Consent
- SB 0560 - Childers - Rewards engineer designs below a per capita cost
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee
- SB 0567 - Steelman - Gives authority to create reorganized common sewer districts
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee
- SB 0570 - Loudon - Establishes a license registration procedure for street rods and custom vehicles
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Transportation
- Committee
- SB 0573 - Dougherty - Modifies various provisions relating to the Missouri Family Trust
- 03/11/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental &
- Public Health Committee
- SB 0581 - Clemens - Amends various provisions regarding special license plates
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee
- SB 0583 - Nodler - Repeals the small business guaranty fee tax credit
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee
- SB 0594 - Bray - Allows operators of low-speed vehicles to use public highways under certain conditions
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee
- SB 0598 - Childers - Establishes the Corporal Bobbie J. Harper Memorial Highway on U.S. Highway 71 in McDonald County
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee
- SB 0607 - Loudon - Removes the salaries of elected officials from those not considered wages for unemployment benefits
- 03/11/03 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Organization
- Vet. Affairs & Elections Comm. to Floor - Consent
- SB 0616 - Nodler - Reenacts provisions regarding venue for suits against non-profit corporations
- 03/11/03 -- Reported From S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
- Jurisprudence Committee to Floor - Consent
- SB 0630 - Scott - Eliminates need for basic air operating permit for air contaminant class B sources
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee
- SB 0632 - Days - A student's IEP committee must give due consideration to maintaining a private placement option
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee-Consent
- 03/11/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass (SCS SBs 632 & 644) S Education
- Committee-Consent
- SB 0633 - Shields - Enables property in two cities to be annexed into only one of the two cities
- 03/11/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
- Tourism & Local Government Committee
- SB 0642 - Foster - Exception to the mandatory days of school attendance to apply to inclement weather during the 2002-2003 school year
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
- 03/11/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education
- Committee-Consent
- SB 0643 - Yeckel - Replaces family court commissioners with associate circuit judges
- 03/11/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary & Civil &
- Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
- SB 0644 - Kennedy - Alters provisions regarding early childhood special education services
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
- 03/11/03 -- Bill Combined (SCS SBs 632 & 644) S Education
- Committee
- SB 0652 - Steelman - Limits time period and geographic area for declared emergencies
- 03/11/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
- Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee
- SB 0658 - Cauthorn - Creates the Missouri Physicians Mutual Insurance Company Act
- 03/11/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance
- and Industrial Relations Committee
- SB 0661 - Wheeler - Allows regionally accredited post-secondary educational facilities to be eligible for tourist signs
- 03/11/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee
- SB 0663 - Dolan - Exempts call-up military from the property tax on cars in certain circumstances
- 03/11/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee
- SB 0664 - Childers - Modifies the law regarding medical malpractice actions against health care providers
- 03/11/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary & Civil &
- Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
- SB 0665 - Bland - Requires health insurance policies to cover treatment for overweight and obese persons
- 03/11/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance
- and Industrial Relations Committee
- SB 0666 - Bland - School districts shall, no later than July 1, 2004, develop policies regarding enrollment option plans
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
- 03/11/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education
- Committee-Consent
- SB 0671 - DePasco - Allows cigarette retailers to participate in cigarette merchandising, advertising, display, or promotion programs
- 03/11/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce and Environment
- Committee
- SB 0676 - Kennedy - Creates an exception to the mandatory days of school attendance for the 2002-2003 school year
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
- 03/11/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education
- Committee-Consent
- SB 0679 - Loudon - Modifies allowable interest on certain judgments
- 03/11/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary & Civil &
- Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
- SB 0680 - Loudon - Establishes a licensing board to regulate electrical contractors
- 03/11/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
- Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee
- SB 0683 - Clemens - Requires certain land acquired by the Dept. of Conservation to be sold at public auction
- 03/11/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation,
- Parks and Natural Resources Committee
- SB 0684 - Dougherty - Modifies the law pertaining to the licensing of child care facilities
- 03/11/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental &
- Public Health Committee
- SB 0686 - Russell - Articulates conditions upon which school districts may transfer unrestricted funds
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
- 03/11/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education
- Committee-Consent
- SB 0695 - Goode - Modifies the law relating to the funding of Medicaid services
- 03/11/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Governmental
- Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
- SB 0697 - Nodler - Designates a George Washington Carver Memorial Highway on a portion of Interstate 44 in Jasper and Newton Counties
- 03/11/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee
- SJR 003 - Gross - Exempts property owned by veterans' organizations from property taxation
- 03/11/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee
- SJR 004 - Cauthorn - Allows private school students to ride public school buses
- 03/11/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee
- HB 0015 - Bearden - Appropriates money for supplemental purposes.
- 03/11/03 -- CCR/CCS H offered
- HB 0166 - Baker - Changes incorporation and annexation procedures for certain instances in Cass County.
- 03/11/03 -- S First Read