Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 4/01/03
- SB 0002 - Russell - Refines various provisions of employment security
- 04/01/03 -- SS for SCS S offered (Russell)
- 04/01/03 -- SS for SS for SCS S offered (Loudon)
- 04/01/03 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
- SB 0013 - Kinder - Prohibits certain suits by political subdivisions and the state against firearm manufacturers and dealers
- 04/01/03 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee
- SB 0015 - Childers - Creates a Legislative Academy within the General Assembly
- 04/01/03 -- Referred H Administration and Accounts Committee
- SB 0016 - Childers - Allows first class counties to retain a larger percentage of a portion of the assessed valuation
- 04/01/03 -- SCS S adopted
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- SB 0046 - Kennedy - Provides a tax credit for modifying a home for a disabled person
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Scheduled, Not Heard S Ways & Means Committee
- SB 0054 - Griesheimer - Allows biennial vehicle emissions testing in certain attainment areas
- 04/01/03 -- Referred H Transportation and Motor Vehicle
- Committee
- SB 0057 - Nodler - Modifies the filing procedure for campaign finance reports when done electronically
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted H Elections Committee
- SB 0073 - Bland - Establishes the Missouri Commission of Prevention and Management of Obesity
- 04/01/03 -- H First Read (w/EC)
- SB 0093 - Shields - Allows an exemption from sales tax on items purchased and given to the state
- 04/01/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0101 - Caskey - Allows Cass County to establish a municipal court system to prosecute ordinance violations
- 04/01/03 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee
- SB 0108 - Gross - Adds the Chief Information Officer to the State Records Commission
- 04/01/03 -- Referred H Corrections and State Institutions Comm.
- SB 0120 - Caskey - Allows Cass County to use a small portion of its property tax revenue for collection costs
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- SB 0121 - Caskey - Includes Cass County in a certain planning and zoning program
- 04/01/03 -- Referred H Local Government 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
- 04/01/03 -- Referred H Local Government Committee
- SB 0136 - Goode - Changes opening filing date for offices in political subdivisions and special districts
- 04/01/03 -- Referred H Elections Committee
- SB 0142 - Goode - Gives the power of eminent domain to towns and villages
- 04/01/03 -- Referred H Local Government Committee
- SB 0165 - Bland - Makes changes to the Missouri minority business advocacy commission
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- 04/01/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0173 - Quick - Modifies initial term of office for certain fire protection district directors
- 04/01/03 -- Referred H Elections Committee
- SB 0178 - Bland - Enables persons with hardships to pay property taxes in installments
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee
- SB 0180 - Bland - Allows teachers and administrators in KC to come out of retirement & not relinquish retirement benefits for 4 years
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- SB 0202 - Childers - Requires access to water supply for fire protection entities during emergencies
- 04/01/03 -- Referred H Local Government Committee
- SB 0204 - Yeckel - Authorizes school districts to designate an educational service agency
- 04/01/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0224 - Vogel - Authorizes easement on state property to the city of Fulton
- 04/01/03 -- Referred H Local Government Committee
- SB 0238 - Caskey - Modifies provisions regarding incorporation or annexation of unincorporated areas in Cass County
- 04/01/03 -- Referred H Local Government Committee
- SB 0269 - Quick - Enables Excelsior Springs to submit a public safety sales tax to its voters
- 04/01/03 -- Referred H Tax Policy Committee
- SB 0273 - Bland - Extends the KC public mass transportation system sales tax from December 31, 2003 to December 31, 2005
- 04/01/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee
- SB 0281 - Shields - Allows first class counties to acquire, erect, operate, manage, etc. buildings and property outside the county seat
- 04/01/03 -- Referred H Local Government Committee
- SB 0295 - Shields - Makes various modifications to laws regarding tax sales of land
- 04/01/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0308 - Steelman - Creates the Missouri Calcium Initiative
- 04/01/03 -- Referred H Health Care Policy Committee
- SB 0321 - Days - Requires persons discharged from prison or parole, to be informed of the procedures to register to vote
- 04/01/03 -- Referred H Elections Committee
- SB 0325 - Steelman - Requires schools to observe Veterans Day
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted H Homeland Security and Veterans'
- ffairs Committee
- SB 0335 - Goode - Increases penalties imposed by the PSC for safety-related violations of the natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee
- SB 0351 - Dougherty - Changes the procedure in which parental or guardian consent is noted for the organ donation process of minors
- 04/01/03 -- SCS S adopted
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- SB 0355 - Stoll - Allows persons registering their vehicle to make a $1 donation to the organ donor program
- 04/01/03 -- Referred H Transportation and Motor Vehicle
- Committee
- SB 0356 - Stoll - Makes a technical change in the organ donation license law
- 04/01/03 -- Referred H Transportation and Motor Vehicle
- Committee
- SB 0358 - Shields - Requires budgetary approval of Platte County or city within Platte County for expenditures to local election board
- 04/01/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0373 - Bartle - Modifies provisions of the self-storage facilities act
- 04/01/03 -- SCS S adopted
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- 04/01/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0391 - Shields - Establishes the Missouri State Advisory Council on Pain and Symptom Management
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted H Senior Security Committee
- SB 0396 - Kennedy - Expands the sponsorship and mentoring program tax credits to apply to other taxes
- 04/01/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee
- SB 0399 - Caskey - Expands the crime of delivering any controlled substances to prisons and city and county jails
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- 04/01/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0407 - Klindt - Modifies the requirements for health insurance coverage of clinical trials
- 04/01/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0422 - Childers - Revises membership qualifications for seven-director or urban school district school boards
- 04/01/03 -- SA 2 to SCS S offered & defeated (Steelman)
- 04/01/03 -- SA 3 to SCS S offered & adopted (Dougherty)
- 04/01/03 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
- 04/01/03 -- Perfected
- SB 0425 - Scott - Modifies various provisions dealing with the reporting and investigation of an individual's death
- 04/01/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0426 - Griesheimer - Modifies time state employees may receive paid leave for volunteering as a Red Cross disaster service volunteer
- 04/01/03 -- Referred H Budget Committee
- SB 0431 - Gibbons - Modifies the law relating to informed consent for experimental treatments by accredited teaching hospitals
- 04/01/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0441 - Dougherty - Allows counties to abate a portion of property taxes for certain purposes
- 04/01/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee
- SB 0456 - Kennedy - Allows a self-directed deferred retirement plan program for the St. Louis Firefighters Retirement System
- 04/01/03 -- Referred H Retirement Committee
- SB 0475 - Jacob - Creates the "Video Gaming Machine Network" to generate revenue for higher education
- 04/01/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee
- SB 0480 - Dolan - Modifies licensing of physical therapists and physical therapists assistants
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- 04/01/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0481 - Dolan - Enacts various accountability measures which pertain to the operation of the department of transportation
- 04/01/03 -- SS for SS for SCS S withdrawn
- 04/01/03 -- SS for SCS S withdrawn
- 04/01/03 -- SS#2 for SCS S offered (Dolan)
- 04/01/03 -- SA 1 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & defeated (Bray)
- 04/01/03 -- SA 2 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & defeated (Bray)
- 04/01/03 -- SA 3 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & adopted (Scott)
- 04/01/03 -- SA 4 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & defeated (Cauthorn)
- 04/01/03 -- SA 5 to SS#2 for SCS S offered &
- adopted (Griesheimer)
- 04/01/03 -- SA 6 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & adopted (Caskey)
- 04/01/03 -- SA 7 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & adopted (Gross)
- 04/01/03 -- SA 8 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & defeated (Bland)
- 04/01/03 -- SS#2 for SCS, as amended, S adopted
- 04/01/03 -- Perfected
- SB 0492 - Scott - Revises the registration of a commercial interior designer
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- 04/01/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0495 - Yeckel - Lowers speed limits on trucks and prohibits trucks from driving in the left-hand lane on certain highways
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee
- SB 0500 - Loudon - Removes the aggregate cap for the adoption tax credit program
- 04/01/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee
- SB 0503 - Jacob - Allows certain teachers who job-share to receive creditable service for retirement and pro-rata leave and holidays
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
- SB 0504 - Clemens - Enables a satellite enterprise zone in Springfield
- 04/01/03 -- SCS S defeated
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- SB 0506 - Clemens - Includes the use of lasers within the definition of dentistry
- 04/01/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0507 - Bray - Seeks to repeal the Academically Deficient Schools Program
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
- SB 0508 - Bray - Modifies provisions concerning industrial development
- 04/01/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee
- SB 0513 - Kennedy - Removes discretion of board of police commissioners as to paid vacation and holidays in some situations
- 04/01/03 -- SCS S adopted
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- SB 0519 - Foster - Applies standards to be utilized in determining the necessity of proposed school district boundary changes
- 04/01/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0529 - Childers - Allows certain railroads within Missouri to be designated by the division of tourism as official state railroads
- 04/01/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0534 - Cauthorn - Includes definitions for protective oversight and voluntary leave in the Omnibus Nursing Home Act
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- 04/01/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0544 - Gross - Creates the Missouri Sunset Act
- 04/01/03 -- SCS S adopted
- 04/01/03 -- Perfected
- SB 0547 - Caskey - Modifies pay schedules for certain county clerks and treasurers
- 04/01/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0548 - Champion - Requires annual report by the Jt. Committee on Legislative Research listing statutes expiring within the next 2 years
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- 04/01/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0562 - Griesheimer - Authorizes conveyance of state property located in St. Louis County to the City of Pacific
- 04/01/03 -- SCS S adopted
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- SB 0564 - Gross - Changes governance of the St. Louis International Airport
- 04/01/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions & General Laws Committee
- SB 0565 - Goode - Relating to job creation and fiscal accountability
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Scheduled, Not Heard S Ways & Means Committee
- SB 0568 - Yeckel - Requires children to be at least 8 years old, 4 feet 4 inches, and 60 pounds to ride as passengers on motorcycles
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee
- SB 0571 - Loudon - Includes Christian Science practitioners within the definition of Minister for mandated reports of child abuse
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- 04/01/03 -- H 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
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- SB 0578 - Shields - Authorizes the conveyance of land owned by the state in Platte County
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- SB 0585 - Dolan - Calculation of summer school eligible pupil counts and demonstration of quantifiable pupil assessment gains
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
- SB 0587 - Stoll - Increases the COLA for certain special consultants and retirees from 80% to 100% of the consumer price index
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee
- SB 0588 - Stoll - Allows members of MOSERS who retired prior to July 1, 1990, an additional $5 per month times years of creditable service
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee
- SB 0590 - Shields - Enables an increase in the senior citizens' services tax by five cents with voter approval
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- SB 0592 - Foster - Moneys collected under 488.426, RSMo, may be expended for courtroom renovation & technology in certain counties
- 04/01/03 -- SCS S adopted
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- SB 0601 - Griesheimer - Provides conservation agents and retirees with an additional benefit under the year 2000 plan
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Cancelled S Pensions & General Laws Committee
- SB 0602 - Cauthorn - Exempts natural gas used in the production of ethanol from taxation
- 04/01/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee
- SB 0604 - Vogel - Allows Cole County to adjust treasurers salary to the same as the public administrator
- 04/01/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee
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- SB 0607 - Loudon - Removes the salaries of elected officials from those not considered wages for unemployment benefits
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- 04/01/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0613 - Shields - Modifies provisions for return of leased property held by pawn broker to the claimant
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee
- SB 0616 - Nodler - Reenacts provisions regarding venue for suits against non-profit corporations
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- 04/01/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0618 - Kennedy - Requires the Department of Mental Health to develop a state suicide prevention plan
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- 04/01/03 -- H First Read
- SB 0621 - Loudon - Allows certain cities to abate certain types of public nuisances and charge the cost of removal against owner
- 04/01/03 -- SCS S adopted
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- SB 0627 - Coleman - Clarifies provisions for the deferred retirement option plan (DROP) for St. Louis City Police Retirement System
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee
- SB 0632 - Days - Renders alterations to policies concerning early childhood special education placement
- 04/01/03 -- SCS S adopted
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- SB 0634 - Coleman - Modifies applicability of certain property taxes to certain tax increment financing projects
- 04/01/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee
- SB 0635 - Mathewson - Modifies statutes to reflect reorganization of executive branch departments by executive order
- 04/01/03 -- SCS S adopted
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- SB 0637 - Caskey - Alters policies regarding the lapse of school districts
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Scheduled, Not Heard S Education Committee
- SB 0639 - Foster - Limits the amount and the applicability of the historic preservation tax credit
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee
- SB 0642 - Foster - Amends exception to the mandatory days of school attendance to apply to inclement weather during the 2002-03 school year
- 04/01/03 -- SCS S adopted
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted - Consent
- SB 0645 - Kennedy - Addresses benefits of survivors of a police officer and those who may use the deferred retirement option plan
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Cancelled S Pensions & General Laws Committee
- SB 0654 - Steelman - Requires certain filings of contractors and companies who repair, remove, and close petroleum liquid storage systems
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee
- SB 0666 - Bland - School districts with multiple attendance centers shall develop policies regarding intra-district transfers
- 04/01/03 -- SCS S adopted
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
- SB 0676 - Kennedy - Creates an exception to the mandatory days of school attendance for the 2002-2003 school year
- 04/01/03 -- SCS S adopted
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted - Consent
- SB 0686 - Russell - Articulates conditions upon which school districts may transfer unrestricted funds
- 04/01/03 -- SCS S adopted
- 04/01/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted - Consent
- SB 0690 - Russell - Adds certain tax compliance measures
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee
- SB 0699 - Russell - Replaces the term "eligible pupils" with the term "average daily attendance" in line 1 of the foundation formula
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
- SJR 014 - Jacob - Amends the Constitution to create a Revenue Stabilization Fund
- 04/01/03 -- Voted Do Not Pass S Ways & Means Committee
- HB 0122 - Johnson - Changes public mass transportation system sales tax expiration date and proceeds expenditures.
- 04/01/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee
- HB 0144 - Luetkemeyer - Creates the exhibition center and recreation facility district act for certain counties
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee
- HB 0152 - Johnson - Modifies provisions relating to the Kansas City police retirement system
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee
- HB 0162 - Shoemaker - Designates a portion of U.S. Highway 63 in Macon County as the "Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway"
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent
- HB 0208 - Engler - Eliminates PSC ratemaking oversight for certain not-for- profit electrical corporations
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee
- HB 0245 - Marsh - Designates a portion of U.S. Highway 60 as the "Korea War Veterans' Memorial Freeway"
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent
- HB 0281 - Moore - Allows state board of education to offer two professional levels of teacher certification
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
- HB 0284 - Crawford - Repeals a doubly-enacted section relating to the towing of motor vehicles from private property
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent
- HB 0289 - Dempsey - Creates the Missouri Downtown Economic Stimulus Act
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee
- HB 0327 - Lipke - Requires assessment of loss of access to adjacent highways when assessing condemnation damages
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent
- HB 0554 - Engler - Creates inclement weather exceptions for mandatory school attendance requirements
- 04/01/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
- 04/01/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee