Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 4/02/03

SB 0002 - Russell - Refines various provisions of employment security
04/02/03 -- SS for SS for SCS S withdrawn
04/02/03 -- SS#2 for SS for SCS S offered (Loudon)
04/02/03 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 0005 - Caskey - Makes numerous changes to sentencing laws
04/02/03 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 0016 - Childers - Allows first class counties to retain a larger percentage of a portion of the assessed valuation
04/02/03 -- H First Read

SB 0036 - Klindt - Requires risk assessment and cost-benefit analysis be prepared when certain environmental rules are promulgated
04/02/03 -- Hearing Conducted H Agriculture Committee

SB 0043 - Dougherty - Establishes the "Office of State Ombudsman for Children's Protection & Services" & "Task Force on Children's Justice"
04/02/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental & Public
Health Committee

SB 0048 - Coleman - Requires security guards and security guard firms to be licensed by the Department of Insurance
04/02/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and
Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0075 - Steelman - Allows the state registrar to issue a certification of stillbirth
04/02/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass w/SB 435
& Public Health Committee

SB 0084 - Cauthorn - Allows specific tax credits be taken on a quarterly basis
04/02/03 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard H Agriculture Comm.

SB 0120 - Caskey - Allows Cass County to use a small portion of its property tax revenue for collection costs
04/02/03 -- H First Read

SB 0180 - Bland - Allows teachers and administrators in KC to come out of retirement & not relinquish retirement benefits for 4 years
04/02/03 -- H First Read

SB 0203 - Bartle - Modifies enforcement of administrative subpoenas
04/02/03 -- Hearing Conducted H Judiciary Committee

SB 0215 - Foster - Alters conditions by which a school district may transfer moneys from the incidental fund to the capital projects fund
04/02/03 -- Hearing Conducted H Education Committee

SB 0289 - Dolan - Names the portion of Highway 71 within Jasper County the "Trooper Charles P. Corbin Memorial Highway"
04/02/03 -- Hearing Conducted H Transportation & Motor Vehicle
Committee

SB 0293 - Vogel - Allows the department of revenue to specify the minimum income tax filing level
04/02/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/02/03 -- H First Read

SB 0305 - Jacob - Exempts health club services from sales tax
04/02/03 -- SS S offered (Jacob)
04/02/03 -- Point of order-SS goes beyond scope/title - taken
04/02/03 -- under advisement--Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 0307 - Steelman - Modifies the rebate amount for prescription drugs in the Missouri Senior Prescription Program
04/02/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental & Public
Health Committee
04/02/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental & Public
Health Committee

SB 0310 - Caskey - Revises the partnership, limited partnership, and limited liability company laws
04/02/03 -- Hearing Conducted H Job Creation and Economic
Development Committee

SB 0314 - Dolan - Repeals a doubly-enacted section regarding the towing of motor vehicles from private property
04/02/03 -- Hearing Conducted H Transportation & Motor Vehicle
Committee

SB 0328 - Coleman - Creates the mobile home landlord and tenant rights act
04/02/03 -- Motion to Report Bill Do Pass FAILED S Small Bus.,
Insurance and Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0334 - Goode - Changes the jurisdiction over underground storage tanks to the Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Commission
04/02/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/02/03 -- H First Read

SB 0350 - Dougherty - Mandates insurance coverage for certain prostrate examinations
04/02/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and
Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0351 - Dougherty - Changes the procedure in which parental or guardian consent is noted for the organ donation process of minors
04/02/03 -- H First Read

SB 0371 - Foster - Allows MOHELA to provide loans for nonsectarian tuition and other costs for certain students
04/02/03 -- Hearing Conducted H Education Committee

SB 0392 - Shields - Extends the hazardous waste generator fees
04/02/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/02/03 -- H First Read

SB 0410 - Shields - Modifies the amount of supplemental fees for the Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program
04/02/03 -- SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Shields)
04/02/03 -- Perfected
04/02/03 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 0422 - Childers - Revises membership qualifications for school boards
04/02/03 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 0430 - Champion - Modifies the law relating to children's protective services
04/02/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental & Public
Health Committee

SB 0435 - Dolan - Creates the Disposition of Fetal Remains Act
04/02/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass w/SB 75 S Aging, Families & Mental
& Public Health Committee

SB 0438 - Clemens - Designates a portion of U.S. Highway 60 as the Korea Veterans' Memorial Freeway
04/02/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0444 - Shields - Requires health carriers to provide coverage for chiropractic care as par for basic health care services
04/02/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental & Public
Health Committee 1509S.03C

SB 0447 - Bartle - Creates the basic civil legal services fund
04/02/03 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Bartle)
04/02/03 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
04/02/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0450 - Mathewson - Creates the division of community health
04/02/03 -- SS for SCS S offered (Mathewson)
04/02/03 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Shields)
04/02/03 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
04/02/03 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered (Steelman)
04/02/03 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 0454 - Coleman - Allows the department to levy fines for the abatement of lead poisoning
04/02/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental & Public
Health Committee 1331S.02C

SB 0463 - Gross - Increases term of director for nonprofit corporation from five to six years
04/02/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0481 - Dolan - Enacts various accountability measures which pertain to the operation of the department of transportation
04/02/03 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee
04/02/03 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal
Oversight Committee

SB 0504 - Clemens - Enables a satellite enterprise zone in Springfield
04/02/03 -- H First Read

SB 0511 - Kinder - Establishes the Joint Committee on the Life Sciences
04/02/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0513 - Kennedy - Removes discretion of board of police commissioners as to paid vacation and holidays in some situations
04/02/03 -- H First Read

SB 0539 - Bray - Modifies law regarding residential property insurance
04/02/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and
Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0544 - Gross - Creates the Missouri Sunset Act
04/02/03 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 0552 - Yeckel - Expands the list of property exempt from attachment to clarify that all qualified retirement plans will be exempt
04/02/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0561 - Dolan - Governs residential home improvement contracts
04/02/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and
Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0562 - Griesheimer - Authorizes conveyance of state property located in St. Louis County to the City of Pacific
04/02/03 -- 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
04/02/03 -- H First Read

SB 0578 - Shields - Authorizes the conveyance of land owned by the state in Platte County
04/02/03 -- H First Read

SB 0590 - Shields - Enables an increase in the senior citizens' services tax by five cents with voter approval
04/02/03 -- H First Read

SB 0592 - Foster - Moneys collected under 488.426, RSMo, may be expended for courtroom renovation & technology in certain counties
04/02/03 -- H First Read

SB 0594 - Bray - Allows operators of low-speed vehicles to use public highways under certain conditions
04/02/03 -- SCS S adopted
04/02/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0595 - Steelman - Establishes the comprehensive patient education and healthcare cost improvement pilot program
04/02/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental & Public
Health Committee
04/02/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass A Aging, Families & Mental & Public
Health Committee

SB 0598 - Childers - Establishes the Corporal Bobbie J. Harper Memorial Highway on U.S. Highway 71 in McDonald County
04/02/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0606 - Coleman - Allows the department of natural resources to convey state land in certain situations
04/02/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/02/03 -- H First Read

SB 0608 - Dougherty - Modifies the law relating to lead abatement
04/02/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental & Public
Health Committee

SB 0611 - Clemens - Allows county agricultural and mechanical societies to borrow money and mortgage property
04/02/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/02/03 -- H First Read

SB 0619 - Loudon - Repeals the requirement that surplus lines insurance license applicants file a bond with the Department of Insurance
04/02/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance &
Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0621 - Loudon - Allows certain cities to abate certain types of public nuisances and charge the cost of removal against owner
04/02/03 -- H First Read

SB 0623 - Foster - Creates procedures for challenges to fiscal notes in initiatives and referenda
04/02/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0632 - Days - Renders alterations to policies concerning early childhood special education placement
04/02/03 -- H First Read

SB 0635 - Mathewson - Modifies statutes to reflect reorganization of executive branch departments by executive order
04/02/03 -- H First Read

SB 0642 - Foster - Amends exception to the mandatory days of school attendance to apply to inclement weather during the 2002-03 school year
04/02/03 -- H First Read (w/EC)

SB 0648 - Shields - Allows the Missouri Development Finance Board to create a life sciences funding district
04/02/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism &
Local Government Committee

SB 0651 - Steelman - Makes the Norton/Cynthiana grape the official state grape
04/02/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/02/03 -- H First Read

SB 0658 - Cauthorn - Creates the Missouri Physicians Mutual Insurance Company Act
04/02/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and
Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0666 - Bland - School districts with multiple attendance centers shall develop policies regarding intra-district transfers
04/02/03 -- H First Read

SB 0668 - Cauthorn - Decreases number of employees in an employee-qualified capital project from 100 to 60 to receive certain tax credit
04/02/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/02/03 -- H First Read

SB 0674 - Gross - Authorizes the conveyance of Marshall Habilitation Center and Midtown Habilitation Center
04/02/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism and
Local Government Committee

SB 0676 - Kennedy - Creates an exception to the mandatory days of school attendance for the 2002-2003 school year
04/02/03 -- H First Read (w/EC)

SB 0681 - Loudon - Modifies provisions relating to actions for unlawful discriminatory practices
04/02/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Small Business, Insurance and
Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0685 - Gibbons - Creates a comprehensive children's mental health service system
04/02/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental & Public
Health Committee 2037S.02C

SB 0686 - Russell - Articulates conditions upon which school districts may transfer unrestricted funds
04/02/03 -- H First Read (w/EC)

SB 0697 - Nodler - Designates a George Washington Carver Memorial Highway on a portion of Interstate 44 in Jasper and Newton Counties
04/02/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SCR 002 - Bland - Renames the Joint Interim Committee on After-School Programs the Joint Committee on Out-of-School Programs
04/02/03 -- Reported From S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions &
Ethics Committee to Floor

SCR 007 - Gross - Establishes a Joint Interim Committee on Judicial Resources
04/02/03 -- Reported From S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions &
Ethics Committee to Floor w/SCA 1

SCR 013 - Nodler - Creates a subcommittee on Competition and Privatization within the Joint Committee on Legislative Research
04/02/03 -- Reported From S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions &
Ethics Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 0057 - Wilson - Clarifies the language to be included in the certification on each personal property tax list
04/02/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

HB 0059 - Johnson - Requires the department of mental health to develop a state suicide prevention plan
04/02/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental & Public
Health Committee

HB 0060 - Sutherland - Changes the time period in which a taxpayer may claim a refund of taxes mistakenly or erroneously paid
04/02/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

HB 0166 - Baker - Modifies provisions regarding incorporation or annexation of unincorporated areas in Cass County
04/02/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism
and Local Government Committee - Consent

HB 0181 - Seigfreid - Authorizes a transient guest tax in certain cities
04/02/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism and
Local Government Committee - Consent

HB 0189 - Parker - Modifies appropriation procedure for community college districts
04/02/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 0202 - Portwood - Creates the Missouri Calcium Initiative
04/02/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental & Public
Health Committee

HB 0244 - Baker - Includes Cass County in a certain planning and zoning program
04/02/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 0277 - Wright - Allows the City of Springfield to remove or transfer real property from a district or zone designation
04/02/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism and
Local Government Committee - Consent

HB 0278 - Davis - Authorizes conveyance of state property along Knaust Road in St. Charles County
04/02/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism and
Local Government Committee - Consent

HB 0286 - Bearden - Extends the expiration date for the federal reimbursement allowance program for hospitals
04/02/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental & Public
Health Committee

HB 0292 - Wagner - Designates the DeSoto Armory as the William E. "Bud" Lewis Armory
04/02/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Economic Development, Tourism and
Local Government Committee - Consent

HB 0318 - Baker - Allows Cass County to have county traffic ordinance violations heard by associate circuit judge
04/02/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 0321 - Wilson - Modifies various provisions of the workers' compensation law
04/02/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and
Industrial Relations Committee

HB 0326 - Wagner - Changes the boundary description of Ste. Genevieve County
04/02/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 0332 - Portwood - Protects use of the title "social worker"
04/02/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental & Public
Health Committee

HB 0351 - Quinn - Modifies eligibility requirements for members of a board of directors of an industrial development corporation
04/02/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 0356 - Smith (118) - Allows products made by youths in the division of youth services program to be sold at no more than 110% of cost
04/02/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

HB 0376 - Cooper - Changes the certification organization for deputy county coroners
04/02/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental &
Public Health Committee

HB 0388 - Wilson - Allows certain first class counties to create a geographical information system
04/02/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 0392 - Avery - Regulates establishment and relocation of motorcycle and other types of franchises
04/02/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce and Environment
Committee

HB 0440 - Portwood - Modifies release of records to dental well-being committee
04/02/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental & Public
Health Committee

HB 0445 - Portwood - Includes Christian Science practitioners in the definition of "minister" for purposes of mandatory child abuse reports
04/02/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental &
Public Health Committee

HB 0463 - King - Makes the city of Adrian the purple martin capital
04/02/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 0464 - King - Increases the amount borrowers can be guaranteed from the Single Purpose Animal Facilities Loan Guarantee Fund
04/02/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental &
Public Health Committee

HB 0465 - Hanaway - Establishes the Joint Committee on the Life Sciences
04/02/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions & General Laws
Committee

HB 0472 - Johnson - Establishes procedures for appointing boards of directors in community improvement districts
04/02/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 0477 - Moore - Requires the department of corrections to test for tuberculosis on all offenders
04/02/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental &
Public Health Committee

HB 0478 - Moore - Allows members of Optimist International to obtain special license plates bearing the organization's official emblem
04/02/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 0491 - Rupp - Allows biennial registration for driveaway licenses and physically disabled placards
04/02/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 0505 - Byrd - Modifies the law regarding damage claims made by rental companies
04/02/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce and Environment
Committee

HB 0512 - Cooper - Modifies provisions of the self-storage facilities act
04/02/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance
and Industrial Relations Committee

HB 0523 - Dusenberg - Requires criminal history check for certain persons related to the gaming industry
04/02/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions & General Laws
Committee

HB 0552 - Kingery - Allows Ripley and Butler counties to use court fees for courtroom renovation and technology enhancement
04/02/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 0553 - Smith (014) - Allows health benefits for retired officers and dependents of deceased officers of political subdivisions
04/02/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions & General Laws
Committee

HB 0554 - Engler - Creates inclement weather exceptions for mandatory school attendance requirements
04/02/03 -- Reported From S Education Committee to Floor

HB 0594 - Emery - Establishes the procedures for disincorporation of a road district in Jasper County
04/02/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 0597 - Schlottach - Removes requirement that township clerks file a copy of the township's fiscal and inventory reports with MoDOT
04/02/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 0598 - Schlottach - Revises provisions relating to application for certain license plates
04/02/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee