Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 4/07/03

SB 0001 - Russell - Requires boating safety identification card to operate watercraft for certain individuals
04/07/03 -- Referred H Tourism & Cultural Affairs Committee

SB 0033 - Loudon - Establishes the Open Contracting Act
04/07/03 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 0069 - Yeckel - Creates the Small Business Regulatory Fairness Board to serve as liaison between agencies and small businesses
04/07/03 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Yeckel)
04/07/03 -- SA 2 to SCS S offered & adopted (Jacob)
04/07/03 -- SA 3 to SCS S offered & withdrawn (Jacob)
04/07/03 -- SA 4 to SCS S offered & adopted (Jacob)
04/07/03 -- SA 5 to SCS S offered & adopted (Jacob)
04/07/03 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
04/07/03 -- Perfected

SB 0088 - Kennedy - Creates licensure requirements for private investigators
04/07/03 -- Bill Combined (SCS SBs 415, et al) S Financial &
Governmental Org., Veterans Affairs & Elections Com.

SB 0093 - Shields - Allows an exemption from sales tax on items purchased and given to the state
04/07/03 -- Referred H Tax Policy Committee

SB 0120 - Caskey - Allows Cass County to use a small portion of its property tax revenue for collection costs
04/07/03 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 0125 - Goode - Allows electric, gas, and water corporations to bill for certain infrastructure costs
04/07/03 -- SA 3 to SCS S offered & adopted (Goode)
04/07/03 -- SA 4 to SCS S offered & adopted (Goode)
04/07/03 -- SA 5 to SCS S offered & adopted (Cauthorn)
04/07/03 -- SA 6 to SCS S offered (Kennedy)
04/07/03 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 0143 - Goode - Specifies the effective dates for vetoed bills when veto is overridden
04/07/03 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 0145 - Bland - Requires racial profiling information for every stop of a motor vehicle or a pedestrian
04/07/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0152 - Bland - Prohibits sale of firearms without a trigger locking device
04/07/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0160 - Bland - Makes arson motivated by hate crimes a class A felony
04/07/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0165 - Bland - Makes changes to the Missouri minority business advocacy commission
04/07/03 -- Referred H Small Business Committee

SB 0175 - Loudon - Creates a food recovery program to provide food to needy persons
04/07/03 -- Referred H Tax Policy Committee

SB 0198 - Caskey - Modifies DNA profiling system
04/07/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0200 - Bland - Enacts reciprocal nurse licensure compact
04/07/03 -- Bill Combined (SCS SBs 415, et al) S Financial &
Governmental Org., Veterans' Affairs & Elections Com.

SB 0204 - Yeckel - Authorizes school districts to designate an educational service agency
04/07/03 -- Referred H Education Committee

SB 0223 - Foster - Creates the State Board of Auctioneers to oversee licensing of persons engaged in the practice of auctioneering
04/07/03 -- Bill Combined (SCS SBs 415, et al) S Financial &
Governmental Org., Veterans' Affairs & Elections Com.

SB 0237 - Russell - Allows fishing contests to be conducted without a permit
04/07/03 -- Referred H Tourism & Cultural Affairs Committee

SB 0293 - Vogel - Allows the department of revenue to specify the minimum income tax filing level
04/07/03 -- Referred H Tax Policy Committee

SB 0295 - Shields - Makes various modifications to laws regarding tax sales of land
04/07/03 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 0327 - Gross - Modifies provisions of real estate appraiser licensing
04/07/03 -- Referred H Professional Registration & Licensing
Committee

SB 0334 - Goode - Changes the jurisdiction over underground storage tanks to the Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Commission
04/07/03 -- Referred H Conservation & Natural Resources
Committee

SB 0358 - Shields - Requires budgetary approval of Platte County or city within Platte County for expenditures to local election board
04/07/03 -- Referred H Elections Committee

SB 0373 - Bartle - Modifies provisions of the self-storage facilities act
04/07/03 -- Referred H Financial Services Committee

SB 0385 - Scott - Modifies how taxes are calculated for workers compensation policies with deductible options
04/07/03 -- H Second Read
04/07/03 -- Referred H Financial Services Committee

SB 0392 - Shields - Extends the hazardous waste generator fees
04/07/03 -- Referred H Conservation & Natural Resources
Committee

SB 0399 - Caskey - Expands the crime of delivering any controlled substances to prisons and city and county jails
04/07/03 -- Referred H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

SB 0407 - Klindt - Modifies the requirements for health insurance coverage of clinical trials
04/07/03 -- Referred H Financial Services Committee

SB 0413 - Steelman - Protects use of the title social worker
04/07/03 -- Bill Combined (SCS SBs 415, et al) S Financial &
Governmental Org., Veterans' Affairs & Elections Com.

SB 0415 - Yeckel - Modifies licensing of dietitians
04/07/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass (SCS SBs 415, 88, 200, 223, 413,
589 & 626) S Financial & Governmental Organization,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee (1238S.04C)

SB 0422 - Childers - Revises membership qualifications for school boards
04/07/03 -- Referred H Elections Committee

SB 0425 - Scott - Modifies various provisions dealing with the reporting and investigation of an individual's death
04/07/03 -- Referred H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

SB 0427 - Bartle - Adopts Missouri Securities Act of 2003
04/07/03 -- Referred H Financial Services Committee

SB 0431 - Gibbons - Modifies the law relating to informed consent for experimental treatments by accredited teaching hospitals
04/07/03 -- Referred H Health Care Policy Committee

SB 0442 - Gross - Requires ephedrine and ephedrine-based products to be behind the counter
04/07/03 -- Hearing Scheduled, Not Heard, S Judiciary & Civil
and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0457 - Caskey - Allows a position on the executive council of the judicial conference to be filled
04/07/03 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 0463 - Gross - Increases term of director for nonprofit corporation from five to six years
04/07/03 -- H Second Read
04/07/03 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 0481 - Dolan - Enacts various accountability measures which pertain to the operation of the department of transportation
Fiscal Oversight Committee
04/07/03 -- Reported From S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal
Oversight Committee to Floor w/SCA 1

SB 0504 - Clemens - Enables a satellite enterprise zone in Springfield
04/07/03 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 0523 - Kennedy - Creates the Board of Counselors and Therapists
04/07/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0529 - Childers - Allows certain railroads within Missouri to be designated by the division of tourism as official state railroads
04/07/03 -- Referred H Transportation and Motor Vehicle Committee

SB 0534 - Cauthorn - Includes definitions for protective oversight and voluntary leave in the Omnibus Nursing Home Act
04/07/03 -- Referred H Senior Security Committee

SB 0544 - Gross - Creates the Missouri Sunset Act
04/07/03 -- H Second Read
04/07/03 -- Referred H Budget Committee

SB 0547 - Caskey - Modifies pay schedules for certain county clerks and treasurers
04/07/03 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 0548 - Champion - Requires annual report by the Jt. Committee on Legislative Research listing statutes expiring within the next 2 years
04/07/03 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 0552 - Yeckel - Expands the list of property exempt from attachment to clarify that all qualified retirement plans will be exempt
04/07/03 -- H Second Read
04/07/03 -- Referred H Retirement Committee

SB 0562 - Griesheimer - Authorizes conveyance of state property located in St. Louis County to the City of Pacific
04/07/03 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 0571 - Loudon - Includes Christian Science practitioners within the definition of Minister for mandated reports of child abuse
04/07/03 -- Referred H Children and Families Committee

SB 0577 - Shields - Authorizes the conveyance of an easement in the form of a right-of-way in the City of St. Joseph
04/07/03 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 0578 - Shields - Authorizes the conveyance of land owned by the state in Platte County
04/07/03 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 0589 - Shields - Modifies provisions relating to the licensing of chiropractors
04/07/03 -- Bill Combined (SCS SBs 415, et al) S Financial &
Governmental Org., Veterans' Affairs & Elections Com.

SB 0590 - Shields - Enables an increase in the senior citizens' services tax by five cents with voter approval
04/07/03 -- Referred H Tax Policy Committee

SB 0592 - Foster - Moneys collected under 488.426, RSMo, may be expended for courtroom renovation & technology in certain counties
04/07/03 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 0594 - Bray - Allows operators of low-speed vehicles to use public highways under certain conditions
04/07/03 -- H Second Read
04/07/03 -- Referred H Transportation and Motor Vehicle Committee

SB 0598 - Childers - Establishes the Corporal Bobbie J. Harper Memorial Highway on U.S. Highway 71 in McDonald County
04/07/03 -- H Second Read
04/07/03 -- Referred H Transportation & Motor Vehicle Committee

SB 0606 - Coleman - Allows the department of natural resources to convey state land in certain situations
04/07/03 -- Referred H Conservation & Natural Resources
Committee

SB 0607 - Loudon - Removes the salaries of elected officials from those not considered wages for unemployment benefits
04/07/03 -- Referred H Workforce Development & Workplace Safety
Committee

SB 0611 - Clemens - Allows county agricultural and mechanical societies to borrow money and mortgage property
04/07/03 -- Referred H Financial Services Committee

SB 0616 - Nodler - Reenacts provisions regarding venue for suits against non-profit corporations
04/07/03 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 0618 - Kennedy - Requires the Department of Mental Health to develop a state suicide prevention plan
04/07/03 -- Referred H Health Care Policy Committee

SB 0621 - Loudon - Allows certain cities to abate certain types of public nuisances and charge the cost of removal against owner
04/07/03 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 0623 - Foster - Creates procedures for challenges to fiscal notes in initiatives and referenda
04/07/03 -- H Second Read
04/07/03 -- Referred H Budget Committee

SB 0626 - Coleman - Provides for reinstatement of lapsed barbers' licenses
04/07/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee
04/07/03 -- Bill Combined (SCS SBs 415, et al) S Financial and
Governmental Org., Veterans' Affairs & Elections Com.

SB 0632 - Days - Renders alterations to policies concerning early childhood special education placement
04/07/03 -- Referred H Education Committee

SB 0635 - Mathewson - Modifies statutes to reflect reorganization of executive branch departments by executive order
04/07/03 -- Referred H Children and Families Committee

SB 0642 - Foster - Amends exception to the mandatory days of school attendance to apply to inclement weather during the 2002-03 school year
04/07/03 -- Referred H Education Committee

SB 0651 - Steelman - Makes the Norton/Cynthiana grape the official state grape
04/07/03 -- Referred H Agriculture Committee

SB 0652 - Steelman - Limits time period and geographic area for declared emergencies
04/07/03 -- Re-referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal
Oversight Committee

SB 0666 - Bland - School districts with multiple attendance centers shall develop policies regarding intra-district transfers
04/07/03 -- Referred H Education Committee

SB 0668 - Cauthorn - Decreases number of employees in an employee-qualified capital project from 100 to 60 to receive certain tax credit
04/07/03 -- Referred H Agriculture Committee

SB 0669 - Dougherty - Changes statute of limitation on childhood sexual abuse cases
04/07/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0676 - Kennedy - Creates an exception to the mandatory days of school attendance for the 2002-2003 school year
04/07/03 -- Referred H Education Committee

SB 0679 - Loudon - Modifies allowable interest on certain judgments
04/07/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary & Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0686 - Russell - Articulates conditions upon which school districts may transfer unrestricted funds
04/07/03 -- Referred H Education Committee

SB 0697 - Nodler - Designates a George Washington Carver Memorial Highway on a portion of Interstate 44 in Jasper and Newton Counties
04/07/03 -- H Second Read
04/07/03 -- Referred H Transportation & Motor Vehicle Committee

SCR 007 - Gross - Establishes a Joint Interim Committee on Judicial Resources
04/07/03 -- SCA 1 S adopted
04/07/03 -- SS S offered (Gross)
04/07/03 -- SA 1 to SS S offered & adopted (Gross)
04/07/03 -- SS, as amended, S adopted
04/07/03 -- H First Read

SCR 013 - Nodler - Creates a subcommittee on Competition and Privatization within the Joint Committee on Legislative Research
04/07/03 -- SCS S adopted
04/07/03 -- Motion to reconsider SCS adoption vote S adopted
04/07/03 -- Placed on Calendar
04/07/03 -- SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Nodler)
04/07/03 -- S adopted
04/07/03 -- H First Read

SJR 010 - Yeckel - Removes provision limiting distribution of funds to any church, religion, or any preacher or teacher thereof
04/07/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Financial & Governmental Organ.,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

HB 0091 - Mayer - Counties may create a county crime reduction fund for narcotics investigation and law enforcement equipment
04/07/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions & General Laws
Committee

HB 0099 - Seigfreid - Modifies certain campaign finance reporting requirements
04/07/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Org.,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee-Consent
04/07/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Financial & Government Organization,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee-Consent
04/07/03 -- Reported From S Financial & Government Org., Veterans
Affairs & Elections Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0133 - Willoughby - Modifies jurisdiction for election contests involving the offices of circuit and associate judge
04/07/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Govermental Org.,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee - Consent
04/07/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Financial & Governmental Organ.,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee - Consent
04/07/03 -- Reported From S Financial & Government Org., Veterans
Affairs & Elections Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0141 - Mayer - Modifies enforcement of administrative subpoenas
04/07/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee
04/07/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal

HB 0156 - Phillips - Requires consent twenty-four hours prior to an abortion and proof of medical malpractice insurance
04/07/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental &
Public Health Committee

HB 0166 - Baker - Modifies provisions regarding incorporation or annexation of unincorporated areas in Cass County
04/07/03 -- Reported From S Economic Development, Tourism &
Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0181 - Seigfreid - Authorizes a transient guest tax in certain cities
04/07/03 -- Reported From S Economic Development, Tourism &
Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0182 - May (149) - Establishes "Big Bluestem" as the official state grass
04/07/03 -- S First Read

HB 0197 - Johnson - Revises law on distressed communities.
04/07/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 0222 - Luetkemeyer - Allows fishing contests to be conducted without a permit, and no fishing license required on certain holidays
04/07/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 0228 - Pearce - Creates a no-spam list in the Attorney General's office for unsolicited commercial e-mail
04/07/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce and Environment
Committee

HB 0253 - Shoemaker - Eliminates requirement for petitioner to disclose Social Security number in connection with a protective order
04/07/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee

HB 0267 - Smith (118) - Permits non-charter counties to enact ordinances relating to the administration of county government.
04/07/03 -- S First Read

HB 0273 - Byrd - Enacts various tort reform measures
04/07/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary & Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 0277 - Wright - Allows the City of Springfield to remove or transfer real property from a district or zone designation
04/07/03 -- Reported From S Economic Development, Tourism &
Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0278 - Davis - Authorizes conveyance of state property along Knaust Road in St. Charles County
04/07/03 -- Reported From S Economic Development, Tourism &
Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0288 - Jetton - Establishes the Classroom Trust Fund
04/07/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

HB 0292 - Wagner - Designates the DeSoto Armory as the William E. "Bud" Lewis Armory
04/07/03 -- Reported From Economic Development, Tourism &
Local Government Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0314 - Engler - Prohibits public entities from requiring certain people to obtain a surety bond from a particular company
04/07/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Org.,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee
04/07/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Financial & Government Organization,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee - Consent
04/07/03 -- Reported From S Financial & Government Org., Veterans
Affairs & Elections Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0322 - Jetton - Modifies language regarding small business and the administrative rules which effect small business
04/07/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance
and Industrial Relations Committee

HB 0346 - Dempsey - Modifies the provisions of the public school and nonteacher retirement systems.
04/07/03 -- S First Read (w/EC)

HB 0358 - Boykins - Revises procedure for inactively licensed barber to reinstate license
04/07/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Org.,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee
04/07/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Financial & Governmental Organ.,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee - Consent
04/07/03 -- Reported From S Financial & Government Org., Veterans
Affairs & Elections Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0375 - Cooper - Modifies various provisions dealing with the reporting and investigation of an individual's death
04/07/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism & Local Government Committee

HB 0380 - Byrd - Adopts Missouri Securities Act of 2003
04/07/03 -- S First Read

HB 0390 - Behnen - Regulates the licensing and registration of anesthesiologist assistants
04/07/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Financial and Governmental Org.,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

HB 0427 - Byrd - Creates the basic civil legal services fund
04/07/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary & Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 0430 - Stevenson - Allows a position on the executive council of the Judicial Conference to be filled
04/07/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary & Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 0431 - Stevenson - Adds one judge to the membership of the board of trustees for MOSERS
04/07/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions & General Laws
Committee

HB 0464 - King - Increases the amount borrowers can be guaranteed from the Single Purpose Animal Facilities Loan Guarantee Fund
04/07/03 -- Re-referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks &
Tourism Committee

HB 0517 - Lembke - Creates the Missouri Homestead Preservation Act.
04/07/03 -- S First Read (w/EC)

HB 0521 - Dethrow - Allows the fire education trust fund to receive moneys from gifts, grants, or appropriations
04/07/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental, Org.,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee - Consent
04/07/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Financial & Government Organ.,
Veterans' Affairs & Elect. Comm.-Consent (1809S.02C)
04/07/03 -- Reported From S Financial & Government Org., Veterans
Affairs & Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS-Consent

HB 0554 - Engler - Creates inclement weather exceptions for mandatory school attendance requirements
04/07/03 -- Signed by House Speaker
04/07/03 -- Signed by Senate President
04/07/03 -- Delivered to Governor (w/EC)

HB 0575 - Dethrow - Adds the Ozark Foothills Child Assessment Center as a center to be funded by the Department of Social Services
04/07/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families & Mental &
Public Health Committee

HB 0599 - Burnett - Authorizes additional municipal court cost for Kansas City
04/07/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary & Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 0600 - Cooper - Makes various modifications to the law on taxation
04/07/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways and Means Committee

HB 0613 - Byrd - Modifies provisions of court procedure
04/07/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary & Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 0668 - Crawford - Enacts various accountability measures relating to the department of transportation
04/07/03 -- S First Read