Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 4/08/03

SB 0011 - Kinder - Establishes a sales tax holiday and taxes nonresident gaming winnings
04/08/03 -- Hearing Conducted H Tax Policy Committee

SB 0014 - DePasco - Revises maximum allowable salary for certain Kansas City police officers
04/08/03 -- Reported Do Pass H Local Government Committee-Consent

SB 0016 - Childers - Allows first class counties to retain a larger percentage of a portion of the assessed valuation
04/08/03 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 0029 - Gross - Prohibits courts from altering, setting aside, or ignoring withdrawal deadlines in elections
04/08/03 -- Reported Do Pass H Elections Committee - Consent

SB 0030 - Gross - Creates the Alert Missouri program
04/08/03 -- Hearing Scheduled H Children and Families Committee
(6:00 p.m. - HR 1)

SB 0050 - Coleman - Modifies time for election authority to complete verification of initiative or referendum petition signatures
04/08/03 -- Reported Do Pass H Elections Committee - Consent

SB 0063 - Caskey - Rulings on termination of parental rights shall be final for purposes of appeal
04/08/03 -- Hearing Scheduled H Children and Families Committee
(6:00 p.m. - HR 1)

SB 0068 - Childers - Modifies provision regarding refunds of ambulance and fire protection district sales tax
04/08/03 -- Reported Do Pass H Local Government Committee-Consent

SB 0069 - Yeckel - Creates the Small Business Regulatory Fairness Board to serve as liaison between agencies and small businesses
04/08/03 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee
04/08/03 -- Referred S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal
Oversight Committee

SB 0084 - Cauthorn - Allows specific tax credits be taken on a quarterly basis
04/08/03 -- Hearing Conducted H Agriculture Committee

SB 0130 - Gross - Authorizes conveyance of state property along Knaust Road in St. Charles County
04/08/03 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Local Government Com. -Consent

SB 0136 - Goode - Changes opening filing date for offices in political subdivisions and special districts
04/08/03 -- Hearing Scheduled H Election Committee
(6:00 p.m. - HR 7)

SB 0173 - Quick - Modifies initial term of office for certain fire protection district directors
04/08/03 -- Hearing Scheduled H Elections Committee
(6:00 p.m. - HR 7)

SB 0180 - Bland - Allows teachers and administrators in KC to come out of retirement & not relinquish retirement benefits for 4 years
04/08/03 -- Referred H Retirement Committee

SB 0218 - Goode - Authorizes imposition of lateral sewer service repair fee in certain situations
04/08/03 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Local Government Com.-Consent

SB 0232 - Cauthorn - Authorizes conveyance of state property in Thousand Hills State Park
04/08/03 -- Reported Do Pass H Local Government Committee-Consent

SB 0234 - Quick - Allows Clay County to open or operate a concession stand at privately operated marinas
04/08/03 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Local Government Com.-Consent

SB 0235 - Quick - Considers the value of a redevelopment area when calculating local indebtedness limit
04/08/03 -- Reported Do Pass H Local Government Committee-Consent

SB 0239 - Mathewson - Authorizes conveyance of National Guard Armory in Sedalia to the Sedalia School District Foundation
04/08/03 -- Reported Do Pass H Local Government Committee-Consent

SB 0246 - Steelman - Modifies provisions for Public Service Commission residency, staffing, and ex parte communications
04/08/03 -- Hearing Conducted H Communications, Energy &
Technology Committee

SB 0266 - Shields - Requires the DMH to develop a plan for developmentally disabled persons that are on the waiting list for services
04/08/03 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Health Care Policy
Committee - Consent

SB 0269 - Quick - Enables Excelsior Springs to submit a public safety sales tax to its voters
04/08/03 -- Hearing Conducted H Tax Policy Committee

SB 0275 - Russell - Repeals authority of governor to convey certain state property in Cole County
04/08/03 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 0282 - Shields - Revises the maximum time a county commission may issue a lease or concession grant for certain public facilities
04/08/03 -- Reported Do Pass H Local Government Committee-Consent

SB 0292 - Yeckel - Limits disclosure of credit card account numbers on sales receipts provided to cardholder
04/08/03 -- Hearing Conducted H Financial Services Committee
04/08/03 -- Voted Do Pass H Financial Services Committee-Consent

SB 0296 - Griesheimer - Requires rules for classifying public schools to be in place for two years prior to implementation
04/08/03 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on General
Laws Committee

SB 0321 - Days - Requires persons discharged from prison or parole, to be informed of the procedures to register to vote
04/08/03 -- Hearing Scheduled H Elections Committee
(6:00 p.m. - HR 7)

SB 0330 - Caskey - Allows child support orders to be sent to employers by regular or certified mail
04/08/03 -- Hearing Scheduled H Children and Families Committee
(6:00 p.m. - HR 1)

SB 0351 - Dougherty - Changes the procedure in which parental or guardian consent is noted for the organ donation process of minors
04/08/03 -- Referred H Health Care Policy Committee

SB 0371 - Foster - Allows MOHELA to provide loans for nonsectarian tuition and other costs for certain students
04/08/03 -- Reported Do Pass H Education Committee - Consent

SB 0376 - Caskey - Changes the body that certifies a deputy coroner to the Missouri Coroners and Medical Examiners Association
04/08/03 -- Hearing Conducted H Professional Registration &
Licensing Committee
04/08/03 -- Voted Do Pass H Professional Registration & Licensing
Committee - Consent

SB 0439 - Steelman - Requires territorial service agreements for the provision of service in certain sewer districts
04/08/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0447 - Bartle - Creates the basic civil legal services fund
04/08/03 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 0468 - Bartle - Modifies types of case dispositions that must be reported to the Uniform Law Enforcement System Records
04/08/03 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0478 - Gross - Creates inactive status for architects and psychologists and modifies duties of landscape architects
04/08/03 -- Hearing Conducted H Professional Registration and
Licensing Committee
04/08/03 -- Voted Do Pass H Professional Registration and
Licensing Committee - Consent

SB 0480 - Dolan - Modifies licensing of physical therapists and physical therapists assistants
04/08/03 -- Referred H Professional Registration & Licensing
Committee

SB 0481 - Dolan - Enacts various accountability measures which pertain to the operation of the department of transportation
04/08/03 -- SCA 1 S adopted
04/08/03 -- S Third Read and Passed, as amended
04/08/03 -- H First Read

SB 0492 - Scott - Revises the registration of a commercial interior designer
04/08/03 -- Referred H Professional Registration & Licensing
Committee

SB 0496 - Yeckel - Allows biennial licensing for certain finance companies
04/08/03 -- Hearing Conducted H Financial Services Committee
04/08/03 -- Voted Do Pass H Financial Services Committee-Consent

SB 0503 - Jacob - Allows certain teachers who job-share to receive creditable service for retirement and pro-rata leave and holidays
04/08/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee (1486S.05C)

SB 0506 - Clemens - Includes the use of lasers within the definition of dentistry
04/08/03 -- Referred H Health Care Policy Committee

SB 0511 - Kinder - Establishes the Joint Committee on the Life Sciences
04/08/03 -- Referred H Health Care Policy Committee

SB 0513 - Kennedy - Removes discretion of board of police commissioners as to paid vacation and holidays in some situations
04/08/03 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 0522 - Gross - Provides an additional rate for the capital improvement sales tax
04/08/03 -- Hearing Conducted H Tax Policy

SB 0540 - Gross - Limits the number of microbrewer licenses available to an individual and his agents
04/08/03 -- Hearing Conduced H Professsional Registration &
Licensing Committee
04/08/03 -- Voted Do Pass H Professional Registration & Licensing
Committee - Consent

SB 0556 - Kinder - Modifies various provisions relating to the protection of the elderly
04/08/03 -- SSA 1 for SA 2 S offered & adopted (Griesheimer)
04/08/03 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
04/08/03 -- SA 3 to SS for SS for SCS S offered (Bray)
04/08/03 -- SSA 1 for SA 3 to SS for SS for SCS S
offered & adopted (Dougherty)
04/08/03 -- SA 4 to SS for SS for SCS S offered (Dougherty)
04/08/03 -- SSA 1 for SA 4 to SS for SS for SCS S
offered & adopted (Caskey)
04/08/03 -- SA 5 to SS for SS for SCS S offered &
defeated S (Jacob)
04/08/03 -- SA 6 to SS for SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Dolan)
04/08/03 -- SA 7 to SS for SS for SCS S offered &
adopted (Mathewson)
04/08/03 -- SA 8 to SS for SS for SCS S offered &
defeated (Shields)
04/08/03 -- SA 9 to SS for SS for SCS S offered (Dougherty)
04/08/03 -- SSA 1 for SA 9 to SS for SS for SCS S
offered & adopted (Caskey)
04/08/03 -- SA 10 to SS for SS for SCS S offered &
adopted (Dolan)
04/08/03 -- SA 11 to SS for SS for SCS S offered &
adopted (Caskey)
04/08/03 -- SA 12 to SS for SS for SCS S offered &
adopted (Caskey)
04/08/03 -- SA 13 to SS for SS for SCS S offered &
adopted (Griesheimer)
04/08/03 -- SA 14 to SS for SS for SCS S offered &
adopted (Steelman)
04/08/03 -- SS for SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
04/08/03 -- Perfected

SB 0559 - Klindt - Allows highway patrol officers to accept federal commissions and hold position as school board members
04/08/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0631 - Bray - Implements the provisions of the streamlined sales and use tax agreement
04/08/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways and Means Committee

SCR 002 - Bland - Renames the Joint Interim Committee on After-School Programs the Joint Committee on Out-of-School Programs
04/08/03 -- S adopted
04/08/03 -- H First Read

SCR 003 - Loudon - Urges Illinois to enact legislation that requires parental consent to obtain an abortion or to recognize Missouri law
04/08/03 -- Reported From S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions &
Ethics Committee to Floor

SCR 006 - Stoll - Urges Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act
04/08/03 -- Reported From S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions &
Ethics Committee to Floor

SCR 012 - Gibbons - Relating to prison facilities
04/08/03 -- Reported From S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions &
Ethics Committee to Floor

HB 0131 - Deeken - Revises provisions for the local government employees retirement system
04/08/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

HB 0141 - Mayer - Modifies enforcement of administrative subpoenas
04/08/03 -- Reported From S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee - Consent

HB 0182 - May (149) - Establishes "Big Bluestem" as the official state grass
04/08/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation,
Parks & Natural Resources Committee

HB 0189 - Parker - Modifies appropriation procedure for community college districts
04/08/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
04/08/03 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee

HB 0208 - Engler - Eliminates PSC ratemaking oversight for certain not-for- profit electrical corporations
04/08/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce & Environment
Committee

HB 0247 - Ward - Allows special mobile equipment to be operated on the highways at any time under certain circumstances
04/08/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

HB 0249 - Seigfreid - Designates a portion of State Route WW within the City of Marshall as "Butterfield Ranch Road"
04/08/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent

HB 0254 - Byrd - Adopts the Uniform Electronics Transactions Act
04/08/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

HB 0261 - Whorton - Designates a portion of U.S. highway 65 Legion Memorial Highway"
04/08/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

HB 0281 - Moore - Allows state board of education to offer two professional levels of teacher certification
04/08/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee (0721S.07C)

HB 0348 - Dempsey - Revises provisions of optional retirement and beneficiary election provisions of the LAGERS system
04/08/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

HB 0349 - Crawford - Allows issuance of permits to carry concealed weapons
04/08/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

HB 0380 - Byrd - Adopts Missouri Securities Act of 2003
04/08/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary & Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 0392 - Avery - Regulates establishment and relocation of motorcycle and other types of franchises
04/08/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

HB 0410 - Schaaf - Modifies various provisions relating to the substance abuse traffic offender program
04/08/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

HB 0465 - Hanaway - Establishes the Joint Committee on the Life Sciences
04/08/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

HB 0505 - Byrd - Modifies the law regarding damage claims made by rental companies
04/08/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

HB 0517 - Lembke - Creates the Missouri Homestead Preservation Act.
04/08/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions & General Laws
Committee

HB 0597 - Schlottach - Removes requirement that township clerks file a copy of the township's fiscal and inventory reports with MoDOT
04/08/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

HB 0668 - Crawford - Enacts various accountability measures relating to the department of transportation
04/08/03 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee